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Checklist for Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
and region Tuen Mun District (New Territories West, China)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
101
500
589
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
101
500
589
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
91
480
564
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
63
425
503
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
11
31
45
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
10
30
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
9
29
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
9
10
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Tuen Mun District
1 Family width 10 Species
Formicidae Latreille, 1809Ants10SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Tuen Mun District
9 Genera with 10 Species
Anoplolepis Santschi, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 1865Black carpenter ant1SpeciesTaxom
Diacamma Mayr, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Odontoponera Mayr, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Oecophylla Smith, 1775Green ants1SpeciesTaxom
Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1802Crazy ants1SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1793Big-headed Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Polyrhachis Smith, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoneoponera Donisthorpe, 18511SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tuen Mun District
10 Species
Anoplolepis gracilipes Smith, 1857Ant
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) nicobarensis Mayr, 1865Sculptured pigtoe
Diacamma rugosum Le Guillou, 1842Book scorpions
Odontoponera denticulata Smith, F., 1858
Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius, 1775Green ant
Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802Black Crazy Ant
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851
Polyrhachis (Myrmatopa) dives Smith, F., 1857Black Weaver Ant
Polyrhachis demangei Santschi, 1910Catspaw
Pseudoneoponera rufipes Jerdon, 1851

Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Tuen Mun District
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
9
10
Genera
Species

Taxom