Checklist for Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
and region Shetland Islands (Northern Isles, United Kingdom)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 131
385
550 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 131
385
550 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 123
369
532 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 93
313
468 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 5
22
30 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 4
20
28 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 2
13
21 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 1
10
12 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Shetland Islands
1 Family width 12 Species
Genera for Shetland Islands
10 Genera with 12 Species Amblyopone Erichson, 1842 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Camponotus Mayr, 1922 | Black carpenter ant | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Iridomyrmex Mayr, 1858 | Rainbow ants | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmecia Fabricius, 1865 | Bull ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | Myrmecorhynchus André, 1896 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmica Latreille, 1846 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Notoncus Emery, 1895 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Pachycondyla Smith, 1890 | Panther Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platythyrea Roger, 1938 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhytidoponera Mayr, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Shetland Islands
12 Species | Camponotus (Myrmosaulus) suffusus Smith, F., 1858 | Golden flumed sugar ant | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) nigriceps Smith, F., 1858 | Black-headed sugar ant | | Camponotus loweryi McArthur, 1996 | | | Camponotus minimus Crawley, 1922 | | | Iridomyrmex agilis Forel, 1907 | Agile tyrant ant | | Iridomyrmex lividus Shattuck, 1993 | Blue meat ant | | Iridomyrmex purpureus Smith, 1858 | Australian meat ant | | Myrmecia urens Lowne, 1865 | Baby bull ant | | Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846 | Subcancellate ervilia | | Pachycondyla rostrata Emery, 1890 | | | Platythyrea brunnipes Clark, 1938 | | | Rhytidoponera metallica Smith, 1858 | Green ant |
Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Shetland Islands
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