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Checklist for Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
and region Northeast Tanzania (North Tanzania, Tanzania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
240
1407
1904
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
240
1407
1904
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
228
1371
1847
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
162
1127
1545
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
27
161
209
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
27
161
209
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
14
124
181
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
31
42
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Northeast Tanzania
1 Family width 42 Species and 2 Subspecies
Formicidae Latreille, 1809Ants42SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Northeast Tanzania
31 Genera with 42 Species
#ABCDEHLMOPST
Acropyga Roger, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Asphinctopone Santschi, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Bothroponera Smith, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Calyptomyrmex Emery, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 1907Black carpenter ant4SpeciesTaxom
Carebara Westwood, 1840
0SpeciesTaxom
Cataulacus Smith, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Cerapachys Smith, 1910Ant-raiding ant1SpeciesTaxom
Crematogaster Lund, 1943Acrobat Ants4SpeciesTaxom
Discothyrea Roger, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Dorylus Fabricius, 1922driver ant4SpeciesTaxom
Eburopone Borowiec, 2016
0SpeciesTaxom
Hypoponera Santschi, 20113SpeciesTaxom
Lepisiota Santschi, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Leptogenys Roger, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Leptothorax Mayr, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Megaponera Mayr, 1862
0SpeciesTaxom
Melissotarsus Emery, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Monomorium Mayr, 19874SpeciesTaxom
Oecophylla Smith, 1802Green ants1SpeciesTaxom
Oligomyrmex Westwood, 1840
0SpeciesTaxom
Pachycondyla Smith, 1901Panther Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Paltothyreus Mayr, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1839
Big-headed Ants0SpeciesTaxom
Plagiolepis Mayr, 1861
0SpeciesTaxom
Plectroctena F.Smith, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Polyrhachis Smith, 19243SpeciesTaxom
Pyramica Roger, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Strumigenys Smith, 1860
Miniature Trap-jaw Ants0SpeciesTaxom
Tetramorium Mayr, 1913Fierce Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Tetraponera Smith, 1907Slender ants1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Northeast Tanzania
42 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acropyga silvestrii (Emery, 1915)⇒ Acropyga acutiventris Roger, 1862
Asphinctopone pilosa Hawkes, 2010
Bothroponera cavernosa Roger, 1860
Calyptomyrmex duhun Bolton, 1981
Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) maynei Forel, 1916Painted eggcockle
Camponotus kersteni Gerstäcker, 1871
Camponotus moeschi lygaeus Viehmeyer, 1916
Camponotus pulvinatus Mayr, 1907
Cataulacus pullus Santschi, 1910Catspaw
Cerapachys wroughtoni Forel, 1910
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) castanea Smith, F., 1858Catspaw
Crematogaster (Decacrema) solenopsides Emery, 1899Tennessee riffleshell
Crematogaster gerstaeckeri Dalla Torre, 1871
Crematogaster zonacaciae Weber, 1943
Discothyrea patrizii Weber, 1949
Dorylus (Anomma) nigricans Illiger, 1802Inflated axinopsid
Dorylus (Dorylus) helvolus Linnaeus, 1764Wavy amphissa
Dorylus dorylus Lamarck, 1817
Dorylus molestus Wheeler, 1922
Hypoponera aprora Bolton & Fisher, 2011
Hypoponera jeanneli Santschi, 1935
Hypoponera quaestio Bolton & Fisher, 2011
Lepisiota deplanata Stitz, 1911
Leptogenys furtiva Arnold, 1926Lake fingernailclam
Leptothorax angustulus silvanus Forel, 1907
Melissotarsus emeryi Forel, 1907Cumberland leafshell
Monomorium afrc
Monomorium fasciatum Santschi, 1920Giant cleftclam
Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium symmotu Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Oecophylla longinoda Latreille, 1802African weaver ant
Pachycondyla cavernosa Roger, 1860
Pachycondyla wroughtonii Forel, 1901
Paltothyreus tarsatus Fabricius, 1798
Plectroctena mandibularis Smith, F., 1858
Polyrhachis (Myrma) militaris Fabricius, 1782
Polyrhachis (Myrma) schistacea Gerstäcker, 1859
Polyrhachis epinotalis Santschi, 1924
Pyramica lujae Forel, 1902
Tetramorium dumezi Menozzi, 1942
Tetramorium oculatum Forel, 1913
Tetraponera penzigi Mayr, 1907Leptosynapta montacutid

Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Northeast Tanzania
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
31
42
Genera
Species

Taxom