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Checklist for Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
and region Comox Valley (Central Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
198
662
803
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
198
662
803
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
186
636
767
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
147
553
676
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
28
88
120
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
21
67
96
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
11
40
81
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
15
29
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Comox Valley
1 Family width 29 Species
Formicidae Latreille, 1809Ants29SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Comox Valley
15 Genera with 29 Species
Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1893Rover ants1SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 1910Black carpenter ant4SpeciesTaxom
Cyphomyrmex Mayr, 1862
0SpeciesTaxom
Formica Linnaeus, 1886And Field Ants6SpeciesTaxom
Lasius Fabricius, 1881Citronella ants4SpeciesTaxom
Leptothorax Mayr, 18463SpeciesTaxom
Linepithema Mayr, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Myrmica Latreille, 19004SpeciesTaxom
Pogonomyrmex Mayr, 1934Harvester Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Proformica Ruzsky, 1902
0SpeciesTaxom
Solenopsis Westwood, 1836Fire ants1SpeciesTaxom
Stenamma Westwood, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Stigmatomma Roger, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Tapinoma Förster, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Temnothorax Mayr, 1895Acorn Ants1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Comox Valley
29 Species
Brachymyrmex depilis Emery, 1893Hairless Rover Ant
Camponotus (Camponotus) herculeanus Linnaeus, 1758Black carpenter ant
Camponotus (Camponotus) modoc Wheeler, W.M., 1910Carpenter ant
Camponotus (Camponotus) novaeboracensis Fitch, 1855New York Carpenter Ant
Camponotus (Colobopsis) hunteri Wheeler, W.M., 1910
Formica (Serviformica) fusca (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758
Formica aserva Forel, 1901Round combshell
Formica neoclara Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Formica neogagates Viereck, 1903New World Black Ant
Formica neorufibarbis Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Formica obscuripes Forel, 1886Thatching ant
Lasius (Cautolasius) nearcticus Wheeler, W.M., 1906New World Fuzzy Ant
Lasius (Chthonolasius) umbratus Nylander, 1846Yellow ant
Lasius (Lasius) niger Linnaeus, 1758Black Garden Ant
Lasius (Lasius) pallitarsis Provancher, 1881Subterranean Aphid-Tending Ant
Leptothorax (Leptothorax) canadensis (Provancher, 1887)⇒ Leptothorax muscorum Nylander, 1846
Leptothorax (Leptothorax) crassipilis Wheeler, W.M., 1917Sickle jackknife
Leptothorax (Leptothorax) muscorum Nylander, 1846Horseshoe crabs
Linepithema humile Mayr, 1868Argentine ant
Myrmica americana Weber, 1939
Myrmica detritinodis (Emery, 1921)⇒ Myrmica fracticornis Forel, 1901
Myrmica fracticornis Forel, 1901Round combshell
Myrmica lobifrons (Pergande, 1900)⇒ Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846
Pogonomyrmex salinus Olsen, 1934Calico clam
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) molesta (Say, 1836)⇒ Diplorhoptrum molestum Emery, 1895
Stenamma diecki Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Stigmatomma oregonense Wheeler, W.M., 1915
Tapinoma sessile Say, 1836Coconut ant
Temnothorax nitens Emery, 1895

Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Comox Valley
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
15
29
Genera
Species

Taxom