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Checklist for Subfamily Myrmicinae Lepeletier, 1835
and region Benelux (West Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
704
10060
34018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
701
10048
34000
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
647
9800
33419
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
414
8082
29172
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
71
1337
5269
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
58
1202
4562
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
22
385
2159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
85
440
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
85
440
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
37
210
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Benelux
37 Genera with 210 Species
#ACDFHLMNOPRSTW
Anergates Forel, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1947Collared Ants4SpeciesTaxom
Cardiocondyla Emery, 18907SpeciesTaxom
Carebara Westwood, 19283SpeciesTaxom
Cataulacus Smith, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Cephalotes Latreille, 1915Turtle ants2SpeciesTaxom
Crematogaster Lund, 1895Acrobat Ants10SpeciesTaxom
Cyphomyrmex Mayr, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Diplorhoptrum Mayr, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Formicoxenus Mayr, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Harpagoxenus Forel, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Leptothorax Mayr, 179819SpeciesTaxom
Manica Jurine, 18022SpeciesTaxom
Meranoplus Smith, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Messor Forel, 17983SpeciesTaxom
Monomorium Mayr, 194421SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecina Curtis, 18022SpeciesTaxom
Myrmica Latreille, 191329SpeciesTaxom
Myrmicaria Saunders, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Octostruma Forel, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Ocymyrmex Emery, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1902Big-headed Ants22SpeciesTaxom
Pheidologeton Mayr, 1862
Marauder ants0SpeciesTaxom
Pogonomyrmex Mayr, 1895Harvester Ants4SpeciesTaxom
Pyramica Roger, 19608SpeciesTaxom
Rogeria Emery, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Royidris Bolton & Fisher, 20141SpeciesTaxom
Solenopsis Westwood, 1972Fire ants7SpeciesTaxom
Stenamma Westwood, 18395SpeciesTaxom
Strongylognathus Mayr, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Strumigenys Smith, 1983Miniature Trap-jaw Ants5SpeciesTaxom
Temnothorax Mayr, 1798Acorn Ants11SpeciesTaxom
Terataner Emery, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Tetramorium Mayr, 1976Fierce Ants28SpeciesTaxom
Trachymyrmex Forel, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Wasmannia Forel, 18631SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Benelux
210 Species and 6 Subspecies
Anergates atratulus (Schenck, 1852)⇒ Tetramorium atratulum Schenck, 1852
Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) subterranea Latreille, 1798Many-line lucine
Aphaenogaster crocea André, 1881Eggcockle
Aphaenogaster picea Wheeler, 1908Broad lepton
Aphaenogaster rudis (Enzmann, J., 1947)⇒ Aphaenogaster piceum Wheeler, 1908
Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881Ant
Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel, 1890Moorish Sneaking Ant
Cardiocondyla minutior (Forel, 1899)⇒ Cardiocondyla nudus Mayr, 1866
Cardiocondyla nuda Mayr, 1866Green blossom
Cardiocondyla obscurior Wheeler, 1929Ant
Cardiocondyla venustula Wheeler, 1908Ant
Cardiocondyla wroughtonii Forel, 1890Yellow sneaking ant
Carebara perpusilla Emery, 1895
Carebara vidua (Smith, 1858)⇒ Carebara junodi Forel, 1904
Carebara vidua fur Santschi, 1928
Cataulacus huberi André, 1890
Cephalotes clypeatus Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Cephalotes texanus Santschi, 1915Plain tellin
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) laeviuscula Mayr, 1870
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) punctulata (Emery, 1895)⇒ Crematogaster lineolata Say, 1836
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) scutellaris Olivier, 1792Cocktail Ant
Crematogaster stadelmanni dolichocephala Santschi, 1911
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) crinosa Mayr, 1862
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) nigropilosa Mayr, 1870
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) rectinota Forel, 1913
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) steinheili Forel, 1881
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) torosa Mayr, 1870Simple cleftclam
Crematogaster obscurata Emery, 1895Ant
Cyphomyrmex minutus Mayr, 1862Ant
Diplorhoptrum fugax Latreille, 1798
Formicoxenus nitidulus Nylander, 1846Shining guest ant
Harpagoxenus sublaevis Nylander, 1849
Leptothorax (Leptothorax) acervorum Fabricius, 1793Slender Ant
Leptothorax (Leptothorax) crassipilis Wheeler, W.M., 1917Sickle jackknife
Leptothorax (Leptothorax) gredleri Mayr, 1855
Leptothorax (Leptothorax) muscorum Nylander, 1846Horseshoe crabs
Leptothorax (Leptothorax) nylanderi (Foerster, 1850)⇒ Temnothorax nylanderi Förster, 1850
Leptothorax (Macromischa) subditivus (Wheeler, 1903)⇒ Temnothorax subditivus Wheeler, 1903
Leptothorax (Mychothorax) acervorum Fabricius, 1793Slender Ant
Leptothorax (Mychothorax) muscorum Nylander, 1846
Leptothorax (Myrafant) affinis (Mayr, 1855)⇒ Temnothorax affinis Mayr, 1855
Leptothorax (Myrafant) albipennis (Curtis, 1854)⇒ Temnothorax albipennis Curtis, 1854
Leptothorax (Myrafant) corticalis (Schenck, 1852)⇒ Temnothorax corticalis Schenck, 1852
Leptothorax (Myrafant) exilis (Emery, 1869)⇒ Temnothorax exilis Emery, 1869
Leptothorax (Myrafant) interruptus (Schenck, 1852)⇒ Temnothorax interruptus Schenck, 1852
Leptothorax (Myrafant) lagrecai (Baroni Urbani, 1964)⇒ Temnothorax lagrecai Baroni Urbani, 1964
Leptothorax (Myrafant) nigriceps (Mayr, 1855)⇒ Temnothorax nigriceps Mayr, 1855
Leptothorax (Myrafant) parvulus (Schenck, 1852)⇒ Temnothorax parvulus Schenck, 1852
Leptothorax (Myrafant) schaumii (Roger, 1863)⇒ Temnothorax schaumii Roger, 1863
Leptothorax (Myrafant) tuberum Fabricius, 1775Shiny dwarf-tellin
Leptothorax (Myrafant) unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)⇒ Temnothorax unifasciatus Latreille, 1798
Manica invidia Emery, 1895Lens lucine
Manica rubida Latreille, 1802
Meranoplus magrettii Magretti, 1884
Meranoplus mayri Forel, 1910
Messor barbarum pseudo Mayr, 1862
Messor barbarus Linnaeus, 1767Harvester ant
Messor structor Latreille, 1798Colorful transennella
Monomorium afrc
Monomorium albopilosum Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Monomorium angustinode Forel, 1913
Monomorium carbonarium (Smith, 1858)⇒ Monomorium ebeninum Forel, 1891
Monomorium delagoense (Forel, 1894)⇒ Monomorium herero Forel, 1910
Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851)⇒ Trichomyrmex destructor Jerdon, 1851
Monomorium ebeninum Forel, 1891Ant
Monomorium exiguum Forel, 1894
Monomorium floricola Jerdon, 1851Bicolored trailing ant
Monomorium fridae Forel, 1905
Monomorium guineense Bernard, 1953
Monomorium kelapre Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium mictile Forel, 1910
Monomorium minimum (Buckley, 1867)⇒ Monomorium cyaneum Wheeler, 1914
Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium opacior Forel, 1913
Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758Egyptian red ant
Monomorium salomonis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Monomorium junodi Forel, 1910
Monomorium taedium Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium vaguum Santschi, 1930
Monomorium xanthognathum Arnold, 1944
Myrmecina americana Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Myrmecina graminicola Latreille, 1802Grass Ant
Myrmica (Myrmica) punctiventris Roger, 1863
Myrmica americana Weber, 1939
Myrmica bergi Ruzsky, 1902Green jackknife
Myrmica bessarabicus Nasonov, 1889
Myrmica bibikoffi Kutter, 1963
Myrmica brevispinosa Wheeler, 1917Sickle jackknife
Myrmica faniensis Boven, 1970
Myrmica fracticornis Forel, 1901Round combshell
Myrmica gallienii Bondroit, 1920Disk dosinia
Myrmica hellenica Finzi, 1926Thin cyclinella
Myrmica hirsuta Elmes, 1978
Myrmica incompleta Provancher, 1881Incomplete Ant
Myrmica karavajevi Arnoldi, 1930Southern quahog
Myrmica latifrons Stärcke, 1927Corded pitar
Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846Subcancellate ervilia
Myrmica lobifrons (Pergande, 1900)⇒ Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846
Myrmica lonae Finzi, 1926
Myrmica microrubra Seifert, 1993
Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Labidus coecus Latreille, 1802
Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846Subcancellate ervilia
Myrmica rugulosa (Nylander, 1849)⇒ Myrmica hellenica Finzi, 1926
Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861Newcomb pitar
Myrmica scabrindis
Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846Ant
Myrmica schencki Viereck, 1903
Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918
Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846Micro-whip scorpions
Myrmica tulinae Elmes, Radch..., 2002
Myrmica whymperi Forel, 1913
Myrmicaria natalensis Smith, 1858Giant cleftclam
Nesomyrmex wilda Smith, 1945
Octostruma gymnosoma Longino, 2013
Ocymyrmex barbiger Emery, 1886
Ocymyrmex foreli Arnold, 1916
Pheidole absurda Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Pheidole afrc
Pheidole alexeter Wilson, 2003
Pheidole anastasii Emery, 1896Anastasia's big-headed ant
Pheidole anastasii cellarum Forel, 1908
Pheidole antillana Forel, 1893
Pheidole bilimeki (Mayr, 1870)⇒ Pheidole jamaicensis Wheeler, 1908
Pheidole cellarum (Forel, 1908)⇒ Pheidole anastasii Emery, 1896
Pheidole constipata Wheeler, 1908Rough razor
Pheidole dentata Mayr, 1886Cande diplodon
Pheidole fervens Smith, 1858Harvester-ant
Pheidole flavens (Roger, 1863)⇒ Pheidole sculptior Forel, 1893
Pheidole floridana Emery, 1895Round combshell
Pheidole guineensis Fabricius, 1793
Pheidole jamaicensis Wheeler, 1908
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851
Pheidole moerens Wheeler, 1908Big-headed ant
Pheidole schoutedeni Forel, 1913
Pheidole sciara Cole, 1955
Pheidole sculpturata Mayr, 1866Cumberland leafshell
Pheidole servilia Wilson, 2003
Pheidole sharpi Forel, 1902
Pogonomyrmex apache Wheeler, 1902
Pogonomyrmex barbatus Smith, 1858Agricultural ant
Pogonomyrmex desertorum Wheeler, 1902Large Seed Harvesting Ant
Pogonomyrmex rugosus Emery, 1895Rough harvester ant
Pyramica angulata Smith, 1931
Pyramica dietrichi Smith, 1931
Pyramica eggersi Emery, 1890Ant
Pyramica emmae Emery, 1890Ant
Pyramica margaritae Forel, 1893Ant
Pyramica tacta Bolton, 1983Trigonal tivela
Pyramica tetragnatha Taylor, 1966
Pyramica trieces Brown, 1960Boring petricola
Rogeria curvipubens Emery, 1894
Rogeria foreli Emery, 1894
Royidris gravipuncta Bolton & Fisher, 2014
Solenopsis azteca azteca Forel, 1893
Solenopsis clytemnestra clytemnestra Emery, 1896
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) fugax Latreille, 1798Tellin semele
Solenopsis (Solenopsis) geminata Fabricius, 1804Fire Ant
Solenopsis (Solenopsis) xyloni McCook, 1879Southern fire ant
Solenopsis abdita Thompson, 1989
Solenopsis invicta Buren, 1972Argentine Fire Ant
Stenamma debile Foerster, 1850Expanded macoma
Stenamma diecki Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Stenamma meridionale Smith, M.R., 1957Arana
Stenamma westwoodi Westwood, 1840
Stenamma westwoodii Westwood, 1839Fiddleleaf tobacco
Strongylognathus testaceus Schenck, 1852Surinam strigilla
Strumigenys louisianae Roger, 1863
Strumigenys lycosa Bolton, 2000
Strumigenys ornata Mayr, 1887
Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890Ant
Strumigenys shaula Bolton, 1983Spiny jewelbox
Temnothorax affinis Mayr, 1855
Temnothorax albipennis Curtis, 1854
Temnothorax ambiguus Emery, 1895Doubtful Acorn Ant
Temnothorax corticalis Schenck, 1852
Temnothorax exilis Emery, 1869
Temnothorax interruptus Schenck, 1852Long-spined Ant
Temnothorax nigriceps Mayr, 1855
Temnothorax nylanderi Förster, 1850
Temnothorax parvulus Schenck, 1852
Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Temnothorax albipennis Curtis, 1854
Temnothorax unifasciatus Latreille, 1798
Terataner rufipes Emery, 1912
Tetramorium altivagans Santschi, 1914Northern riffleshell
Tetramorium atratulum Schenck, 1852
Tetramorium avium Bolton, 1980False softshell
Tetramorium baufra Bolton, 1976
Tetramorium bicarinatum Nylander, 1846Bicoloured Pennant Ant
Tetramorium bothae Forel, 1910
Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758Carpenter carditid
Tetramorium caldarium Roger, 1857Ant
Tetramorium constanciae Arnold, 1917Swamp fingernailclam
Tetramorium eminii Forel, 1894Compact astarte
Tetramorium frenchi Forel, 1914
Tetramorium grassii Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Tetramorium impurum Foerster, 1850Expanded macoma
Tetramorium insolens Smith, F., 1861Ant
Tetramorium muralti Forel, 1910
Tetramorium oculatum Forel, 1913
Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877
Tetramorium setigerum Mayr, 1901
Tetramorium setuliferum Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Tetramorium simillimum Smith, F., 1851Ant
Tetramorium solidum Emery, 1886
Tetramorium spinosum Pergande, 1896
Tetramorium thoth Bolton, 1976
Tetramorium tonganum Mayr, 1870Ant
Tetramorium traegaordhi Santschi, 1914Northern riffleshell
Tetramorium venator Hita Garcia ..., 2014
Tetramorium weitzeckeri Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Tetramorium yarthiellum Bolton, 1976
Trachymyrmex turrifex Wheeler, 1903Lamellar venus
Wasmannia auropunctata Roger, 1863Electric ant

Subnodes of Myrmicinae with occurrences in Benelux
TribeAttini
Smith, 1858
Higher myrmicines
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeBasicerotini
Brown, 1949
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeBlepharidattini
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1991
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeCataulacini
Emery, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeCephalotini
Smith, 1853
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeCrematogastrini
Forel, 1893
4
23
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeDacetonini
Forel, 1892
2
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeFormicoxenini
Forel, 1893
5
29
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeMeranoplini
Emery, 1914
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeMyrmecinini
Ashmead, 1905
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeMyrmicariini
Forel, 1893
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeMyrmicini
Lepeletier, 1835
3
35
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePheidolini
Emery, 1877
4
30
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePheidologetonini
Forel, 1917
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeSolenopsidini
Forel, 1893
3
29
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeStenammini
Ashmead, 1905
2
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeTetramoriini
Emery, 1895
3
30
Genera
Species

Taxom



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