Checklist of Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
for Gauteng (Republic South Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 331
2962
5500 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 330
2961
5499 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 313
2903
5412 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 206
2450
4777 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 39
412
866 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 37
410
864 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 17
220
661 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 1
54
170 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Gauteng
1 Family width 170 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Gauteng
54 Genera with 170 Species
| Aenictus Shuckard, 1901 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Agraulomyrmex Prins, 1983 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anochetus Mayr, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anoplolepis Santschi, 1894 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1912 | Rover ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calyptomyrmex Emery, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Camponotus Mayr, 1892 | Black carpenter ant | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Cardiocondyla Emery, 1908 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Carebara Westwood, 1858 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cataulacus Smith, 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Centromyrmex Mayr, 2008 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cerapachys Smith, 1899 | Ant-raiding ant | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Crematogaster Lund, 1920 | Acrobat Ants | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptopone Emery, 1948 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Decamorium Mayr, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dorylus Fabricius, 1946 | driver ant | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Eburopone Borowiec, 2016 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypoponera Santschi, 1859 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Lepisiota Santschi, 1913 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Leptogenys Roger, 1858 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Linepithema Mayr, 1868 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Meranoplus Smith, 1917 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Mesoponera Emery, 1858 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Messor Forel, 1923 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Monomorium Mayr, 1987 | | 20 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmicaria Saunders, 1858 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Nesomy | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nylanderia Emery, 1915 | Crazy ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ocymyrmex Emery, 1981 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Odontomachus Latreille, 1914 | Trap-jaw ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Oligomyrmex Westwood, 1840 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachycondyla Smith, 1901 | Panther Ants | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Parasyscia Emery, 1882 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pheidole Westwood, 1901 | Big-headed Ants | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Plagiolepis Mayr, 1895 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Platythyrea Roger, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plectroctena F.Smith, 1858 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Polyrhachis Smith, 1858 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Prionopelta Mayr, 1949 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pyramica Roger, 1966 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ravavy Fisher, 2009 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhoptromyrmex Mayr, 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Solenopsis Westwood, 1865 | Fire ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Streblognathus Mayr, 2002 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Strumigenys Smith, 1949 | Miniature Trap-jaw Ants | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Syllophopsis Santschi, 1914 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tanaemyrmex Ashmead, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tapinolepis Emery, 1925 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tapinoma Förster, 1876 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Technomyrmex Mayr, 1907 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Tetramorium Mayr, 1895 | Fierce Ants | 33 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraponera Smith, 1895 | Slender ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Trichomyrmex Mayr, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Gauteng
170 Species and 1 Subspecies | Aenictus mariae Emery, 1895 | Horned fairy shrimp | | Aenictus rotundatus Mayr, 1901 | San Diego fairy shrimp | | Anochetus levaillanti Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Anoplolepis custodiens Smith, F., 1858 | Louisiana pearlshell | | Anoplolepis steingroeveri Forel, 1894 | Black pugnacious ant | | Brachymyrmex incisus Forel, 1912 | | | Calyptomyrmex foreli Emery, 1915 | | | Camponotus (Myrmespera) emarginatus Emery, 1886 | | | Camponotus cameranoi eugaster Santschi, 1922 | | | Camponotus (Myrmopiromis) fulvopilosus De Geer, 1778 | South African Golden Desert Ant | | Camponotus (Myrmopiromis) niveosetosus Mayr, 1862 | Atlantic diplodon | | Camponotus (Myrmopsamma) mystaceus Emery, 1886 | | | Camponotus (Myrmosericus) cinctellus Gerstäcker, 1859 | | | Camponotus (Myrmosericus) eugeniae Forel, 1879 | | | Camponotus (Myrmosericus) petersii Emery, 1895 | Southern acornshell | | Camponotus (Myrmosericus) rufoglaucus Jerdon, 1851 | Cumberland leafshell | | Camponotus (Myrmosericus) valdeziae Forel, 1879 | | | Camponotus (Myrmotrema) aequitas Santschi, 1920 | Giant cleftclam | | Camponotus (Myrmotrema) foraminosus Forel, 1879 | Eastern aligena | | Camponotus (Myrmotrema) grandidieri Forel, 1886 | Atlantic diplodon | | Camponotus (Myrmotrema) olivieri Forel, 1886 | Atlantic diplodon | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus Fabricius, 1782 | Consobrine tellin | | Camponotus auropubens Forel, 1894 | Pale lilliput | | Camponotus cosmicus Smith, F., 1858 | Louisiana pearlshell | | Camponotus cubangensis Forel, 1901 | Round combshell | | Camponotus empedocles Emery, 1920 | | | Camponotus hova Forel, 1891 | Inflated axinopsid | | Camponotus robecchii Emery, 1892 | Little-wing pearly mussel | | Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881 | Ant | | Cardiocondyla shuckardi Forel, 1891 | | | Cardiocondyla venustula Wheeler, 1908 | Ant | | Carebara perpusilla Emery, 1895 | | | Carebara vidua (Smith, 1858) | ⇒ Carebara junodi Forel, 1904 | | Centromyrmex fugator Bolton & Fisher, 2008 | | | Cerapachys cribrinodis Emery, 1899 | | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) castanea Smith, F., 1858 | Catspaw | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) constructor Emery, 1895 | Carpenter carditid | | Crematogaster (Decacrema) liengmei Forel, 1894 | Turgid blossom | | Crematogaster (Orthocrema) rectinota Forel, 1913 | | | Crematogaster (Orthocrema) transvaalensis Forel, 1894 | | | Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) hottentota Emery, 1899 | Tubercled blossom | | Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) kneri Mayr, 1862 | Northern riffleshell | | Crematogaster amita Forel, 1913 | Texas lilliput | | Crematogaster misella Arnold, 1920 | | | Cryptopone hartwigi Arnold, 1948 | | | Decamorium decem Forel, 1913 | | | Dorylus (Dorylus) helvolus Linnaeus, 1764 | Wavy amphissa | | Dorylus dorylus Lamarck, 1817 | | | Dorylus faurei Arnold, 1946 | | | Hypoponera coeca Santschi, 1914 | | | Hypoponera dulcis Forel, 1907 | Wavy-line astarte | | Hypoponera eduardi Forel, 1894 | Compact astarte | | Hypoponera meridia Bolton & Fisher, 2011 | | | Hypoponera perparva Bolton & Fisher, 2011 | | | Hypoponera punctatissima Roger, 1859 | Pantropical mini-ponerine ant | | Lepisiota arnoldi Forel, 1913 | Alaska great-tellin | | Lepisiota capensis Mayr, 1862 | Alaska great-tellin | | Lepisiota crinita Mayr, 1895 | | | Lepisiota egregia Forel, 1913 | | | Lepisiota imperfecta Santschi, 1926 | Northern dwarf-tellin | | Lepisiota longinoda Arnold, 1920 | | | Lepisiota spinosior Forel, 1913 | | | Leptogenys castanea Mayr, 1862 | | | Leptogenys intermedia Emery, 1902 | | | Leptogenys maxillosa Smith, F., 1858 | Louisiana pearlshell | | Linepithema humile Mayr, 1868 | Argentine ant | | Meranoplus glaber Arnold, 1926 | Lake fingernailclam | | Meranoplus inermis Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Meranoplus magrettii Magretti, 1884 | | | Meranoplus peringueyi Emery, 1886 | | | Meranoplus spininodis Arnold, 1917 | Swamp fingernailclam | | Mesoponera caffraria Smith, F., 1858 | | | Messor capensis Mayr, 1862 | | | Messor piceus Stitz, 1923 | | | Monomorium afrc | | | Monomorium albopilosum Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Monomorium anceps Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Monomorium damarense Forel, 1910 | | | Monomorium delagoense (Forel, 1894) | ⇒ Monomorium herero Forel, 1910 | | Monomorium exiguum Forel, 1894 | | | Monomorium fastidium Bolton, 1987 | White-crest tellin | | Monomorium intrudens Smith, 1874 | Arnold's dogwood | | Monomorium junodi Forel, 1910 | | | Monomorium mictile Forel, 1910 | | | Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987 | White-crest tellin | | Monomorium musicum Forel, 1910 | | | Monomorium notulum Forel, 1910 | | | Monomorium opacior Forel, 1913 | | | Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758 | Egyptian red ant | | Monomorium rufulum Stitz, 1923 | | | Monomorium springvalense Forel, 1913 | | | Monomorium taedium Bolton, 1987 | White-crest tellin | | Monomorium termitarium (Forel, 1910) | ⇒ Monomorium disertum Forel, 1913 | | Monomorium torvicte Bolton, 1987 | White-crest tellin | | Myrmicaria faurei Arnold, 1947 | | | Myrmicaria fusca Stitz, 1911 | Atlantic galeommatid | | Myrmicaria natalensis Smith, 1858 | Giant cleftclam | | Nesomy rmex | | | Nylanderia natalenis Forel, 1915 | | | Ocymyrmex barbiger Emery, 1886 | | | Ocymyrmex foreli Arnold, 1916 | | | Ocymyrmex fortior Santschi, 1911 | | | Ocymyrmex sobek Bolton, 1981 | | | Odontomachus assiniensis Emery, 1892 | Little-wing pearly mussel | | Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi, 1914 | Northern riffleshell | | Pachycondyla analis (Latreille, 1802) | ⇒ Megaponera analis Latreille, 1802 | | Pachycondyla berthoudi Forel, 1890 | Striate hiatella | | Pachycondyla caffraria Smith, F., 1858 | Louisiana pearlshell | | Pachycondyla crassa Emery, 1877 | Downy venus | | Pachycondyla pachycondyla Emery, 1901 | | | Pheidole afrc | | | Pheidole arnoldi Forel, 1913 | | | Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793) | ⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851 | | Pheidole sculpturata Mayr, 1866 | Cumberland leafshell | | Pheidole tenuinodis Mayr, 1901 | Round combshell | | Plagiolepis brunni Mayr, 1895 | San Pedro mysella | | Plagiolepis fuscula Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Plectroctena mandibularis Smith, F., 1858 | | | Polyrhachis (Myrma) schistacea Gerstäcker, 1859 | | | Polyrhachis (Myrma) vestita Smith, F., 1860 | Reddish lepton | | Polyrhachis (Myrma) viscosa Smith, F., 1858 | | | Prionopelta aethiopica Arnold, 1949 | | | Pyramica tetragnatha Taylor, 1966 | | | Rhoptromyrmex transversinodis Mayr, 1901 | | | Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) punctaticeps Mayr, 1865 | Northern riffleshell | | Streblognathus peetersi Robertson, 2002 | | | Strumigenys arnoldi Forel, 1913 | | | Strumigenys havilandi Forel, 1905 | | | Strumigenys lycosa Bolton, 2000 | | | Strumigenys mandibularis Smith, F., 1860 | | | Strumigenys maxillaris Baroni Urbani, 2007 | | | Strumigenys pretoriae Arnold, 1949 | | | Syllophopsis modesta Santschi, 1914 | | | Tapinoma pallipes Smith, 1876 | Ant | | Technomyrmex albipes Smith, F., 1861 | Ant | | Technomyrmex ilgi Forel, 1910 | Wavy-line astarte | | Technomyrmex voeltzkowi Forel, 1907 | | | Tetramorium akermani Arnold, 1926 | Lake fingernailclam | | Tetramorium altivagans Santschi, 1914 | Northern riffleshell | | Tetramorium argenteopilosum Arnold, 1926 | Lake fingernailclam | | Tetramorium bothae Forel, 1910 | | | Tetramorium caldarium Roger, 1857 | Ant | | Tetramorium delagoense Forel, 1894 | | | Tetramorium eminii Forel, 1894 | Compact astarte | | Tetramorium erectum Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Tetramorium ericae Arnold, 1917 | Swamp fingernailclam | | Tetramorium frenchi Forel, 1914 | | | Tetramorium frigidum Arnold, 1926 | Lake fingernailclam | | Tetramorium grassii Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Tetramorium inezulae Forel, 1914 | Flattened carditid | | Tetramorium khyarum Bolton, 1980 | False softshell | | Tetramorium laevithorax Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Tetramorium matopoense Arnold, 1926 | Lake fingernailclam | | Tetramorium microps Mayr, 1901 | Imperial venus | | Tetramorium mossamedense Forel, 1901 | Round combshell | | Tetramorium notiale Bolton, 1980 | False softshell | | Tetramorium oculatum Forel, 1913 | | | Tetramorium sepositum Santschi, 1918 | | | Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877 | | | Tetramorium setigerum Mayr, 1901 | | | Tetramorium setuliferum Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Tetramorium signatum Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Tetramorium simillimum Smith, F., 1851 | Ant | | Tetramorium subcoecum Forel, 1907 | Cumberland leafshell | | Tetramorium titus Forel, 1910 | | | Tetramorium traegaordhi Santschi, 1914 | Northern riffleshell | | Tetramorium umtaliense Arnold, 1926 | Lake fingernailclam | | Tetramorium warreni Arnold, 1926 | Lake fingernailclam | | Tetramorium weitzeckeri Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Tetraponera ambigua Emery, 1895 | Horseshoe crabs |
Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Gauteng
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