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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
528
5425
11871
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
526
5418
11860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
5315
11672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
332
4419
10200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
65
906
2123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
61
892
2112
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
25
380
1470
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
65
269
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
65
269
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
22
138
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Western Cape
22 Genera with 138 Species
#ACDMNOPRST
Anillomyrma Emery, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Atopomyrmex André, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Cardiocondyla Emery, 18912SpeciesTaxom
Carebara Westwood, 1840
0SpeciesTaxom
Crematogaster Lund, 1910Acrobat Ants15SpeciesTaxom
Diplomorium Mayr, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Melissotarsus Emery, 19072SpeciesTaxom
Meranoplus Smith, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Messor Forel, 19234SpeciesTaxom
Monomorium Mayr, 194439SpeciesTaxom
Myrmicaria Saunders, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 20088SpeciesTaxom
Ocymyrmex Emery, 18924SpeciesTaxom
Oligomyrmex Westwood, 1840
0SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1901Big-headed Ants10SpeciesTaxom
Pyramica Roger, 19664SpeciesTaxom
Rhoptromyrmex Mayr, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Rogeria Emery, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Sericomyrmex Mayr, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Solenopsis Westwood, 0Fire ants4SpeciesTaxom
Strumigenys Smith, 1913Miniature Trap-jaw Ants3SpeciesTaxom
Tetramorium Mayr, 1926Fierce Ants36SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
138 Species
Atopomyrmex mocquerysi André, 1889
Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881Ant
Cardiocondyla shuckardi Forel, 1891
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) castanea Smith, F., 1858Catspaw
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) impressa Emery, 1899Catspaw
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) melanogaster Emery, 1895Carpenter carditid
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) nigronitens Santschi, 1917Ringed lucine
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) peringueyi Emery, 1895Cocktail Ant
Crematogaster (Decacrema) liengmei Forel, 1894Turgid blossom
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) natalensis Forel, 1910Carpenter carditid
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) rectinota Forel, 1913
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) transvaalensis Forel, 1894
Crematogaster boera Santschi, 1926
Crematogaster capensis Mayr, 1862
Crematogaster delagoensis Forel, 1894
Crematogaster opaciceps Mayr, 1901
Crematogaster orobia Santschi, 1919Tennessee riffleshell
Crematogaster schultzei Forel, 1910
Diplomorium longipenne Mayr, 1901
Melissotarsus beccarii Emery, 1877
Melissotarsus emeryi Forel, 1907Cumberland leafshell
Meranoplus peringueyi Emery, 1886
Messor capensis Mayr, 1862
Messor decipiens Santschi, 1917Ringed lucine
Messor denticornis Forel, 1910
Messor striatifrons Stitz, 1923
Monomorium afrc
Monomorium alamarum Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium australe Emery, 1886
Monomorium boerorum Forel, 1910
Monomorium esharre Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium excelsior Arnold, 1926Lake fingernailclam
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 katir Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium macrops Arnold, 1944
Monomorium mediocre Santschi, 1920Giant cleftclam
Monomorium minimum (Buckley, 1867)⇒ Monomorium cyaneum Wheeler, 1914
Monomorium modestum Santschi, 1914Northern riffleshell
Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium musicum Forel, 1910
Monomorium ocellatum Arnold, 1920
Monomorium orangiae Arnold, 1956
Monomorium paternum Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758Egyptian red ant
Monomorium rabirium Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium rhopalocerum Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Monomorium rotundatum Santschi, 1920Giant cleftclam
Monomorium rufulum Stitz, 1923
Monomorium salomonis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Monomorium junodi Forel, 1910
Monomorium schultzei Forel, 1910
Monomorium sersalatum Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium setuliferum Forel, 1910
Monomorium shilohense Forel, 1913
Monomorium speculiceps (Santschi, 1928)⇒ Monomorium excelsior Arnold, 1926
Monomorium subopacum (Smith, F., 1858)⇒ Monomorium hirsutum Forel, 1910
Monomorium tablense Santschi, 1932
Monomorium taedium Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium torvicte Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium willowmorense Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium xanthognathum Arnold, 1944
Myrmicaria natalensis Smith, 1858Giant cleftclam
Nesomyrmex antoinetteae Mbanyana & R..., 2008
Nesomyrmex braunsi Forel, 1912
Nesomyrmex cederbergensis Mbanyana & R..., 2008
Nesomyrmex denticulatus Mayr, 1901
Nesomyrmex entabeni Mbanyana & R..., 2008
Nesomyrmex inye Mbanyana & R..., 2008
Nesomyrmex njengelanga Mbanyana & R..., 2008
Nesomyrmex ruani Mbanyana & R..., 2008
Ocymyrmex barbiger Emery, 1886
Ocymyrmex cilliei Prins & Roux, 1989
Ocymyrmex resekhes Bolton & Marsh, 1989
Ocymyrmex weitzeckeri Emery, 1892Little-wing pearly mussel
Pheidole afrc
Pheidole aspera Mayr, 1862
Pheidole californica Mayr, 1870Turgid blossom
Pheidole capensis Mayr, 1862Tennessee riffleshell
Pheidole fallax Mayr, 1870Atlantic diplodon
Pheidole foreli Mayr, 1901
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851
Pheidole sharpi Forel, 1902
Pheidole spinulosa Forel, 1910
Pheidole tenuinodis Mayr, 1901Round combshell
Pyramica anarta Bolton, 1983Trigonal tivela
Pyramica membranifera (Emery, 1869)⇒ Strumigenys membranifera Emery, 1869
Pyramica oxysma Bolton, 1983Trigonal tivela
Pyramica tetragnatha Taylor, 1966
Rhoptromyrmex transversinodis Mayr, 1901
Rogeria foreli Emery, 1894
Sericomyrmex urichi Forel, 1912
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) molesta (Say, 1836)⇒ Diplorhoptrum molestum Emery, 1895
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) punctaticeps Mayr, 1865Northern riffleshell
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) spei Forel, 1912
Solenopsis indet
Strumigenys lycosa Bolton, 2000
Strumigenys origo Fisher, 2000
Strumigenys traegaordhi Santschi, 1913Western pearlshell
Tetramorium akermani Arnold, 1926Lake fingernailclam
Tetramorium bevisi Arnold, 1958Tiny condylclam
Tetramorium bicarinatum Nylander, 1846Bicoloured Pennant Ant
Tetramorium capense Mayr, 1865Seaside bittercress
Tetramorium clunum Forel, 1913
Tetramorium delagoense Forel, 1894
Tetramorium dichroum Santschi, 1932
Tetramorium emeryi Mayr, 1901
Tetramorium erectum Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Tetramorium frenchi Forel, 1914
Tetramorium frigidum Arnold, 1926Lake fingernailclam
Tetramorium glabratum Stitz, 1923
Tetramorium grandinode Santschi, 1913Western pearlshell
Tetramorium grassii Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Tetramorium immigrans (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758
Tetramorium jordani Santschi, 1937Leptosynapta montacutid
Tetramorium longoi Forel, 1915
Tetramorium margueriteae Mbanyana, Ro..., 2018
Tetramorium microgyna Santschi, 1918
Tetramorium mossamedense Forel, 1901Round combshell
Tetramorium oatleyi
Tetramorium oculatum Forel, 1913
Tetramorium peringueyi Arnold, 1926Lake fingernailclam
Tetramorium pogonion Bolton, 1980False softshell
Tetramorium poweri Forel, 1914
Tetramorium pusillum Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Tetramorium quadrispinosum Emery, 1886
Tetramorium regulare Bolton, 1980False softshell
Tetramorium rufescens Stitz, 1923
Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877
Tetramorium setigerum Mayr, 1901
Tetramorium signatum Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Tetramorium simillimum Smith, F., 1851Ant
Tetramorium solidum Emery, 1886
Tetramorium squaminode Santschi, 1911
Tetramorium vexator Arnold, 1926Lake fingernailclam

Subnodes of Myrmicinae with occurrences in Western Cape
TribeAttini
Smith, 1858
Higher myrmicines
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeCrematogastrini
Forel, 1893
2
23
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeDacetonini
Forel, 1892
2
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeFormicoxenini
Forel, 1893
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeMelissotarsini
Emery, 1901
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeMeranoplini
Emery, 1914
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeMyrmicariini
Forel, 1893
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribePheidolini
Emery, 1877
3
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePheidologetonini
Forel, 1917
2
0
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeSolenopsidini
Forel, 1893
4
44
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