Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Formicinae

Subfamily Formicinae

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods
Subphylum Hexapoda - Hexapods
Class Insecta - Insects
Order Hymenoptera - Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies
No Taxon Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps
Superfamily Formicoidea - Ants
Family Formicidae - Ants
Subfamily Formicinae

Tribe Camponotini
Genus Camponotus - Carpenter Ants
No Taxon Subgenus Camponotus
Species americanus - Camponotus americanus
Species chromaiodes - Ferruginous Carpenter Ant
Species herculeanus - Hercules Carpenter Ant
Species laevigatus - formerly Camponotus quercicola
Species laevissimus - formerly Camponotus laevigatus
Species modoc - Western Black Carpenter Ant
Species novaeboracensis - New York Carpenter Ant
Species pennsylvanicus - Eastern Black Carpenter Ant
Species schaefferi - Camponotus schaefferi
No Taxon Subgenus Hypercolobopsis
Species ulcerosus - Camponotus ulcerosus
No Taxon Subgenus Myrmaphaenus
Species novogranadensis - Camponotus novogranadensis
No Taxon Subgenus Myrmentoma
Species anthrax - Camponotus anthrax
Species bakeri - Camponotus bakeri
Species clarithorax - Camponotus clarithorax
Species decipiens - Camponotus decipiens
Species discolor - Camponotus discolor
Species essigi - Camponotus essigi
Species hyatti - Camponotus hyatti
Species nearcticus - Camponotus nearcticus
Species sayi - Camponotus sayi
Species snellingi - Camponotus snellingi
Species subbarbatus - Camponotus subbarbatus
Species texanus - Camponotus texanus
No Taxon Subgenus Myrmobrachys
Species planatus - Compact Carpenter Ant
Species mina - Camponotus mina
No Taxon Subgenus Myrmothrix
Species atriceps - Tropical Carpenter Ant
Species floridanus - Florida Carpenter Ant
Species sexguttatus - Six-Spotted Carpenter Ant
No Taxon Subgenus Tanaemyrmex
Species acutirostris - Camponotus acutirostris
Species castaneus - Chestnut Carpenter Ant
Species dumetorum - Camponotus dumetorum
No Taxon festinatus group
Species absquatulator - Camponotus absquatulator
Species festinatus - Camponotus festinatus
Species fragilis - Camponotus fragilis
Species microps - Camponotus microps
Species ocreatus - Camponotus ocreatus
Species sansabeanus - Camponotus sansabeanus
Species semitestaceus - Camponotus semitestaceus
Species socius - Camponotus socius
Species conspicuus - Camponotus conspicuus
Subspecies inaequalis - Camponotus conspicuus inaequalis
Species tortuganus - Camponotus tortuganus
Species vicinus - Camponotus vicinus
Species zonatus - Camponotus zonatus
No Taxon Male carpenter ants
Genus Colobopsis
Species etiolata - Colobopsis etiolata
Species hunteri - Colobopsis hunteri
Species impressa - Colobopsis impressa
Species mississippiensis - Colobopsis mississippiensis
Species obliqua - Colobopsis obliqua
Species papago - Colobopsis papago
Species riehlii - Colobopsis riehlii
Tribe Formicini
Genus Formica - Wood ants, mound ants, & field ants
No Taxon exsecta group
Species exsectoides - Allegheny Mound Ant
Species opaciventris - Formica opaciventris
Species ulkei - Formica ulkei
No Taxon fusca group
Species accreta - Formica accreta
Species aerata - grey field ant
Species argentea - Formica argentea
Species foreliana - Formica foreliana
Species francoeuri - Formica francoeuri
Species gagatoides - Formica gagatoides
Species glacialis - Formica glacialis
Species gnava - Formica gnava
Species microphthalma - Formica microphthalma
Species moki - Formica moki
Species montana - Formica montana
Species neoclara - Formica neoclara
Species neorufibarbis - Formica neorufibarbis
Species occulta - Formica occulta
Species pacifica - Formica pacifica
Species podzolica - Formica podzolica
Species sibylla - Formica sibylla
Species subaenescens - Formica subaenescens
Species subpolita - Formica subpolita
Species subsericea - Formica subsericea
Species xerophila - Formica xerophila
No Taxon microgyna group
Species densiventris - Formica densiventris
Species difficilis - Formica difficilis
Species knighti - Formica knighti
Species nepticula - Formica nepticula
Species querquetulana - Formica querquetulana
No Taxon neogagates group
Species bradleyi - Formica bradleyi
Species lasioides - Formica lasioides
Species limata - Formica limata
Species manni - Formica manni
Species neogagates - Formica neogagates
Species oregonensis - Formica oregonensis
Species perpilosa - Formica perpilosa
Species vinculans - Formica vinculans
No Taxon pallidefulva group
Species archboldi - Formica archboldi
Species biophilica - Formica biophilica
Species dolosa - Formica dolosa
Species incerta - Formica incerta
Species pallidefulva - Formica pallidefulva
No Taxon rufa group
Species comata - Formica comata
Species dakotensis - Formica dakotensis
Species fossaceps - Formica fossaceps
Species integra - Formica integra
Species integroides - Formica integroides
Species laeviceps - Formica laeviceps
Species obscuripes - Thatching ant
Species obscuriventris - Formica obscuriventris
Species oreas - Formica oreas
Species propinqua - Formica propinqua
Species ravida - Formica ravida
No Taxon sanguinea group
Species aserva - Formica aserva
Species pergandei - Formica pergandei
Species rubicunda - Formica rubicunda
Species subintegra - Formica subintegra
No Taxon Formica male unidentified
No Taxon incertae sedis
Species obtusopilosa - Formica obtusopilosa
Genus Polyergus - Amazon Ants
No Taxon lucidus species group
Species lucidus - Shining Amazon ant
Species longicornis - Long-horned Amazon ant
Species montivagus - Foothills Amazon ant
Species sanwaldi - Sanwald's Amazon ant 0
No Taxon breviceps species group
Species topoffi - Topoff's Amazon ant
Species vinosus - Wine-red Amazon ant
Species bicolor - Bicolored Amazon ant
Species mexicanus - Western Amazon ant
Species breviceps - Broad-headed Amazon ant 0
Tribe Lasiini
Genus Lasius - Citronella Ants
No Taxon Claviger group
No Taxon Subgenus Acanthomyops
No Taxon Claviger group
Species arizonicus - Lasius arizonicus
Species claviger - Smaller Yellow Ant
Species interjectus - Lasius interjectus
Species latipes - Lasius latipes
Species murphyi - Lasius murphyi
No Taxon Flavus group
No Taxon Subgenus Cautolasius
No Taxon Flavus group
Species brevicornis - formerly Lasius flavus
Species nearcticus - Lasius nearcticus
No Taxon Umbratus group
No Taxon Subgenus Chthonolasius
No Taxon Umbratus group
Species aphidicola - Lasius aphidicola
Species minutus - Lasius minutus
Species speculiventris - Lasius speculiventris
Species subumbratus - Lasius subumbratus
No Taxon Niger group
No Taxon Subgenus Lasius
No Taxon Niger group
Species americanus - formerly Lasius alienus
Species crypticus - Lasius crypticus
Species emarginatus - Lasius emarginatus
Species neoniger - Cornfield ant
Species niger - Black Garden Ant
Species pallitarsis - Lasius pallitarsis
Species sitiens - Lasius sitiens
Species lasius - unidentified male Lasius
Genus Myrmecocystus - Honeypot Ants
No Taxon subgenus Myrmecocystus
Species mexicanus - Myrmecocystus mexicanus
Species testaceus - Myrmecocystus testaceus
No Taxon subgenus Endiodioctes
Species kennedyi - Myrmecocystus kennedyi
Species placodops - Myrmecocystus placodops
Species wheeleri - Myrmecocystus wheeleri
Species semirufus - Myrmecocystus semirufus
Species mendax - Myrmecocystus mendax
Species mimicus - Myrmecocystus mimicus
No Taxon subgenus Eremnocystus
Genus Nylanderia - Crazy Ants
Species austroccidua - Nylanderia austroccidua
Species bourbonica - Nylanderia bourbonica
Species bruesii - Nylanderia bruesii
Species faisonensis - Nylanderia faisonensis
Species flavipes - Nylanderia flavipes
Species fulva - Tawny Crazy Ant
Species hystrix - Nylanderia hystrix
Species parvula - Nylanderia parvula
Species phantasma - Nylanderia phantasma
Species steinheili - Nylanderia steinheili
Species terricola - Nylanderia terricola
Species vividula - Nylanderia vividula
Genus Paratrechina
Species longicornis - Longhorn Crazy Ant
Genus Prenolepis - False Honey Ants
Species imparis - False Honey Ant
Tribe Myrmelachistini
Genus Brachymyrmex - Rover ants
Species depilis - Brachymyrmex depilis
Species obscurior - Brachymyrmex obscurior
Species patagonicus - Brachymyrmex patagonicus
Species species-d - Tiny Queen Brachymyrmex
Species brevicornis - Brachymyrmex brevicornis
Species minutus - Brachymyrmex minutus
Species musculus - Brachymyrmex musculus

normal view

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact