Checklist for Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
and region Colombo (Western Province, Sri Lanka)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 89
244
280 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 89
244
280 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 81
220
250 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 64
203
232 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 12
33
38 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 12
33
38 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 10
31
36 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 1
11
12 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Colombo (Sri Lanka)
1 Family width 12 Species
Genera for Colombo (Sri Lanka)
11 Genera with 12 Species | Anochetus Mayr, 1978 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anoplolepis Santschi, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crematogaster Lund, 1902 | Acrobat Ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Meranoplus Smith, 1844 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mesoponera Emery, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Monomorium Mayr, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Odontomachus Latreille, 1858 | Trap-jaw ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oecophylla Smith, 1775 | Green ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tapinoma Förster, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraponera Smith, 1859 | Slender ants | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Colombo (Sri Lanka)
12 Species | Anochetus obscurior Brown, 1978 | Princess venus | | Anoplolepis gracilipes Smith, 1857 | Ant | | Crematogaster (Orthocrema) biroi (Mayr, 1897) | ⇒ Crematogaster emeryi Forel, 1907 | | Crematogaster aitkenii Forel, 1902 | | | Meranoplus bicolor Guérin-Ménev..., 1844 | Pacific false-bean | | Mesoponera melanaria Emery, 1893 | | | Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851) | ⇒ Trichomyrmex destructor Jerdon, 1851 | | Monomorium floricola Jerdon, 1851 | Bicolored trailing ant | | Odontomachus simillimus Smith, F., 1858 | | | Oecophylla smaragdina ♰ Fabricius, 1775 | Green ant | | Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793 | Ghost ant | | Tetraponera allaborans Walker, 1859 | |
Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Colombo (Sri Lanka)
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