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Despite this, the hyperdiverse genus Camponotus is the most diverse group of ants in the world, with more than 1,100 species described. [ 41 ] [ 110 ] Subfamily Formicinae Latreille, 1809 – 82 genera, 3,243 species [ 111 ]
Ants vary in colour; most ants are yellow to red or brown to black, but a few species are green and some tropical species have a metallic lustre. More than 13,800 species are currently known [ 37 ] (with upper estimates of the potential existence of about 22,000; see the article List of ant genera ), with the greatest diversity in the tropics.
The living genus has a single species, the Sri Lankan relict ant (Aneuretus simoni), endemic to Sri Lanka and only found in a few locations. The species is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN. [15] [16] Aneuretus simoni: Apomyrminae Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 1: 1: Apomyrma Brown, Gotwald & Lévieux, 1970
Nevertheless, their ability to excavate wood helps in forest decomposition. The genus includes over 1,000 species. [6] They also farm aphids. In their farming, the ants protect the aphids from predators (usually other insects) while they excrete a sugary fluid called honeydew, which the ants get by stroking the aphids with their antennae.
Driver ant queens are the largest ants on Earth and have the greatest egg-laying capacity among insects, laying several million eggs each month. [11] Several species in this genus carry out raids on termitaria, paralyzing or killing termites and carting them back to the nest. [12] Colonies of driver-ant species have only one queen. [13]
Pages in category "Lists of ant species by genus" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Black garden ant with the mandibles of an unindentified creature.. The black garden ant (Lasius niger), also known as the common black ant, is a formicine ant, the type species of the subgenus Lasius, which is found across Europe and in some parts of North America, South America, Asia and Australasia.
Dinoponera is a strictly South American genus of ant in the subfamily Ponerinae, commonly called tocandiras or giant Amazonian ants. [2] These ants are generally less well known than Paraponera clavata, the bullet ant, yet Dinoponera females may surpass 3–4 cm (1.2–1.6 in) in total body length, making them among the largest ants in the world.