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


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		443
3998
9114		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		442
3995
9110		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		418
3889
8822		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		300
3217
7263		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps		59
449
890		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps		49
386
783		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps		19
196
596		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 		Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants		1
35
120		Family
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants		35
120		Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


Genera for Wisconsin
35 Genera with 120 Species
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Acanthomyops Mayr, 1893Citronella ants5SpeciesTaxom
Amblyopone Erichson, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1862Collared Ants3SpeciesTaxom
Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1893Rover ants1SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 1858Black carpenter ant9SpeciesTaxom
Crematogaster Lund, 1853Acrobat Ants5SpeciesTaxom
Dolichoderus Lund, 18864SpeciesTaxom
Eciton Latreille, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Formica Linnaeus, 1913And Field Ants31SpeciesTaxom
Hypoponera Santschi, 18872SpeciesTaxom
Lasius Fabricius, 1942Citronella ants9SpeciesTaxom
Leptothorax Mayr, 18953SpeciesTaxom
Liometopum Mayr, 1905Velvety Tree Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Messor Forel, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Monomorium Mayr, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecina Curtis, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecocystus Wesmael, 1893Honeypot Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Myrmica Latreille, 19307SpeciesTaxom
Myrmosericus Forel, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Neivamyrmex Borgmeier, 1953Legionary Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1870Crazy ants2SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1793Big-headed Ants4SpeciesTaxom
Pogonomyrmex Mayr, 1895Harvester Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Polyergus Latreille, 1915Amazon ants4SpeciesTaxom
Ponera Latreille, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Prenolepis Mayr, 1836False Honey Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Proceratium Roger, 1863Hairy Curltail Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Pyramica Roger, 19662SpeciesTaxom
Solenopsis Westwood, 0Fire ants5SpeciesTaxom
Stenamma Westwood, 19033SpeciesTaxom
Stigmatomma Roger, 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Tanaemyrmex Ashmead, 1905
0SpeciesTaxom
Tapinoma Förster, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Temnothorax Mayr, 1863Acorn Ants3SpeciesTaxom
Tetramorium Mayr, 1758Fierce Ants2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Wisconsin
120 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acanthomyops bureni Wing, 1968
Acanthomyops interjectus Mayr, 1866Larger yellow ant
Acanthomyops latipes Walsh, 1863
Acanthomyops pogonogynus Buren, 1950
Acanthomyops subglaber Emery, 1893
Amblyopone pallipes Haldeman, 1844
Aphaenogaster fulva Roger, 1863
Aphaenogaster picea Wheeler, 1908Broad lepton
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) novaeboracensis Fitch, 1855New York Carpenter Ant
Camponotus (Camponotus) pennsylvanicus (De Geer, 1773)⇒ Camponotus pensylvanica De Geer, 1773
Camponotus (Myrmentoma) nearcticus Emery, 1893Smaller carpenter ant
Camponotus (Myrmentoma) subbarbatus Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Camponotus (Myrmophyma) gouldianus Forel, 1922Nuttall cockle
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) nigriceps Smith, F., 1858Black-headed sugar ant
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) cerasi Fitch, 1855
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) coarctata Mayr, 1870
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) dentinodis Forel, 1901Round combshell
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) lineolata Say, 1836
Crematogaster schmidti Mayr, 1853
Dolichoderus (Hypoclinea) taschenbergi Mayr, 1866Green blossom
Dolichoderus mariae Forel, 1885Sister diplodon
Dolichoderus plagiatus Mayr, 1870Mottled Dolichoderus
Dolichoderus pustulatus Mayr, 1886Cande diplodon
Eciton opacithorax Borgmeier, 1939
Formica (Raptiformica) sanguinea Latreille, 1798Blood-Red Ant
Formica (Serviformica) fusca (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758
Formica archboldi Smith, M.R., 1944Flat diplodon
Formica argentea Wheeler, W.M., 1912Silvery Field Ant
Formica aserva Forel, 1901Round combshell
Formica dolosa Buren, 1944
Formica exsectoides Forel, 1886Allegheny mound ant
Formica fossaceps Buren, 1942
Formica hewitti Wheeler, W.M., 1917Sickle jackknife
Formica impexa Wheeler, W.M., 1905
Formica incerta Buren, 1944Uncertain Field Ant
Formica integroides Wheeler, W.M., 1913Orcutt nakedclam
Formica lasioides Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Formica manni Wheeler, W.M., 1913Orcutt nakedclam
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 pallidefulva Latreille, 1802Peony
Formica pergandei Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Formica podzolica Francoeur, 1973
Formica postoculata Kennedy & De..., 1937Chalky macoma
Formica rubicunda Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Formica spatulata Buren, 1944Atlantic jackknife
Formica subintegra Wheeler, W.M., 1908Rough razor
Formica subsericea Say, 1836Danglepod
Formica ulkei Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Formica vinculans Wheeler, W.M., 1913Orcutt nakedclam
Hypoponera inexorata Wheeler, W.M., 1903
Hypoponera opaciceps Mayr, 1887Carolina marshclam
Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger Roger, 1862Common Citronella Ant
Lasius (Cautolasius) nearcticus Wheeler, W.M., 1906New World Fuzzy Ant
Lasius (Chthonolasius) subumbratus Viereck, 1903
Lasius (Chthonolasius) umbratus Nylander, 1846Yellow ant
Lasius (Lasius) alienus Foerster, 1850Alien field ant
Lasius (Lasius) crypticus Wilson, 1955Elongate macoma
Lasius (Lasius) neoniger Emery, 1893Cornfield ant
Lasius (Lasius) pallitarsis Provancher, 1881Subterranean Aphid-Tending Ant
Lasius clavigeroides (Buren, 1942)⇒ Lasius subglaber Emery, 1893
Leptothorax (Dichthorax) pergandei (Emery, 1895)⇒ Temnothorax pergandei Emery, 1895
Leptothorax (Leptothorax) canadensis (Provancher, 1887)⇒ Leptothorax muscorum Nylander, 1846
Leptothorax (Myrafant) ambiguus (Emery, 1895)⇒ Temnothorax ambiguus Emery, 1895
Liometopum luctuosum Wheeler, W.M., 1905Pine tree ant
Messor rugosus André, 1881Atlantic surfclam
Monomorium minimum (Buckley, 1867)⇒ Monomorium cyaneum Wheeler, 1914
Monomorium opacior Forel, 1913
Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758Egyptian red ant
Myrmecina americana Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Myrmecocystus semirufus Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Myrmica (Myrmica) punctiventris Roger, 1863
Myrmica americana Weber, 1939
Myrmica detritinodis (Emery, 1921)⇒ Myrmica fracticornis Forel, 1901
Myrmica fracticornis Forel, 1901Round combshell
Myrmica incompleta Provancher, 1881Incomplete Ant
Myrmica latifrons Stärcke, 1927Corded pitar
Myrmica spatulata Smith, 1930
Myrmosericus rufoglaucus paria Emery, 1889
Neivamyrmex agilis Borgmeier, 1953Minute turton
Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802Black Crazy Ant
Paratrechina parvula Mayr, 1870
Pheidole bicarinata Mayr, 1870Atlantic diplodon
Pheidole dentata Mayr, 1886Cande diplodon
Pheidole floridana Emery, 1895Round combshell
Pheidole guineensis Fabricius, 1793
Pogonomyrmex subnitidus Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Polyergus bicolor (Wasmann, 1901)⇒ Polyergus breviceps Emery, 1893
Polyergus breviceps Emery, 1893Broad-headed Amazon ant
Polyergus lucidus Mayr, 1870Shining Amazon ant
Polyergus montivagus (Wheeler, 1915)⇒ Polyergus lucidus Mayr, 1870
Ponera pennsylvanica Buckley, 1866Pennsylvania Ponera
Prenolepis imparis Say, 1836False Honey Ant
Proceratium silaceum Roger, 1863
Pyramica pilinasis Forel, 1901
Pyramica tetragnatha Taylor, 1966
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) molesta (Say, 1836)⇒ Diplorhoptrum molestum Emery, 1895
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) tennesseensis Smith, M.R., 1951Graytwig
Solenopsis (Euophthalma) globularia Smith, F., 1858Ant
Solenopsis (Solenopsis) richteri Forel, 1909BIFA
Solenopsis indet
Stenamma diecki Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Stenamma impar Forel, 1901Round combshell
Stenamma schmitti Wheeler, 1903
Tapinoma sessile Say, 1836Coconut ant
Temnothorax ambiguus Emery, 1895Doubtful Acorn Ant
Temnothorax curvispinosus Mayr, 1866
Temnothorax longispinosus Roger, 1863Long-Spined Acorn Ant
Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758Carpenter carditid
Tetramorium immigrans (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758

Subnodes of Formicidae with occurrences in Wisconsin
SubfamilyDolichoderinae
Forel, 1878
Odorous Ants		3
6		Genera
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyEcitoninae
Forel, 1893
2
2		Genera
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyFormicinae
Latreille, 1809
11
64		Genera
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
14
43		Genera
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyPonerinae
Lepeletier, 1835
5
5		Genera
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyPseudomyrmecinae
Smith, 1952
0
0		Genera
Species
Taxom



Formicidae (Latreille 1809)
Formicidae (Latreille 1809)


Links, sources and further information
Formicidae at insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu
Formicidae at antcat.org
Formicidae at antwiki.org
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Formicidae at artfakta.se
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