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Checklist for Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
and region Zanzibar Archipelago (Tanzania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
174
738
1015
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
174
738
1015
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
169
730
1007
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
106
580
836
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
16
80
132
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
16
80
132
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
12
76
129
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
19
32
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Zanzibar Archipelago
1 Family width 32 Species and 1 Subspecies
Formicidae Latreille, 1809Ants32SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Zanzibar Archipelago
19 Genera with 32 Species
Camponotus Mayr, 1871Black carpenter ant8SpeciesTaxom
Carebara Westwood, 1840
0SpeciesTaxom
Crematogaster Lund, 1910Acrobat Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Dorylus Fabricius, 1817driver ant3SpeciesTaxom
Hypoponera Santschi, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Meranoplus Smith, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Monomorium Mayr, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Nylanderia Emery, 1906
Crazy ants0SpeciesTaxom
Odontomachus Latreille, 1914Trap-jaw ants1SpeciesTaxom
Oecophylla Smith, 1802Green ants1SpeciesTaxom
Pachycondyla Smith, 1901Panther Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1871Big-headed Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Plagiolepis Mayr, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Polyrhachis Smith, 18627SpeciesTaxom
Ponera Latreille, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Prionopelta Mayr, 1866
0SpeciesTaxom
Stigmatomma Roger, 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Strumigenys Smith, 1890Miniature Trap-jaw Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Tapinoma Förster, 18761SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Zanzibar Archipelago
32 Species and 1 Subspecies
Camponotus (Myrmopelta) chrysurus Gerstäcker, 1871
Camponotus (Myrmosericus) cinctellus Gerstäcker, 1859
Camponotus (Myrmosericus) rufoglaucus Jerdon, 1851Cumberland leafshell
Camponotus (Myrmosericus) valdeziae Forel, 1879
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus Fabricius, 1782Consobrine tellin
Camponotus thraso diogenes Forel, 1909
Camponotus druryi Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Camponotus erinaceus Gerstäcker, 1871
Crematogaster (Decacrema) solenopsides Emery, 1899Tennessee riffleshell
Crematogaster dolens Forel, 1910
Dorylus (Dorylus) affinis Shuckard, 1840Catspaw
Dorylus (Typhlopone) fulvus Westwood, 1839Blake lucine
Dorylus dorylus Lamarck, 1817
Hypoponera punctatissima Roger, 1859Pantropical mini-ponerine ant
Meranoplus magrettii Magretti, 1884
Monomorium trake Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi, 1914Northern riffleshell
Oecophylla longinoda Latreille, 1802African weaver ant
Pachycondyla pachycondyla Emery, 1901
Pheidole afrc
Pheidole scabriuscula Gerstäcker, 1871
Plagiolepis brunni Mayr, 1895San Pedro mysella
Polyrhachis (Myrma) medusa Forel, 1897Eastern aligena
Polyrhachis (Myrma) militaris Fabricius, 1782
Polyrhachis (Myrma) schistacea Gerstäcker, 1859
Polyrhachis (Myrma) schlueteri Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Polyrhachis cubaensis Mayr, 1862
Polyrhachis gerstaeckeri Forel, 1886
Polyrhachis nigra Mayr, 1862
Ponera swezeyi Wheeler, W.M., 1933Ample roughmya
Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890Ant
Tapinoma pallipes Smith, 1876Ant

Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Zanzibar Archipelago
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
19
32
Genera
Species

Taxom