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Checklist for Subfamily Ponerinae Lepeletier, 1835
and region Seychelles (Indian Ocean islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
319
2025
3758
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
317
2021
3753
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
309
1997
3712
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
198
1539
2917
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
30
170
309
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
29
169
308
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
12
90
206
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
51
142
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
51
142
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPonerinae
Lepeletier, 1835
14
31
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Seychelles
14 Genera with 31 Species
Anochetus Mayr, 20084SpeciesTaxom
Ectatomma Smith, 1858
0SpeciesTaxom
Gnamptogenys Roger, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Hypoponera Santschi, 18946SpeciesTaxom
Leptogenys Roger, 18973SpeciesTaxom
Mesoponera Emery, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Odontomachus Latreille, 1914Trap-jaw ants3SpeciesTaxom
Pachycondyla Smith, 1804Panther Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Platythyrea Roger, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Ponera Latreille, 19335SpeciesTaxom
Prionopelta Mayr, 20151SpeciesTaxom
Proceratium Roger, 1863
Hairy Curltail Ants0SpeciesTaxom
Rhytidoponera Mayr, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Stigmatomma Roger, 20162SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Seychelles
31 Species and 1 Subspecies
Anochetus graeffei Mayr, 1870
Anochetus madagascarensis Forel, 1887
Anochetus mayri Emery, 1884Ant
Anochetus pattersoni Fisher, 2008
Gnamptogenys striatula Mayr, 1884
Gnamptogenys sulcata Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Hypoponera eduardi Forel, 1894Compact astarte
Hypoponera indet
Hypoponera johannae Forel, 1891
Hypoponera pia Forel, 1901
Hypoponera punctatissima Roger, 1859Pantropical mini-ponerine ant
Hypoponera ragusai Emery, 1894Ant
Leptogenys falcigera Roger, 1861Ant
Leptogenys maxillosa Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Leptogenys truncatirostris Forel, 1897Eastern aligena
Mesoponera melanaria Emery, 1893
Mesoponera melanaria macra Emery, 1894
Odontomachus bauri Emery, 1892Little-wing pearly mussel
Odontomachus simillimus Smith, F., 1858
Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi, 1914Northern riffleshell
Pachycondyla melanaria Emery, 1893
Pachycondyla stigma (Fabricius, 1804)⇒ Pseudoponera stigma Fabricius, 1804
Platythyrea parallela Smith, F., 1859Northern broadnosed killer ant
Ponera adumbrans Csősz & Fisher, 2023
Ponera exotica Smith, M.R., 1962Ant
Ponera incerta Wheeler, W.M., 1933Ample roughmya
Ponera petila Wilson, 1957Lenticular axinopsid
Ponera swezeyi Wheeler, W.M., 1933Ample roughmya
Prionopelta seychelles Overson & Fi..., 2015
Rhytidoponera punctata Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Stigmatomma besucheti Baroni Urbani, 1978
Stigmatomma janovitsika De Araujo Es..., 2016

Subnodes of Ponerinae with occurrences in Seychelles
TribeAmblyoponini
Forel, 1893
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeEctatommini
Emery, 1895
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePlatythyreini
Emery, 1901
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribePonerini
Lepeletier, 1835
7
24
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeProceratiini
Emery, 1895
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom



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