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Dutch species names of Superfamily
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
Class
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species
Order
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
319
21125
328720
Families
Genera
Species
Subnodes of
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Family
Cryptoceridae
Smith, 1853
⇒ Attini
0
0
Genera
Species
Family
Formicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
1575
54996
Genera
Species
Family
Odontomachidae
Mayr, 1862
⇒ Ponerini
0
0
Genera
Species
Family
Palaeosminthuridae
♰
Pierce & Gibron, 1962
⇒ Camponotini
0
0
Genera
Species
Family
Pseudomyrmidae
Forel, 1885
⇒ Pseudomyrmecini
0
0
Genera
Species
Synonyms
Native, vernacular names and spellings of
Formicoidea
German
Ameisen
English
Ants
Distribution and Species lists of Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
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Afghanistan
1 Families 30 Genera 130 Species
Albania
1 Families 32 Genera 134 Species
Algeria
1 Families 53 Genera 278 Species
Andorra
1 Families 26 Genera 107 Species
Angola
1 Families 58 Genera 226 Species
Antigua and Barbuda
1 Families 28 Genera 56 Species
Argentina
1 Families 150 Genera 1129 Species
Armenia
1 Families 39 Genera 151 Species
Australia
1 Families 194 Genera 2410 Species
Austria
1 Families 56 Genera 229 Species
Azerbaijan
1 Families 28 Genera 142 Species
Bahamas
1 Families 64 Genera 206 Species
Bahrain
1 Families 4 Genera 4 Species
Bangladesh
1 Families 48 Genera 125 Species
Barbados
1 Families 34 Genera 104 Species
Belarus
1 Families 20 Genera 72 Species
Belgium
1 Families 38 Genera 168 Species
Belize
1 Families 69 Genera 242 Species
Benin
1 Families 39 Genera 132 Species
Bhutan
1 Families 19 Genera 39 Species
Bolivia
1 Families 104 Genera 649 Species
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 Families 14 Genera 36 Species
Botswana
1 Families 44 Genera 145 Species
Brazil
1 Families 168 Genera 2059 Species
Brunei
1 Families 64 Genera 184 Species
Bulgaria
1 Families 46 Genera 250 Species
Burkina Faso
1 Families 16 Genera 25 Species
Burundi
1 Families 13 Genera 27 Species
Cambodia
1 Families 55 Genera 104 Species
Cameroon
1 Families 95 Genera 574 Species
Canada
1 Families 103 Genera 402 Species
Cape Verde
1 Families 56 Genera 148 Species
Central African Republic
1 Families 70 Genera 286 Species
Chad
1 Families 22 Genera 29 Species
Chile
1 Families 48 Genera 166 Species
China
1 Families 199 Genera 1958 Species
Colombia
1 Families 142 Genera 1552 Species
Comoros
1 Families 40 Genera 125 Species
Cook Islands
1 Families 20 Genera 37 Species
Costa Rica
1 Families 131 Genera 1318 Species
Croatia
1 Families 56 Genera 284 Species
Cuba
1 Families 87 Genera 422 Species
Cyprus
1 Families 24 Genera 91 Species
Czech Republic
1 Families 53 Genera 201 Species
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 Families 93 Genera 719 Species
Denmark
1 Families 109 Genera 401 Species
Djibouti
1 Families 7 Genera 10 Species
Dominica
1 Families 33 Genera 78 Species
Dominican Republic
1 Families 77 Genera 330 Species
East Timor
1 Families 15 Genera 17 Species
Ecuador
1 Families 125 Genera 1053 Species
Egypt
1 Families 34 Genera 121 Species
El Salvador
1 Families 55 Genera 150 Species
Equatorial Guinea
1 Families 28 Genera 73 Species
Eritrea
1 Families 36 Genera 131 Species
Estonia
1 Families 38 Genera 117 Species
Ethiopia
1 Families 49 Genera 192 Species
Fiji
1 Families 64 Genera 249 Species
Finland
1 Families 28 Genera 103 Species
France
1 Families 165 Genera 989 Species
Gabon
1 Families 77 Genera 407 Species
Gambia
1 Families 36 Genera 87 Species
Georgia
1 Families 61 Genera 283 Species
Germany
1 Families 147 Genera 665 Species
Ghana
1 Families 85 Genera 407 Species
Greece
1 Families 69 Genera 517 Species
Grenada
1 Families 44 Genera 123 Species
Guatemala
1 Families 113 Genera 750 Species
Guinea
1 Families 60 Genera 243 Species
Guinea-Bissau
1 Families 9 Genera 19 Species
Guyana
1 Families 96 Genera 614 Species
Haiti
1 Families 49 Genera 165 Species
Honduras
1 Families 108 Genera 694 Species
Hungary
1 Families 38 Genera 163 Species
Iceland
1 Families 35 Genera 81 Species
India
1 Families 139 Genera 1172 Species
Indonesia
1 Families 180 Genera 2110 Species
Iran
1 Families 40 Genera 318 Species
Iraq
1 Families 18 Genera 74 Species
Ireland
1 Families 32 Genera 77 Species
Israel
1 Families 56 Genera 278 Species
Italy
1 Families 95 Genera 487 Species
Ivory Coast
1 Families 79 Genera 368 Species
Jamaica
1 Families 49 Genera 149 Species
Japan
1 Families 94 Genera 430 Species
Jordan
1 Families 13 Genera 33 Species
Kazakhstan
1 Families 30 Genera 155 Species
Kenya
1 Families 87 Genera 629 Species
Kiribati
1 Families 18 Genera 34 Species
Kuwait
1 Families 13 Genera 46 Species
Kyrgyzstan
1 Families 29 Genera 141 Species
Laos
1 Families 51 Genera 139 Species
Latvia
1 Families 34 Genera 92 Species
Lebanon
1 Families 22 Genera 61 Species
Lesotho
1 Families 25 Genera 61 Species
Liberia
1 Families 61 Genera 151 Species
Libya
1 Families 18 Genera 45 Species
Liechtenstein
1 Families 14 Genera 26 Species
Lithuania
1 Families 38 Genera 103 Species
Luxembourg
1 Families 23 Genera 96 Species
Madagascar
1 Families 95 Genera 1158 Species
Malawi
1 Families 35 Genera 87 Species
Malaysia
1 Families 148 Genera 1229 Species
Maldives
1 Families 7 Genera 9 Species
Mali
1 Families 29 Genera 70 Species
Malta
1 Families 32 Genera 99 Species
Marshall Islands
1 Families 35 Genera 74 Species
Mauritania
1 Families 14 Genera 26 Species
Mauritius
1 Families 40 Genera 116 Species
Mexico
1 Families 152 Genera 1579 Species
Micronesia
1 Families 79 Genera 233 Species
Moldova
1 Families 25 Genera 66 Species
Monaco
1 Families 10 Genera 18 Species
Mongolia
1 Families 26 Genera 123 Species
Montenegro
1 Families 34 Genera 155 Species
Morocco
1 Families 45 Genera 272 Species
Mozambique
1 Families 79 Genera 332 Species
Myanmar
1 Families 97 Genera 300 Species
Namibia
1 Families 48 Genera 214 Species
Nauru
1 Families 4 Genera 3 Species
Nepal
1 Families 57 Genera 188 Species
Netherlands
1 Families 83 Genera 402 Species
New Zealand
1 Families 65 Genera 164 Species
Nicaragua
1 Families 102 Genera 621 Species
Niger
1 Families 15 Genera 25 Species
Nigeria
1 Families 74 Genera 321 Species
Niue
1 Families 24 Genera 49 Species
North Korea
1 Families 39 Genera 118 Species
Norway
1 Families 69 Genera 198 Species
Oman
1 Families 33 Genera 177 Species
Pakistan
1 Families 42 Genera 144 Species
Palau
1 Families 59 Genera 125 Species
Palestine
1 Families 14 Genera 20 Species
Panama
1 Families 118 Genera 907 Species
Papua New Guinea
1 Families 116 Genera 660 Species
Paraguay
1 Families 103 Genera 574 Species
Peru
1 Families 119 Genera 904 Species
Philippines
1 Families 126 Genera 719 Species
Poland
1 Families 90 Genera 362 Species
Portugal
1 Families 67 Genera 247 Species
Qatar
1 Families 8 Genera 7 Species
Republic of the Congo
1 Families 25 Genera 65 Species
Republic South Africa
1 Families 117 Genera 902 Species
Romania
1 Families 41 Genera 169 Species
Russia
1 Families 123 Genera 670 Species
Rwanda
1 Families 36 Genera 98 Species
Saint Kitts and Nevis
1 Families 29 Genera 54 Species
Saint Lucia
1 Families 45 Genera 112 Species
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1 Families 40 Genera 103 Species
Samoa
1 Families 40 Genera 101 Species
San Marino
1 Families 3 Genera 3 Species
São Tomé and Príncipe
1 Families 16 Genera 30 Species
Saudi Arabia
1 Families 46 Genera 291 Species
Senegal
1 Families 52 Genera 151 Species
Serbia
1 Families 20 Genera 66 Species
Seychelles
1 Families 51 Genera 142 Species
Sierra Leone
1 Families 34 Genera 74 Species
Singapore
1 Families 108 Genera 446 Species
Slovakia
1 Families 35 Genera 124 Species
Slovenia
1 Families 36 Genera 177 Species
Solomon Islands
1 Families 119 Genera 473 Species
Somalia
1 Families 24 Genera 59 Species
Somaliland
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
South Korea
1 Families 51 Genera 193 Species
South Sudan
1 Families 19 Genera 29 Species
Spain
1 Families 84 Genera 577 Species
Sri Lanka
1 Families 98 Genera 386 Species
Sudan
1 Families 56 Genera 166 Species
Suriname
1 Families 85 Genera 422 Species
Sweden
1 Families 153 Genera 731 Species
Switzerland
1 Families 68 Genera 292 Species
Syria
1 Families 28 Genera 83 Species
Taiwan
1 Families 97 Genera 453 Species
Tajikistan
1 Families 9 Genera 25 Species
Tanzania
1 Families 90 Genera 498 Species
Thailand
1 Families 115 Genera 709 Species
Togo
1 Families 31 Genera 68 Species
Tonga
1 Families 29 Genera 76 Species
Trinidad and Tobago
1 Families 98 Genera 424 Species
Tunisia
1 Families 41 Genera 217 Species
Turkey
1 Families 67 Genera 491 Species
Turkmenistan
1 Families 31 Genera 140 Species
Tuvalu
1 Families 10 Genera 18 Species
Uganda
1 Families 72 Genera 415 Species
Ukraine
1 Families 60 Genera 203 Species
United Arab Emirates
1 Families 35 Genera 165 Species
United Kingdom
1 Families 127 Genera 697 Species
Uruguay
1 Families 49 Genera 133 Species
USA
1 Families 213 Genera 1800 Species
Uzbekistan
1 Families 21 Genera 54 Species
Vanuatu
1 Families 40 Genera 70 Species
Venezuela
1 Families 110 Genera 732 Species
Vietnam
1 Families 100 Genera 408 Species
Yemen
1 Families 42 Genera 138 Species
Zambia
1 Families 55 Genera 175 Species
Zimbabwe
1 Families 70 Genera 494 Species
Distribution on islands
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Adam
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Admiralty Island
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Aguas Buenas
1 Families 7 Genera 4 Species
Aldabra Group
1 Families 12 Genera 22 Species
Alnön
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Anak Krakatau
1 Families 3 Genera 2 Species
Anholt
1 Families 5 Genera 9 Species
Anjouan
1 Families 28 Genera 59 Species
Archipiélago Juan Fernández
1 Families 3 Genera 3 Species
Auskerry
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Azores
1 Families 15 Genera 26 Species
Banks Island
1 Families 15 Genera 18 Species
Basse-Terre Island
1 Families 27 Genera 66 Species
Bathurst Island
1 Families 5 Genera 8 Species
Bruny Island
1 Families 5 Genera 3 Species
Brønnøya
1 Families 8 Genera 18 Species
Burra
1 Families 8 Genera 10 Species
Capricorn Group
1 Families 15 Genera 21 Species
Caroline Island
1 Families 6 Genera 8 Species
Central Line Islands
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species
Clarión Island
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Clarke Island
1 Families 5 Genera 6 Species
Danish Wadden Islands
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Deserta Grande island
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Desertas
1 Families 8 Genera 9 Species
Desertas Islands
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species
Dunk Island
1 Families 4 Genera 5 Species
Easter Island
1 Families 2 Genera 3 Species
Egilsay
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
El Hierro
1 Families 5 Genera 5 Species
Erskine Island
1 Families 9 Genera 10 Species
Etolin Island
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species
Fara
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Fårö (Denmark)
1 Families 4 Genera 6 Species
Flint Island
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Flotta
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Fuerteventura
1 Families 3 Genera 3 Species
Gotska Sandön
1 Families 3 Genera 3 Species
Gran Canaria
1 Families 11 Genera 12 Species
Grande Comore
1 Families 24 Genera 53 Species
Grande-Terre
1 Families 18 Genera 40 Species
Hebrides
1 Families 6 Genera 12 Species
Heron Island
1 Families 10 Genera 10 Species
Hiiumaa
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species
Hunda
1 Families 10 Genera 9 Species
Ilhéu Chão
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Inner Hebrides
1 Families 4 Genera 10 Species
Isla Aguada
1 Families 3 Genera 3 Species
Isla Ángel
1 Families 6 Genera 6 Species
Isla Catalina
1 Families 15 Genera 13 Species
Isla Centro
1 Families 10 Genera 11 Species
Isla Colorada
1 Families 18 Genera 19 Species
Isla de Chiloé
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Isla del Rey
1 Family 1 Genus 2 Species
Isla García
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Isla Magdalena
1 Families 5 Genera 5 Species
Isla Partida
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Isla Providencia
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species
Isla Quinchao
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Isla San Pedro
1 Families 4 Genera 4 Species
Isla Santa Cruz
1 Family 1 Genus 2 Species
Isla Smith
1 Families 2 Genera 1 Species
Islands of Chile
1 Families 58 Genera 113 Species
Islands of the Stagnone of Marsala
1 Families 3 Genera 3 Species
Jarvis Island
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Kai Islands
1 Families 3 Genera 2 Species
Ko Chang
1 Family 1 Genus 0 Species
Ko Siray
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species
Kodiak Island
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Krakatau Island
1 Families 33 Genera 52 Species
Krakatoa
1 Families 38 Genera 70 Species
La Digue
1 Families 4 Genera 5 Species
La Gomera
1 Families 18 Genera 22 Species
La Graciosa
1 Families 4 Genera 4 Species
La Palma
1 Families 22 Genera 30 Species
Langkawi
1 Families 3 Genera 3 Species
Lanzarote
1 Families 12 Genera 14 Species
Little Barrier Island
1 Families 4 Genera 3 Species
Lord Howe Island
1 Families 23 Genera 32 Species
Macaronesia
1 Families 75 Genera 304 Species
Magnetic Island
1 Families 18 Genera 26 Species
Mahé
1 Families 16 Genera 17 Species
Malden Island
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Masthead Island
1 Families 8 Genera 7 Species
Moa Island
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species
Mohéli
1 Families 29 Genera 62 Species
Murray Islands
1 Families 8 Genera 10 Species
Møn
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
North Reef Island
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
North West Island
1 Families 5 Genera 4 Species
Northern Isles
1 Families 21 Genera 23 Species
Northern Line Islands
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species
Northern Orkney Islands
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species
Obi Islands
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
One Tree Island
1 Families 4 Genera 5 Species
Orkney Islands
1 Families 13 Genera 12 Species
Outer Hebrides
1 Families 4 Genera 5 Species
Penguin Island
1 Family 1 Genus 0 Species
Pine Island
1 Families 6 Genera 6 Species
Porto Santo Island
1 Families 8 Genera 9 Species
Prince of Wales Island (Alaska)
1 Families 4 Genera 3 Species
Prince of Wales Island (Canada)
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Prince of Wales Island (Queensland)
1 Families 12 Genera 17 Species
Puhtu
1 Family 1 Genus 2 Species
Rottnest Island
1 Families 20 Genera 33 Species
Rousay
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Rügen
1 Families 4 Genera 6 Species
Rømø
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
San Miguel Island (California)
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species
Sanday
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Santa Barbara Island
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Santa Catalina Island
1 Families 15 Genera 16 Species
Santa Catalina Island (California)
1 Families 16 Genera 20 Species
Santa Cruz Island
1 Families 22 Genera 29 Species
Santa Cruz Island (California)
1 Families 16 Genera 29 Species
Santa Maria Island
1 Families 10 Genera 12 Species
Santa Rosa Island
1 Families 15 Genera 20 Species
Santa Rosa Island (California)
1 Families 16 Genera 28 Species
Scalloway Islands
1 Families 8 Genera 10 Species
Shapinsay
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Shetland Islands
1 Families 10 Genera 12 Species
Shetland Mainland
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species
Skye
1 Families 4 Genera 10 Species
South Orkney Islands
1 Families 8 Genera 10 Species
South Shetland Islands
1 Family 1 Genus 0 Species
Southern Line Islands
1 Families 7 Genera 9 Species
Southern Orkney Islands
1 Families 11 Genera 10 Species
Store Færder
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Stradbroke Island
1 Families 9 Genera 14 Species
Stronsay
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Swona
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Tenerife
1 Families 19 Genera 31 Species
Ternate
1 Families 6 Genera 6 Species
Thursday Island
1 Families 12 Genera 14 Species
Tobi island
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Tryon Island
1 Families 8 Genera 7 Species
Uist
1 Families 3 Genera 4 Species
Vancouver Island
1 Families 21 Genera 52 Species
Vilm
1 Families 4 Genera 5 Species
Vostok Island
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Waiheke Island
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Wellington
1 Families 36 Genera 48 Species
Wilson Island
1 Families 4 Genera 4 Species
Wreck Island
1 Families 8 Genera 7 Species
Found in fossile formations
Florissant Fossil Beds
1 Families 27 Genera 92 Species
Green River Formation
1 Families 22 Genera 33 Species
Much Wenlock Limestone Formation
1 Families 3 Genera 4 Species
Posidonia Shale
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species
Rott Formation
1 Families 8 Genera 9 Species
Wellington Formation
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species