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Checklist for Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
and region Nairobi (Kenya)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
172
803
1105
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
172
803
1105
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
164
771
1056
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
122
697
981
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
29
156
207
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
29
156
207
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
13
64
128
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
17
23
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Nairobi
1 Family width 23 Species
Formicidae Latreille, 1809Ants23SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Nairobi
17 Genera with 23 Species
Aenictogiton Emery, 1901
0SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 1892Black carpenter ant3SpeciesTaxom
Carebara Westwood, 1840
0SpeciesTaxom
Cataulacus Smith, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Crematogaster Lund, 1897Acrobat Ants6SpeciesTaxom
Discothyrea Roger, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Dorylus Fabricius, 1922driver ant3SpeciesTaxom
Lepisiota Santschi, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Megaponera Mayr, 1862
0SpeciesTaxom
Monomorium Mayr, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Myrmicaria Saunders, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Paltothyreus Mayr, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Plectroctena F.Smith, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Solenopsis Westwood, 1914Fire ants1SpeciesTaxom
Technomyrmex Mayr, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Tetramorium Mayr, 1855
Fierce Ants0SpeciesTaxom
Tetraponera Smith, 1907Slender ants1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nairobi
23 Species
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus Fabricius, 1782Consobrine tellin
Camponotus erinaceus Gerstäcker, 1871
Camponotus robecchii Emery, 1892Little-wing pearly mussel
Cataulacus kenyensis Santschi, 1935
Cataulacus striativentris Santschi, 1924White cat's paw pearly mussel
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) castanea Smith, F., 1858Catspaw
Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) bequaerti Forel, 1913Northern riffleshell
Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) striatula Emery, 1892Catspaw
Crematogaster amabilis Santschi, 1911
Crematogaster gerstaeckeri Dalla Torre, 1871
Crematogaster nigriceps Emery, 1897European fingernailclam
Discothyrea patrizii Weber, 1949
Dorylus buyssoni Santschi, 1910Catspaw
Dorylus dorylus Lamarck, 1817
Dorylus molestus Wheeler, 1922
Lepisiota affinis Santschi, 1937Alaska great-tellin
Monomorium malatu Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Myrmicaria natalensis Smith, 1858Giant cleftclam
Paltothyreus tarsatus Fabricius, 1798
Plectroctena mandibularis Smith, F., 1858
Solenopsis africana Santschi, 1914Northern riffleshell
Technomyrmex ilgi Forel, 1910Wavy-line astarte
Tetraponera penzigi Mayr, 1907Leptosynapta montacutid

Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Nairobi
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
17
23
Genera
Species

Taxom