Checklist of Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
for Yuen Long District (Hong Kong, China)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 165
925
1130 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 165
925
1130 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 156
882
1080 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 102
733
910 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 17
50
77 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 16
49
76 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 11
42
68 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 1
11
13 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Yuen Long District
1 Family width 13 Species
Genera for Yuen Long District
11 Genera with 13 Species | Camponotus Mayr, 1889 | Black carpenter ant | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Carebara Westwood, 1840 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dorylus Fabricius, 1835 | driver ant | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gnamptogenys Roger, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oecophylla Smith, 1775 | Green ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1802 | Crazy ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyrhachis Smith, 1910 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudoneoponera Donisthorpe, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Solenopsis Westwood, 1972 | Fire ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tapinoma Förster, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraponera Smith, 1851 | Slender ants | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Yuen Long District
13 Species | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) nicobarensis Mayr, 1865 | Sculptured pigtoe | | Camponotus parius Emery, 1889 | | | Dorylus (Alapone) orientalis Westwood, 1835 | Brown ant | | Gnamptogenys bicolor Emery, 1889 | | | Oecophylla smaragdina ♰ Fabricius, 1775 | Green ant | | Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802 | Black Crazy Ant | | Polyrhachis (Myrma) illaudata Walker, 1859 | Atlantic diplodon | | Polyrhachis (Myrmatopa) dives Smith, F., 1857 | Black Weaver Ant | | Polyrhachis demangei Santschi, 1910 | Catspaw | | Pseudoneoponera rufipes Jerdon, 1851 | | | Solenopsis invicta Buren, 1972 | Argentine Fire Ant | | Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793 | Ghost ant | | Tetraponera nigra Jerdon, 1851 | |
Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Yuen Long District
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