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Checklist for Subfamily Myrmicinae Lepeletier, 1835
and region Eastern Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
448
4515
8744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
446
4509
8734
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
423
4424
8599
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
283
3810
7730
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
58
716
1765
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
54
709
1758
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
23
360
1333
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
61
234
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
61
234
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
25
124
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Eastern Cape
25 Genera with 124 Species
#ACDLMNOPRST
Anillomyrma Emery, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Calyptomyrmex Emery, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Cardiocondyla Emery, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Carebara Westwood, 1840
0SpeciesTaxom
Cataulacus Smith, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Crematogaster Lund, 1901Acrobat Ants14SpeciesTaxom
Diplomorium Mayr, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Leptothorax Mayr, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Melissotarsus Emery, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Meranoplus Smith, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Messor Forel, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Monomorium Mayr, 198731SpeciesTaxom
Myrmicaria Saunders, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 19483SpeciesTaxom
Ocymyrmex Emery, 18924SpeciesTaxom
Oligomyrmex Westwood, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1901Big-headed Ants6SpeciesTaxom
Pheidologeton Mayr, 1862
Marauder ants0SpeciesTaxom
Pristomyrmex Mayr, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Pyramica Roger, 19606SpeciesTaxom
Rhoptromyrmex Mayr, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Solenopsis Westwood, 0Fire ants4SpeciesTaxom
Strumigenys Smith, 1913Miniature Trap-jaw Ants6SpeciesTaxom
Temnothorax Mayr, 2014Acorn Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Tetramorium Mayr, 1895Fierce Ants36SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Eastern Cape
124 Species and 1 Subspecies
Calyptomyrmex claviseta Santschi, 1914
Cardiocondyla shuckardi Forel, 1891
Cataulacus micans Mayr, 1901
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) castanea Smith, F., 1858Catspaw
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) desperans Forel, 1914
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) impressa Emery, 1899Catspaw
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) laeviuscula Mayr, 1870
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) melanogaster Emery, 1895Carpenter carditid
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) peringueyi Emery, 1895Cocktail Ant
Crematogaster (Decacrema) liengmei Forel, 1894Turgid blossom
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) natalensis Forel, 1910Carpenter carditid
Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) kneri Mayr, 1862Northern riffleshell
Crematogaster arboreus Smith, 1858
Crematogaster arnoldi Forel, 1914Texas lilliput
Crematogaster capensis Mayr, 1862
Crematogaster delagoensis Forel, 1894
Crematogaster opaciceps Mayr, 1901
Diplomorium longipenne Mayr, 1901
Leptothorax angustulus silvanus Forel, 1907
Melissotarsus emeryi Forel, 1907Cumberland leafshell
Meranoplus peringueyi Emery, 1886
Messor capensis Mayr, 1862
Messor denticornis Forel, 1910
Monomorium alamarum Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium albopilosum Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Monomorium australe Emery, 1886
Monomorium binatu Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium boerorum Forel, 1910
Monomorium braunsi Mayr, 1901
Monomorium cryptobium Santschi, 1921
Monomorium delagoense (Forel, 1894)⇒ Monomorium herero Forel, 1910
Monomorium excensurae Forel, 1915
Monomorium exchao Santschi, 1926Texas lilliput
Monomorium fastidium Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium fridae Forel, 1905
Monomorium havilandi Forel, 1910
Monomorium herero Forel, 1910
Monomorium intrudens Smith, 1874Arnold's dogwood
Monomorium junodi Forel, 1910
Monomorium kelapre Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium mediocre Santschi, 1920Giant cleftclam
Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium musicum Forel, 1910
Monomorium notulum Forel, 1910
Monomorium ocellatum Arnold, 1920
Monomorium opacior Forel, 1913
Monomorium rhopalocerum Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Monomorium salomonis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Monomorium junodi Forel, 1910
Monomorium schultzei Forel, 1910
Monomorium subopacum (Smith, F., 1858)⇒ Monomorium hirsutum Forel, 1910
Monomorium taedium Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium tchelichofi Forel, 1914
Monomorium torvicte Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium willowmorense Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Myrmicaria natalensis Smith, 1858Giant cleftclam
Nesomyrmex braunsi Forel, 1912
Nesomyrmex denticulatus Mayr, 1901
Nesomyrmex stramineus Arnold, 1948
Ocymyrmex barbiger Emery, 1886
Ocymyrmex cilliei Prins & Roux, 1989
Ocymyrmex tachys Bolton & Marsh, 1989
Ocymyrmex weitzeckeri Emery, 1892Little-wing pearly mussel
Oligomyrmex semilaevis (Mayr, 1901)⇒ Carebara semilaevis Mayr, 1901
Pheidole capensis Mayr, 1862Tennessee riffleshell
Pheidole foreli Mayr, 1901
Pheidole hewitti Santschi, 1932
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851
Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866Leptosynapta montacutid
Pheidole tenuinodis Mayr, 1901Round combshell
Pristomyrmex fossulatus Forel, 1910
Pyramica anarta Bolton, 1983Trigonal tivela
Pyramica mandibularis (Szabó, 1909)⇒ Strumigenys maxillaris Baroni Urbani, 2007
Pyramica oxysma Bolton, 1983Trigonal tivela
Pyramica tetragnatha Taylor, 1966
Pyramica transversa Santschi, 1913
Pyramica trieces Brown, 1960Boring petricola
Rhoptromyrmex globulinodis Mayr, 1901
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) punctaticeps Mayr, 1865Northern riffleshell
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) spei Forel, 1912
Solenopsis (Solenopsis) geminata Fabricius, 1804Fire Ant
Solenopsis indet
Strumigenys havilandi Forel, 1905
Strumigenys irrorata Santschi, 1913Western pearlshell
Strumigenys lycosa Bolton, 2000
Strumigenys origo Fisher, 2000
Strumigenys syntacta Bolton, 2000
Strumigenys traegaordhi Santschi, 1913Western pearlshell
Temnothorax anaphalantus Snelling, Bo..., 2014
Tetramorium akermani Arnold, 1926Lake fingernailclam
Tetramorium avium Bolton, 1980False softshell
Tetramorium bevisi Arnold, 1958Tiny condylclam
Tetramorium bothae Forel, 1910
Tetramorium capense Mayr, 1865Seaside bittercress
Tetramorium clunum Forel, 1913
Tetramorium delagoense Forel, 1894
Tetramorium dichroum Santschi, 1932
Tetramorium dominum Bolton, 1980False softshell
Tetramorium emeryi Mayr, 1901
Tetramorium erectum Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Tetramorium frenchi Forel, 1914
Tetramorium frigidum Arnold, 1926Lake fingernailclam
Tetramorium grassii Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Tetramorium laevithorax Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Tetramorium mayri Mann, 1919California surfclam
Tetramorium microps Mayr, 1901Imperial venus
Tetramorium mossamedense Forel, 1901Round combshell
Tetramorium oculatum Forel, 1913
Tetramorium peringueyi Arnold, 1926Lake fingernailclam
Tetramorium platynode Bolton, 1980False softshell
Tetramorium pusillum Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Tetramorium quadrispinosum Emery, 1886
Tetramorium regulare Bolton, 1980False softshell
Tetramorium repentinum Arnold, 1926Lake fingernailclam
Tetramorium rufescens Stitz, 1923
Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877
Tetramorium setigerum Mayr, 1901
Tetramorium setuliferum Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Tetramorium signatum Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Tetramorium simillimum Smith, F., 1851Ant
Tetramorium solidum Emery, 1886
Tetramorium thoth Bolton, 1976
Tetramorium traegaordhi Santschi, 1914Northern riffleshell
Tetramorium vexator Arnold, 1926Lake fingernailclam
Tetramorium weitzeckeri Emery, 1895Turgid blossom

Subnodes of Myrmicinae with occurrences in Eastern Cape
TribeCataulacini
Emery, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeCrematogastrini
Forel, 1893
3
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeDacetonini
Forel, 1892
2
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeFormicoxenini
Forel, 1893
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeMelissotarsini
Emery, 1901
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeMeranoplini
Emery, 1914
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeMyrmecinini
Ashmead, 1905
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeMyrmicariini
Forel, 1893
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribePheidolini
Emery, 1877
3
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePheidologetonini
Forel, 1917
3
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeSolenopsidini
Forel, 1893
4
36
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeStenammini
Ashmead, 1905
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeTetramoriini
Emery, 1895
2
37
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Myrmicinae at antwiki.org
Myrmicinae at artfakta.se
Myrmicinae at dyntaxa.se
Myrmicinae at gbif.org
Myrmicinae at itis.gov