AntWiki: The Ants --- Online
The following genera are known from North America.
| Genus
|
Subfamily
|
No. Species
|
Key
|
Understanding
|
Notes
|
| Acanthostichus
|
Dorylinae
|
4
|
Key
|
Good
|
|
| Acromyrmex
|
Myrmicinae
|
1
|
|
Good
|
Single species, Acromyrmex versicolor
|
| Acropyga
|
Formicinae
|
1
|
|
Good
|
Single species, Acropyga epedana
|
| Anochetus
|
Ponerinae
|
1
|
|
Good
|
Single introduced species, Anochetus mayri
|
| Aphaenogaster
|
Myrmicinae
|
26
|
Key
|
Revise
|
|
| Atta
|
Myrmicinae
|
2
|
Key
|
Good
|
|
| Brachymyrmex
|
Formicinae
|
6
|
|
Revise
|
|
| Brachyponera
|
Ponerinae
|
1
|
|
Good
|
Single introduced species, Brachyponera chinensis
|
| Camponotus
|
Formicinae
|
50
|
|
Tune Up
|
|
| Cardiocondyla
|
Myrmicinae
|
6
|
Key
|
Good
|
|
| Carebara
|
Myrmicinae
|
1
|
|
Good
|
Single species, Carebara longii
|
| Cephalotes
|
Myrmicinae
|
3
|
Key
|
Good
|
|
| Colobopsis
|
Formicinae
|
9
|
|
Revise
|
|
| Crematogaster
|
Myrmicinae
|
34
|
Eastern US, Western US
|
Revise
|
|
| Cryptopone
|
Ponerinae
|
1
|
|
Good
|
Single species, Cryptopone gilva
|
| Cyphomyrmex
|
Myrmicinae
|
4
|
Key
|
Good
|
|
| Discothyrea
|
Proceratiinae
|
1
|
|
Good
|
Single species, Discothyrea testacea
|
| Dolichoderus
|
Dolichoderinae
|
6
|
Key
|
Good
|
|
| Dolopomyrmex
|
Myrmicinae
|
1
|
|
Good
|
Single species, Dolopomyrmex pilatus
|
| Dorymyrmex
|
Dolichoderinae
|
13
|
|
Revise
|
|
| Eurhopalothrix
|
Myrmicinae
|
1
|
|
Good
|
Single species, Eurhopalothrix floridana
|
| Forelius
|
Dolichoderinae
|
2
|
Key
|
Revise
|
|
| Formica
|
Formicinae
|
147
|
F. pallidefulva group, F. rufa group
|
Variable across species groups
|
|
| Formicoxenus
|
Myrmicinae
|
8
|
Key
|
Good
|
|
| Fulakora
|
Amblyoponinae
|
1
|
|
Good
|
Single species, Fulakora orizabana
|
| Gnamptogenys
|
Ectatomminae
|
2
|
Key
|
Good
|
|
| Harpagoxenus
|
Myrmicinae
|
1
|
|
Good
|
Single species, Harpagoxenus canadensis
|
| Hypoponera
|
Ponerinae
|
6
|
Key
|
Tune Up
|
|
| Labidus
|
Dorylinae
|
1
|
|
Good
|
Single species, Labidus coecus
|
| Lasius
|
Formicinae
|
33
|
Key
|
Tune Up
|
|
| Leptogenys
|
Ponerinae
|
2
|
Key
|
Good
|
|
| Leptothorax
|
Myrmicinae
|
15
|
|
Revise
|
|
| Linepithema
|
Dolichoderinae
|
1
|
|
Good
|
Single introduced species, Linepithema humile
|
| Liometopum
|
Dolichoderinae
|
3
|
Key
|
Good
|
|
| Manica
|
Myrmicinae
|
6
|
Key
|
Good
|
|
| Monomorium
|
Myrmicinae
|
14
|
Key
|
Revise
|
|
| Mycetosoritis
|
Myrmicinae
|
1
|
|
Good
|
Single species, Mycetosoritis hartmanni
|
| Myrmecina
|
Myrmicinae
|
2
|
Key
|
Revise
|
|
| Myrmecocystus
|
Formicinae
|
25
|
Key
|
Tune Up
|
|
| Myrmica
|
Myrmicinae
|
47
|
Key
|
Revise
|
|
| Neivamyrmex
|
Dorylinae
|
28
|
Key
|
Tune Up
|
|
| Neoponera
|
Ponerinae
|
1
|
|
Good
|
Single species, Neoponera villosa
|
| Nesomyrmex
|
Myrmicinae
|
1
|
|
Good
|
Single species, Nesomyrmex wilda
|
| Nomamyrmex
|
Dorylinae
|
1
|
|
Good
|
Single species, Nomamyrmex esenbeckii
|
| Novomessor
|
Myrmicinae
|
2
|
Key
|
Good
|
|
| Nylanderia
|
Formicinae
|
21
|
Key
|
Tune Up
|
|
| Ochetellus
|
Dolichoderinae
|
1
|
|
Good
|
Single introduced species, Ochetellus glaber
|
| Odontomachus
|
Ponerinae
|
6
|
Key
|
Good
|
|
| Pachycondyla
|
Ponerinae
|
1
|
|
Good
|
Single species, Pachycondyla harpax
|
| Paratrechina
|
Formicinae
|
1
|
|
Good
|
Single species, Paratrechina longicornis
|
| Pheidole
|
Myrmicinae
|
78
|
|
Tune Up
|
|
| Platythyrea
|
Ponerinae
|
1
|
|
Good
|
Single species, Platythyrea punctata
|
| Pogonomyrmex
|
Myrmicinae
|
29
|
Key
|
Good
|
|
| Polyergus
|
Formicinae
|
15
|
Key
|
Good
|
|
| Ponera
|
Ponerinae
|
2
|
Key
|
Good
|
|
| Prenolepis
|
Formicinae
|
3
|
|
Good
|
|
| Prionopelta
|
Amblyoponinae
|
1
|
|
Good
|
Single species, Prionopelta antillana
|
| Proceratium
|
Proceratiinae
|
9
|
Key
|
Good
|
|
| Pseudomyrmex
|
Pseudomyrmecinae
|
10
|
Key
|
Good
|
|
| Pseudoponera
|
Ponerinae
|
1
|
|
Good
|
Single introduced species, Pseudoponera stigma
|
| Rogeria
|
Myrmicinae
|
2
|
Key
|
Good
|
|
| Solenopsis
|
Myrmicinae
|
33
|
|
Revise
|
|
| Stenamma
|
Myrmicinae
|
18
|
|
Revise
|
|
| Stigmatomma
|
Amblyoponinae
|
3
|
Key
|
Good
|
|
| Strumigenys
|
Myrmicinae
|
51
|
Key
|
Tune Up
|
|
| Syscia
|
Dorylinae
|
1
|
|
Tune up
|
Single species, Syscia augustae
|
| Tapinoma
|
Dolichoderinae
|
6
|
Key
|
Revise
|
|
| Technomyrmex
|
Dolichoderinae
|
2
|
Key
|
Good
|
Two introduced species
|
| Temnothorax
|
Myrmicinae
|
63
|
California
|
Revise
|
|
| Tetramorium
|
Myrmicinae
|
13
|
Key
|
Good
|
|
| Trachymyrmex
|
Myrmicinae
|
9
|
Key
|
Good
|
|
| Trichomyrmex
|
Myrmicinae
|
1
|
|
Good
|
Single introduced species, Trichomyrmex destructor
|
| Typhlomyrmex
|
Ectatomminae
|
1
|
|
Revise
|
Single unidentified species
|
| Veromessor
|
Myrmicinae
|
8
|
Key
|
Tune Up
|
|
| Vollenhovia
|
Myrmicinae
|
2
|
|
Good
|
Two introduced species
|
| Wasmannia
|
Myrmicinae
|
1
|
|
Good
|
Single introduced species, Wasmannia auropunctata
|
| Xenomyrmex
|
Myrmicinae
|
1
|
|
Good
|
Single species, Xenomyrmex floridanus
|
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