Checklist for Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
and region Death Valley National Park (Mojave Desert, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 85
235
322 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 85
235
322 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 81
222
300 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 60
190
263 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 16
70
130 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 15
69
129 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 12
61
122 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 1
12
25 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Death Valley National Park
1 Family width 25 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Death Valley National Park
12 Genera with 25 Species | Camponotus Mayr, 1970 | Black carpenter ant | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dorymyrmex Mayr, 1866 | Cone ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Forelius Emery, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Messor Forel, 1886 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmecocystus Wesmael, 1893 | Honeypot Ants | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Nylanderia Emery, 1905 | Crazy ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ocymyrmex Emery, 1989 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1984 | Crazy ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pheidole Westwood, 1955 | Big-headed Ants | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Pogonomyrmex Mayr, 1870 | Harvester Ants | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Solenopsis Westwood, 1906 | Fire ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Veromessor Forel, 1886 | Smooth Harvester Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Death Valley National Park
25 Species and 1 Subspecies | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) semitestaceus Snelling, R.R., 1970 | | | Dorymyrmex flavus McCook, 1879 | | | Dorymyrmex insanus Buckley, 1866 | Pyramid ant | | Forelius pruinosus Roger, 1863 | High noon ant | | Messor pergandei (Mayr, 1886) | ⇒ Veromessor pergandei Mayr, 1886 | | Myrmecocystus flaviceps Wheeler, W.M., 1912 | | | Myrmecocystus koso Snelling, R.R., 1976 | Alternate tellin | | Myrmecocystus lugubris Wheeler, W.M., 1909 | | | Myrmecocystus semirufus Emery, 1893 | Tapered pigtoe | | Nylanderia melanderi arenivaga Wheeler, 1905 | | | Ocymyrmex tachys Bolton & Marsh, 1989 | | | Paratrechina hystrix Trager, 1984 | | | Pheidole (Ceratopheidole) clydei Gregg, 1950 | | | Pheidole desertorum Wheeler, 1906 | | | Pheidole hyatti Emery, 1895 | Many-line lucine | | Pheidole paiute Gregg”Ž, 1959 | | | Pheidole yaqui Creighton & ..., 1955 | Frilled venus | | Pogonomyrmex californicus Buckley, 1867 | California harvester ant | | Pogonomyrmex hoelldobleri Johnson, Ove..., 2013 | | | Pogonomyrmex maricopa Wheeler, 1914 | Maricopa harvester ant | | Pogonomyrmex rugosus Emery, 1895 | Rough harvester ant | | Pogonomyrmex subdentatus Mayr, 1870 | | | Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) tennesseensis Smith, M.R., 1951 | Graytwig | | Solenopsis (Solenopsis) aurea Wheeler, W.M., 1906 | | | Veromessor pergandei Mayr, 1886 | Black harvester ant |
Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Death Valley National Park
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