Kinds of Formicidae

World Ants
(Valid extant species)

Gary Alpert
Harvard University
Gary_Alpert@harvard.edu

Barry Bolton
Isle of Wight, United Kingdom


Supported by
Edward O. Wilson, Leica, Syncroscopy, FileMaker

Technical support
Piotr Naskrecki

Contributors
Stefan Cover, John LaPolla,
Katsuyuki Eguchi, Rudy Kohout, Philip S. Ward

This world ant list is dedicated to the memory of William L. Brown, Jr.

Scientific name -- Other names
Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1853
   Aphaenogaster albisetosa Mayr, 1886
   Aphaenogaster angulata Viehmeyer, 1922
   Aphaenogaster annandalei Mukerjee, 1930
   Aphaenogaster araneoides Emery, 1890
   Aphaenogaster araneoides_canalis Enzmann, 1947
   Aphaenogaster araneoides_inermis Forel, 1899
   Aphaenogaster araneoides_nitidiventris Forel, 1912
   Aphaenogaster ashmeadi (Emery, 1895)
   Aphaenogaster atlantis Santschi, 1929
   Aphaenogaster balcanica (Emery, 1898)
   Aphaenogaster barbigula Wheeler, W. M., 1916
   Aphaenogaster baronii Cagniant, 1988
   Aphaenogaster beccarii Emery, 1887
   Aphaenogaster belti Forel, 1895
   Aphaenogaster bessoni Donisthorpe, 1933
   Aphaenogaster boulderensis Smith M. R., 1941
   Aphaenogaster boulderensis_smithi Gregg, 1949
   Aphaenogaster burri (Donisthorpe, 1950)
   Aphaenogaster caeciliae Viehmeyer, 1922
   Aphaenogaster campana Emery, 1878
   Aphaenogaster cardenai Espadaler, 1981
   Aphaenogaster carolinensis Wheeler, W. M., 1915
   Aphaenogaster cavernicola Donisthorpe, 1938
   Aphaenogaster cecconii Emery, 1894
   Aphaenogaster cockerelli Andre, 1893
   Aphaenogaster concolor Watanabe and Yamane, 1999
   Aphaenogaster cristata (Forel, 1902)
   Aphaenogaster crocea Andre, 1881
   Aphaenogaster crocea_croceoides Forel, 1890
   Aphaenogaster crocea_lenis Santschi, 1911
   Aphaenogaster crocea_splendidoides Forel, 1890
   Aphaenogaster curiosa Santschi, 1933
   Aphaenogaster dejeani Cagniant, 1982
   Aphaenogaster depilis Santschi, 1911
   Aphaenogaster depilis_afra Santschi, 1933
   Aphaenogaster depilis_numida Santschi, 1933
   Aphaenogaster depressa Bolton, 1995
   Aphaenogaster dlusskyi Radchenko and Arakelian, 1991
   Aphaenogaster donann Watanabe and Yamane, 1999
   Aphaenogaster dromedaria (Emery, 1900)
   Aphaenogaster dulciniae Emery, 1924
   Aphaenogaster edentula Watanabe and Yamane, 1999
   Aphaenogaster ensifera Forel, 1899
   Aphaenogaster epirotes (Emery, 1895)
   Aphaenogaster espadaleri Cagniant, 1984
   Aphaenogaster exasperata Wheeler, W. M., 1921
   Aphaenogaster fabulosa Arnol’di, 1968
   Aphaenogaster fallax Cagniant, 1992
   Aphaenogaster famelica (Smith F., 1874)
   Aphaenogaster famelica_erabu Nishizono and Yamane, 1990
   Aphaenogaster faureli Cagniant, 1969
   Aphaenogaster feae Emery, 1889
   Aphaenogaster feae_imbellis (Emery, 1900)
   Aphaenogaster feae_nicobarensis (Forel, 1903)
   Aphaenogaster feae_simulans Forel, 1915
   Aphaenogaster festae Emery, 1915
   Aphaenogaster finzii Muller, 1921
   Aphaenogaster flemingi Smith M. R., 1928
   Aphaenogaster floridana Smith M. R., 1941
   Aphaenogaster foreli Cagniant, 1996
   Aphaenogaster frederichsi Forel, 1918
   Aphaenogaster fulva Roger, 1863
   Aphaenogaster fulva_azteca Enzmann J., 1947
   Aphaenogaster geei Wheeler, W. M., 1921
   Aphaenogaster gemella (Roger, 1862)
   Aphaenogaster gemella_marocana (Forel, 1903)
   Aphaenogaster georgica Arnol’di, 1968
   Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latreille, 1798)
   Aphaenogaster gibbosa_fiorii Emery, 1915
   Aphaenogaster gibbosa_homonyma Emery, 1921
   Aphaenogaster gigantea Collingwood, 1962
   Aphaenogaster gonacantha (Emery, 1899)
   Aphaenogaster gracillima Watanabe and Yamane, 1999
   Aphaenogaster graeca Schulz, 1994
   Aphaenogaster haarlovi Collingwood, 1961
   Aphaenogaster hesperia Santschi, 1911
   Aphaenogaster holtzi (Emery, 1898)
   Aphaenogaster honduriana Mann, 1922
   Aphaenogaster huachucana Creighton, 1934
   Aphaenogaster huachucana_crinimera Cole, 1953
   Aphaenogaster hunanensis Wu and Wang, 1992
   Aphaenogaster iberica Emery, 1908
   Aphaenogaster inermita Bolton, 1995
   Aphaenogaster ionia Santschi, 1933
   Aphaenogaster irrigua Watanabe and Yamane, 1999
   Aphaenogaster isekram Bernard, 1977
   Aphaenogaster italica Bondroit, 1918
   Aphaenogaster januschevi Arnol’di, 1976
   Aphaenogaster japonica Forel, 1911
   Aphaenogaster kervillei Forel, 1910
   Aphaenogaster kumejimana Watanabe and Yamane, 1999
   Aphaenogaster kurdica Ruzsky, 1905
   Aphaenogaster laevior Emery, 1887
   Aphaenogaster lamellidens Mayr, 1886
   Aphaenogaster ledouxi Tohme G., 1969
   Aphaenogaster lepida Wheeler, W. M., 1930
   Aphaenogaster lesbica Forel, 1913
   Aphaenogaster leveillei Emery, 1881
   Aphaenogaster longiceps (Smith F., 1858)
   Aphaenogaster longiceps_flava Emery, 1921
   Aphaenogaster loriai (Emery, 1897)
   Aphaenogaster lustrans Smith M. R., 1961
   Aphaenogaster luteipes Watanabe and Yamane, 1999
   Aphaenogaster mariae Forel, 1886
   Aphaenogaster mauritanica Dalla Torre, 1893
   Aphaenogaster megommata Smith M. R., 1963
   Aphaenogaster messoroides Dlussky, 1990
   Aphaenogaster mexicana (Pergande, 1896)
   Aphaenogaster miamiana Wheeler, W. M., 1932
   Aphaenogaster miniata Cagniant, 1990
   Aphaenogaster minutula Watanabe and Yamane, 1999
   Aphaenogaster muelleriana Wolf, 1915
   Aphaenogaster mutica Pergande, 1896
   Aphaenogaster nadigi Santschi, 1923
   Aphaenogaster obsidiana (Mayr, 1861)
   Aphaenogaster occidentalis (Emery, 1895)
   Aphaenogaster osimensis Teranishi, 1940
   Aphaenogaster ovaticeps (Emery, 1898)
   Aphaenogaster pallida (Nylander, 1849)
   Aphaenogaster pallida_laurenti Santschi, 1939
   Aphaenogaster patruelis Forel, 1886
   Aphaenogaster patruelis_carbonaria Pergande, 1894
   Aphaenogaster perplexa Smith M. R., 1961
   Aphaenogaster phalangium Emery, 1890
   Aphaenogaster phalangium_brevicollis Forel, 1899
   Aphaenogaster phillipsi Wheeler, W. M., and Mann, 1916
   Aphaenogaster picea (Wheeler, W. M., 1908)
   Aphaenogaster picena Baroni Urbani, 1971
   Aphaenogaster polyodonta Zhou, 2001
   Aphaenogaster poultoni Crawley, 1922
   Aphaenogaster praedo Emery, 1908
   Aphaenogaster praedo_ellipsoida Santschi, 1933
   Aphaenogaster praenoda Santschi, 1933
   Aphaenogaster praenoda_confinis Santschi, 1933
   Aphaenogaster projectens Donisthorpe, 1947
   Aphaenogaster pumilopuncta Zhou, 2001
   Aphaenogaster punctaticeps Mac Kay, 1989
   Aphaenogaster pythia Forel, 1915
   Aphaenogaster quadrispina Emery, 1911
   Aphaenogaster relicta Wheeler, W. M., and Mann, 1914
   Aphaenogaster relicta_epinotalis Wheeler, W. M., and Mann, 1914
   Aphaenogaster rhaphidiceps (Mayr, 1877)
   Aphaenogaster rifensis Cagniant, 1994
   Aphaenogaster rothneyi (Forel, 1902)
   Aphaenogaster rudis Enzmann, 1947
   Aphaenogaster rugulosa Watanabe and Yamane, 1999
   Aphaenogaster rupestris Forel, 1909
   Aphaenogaster sagei (Forel, 1902)
   Aphaenogaster sagei_pachei (Forel, 1906)
   Aphaenogaster saharensis Bernard, 1953
   Aphaenogaster sangiorgii (Emery, 1901)
   Aphaenogaster sardoa Mayr, 1853
   Aphaenogaster sardoa_anoemica Santschi, 1910
   Aphaenogaster schmidti Karavaiev, 1912
   Aphaenogaster schurri (Forel, 1902)
   Aphaenogaster semipolita (Nylander, 1856)
   Aphaenogaster senilis Mayr, 1853
   Aphaenogaster senilis_disjuncta Santschi, 1933
   Aphaenogaster senilis_grata Santschi, 1933
   Aphaenogaster senilis_occidua Santschi, 1933
   Aphaenogaster sicardi Cagniant, 1990
   Aphaenogaster sicula Emery, 1908
   Aphaenogaster simonellii Emery, 1894
   Aphaenogaster simonellii_sporadis Santschi, 1933
   Aphaenogaster smythiesii (Forel, 1902)
   Aphaenogaster smythiesii_prudens (Forel, 1902)
   Aphaenogaster spinosa Emery, 1878
   Aphaenogaster spinosa_etrusca Baroni Urbani, 1969
   Aphaenogaster splendida (Roger, 1859)
   Aphaenogaster splendida_rugosoferruginea Forel, 1889
   Aphaenogaster splendida_transcaucasica Karavaiev, 1926
   Aphaenogaster striativentris Forel, 1895
   Aphaenogaster strioloides Forel, 1890
   Aphaenogaster subcosta Viehmeyer, 1922
   Aphaenogaster subexaperata Zhou, 2001
   Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)
   Aphaenogaster subterranea_ichnusa Santschi, 1925
   Aphaenogaster subterranea_valida Wheeler, W. M., 1915
   Aphaenogaster subterraneoides Emery, 1881
   Aphaenogaster subterraneoides_armeniaca Arnol’di, 1968
   Aphaenogaster swammerdami Forel, 1886
   Aphaenogaster swammerdami_clara (Santschi, 1915)
   Aphaenogaster swammerdami_curta Forel, 1891
   Aphaenogaster swammerdami_spinipes Santschi, 1911
   Aphaenogaster syriaca Emery, 1908
   Aphaenogaster syriaca_schmitzi Forel, 1910
   Aphaenogaster takahashii Wheeler, W. M., 1930
   Aphaenogaster tennesseensis (Mayr, 1862)
   Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa (Lucas, 1849)
   Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa_cabylica Stitz, 1917
   Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa_canescens (Emery, 1895)
   Aphaenogaster texana Wheeler, W. M., 1915
   Aphaenogaster theryi Santschi, 1923
   Aphaenogaster tibetana Donisthorpe, 1929
   Aphaenogaster tinauti Cagniant, 1992
   Aphaenogaster tipuna Forel, 1913
   Aphaenogaster tokarainsulana Watanabe and Yamane, 1999
   Aphaenogaster torossiani Cagniant, 1988
   Aphaenogaster treatae Forel, 1886
   Aphaenogaster treatae_pluteicornis Wheeler G. C., and WheelerE. W., 1934
   Aphaenogaster turkestanica Arnol’di, 1976
   Aphaenogaster ujhelyii Szabo, , 1910
   Aphaenogaster umphreyi Deyrup and Davis, 1998
   Aphaenogaster unita Wheeler, W. M., 1917
   Aphaenogaster weigoldi Viehmeyer, 1922
   Aphaenogaster weulersseae Cagniant, 1989
   Aphaenogaster wilsoni Cagniant, 1988

Updated: 2016-02-11 22:48:41

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