Checklist of Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
for Thursday Island (Torres Strait Islands, Australia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 62
164
197 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 62
164
197 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 58
148
174 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 42
117
138 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 10
23
25 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 10
23
25 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 2
14
16 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 1
11
13 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Thursday Island
1 Family width 13 Species
Genera for Thursday Island
11 Genera with 13 Species | Iridomyrmex Mayr, 1910 | Rainbow ants | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Monomorium Mayr, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nylanderia Emery, 1902 | Crazy ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Odontomachus Latreille, 1863 | Trap-jaw ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oecophylla Smith, 1775 | Green ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1802 | Crazy ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pheidole Westwood, 1793 | Big-headed Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyrhachis Smith, 2006 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhytidoponera Mayr, 1861 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tapinoma Förster, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Technomyrmex Mayr, 1892 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Thursday Island
13 Species | Iridomyrmex dromus Clark, 1938 | Periscope erycina | | Iridomyrmex mjobergi Forel, 1915 | | | Iridomyrmex sanguineus Forel, 1910 | Northern meat ant | | Monomorium floricola Jerdon, 1851 | Bicolored trailing ant | | Nylanderia glabrior Forel, 1902 | | | Odontomachus cephalotes Smith, F., 1863 | | | Oecophylla smaragdina ♰ Fabricius, 1775 | Green ant | | Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802 | Black Crazy Ant | | Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793) | ⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851 | | Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) robsoni Kohout, 2006 | | | Rhytidoponera aurata Roger, 1861 | Lesser horned pony ant | | Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793 | Ghost ant | | Technomyrmex difficilis Forel, 1892 | Ant |
Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Thursday Island
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