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Checklist for Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
and region Jamaica (Greater Antilles)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
365
2609
4525
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
364
2608
4523
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
351
2557
4450
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
219
1949
3371
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
36
243
338
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
36
243
338
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
15
124
258
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
49
149
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Jamaica
1 Family width 149 Species and 11 Subspecies
Formicidae Latreille, 1809Ants149SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Jamaica
49 Genera with 149 Species
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Aenictus Shuckard, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Anochetus Mayr, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Basiceros Schulz, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1887Rover ants7SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 1916Black carpenter ant17SpeciesTaxom
Cardiocondyla Emery, 19084SpeciesTaxom
Carebara Westwood, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Cephalotes Latreille, 1922Turtle ants1SpeciesTaxom
Crematogaster Lund, 1893Acrobat Ants5SpeciesTaxom
Cryptopone Emery, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Cyphomyrmex Mayr, 18534SpeciesTaxom
Discothyrea Roger, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Dorymyrmex Mayr, 1863Cone ants2SpeciesTaxom
Ectatomma Smith, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Gnamptogenys Roger, 18842SpeciesTaxom
Hypoponera Santschi, 18594SpeciesTaxom
Lasius Fabricius, 1862Citronella ants1SpeciesTaxom
Leptogenys Roger, 19753SpeciesTaxom
Linepithema Mayr, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Messor Forel, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Monomorium Mayr, 19134SpeciesTaxom
Mycetomoellerius Solomon, Rab..., 18932SpeciesTaxom
Neivamyrmex Borgmeier, 1934Legionary Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Nylanderia Emery, 1906
Crazy ants0SpeciesTaxom
Ochetellus Shattuck, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Octostruma Forel, 18882SpeciesTaxom
Odontomachus Latreille, 1937Trap-jaw ants4SpeciesTaxom
Pachycondyla Smith, 1863Panther Ants4SpeciesTaxom
Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1846Crazy ants2SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1893Big-headed Ants23SpeciesTaxom
Pheidologeton Mayr, 1851Marauder ants1SpeciesTaxom
Plagiolepis Mayr, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Platythyrea Roger, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Polyrhachis Smith, 18632SpeciesTaxom
Prenolepis Mayr, 1836False Honey Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomyrmex Lund, 19068SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoponera Emery, 18632SpeciesTaxom
Pyramica Roger, 19115SpeciesTaxom
Rhytidoponera Mayr, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Solenopsis Westwood, 1925Fire ants8SpeciesTaxom
Strumigenys Smith, 1890Miniature Trap-jaw Ants9SpeciesTaxom
Tapinoma Förster, 17932SpeciesTaxom
Technomyrmex Mayr, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Temnothorax Mayr, 1861
Acorn Ants0SpeciesTaxom
Tetramorium Mayr, 1892Fierce Ants6SpeciesTaxom
Trachymyrmex Forel, 18933SpeciesTaxom
Trichomyrmex Mayr, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Wasmannia Forel, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Xenomyrmex Forel, 18951SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Jamaica
149 Species and 11 Subspecies
Aenictus artipus Wilson, 1964
Anochetus mayri Emery, 1884Ant
Basiceros iheringi Emery, 1888
Brachymyrmex australis Forel, 1901Round combshell
Brachymyrmex flavidulus Roger, 1863
Brachymyrmex heeri Forel, 1874Inflated axinopsid
Brachymyrmex minutus Forel, 1893Minute rover ant
Brachymyrmex obscurior Forel, 1893Obscure rover ant
Brachymyrmex patagonicus Mayr, 1868Dark rover ant
Brachymyrmex pictus Mayr, 1887
Camponotus (Myrmamblys) itoi Forel, 1912Much-compressed montacutid
Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) capperi Forel, 1899Sickle jackknife
Camponotus capperi corticalis Forel, 1899
Camponotus capperi formosulus Wheeler, 1917
Camponotus capperi subdepilis Wheeler, 1917
Camponotus capperi unctulus Wheeler, 1917
Camponotus (Myrmosphincta) sexguttatus Fabricius, 1793Hatchet surfclam
Camponotus (Myrmothrix) atriceps Smith, F., 1858Florida carpenter ant
Camponotus (Myrmothrix) hannani Forel, 1899
Camponotus (Myrmotrema) grandidieri Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Camponotus (Pseudocolobopsis) fugax Forel, 1902
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) conspicuus Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) fumidus Roger, 1863Dirty mysella
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus Fabricius, 1782Consobrine tellin
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) picipes Olivier, 1792Dirty mysella
Camponotus picipes jamaicensis Wheeler, 1917
Camponotus moeschi lygaeus Viehmeyer, 1916
Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881Ant
Cardiocondyla minutior (Forel, 1899)⇒ Cardiocondyla nudus Mayr, 1866
Cardiocondyla nudus Mayr, 1866
Cardiocondyla venustula Wheeler, 1908Ant
Carebara diversa Jerdon, 1851
Cephalotes jamaicensis Forel, 1922
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) crinosa Mayr, 1862
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) steinheili Forel, 1881
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) victima Smith, F., 1858Round combshell
Crematogaster curvispinosa Mayr, 1862Inflated axinopsid
Crematogaster vicina André, 1893
Cryptopone guatemalensis Forel, 1899
Cyphomyrmex foxi André, 1892
Cyphomyrmex minutus Mayr, 1862Ant
Cyphomyrmex podargus Snelling & L..., 1992
Cyphomyrmex rimosus Spinola, 1853Rimose fungus ant
Dorymyrmex bicolor Wheeler, W.M., 1906Bi-colored Pyramid Ant
Dorymyrmex pyramicus Roger, 1863Southern acornshell
Ectatomma (Ectatomma) tuberculatum Olivier, 1792Ant
Gnamptogenys continua Mayr, 1887Threetooth carditid
Gnamptogenys striatula Mayr, 1884
Hypoponera foeda Forel, 1893Orbicular axinopsid
Hypoponera opaciceps jamaicensis Aguayo, 1932
Hypoponera opacior Forel, 1893Orbicular axinopsid
Hypoponera punctatissima Roger, 1859Pantropical mini-ponerine ant
Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger Roger, 1862Common Citronella Ant
Leptogenys pubiceps Emery, 1890Round combshell
Leptogenys reggae Lattke, 2011
Leptogenys regis Bolton, 1975Tinted tellin
Linepithema iniquum Mayr, 1870Ant
Messor barbarum pseudo Mayr, 1862
Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851)⇒ Trichomyrmex destructor Jerdon, 1851
Monomorium ebeninum Forel, 1891Ant
Monomorium floricola Jerdon, 1851Bicolored trailing ant
Monomorium opacior Forel, 1913
Mycetomoellerius haytianus
Mycetomoellerius jamaicensis André, 1893
Neivamyrmex postangustatus Borgmeier, 1934
Ochetellus punctatissimus Emery, 1887
Octostruma balzani Emery, 1894
Octostruma iheringi (Emery, 1888)⇒ Basiceros iheringi Emery, 1888
Odontomachus bauri Emery, 1892Little-wing pearly mussel
Odontomachus brunneus Patton, 1894
Odontomachus haematodus Linnaeus, 1758Two-spined trapjaw ant
Odontomachus ruginodis Smith, M.R., 1937Eggleaf silktassel
Pachycondyla cauta (Mann, 1922)⇒ Pseudoponera succedanea Roger, 1863
Pachycondyla harpax Fabricius, 1804Ant
Pachycondyla stigma (Fabricius, 1804)⇒ Pseudoponera stigma Fabricius, 1804
Pachycondyla succedanea Roger, 1863
Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802Black Crazy Ant
Paratrechina vividula (Nylander, 1846)⇒ Nylanderia vividula Nylander, 1846
Pheidole (Ceratopheidole) hecate Wheeler, W.M., 1911Sickle jackknife
Pheidole hecate bruesi (Wheeler, 1917)⇒ Pheidole hecate Wheeler, W.M., 1911
Pheidole bruesi Wheeler, 1911
Pheidole caribbaea Wheeler, 1911Sickle jackknife
Pheidole exigua Mayr, 1884
Pheidole fallax Mayr, 1870Atlantic diplodon
Pheidole flavens (Roger, 1863)⇒ Pheidole sculptior Forel, 1893
Pheidole floridana Emery, 1895Round combshell
Pheidole jamaicensis Wheeler, 1908
Pheidole jelskii Mayr, 1884
Pheidole jordanica Saulcy, 1874
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851
Pheidole moerens Wheeler, 1908Big-headed ant
Pheidole navigans Forel, 1901Navigating big-headed ant
Pheidole nitidicollis Emery, 1896
Pheidole obscurithorax Naves, 1985Obscure big-headed ant
Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866Leptosynapta montacutid
Pheidole radoszkowskii Mayr, 1884Round combshell
Pheidole rufipilis dione (Forel, 1913)⇒ Pheidole dione Forel, 1913
Pheidole sculptior Forel, 1893
Pheidole stomachosa (Wheeler, 1917)⇒ Pheidole floridana Emery, 1895
Pheidole subarmata Radoszkowsky, 1884
Pheidole teneriffana (Forel, 1893)⇒ Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879
Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851East Indian harvesting ant
Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery, 1894Alluaud's Little Yellow Ant
Platythyrea punctata Smith, F., 1858Ant
Polyrhachis caeciliae Forel, 1912
Polyrhachis paromalus paromalus Smith, 1863
Prenolepis imparis Say, 1836False Honey Ant
Pseudomyrmex cubaensis Forel, 1901Ant
Pseudomyrmex eduardi Forel, 1912
Pseudomyrmex ejectus Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Pseudomyrmex gracilis Fabricius, 1804Elongate twig ant
Pseudomyrmex pallidus Smith, F., 1855
Pseudomyrmex simplex Smith, F., 1877
Pseudomyrmex subater Wheeler, W.M..., 1914
Pseudomyrmex tenuissimus Emery, 1906
Pseudoponera stigma Fabricius, 1804Pan-tropical Panther Ant
Pseudoponera succedanea Roger, 1863
Pyramica eggersi Emery, 1890Ant
Pyramica emmae Emery, 1890Ant
Pyramica gundlachi Roger, 1862Subglobose diplodon
Pyramica jamaicensis Brown, 1959
Pyramica nigrescens Wheeler, 1911Lamellar venus
Rhytidoponera punctata Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) azteca Forel, 1893Rough razor
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) clytemnestra Emery, 1896False spike
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) picta Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) pollux Forel, 1893
Solenopsis (Solenopsis) geminata Fabricius, 1804Fire Ant
Solenopsis indet
Solenopsis invicta Buren, 1972Argentine Fire Ant
Solenopsis oculata Santschi, 1925
Strumigenys biolleyi Forel, 1908
Strumigenys emmae Emery, 1890Emma's Dacetine Ant
Strumigenys glenognatha Bolton, 2000
Strumigenys gundlachi Roger, 1862Ant
Strumigenys jamaicensis Brown, 1959
Strumigenys lanuginosa Wheeler, W.M., 1905Ant
Strumigenys louisianae Roger, 1863
Strumigenys nigrescens Wheeler, W.M., 1911
Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890Ant
Tapinoma litorale Wheeler, W.M., 1905Ant
Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793Ghost ant
Technomyrmex difficilis Forel, 1892Ant
Tetramorium bicarinatum Nylander, 1846Bicoloured Pennant Ant
Tetramorium caldarium Roger, 1857Ant
Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870Ant
Tetramorium lucayanum Wheeler, W.M., 1905
Tetramorium simillimum Smith, F., 1851Ant
Tetramorium steinheili Forel, 1892
Trachymyrmex haytianus Wheeler, W.M..., 1914
Trachymyrmex jamaicencis Andre, 0
Trachymyrmex jamaicensis André, 1893Ant
Trichomyrmex destructor Jerdon, 1851Destroyer Ant
Wasmannia auropunctata Roger, 1863Electric ant
Xenomyrmex floridanus Emery, 1895Turgid blossom

Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Jamaica
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
49
149
Genera
Species

Taxom