New England Ant Species

New England encompasses the states of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.

This list is based on the 2012 book A Field Guide to the Ants of New England
.

Related webpage:

• New England Ant Identification
• Ants of Connecticut and Rhode Island

Aphaenogaster

• Aphaenogaster fulva
• Aphaenogaster mariae
• Aphaenogaster picea - a species complex
• Aphaenogaster rudis - a species complex
• Aphaenogaster tennesseensis
• Aphaenogaster treatae

Brachymyrmex

• Brachymyrmex depilis

Brachyponera

• Brachyponera chinensis

Camponotus

• Camponotus americanus
• Camponotus caryae
• Camponotus castaneus
• Camponotus chromaiodes
• Camponotus herculeanus
• Camponotus nearcticus
• Camponotus novaeboracensis
• Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster cerasi
• Crematogaster lineolata

Dolichoderus

• Dolichoderus mariae
• Dolichoderus plagiatus
• Dolichoderus pustulatus
• Dolichoderus taschenbergi

Forelius

• Forelius pruinosus

Formica

• Formica adamsi
• Formica argentea
• Formica aserva
• Formica cf. fossaceps - an undescribed species
• Formica creightoni
• Formica dakotensis - occurs in bordering areas and is likely to be found in New England
• Formica difficilis
• Formica dirksi - only known from type specimens
• Formica dolosa
• Formica exsectoides
• Formica glacialis
• Formica hewitti
• Formica impexa
• Formica incerta
• Formica integra
• Formica knighti
• Formica lasioides
• Formica morsei - only known from type specimens
• Formica neogagates
• Formica neorufibarbis
• Formica nepticula
• Formica obscuriventris
• Formica pallidefulva
• Formica pergandei
• Formica podzolica
• Formica querquetulana
• Formica reflexa
• Formica rubicunda
• Formica subaenescens
• Formica subintegra
• Formica subsericea
• Formica ulkei

Formicoxenus

• Formicoxenus provancheri

Harpagoxenus

• Harpagoxenus canadensis

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera punctatissima - non-native species

Lasius

• Lasius americanus
• Lasius brevicornis Emery, 1893
• Lasius cf. umbratus - an undescribed species
• Lasius claviger
• Lasius interjectus
• Lasius latipes
• Lasius minutus
• Lasius murphyi - occurs in bordering areas and is likely to be found in New England
• Lasius nearcticus
• Lasius neoniger
• Lasius pallitarsis
• Lasius plumopilosus - occurs in bordering areas and is likely to be found in New England
• Lasius speculiventris
• Lasius subglaber
• Lasius subumbratus
• Lasius umbratus

Leptothorax

• Leptothorax retractus
• Leptothorax sp. AF-can - an undescribed species
• Leptothorax sp. AF-erg - an undescribed species
• Leptothorax sphagnicola - occurs in bordering areas and is likely to be found in New England
• Leptothorax wilsoni

Monomorium

• Monomorium emarginatum
• Monomorium floricola - non-native species
• Monomorium pharaonis - non-native species
• Monomorium viridum

Myrmecina

• Myrmecina new species - an inquiline social parasite of Myrmecina americana
• Myrmecina americana

Myrmica

• Myrmica alaskensis
• Myrmica americana
• Myrmica brevispinosa
• Myrmica detritinodis
• Myrmica fracticornis
• Myrmica incompleta
• Myrmica lampra - occurs in bordering areas and is likely to be found in New England
• Myrmica latifrons
• Myrmica lobifrons
• Myrmica nearctica
• Myrmica pinetorum
• Myrmica punctiventris
• Myrmica quebecensis - occurs in bordering areas and is likely to be found in New England
• Myrmica rubra - non-native species
• Myrmica scabrinodis - non-native species
• Myrmica semiparasitica
• Myrmica sp. AF-eva - an undescribed species
• Myrmica sp. AF-ine - an undescribed species
• Myrmica sp. AF-scu - an undescribed species
• Myrmica sp. AF-smi - an undescribed species
• Myrmica sp. AF-sub - an undescribed species

Nylanderia

• Nylanderia deceptrix - a social parasite of Nylanderia parvula
• Nylanderia flavipes - non-native species
• Nylanderia parvula

Paratrechina

• Paratrechina longicornis - non-native species

Pheidole

• Pheidole flavens non-native species
• Pheidole pilifera

Polyergus

• Polyergus sanwaldi
• Polyergus lucidus
• Polyergus montivagus - occurs in bordering areas and is likely to be found in New England

Ponera

• Ponera pennsylvanica

Prenolepis

• Prenolepis imparis

Proceratium

• Proceratium crassicorne
• Proceratium pergandei
• Proceratium silaceum

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis molesta
• Solenopsis cf. texana - an undescribed species

Stenamma

• Stenamma brevicorne
• Stenamma diecki
• Stenamma impar
• Stenamma schmittii

Stigmatomma

• Stigmatomma pallipes

Strumigenys

• Strumigenys metazytes
• Strumigenys pergandei
• Strumigenys pulchella

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma melanocephalum - non-native species
• Tapinoma new species - an inquiline social parasite of Tapinoma sessile
• Tapinoma sessile

Temnothorax

• Temnothorax ambiguus
• Temnothorax americanus - as Protomognathus americanus
• Temnothorax curvispinosus
• Temnothorax longispinosus
• Temnothorax schaumii
• Temnothorax texanus

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium atratulum - non-native species
• Tetramorium immigrans - non-native species

References

Ellison, A. M., N. J. Gotelli, E. J. Farnsworth, and G. D. Alpert. 2012. A Field Guide to the Ants of New England. Yale University Press, New Haven.