Checklist of Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
for Ethiopia (East Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 368
4260
12512 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 367
4259
12510 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 351
4199
12362 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 237
3462
10482 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 41
408
1153 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 39
401
1142 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 19
239
873 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 1
49
192 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Ethiopia
1 Family width 192 Species and 40 Subspecies
Genera for Ethiopia
49 Genera with 192 Species
| Acropyga Roger, 1915 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Aenictus Shuckard, 1910 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Anochetus Mayr, 1904 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Anoplolepis Santschi, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Atopomyrmex André, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bothroponera Smith, 1907 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Calyptomyrmex Emery, 1915 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Camponotus Mayr, 1894 | Black carpenter ant | 29 | Species | Taxom | | Cardiocondyla Emery, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Carebara Westwood, 1915 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cataglyphis Förster, 1787 | Desert ants | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Cataulacus Smith, 1876 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crematogaster Lund, 1894 | Acrobat Ants | 20 | Species | Taxom | | Desyopone Boudinot & P..., 2022 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dicroaspis Emery, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dorylus Fabricius, 1910 | driver ant | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Hypoponera Santschi, 1894 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Lepisiota Santschi, 1901 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Leptogenys Roger, 1892 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Leptothorax Mayr, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Megaponera Mayr, 1935 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Melissotarsus Emery, 2016 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Meranoplus Smith, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mesoponera Emery, 1910 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Messor Forel, 1883 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Monomorium Mayr, 1758 | | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmicaria Saunders, 1849 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Neivamyrmex Borgmeier, 1940 | Legionary Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ocymyrmex Emery, 1892 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Oligomyrmex Westwood, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ophthalmopone Forel, 1894 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pachycondyla Smith, 1798 | Panther Ants | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Paltothyreus Mayr, 1798 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1802 | Crazy ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pheidole Westwood, 1910 | Big-headed Ants | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Pheidologeton Mayr, 1851 | Marauder ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plagiolepis Mayr, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platythyrea Roger, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plectroctena F.Smith, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyrhachis Smith, 0 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Probolomyrmex Mayr, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Solenopsis Westwood, 1915 | Fire ants | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Strumigenys Smith, 1895 | Miniature Trap-jaw Ants | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Tapinolepis Emery, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Technomyrmex Mayr, 1910 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tetramorium Mayr, 1895 | Fierce Ants | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraponera Smith, 1939 | Slender ants | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Trichomyrmex Mayr, 1894 | | 3 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Ethiopia
192 Species and 40 Subspecies | Acropyga acutiventris Roger, 1862 | Southern acornshell | | Acropyga silvestrii (Emery, 1915) | ⇒ Acropyga acutiventris Roger, 1862 | | Aenictus bottegoi Emery, 1899 | Tubercled blossom | | Aenictus bottegoi noctivagus Forel, 1913 | | | Aenictus eugenii Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Aenictus eugenii caroli Forel, 1910 | | | Aenictus fuscovarius laetior Forel, 1910 | | | Anochetus pubescens Brown, 1978 | Princess venus | | Anochetus rothschildi Forel, 1907 | Cumberland leafshell | | Anochetus sedilloti Emery, 1884 | Herrington fingernailclam | | Anochetus siphneus Brown, 1978 | Princess venus | | Anochetus traegaordhi Mayr, 1904 | | | Anoplolepis custodiens Smith, F., 1858 | Louisiana pearlshell | | Atopomyrmex mocquerysi André, 1889 | | | Bothroponera crassa Emery, 1877 | | | Bothroponera crassa ilgii Forel, 1910 | | | Bothroponera escherichi Forel, 1910 | | | Bothroponera ilgii Forel, 1910 | | | Bothroponera soror Emery, 1899 | | | Bothroponera soror suturalis Forel, 1907 | | | Calyptomyrmex clavatus Weber, 1952 | | | Calyptomyrmex foreli Emery, 1915 | | | Camponotus (Myrmosericus) cinctellus Gerstäcker, 1859 | | | Camponotus (Myrmotrema) foraminosus Forel, 1879 | Eastern aligena | | Camponotus foraminosus chrysogaster Emery, 1895 | | | Camponotus foraminosus honorus Forel, 1910 | | | Camponotus (Myrmotrema) galla Forel, 1894 | | | Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) sericeus Fabricius, 1798 | Texas lilliput | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus Fabricius, 1782 | Consobrine tellin | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) oasium Forel, 1890 | | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) thraso Forel, 1893 | Cumberland leafshell | | Camponotus thraso assabensis Emery, 1925 | | | Camponotus thraso nefasitensis Menozzi, 1931 | | | Camponotus thraso negus Forel, 1907 | | | Camponotus carbo Emery, 1877 | | | Camponotus criniticeps Menozzi, 1939 | Beautiful crassatella | | Camponotus diplopunctatus Emery, 1915 | Nut semele | | Camponotus ilgii Forel, 1894 | | | Camponotus kollbrunneri Forel, 1910 | | | Camponotus ligea | | | Camponotus ligeus Donisthorpe, 1931 | | | Camponotus linnaei Forel, 1886 | Atlantic diplodon | | Camponotus moderatus Santschi, 1930 | | | Camponotus puberulus Emery, 1897 | | | Camponotus rhamses Santschi, 1915 | Pale lilliput | | Camponotus rhamses completus Santschi, 1930 | | | Camponotus robecchii Emery, 1892 | Little-wing pearly mussel | | Camponotus robecchii abyssinicus Santschi, 1913 | | | Camponotus somalinus André, 1887 | Cumberland leafshell | | Camponotus somalinus curtior Forel, 1894 | | | Camponotus zimmermanni Forel, 1894 | Texas lilliput | | Cardiocondyla shuckardi Forel, 1891 | | | Carebara diversa Jerdon, 1851 | | | Carebara erythraea Emery, 1915 | | | Cataglyphis abyssinica Forel, 1904 | | | Cataglyphis abyssinicus Forel, 1904 | | | Cataglyphis albicans Roger, 1859 | Dwarf surfclam | | Cataglyphis albicans franchettii Menozzi, 1931 | | | Cataglyphis bicolor Fabricius, 1793 | Sahara Desert ant | | Cataglyphis viatica Fabricius, 1787 | | | Cataulacus intrudens Frederick Smith, 1876 | Purplish tagelus | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) acaciae Forel, 1892 | Northern riffleshell | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) alulai Emery, 1901 | Eastern pearlshell | | Crematogaster alulai scrutans Forel, 1910 | | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) castanea Smith, F., 1858 | Catspaw | | Crematogaster castanea hararica Forel, 1894 | | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) chiarinii Emery, 1881 | Cumberland leafshell | | Crematogaster chiarinii taediosa Forel, 1894 | | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) menilekii Forel, 1894 | Painted eggcockle | | Crematogaster bequaerti ludia Forel, 1913 | | | Crematogaster aegyptiaca robusta Emery, 1877 | | | Crematogaster affabilis Forel, 1907 | Cumberland leafshell | | Crematogaster ilgii Forel, 1910 | | | Crematogaster neuvillei Forel, 1907 | Cumberland leafshell | | Crematogaster nigriceps Emery, 1897 | European fingernailclam | | Crematogaster nigriceps saganensis Consani, 1952 | | | Crematogaster pseudinermis muellerianus Finzi, 1939 | | | Crematogaster rivai Emery, 1897 | | | Crematogaster ruspolii Forel, 1892 | | | Crematogaster taediosa Forel, 1894 | | | Desyopone hereon ♰ Boudinot & P..., 2022 | | | Dicroaspis emeryi (Forel, 1910) | ⇒ Calyptomyrmex foreli Emery, 1915 | | Dorylus (Anomma) nigricans Illiger, 1802 | Inflated axinopsid | | Dorylus nigricans molestus Gerstaecker, 1859 | | | Dorylus (Dorylus) affinis Shuckard, 1840 | Catspaw | | Dorylus affinis aegyptiacus Mayr, 1865 | | | Dorylus affinis hirsutus Wheeler, 1922 | | | Dorylus (Rhogmus) fimbriatus Shuckard, 1840 | Tennessee riffleshell | | Dorylus fulvus eurous Emery, 1915 | | | Dorylus dorylus Lamarck, 1817 | | | Dorylus striatidens Santschi, 1910 | Catspaw | | Hypoponera exigua Bolton & Fisher, 2011 | | | Hypoponera faex Bolton & Fisher, 2011 | | | Hypoponera jeanneli Santschi, 1935 | | | Hypoponera jocosa Bolton & Fisher, 2011 | | | Hypoponera juxta Bolton & Fisher, 2011 | | | Hypoponera orba Emery, 1915 | | | Hypoponera punctatissima Roger, 1859 | Pantropical mini-ponerine ant | | Hypoponera ragusai Emery, 1894 | Ant | | Lepisiota canescens Emery, 1897 | Cuba lucine | | Lepisiota erythraea Forel, 1910 | | | Lepisiota gracilicornis Forel, 1892 | Compact astarte | | Lepisiota gracilicornis abdominalis Forel, 1894 | | | Lepisiota obtusa Emery, 1901 | | | Leptogenys (Lobopelta) piroskae Forel, 1910 | | | Leptogenys bellii Emery, 1901 | Eastern pearlshell | | Leptogenys buyssoni Forel, 1907 | Cumberland leafshell | | Leptogenys erythraea Emery, 1902 | | | Leptogenys pavesii Emery, 1892 | Little-wing pearly mussel | | Leptothorax (Nesomyrmex) angulatus (Mayr, 1862) | ⇒ Nesomyrmex angulatus Mayr, 1862 | | Megaponera analis Latreille, 1802 | Matabele ant | | Megaponera analis amazon Santschi, 1935 | | | Melissotarsus beccarii Emery, 1877 | | | Melissotarsus emeryi Forel, 1907 | Cumberland leafshell | | Melissotarsus ethiopiensis ♰ Coty & al., 2016 | | | Meranoplus inermis Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Mesoponera caffraria Smith, F., 1858 | | | Mesoponera elisae divaricata Emery, 1915 | | | Mesoponera escherichi Forel, 1910 | | | Messor barbarus Linnaeus, 1767 | Harvester ant | | Messor cephalotes Emery, 1895 | | | Messor galla Mayr, 1904 | Japanese horseshoe crab | | Messor galla obscurus Menozzi & Co..., 1904 | | | Messor semirufus André, 1883 | Cuba transennella | | Monomorium afrum André, 1884 | | | Monomorium areniphilum Santschi, 1911 | | | Monomorium bicolor (Emery, 1877) | ⇒ Monomorium hirsutum Forel, 1910 | | Monomorium carbo Forel, 1910 | | | Monomorium crawleyi Santschi, 1930 | | | Monomorium dakarense Santschi, 1914 | Northern riffleshell | | Monomorium damarense Forel, 1910 | | | Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851) | ⇒ Trichomyrmex destructor Jerdon, 1851 | | Monomorium exiguum Forel, 1894 | | | Monomorium herero Forel, 1910 | | | Monomorium hirsutum Forel, 1910 | | | Monomorium ilgii Forel, 1894 | | | Monomorium indicum Forel, 1902 | Ant | | Monomorium intrudens Smith, 1874 | Arnold's dogwood | | Monomorium junodi Forel, 1910 | | | Monomorium mictilis Forel, 1910 | | | Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987 | White-crest tellin | | Monomorium ophthalmicum Forel, 1894 | | | Monomorium pallidipes Forel, 1910 | | | Monomorium parvinode Forel, 1894 | | | Monomorium salomonis (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Monomorium junodi Forel, 1910 | | Myrmicaria distincta Santschi, 1925 | | | Myrmicaria distincta abyssinica Santschi, 1925 | | | Myrmicaria tigreensis Guérin-Ménev..., 1849 | | | Nesomyrmex angulatus Mayr, 1862 | | | Ocymyrmex celer Weber, 1943 | | | Ocymyrmex nitidulus Emery, 1892 | Little-wing pearly mussel | | Oligomyrmex erythraeus (Emery, 1915) | ⇒ Carebara erythraea Emery, 1915 | | Ophthalmopone ilgii Forel, 1894 | | | Pachycondyla ambigua (André, 1890) | ⇒ Mesoponera ambigua André, 1890 | | Pachycondyla crassa Emery, 1877 | Downy venus | | Pachycondyla ilgii Forel, 1894 | Compact astarte | | Pachycondyla pachycondyla Emery, 1901 | | | Pachycondyla sennaarensis Mayr, 1862 | | | Pachycondyla soror suturalis Forel, 1907 | | | Pachycondyla tarsata Fabricius, 1798 | Rose-painted semele | | Paltothyreus tarsatus Fabricius, 1798 | | | Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802 | Black Crazy Ant | | Pheidole aeberlii erythraea Emery, 1901 | | | Pheidole caffra Emery, 1895 | Painted eggcockle | | Pheidole caffra abyssinica Forel, 1910 | | | Pheidole caffra amoena Forel, 1911 | | | Pheidole clavata Emery, 1877 | Downy venus | | Pheidole crassinoda ruspolii Emery, 1897 | | | Pheidole escherichii Forel, 1910 | | | Pheidole jordanica Saulcy, 1874 | | | Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793) | ⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851 | | Pheidole megacephala ilgi Forel, 1907 | | | Pheidole megacephala ilgii Forel, 1907 | | | Pheidole philippi Emery, 1915 | | | Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866 | Leptosynapta montacutid | | Pheidole rugaticeps Emery, 1877 | | | Pheidole speculifera Emery, 1877 | Eastern pearlshell | | Pheidole speculifera ascara Emery, 1901 | | | Pheidole strator Forel, 1910 | Wabash riffleshell | | Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851 | East Indian harvesting ant | | Plagiolepis abyssinica Forel, 1894 | | | Platythyrea cribrinodis Gerstäcker, 1859 | | | Plectroctena mandibularis Smith, F., 1858 | | | Polyrhachis (Myrma) schistacea Gerstäcker, 1859 | | | Polyrhachis (Myrma) viscosa Smith, F., 1858 | | | Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla) cephalotes Emery, 1893 | Tapered pigtoe | | Polyrhachis omissa | | | Probolomyrmex brevirostris Forel, 1910 | | | Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) punctaticeps Mayr, 1865 | Northern riffleshell | | Solenopsis punctaticeps erythraea Emery, 1915 | | | Solenopsis gnomula Emery, 1915 | | | Strumigenys alessandrae Rigato, 2006 | | | Strumigenys bartolozzii Rigato, 2006 | | | Strumigenys londianensis Patrizi, 1946 | Borniaclam | | Strumigenys sarissa Bolton, 1983 | Spiny jewelbox | | Strumigenys simoni Emery, 1895 | | | Tapinolepis tumidula Emery, 1915 | | | Technomyrmex ilgi Forel, 1910 | Wavy-line astarte | | Tetramorium doriae Emery, 1881 | | | Tetramorium edouardi Forel, 1894 | | | Tetramorium eminii Forel, 1894 | Compact astarte | | Tetramorium escherichi Forel, 1910 | | | Tetramorium gabonense André, 1892 | | | Tetramorium ghindanum Forel, 1910 | | | Tetramorium gracile Forel, 1894 | | | Tetramorium imbelle Emery, 1915 | | | Tetramorium nefassitense Forel, 1910 | | | Tetramorium rothschildi Forel, 1907 | | | Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877 | | | Tetramorium simillimum Smith, F., 1851 | Ant | | Tetramorium subcoecum Forel, 1907 | Cumberland leafshell | | Tetramorium surrogatum Bolton, 1985 | | | Tetramorium weitzeckeri Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Tetraponera ambigua Emery, 1895 | Horseshoe crabs | | Tetraponera continua Forel, 1907 | | | Tetraponera gerdae Stitz, 1911 | | | Tetraponera mocquerysi André, 1890 | | | Tetraponera penzigi Mayr, 1907 | Leptosynapta montacutid | | Tetraponera penzigi continua Forel, 1907 | | | Tetraponera scotti Donisthorpe, 1931 | | | Tetraponera zavattarii Menozzi, 1939 | Empress venus | | Trichomyrmex abyssinicus Forel, 1894 | | | Trichomyrmex oscaris Forel, 1894 | |
Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Ethiopia
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