AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
and region US Virgin Islands (Caribbean islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
118
402
440
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
118
402
440
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
114
387
422
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
79
328
358
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
20
79
90
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
20
79
90
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
9
55
76
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
33
55
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for US Virgin Islands
1 Family width 55 Species and 3 Subspecies
Formicidae Latreille, 1809Ants55SpeciesTaxom


Genera for US Virgin Islands
33 Genera with 55 Species
#ACDLMNOPRSTW
Anochetus Mayr, 18842SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 1879Black carpenter ant3SpeciesTaxom
Cardiocondyla Emery, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Cephalotes Latreille, 1853Turtle ants1SpeciesTaxom
Cerapachys Smith, 1907Ant-raiding ant1SpeciesTaxom
Crematogaster Lund, 1881Acrobat Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Cyphomyrmex Mayr, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Discothyrea Roger, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Dorymyrmex Mayr, 1866
Cone ants0SpeciesTaxom
Leptogenys Roger, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Linepithema Mayr, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Monomorium Mayr, 18945SpeciesTaxom
Mycocepurus Forel, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Myrmelachista Roger, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Nylanderia Emery, 1906
Crazy ants0SpeciesTaxom
Odontomachus Latreille, 1758Trap-jaw ants2SpeciesTaxom
Pachycondyla Smith, 1804Panther Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1802Crazy ants1SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1886Big-headed Ants7SpeciesTaxom
Polyrhachis Smith, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Pyramica Roger, 19665SpeciesTaxom
Rhytidoponera Mayr, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Rogeria Emery, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Solenopsis Westwood, 1972Fire ants4SpeciesTaxom
Stigmatomma Roger, 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Strumigenys Smith, 1890Miniature Trap-jaw Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Tanaemyrmex Ashmead, 1905
0SpeciesTaxom
Tapinoma Förster, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Technomyrmex Mayr, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Temnothorax Mayr, 1861
Acorn Ants0SpeciesTaxom
Tetramorium Mayr, 1892Fierce Ants5SpeciesTaxom
Trachymyrmex Forel, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Wasmannia Forel, 18631SpeciesTaxom


Species list for US Virgin Islands
55 Species and 3 Subspecies
Anochetus inermis André, 1889
Anochetus mayri Emery, 1884Ant
Camponotus (Myrmeurynota) saussurei Forel, 1879Granulose cleftclam
Camponotus (Myrmosphincta) sexguttatus Fabricius, 1793Hatchet surfclam
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) ustus Forel, 1879Cumberland leafshell
Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881Ant
Cephalotes unimaculatus Smith, 1853Neighbor tagelus
Cerapachys biroi Forel, 1907Ant
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) crinosa Mayr, 1862
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) steinheili Forel, 1881
Cyphomyrmex minutus Mayr, 1862Ant
Leptogenys pubiceps Emery, 1890Round combshell
Linepithema iniquum Mayr, 1870Ant
Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851)⇒ Trichomyrmex destructor Jerdon, 1851
Monomorium ebeninum Forel, 1891Ant
Monomorium floricola Jerdon, 1851Bicolored trailing ant
Monomorium salomonis didonis Santschi, 1921
Monomorium subcoecum Emery, 1894
Mycocepurus smithii Forel, 1893Orbicular axinopsid
Myrmelachista ramulorum Wheeler, W.M., 1908Ant
Odontomachus brunneus Patton, 1894
Odontomachus haematodus Linnaeus, 1758Two-spined trapjaw ant
Pachycondyla stigma (Fabricius, 1804)⇒ Pseudoponera stigma Fabricius, 1804
Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802Black Crazy Ant
Pheidole flavens (Roger, 1863)⇒ Pheidole sculptior Forel, 1893
Pheidole jelskii Mayr, 1884
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851
Pheidole moerens Wheeler, 1908Big-headed ant
Pheidole rufipilis dione (Forel, 1913)⇒ Pheidole dione Forel, 1913
Pheidole subarmata Radoszkowsky, 1884
Pheidole susannae Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Polyrhachis rastellata fulakora Mann, 1919
Pyramica eggersi Emery, 1890Ant
Pyramica emmae Emery, 1890Ant
Pyramica margaritae Forel, 1893Ant
Pyramica membranifera (Emery, 1869)⇒ Strumigenys membranifera Emery, 1869
Pyramica tetragnatha Taylor, 1966
Rhytidoponera punctata Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Rogeria curvipubens Emery, 1894
Rogeria foreli Emery, 1894
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) corticalis Forel, 1881Fire ant
Solenopsis (Solenopsis) geminata Fabricius, 1804Fire Ant
Solenopsis indet
Solenopsis invicta Buren, 1972Argentine Fire Ant
Strumigenys louisianae Roger, 1863
Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890Ant
Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793Ghost ant
Technomyrmex difficilis Forel, 1892Ant
Tetramorium bicarinatum Nylander, 1846Bicoloured Pennant Ant
Tetramorium caldarium Roger, 1857Ant
Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870Ant
Tetramorium simillimum Smith, F., 1851Ant
Tetramorium steinheili Forel, 1892
Trachymyrmex jamaicensis André, 1893Ant
Wasmannia auropunctata Roger, 1863Electric ant

Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in US Virgin Islands
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
33
55
Genera
Species

Taxom