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Checklist for Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
and region Northwestern Ontario (Northern Ontario, Ontario, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
312
1718
2457
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
312
1718
2457
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
296
1667
2346
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
213
1451
2049
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
46
279
332
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
37
245
293
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
16
85
172
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
20
39
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Northwestern Ontario
1 Family width 39 Species and 1 Subspecies
Formicidae Latreille, 1809Ants39SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Northwestern Ontario
20 Genera with 39 Species
Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1893Rover ants1SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 1773Black carpenter ant3SpeciesTaxom
Crematogaster Lund, 1836Acrobat Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Dolichoderus Lund, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Dorymyrmex Mayr, 1866Cone ants2SpeciesTaxom
Forelius Emery, 1888
0SpeciesTaxom
Formica Linnaeus, 1893And Field Ants10SpeciesTaxom
Lasius Fabricius, 1881Citronella ants2SpeciesTaxom
Leptothorax Mayr, 19072SpeciesTaxom
Linepithema Mayr, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Messor Forel, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Monomorium Mayr, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Myrmica Latreille, 17589SpeciesTaxom
Nylanderia Emery, 1906
Crazy ants0SpeciesTaxom
Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1846Crazy ants1SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1839
Big-headed Ants0SpeciesTaxom
Pyramica Roger, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Solenopsis Westwood, 1972Fire ants1SpeciesTaxom
Tapinoma Förster, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Temnothorax Mayr, 1895Acorn Ants1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Northwestern Ontario
39 Species and 1 Subspecies
Brachymyrmex depilis Emery, 1893Hairless Rover Ant
Camponotus (Camponotus) herculeanus Linnaeus, 1758Black carpenter ant
Camponotus (Camponotus) modoc Wheeler, W.M., 1910Carpenter ant
Camponotus (Camponotus) pennsylvanicus (De Geer, 1773)⇒ Camponotus pensylvanica De Geer, 1773
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) lineolata Say, 1836
Dolichoderus plagiatus Mayr, 1870Mottled Dolichoderus
Dorymyrmex bicolor Wheeler, W.M., 1906Bi-colored Pyramid Ant
Dorymyrmex insanus Buckley, 1866Pyramid ant
Formica (Serviformica) fusca (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758
Formica argentea Wheeler, W.M., 1912Silvery Field Ant
Formica aserva Forel, 1901Round combshell
Formica lasioides Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Formica neorufibarbis Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Formica obscuripes Forel, 1886Thatching ant
Formica podzolica Francoeur, 1973
Formica puberula Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Formica ravida Creighton, 1940
Formica ulkei Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Lasius (Lasius) alienus Foerster, 1850Alien field ant
Lasius (Lasius) pallitarsis Provancher, 1881Subterranean Aphid-Tending Ant
Leptothorax (Leptothorax) muscorum Nylander, 1846Horseshoe crabs
Leptothorax angustulus silvanus Forel, 1907
Linepithema humile Mayr, 1868Argentine ant
Messor minor André, 1883Cuba transennella
Monomorium minimum (Buckley, 1867)⇒ Monomorium cyaneum Wheeler, 1914
Myrmica alaskensis Wheeler, 1917Sickle jackknife
Myrmica americana Weber, 1939
Myrmica brevispinosa Wheeler, 1917Sickle jackknife
Myrmica detritinodis (Emery, 1921)⇒ Myrmica fracticornis Forel, 1901
Myrmica fracticornis Forel, 1901Round combshell
Myrmica incompleta Provancher, 1881Incomplete Ant
Myrmica lobifrons (Pergande, 1900)⇒ Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846
Myrmica nearctica Weber, 1939
Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Labidus coecus Latreille, 1802
Paratrechina vividula (Nylander, 1846)⇒ Nylanderia vividula Nylander, 1846
Pyramica tetragnatha Taylor, 1966
Solenopsis invicta Buren, 1972Argentine Fire Ant
Tapinoma sessile Say, 1836Coconut ant
Temnothorax rugatulus Emery, 1895

Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Northwestern Ontario
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
20
39
Genera
Species

Taxom