Checklist for Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
and region Los Angeles County (California, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 437
3437
6024 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 435
3435
6022 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 416
3371
5900 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 286
2874
5170 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 55
510
1223 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 47
466
1172 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 19
237
955 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superfamily
| Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 1
50
168 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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List of families for Los Angeles County
1 Family width 168 Species and 4 Subspecies
Genera for Los Angeles County
50 Genera with 168 Species #ABCDFHLMNOPRSTV
| Acanthomyops Mayr, 1909 | Citronella ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1895 | Collared Ants | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Atta Fabricius, 1793 | Leaf-cutting Ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1868 | Rover ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Camponotus Mayr, 1870 | Black carpenter ant | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Cardiocondyla Emery, 1890 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Colobopsis Mayr, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crematogaster Lund, 1919 | Acrobat Ants | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Cyphomyrmex Mayr, 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dolichoderus Lund, 1887 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dorymyrmex Mayr, 1863 | Cone ants | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Forelius Emery, 1863 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Formica Linnaeus, 1973 | And Field Ants | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Froggattella Forel, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypoponera Santschi, 1859 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lasius Fabricius, 1917 | Citronella ants | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Leptogenys Roger, 1866 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptothorax Mayr, 1846 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Linepithema Mayr, 1870 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Liometopum Mayr, 1895 | Velvety Tree Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Manica Jurine, 1802 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Messor Forel, 1886 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Monomorium Mayr, 1758 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Mycetosoritis Wheeler, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmecina Curtis, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmecocystus Wesmael, 1971 | Honeypot Ants | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmica Latreille, 1918 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Neivamyrmex Borgmeier, 1840 | Legionary Ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | Novomessor Emery, 1915 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Nylanderia Emery, 1905 | Crazy ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ocymyrmex Emery, 1989 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachycondyla Smith, 1804 | Panther Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1802 | Crazy ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pheidole Westwood, 1908 | Big-headed Ants | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Pogonomyrmex Mayr, 1895 | Harvester Ants | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Polyergus Latreille, 1866 | Amazon ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ponera Latreille, 1866 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prenolepis Mayr, 1836 | False Honey Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | Prionopelta Mayr, 1866 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudomyrmex Lund, 1855 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pyramica Roger, 1966 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | Rogeria Emery, 1894 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Solenopsis Westwood, 1901 | Fire ants | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Stenamma Westwood, 1973 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Strumigenys Smith, 2000 | Miniature Trap-jaw Ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tapinoma Förster, 1836 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Temnothorax Mayr, 1895 | Acorn Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetramorium Mayr, 1896 | Fierce Ants | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraponera Smith, 1895 | Slender ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Veromessor Forel, 1886 | Smooth Harvester Ants | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Los Angeles County
168 Species and 4 Subspecies | Acanthomyops occidentalis Wheeler, 1909 | | | Aphaenogaster andrei Mayr, 1886 | | | Aphaenogaster megommata Smith, 1963 | Tallow wood | | Aphaenogaster occidentalis Emery, 1895 | | | Atta (Archeatta) mexicana Smith, F., 1858 | Louisiana pearlshell | | Atta acromyrmex Reich, 1793 | | | Brachymyrmex depilis Emery, 1893 | Hairless Rover Ant | | Brachymyrmex patagonicus Mayr, 1868 | Dark rover ant | | Camponotus (Camponotus) herculeanus Linnaeus, 1758 | Black carpenter ant | | Camponotus (Camponotus) modoc Wheeler, W.M., 1910 | Carpenter ant | | Camponotus (Camponotus) pennsylvanicus (De Geer, 1773) | ⇒ Camponotus pensylvanica De Geer, 1773 | | Camponotus (Colobopsis) hunteri Wheeler, W.M., 1910 | | | Camponotus (Colobopsis) pylartes Wheeler, W.M., 1904 | | | Camponotus (Myrmentoma) bakeri Wheeler, W.M., 1904 | | | Camponotus (Myrmentoma) clarithorax Creighton, 1950 | Lunate crassinella | | Camponotus (Myrmentoma) decipiens Emery, 1893 | Tapered pigtoe | | Camponotus (Myrmentoma) essigi Smith, M.R., 1923 | | | Camponotus (Myrmentoma) nearcticus Emery, 1893 | Smaller carpenter ant | | Camponotus (Myrmentoma) subbarbatus Emery, 1893 | Tapered pigtoe | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) festinatus Buckley, 1866 | | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) fragilis (Pergande, 1893) | ⇒ Camponotus festinata Buckley, 1866 | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maccooki Forel, 1879 | | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus Fabricius, 1782 | Consobrine tellin | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) pilicornis Roger, 1859 | | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) vicinus Mayr, 1870 | Maculate carpenter ant | | Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881 | Ant | | Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel, 1890 | Moorish Sneaking Ant | | Cardiocondyla minutior (Forel, 1899) | ⇒ Cardiocondyla nudus Mayr, 1866 | | Cardiocondyla obscurior Wheeler, 1929 | Ant | | Cardiocondyla wroughtonii Forel, 1890 | Yellow sneaking ant | | Colobopsis impressa Roger, 1863 | | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) coarctata Mayr, 1870 | | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) depilis Wheeler, W.M., 1919 | | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) emeryana Creighton, 1950 | Lunate crassinella | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) laeviuscula Mayr, 1870 | | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) vermiculata Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Crematogaster borneensis harpyia Forel, 1911 | | | Crematogaster californica Wheeler, 1919 | | | Cyphomyrmex rimosus Spinola, 1853 | Rimose fungus ant | | Dolichoderus gibbifer gibbifer Emery, 1887 | | | Dorymyrmex bicolor Wheeler, W.M., 1906 | Bi-colored Pyramid Ant | | Dorymyrmex flavus McCook, 1879 | | | Dorymyrmex insanus Buckley, 1866 | Pyramid ant | | Dorymyrmex pyramicus Roger, 1863 | Southern acornshell | | Forelius mccooki McCook, 1879 | | | Forelius pruinosus Roger, 1863 | High noon ant | | Formica (Formica) rufa Linnaeus, 1761 | Davidson's bush-mallow | | Formica (Raptiformica) sanguinea Latreille, 1798 | Blood-Red Ant | | Formica (Serviformica) cinerea Mayr, 1853 | | | Formica (Serviformica) fusca (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758 | | Formica argentea Wheeler, W.M., 1912 | Silvery Field Ant | | Formica francoeuri Bolton, 1995 | Lens lucine | | Formica glacialis Wheeler, W.M., 1908 | Rough razor | | Formica gnava Buckley, 1866 | | | Formica lasioides Emery, 1893 | Tapered pigtoe | | Formica lepida Wheeler, W.M., 1913 | Orcutt nakedclam | | Formica moki Wheeler, W.M., 1906 | | | Formica neoclara Emery, 1893 | Tapered pigtoe | | Formica neorufibarbis Emery, 1893 | Tapered pigtoe | | Formica obscuripes Forel, 1886 | Thatching ant | | Formica pacifica Francoeur, 1973 | | | Formica planipilis Creighton, 1940 | | | Formica podzolica Francoeur, 1973 | | | Froggattella kirbii Lowne, 1865 | Common froglet ant | | Hypoponera opaciceps Mayr, 1887 | Carolina marshclam | | Hypoponera punctatissima Roger, 1859 | Pantropical mini-ponerine ant | | Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger Roger, 1862 | Common Citronella Ant | | Lasius (Cautolasius) flavus Fabricius, 1782 | Blond Field Ant | | Lasius (Chthonolasius) humilis Wheeler, W.M., 1917 | Sickle jackknife | | Lasius (Lasius) alienus Foerster, 1850 | Alien field ant | | Lasius (Lasius) neoniger Emery, 1893 | Cornfield ant | | Lasius (Lasius) pallitarsis Provancher, 1881 | Subterranean Aphid-Tending Ant | | Lasius californicus Wheeler, W.M., 1917 | | | Leptogenys (Lobopelta) elongata Buckley, 1866 | | | Leptothorax (Leptothorax) canadensis (Provancher, 1887) | ⇒ Leptothorax muscorum Nylander, 1846 | | Leptothorax (Leptothorax) muscorum Nylander, 1846 | Horseshoe crabs | | Linepithema humile Mayr, 1868 | Argentine ant | | Linepithema iniquum Mayr, 1870 | Ant | | Liometopum occidentale Emery, 1895 | Beaver-tail fairy shrimp | | Manica rubida Latreille, 1802 | | | Messor capitatus Latreille, 1798 | European Seed Harvesting Ant | | Messor chamberlini Wheeler, 1915 | Many-line lucine | | Messor lariversi Smith, 1951 | Butter clam | | Messor meridionalis André, 1883 | | | Messor pergandei (Mayr, 1886) | ⇒ Veromessor pergandei Mayr, 1886 | | Monomorium ergatogyna Wheeler, 1904 | | | Monomorium minimum (Buckley, 1867) | ⇒ Monomorium cyaneum Wheeler, 1914 | | Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987 | White-crest tellin | | Monomorium opacior Forel, 1913 | | | Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758 | Egyptian red ant | | Mycetosoritis hartmanni Wheeler, 1907 | | | Myrmecina americana Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Myrmecocystus colei Snelling, R.R., 1976 | Alternate tellin | | Myrmecocystus creightoni Snelling, R.R., 1971 | | | Myrmecocystus lugubris Wheeler, W.M., 1909 | | | Myrmecocystus melliger Forel, 1886 | Atlantic diplodon | | Myrmecocystus mexicanus Wesmael, 1838 | Arizona desert-thorn | | Myrmecocystus romainei Snelling, 1975 | | | Myrmecocystus testaceus Emery, 1893 | Tapered pigtoe | | Myrmecocystus wheeleri Snelling, R.R., 1971 | | | Myrmica (Myrmica) punctiventris Roger, 1863 | | | Myrmica americana Weber, 1939 | | | Myrmica detritinodis (Emery, 1921) | ⇒ Myrmica fracticornis Forel, 1901 | | Myrmica fracticornis Forel, 1901 | Round combshell | | Myrmica incompleta Provancher, 1881 | Incomplete Ant | | Myrmica lobifrons (Pergande, 1900) | ⇒ Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846 | | Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846 | Ant | | Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918 | | | Neivamyrmex minor Cresson, 1872 | | | Neivamyrmex swainsonii Shuckard, 1840 | | | Nylanderia melanderi arenivaga Wheeler, 1905 | | | Ocymyrmex tachys Bolton & Marsh, 1989 | | | Pachycondyla harpax Fabricius, 1804 | Ant | | Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802 | Black Crazy Ant | | Pheidole anastasii Emery, 1896 | Anastasia's big-headed ant | | Pheidole barbata Wheeler, 1908 | Rough razor | | Pheidole bicarinata Mayr, 1870 | Atlantic diplodon | | Pheidole californica Mayr, 1870 | Turgid blossom | | Pheidole desertorum Wheeler, 1906 | | | Pheidole fervens Smith, 1858 | Harvester-ant | | Pheidole gilvescens Creighton & ..., 1955 | Frilled venus | | Pheidole hyatti Emery, 1895 | Many-line lucine | | Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879 | Big-headed ant | | Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793) | ⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851 | | Pheidole moerens Wheeler, 1908 | Big-headed ant | | Pheidole morrisii Forel, 1886 | Atlantic diplodon | | Pheidole paiute Gregg”Ž, 1959 | | | Pheidole pallidula Nylander, 1849 | Cumberland leafshell | | Pheidole pilifera Roger, 1863 | Hairy Big-Headed Ant | | Pheidole rufipilis dione (Forel, 1913) | ⇒ Pheidole dione Forel, 1913 | | Pheidole xerophila (Wheeler, 1908) | ⇒ Pheidole gilvescens Creighton & ..., 1955 | | Pogonomyrmex badius Latreille, 1802 | Florida harvester ant | | Pogonomyrmex californicus Buckley, 1867 | California harvester ant | | Pogonomyrmex rugosus Emery, 1895 | Rough harvester ant | | Pogonomyrmex subdentatus Mayr, 1870 | | | Pogonomyrmex subnitidus Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Polyergus texana Buckley, 1866 | | | Ponera pennsylvanica Buckley, 1866 | Pennsylvania Ponera | | Prenolepis imparis Say, 1836 | False Honey Ant | | Pseudomyrmex apache Creighton, 1953 | | | Pseudomyrmex gracilis Fabricius, 1804 | Elongate twig ant | | Pseudomyrmex pallidus Smith, F., 1855 | | | Pyramica membranifera (Emery, 1869) | ⇒ Strumigenys membranifera Emery, 1869 | | Pyramica tetragnatha Taylor, 1966 | | | Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) carolinensis Forel, 1901 | Round combshell | | Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) molesta (Say, 1836) | ⇒ Diplorhoptrum molestum Emery, 1895 | | Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) tennesseensis Smith, M.R., 1951 | Graytwig | | Solenopsis (Solenopsis) aurea Wheeler, W.M., 1906 | | | Solenopsis (Solenopsis) geminata Fabricius, 1804 | Fire Ant | | Solenopsis (Solenopsis) xyloni McCook, 1879 | Southern fire ant | | Solenopsis indet | | | Solenopsis invicta Buren, 1972 | Argentine Fire Ant | | Solenopsis truncorum Forel, 1901 | Round combshell | | Stenamma californicum Snelling, R.R., 1973 | | | Stenamma punctatoventre Snelling, R.R., 1973 | | | Strumigenys louisianae Roger, 1863 | | | Strumigenys lycosa Bolton, 2000 | | | Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793 | Ghost ant | | Tapinoma sessile Say, 1836 | Coconut ant | | Temnothorax andrei Emery, 1895 | | | Tetramorium bicarinatum Nylander, 1846 | Bicoloured Pennant Ant | | Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758 | Carpenter carditid | | Tetramorium insolens Smith, F., 1861 | Ant | | Tetramorium simillimum Smith, F., 1851 | Ant | | Tetramorium spinosum Pergande, 1896 | | | Tetraponera andrei Mayr, 1895 | | | Veromessor andrei Mayr, 1886 | | | Veromessor pergandei Mayr, 1886 | Black harvester ant |
Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Los Angeles County
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