Checklist for Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
and region Launceston (Northeast Tasmania, Australia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 126
395
450 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 126
395
450 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 120
388
442 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 93
320
378 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 15
31
46 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 14
29
45 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 8
21
37 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 1
12
14 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Launceston (Tasmania)
1 Family width 14 Species
Genera for Launceston (Tasmania)
12 Genera with 14 Species | Amblyopone Erichson, 1842 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Camponotus Mayr, 1842 | Black carpenter ant | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Iridomyrmex Mayr, 1914 | Rainbow ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Linepithema Mayr, 1868 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmecia Fabricius, 1865 | Bull ants | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Notoncus Emery, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nylanderia Emery, 1913 | Crazy ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Orectognathus Smith, 1953 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Pheidole Westwood, 1839 | Big-headed Ants | 0 | Species | Taxom | Podomyrma Smith, 1859 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Polyrhachis Smith, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhytidoponera Mayr, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Launceston (Tasmania)
14 Species | Amblyopone australis Erichson, 1842 | Southern michelin ant | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) consobrinus Erichson, 1842 | Banded sugar ant | | Iridomyrmex calvus Emery, 1914 | | | Linepithema humile Mayr, 1868 | Argentine ant | | Myrmecia forficata Fabricius, 1787 | Bulldog Ant | | Myrmecia fulvipes Roger, 1861 | Candystick tellin | | Myrmecia mandibularis Smith, 1858 | Toothless Bull Ant | | Myrmecia pilosula Smith, 1858 | Hopper Ant | | Myrmecia urens Lowne, 1865 | Baby bull ant | | Notoncus hickmani Clark, 1930 | Yellow epaulet ant | | Nylanderia tasmaniensis Forel, 1913 | | | Orectognathus clarki Brown, 1953 | | | Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) femorata Smith, F., 1858 | Southern broad-nosed spiny ant | | Rhytidoponera tasmaniensis Emery, 1898 | Reddish lepton |
Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Launceston (Tasmania)
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