Checklist of Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
for New Britain (Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 94
431
691 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 94
431
691 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 89
419
679 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 72
356
587 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 6
24
25 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 6
24
25 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 4
22
22 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 1
16
17 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for New Britain
1 Family width 17 Species
Genera for New Britain
16 Genera with 17 Species | Anochetus Mayr, 1919 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Iridomyrmex Mayr, 1863 | Rainbow ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Monomorium Mayr, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Myopopone Roger, 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nylanderia Emery, 1902 | Crazy ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oecophylla Smith, 1775 | Green ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1901 | Crazy ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pheidole Westwood, 1793 | Big-headed Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Podomyrma Smith, 1859 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ponera Latreille, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prionopelta Mayr, 1897 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pristomyrmex Mayr, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stigmatomma Roger, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Strumigenys Smith, 1860 | Miniature Trap-jaw Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Turneria Forel, 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vollenhovia Mayr, 1948 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for New Britain
17 Species | Anochetus isolatus Mann, 1919 | | | Iridomyrmex anceps Roger, 1863 | Tropical tyrant ant | | Monomorium floricola Jerdon, 1851 | Bicolored trailing ant | | Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758 | Egyptian red ant | | Myopopone castanea Smith, F., 1860 | Pimpled diplodon | | Nylanderia glabrior Forel, 1902 | | | Oecophylla smaragdina ♰ Fabricius, 1775 | Green ant | | Paratrechina obscura Mayr, 1862 | Swamp parrot ants | | Paratrechina vaga (Forel, 1901) | ⇒ Nylanderia vaga Forel, 1901 | | Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793) | ⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851 | | Podomyrma basalis Smith, 1859 | Spectaclecase | | Podomyrma laevifrons Smith, 1859 | Spectaclecase | | Ponera selenophora Emery, 1900 | Snuffbox | | Prionopelta opaca Emery, 1897 | | | Pristomyrmex levigatus Emery, 1897 | | | Turneria dahlii Forel, 1901 | Round combshell | | Vollenhovia novobritainae Donisthorpe, 1948 | |
Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in New Britain
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