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Checklist for Family Formicidae Latreille, 1809 (Ants)
and region Minnesota (USA)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		405
3264
7218		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		404
3261
7215		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		381
3178
6998		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		273
2639
5762		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps		51
436
960		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps		42
376
879		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps		17
174
613		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 		Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants		1
42
182		Family
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants		42
182		Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


Genera for Minnesota
42 Genera with 182 Species
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Acanthomyops Mayr, 1893Citronella ants8SpeciesTaxom
Anochetus Mayr, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1862Collared Ants8SpeciesTaxom
Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1893Rover ants1SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 0Black carpenter ant22SpeciesTaxom
Chronoxenus Santschi, 1920
0SpeciesTaxom
Crematogaster Lund, 1895Acrobat Ants3SpeciesTaxom
Cyphomyrmex Mayr, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Diplorhoptrum Mayr, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Dolichoderus Lund, 18864SpeciesTaxom
Dorymyrmex Mayr, 1863Cone ants1SpeciesTaxom
Eurhopalothrix Brown & Kempf, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Forelius Emery, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Formica Linnaeus, 1909And Field Ants45SpeciesTaxom
Harpagoxenus Forel, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Hypoclinea Mayr, 18663SpeciesTaxom
Iridomyrmex Mayr, 1863Rainbow ants1SpeciesTaxom
Lasius Fabricius, 1846Citronella ants18SpeciesTaxom
Leptogenys Roger, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Leptothorax Mayr, 19057SpeciesTaxom
Monomorium Mayr, 17586SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecina Curtis, 1829
0SpeciesTaxom
Myrmelachista Roger, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Myrmica Latreille, 018SpeciesTaxom
Myrmosericus Forel, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Odontomachus Latreille, 1863Trap-jaw ants1SpeciesTaxom
Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1846Crazy ants3SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1863Big-headed Ants3SpeciesTaxom
Polyergus Latreille, 1899Amazon ants3SpeciesTaxom
Ponera Latreille, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Prenolepis Mayr, 1836False Honey Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Protomognathus Wheeler, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomyrmex Lund, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Pyramica Roger, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Smithistruma Brown, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Solenopsis Westwood, 1836Fire ants2SpeciesTaxom
Stenamma Westwood, 19034SpeciesTaxom
Strumigenys Smith, 1895Miniature Trap-jaw Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Tapinoma Förster, 18362SpeciesTaxom
Temnothorax Mayr, 1895Acorn Ants6SpeciesTaxom
Tetramorium Mayr, 1758Fierce Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Wasmannia Forel, 18631SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Minnesota
182 Species and 16 Subspecies
Acanthomyops clavige
Acanthomyops claviger Roger, 1862Smaller yellow ant
Acanthomyops interjectus Mayr, 1866Larger yellow ant
Acanthomyops latipes Walsh, 1863
Acanthomyops occidentalis Wheeler, 1909
Acanthomyops plumopilosus Buren, 1941
Acanthomyops pubescens Buren, 1942Santo Domingo carditid
Acanthomyops subglaber Emery, 1893
Anochetus mayri Emery, 1884Ant
Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) treatae Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Aphaenogaster mariae Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Aphaenogaster miamiana Wheeler, 1932
Aphaenogaster picea Wheeler, 1908Broad lepton
Aphaenogaster picea rudis Enzmann, 1947
Aphaenogaster rudis (Enzmann, J., 1947)⇒ Aphaenogaster piceum Wheeler, 1908
Aphaenogaster tenneseensis Mayr, 1862
Aphaenogaster tennesseensis (Mayr, 1862)⇒ Aphaenogaster tenneseensis Mayr, 1862
Brachymyrmex depilis Emery, 1893Hairless Rover Ant
Camponotus (Camponotus) americanus Mayr, 1862American Carpenter Ant
Camponotus (Camponotus) chromaiodes Bolton, 1995Ferruginous carpenter ant
Camponotus (Camponotus) herculeanus Linnaeus, 1758Black carpenter ant
Camponotus (Camponotus) modoc Wheeler, W.M., 1910Carpenter ant
Camponotus (Camponotus) novaeboracensis Fitch, 1855New York Carpenter Ant
Camponotus (Camponotus) noveboracensis (Fitch, 1855)⇒ Camponotus novaeboracensis Fitch, 1855
Camponotus (Camponotus) pennsylvanicus (De Geer, 1773)⇒ Camponotus pensylvanica De Geer, 1773
Camponotus pennsylvanicus modoc Wheeler, 1910
Camponotus (Myrmentoma) caryae Fitch, 1855Humpbacked peaclam
Camponotus caryae discolor Buckley, 1866
Camponotus (Myrmentoma) decipiens Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Camponotus (Myrmentoma) discolor Buckley, 1866
Camponotus (Myrmentoma) nearcticus Emery, 1893Smaller carpenter ant
Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) arboreus Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) mina Forel, 1879
Camponotus (Myrmosphincta) sexguttatus Fabricius, 1793Hatchet surfclam
Camponotus (Myrmothrix) floridanus Buckley, 1866Florida carpenter ant
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) nigriceps Smith, F., 1858Black-headed sugar ant
Camponotus michaelseni Forel, 1907Cumberland leafshell
Camponotus pensylvanica De Geer, 1773
Camponotus pittieri Forel, 1899
Camponotus rufifrons leucopis
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) cerasi Fitch, 1855
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) lineolata Say, 1836
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) pilosa Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Cyphomyrmex minutus Mayr, 1862Ant
Diplorhoptrum molestum Emery, 1895
Dolichoderus (Hypoclinea) taschenbergi Mayr, 1866Green blossom
Dolichoderus mariae Forel, 1885Sister diplodon
Dolichoderus plagiatus Mayr, 1870Mottled Dolichoderus
Dolichoderus pustulatus Mayr, 1886Cande diplodon
Dorymyrmex pyramicus Roger, 1863Southern acornshell
Eurhopalothrix floridana (Brown & Kempf, 1960)⇒ Basiceros floridanum Brown & Kempf, 1960
Forelius pruinosus Roger, 1863High noon ant
Formica (Formica) lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838Hairy wood ant
Formica rufa gymnamma
Formica (Raptiformica) sanguinea Latreille, 1798Blood-Red Ant
Formica (Serviformica) cinerea Mayr, 1853
Formica (Serviformica) fusca (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758
Formica adamsi Wheeler, W.M., 1909Sickle jackknife
Formica argentea Wheeler, W.M., 1912Silvery Field Ant
Formica aserva Forel, 1901Round combshell
Formica bradleyi Wheeler, W.M., 1913Orcutt nakedclam
Formica ciliata Mayr, 1886Cande diplodon
Formica ciliate
Formica creightoni Buren, 1968
Formica dakotensis Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Formica emeryi Wheeler, W.M., 1913Orcutt nakedclam
Formica exsectoides Forel, 1886Allegheny mound ant
Formica fossaceps Buren, 1942
Formica glacialis Wheeler, W.M., 1908Rough razor
Formica hewitti Wheeler, W.M., 1917Sickle jackknife
Formica impexa Wheeler, W.M., 1905
Formica incerta Buren, 1944Uncertain Field Ant
Formica integra Nylander, 1856Oblique jackknife clam
Formica laeviceps Creighton, 1940
Formica lasioides Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Formica limata Wheeler, W.M., 1913Orcutt nakedclam
Formica microgyna Wheeler, W.M., 1903
Formica montana (Wheeler, W.M., 1910)⇒ Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838
Formica neogagates Viereck, 1903New World Black Ant
Formica neorufibarbis Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Formica nitidiventris (Emery, 1893)⇒ Formica talbotae Wilson, 1977
Formica obscuripes Forel, 1886Thatching ant
Formica obscuriventris Mayr, 1870Northern Red Wood Ant
Formica obtusopilosa Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Formica oreas comptula Wheeler, 1913
Formica pallidefulva Latreille, 1802Peony
Formica pergandei Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Formica podzolica Francoeur, 1973
Formica reflexa Buren, 1942
Formica spatulata Buren, 1944Atlantic jackknife
Formica subintegra Wheeler, W.M., 1908Rough razor
Formica sublucida (Creighton, 1950)⇒ Formica pergandei Emery, 1893
Formica subnuda (Wheeler, 1910)⇒ Formica aserva Forel, 1901
Formica subsericea Say, 1836Danglepod
Formica talbotae Wilson, 1977Thick macoma
Formica ulkei Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Formica whymperi adamsi Wheeler, 1909
Harpagoxenus canadensis Smith, 1939Eggleaf silktassel
Hypoclinea plagiata Mayr, 1870
Hypoclinea pustulatas
Hypoclinea taschenbergi Mayr, 1866
Iridomyrmex pruinosum Roger, 1863
Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger Roger, 1862Common Citronella Ant
Lasius (Cautolasius) flavus Fabricius, 1782Blond Field Ant
Lasius flavus nearcticus Wheeler, 1906
Lasius (Cautolasius) nearcticus Wheeler, W.M., 1906New World Fuzzy Ant
Lasius bicornis minutus Emery, 1893
Lasius (Chthonolasius) minutus Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Lasius (Chthonolasius) speculiventris Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Lasius (Chthonolasius) subumbratus Viereck, 1903
Lasius subumbratus epinotalis Nylander, 1846
Lasius (Chthonolasius) umbratus Nylander, 1846Yellow ant
Lasius umbratus aphidcola
Lasius (Lasius) alienus Foerster, 1850Alien field ant
Lasius alienus americanus Foerster, 1850
Lasius (Lasius) crypticus Wilson, 1955Elongate macoma
Lasius (Lasius) neoniger Emery, 1893Cornfield ant
Lasius niger neoniger Emery, 1893
Lasius (Lasius) pallitarsis Provancher, 1881Subterranean Aphid-Tending Ant
Lasius brevicornis (Nylander, 1846)⇒ Lasius flavus Fabricius, 1782
Leptogenys processionalis Jerdon, 1851
Leptothorax (Leptothorax) muscorum Nylander, 1846Horseshoe crabs
Leptothorax (Myrafant) ambiguus (Emery, 1895)⇒ Temnothorax ambiguus Emery, 1895
Leptothorax (Myrafant) longispinosus (Roger, 1863)⇒ Temnothorax longispinosus Roger, 1863
Leptothorax (Myrafant) schaumii (Roger, 1863)⇒ Temnothorax schaumii Roger, 1863
Leptothorax ambiguous
Leptothorax texanus (Wheeler, 1903)⇒ Temnothorax texanus Wheeler, 1903
Leptothorax texanus davisi Wheeler, 1905
Monomorium compressum Wheeler, 1914
Monomorium cyaneum Wheeler, 1914
Monomorium floricola Jerdon, 1851Bicolored trailing ant
Monomorium minimum (Buckley, 1867)⇒ Monomorium cyaneum Wheeler, 1914
Monomorium opacior Forel, 1913
Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758Egyptian red ant
Myrmelachista ramulorum Wheeler, W.M., 1908Ant
Myrmica (Myrmica) punctiventris Roger, 1863
Myrmica alaskensi
Myrmica alaskensis Wheeler, 1917Sickle jackknife
Myrmica americana Weber, 1939
Myrmica brevispinosa Wheeler, 1917Sickle jackknife
Myrmica detrinodis (Emery, 1921)⇒ Myrmica fracticornis Forel, 1901
Myrmica detritinodis (Emery, 1921)⇒ Myrmica fracticornis Forel, 1901
Myrmica emeryana (Cole, 1942)⇒ Myrmica latifrons Stärcke, 1927
Myrmica evanida
Myrmica fracticornis Forel, 1901Round combshell
Myrmica incompleta Provancher, 1881Incomplete Ant
Myrmica incomplete
Myrmica latifrons Stärcke, 1927Corded pitar
Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846Subcancellate ervilia
Myrmica lobifrons (Pergande, 1900)⇒ Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846
Myrmica monticola Creighton, 1950Lunate crassinella
Myrmica nearctica Weber, 1939
Myrmica sculptilis
Myrmosericus rufoglaucus paria Emery, 1889
Odontomachus cephalotes Smith, F., 1863
Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802Black Crazy Ant
Paratrechina parvula Mayr, 1870
Paratrechina vividula (Nylander, 1846)⇒ Nylanderia vividula Nylander, 1846
Pheidole bicarinata Mayr, 1870Atlantic diplodon
Pheidole dentata Mayr, 1886Cande diplodon
Pheidole pilifera Roger, 1863Hairy Big-Headed Ant
Polyergus bicolor (Wasmann, 1901)⇒ Polyergus breviceps Emery, 1893
Polyergus breviceps Emery, 1893Broad-headed Amazon ant
Polyergus mexicanus Forel, 1899Western Amazon ant
Ponera pennsylvanica Buckley, 1866Pennsylvania Ponera
Prenolepis imparis Say, 1836False Honey Ant
Protomognathus americanus Emery, 1895
Pseudomyrmex pallidus Smith, F., 1855
Pyramica membranifera (Emery, 1869)⇒ Strumigenys membranifera Emery, 1869
Smithistruma perandei
Smithistruma pulchella Emery, 1895
Solenopsis azteca azteca Forel, 1893
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) molesta (Say, 1836)⇒ Diplorhoptrum molestum Emery, 1895
Stenamma brevicorne Mayr, 1886Aleutian cyclocardia
Stenamma diecki Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Stenamma impar Forel, 1901Round combshell
Stenamma schmitti Wheeler, 1903
Strumigenys pergandei Emery, 1895
Strumigenys pulchella Emery, 1895
Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793Ghost ant
Tapinoma sessile Say, 1836Coconut ant
Temnothorax albispinus Wheeler, 1908
Temnothorax ambiguus Emery, 1895Doubtful Acorn Ant
Temnothorax curvispinosus Mayr, 1866
Temnothorax longispinosus Roger, 1863Long-Spined Acorn Ant
Temnothorax texanus Wheeler, 1903
Temnothorax tricarinatus Emery, 1895
Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758Carpenter carditid
Tetramorium immigrans (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758
Wasmannia auropunctata Roger, 1863Electric ant

Subnodes of Formicidae with occurrences in Minnesota
SubfamilyDolichoderinae
Forel, 1878
Odorous Ants		7
12		Genera
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyFormicinae
Latreille, 1809
10
97		Genera
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
20
68		Genera
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyPonerinae
Lepeletier, 1835
4
4		Genera
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyPseudomyrmecinae
Smith, 1952
1
1		Genus
Species
Taxom



Formicidae (Latreille 1809)
Formicidae (Latreille 1809)


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