Rhode Island

A Field Guide to the Ants of New England (Ellison et al., 2012) revealed that the smallest state in the region, Rhode Island, was very poorly sampled for ants. A field study was begun in 2017 to sample ants in the state.

Below are the ants that have been found in various sites that have been sampled as part of this study.

Doug Rayner Wildlife Refuge, Barrington, Rhode Island; Barrington Land Conservation Trust. Summer 2017

Sortable table

Genus / Species	Rayner	Lime Rock	W. Alton Jones	Queens River	Cuttyhunk Brook
Aphaenogaster fulva	X	X	X		X
Aphaenogaster picea	X	X	X		X
Aphaenogaster rudis	X	X	X	X	X
Aphaenogaster treatae				X
Brachymyrmex depilis	X		X
Camponotus chromaiodes		X			X
Camponotus nearcticus	X	X	X
Camponotus pennsylvanicus	X	X	X	X	X
Crematogaster cerasi					X
Crematogaster lineolata	X		X	X
Forelius pruinosus				X
Formica dolosa				X
Formica exsectoides	X
Formica incerta	X		X	X	X
Formica neogagates			X
Formica pallidefulva	X
Formica pergandei					X
Formica subaenescens					X
Formica subintegra	X
Formica subsericea	X	X	X
Lasius alienus	X	X	X		X
Lasius claviger			X		X
Lasius flavus			X
Lasius interjectus					X
Lasius nearcticus			X	X	X
Lasius subglaber		X
Lasius neoniger	X		X	X
Monomorium emarginatum	X			X
Myrmecina americana	X	X	X
Myrmica afsmi		X		X	X
Myrmica americana	X		X	X
Myrmica incompleta		X			X
Myrmica punctiventris	X	X	X		X
Myrmica sp.	X
Nylanderia parvula				X
Ponera pennsylvanica	X		X		X
Prenolepis imparis	X		X	X
Proceratium sp.	X
Solenopsis molesta	X			X
Solenopsis cf. texana			X		X
Stenamma brevicorne	X	X	X	X
Stenamma impar	X
Tapinoma sessile	X				X
Temnothorax ambiguus	X		X
Temnothorax americanus	X	X
Temnothorax curvispinosus	X	X	X
Temnothorax longispinosus	X	X	X		X
Temnothorax pilagens	X
Temnothorax schaumii	X
Tetramorium atratulum			X
Tetramorium immigrans	X	X	X	X

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.