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
Atta Fabricius, 1804
   Atta bisphaerica Forel, 1908
   Atta capiguara Goncalves, 1944
   Atta cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758)
   Atta columbica Guerin- Meneville, 1844
   Atta cubana (Fontenla Rizo, J. L., 1995)
   Atta goiana Goncalves, 1942
   Atta insularis Guerin- Meneville, 1844
   Atta laevigata (Smith F., 1858)
   Atta mexicana (Smith F., 1858)
   Atta opaciceps Borgmeier, 1939
   Atta robusta Borgmeier, 1939
   Atta saltensis Forel, 1913
   Atta sexdens Linnaeus, 1758
   Atta texana (Buckley, 1860)
   Atta vollenweideri Forel, 1893

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

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