Kinds of Formicidae

World Ants
(Valid extant species)

Gary Alpert
Harvard University
Gary_Alpert@harvard.edu

Barry Bolton
Isle of Wight, United Kingdom


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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
Melophorus Lubbock, 1883
   Melophorus aeneovirens (Lowne, 1865)
   Melophorus anderseni Agosti, 1998
   Melophorus bagoti Lubbock, 1883
   Melophorus biroi Forel, 1907
   Melophorus bruneus Mc Areavey, 1949
   Melophorus constans Santschi, 1928
   Melophorus curtus Forel, 1902
   Melophorus fieldi Forel, 1910
   Melophorus fieldi_major Forel, 1915
   Melophorus fieldi_propinquus Viehmeyer, 1925
   Melophorus fulvohirtus Clark, 1941
   Melophorus hirsutus (Forel, 1902)
   Melophorus insularis Wheeler, W. M., 1934
   Melophorus iridescens (Emery, 1887)
   Melophorus iridescens_fraudatriz Forel, 1915
   Melophorus iridescens_froggatti Forel, 1902
   Melophorus laticeps Wheeler, W. M., 1915
   Melophorus ludius Forel, 1902
   Melophorus ludius_sulla Forel, 1910
   Melophorus majeri Agosti, 1998
   Melophorus marius Forel, 1910
   Melophorus mjobergi Forel, 1915
   Melophorus omniparens Forel, 1915
   Melophorus pillipes Santschi, 1919
   Melophorus potteri Mc Areavey, 1947
   Melophorus scipio Forel, 1915
   Melophorus turneri Forel, 1910
   Melophorus turneri_aesopus Forel, 1910
   Melophorus turneri_candidus Santschi, 1919
   Melophorus turneri_perthensis Wheeler, W. M., 1934
   Melophorus wheeleri Forel, 1910

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

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