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Checklist for Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
and region Meta Department (Region Orinoquia, Colombia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
201
1164
1728
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
201
1164
1728
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
180
1092
1624
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
120
855
1290
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
21
141
273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
18
130
273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
11
117
263
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
60
172
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Meta Department
1 Family width 172 Species and 2 Subspecies
Formicidae Latreille, 1809Ants172SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Meta Department
58 Genera with 172 Species
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Acanthostichus Mayr, 19852SpeciesTaxom
Acromyrmex Mayr, 1890Leaf-cutting Ants3SpeciesTaxom
Anochetus Mayr, 18904SpeciesTaxom
Apterostigma Mayr, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Atta Fabricius, 1844Leaf-cutting Ants5SpeciesTaxom
Basiceros Schulz, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 1870Black carpenter ant7SpeciesTaxom
Cardiocondyla Emery, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Centromyrmex Mayr, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Cephalotes Latreille, 1824Turtle ants10SpeciesTaxom
Crematogaster Lund, 2003Acrobat Ants17SpeciesTaxom
Cryptopone Emery, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Cyphomyrmex Mayr, 18533SpeciesTaxom
Daceton Perty, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Discothyrea Roger, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Dolichoderus Lund, 186210SpeciesTaxom
Dorymyrmex Mayr, 1904Cone ants2SpeciesTaxom
Eciton Latreille, 17924SpeciesTaxom
Ectatomma Smith, 18606SpeciesTaxom
Gigantiops Roger, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Gnamptogenys Roger, 18589SpeciesTaxom
Hylomyrma Forel, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Hypoponera Santschi, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Lachnomyrmex Wheeler, 19501SpeciesTaxom
Linepithema Mayr, 20072SpeciesTaxom
Megalomyrmex Forel, 19473SpeciesTaxom
Monomorium Mayr, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Mycetarotes Emery, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Mycocepurus Forel, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Myrmelachista Roger, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Myrmicocrypta Smith, 1860
0SpeciesTaxom
Neivamyrmex Borgmeier, 1939Legionary Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Neoponera Emery, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Nomamyrmex Borgmeier, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Ochetomyrmex Mayr, 18782SpeciesTaxom
Octostruma Forel, 18884SpeciesTaxom
Odontomachus Latreille, 1937Trap-jaw ants6SpeciesTaxom
Pachycondyla Smith, 1804Panther Ants9SpeciesTaxom
Paraponera Smith, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1846Crazy ants1SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 2003Big-headed Ants15SpeciesTaxom
Platythyrea Roger, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Pogonomyrmex Mayr, 1878Harvester Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Polyrhachis Smith, 18594SpeciesTaxom
Prionopelta Mayr, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Probolomyrmex Mayr, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Procryptocerus Emery, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomyrmex Lund, 18585SpeciesTaxom
Pyramica Roger, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Rogeria Emery, 1894
0SpeciesTaxom
Sericomyrmex Mayr, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Solenopsis Westwood, 1851Fire ants3SpeciesTaxom
Strumigenys Smith, 1863Miniature Trap-jaw Ants3SpeciesTaxom
Tetramorium Mayr, 1892Fierce Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Thaumatomyrmex Mayr, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Typhlomyrmex Mayr, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Wasmannia Forel, 18841SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Meta Department
172 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acanthostichus indet Mayr, 1887
Acanthostichus sanchezorum Mackay, 1985
Acromyrmex (Acromyrmex) hystrix Latreille, 1802
Acromyrmex (Acromyrmex) octospinosus Reich, 1793
Acromyrmex (Moellerius) balzani Emery, 1890Elliptical sportella
Anochetus diegensis Forel, 1912
Anochetus emarginatus Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Anochetus mayri Emery, 1884Ant
Anochetus simoni Emery, 1890
Apterostigma megacephala Lattke, 1999
Apterostigma pilosum Mayr, 1865Seaside bittercress
Atta (Archeatta) mexicana Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Atta (Atta) cephalotes Linnaeus, 1758Leafcutter ant
Atta (Atta) columbica Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Atta (Neoatta) sexdens Linnaeus, 1758
Atta colombica Guirin-Minev..., 1844
Basiceros disciger Mayr, 1887Threetooth carditid
Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) blandus Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Camponotus (Myrmepomis) sericeiventris Guérin-Ménev..., 1838Cumberland leafshell
Camponotus (Myrmocladoecus) rectangularis Emery, 1890
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) balzani Emery, 1894
Camponotus falco Forel, 1902
Camponotus landolti Forel, 1879
Camponotus novogranadensis Mayr, 1870
Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881Ant
Centromyrmex brachycola Roger, 1861
Cephalotes atratus Linnaeus, 1758Ocean quahog
Cephalotes christopherseni Forel, 1912
Cephalotes clypeatus Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Cephalotes columbicus Forel, 1912
Cephalotes conspersus Smith, 1867False-bean
Cephalotes cordatus Smith, 1853Neighbor tagelus
Cephalotes maculatus Smith, 1876Purplish tagelus
Cephalotes minutus Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Cephalotes pallens Klug, 1824
Cephalotes pusillus Klug, 1824
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) brasiliensis Mayr, 1878Fossor coquina
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) brevispinosa (Mayr, 1870)⇒ Crematogaster crinosa Mayr, 1862
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) crinosa Mayr, 1862
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) erecta Mayr, 1866Slender toothwort
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) limata Smith, F., 1858
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) longispina Emery, 1890Blake lucine
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) nigropilosa Mayr, 1870
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) sumichrasti Mayr, 1870Sister diplodon
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) torosa Mayr, 1870Simple cleftclam
Crematogaster abstinens Forel, 1899
Crematogaster carinata Mayr, 1862
Crematogaster curvispinosa Mayr, 1862Inflated axinopsid
Crematogaster flavosensitiva Longino, 2003
Crematogaster isolata Buren, 1968
Crematogaster nitidiceps Emery, 1895
Crematogaster rochai Forel, 1903
Crematogaster sotobosque Longino, 2003
Cryptopone holmgreni Wheeler, 1925
Cyphomyrmex major Forel, 1901Round combshell
Cyphomyrmex minutus Mayr, 1862Ant
Cyphomyrmex rimosus Spinola, 1853Rimose fungus ant
Daceton armigerum Latreille, 1802
Dolichoderus (Monacis) debilis Emery, 1890Moore fairy shrimp
Dolichoderus abruptus Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Dolichoderus bispinosus Olivier, 1792Desert fairy shrimp
Dolichoderus fernandezi Mackay, 1993
Dolichoderus ghilianii Emery, 1894
Dolichoderus gibbus Smith, F., 1861
Dolichoderus imitator Emery, 1894Riverside fairy shrimp
Dolichoderus lamellosus Mayr, 1870Hidalgo fairy shrimp
Dolichoderus lutosus Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Dolichoderus quadridenticulatus Roger, 1862
Dorymyrmex amazonicus Cuezzo & Gue..., 2011
Dorymyrmex goeldii Forel, 1904
Eciton dulcium Forel, 1912
Eciton hamatum Fabricius, 1782
Eciton mexicanum Roger, 1863Inflated axinopsid
Eciton vagans Olivier, 1792False spike
Ectatomma (Ectatomma) tuberculatum Olivier, 1792Ant
Ectatomma brunneum Smith, F., 1858
Ectatomma edentatum Roger, 1863
Ectatomma lugens Emery, 1894
Ectatomma quadridens Fabricius, 1793
Ectatomma ruidum Roger, 1860
Gigantiops destructor Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Gnamptogenys acuminata Emery, 1896Textured sportella
Gnamptogenys annulata Mayr, 1887Threetooth carditid
Gnamptogenys haenschei (Emery, 1902)⇒ Gnamptogenys haenschi Emery, 1902
Gnamptogenys horni Santschi, 1929
Gnamptogenys ingeborgae Brown, 1993
Gnamptogenys lanei Kempf, 1960Yellow eggcockle
Gnamptogenys moelleri Forel, 1912
Gnamptogenys striatula Mayr, 1884
Gnamptogenys tortuolosa Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Hylomyrma praepotens Kempf, 1973
Hypoponera opaciceps Mayr, 1887Carolina marshclam
Lachnomyrmex pilosus Weber, 1950
Linepithema aztecoides Wild, 2007
Linepithema neotropicum Wild, 2007
Megalomyrmex cuatiara Brandao, 1990Long fingernailclam
Megalomyrmex drifti Kempf, 1961New England cyclocardia
Megalomyrmex incisus Smith, 1947
Monomorium cyaneum Wheeler, 1914
Monomorium floricola Jerdon, 1851Bicolored trailing ant
Mycetarotes parallelus Emery, 1906
Mycocepurus smithii Forel, 1893Orbicular axinopsid
Neivamyrmex humilis Borgmeier, 1939Cut cyclocardia
Neoponera neoponera Latreille, 1802
Neoponera venerae Forel, 1922
Nomamyrmex esenbeckii Westwood, 1842
Ochetomyrmex neopolitus Fernández, 2003
Ochetomyrmex semipolitus Mayr, 1878Pea strigilla
Octostruma amrishi Makhan, 2007
Octostruma balzani Emery, 1894
Octostruma convallisur Longino, 2013
Octostruma iheringi (Emery, 1888)⇒ Basiceros iheringi Emery, 1888
Odontomachus bauri Emery, 1892Little-wing pearly mussel
Odontomachus brunneus Patton, 1894
Odontomachus chelifer Latreille, 1802
Odontomachus haematodus Linnaeus, 1758Two-spined trapjaw ant
Odontomachus meinerti Forel, 1905
Odontomachus ruginodis Smith, M.R., 1937Eggleaf silktassel
Pachycondyla apicalis (Latreille, 1802)⇒ Neoponera apicalis Latreille, 1802
Pachycondyla arhuaca (Forel, 1901)⇒ Rasopone arhuaca Forel, 1901
Pachycondyla bispinosa Smith, F., 1858
Pachycondyla constricta (Mayr, 1884)⇒ Mayaponera constricta Mayr, 1884
Pachycondyla crassinoda Latreille, 1802
Pachycondyla harpax Fabricius, 1804Ant
Pachycondyla impressa Roger, 1861
Pachycondyla unidentata (Mayr, 1862)⇒ Neoponera unidentata Mayr, 1862
Pachycondyla villosa (Fabricius, 1804)⇒ Neoponera vilosa Fabricius, 1804
Paraponera clavata Fabricius, 1775Bullet Ant
Paratrechina vividula (Nylander, 1846)⇒ Nylanderia vividula Nylander, 1846
Pheidole astur Wilson, 2003
Pheidole emersoni (Wheeler, 1922)⇒ Pheidole perpusilla Emery, 1894
Pheidole jelskii Mayr, 1884
Pheidole kukrana Wilson, 2003
Pheidole longiscapa (Forel, 1901)⇒ Pheidole neolongiscapa Özdikmen, 2010
Pheidole metana Wilson, 2003
Pheidole obscurithorax Naves, 1985Obscure big-headed ant
Pheidole punctatissima (Mayr, 1870)⇒ Pheidole jamaicensis Wheeler, 1908
Pheidole sagax Wilson, 2003
Pheidole sciophila Wheeler, 1908Rough razor
Pheidole spilota Wilson, 2003
Pheidole subnuda Wilson, 2003
Pheidole susannae Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Pheidole synarmata Wilson, 2003
Pheidole valens Wilson, 2003
Pogonomyrmex maricopa Wheeler, 1914Maricopa harvester ant
Pogonomyrmex naegelii Emery, 1878
Polyrhachis rastellata fulakora Mann, 1919
Polyrhachis (Myrma) monista Santschi, 1910Catspaw
Polyrhachis laevigata Smith, F., 1857Dosinia lucine
Polyrhachis scutulata Smith, F., 1859Spectaclecase
Prionopelta modesta Forel, 1909Lilliput
Probolomyrmex petiolatus Weber, 1940
Procryptocerus hylaeus Kempf, 1951Ocean quahog
Pseudomyrmex boopis Roger, 1863
Pseudomyrmex gracilis Fabricius, 1804Elongate twig ant
Pseudomyrmex termitarius Smith, F., 1855
Pseudomyrmex unicolor Smith, F., 1855
Pseudomyrmex venustus Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Pyramica margaritae Forel, 1893Ant
Sericomyrmex bondari Borgmeier, 1937
Sericomyrmex mayri Forel, 1912
Solenopsis azteca azteca Forel, 1893
Solenopsis (Oedaleocerus) angulata Emery, 1894
Solenopsis (Solenopsis) gayi Spinola, 1851
Strumigenys beebei Wheeler, W.M., 1915
Strumigenys denticulata Mayr, 1887
Strumigenys louisianae Roger, 1863
Tetramorium steinheili Forel, 1892
Thaumatomyrmex zeteki (Smith, M.R., 1944)⇒ Thaumatomyrmex atrox Weber, 1939
Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi Mayr, 1862
Wasmannia sigmoidea Mayr, 1884

Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Meta Department
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
60
172
Genera
Species

Taxom