Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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This list is taken from A. C. Cole's 1940 guide to the ants of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It's nomenclature was updated in 1998 by Dr. Stefan Cover, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.

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Family Formicidae
Subfamily Dolichoderinae
Dolichoderus plagiatus Mayr
Dolichoderus mariae Forel
Dolichoderus taschenbergi (Mayr) (=Dolichoderus taschenbergi var. aterrimus Wheeler)
Dorymyrmex pyramicus(Roger) (probably Dorymyrmex grand (Forel))
Dorymyrmex pyramicus var. flavus McCook (probably Dorymyrmex bureni (Trager))
Tapinoma sessile (Say)
Forelius pruinosus (Roger) (=Iridomyrmex pruinosus)
Forelius pruinosus (=Iridomyrmex pruinosus var. analis Ex. Andre)
Subfamily Dorylinae
Neivamyrmex nigrescens (Cresson) (=Eciton nigrescens)
Neivamyrmex carolinensis (Emery) (=Eciton carolinensis)
Subfamily Formicinae
Brachymyrmex depilis Emery (=Brachymyrmex heerii depilis Emery)
Prenolepis parvula (Mayr) (=Prenolepis (Nylanderia) parvula)
Prenolepis imparis
Prenolepis imparis (=Prenolepis imparis var. pumila Wheeler)
Prenolepis imparis (=Prenolepis imparis var. testacea Emery)
Lasius alienus (Foesster) (=Lasius niger var. americanus Emery)
Lasius neoniger Emery (=Lasius niger var. neoniger)
Lasius flavus (Fabricius) (=Lasius brevicornis Emery)
Lasius nearcticus Wheeler (=Lasius flavus nearcticus)
Lasius umbratus (Nylander) (=Lasius umbratus mixtus var. aphidicola (Walsh))
Lasius umbratus speculiventris Emery (identity uncertain)
Lasius claviger (Roger) (=Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger)
Acanthomyops interjectus (Mayr) (=Lasius (Acanthomyops) interjectus)
Formica aserva Forel (Formica sanguinea aserva)
Formica rubicunda Emery (=Formica sanguinea rubicunda)
Formica subintegra Emery (=Formica sanguinea subintegra)
Formica exsectoides Forel
Formica difficilis Emery (=Formica habrogyn Cole)
Formica fusca Linne
Formica subsericea Say (=Formica fusca var.subsericea)
Formica fusca (=Formica fusca var. rubaenescens Emery)
Formica subsericea (Formica lecontei Kennedy and Dennis)
Formica schaufussi Mayr (=Formica pallide-fulva schaufussi)
Formica dolosa Wheeler (Formica pallide-fulva schaufussi var. dolosa)
Formica nitidiventris Emery (Formica pallide-fulva schaufussi var. incerta)
Formica pallide-fulva Lectrielle (Formica pallide-fulva var. succinea Wheeler)
Formica nitidiventris Emery (=Formica pallide-fulva nitidiventris)
Formica nitidiventris Emery (=Formica pallide-fulva nitidiventris var. fuscata)
Camponotus caryae (Fitch)
Camponotus caryae var. decipiens Emery (identity uncertain)
Camponotus nearctic Emery (=Camponotus caryae var. pardus Wheeler)
Camponotus castaneus (Latreille)
Camponotus americanua Mayr (=Camponotus castaneus americanus)
Camponotus pennsylvanicus (DeGeer) (=Camponotdus herculeanus pennsylvanicus)
Camponotus chomaoides Bolton (=Camponotus herculeanus pennsylvanicus var. ferrugineus (Fabricius))
Subfamily Myrmicinae
Myrmecina americana Emery (=Myrmecina graminicola americana)
Monomorium minimum (Buckley)
Solenopsis molesta (Say)
Pheidole vinelandica Mayr
Pheidole dentata Mayr
Pheidole dentata Mayr (=Pheidole dentata var. commutata)
Pheidole morrisi Forel
Pheidole tysoni Forel
Pheidole crassicornis Emery
Pheidole dentigula M.R. Smith
Crematogaster ashmeadi Mayr
Crematogaster missouriensis Emery (=Crematogaster minutissima missouriensis)
Crematogaster lineolata (Say)
Crematogaster laeviuscula Mayr (identity uncertain; specimens need checking)
Stenamma diecki Emery (=Stenamma brevicorne diecki var. impressum)
Aphaenogaster treatae Forel
Aphaenogaster treatae (=Aphaenogaster treatae var. harnedi Wheeler)
Aphaenogaster tennesseensis (Mayr)
Aphaenogaster fulva Roger
Aphaenogaster rudis complex (Buckley) (=Aphaenogaster fulva aquia)
Aphaenogaster rudis comples (Emery) (=Aphaenogaster fulva aquia var. picca)
Aphaenogaster lamellidens Mayr
Aphaenogaster lamellidens M.R. Smith (=Aphaenogaster lamellidens var. nigripes)
Aphaenogaster texana punctithrorax Cole (identity uncertain)
Aphaenogaster texana var. furvescens Wheeler (identity uncertain)
Aphaenogaster carolinensis Wheeler (=Aphaenogaster texana var. carolinensis)
Myrmica punctiventris Roger
Myrmica emeryana Forel (Myrmica scabrinodis lobicornis var. fracticornis Emery)
Leptothorax schaumi Roger (Leptothorax fortinodis Mayr)
Leptothorax longispinosus Roger
Leptothorax curvispinosus Mayr
Pheidole dentata Mayr (=Leptothorax tennesseensis Cole)
Leptothorax pergandei Emery
Smithistruma creightoni M.R. Smith (=Strumigenys creightoni)
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis (McCook) (=Trachymyrmex septentrionalis obscurior var. seminole Wheeler)
Subfamily Ponerinae
Amblyopone pallipes (Haldeman) (=Stigmatomma pallipes)
Proceratium pergandei Emery (=Sysphincta pergandei)
Proceratium croceum (Roger)
Cryptopone gilva (Roger) (=Euponera gilva)
Hypoponera opacior (Forel) (=Ponera trigona var. opacior)
Ponera pennsylvanica Buckley (=Ponera coarctata pennsylvanica)

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Updated: 20 August, 2004