Checklist of Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
for South Island (New Zealand)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 289
1326
1937 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 288
1325
1936 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 278
1307
1902 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 202
1087
1505 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 34
201
230 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 31
184
209 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 15
83
136 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 1
21
26 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for South Island
1 Family width 26 Species and 2 Subspecies
Genera for South Island
21 Genera with 26 Species
| Anochetus Mayr, 2008 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Austroponera Schmidt & Sh..., 2016 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1895 | Rover ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crematogaster Lund, 1950 | Acrobat Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Forelius Emery, 1863 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Formica Linnaeus, 1940 | And Field Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Huberia Forel, 1876 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Leptogenys Roger, 1861 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Monomorium Mayr, 1987 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmecina Curtis, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmecocystus Wesmael, 1838 | Honeypot Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmecorhynchus André, 2016 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nylanderia Emery, 1905 | Crazy ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pogonomyrmex Mayr, 1895 | Harvester Ants | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Polyrhachis Smith, 1919 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prolasius Forel, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudomyrmex Lund, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyramica Roger, 1966 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhytidoponera Mayr, 2016 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Temnothorax Mayr, 1863 | Acorn Ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tetramorium Mayr, 1979 | Fierce Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for South Island
26 Species and 2 Subspecies | Anochetus pattersoni Fisher, 2008 | | | Austroponera schneideri Kaulfuss & D..., 2016 | | | Brachymyrmex cordemoyi Forel, 1895 | Inflated axinopsid | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) emeryana Creighton, 1950 | Lunate crassinella | | Forelius pruinosus Roger, 1863 | High noon ant | | Formica propinqua Creighton, 1940 | | | Huberia brounii Forel, 1895 | | | Huberia striata Smith, F., 1876 | Purplish tagelus | | Leptogenys falcigera Roger, 1861 | Ant | | Monomorium antarcticum Smith, 1858 | Louisiana pearlshell | | Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987 | White-crest tellin | | Myrmecina americana Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Myrmecocystus mexicanus Wesmael, 1838 | Arizona desert-thorn | | Myrmecorhynchus novaeseelandiae ♰ Kaulfuss & D..., 2016 | | | Nylanderia melanderi arenivaga Wheeler, 1905 | | | Pogonomyrmex maricopa Wheeler, 1914 | Maricopa harvester ant | | Pogonomyrmex occidentalis Cresson, 1865 | Western harvester ant | | Pogonomyrmex rugosus Emery, 1895 | Rough harvester ant | | Polyrhachis rastellata fulakora Mann, 1919 | | | Prolasius advenus (Fr. Smith, 1862) | ⇒ Prolasius advena Smith, 1862 | | Pseudomyrmex subater Wheeler, W.M..., 1914 | | | Pyramica tetragnatha Taylor, 1966 | | | Rhytidoponera gibsoni Kaulfuss & D..., 2016 | | | Rhytidoponera waipiata Kaulfuss & D..., 2016 | | | Temnothorax longispinosus Roger, 1863 | Long-Spined Acorn Ant | | Tetramorium scytalum Bolton, 1979 | California softshell |
Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in South Island
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