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Formicinae

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Formicinae Latreille p. 352
1867Formica fragilis Heer p. 8 figs. Pl 1, fig 4
1878Camponotidae Forel p. 364
1878Camponotinae Forel p. 364
1915Camponotinae Wheeler
1920Andrena tertiaria Meunier p. 730 figs. Pl 1, fig 4
1981Formicinae Dlussky
2002Eoleptocerites Hong p. 570
2002Eoleptocerites chinensis Hong p. 571 figs. Pl 46, fig 1; text-fig 2.8.435-446
2002Eoleptocerites fushunensis Hong p. 574 figs. 2.8.447-459
2002Leptogasteritus Hong p. 577
2002Leptogasteritus capricornutes Hong p. 577 figs. Pl 45, fig 2; text-fig 2.8.460-471
2002Huaxiaformica Hong p. 580
2002Huaxiaformica mallepetiolata Hong p. 580 figs. Pl 45, fig 1; text-fig 2.8.472-484
2002Liaoformica Hong p. 583
2002Liaoformica longipetiolata Hong p. 584 figs. Pl 45, fig 1; text-figs 2.8.485-497
2002Sinotenuicapito Hong p. 587
2002Sinotenuicapito badis Hong p. 588 figs. Pl 45, fig 3; text-fig 2.8.498-503
2002Magnogasterites Hong p. 592
2002Magnogasterites curticornutus Hong p. 594 figs. 2.8.513-518
2002Ovalicapito Hong p. 596
2002Ovalicapito fushunensis Hong p. 596 figs. Pl 47, fig 3; text-fig 2.8.519-527
2002Ovaligastrula Hong p. 599
2002Ovaligastrula xilutianensis Hong p. 599 figs. 2.8.528-537
2002Orbicapitia Hong p. 601
2002Orbicapitia reticulata Hong p. 602 figs. Pl 47, fig 1; text-fig 2.8.538-546
2002Longiformica Hong p. 603
2002Longiformica dongzhouheensis Hong p. 604 figs. 2.8.547-555
2002Longiformica guchengziensis Hong p. 606 figs. Pl 47, fig 2; text-fig 2.8.556-564
2002Wilsonia Hong p. 608
2002Wilsonia megagastrosa Hong p. 608 figs. Pl 48, fig 3; text-fig 2.8.565-573
2002Wilsonia liaoningensis Hong p. 610 figs. Pl 48, fig 1; text-fig 2.8.574-582
2002Curtipalpulus Hong p. 612
2002Curtipalpulus eocenicus Hong p. 614 figs. Pl 46, fig 2; text-fig 2.8.583-594
2002Fushuniformica Hong p. 617
2002Fushuniformica spinata Hong p. 617 figs. 2.8.595-602
2002Sinoformica Hong p. 619
2002Sinoformica longicapitata Hong p. 620 figs. Pl 48, fig 2; text-fig 2.8.603-606
2003Formicinae Bolton p. 20
2003Formicinae Wappler p. 130
2012Curtipalpulus Bolton
2012Curtipalpulus eocenicus Bolton
2012Eoleptocerites Bolton
2012Eoleptocerites chinensis Bolton
2012Eoleptocerites fushunensis Bolton
2012Formica fragilis Bolton
2012Formicinae Bolton
2012Fushuniformica Bolton
2012Fushuniformica spinata Bolton
2012Huaxiaformica Bolton
2012Huaxiaformica mallepetiolata Bolton
2014Formicinae Dlussky and Perfilieva p. 418
2016Formicinae Kaulfuss and Dlussky p. 1048
2016Curtipalpulus Ward et al. p. 348
2016Eoleptocerites Ward et al. p. 348
2016Fushuniformica Ward et al. p. 348
2016Huaxiaformica Ward et al. p. 349
2020Formicinae Boudinot et al. p. 30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
Antennoclypeata
subfamilyFormicinae
subfamilyFormicinae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Formicinae Latreille 1802
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G. †Attopsis Heer 1849
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Attopsis longipennis Heer 1849
Attopsis longipes Heer 1867
Tr. Camponotini Forel 1878
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G. Calomyrmex Mayr 1861
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G. Camponotus Mayr 1861
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Camponotus ambon Zhang 1989
Camponotus ampullosus Zhang 1989
Camponotus cockerelli Donisthorpe 1920
Camponotus compactus Förster 1891
Camponotus crozei Riou 1999
Camponotus festinatus Buckley 1866
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Invalid names: Palaeosminthurus juliae Pierce and Gibron 1962 [synonym]
Camponotus fuscipennis Carpenter 1930
Camponotus gracilis Zhang 1989
Camponotus heracleus Heer 1849
Camponotus herculeanus Linnaeus 1758
Camponotus induratus Heer 1849
Camponotus lignitus Germar 1837
Camponotus longiventris Theobald 1937
Camponotus longus Zhang 1989
Camponotus luteus Smith 1858
Camponotus mengei Mayr 1868
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Invalid names: Camponotus igneus Mayr 1868 [synonym]
Camponotus microcephalus Carpenter 1930
Camponotus mitis Smith 1892
Camponotus novotnyi Samsinak 1967
Camponotus obesus Piton 1935
Camponotus parvus Perfilieva 2022
Camponotus penninervis Theobald 1937
Camponotus petrifactus Carpenter 1930
Camponotus pictus Zhang et al. 1994
Camponotus plenus Zhang 1989
Camponotus theobaldi Özdikmen 2010
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Invalid names: Camponotus saussurei Theobald 1937 [replaced]
Camponotus tokunagai Naora 1933
Camponotus vehemens Förster 1891
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Invalid names: Camponotus miserabilis Förster 1891 [synonym]
Camponotus vetus Scudder 1877
Invalid names: Formica pinguicula radobojana Heer 1849 [synonym], Palaeosminthurus Pierce and Gibron 1962 [synonym]
G. †Chimaeromyrma Dlussky 1988
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G. Colobopsis Mayr 1861
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Colobopsis vitrea Smith 1860
G. Polyrhachis Smith 1857
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Polyrhachis annosus Wappler et al. 2009
Polyrhachis celebensis Viehmeyer 1913
Polyrhachis cincta Viehmeyer 1913
Polyrhachis circumdata Viehmeyer 1913
Polyrhachis dahlii Forel 1901
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Invalid names: Polyrhachis restituta Viehmeyer 1913 [synonym], Polyrhachis restituta conclusa Viehmeyer 1913 [synonym]
Polyrhachis excitata Viehmeyer 1913
Polyrhachis inclusa Viehmeyer 1912
Polyrhachis levior Roger 1863
Polyrhachis rastellata Latreille 1802
Polyrhachis sexspinosa Latreille 1802
Polyrhachis subfossa Viehmeyer 1913
Invalid names: Polyrhachis continua revocata Viehmeyer 1913 [invalid subgroup]
G. †Pseudocamponotus Carpenter 1930
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Pseudocamponotus elkoanus Carpenter 1930
G. †Camponotites Steinbach 1967
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Camponotites silvestris Steinbach 1967
Camponotites steinbachi Dlussky et al. 2011
Invalid names: Camponotites Dlussky 1981 [synonym], Rabidia Hong 1984 [synonym]
G. †Drymomyrmex Wheeler 1915
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Drymomyrmex claripennis Wheeler 1915
Drymomyrmex fuscipennis Wheeler 1915
Drymomyrmex rasnitsyni Radchenko 2021
Tr. Formicini Latreille 1802
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G. Cataglyphis Förster 1850
G. †Cataglyphoides Dlussky 2008
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G. †Conoformica Dlussky 2008
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G. Formica Linnaeus 1758
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Formica alsatica Theobald 1937
Formica annosa LaPolla and Greenwalt 2015
Formica arcana Scudder 1877
Formica auxillacensis Piton 1935
Formica bauckhorni Meunier 1915
Formica biamoensis Dlussky et al. 2015
Formica buphthalma Novák 1878
Formica cantalica Piton 1935
Formica ceps Zhang 1989
Formica cockerelli Carpenter 1930
Formica demersa Heer 1849
Formica eoptera Cockerell 1923
Formica flavifemoralis Zhang et al. 1994
Formica flori Mayr 1868
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Invalid names: Formica (Serviformica) antiqua Dlussky 1967 [synonym], Formica (Serviformica) baltica Dlussky 1967 [synonym], Formica (Serviformica) parvula Dlussky 1967 [synonym], Formica egecomerta Özdikmen 2010 [synonym]
Formica fusca Linnaeus 1758
Formica globiventris Heer 1849
Formica grandis Carpenter 1930
Formica gravida Heer 1849
Formica gustawi Dlussky 2002
Formica heteroptera Cockerell 1920
Formica horrida Wheeler 1915
Formica immersa Heer 1849
Formica kutscheri Dlussky 2008
Formica latinodosa Theobald 1937
Formica lavateri Heer 1849
Formica linquensis Zhang 1989
Formica longicollis Heer 1849
Formica macrocephala Heer 1849
Formica macrophthalma Heer 1849
Formica maculipennis Théobald 1935
Formica martynovi Popov 1933
Formica obscura Heer 1849
Formica orbata Heer 1849
Formica ovala Zhang 1989
Formica palaeopolonica Dlussky 2008
Formica paleosibirica Dlussky et al. 2015
Formica parexsecta Dlussky and Putyatina 2014
Formica phaethusa Wheeler 1915
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Invalid names: Formica clymene Wheeler 1915 [synonym]
Formica pitoni Théobald 1935
Formica primitiva Heer 1849
Formica primordialis Heer 1849
Formica procera Heer 1849
Formica pulchella Heer 1849
Formica radchenkoi Dlussky 2008
Formica ribbeckei Radchenko and Perkovsky 2021
Formica robusta Carpenter 1930
Formica sepulta Theobald 1937
Formica serresi Theobald 1937
Formica seuberti Heer 1849
Formica strangulata Wheeler 1915
Formica surinamensis Berendt 1830
Formica tripartita Theobald 1937
Formica ungeri Heer 1849
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Invalid names: Formica acuminata Heer 1849 [synonym], Formica aemula Heer 1867 [synonym], Formica kollari Heer 1867 [synonym], Formica oblita Heer 1867 [synonym], Formica redtenbacheri Heer 1849 [synonym], Ponera elongatula Heer 1849 [synonym]
Formica zherikhini Dlussky 2008
Invalid names: Serviformica Forel 1913 [synonym]
G. †Glaphyromyrmex Wheeler 1915
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G. †Protoformica Dlussky 1967
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Tr. Gesomyrmecini Forel 1912
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G. Gesomyrmex Mayr 1868
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Gesomyrmex bremii Heer 1849
Gesomyrmex breviceps Dlussky et al. 2009
Gesomyrmex flavescens Dlussky et al. 2009
Gesomyrmex gallicus Aria et al. 2023
Gesomyrmex germanicus Dlussky et al. 2009
Gesomyrmex hoernesi Mayr 1868
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Invalid names: Dimorphomyrmex mayri Wheeler 1915 [synonym], Dimorphomyrmex theryi Emery 1905 [synonym], Gesomyrmex annectens Wheeler 1915 [synonym], Gesomyrmex curiosus Dlussky et al. 2009 [synonym], Gesomyrmex incertus Dlussky et al. 2015 [synonym]
Gesomyrmex macrops Dlussky et al. 2015
Gesomyrmex magnus Dlussky et al. 2015
Gesomyrmex pulcher Dlussky et al. 2009
Invalid names: Dimorphomyrmex André 1892 [synonym]
G. †Prodimorphomyrmex Wheeler 1915
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G. †Sicilomyrmex Wheeler 1915
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Sicilomyrmex corniger Emery 1891
Invalid names: Sicelomyrmicini Wheeler 1929 [synonym]
G. †Heeridris Dlussky and Putyatina 2014
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Heeridris croaticus Dlussky and Putyatina 2014
G. †Imhoffia Heer 1849
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Imhoffia nigra Heer 1849
Imhoffia pallida Heer 1864
G. †Kyromyrma Grimaldi and Agosti 2000
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Kyromyrma neffi Grimaldi and Agosti 2000
Tr. Lasiini Ashmead 1905
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G. Euprenolepis Emery 1906
G. Lasius Fabricius 1805
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Lasius anthracinus Heer 1867
Lasius chambonensis Théobald 1935
Lasius crispus Théobald 1935
Lasius epicentrus Theobald 1937
Lasius globularis Heer 1849
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Invalid names: Formica capito Heer 1856 [synonym]
Lasius glom LaPolla and Greenwalt 2015
Lasius inflatus Zhang 1989
Lasius longaevus Heer 1849
Lasius longipennis Heer 1849
Lasius mordicus Zhang 1989
Lasius nemorivagus Wheeler 1915
Lasius oblongus Assmann 1870
Lasius occultatus Heer 1849
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Invalid names: Formica minutula Heer 1849 [synonym], Formica obliterata Heer 1849 [synonym], Formica pumila Heer 1849 [synonym]
Lasius ophthalmicus Heer 1849
Lasius peritulus Cockerell 1927
Lasius punctulatus Mayr 1868
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Invalid names: Lasius edentatus Mayr 1868 [synonym]
Lasius tertiarius Zalessky 1949
Lasius truncatus Zhang 1989
Lasius validus Zhang 1989
Lasius vetulus Dlussky 1981
Lasius vulgaris Perfilieva 2022
Invalid names: Formica macrocephala radobojana Heer 1849 [synonym], Tylolasius Zhang 1989 [synonym]
G. Metalasius Boudinot et al. 2022
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Metalasius pumilus Mayr 1868
G. Nylanderia Emery 1906
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Nylanderia pygmaea Mayr 1868
Nylanderia vetula LaPolla and Dlussky 2010
G. Paratrechina Motschoulsky 1863
G. Prenolepis Mayr 1861
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Prenolepis henschei Mayr 1868
G. Pseudolasius Emery 1887
G. †Sussudio Boudinot et al. 2022
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Sussudio boreus Wheeler 1915
G. Zatania LaPolla et al. 2012
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Zatania electra LaPolla et al. 2012
Invalid names: Prenolepidini Forel 1912 [synonym]
G. †Leucotaphus Donisthorpe 1920
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Leucotaphus donisthorpei Dlussky and Perfilieva 2014
Leucotaphus gurnetensis Cockerell 1915
G. Myrmecorhynchus André 1896
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Myrmecorhynchus novaeseelandiae Kaulfuss and Dlussky 2016
Tr. Oecophyllini Emery 1895
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G. †Eoecophylla Archibald et al. 2024
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Eoecophylla quilchenensis Archibald et al. 2024
G. Oecophylla Smith 1860 [weaver ant]
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Oecophylla atavina Cockerell 1915
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Invalid names: Oecophylla perdita Cockerell 1915 [synonym]
Oecophylla bartoniana Cockerell 1920
Oecophylla brischkei Mayr 1868
Oecophylla crassinoda Wheeler 1922
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Invalid names: Oecophylla brevinodis Wheeler 1915 [replaced]
Oecophylla eckfeldiana Dlussky et al. 2008
Oecophylla kraussei Dlussky and Rasnitsyn 1999
Oecophylla leakeyi Wilson and Taylor 1964
Oecophylla longiceps Dlussky et al. 2008
Oecophylla macroptera Dlussky 1981
Oecophylla megarche Cockerell 1915
Oecophylla obesa Heer 1849
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Invalid names: Attopsis anthracina Heer 1849 [synonym], Attopsis nigra Heer 1849 [synonym], Formica pinguis Heer 1849 [synonym]
Oecophylla praeclara Förster 1891
Oecophylla sicula Emery 1891
Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius 1775
Oecophylla superba Theobald 1937
Oecophylla taurica Perfilieva et al. 2017
Tr. Plagiolepidini Forel 1886
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G. Acropyga Roger 1862
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Acropyga glaesaria LaPolla 2005
G. Plagiolepis Mayr 1861
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Plagiolepis kuenowi Mayr 1868
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Invalid names: Plagiolepis balticus Dlussky 1997 [synonym], Rhopalomyrmex pygmaeus Mayr 1868 [synonym]
Plagiolepis labilis Emery 1891
Plagiolepis minutissima Dlussky 2002
Plagiolepis paradoxa Dlussky 2010
Plagiolepis solitaria Mayr 1868
Plagiolepis wheeleri Dlussky 2010
Invalid names: Rhopalomyrmex Mayr 1868 [synonym]
G. †Protrechina Wilson 1985
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Protrechina carpenteri Wilson 1985
Invalid names: Andrena tertiaria Meunier 1920 [nomen dubium], Camponotinae Forel 1878 [synonym], Curtipalpulus Hong 2002 [nomen nudum], Eoleptocerites Hong 2002 [nomen nudum], Formica fragilis Heer 1867 [nomen dubium], Fushuniformica Hong 2002 [nomen nudum], Huaxiaformica Hong 2002 [nomen nudum], Leptogasteritus Hong 2002 [nomen nudum], Liaoformica Hong 2002 [nomen nudum], Longiformica Hong 2002 [nomen nudum], Magnogasterites Hong 2002 [nomen nudum], Orbicapitia Hong 2002 [nomen nudum], Ovalicapito Hong 2002 [nomen nudum], Ovaligastrula Hong 2002 [nomen nudum], Sinoformica Hong 2002 [nomen nudum], Sinotenuicapito Hong 2002 [nomen nudum], Wilsonia Hong 2002 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available