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English species names of Subfamily Formicinae Latreille, 1809


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		4179
190570
2444470		Families
Genera
Species

Order
 		Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps		319
21125
328720		Families
Genera
Species
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants		1575
54996		Genera
Species
SubfamilyFormicinae
Latreille, 1809
333
15650		Genera
Species


A
Aerial sugar antCamponotus subnitidus Mayr, 1876
Aerial sugar antsCamponotus subnitidus Mayr, 1876
African weaver antOecophylla longinoda Latreille, 1802
Alien field antLasius alienus Foerster, 1850
Allegheny mound antFormica exsectoides Forel, 1886
Alluaud's Little Yellow AntPlagiolepis alluaudi Emery, 1894
Amazon antsPolyergus Latreille, 1804
American Carpenter AntCamponotus americanus Mayr, 1862
And Field AntsFormica Linnaeus, 1758
AntCamponotus tortuganus Emery, 1895
AntBrachymyrmex musculus Forel, 1899
AntParatrechina pubens Forel, 1893
AntMyrmelachista ramulorum Wheeler, W.M., 1908
AntParatrechina guatemalensis Forel, 1885
AntParatrechina vaga Forel, 1901
AntNylanderia guatemalensis Forel, 1885
AntNylanderia pubens A. Forel, 1893
AntAnoplolepis gracilipes Smith, 1857
AntBrachymyrmex brevicornis Emery, 1906
AntParatrechina madagascarensis Forel, 1886
AntCamponotus inaequalis Roger, 1863
AntParatrechina bourbonica Forel, 1886
Antarctic spiny antsPolyrhachis sidnica Mayr, 1866
Antarctic sugar antCamponotus innexus Forel, 1902
Antarctic sugar antsCamponotus innexus Forel, 1902
Australian honey-pot antCamponotus inflatus Lubbock, 1880


B
Baby parrot antsParatrechina minutula Forel, 1901
Bagot´s furnace antMelophorus bagoti Lubbock, 1883
Bagot´s furnace antMelophorus bagoti Lubbock, 1883
Banded sugar antCamponotus consobrinus Erichson, 1842
Barrel furnace antMelophorus hirsutus Forel, 1902
Barrel furnace antsMelophorus hirsutus Forel, 1902
Bauble beauty antCalomyrmex splendidus Mayr, 1876
Bauble beauty antsCalomyrmex splendidus Mayr, 1876
Bicolored Amazon antPolyergus bicolor Wasmann, 1901
Bicoloured antLasius emarginatus Olivier, 1792
Black beauty antCalomyrmex impavidus Forel, 1893
Black bog antFormica picea Nylander, 1846
Black bog antFormica candida Smith, F., 1878
Black capped strobe antOpisthopsis diadematus Wheeler, W.M., 1918
Black capped strobe antsOpisthopsis diadematus Wheeler, W.M., 1918
Black carpenter antCamponotus Mayr, 1861
Black carpenter antCamponotus herculeanus Linnaeus, 1758
Black carpenter antCamponotus pennsylvanicus De Geer, 1773
Black carpenter antCamponotus (Camponotus) aethiops Latreille, 1798
Black carpenter antsCamponotus (Camponotus) aethiops Latreille, 1798
Black carpenter antsCamponotus Mayr, 1861
Black Crazy AntParatrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802
Black disc sugar antCamponotus evae Forel, 1910
Black Garden AntLasius niger Linnaeus, 1758
Black mistral antsProlasius nitidissimus André, 1896
Black pugnacious antAnoplolepis steingroeveri Forel, 1894
Black Weaver AntPolyrhachis dives Smith, F., 1857
Black-backed meadow antFormica pratensis Retzius, 1783
Black-headed strobe antOpisthopsis rufithorax Emery, 1895
Black-headed sugar antCamponotus nigriceps Smith, F., 1858
Blond Field AntLasius flavus Fabricius, 1782
Blood-Red AntFormica sanguinea Latreille, 1798
Bog AntFormica picea Nylander, 1846
Boreal carpenter antCamponotus herculeanus Linnaeus, 1758
Bottlebrush furnace antMelophorus pillipes Santschi, 1919
Bottlebrush furnace antsMelophorus pillipes Santschi, 1919
Broad-headed Amazon antPolyergus breviceps Emery, 1893
Brown AntLasius brunneus Latreille, 1798
Brown bearded sugar antCamponotus terebrans Lowne, 1865
Brown bearded sugar antsCamponotus terebrans Lowne, 1865
Brown furnace antMelophorus bruneus McAreavey, 1949
Brown furnace antsMelophorus bruneus McAreavey, 1949
Brown mistral antProlasius bruneus McAreavey, 1947
Brown sugar antCamponotus nigriceps Smith, F., 1858
Brown tree antLasius brunneus Latreille, 1798
Browsing AntLepisiota frauenfeldi Mayr, 1855
Bulbous epaulet antsNotoncus enormis Szabó, 1910
Bulldozer furnace antMelophorus potteri McAreavey, 1947
Bulldozer furnace antsMelophorus potteri McAreavey, 1947


C
Caribbean crazy antParatrechina pubens Forel, 1893
Caribbean crazy antNylanderia pubens A. Forel, 1893
Carpenter And Sugar AntsCamponotus Mayr, 1861
Carpenter antCamponotus modoc Wheeler, W.M., 1910
Carpenter AntCamponotus (Camponotus) aethiops Latreille, 1798
Carpenter AntCamponotus pennsylvanicus De Geer, 1773
Carpenter AntCamponotus ligniperdus Latreille, 1802
Carpenter AntCamponotus Mayr, 1861
Carpenter antsCamponotus (Camponotus) aethiops Latreille, 1798
Carpenter antsCamponotus Mayr, 1861
Citronella antsAcanthomyops Mayr, 1862
Citronella antsLasius (Acanthomyops) Mayr, 1862
Citronella antsLasius (Lasius) Fabricius, 1804
Citronella antsLasius Fabricius, 1804
Coastal flumed sugar antCamponotus intrepidus Kirby, W., 1819
Coconut sugar antsCamponotus rubiginosus Mayr, 1876
Common armoured sugar antCamponotus whitei Wheeler, W.M., 1915
Common black antFormica fusca Linnaeus, 1758
Common black antLasius niger Linnaeus, 1758
Common black garden antLasius niger Linnaeus, 1758
Common Citronella AntLasius claviger Roger, 1862
Common furnace antMelophorus fieldi Forel, 1910
Common northern plug antCamponotus vitreus Smith, F., 1860
Compact Carpenter AntCamponotus planatus Roger, 1863
Cornfield antLasius alienus Foerster, 1850
Cornfield antLasius niger Linnaeus, 1758
Cornfield antLasius neoniger Emery, 1893
Cornfield antsLasius Fabricius, 1804
Cornfield antsLasius (Lasius) Fabricius, 1804
Crazy antParatrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802
Crazy antAnoplolepis gracilipes Smith, 1857
Crazy antsNylanderia Emery, 1906
Crazy antsParatrechina Motschoulsky, 1863
Crazy antsParatrechina (Nylanderia) Emery, 1906
Crazy antsParatrechina (Paratrechina) Motschoulsky, 1863


D
Daemel´s Spiny AntPolyrhachis daemeli Mayr, 1876
Dark rover antBrachymyrmex patagonicus Mayr, 1868
Dark-brown antLasius niger Linnaeus, 1758
Desert antsCataglyphis Förster, 1850
Desert antsCataglyphis (Cataglyphis) Förster, 1850
Desert spiny antsPolyrhachis schwiedlandi Forel, 1902
Devil spiny antPolyrhachis micans Mayr, 1876
Diving antsCamponotus schmitzi Staercke, 1933
Dome-backed Spiny AntPolyrhachis australis Mayr, 1870
Dusky AntFormica fusca Linnaeus, 1758


E
Eastern Asian formicine antParatrechina flavipes Smith, 1874
Eastern black carpenter antCamponotus pennsylvanicus De Geer, 1773
European Amazon antPolyergus rufescens Latreille, 1798
European Red Wood AntFormica polyctena Förster, 1850
European Red Wood AntFormica pratensis Retzius, 1783
European slave-making antPolyergus rufescens Latreille, 1798
Excised wood antFormica exsecta Nylander, 1846


F
False devil spiny antsPolyrhachis micans Mayr, 1876
False Honey AntPrenolepis imparis Say, 1836
False Honey AntsPrenolepis Mayr, 1861
Ferruginous carpenter antCamponotus chromaiodes Bolton, 1995
Field antsFormica (Formica) aquilonia Yarrow, 1955
Field antsFormica Linnaeus, 1758
Field antsCamponotus (Formica) Linnaeus, 1758
Florida Amazon antPolyergus oligergus Trager, 2013
Florida carpenter antCamponotus floridanus Buckley, 1866
Florida carpenter antCamponotus atriceps Smith, F., 1858
Florida carpenter antCamponotus abdominalis Smith, 1858
Foothills Amazon antPolyergus montivagus Wheeler, 1915
Forest parrot antParatrechina vaga Forel, 1901
Forest parrot antNylanderia vaga Forel, 1901
Formica AntFormica (Formica) aquilonia Yarrow, 1955
Formica AntFormica Linnaeus, 1758
Formica AntCamponotus (Formica) Linnaeus, 1758
Furnace AntMelophorus aeneovirens Lowne, 1865
Furnace AntMelophorus turneri Forel, 1910


G
Galapagos carpenter antCamponotus macilentus Smith, F., 1877
Garden AntLasius niger Linnaeus, 1758
Garden antParatrechina vaga Forel, 1901
Giant beaked furnace antMelophorus aeneovirens Lowne, 1865
Giant carpenter antCamponotus laevigatus Smith, F., 1858
Giant epaulet antNotoncus spinisquamis André, 1896
Giant epaulet antsNotoncus spinisquamis André, 1896
Giant forest antCamponotus gigas Latreille, 1802
Giant forest antDinomyrmex gigas Latreille, 1802
Golden bearded sugar antCamponotus aurocinctus Smith, F., 1858
Golden black sugar antCamponotus aeneopilosus Mayr, 1862
Golden flumed sugar antCamponotus suffusus Smith, F., 1858
Golden spiny antPolyrhachis ornata Mayr, 1876
Golden tail sugar antCamponotus aeneopilosus Mayr, 1862
Golden-spined AntPolyrhachis ammon Fabricius, 1775
Golden-tailed Spiny AntPolyrhachis ammon Fabricius, 1775
Golden-tailed sugar antCamponotus aeneopilosus Mayr, 1862
Gramang AntAnoplolepis gracilipes Smith, 1857
Gravis spiny antPolyrhachis gravis Clark, 1930
Gravis spiny antsPolyrhachis gravis Clark, 1930
Green antOecophylla smaragdina Fabricius, 1775
Green antsOecophylla Smith, 1860
Green Tree AntOecophylla smaragdina Fabricius, 1775
Green tree antOecophylla virescens Fabricius Senior synonym of virescens: Mayr, 1872
Grey field antFormica aerata Francoeur, 1973


H
Hairless Rover AntBrachymyrmex depilis Emery, 1893
Hairy antParatrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802
Hairy spiny antPolyrhachis hirsuta Mayr, 1876
Hairy spiny antsPolyrhachis hirsuta Mayr, 1876
Hairy wood antFormica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838
Hairy wood ant NorthernFormica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838
Harvester furnace antMelophorus wheeleri Forel, 1910
Harvester furnace antsMelophorus wheeleri Forel, 1910
Hawaiian carpenter antCamponotus variegatus Smith, F., 1858
Hercules AntCamponotus herculeanus Linnaeus, 1758
Honey carrierMelophorus Lubbock, 1883
Honey carrierMelophorus (Melophorus) Lubbock, 1883
Honeypot antMelophorus bagoti Lubbock, 1883
Honeypot AntsMyrmecocystus Wesmael, 1838
Horse antFormica rufa Linnaeus, 1761
Household sugar antCamponotus humilior Forel, 1902


I
Invasive garden antLasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma en Andrasfalvy, 1990


J
Janet´s plug antCamponotus janeti Forel, 1895
Japanese carpenter antCamponotus japonicus Mayr, 1866
Jet AntLasius fuliginosus Latreille, 1798
Jumbuck sugar antCamponotus ephippium Smith, F., 1858
Jumbuck sugar antsCamponotus ephippium Smith, F., 1858


K
Kerengga antOecophylla smaragdina Fabricius, 1775
KurukumOecophylla smaragdina Fabricius, 1775


L
Large black antFormica fusca Linnaeus, 1758
Large yellow antLasius interjectus Mayr, 1866
Larger yellow antLasius interjectus Mayr, 1866
Larger yellow antAcanthomyops interjectus Mayr, 1866
Lemon antMyrmelachista schumanni Emery, 1890
Little spiny antPolyrhachis inconspicua Emery, 1887
Little spiny antsPolyrhachis inconspicua Emery, 1887
Little yellow antPlagiolepis alluaudi Emery, 1894
Long-horned Amazon antPolyergus longicornis Smith, 1947
Long-legged antAnoplolepis gracilipes Smith, 1857
Long-legged antAnoplolepis longipes F. Smith, 1857
Longhorn antParatrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802
Longhorn crazy antParatrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802
Longhorned crazy antParatrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802
Longlegged antAnoplolepis gracilipes Smith, 1857
Lord Howe Island rectangle plug antCamponotus howensis Wheeler, W.M., 1927


M
Maculate carpenter antCamponotus vicinus Mayr, 1870
Maji moto antOecophylla longinoda Latreille, 1802
Maldive antAnoplolepis gracilipes Smith, 1857
Maldive antAnoplolepis longipes F. Smith, 1857
Mallee black sugar antCamponotus cinereus Mayr, 1876
Meadow AntFormica pratensis Retzius, 1783
Minute rover antBrachymyrmex minutus Forel, 1893
Moneybox sugar antCamponotus wiederkehri Forel, 1894
Moneybox sugar antsCamponotus denticulatus Kirby, 1896
MoundFormica Linnaeus, 1758
Mound antLasius flavus Fabricius, 1782
Mound antsFormica (Formica) aquilonia Yarrow, 1955
Mound antsFormica Linnaeus, 1758
Mound antsCamponotus (Formica) Linnaeus, 1758
Mound-building antFormica exsectoides Forel, 1886
Mulga spiny antPolyrhachis macropa Wheeler, W.M., 1916


N
Narrow headed antFormica exsecta Nylander, 1846
Narrow-headed antFormica exsecta Nylander, 1846
Negro AntFormica fusca Linnaeus, 1758
Neotropical carpenter antCamponotus sexguttatus Fabricius, 1793
New World Black AntFormica neogagates Viereck, 1903
New World Fuzzy AntLasius nearcticus Wheeler, W.M., 1906
New York Carpenter AntCamponotus novaeboracensis Fitch, 1855
Northern broad-nosed spiny antPolyrhachis flavibasis Clark, 1930
Northern common sugar antCamponotus novaehollandiae Mayr, 1870
Northern Red Wood AntFormica obscuriventris Mayr, 1870
Northern robber furnace antMelophorus anderseni Agosti, 1998
Northern sugar antCamponotus novaehollandiae Mayr, 1870
Northern Wood AntFormica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838
Nylander's crazy antParatrechina vividula Nylander, 1846


O
Obscure rover antBrachymyrmex obscurior Forel, 1893
Orange gasterOecophylla smaragdina Fabricius, 1775
Oriental red antOecophylla virescens Fabricius Senior synonym of virescens: Mayr, 1872


P
Painted strobe antOpisthopsis pictus Emery, 1895
Pale legged sugar antCamponotus claripes Mayr, 1876
Pale legged sugar antsCamponotus claripes Mayr, 1876
Pitcher-plant antsCamponotus schmitzi Staercke, 1933
Pronged epaulet antNotoncus ectatommoides Forel, 1892
Pronged epaulet antsNotoncus ectatommoides Forel, 1892
Pugnacious antAnoplolepis custodiens Smith, F., 1858
Pygmy furnace antMelophorus mjobergi Forel, 1915
Pygmy furnace antsMelophorus mjobergi Forel, 1915


R
Racing furnace antMelophorus iridescens Emery, 1887
Racing furnace antsMelophorus iridescens Emery, 1887
Rasberry antNylanderia fulva Mayr, 1862
Rasberry crazy antNylanderia fulva Mayr, 1862
Red antOecophylla smaragdina Fabricius, 1775
Red antFormica rufa Linnaeus, 1761
Red barbed antFormica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793
Red carpenter antCamponotus chromaiodes Bolton, 1995
Red carpenter antCamponotus ferrugineus Fabricius, 1798
Red honey antMelophorus bagoti Lubbock, 1883
Red wood antFormica rufa Linnaeus, 1761
Red wood antFormica polyctena Förster, 1850
Red wood antCamponotus ligniperdus Latreille, 1802
Red-barbed antFormica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793
Red-headed strobe antOpisthopsis haddoni Emery, 1893
Rover antsBrachymyrmex Mayr, 1868
Ruby amazon antPolyergus ruber Trager, 2013


S
Sahara Desert antCataglyphis bicolor Fabricius, 1793
Saharan silver antCataglyphis bombycina Roger, 1859
Sanwald'S Amazon AntPolyergus sanwaldi Trager, 2013
Sanwald´s Amazon antPolyergus sanwaldi Trager, 2013
Savanna spiny antPolyrhachis senilis Forel, 1902
Savanna strobe antOpisthopsis haddoni Emery, 1893
Scottish Wood AntFormica aquilonia Yarrow, 1955
Shining Amazon antPolyergus lucidus Mayr, 1870
Silky antFormica fusca Linnaeus, 1758
Silky Field AntFormica subsericea Say, 1836
Silver sugar antCamponotus pellax Santschi, 1919
Silver sugar antsCamponotus pellax Santschi, 1919
Silvery Field AntFormica argentea Wheeler, W.M., 1912
Sinister mound antFormica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838
Slave-making AntFormica sanguinea Latreille, 1798
Slave-making antPolyergus rufescens Latreille, 1798
Slaver AntFormica sanguinea Latreille, 1798
Small Black AntLasius niger Linnaeus, 1758
Small brown bush antProlasius advena Smith, 1862
Small Honey AntPrenolepis imparis Say, 1836
Smaller carpenter antCamponotus nearcticus Emery, 1893
Smaller Yellow AntLasius claviger Roger, 1862
Smaller yellow antAcanthomyops claviger Roger, 1862
Smooth epaulet antNotoncus gilberti Forel, 1895
Smooth epaulet antsNotoncus gilberti Forel, 1895
South African Golden Desert AntCamponotus fulvopilosus De Geer, 1778
Southern bearded sugar antCamponotus ceriseipes Clark, 1938
Southern black sugar antCamponotus nigroaeneus Smith, F., 1858
Southern black sugar antCamponotus nigroaneus
Southern broad-nosed spiny antPolyrhachis femorata Smith, F., 1858
Southern plug antCamponotus gasseri Forel, 1894
Southern plug antsCamponotus gasseri Forel, 1894
Southern rectangle plug antCamponotus macrocephalus Erichson, 1842
Southern rectangle plug antColobopsis macrocephala Erichson, 1842
Southern robber furnace antMelophorus fulvihirtus Clark, 1941
Southern robber furnace antsMelophorus fulvihirtus Clark, 1941
Southern wood antFormica rufa Linnaeus, 1761
Speckled beauty antCalomyrmex purpureus Mayr, 1876
Speckled beauty antsCalomyrmex purpureus Mayr, 1876
Spinifex antCamponotus triodiae McArthur, 2009
Strobe AntOpisthopsis haddoni Emery, 1893
Strobe AntOpisthopsis rufithorax Emery, 1895
Subterranean Aphid-Tending AntLasius pallitarsis Provancher, 1881
Sugar AntCamponotus novaehollandiae Mayr, 1870
Sugar antCamponotus consobrinus Erichson, 1842
Sugar antsCamponotus (Camponotus) aethiops Latreille, 1798
Sugar antsCamponotus Mayr, 1861
Supern spiny antPolyrhachis ornata Mayr, 1876
Swamp parrot antNylanderia obscura Mayr, 1862
Swamp parrot antsParatrechina obscura Mayr, 1862
Swimming antsCamponotus schmitzi Staercke, 1933


T
Tacuru antCamponotus punctulatus Mayr, 1868
Tailor antOecophylla smaragdina Fabricius, 1775
Tawny crazy antParatrechina fulva Mayr, 1862
Tawny crazy antNylanderia fulva Mayr, 1862
Thatching antFormica obscuripes Forel, 1886
Thatching antsFormica (Formica) aquilonia Yarrow, 1955
Thatching antsFormica Linnaeus, 1758
Thatching antsCamponotus (Formica) Linnaeus, 1758
Toothed spiny antPolyrhachis patiens Santschi, 1920
Toothed spiny antsPolyrhachis patiens Santschi, 1920
Topoff´s Amazon antPolyergus topoffi Trager, 2013
Tufted strobe antOpisthopsis major Forel, 1902
Turf antLasius flavus Fabricius, 1782
Turfgrass AntLasius neoniger Emery, 1893


U
Uncertain Field AntFormica incerta Buren, 1944
Unicorn spiny antPolyrhachis pseudothrinax Hung, 1967


W
Walnut Carpenter AntCamponotus caryae Fitch, 1855
Weaver antOecophylla Smith, 1860
Weaver antOecophylla smaragdina Fabricius, 1775
Weaver antsOecophylla Smith, 1860
Western Amazon antPolyergus mexicanus Forel, 1899
Western black carpenter antCamponotus modoc Wheeler, W.M., 1910
Western carpenter antCamponotus modoc Wheeler, W.M., 1910
Western flumed sugar antCamponotus molossus Forel, 1907
Western sugar antCamponotus prostans Forel, 1910
Western thatching antFormica obscuripes Forel, 1886
Wide-Footed Fuzzy AntLasius latipes Walsh, 1863
Wine-red Amazon antPolyergus vinosus Trager, 2013
WoodFormica Linnaeus, 1758
Wood antFormica rufa Linnaeus, 1761
Wood AntFormica Linnaeus, 1758
Wood antFormica truncorum Fabricius, 1804
Wood antsFormica (Formica) aquilonia Yarrow, 1955
Wood antsCamponotus (Formica) Linnaeus, 1758
Wood antsFormica Linnaeus, 1758


Y
Yellow antLasius umbratus Nylander, 1846
Yellow crazy antAnoplolepis gracilipes Smith, 1857
Yellow crazy antAnoplolepis longipes F. Smith, 1857
Yellow Disc Sugar AntCamponotus discors Forel, 1902
Yellow disc sugar antsCamponotus discors Forel, 1902
Yellow epaulet antNotoncus hickmani Clark, 1930
Yellow epaulet antsNotoncus hickmani Clark, 1930
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus Fabricius, 1782
Yellow mistral antProlasius pallidus Clark, 1934
Yellow mistral antsProlasius pallidus Clark, 1934
Yellow Shadow AntLasius umbratus Nylander, 1846
Yellow turf antLasius flavus Fabricius, 1782


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