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Checklist of Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
for Nicoya Peninsula (Guanacaste, Costa Rica)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
212
1788
1977
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
212
1788
1977
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
205
1771
1952
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
154
1549
1733
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
30
229
186
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
29
225
184
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
16
127
97
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
27
45
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Nicoya Peninsula
1 Family width 45 Species and 5 Subspecies
Formicidae Latreille, 1809Ant45SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Nicoya Peninsula
27 Genera with 45 Species
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Acromyrmex Mayr, 1793Leaf-cutting Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Atta Fabricius, 1793Leaf-cutting Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Azteca Forel, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 1870Black carpenter ant6SpeciesTaxom
Cephalotes Latreille, 1804Turtle ants9SpeciesTaxom
Crematogaster Lund, 1912Acrobat Ants5SpeciesTaxom
Cyphomyrmex Mayr, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Dorymyrmex Mayr, 1866Cone ants1SpeciesTaxom
Eciton Latreille, 17922SpeciesTaxom
Ectatomma Smith, 18603SpeciesTaxom
Hypoponera Santschi, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Labidus Jurine, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Leptogenys Roger, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Myrmosericus Forel, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Neivamyrmex Borgmeier, 1840Legionary Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Nomamyrmex Borgmeier, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Ocymyrmex Emery, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Odontomachus Latreille, 1861Trap-jaw ants2SpeciesTaxom
Pachycondyla Smith, 1804Panther Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1863Crazy ants1SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1839Big-headed Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Polyrhachis Smith, 18592SpeciesTaxom
Procryptocerus Emery, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomyrmex Lund, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Rhytidoponera Mayr, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Solenopsis Westwood, 1893Fire ants1SpeciesTaxom
Stenamma Westwood, 18391SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nicoya Peninsula
45 Species and 5 Subspecies
Acromyrmex (Acromyrmex) octospinosus Reich, 1793
Atta (Atta) cephalotes Linnaeus, 1758Leafcutter ant
Atta acromyrmex Reich, 1793
Azteca instabilis Smith, F., 1862Cut-off cleftclam
Camponotus (Myrmepomis) sericeiventris Guérin-Ménev..., 1838Cumberland leafshell
Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) trapezoideus Mayr, 1870
Camponotus (Myrmocladoecus) rectangularis Emery, 1890
Camponotus (Myrmothrix) atriceps Smith, F., 1858Florida carpenter ant
Camponotus (Pseudocolobopsis) claviscapus Forel, 1899Dirty mysella
Camponotus novogranadensis Mayr, 1870
Cephalotes basalis Smith, 1876Purplish tagelus
Cephalotes cordiventris Santschi, 1931California mahogany-clam
Cephalotes grandinosus Smith, 1860Pimpled diplodon
Cephalotes maculatus Smith, 1876Purplish tagelus
Cephalotes minutus Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Cephalotes multispinosus Norton, 1868Bumpy cyclocardia
Cephalotes pallens Klug, 1824
Cephalotes setulifer Emery, 1894
Cephalotes umbraculatus Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) crinosa Mayr, 1862
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) torosa Mayr, 1870Simple cleftclam
Crematogaster spengeli compacta Crawley, 1924
Crematogaster crucis Forel, 1912
Eciton burchellii Westwood, 1842Cande diplodon
Eciton vagans Olivier, 1792False spike
Ectatomma (Ectatomma) tuberculatum Olivier, 1792Ant
Ectatomma ruidum Roger, 1860
Hypoponera trigona trigona Mayr, 1887
Labidus coecus Latreille, 1802
Myrmosericus rufoglaucus paria Emery, 1889
Neivamyrmex swainsonii Shuckard, 1840
Nomamyrmex esenbeckii Westwood, 1842
Nomamyrmex hartigii Westwood, 1842
Ocymyrmex tachys Bolton & Marsh, 1989
Odontomachus bauri Emery, 1892Little-wing pearly mussel
Odontomachus laticeps Roger, 1861Candystick tellin
Pachycondyla pachycondyla Emery, 1901
Pachycondyla villosa (Fabricius, 1804)⇒ Neoponera vilosa Fabricius, 1804
Polyrhachis paromalus paromalus Smith, 1863
Polyrhachis scutulata Smith, F., 1859Spectaclecase
Procryptocerus belti Forel, 1899
Pseudomyrmex gracilis Fabricius, 1804Elongate twig ant
Pseudomyrmex viduus Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Rhytidoponera punctata Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Solenopsis azteca azteca Forel, 1893

Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Nicoya Peninsula
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ant, Ants
27
45
Genera
Species
 
Taxom