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Checklist for Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
and region Cheshire (Northwest England, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
207
892
1442
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
207
892
1442
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
193
855
1382
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
151
756
1252
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
21
77
165
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
18
70
156
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
12
61
146
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
16
38
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cheshire
1 Family width 38 Species
Formicidae Latreille, 1809Ants38SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cheshire
16 Genera with 38 Species
Aenictus Shuckard, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Amblyopone Erichson, 1842
0SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 1865Black carpenter ant2SpeciesTaxom
Cataulacus Smith, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Doleromyrma Forel, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Dolichoderus Lund, 18623SpeciesTaxom
Dorylus Fabricius, 1817driver ant2SpeciesTaxom
Froggattella Forel, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Iridomyrmex Mayr, 1998Rainbow ants5SpeciesTaxom
Melophorus Lubbock, 2017Honey carrier1SpeciesTaxom
Monomorium Mayr, 19027SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecia Fabricius, 1943Bull ants8SpeciesTaxom
Polyrhachis Smith, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Rhytidoponera Mayr, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Tapinoma Förster, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Tetramorium Mayr, 1918Fierce Ants2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cheshire
38 Species
Aenictus alluaudi Santschi, 1910Catspaw
Camponotus (Myrmisolepis) braunsi Mayr, 1895False spike
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) terebrans Lowne, 1865Brown bearded sugar ant
Cataulacus wissmannii Forel, 1894
Doleromyrma darwiniana Forel, 1907Brown house ant
Dolichoderus clusor Forel, 1907Cumberland leafshell
Dolichoderus nigricornis Clark, 1930
Dolichoderus scabridus Roger, 1862Subglobose diplodon
Dorylus (Dorylus) affinis Shuckard, 1840Catspaw
Dorylus dorylus Lamarck, 1817
Froggattella kirbii Lowne, 1865Common froglet ant
Iridomyrmex bicknelli Emery, 1898Black Trail Ant
Iridomyrmex conifer Forel, 1902Coned tyrant ant
Iridomyrmex prismatis Shattuck, 1993
Iridomyrmex purpureus Smith, 1858Australian meat ant
Iridomyrmex turbineus Shattuck & M..., 1998
Melophorus propebiroi Heterick, Ca..., 2017
Monomorium intrudens Smith, 1874Arnold's dogwood
Monomorium laeve Mayr, 1876Yellow mono ant
Monomorium longiceps (Wheeler, W.M., 1934)⇒ Monomorium annamense Donisthorpe, 1941
Monomorium notulum Forel, 1910
Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758Egyptian red ant
Monomorium rubriceps Mayr, 1876Sickle jackknife
Monomorium sordidum Forel, 1902
Myrmecia chasei Forel, 1894
Myrmecia dichospila Clark, 1938Periscope erycina
Myrmecia ludlowi Crawley, 1922
Myrmecia nigriscapa Roger, 1861Candystick tellin
Myrmecia rufinodis Smith, 1858
Myrmecia rugosa Wheeler, W.M., 1933
Myrmecia swalei Crawley, 1922
Myrmecia testaceipes Clark, 1943
Polyrhachis (Myrma) viscosa Smith, F., 1858
Rhytidoponera punctata Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Rhytidoponera punctigera Crawley, 1925Atlantic strawberry-cockle
Tapinoma demissum Bolton, 1995Lens lucine
Tetramorium longicorne Forel, 1907Cumberland leafshell
Tetramorium sepositum Santschi, 1918

Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Cheshire
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
16
38
Genera
Species

Taxom