Checklist of Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
for Vanuatu (Melanesia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 205
827
1374 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 204
826
1373 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 200
819
1362 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 131
613
1061 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 23
93
128 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 23
93
128 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 14
66
103 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 1
40
70 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Vanuatu
1 Family width 70 Species and 4 Subspecies
Genera for Vanuatu
40 Genera with 70 Species
| Acromyrmex Mayr, 1858 | Leaf-cutting Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Adelomyrmex Fernández, 1921 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Anoplolepis Santschi, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Arnoldius Dubovikov, 1922 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1893 | Rover ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Camponotus Mayr, 1914 | Black carpenter ant | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cardiocondyla Emery, 1866 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Carebara Westwood, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colobopsis Mayr, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crematogaster Lund, 1860 | Acrobat Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eurhopalothrix Brown & Kempf, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypoponera Santschi, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Labidus Jurine, 1802 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptogenys Roger, 1958 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Linepithema Mayr, 1868 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metapone Forel, 2018 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Monomorium Mayr, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Notomyrmex Emery, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nylanderia Emery, 1901 | Crazy ants | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Odontomachus Latreille, 1858 | Trap-jaw ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paraparatrechina Donisthorpe, 1928 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1901 | Crazy ants | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pheidole Westwood, 1870 | Big-headed Ants | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Pheidologeton Mayr, 1851 | Marauder ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plagiolepis Mayr, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyrhachis Smith, 1930 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Ponera Latreille, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pristomyrmex Mayr, 2003 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyramica Roger, 1966 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhytidoponera Mayr, 1984 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rogeria Emery, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Romblonella Wheeler, 1935 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Solenopsis Westwood, 1804 | Fire ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Strumigenys Smith, 1897 | Miniature Trap-jaw Ants | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Tapinoma Förster, 1793 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Technomyrmex Mayr, 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetramorium Mayr, 1870 | Fierce Ants | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Turneria Forel, 1919 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Vollenhovia Mayr, 1860 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Wasmannia Forel, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Vanuatu
70 Species and 4 Subspecies | Acromyrmex (Acromyrmex) niger Smith, F., 1858 | Louisiana pearlshell | | Adelomyrmex (Arctomyrmex) hirsutus Mann, 1921 | | | Anoplolepis gracilipes Smith, 1857 | Ant | | Arnoldius pusillus Mayr, 1876 | | | Arnoldius scissor Crawley, 1922 | | | Brachymyrmex cordemoyi Forel, 1895 | Inflated axinopsid | | Brachymyrmex obscurior Forel, 1893 | Obscure rover ant | | Camponotus (Myrmostenus) leptocephalus Emery, 1923 | Dwarf tiger lucine | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) chloroticus Emery, 1897 | | | Camponotus conithorax Emery, 1914 | | | Cardiocondyla nuda Mayr, 1866 | Green blossom | | Carebara diversa Jerdon, 1851 | | | Colobopsis conithorax Viehmeyer, 1922 | | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) bicolor Smith, F., 1860 | Tapered pigtoe | | Eurhopalothrix procera Emery, 1897 | Cuba lucine | | Hypoponera punctatissima Roger, 1859 | Pantropical mini-ponerine ant | | Labidus coecus Latreille, 1802 | | | Leptogenys (Leptogenys) foreli Mann, 1919 | | | Leptogenys hebrideana Wilson, 1958 | Prairie phlox | | Linepithema humile Mayr, 1868 | Argentine ant | | Metapone nivanuatu Taylor, 2018 | | | Monomorium floricola Jerdon, 1851 | Bicolored trailing ant | | Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758 | Egyptian red ant | | Notomyrmex antarcticum tangaroa Smith, 1858 | | | Nylanderia bourbonica Forel, 1886 | | | Nylanderia vaga Forel, 1901 | Forest parrot ant | | Odontomachus simillimus Smith, F., 1858 | | | Paraparatrechina minutula Forel, 1901 | | | Paraparatrechina minutula buxtoni Santschi, 1928 | | | Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802 | Black Crazy Ant | | Paratrechina obscura Mayr, 1862 | Swamp parrot ants | | Paratrechina vaga (Forel, 1901) | ⇒ Nylanderia vaga Forel, 1901 | | Pheidole (Pheidolacanthinus) sexspinosa Mayr, 1870 | Snuffbox | | Pheidole colobopsis Mann, 1916 | Inflated diplodon | | Pheidole fervens Smith, 1858 | Harvester-ant | | Pheidole jordanica Saulcy, 1874 | | | Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793) | ⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851 | | Pheidole moerens Wheeler, 1908 | Big-headed ant | | Pheidole oceanica Mayr, 1866 | Slender toothwort | | Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866 | Leptosynapta montacutid | | Pheidole templaria Forel, 1902 | | | Pheidole umbonata Mayr, 1870 | Snuffbox | | Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851 | East Indian harvesting ant | | Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery, 1894 | Alluaud's Little Yellow Ant | | Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma) arcuata Le Guillou, 1842 | Round combshell | | Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma) aurea Mayr, 1876 | Knobby argonaut | | Polyrhachis aurea fiorii Emery, 1914 | | | Polyrhachis (Myrma) sericata Guérin-Ménev..., 1831 | Atlantic galeommatid | | Polyrhachis opalescens Clark, 1930 | | | Ponera clavicornis Emery, 1900 | Snuffbox | | Pristomyrmex acerosus Wang, 2003 | | | Pyramica tetragnatha Taylor, 1966 | | | Rhytidoponera terrestris Ward, 1984 | Yellow Carolina milkvine | | Rogeria stigmatica Emery, 1897 | | | Solenopsis (Solenopsis) geminata Fabricius, 1804 | Fire Ant | | Strumigenys emmae Emery, 1890 | Emma's Dacetine Ant | | Strumigenys godeffroyi Mayr, 1866 | Ant | | Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890 | Ant | | Strumigenys szalayi Emery, 1897 | | | Tapinoma (Micromyrma) indicum Forel, 1895 | | | Tapinoma indicum timidum Santschi, 1928 | | | Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793 | Ghost ant | | Technomyrmex vitiensis Mann, 1921 | Ant | | Tetramorium bicarinatum Nylander, 1846 | Bicoloured Pennant Ant | | Tetramorium insolens Smith, F., 1861 | Ant | | Tetramorium pacificum Mayr, 1870 | Ant | | Tetramorium simillimum Smith, F., 1851 | Ant | | Tetramorium tonganum Mayr, 1870 | Ant | | Turneria dahlii Forel, 1901 | Round combshell | | Turneria pacifica Mann, 1919 | | | Vollenhovia denticulata Emery, 1914 | | | Vollenhovia oblonga Smith, F., 1860 | Pimpled diplodon | | Wasmannia auropunctata Roger, 1863 | Electric ant |
Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Vanuatu
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