New Guinea

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New Guinea
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Location
Region Oceania
Subregion Melanesia
BioRegion Indo-Australian Region
Diversity
Subfamilies 10
Genera 100
Endemic Genera 1
% Endemic Genera 1.0%
Species/Subspecies 896
Endemic Species 531
% Endemic Species 59.3%
Introduced Species 1

Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Compiled by M. Janda, G. Alpert, M. Borowiec, P. Klimes, E. M. Sarnat, B. Guenard and S. Shattuck. The large island of New Guinea (the second largest island in the world) includes Indonesia (Western New Guinea) and Papua New Guinea (PNG). This checklist includes records from following areas of New Guinea region: New Guinea island; New Britain; New Ireland; Manus; Bismarck archipelago islands; Aru; d'Entrecasteaux islands; Lousiade archipelago; Waigeo; Misool.

Website: www.newguineants.org.

Relevant resources:

Acropyga

Adelomyrmex

Aenictus

Amblyopone

Ancyridris

Anochetus

Anonychomyrma

Anoplolepis

Aphaenogaster

Brachyponera

Calomyrmex

Calyptomyrmex

Camponotus

Cardiocondyla

Carebara

Cataulacus

Chelaner

Chronoxenus

Colobopsis

Colobostruma

Crematogaster

Cryptopone

Dacetinops

Diacamma

Dilobocondyla

Discothyrea

Dolichoderus

Echinopla

Ectomomyrmex

Euprenolepis

Eurhopalothrix

Fulakora

Holcoponera

Hypoponera

Iridomyrmex

Leptanilla

Leptogenys

Leptomyrmex

Liomyrmex

Lioponera

Lordomyrma

Mayriella

Meranoplus

Mesoponera

Metapone

Monomorium

Myopias

Myopopone

Myrmecina

Mystrium

Notoncus

Nylanderia

Ochetellus

Odontomachus

Oecophylla

Ooceraea

Opisthopsis

Orectognathus

Overbeckia

Papyrius

Paraparatrechina

Paratrechina

Parasyscia

Parvaponera

Pheidole

Philidris

Plagiolepis

Platythyrea

Podomyrma

Polyrhachis

Ponera

Prenolepis

Prionopelta

Pristomyrmex

Probolomyrmex

Proceratium

Prolasius

Pseudolasius

Pseudoneoponera

Pseudoponera

Rhopalomastix

Rhopalothrix

Rhytidoponera

Rogeria

Romblonella

Simopone

Solenopsis

Sphinctomyrmex

Stictoponera

Stigmatomma

Strumigenys

Syllophopsis

Tapinoma

Technomyrmex

Tetramorium

Tetraponera

Trichomyrmex

Turneria

Vollenhovia

Vombisidris