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Checklist for Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
and region Coast Province (Kenya)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
174
785
1134
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
173
784
1134
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
161
744
1061
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
107
652
976
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
20
109
195
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
20
109
195
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
13
85
170
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
30
62
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Coast Province (Kenya)
1 Family width 62 Species
Formicidae Latreille, 1809Ants62SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Coast Province (Kenya)
30 Genera with 62 Species
#BCDLMPST
Bothroponera Smith, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 1895Black carpenter ant3SpeciesTaxom
Cardiocondyla Emery, 18912SpeciesTaxom
Carebara Westwood, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Cataulacus Smith, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Crematogaster Lund, 1910Acrobat Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Discothyrea Roger, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Dorylus Fabricius, 1817driver ant3SpeciesTaxom
Lepisiota Santschi, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Leptogenys Roger, 19751SpeciesTaxom
Melissotarsus Emery, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Monomorium Mayr, 19877SpeciesTaxom
Myrmicaria Saunders, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Pachycondyla Smith, 1901Panther Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Paedalgus Westwood, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Parasyscia Emery, 1882
0SpeciesTaxom
Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1802Crazy ants1SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1893Big-headed Ants4SpeciesTaxom
Phrynoponera Wheeler, 20081SpeciesTaxom
Platythyrea Roger, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Plectroctena F.Smith, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Polyrhachis Smith, 18585SpeciesTaxom
Proceratium Roger, 2014Hairy Curltail Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Strumigenys Smith, 1983Miniature Trap-jaw Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Tanaemyrmex Ashmead, 1905
0SpeciesTaxom
Tapinoma Förster, 17932SpeciesTaxom
Technomyrmex Mayr, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Temnothorax Mayr, 2015Acorn Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Tetramorium Mayr, 1895Fierce Ants11SpeciesTaxom
Tetraponera Smith, 1915Slender ants2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Coast Province (Kenya)
62 Species
Bothroponera silvestrii Santschi, 1914
Camponotus (Myrmamblys) ferreri Forel, 1913Painted eggcockle
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus Fabricius, 1782Consobrine tellin
Camponotus bottegoi Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881Ant
Cardiocondyla shuckardi Forel, 1891
Carebara perpusilla Emery, 1895
Cataulacus pullus Santschi, 1910Catspaw
Cataulacus wissmannii Forel, 1894
Crematogaster dolens Forel, 1910
Discothyrea oculata Emery, 1901Eastern pearlshell
Dorylus (Anomma) nigricans Illiger, 1802Inflated axinopsid
Dorylus buyssoni Santschi, 1910Catspaw
Dorylus dorylus Lamarck, 1817
Lepisiota capensis Mayr, 1862Alaska great-tellin
Leptogenys regis Bolton, 1975Tinted tellin
Melissotarsus emeryi Forel, 1907Cumberland leafshell
Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851)⇒ Trichomyrmex destructor Jerdon, 1851
Monomorium hanneli Forel, 1907Cumberland leafshell
Monomorium manir Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium rastractum Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium subopacum (Smith, F., 1858)⇒ Monomorium hirsutum Forel, 1910
Monomorium sutu Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium westi Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Myrmicaria fusca Stitz, 1911Atlantic galeommatid
Myrmicaria natalensis Smith, 1858Giant cleftclam
Pachycondyla crassa Emery, 1877Downy venus
Pachycondyla pachycondyla Emery, 1901
Paedalgus octatus (Bolton & Bel..., 1993)⇒ Carebara octata Bolton & Bel..., 1993
Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802Black Crazy Ant
Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879Big-headed ant
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851
Pheidole prelli Forel, 1911Southern acornshell
Pheidole teneriffana (Forel, 1893)⇒ Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879
Phrynoponera pulchella Bolton & Fisher, 2008
Platythyrea cribrinodis Gerstäcker, 1859
Plectroctena strigosa Emery, 1899Tubercled blossom
Polyrhachis (Myrma) gagates Smith, F., 1858
Polyrhachis (Myrma) medusa Forel, 1897Eastern aligena
Polyrhachis (Myrma) schistacea Gerstäcker, 1859
Polyrhachis (Myrma) schlueteri Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Polyrhachis (Myrma) viscosa Smith, F., 1858
Proceratium sokoke Hita Garcia,..., 2014
Strumigenys mandibularis Smith, F., 1860
Strumigenys omalyx Bolton, 1983Spiny jewelbox
Tapinoma luteum Emery, 1895
Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793Ghost ant
Technomyrmex voeltzkowi Forel, 1907
Temnothorax rufus Prebus, 2015
Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758Carpenter carditid
Tetramorium eminii Forel, 1894Compact astarte
Tetramorium inezulae Forel, 1914Flattened carditid
Tetramorium laevithorax Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Tetramorium nigrum Forel, 1907Cumberland leafshell
Tetramorium pauper Forel, 1907Cumberland leafshell
Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877
Tetramorium setigerum Mayr, 1901
Tetramorium simillimum Smith, F., 1851Ant
Tetramorium ultor Forel, 1913
Tetramorium weitzeckeri Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Tetraponera penzigi Mayr, 1907Leptosynapta montacutid
Tetraponera schulthessi Santschi, 1915Plain tellin

Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Coast Province (Kenya)
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
30
62
Genera
Species

Taxom