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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Genus Formica - Wood ants, mound ants, & field ants


Exotic ants in Florida
By Deyrup M., Davis L., Cover S.
Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 126: 293-326, 2000

An updated list of Florida ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
By M. Deyrup
Florida Entomologist 86: 43-48, 2003

A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
By Ward P.S.
Zootaxa 936: 1–68, 2005

Phylogeny, classification, and species-level taxonomy of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
By P.S. Ward
Zootaxa 1668: 549–563, 2007

The Leafcutter Ants: Civilization by Instinct
By E. O. Wilson & Bert Holldobler
W. W. Norton & Company, 2010

Ants of North America--A Guide to the Genera
By Brian L. Fisher and Stefan P. Cover
University of California Press, 2007
Release date is listed on amazon.com as November 2, 2007.
ISBN-10: 0520254228, ISBN-13: 978-0520254220

A New General Catalogue of the Ants of the World
By Barry Bolton
Harvard University Press, 1995

Identification Guide to the Ant Genera of the World
By Barry Bolton
Harvard University Press, 1994