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Checklist for Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
and region Norway (Scandinavia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
598
9876
49850
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
595
9870
49838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
572
9770
49629
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
391
8320
44878
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
66
1569
8606
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
55
1399
6956
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
22
251
1102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
69
198
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Norway
1 Family width 198 Species and 9 Subspecies
Formicidae Latreille, 1809Ants198SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Norway
69 Genera with 198 Species
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Acantholepis Mayr, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Anergates Forel, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Anochetus Mayr, 18842SpeciesTaxom
Azteca Forel, 20072SpeciesTaxom
Basiceros Schulz, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1868Rover ants2SpeciesTaxom
Brunella Forel, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 0Black carpenter ant13SpeciesTaxom
Cataglyphis Förster, 1862Desert ants3SpeciesTaxom
Crematogaster Lund, 1881Acrobat Ants3SpeciesTaxom
Cyathocephalus Emery, 1915
0SpeciesTaxom
Dolichoderus Lund, 17711SpeciesTaxom
Doronomyrmex Kutter, 19662SpeciesTaxom
Dorylus Fabricius, 1839driver ant1SpeciesTaxom
Dorymyrmex Mayr, 1988Cone ants2SpeciesTaxom
Ectatomma Smith, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Forelius Emery, 1888
0SpeciesTaxom
Formica Linnaeus, 1925And Field Ants28SpeciesTaxom
Formicoxenus Mayr, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Harpagoxenus Forel, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Hypoponera Santschi, 18995SpeciesTaxom
Indomyrma Brown, 1986
0SpeciesTaxom
Iridomyrmex Mayr, 1868Rainbow ants1SpeciesTaxom
Labidus Jurine, 18022SpeciesTaxom
Lasius Fabricius, 1992Citronella ants17SpeciesTaxom
Lepisiota Santschi, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Leptomyrmex Mayr, 1915Spider ants1SpeciesTaxom
Leptothorax Mayr, 19669SpeciesTaxom
Linepithema Mayr, 18682SpeciesTaxom
Messor Forel, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Monomorium Mayr, 17585SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecina Curtis, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecocystus Wesmael, 1908Honeypot Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Myrmica Latreille, 192016SpeciesTaxom
Myrmicina1SpeciesTaxom
Neivamyrmex Borgmeier, 1953Legionary Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Novomessor Emery, 1915
0SpeciesTaxom
Nylanderia Emery, 1846Crazy ants3SpeciesTaxom
Octostruma Forel, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Odontomachus Latreille, 2004Trap-jaw ants1SpeciesTaxom
Opisthopsis Emery, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Pachycondyla Smith, 1804Panther Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1802Crazy ants2SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1955Big-headed Ants8SpeciesTaxom
Plagiolepis Mayr, 18943SpeciesTaxom
Pogonomyrmex Mayr, 1902Harvester Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Polyergus Latreille, 1798Amazon ants1SpeciesTaxom
Polyrhachis Smith, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Ponera Latreille, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Prionopelta Mayr, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Promyrmicium Baroni Urbani, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Pseudolasius Emery, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Pyramica Roger, 19603SpeciesTaxom
Raptiformica Forel, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalothrix Mayr, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Rogeria Emery, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Serviformica Forel, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Solenopsis Westwood, 2011Fire ants4SpeciesTaxom
Stenamma Westwood, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Strongylognathus Mayr, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Strumigenys Smith, 1890Miniature Trap-jaw Ants4SpeciesTaxom
Symbiomyrma Latreille, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Syscia Roger, 1861
0SpeciesTaxom
Talaridris Weber, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Tapinoma Förster, 17934SpeciesTaxom
Technomyrmex Mayr, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Temnothorax Mayr, 1798Acorn Ants7SpeciesTaxom
Tetramorium Mayr, 1851Fierce Ants5SpeciesTaxom
Wasmannia Forel, 18631SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Norway
198 Species and 9 Subspecies
Acantholepis frauenfeldi Mayr, 1855
Anergates atratulus (Schenck, 1852)⇒ Tetramorium atratulum Schenck, 1852
Anochetus inermis André, 1889
Anochetus mayri Emery, 1884Ant
Azteca constructor Emery, 1896False spike
Azteca flavigaster Longino, 2007
Basiceros militaris Weber, 1950
Basiceros singularis Smith, 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Brachymyrmex incisus Forel, 1912
Brachymyrmex patagonicus Mayr, 1868Dark rover ant
Brunella expansa G.O. Sars, 1912
Brunella longicornis G.O. Sars, 1912
Camponotus (Camponotus) herculeanus Linnaeus, 1758Black carpenter ant
Camponotus (Camponotus) ligniperda Latreille, 1802
Camponotus (Camponotus) ligniperdus (Latreille, 1802)⇒ Camponotus ligniperda Latreille, 1802
Camponotus (Camponotus) vagus Scopoli, 1763Henslow peaclam
Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) brevis Forel, 1899
Camponotus aeneopilosus aeneopilosus Mayr, 1862
Camponotus (Myrmothrix) floridanus Buckley, 1866Florida carpenter ant
Camponotus foraminosus chrysogaster Emery, 1895
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) thoracicus Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) ustus Forel, 1879Cumberland leafshell
Camponotus wellmani gamma Santschi, 1926
Camponotus dromas Santschi, 1919Tennessee riffleshell
Camponotus rufifrons leucopis
Cataglyphis altisquamis André, 1881Atlantic surfclam
Cataglyphis bucharicus Emery, 1925
Cataglyphis savignyi Dufour, 1862
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) lineolata Say, 1836
Crematogaster stadelmanni dolichocephala Santschi, 1911
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) steinheili Forel, 1881
Dolichoderus (Hypoclinea) quadripunctatus Linnaeus, 1771
Doronomyrmex goesswaldi (Kutter, 1967)⇒ Leptothorax goesswaldi Kutter, 1967
Doronomyrmex kutteri (Buschinger, 1966)⇒ Leptothorax kutteri Buschinger, 1966
Dorylus (Typhlopone) fulvus Westwood, 1839Blake lucine
Dorymyrmex bureni Trager, 1988
Dorymyrmex elegans Trager, 1988
Ectatomma (Ectatomma) tuberculatum Olivier, 1792Ant
Formica (Coptoformica) bruni Kutter, 1967
Formica (Coptoformica) exsecta Nylander, 1846Excised wood ant
Formica exsecta rubens (Nylander, 1846)⇒ Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846
Formica (Coptoformica) fennica Seifert, 2000
Formica (Coptoformica) foreli Bondroit, 1918
Formica (Coptoformica) forsslundi Lohmander, 1949Gilded wedgeclam
Formica (Coptoformica) pressilabris Nylander, 1846Subcancellate ervilia
Formica (Coptoformica) suecica Adlerz, 1902
Formica (Formica) aquilonia Yarrow, 1955Scottish Wood Ant
Formica (Formica) lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838Hairy wood ant
Formica (Formica) polyctena Förster, 1850European Red Wood Ant
Formica (Formica) pratensis Retzius, 1783Black-backed meadow ant
Formica (Formica) rufa Linnaeus, 1761Davidson's bush-mallow
Formica (Formica) truncorum Fabricius, 1804Aleutian macoma
Formica (Raptiformica) sanguinea Latreille, 1798Blood-Red Ant
Formica (Serviformica) candida Smith, F., 1878Black bog ant
Formica (Serviformica) cinerea Mayr, 1853
Formica (Serviformica) cunicularia Latreille, 1798
Formica (Serviformica) fusca (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758
Formica (Serviformica) gagatoides Ruzsky, 1904
Formica (Serviformica) lemani Bondroit, 1917
Formica (Serviformica) picea (Nylander, 1846)⇒ Camponotus piceus Leach, 1825
Formica (Serviformica) rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793Red barbed ant
Formica (Serviformica) transkaucasica (Nasonov, 1889)⇒ Formica candida Smith, F., 1878
Formica (Serviformica) uralensis Ruzsky, 1895Western strawberry-cockle
Formica clara Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Formica moki Wheeler, W.M., 1906
Formica pices Emery, 1925
Formicoxenus nitidulus Nylander, 1846Shining guest ant
Harpagoxenus sublaevis Nylander, 1849
Hypoponera eduardi Forel, 1894Compact astarte
Hypoponera ergatandria Forel, 1893Orbicular axinopsid
Hypoponera opacior Forel, 1893Orbicular axinopsid
Hypoponera punctatissima Roger, 1859Pantropical mini-ponerine ant
Hypoponera schauinslandi Emery, 1899
Iridomyrmex humilis (Mayr, 1868)⇒ Linepithema humile Mayr, 1868
Labidus coeca Latreille, 1802
Labidus coecus Latreille, 1802
Lasius (Austrolasius) carniolicus Mayr, 1861Wrinkled montacutid
Lasius (Cautolasius) flavus Fabricius, 1782Blond Field Ant
Lasius (Chthonolasius) bicornis Foerster, 1850Expanded macoma
Lasius (Chthonolasius) citrinus Emery, 1922Carpenter carditid
Lasius (Chthonolasius) meridionalis Bondroit, 1920
Lasius (Chthonolasius) mixtus Nylander, 1846
Lasius (Chthonolasius) sabularum Bondroit, 1918Indented macoma
Lasius (Chthonolasius) umbratus Nylander, 1846Yellow ant
Lasius (Dendrolasius) fuliginosus Latreille, 1798Jet Ant
Lasius (Lasius) alienus Foerster, 1850Alien field ant
Lasius (Lasius) brunneus Latreille, 1798Brown Ant
Lasius (Lasius) emarginatus Olivier, 1792Bicoloured ant
Lasius (Lasius) neglectus Van Loon, Bo..., 1990Invasive garden ant
Lasius (Lasius) niger Linnaeus, 1758Black Garden Ant
Lasius (Lasius) paralienus Seifert, 1992
Lasius (Lasius) platythorax Seifert, 1991Morsel macoma
Lasius (Lasius) psammophilus Seifert, 1992
Lepisiota frauenfeldi Mayr, 1855Browsing Ant
Lepisiota incisa Forel, 1913
Leptomyrmex mjobergi Forel, 1915
Leptothorax (Dichthorax) pergandei (Emery, 1895)⇒ Temnothorax pergandei Emery, 1895
Leptothorax (Leptothorax) acervorum Fabricius, 1793Slender Ant
Leptothorax (Leptothorax) gredleri Mayr, 1855
Leptothorax (Leptothorax) muscorum Nylander, 1846Horseshoe crabs
Leptothorax (Leptothorax) nylanderi (Foerster, 1850)⇒ Temnothorax nylanderi Förster, 1850
Leptothorax (Myrafant) interruptus (Schenck, 1852)⇒ Temnothorax interruptus Schenck, 1852
Leptothorax (Myrafant) tuberum Fabricius, 1775Shiny dwarf-tellin
Leptothorax goesswaldi Kutter, 1967
Leptothorax kutteri Buschinger, 1966
Linepithema angulatum Emery, 1894
Linepithema humile Mayr, 1868Argentine ant
Messor meridionalis André, 1883
Monomorium ebeninum Forel, 1891Ant
Monomorium floricola Jerdon, 1851Bicolored trailing ant
Monomorium gilberti Forel, 1902
Monomorium minimum (Buckley, 1867)⇒ Monomorium cyaneum Wheeler, 1914
Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758Egyptian red ant
Myrmecina graminicola Latreille, 1802Grass Ant
Myrmecocystus mexicanus Wesmael, 1838Arizona desert-thorn
Myrmecocystus mimicus Wheeler, W.M., 1908Rough razor
Myrmica gallienii Bondroit, 1920Disk dosinia
Myrmica hellenica Finzi, 1926Thin cyclinella
Myrmica hirsuta Elmes, 1978
Myrmica karavajevi Arnoldi, 1930Southern quahog
Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846Subcancellate ervilia
Myrmica lonae Finzi, 1926
Myrmica microrubra Seifert, 1993
Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Labidus coecus Latreille, 1802
Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846Subcancellate ervilia
Myrmica rugulosa (Nylander, 1849)⇒ Myrmica hellenica Finzi, 1926
Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861Newcomb pitar
Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846Ant
Myrmica schencki Viereck, 1903
Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918
Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846Micro-whip scorpions
Myrmica vandeli Bondroit, 1920Disk dosinia
Myrmicina graminicola Emery, 1895
Neivamyrmex postcarinatus Borgmeier, 1953Minute turton
Nylanderia phantasma Trager, 1984
Nylanderia steinheili Forel, 1893
Nylanderia vividula Nylander, 1846
Octostruma gymnosoma Longino, 2013
Odontomachus relictus Deyrup & Cover, 2004
Opisthopsis haddoni haddoni Emery, 1893
Pachycondyla crassinoda Latreille, 1802
Pachycondyla harpax Fabricius, 1804Ant
Paratrechina bourbonica (Forel, 1886)⇒ Nylanderia bourbonica Forel, 1886
Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802Black Crazy Ant
Pheidole alexeter Wilson, 2003
Pheidole bilimeki (Mayr, 1870)⇒ Pheidole jamaicensis Wheeler, 1908
Pheidole flavens (Roger, 1863)⇒ Pheidole sculptior Forel, 1893
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851
Pheidole moffeti Wilson, 2003
Pheidole pallidula Nylander, 1849Cumberland leafshell
Pheidole punctatissima (Mayr, 1870)⇒ Pheidole jamaicensis Wheeler, 1908
Pheidole sciara Cole, 1955
Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) pygmaea Latreille, 1798Southern acornshell
Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) vindobonensis (Lomnicki, 1925)⇒ Plagiolepis taurica Santschi, 1920
Plagiolepis allaudi Emery, 1894
Pogonomyrmex imberbiculus Wheeler, 1902
Polyergus rufescens Latreille, 1798European Amazon ant
Polyrhachis conops conops Forel, 1901
Ponera coarctata Latreille, 1802Indolent Ant
Ponera testacea Emery, 1895
Prionopelta antillana Forel, 1909Ant
Promyrmicium boreale O. Heer, 1870
Pseudolasius amblyops amblyops Forel, 1901
Pyramica eggersi Emery, 1890Ant
Pyramica tetragnatha Taylor, 1966
Pyramica trieces Brown, 1960Boring petricola
Rhopalothrix therion Longino & Bo..., 2013
Rogeria foreli Emery, 1894
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) fugax Latreille, 1798Tellin semele
Solenopsis (Solenopsis) geminata Fabricius, 1804Fire Ant
Solenopsis invicta Buren, 1972Argentine Fire Ant
Solenopsis saudiensis Sharaf & Ald..., 2011
Stenamma debile Foerster, 1850Expanded macoma
Strongylognathus testaceus Schenck, 1852Surinam strigilla
Strumigenys lycosa Bolton, 2000
Strumigenys membranifera Emery, 1869Membraniferous Dacetine Ant
Strumigenys pnyxia Bolton, 2000
Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890Ant
Symbiomyrma karavajevi (Arnold, 1930)⇒ Myrmica karavajevi Arnoldi, 1930
Talaridris mandibularis (Weber, 1941)⇒ Basiceros mandibulare Weber, 1941
Tapinoma (Tapinoma) erraticum Latreille, 1798Erratic ant
Tapinoma (Tapinoma) nigerrimum Nylander, 1856
Tapinoma magnum (Mayr, 1861)⇒ Tapinoma nigerrimum Nylander, 1856
Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793Ghost ant
Technomyrmex albipes Smith, F., 1861Ant
Technomyrmex difficilis Forel, 1892Ant
Temnothorax albipennis Curtis, 1854
Temnothorax corticalis Schenck, 1852
Temnothorax crassispinus Karavaiev, 1926
Temnothorax interruptus Schenck, 1852Long-spined Ant
Temnothorax nylanderi Förster, 1850
Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Temnothorax albipennis Curtis, 1854
Temnothorax unifasciatus Latreille, 1798
Tetramorium atratulum Schenck, 1852
Tetramorium bicarinatum Nylander, 1846Bicoloured Pennant Ant
Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758Carpenter carditid
Tetramorium semilaeve André, 1883Cuba transennella
Tetramorium simillimum Smith, F., 1851Ant
Wasmannia auropunctata Roger, 1863Electric ant

Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Norway
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
69
198
Genera
Species

Taxom