Checklist of Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
for Indian Ocean (World Oceans)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 91
260
328 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 91
260
328 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 87
252
318 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 59
170
207 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 5
25
24 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 5
25
24 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 4
24
23 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 1
12
10 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Indian Ocean
1 Family width 10 Species and 2 Subspecies
Genera for Indian Ocean
12 Genera with 10 Species | Anoplolepis Santschi, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypoponera Santschi, 1938 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptothorax Mayr, 1981 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmicaria Saunders, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachycondyla Smith, 1901 | Panther Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paraparatrechina Donisthorpe, 1947 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1901 | Crazy ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pheidole Westwood, 1839 | Big-headed Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platythyrea Roger, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Solenopsis Westwood, 1896 | Fire ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetramorium Mayr, 1890 | Fierce Ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraponera Smith, 1895 | Slender ants | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Indian Ocean
10 Species and 2 Subspecies | Anoplolepis gracilipes Smith, 1857 | Ant | | Leptothorax nylanderi euxanthus (Plateaux, 1981) | ⇒ Temnothorax nylanderi Förster, 1850 | | Myrmicaria natalensis Smith, 1858 | Giant cleftclam | | Pachycondyla pachycondyla Emery, 1901 | | | Paratrechina bourbonica (Forel, 1886) | ⇒ Nylanderia bourbonica Forel, 1886 | | Paratrechina vaga (Forel, 1901) | ⇒ Nylanderia vaga Forel, 1901 | | Platythyrea parallela Smith, F., 1859 | Northern broadnosed killer ant | | Solenopsis clytemnestra clytemnestra Emery, 1896 | | | Tetramorium walshi Forel, 1890 | | | Tetraponera ambigua Emery, 1895 | Horseshoe crabs |
Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Indian Ocean
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