Checklist for Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
and region Central Illinois (Illinois, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 460
3695
7027 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 459
3693
7025 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 434
3594
6784 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 300
3036
5791 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 65
707
1496 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 56
640
1380 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 22
259
918 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superfamily
| Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 1
47
161 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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List of families for Central Illinois
1 Family width 161 Species and 4 Subspecies
Genera for Central Illinois
47 Genera with 161 Species #ABCDFHLMNOPRST
| Acanthomyops Mayr, 1893 | Citronella ants | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Amblyopone Erichson, 1844 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Anochetus Mayr, 1861 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1862 | Collared Ants | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1893 | Rover ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Camponotus Mayr, 1858 | Black carpenter ant | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Cephalotes Latreille, 1868 | Turtle ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Crematogaster Lund, 1895 | Acrobat Ants | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Dolichoderus Lund, 1886 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Dorymyrmex Mayr, 1863 | Cone ants | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Forelius Emery, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Formica Linnaeus, 1913 | And Field Ants | 26 | Species | Taxom | | Hypoponera Santschi, 1859 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lasius Fabricius, 1758 | Citronella ants | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Leptothorax Mayr, 1978 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Linepithema Mayr, 1868 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Liometopum Mayr, 1861 | Velvety Tree Ants | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Monomorium Mayr, 1943 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmecina Curtis, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmica Latreille, 1846 | | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmosericus Forel, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neivamyrmex Borgmeier, 1894 | Legionary Ants | 4 | Species | Taxom | Nylanderia Emery, 1906 | Crazy ants | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Octostruma Forel, 1888 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ocymyrmex Emery, 1989 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachycondyla Smith, 1804 | Panther Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1846 | Crazy ants | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pheidole Westwood, 1863 | Big-headed Ants | 6 | Species | Taxom | Platythyrea Roger, 1863 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Pogonomyrmex Mayr, 1868 | Harvester Ants | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Polyergus Latreille, 1798 | Amazon ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Polyrhachis Smith, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ponera Latreille, 1866 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prenolepis Mayr, 1836 | False Honey Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Proceratium Roger, 1863 | Hairy Curltail Ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudomyrmex Lund, 1953 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyramica Roger, 1966 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Rhopalothrix Mayr, 2013 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Solenopsis Westwood, 1972 | Fire ants | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Stenamma Westwood, 1903 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | Stigmatomma Roger, 1859 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Strumigenys Smith, 1890 | Miniature Trap-jaw Ants | 3 | Species | Taxom | Tanaemyrmex Ashmead, 1905 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Tapinoma Förster, 1836 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Temnothorax Mayr, 1903 | Acorn Ants | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Tetramorium Mayr, 1897 | Fierce Ants | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Trachymyrmex Forel, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Central Illinois
161 Species and 4 Subspecies | Acanthomyops interjectus Mayr, 1866 | Larger yellow ant | | Acanthomyops latipes Walsh, 1863 | | | Acanthomyops subglaber Emery, 1893 | | | Amblyopone pallipes Haldeman, 1844 | | | Aphaenogaster fulva Roger, 1863 | | | Aphaenogaster lamellidens Mayr, 1886 | Cande diplodon | | Aphaenogaster mariae Forel, 1886 | Atlantic diplodon | | Aphaenogaster phalangium Emery, 1890 | | | Aphaenogaster picea Wheeler, 1908 | Broad lepton | | Aphaenogaster rudis (Enzmann, J., 1947) | ⇒ Aphaenogaster piceum Wheeler, 1908 | | Aphaenogaster tennesseensis (Mayr, 1862) | ⇒ Aphaenogaster tenneseensis Mayr, 1862 | | Brachymyrmex depilis Emery, 1893 | Hairless Rover Ant | | Camponotus (Camponotus) americanus Mayr, 1862 | American Carpenter Ant | | Camponotus (Camponotus) castaneus Latreille, 1802 | | | Camponotus (Camponotus) chromaiodes Bolton, 1995 | Ferruginous carpenter ant | | Camponotus (Camponotus) herculeanus Linnaeus, 1758 | Black carpenter ant | | Camponotus (Camponotus) novaeboracensis Fitch, 1855 | New York Carpenter Ant | | Camponotus (Camponotus) pennsylvanicus (De Geer, 1773) | ⇒ Camponotus pensylvanica De Geer, 1773 | | Camponotus (Myrmentoma) caryae Fitch, 1855 | Humpbacked peaclam | | Camponotus (Myrmentoma) decipiens Emery, 1893 | Tapered pigtoe | | Camponotus (Myrmentoma) nearcticus Emery, 1893 | Smaller carpenter ant | | Camponotus (Myrmentoma) subbarbatus Emery, 1893 | Tapered pigtoe | | Camponotus petersii janus Forel, 1911 | | | Camponotus (Myrmothrix) atriceps Smith, F., 1858 | Florida carpenter ant | | Cephalotes christopherseni Forel, 1912 | | | Cephalotes multispinosus Norton, 1868 | Bumpy cyclocardia | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) ashmeadi Mayr, 1886 | Acrobat ant | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) atkinsoni Wheeler, W.M., 1919 | | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) cerasi Fitch, 1855 | | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) emeryana Creighton, 1950 | Lunate crassinella | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) laeviuscula Mayr, 1870 | | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) lineolata Say, 1836 | | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) pilosa Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Dolichoderus mariae Forel, 1885 | Sister diplodon | | Dolichoderus plagiatus Mayr, 1870 | Mottled Dolichoderus | | Dolichoderus pustulatus Mayr, 1886 | Cande diplodon | | Dorymyrmex insanus Buckley, 1866 | Pyramid ant | | Dorymyrmex pyramica Forel, 1911 | | | Dorymyrmex pyramicus Roger, 1863 | Southern acornshell | | Forelius pruinosus Roger, 1863 | High noon ant | | Formica (Formica) rufa Linnaeus, 1761 | Davidson's bush-mallow | | Formica (Raptiformica) sanguinea Latreille, 1798 | Blood-Red Ant | | Formica (Serviformica) cinerea Mayr, 1853 | | | Formica (Serviformica) fusca (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758 | | Formica argentea Wheeler, W.M., 1912 | Silvery Field Ant | | Formica aserva Forel, 1901 | Round combshell | | Formica biophilica Trager, 2007 | | | Formica difficilis Emery, 1893 | Tapered pigtoe | | Formica dolosa Buren, 1944 | | | Formica exsectoides Forel, 1886 | Allegheny mound ant | | Formica integra Nylander, 1856 | Oblique jackknife clam | | Formica lasioides Emery, 1893 | Tapered pigtoe | | Formica montana (Wheeler, W.M., 1910) | ⇒ Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838 | | Formica neoclara Emery, 1893 | Tapered pigtoe | | Formica neogagates Viereck, 1903 | New World Black Ant | | Formica nitidiventris (Emery, 1893) | ⇒ Formica talbotae Wilson, 1977 | | Formica obscuripes Forel, 1886 | Thatching ant | | Formica obscuriventris Mayr, 1870 | Northern Red Wood Ant | | Formica pallidefulva Latreille, 1802 | Peony | | Formica querquetulana Kennedy & De..., 1937 | Sleek macoma | | Formica rubicunda Emery, 1893 | Tapered pigtoe | | Formica schaufussi (Mayr, 1866) | ⇒ Formica talbotae Wilson, 1977 | | Formica subintegra Wheeler, W.M., 1908 | Rough razor | | Formica subsericea Say, 1836 | Danglepod | | Formica ulkei Emery, 1893 | Tapered pigtoe | | Formica vinculans Wheeler, W.M., 1913 | Orcutt nakedclam | | Hypoponera indet | | | Hypoponera opaciceps Mayr, 1887 | Carolina marshclam | | Hypoponera punctatissima Roger, 1859 | Pantropical mini-ponerine ant | | Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger Roger, 1862 | Common Citronella Ant | | Lasius (Cautolasius) flavus Fabricius, 1782 | Blond Field Ant | | Lasius (Cautolasius) nearcticus Wheeler, W.M., 1906 | New World Fuzzy Ant | | Lasius (Chthonolasius) minutus Emery, 1893 | Tapered pigtoe | | Lasius (Chthonolasius) mixtus Nylander, 1846 | | | Lasius (Chthonolasius) speculiventris Emery, 1893 | Tapered pigtoe | | Lasius (Chthonolasius) umbratus Nylander, 1846 | Yellow ant | | Lasius (Lasius) alienus Foerster, 1850 | Alien field ant | | Lasius (Lasius) neoniger Emery, 1893 | Cornfield ant | | Lasius (Lasius) niger Linnaeus, 1758 | Black Garden Ant | | Leptothorax (Dichthorax) pergandei (Emery, 1895) | ⇒ Temnothorax pergandei Emery, 1895 | | Leptothorax (Leptothorax) canadensis (Provancher, 1887) | ⇒ Leptothorax muscorum Nylander, 1846 | | Leptothorax angustulus silvanus Forel, 1907 | | | Leptothorax (Myrafant) schaumii (Roger, 1863) | ⇒ Temnothorax schaumii Roger, 1863 | | Leptothorax (Myrafant) smithi (Baroni Urbani, 1978) | ⇒ Temnothorax smithi Baroni Urbani, 1978 | | Linepithema humile Mayr, 1868 | Argentine ant | | Monomorium guineense Bernard, 1953 | | | Monomorium minimum (Buckley, 1867) | ⇒ Monomorium cyaneum Wheeler, 1914 | | Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987 | White-crest tellin | | Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758 | Egyptian red ant | | Monomorium viride Brown, 1943 | | | Myrmecina americana Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Myrmica (Myrmica) punctiventris Roger, 1863 | | | Myrmica americana Weber, 1939 | | | Myrmica brevispinosa Wheeler, 1917 | Sickle jackknife | | Myrmica detritinodis (Emery, 1921) | ⇒ Myrmica fracticornis Forel, 1901 | | Myrmica discontinua Weber, 1939 | | | Myrmica fracticornis Forel, 1901 | Round combshell | | Myrmica incompleta Provancher, 1881 | Incomplete Ant | | Myrmica latifrons Stärcke, 1927 | Corded pitar | | Myrmica lobifrons (Pergande, 1900) | ⇒ Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846 | | Myrmica pinetorum Wheeler, 1905 | Ant Of The Pines | | Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Labidus coecus Latreille, 1802 | | Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861 | Newcomb pitar | | Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846 | Ant | | Myrmosericus rufoglaucus paria Emery, 1889 | | | Neivamyrmex carolinensis Emery, 1894 | | | Neivamyrmex melshaemeri Haldeman, 1852 | | | Neivamyrmex nigrescens Cresson, 1872 | | | Neivamyrmex opacithorax Emery, 1894 | | | Octostruma iheringi (Emery, 1888) | ⇒ Basiceros iheringi Emery, 1888 | | Ocymyrmex tachys Bolton & Marsh, 1989 | | | Pachycondyla villosa (Fabricius, 1804) | ⇒ Neoponera vilosa Fabricius, 1804 | | Paratrechina arenivaga Wheeler, 1905 | | | Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802 | Black Crazy Ant | | Paratrechina parvula Mayr, 1870 | | | Paratrechina vividula (Nylander, 1846) | ⇒ Nylanderia vividula Nylander, 1846 | | Pheidole anastasii Emery, 1896 | Anastasia's big-headed ant | | Pheidole bicarinata Mayr, 1870 | Atlantic diplodon | | Pheidole bilimeki (Mayr, 1870) | ⇒ Pheidole jamaicensis Wheeler, 1908 | | Pheidole guineensis Fabricius, 1793 | | | Pheidole morrisii Forel, 1886 | Atlantic diplodon | | Pheidole pilifera Roger, 1863 | Hairy Big-Headed Ant | | Polyergus breviceps Emery, 1893 | Broad-headed Amazon ant | | Polyergus rufescens Latreille, 1798 | European Amazon ant | | Polyrhachis paromalus paromalus Smith, 1863 | | | Ponera pennsylvanica Buckley, 1866 | Pennsylvania Ponera | | Prenolepis imparis Say, 1836 | False Honey Ant | | Proceratium croceum Roger, 1860 | | | Proceratium silaceum Roger, 1863 | | | Pseudomyrmex apache Creighton, 1953 | | | Pyramica abdita Wesson & Wesson, 1939 | Pismo clam | | Pyramica clypeata Roger, 1863 | | | Pyramica dietrichi Smith, 1931 | | | Pyramica laevinasis Smith, 1931 | | | Pyramica ornata Mayr, 1887 | Threetooth carditid | | Pyramica pilinasis Forel, 1901 | | | Pyramica tetragnatha Taylor, 1966 | | | Rhopalothrix therion Longino & Bo..., 2013 | | | Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) molesta (Say, 1836) | ⇒ Diplorhoptrum molestum Emery, 1895 | | Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) texana (Emery, 1895) | ⇒ Diplorhoptrum texanum Emery, 1895 | | Solenopsis (Solenopsis) geminata Fabricius, 1804 | Fire Ant | | Solenopsis indet | | | Solenopsis invicta Buren, 1972 | Argentine Fire Ant | | Stenamma brevicorne Mayr, 1886 | Aleutian cyclocardia | | Stenamma diecki Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Stenamma impar Forel, 1901 | Round combshell | | Stenamma meridionale Smith, M.R., 1957 | Arana | | Stenamma schmitti Wheeler, 1903 | | | Strumigenys louisianae Roger, 1863 | | | Strumigenys ornata Mayr, 1887 | | | Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890 | Ant | | Tapinoma sessile Say, 1836 | Coconut ant | | Temnothorax ambiguus Emery, 1895 | Doubtful Acorn Ant | | Temnothorax curvispinosus Mayr, 1866 | | | Temnothorax longispinosus Roger, 1863 | Long-Spined Acorn Ant | | Temnothorax nevadensis Wheeler, 1903 | | | Temnothorax texanus Wheeler, 1903 | | | Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758 | Carpenter carditid | | Tetramorium immigrans (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758 | | Tetramorium pulchellum Emery, 1897 | | | Trachymyrmex septentrionalis McCook, 1881 | Northern Fungus Farming Ant |
Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Central Illinois
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