Species Accounts

Ant Identification

 * See Ant Identification for guidelines on how to identify ants.
 * Several Identification keys are available, covering different Taxa and Geographic regions.
 * Keys to Subfamilies
 * Keys to Genera
 * Keys to Subgenera and Species Groups
 * The complete Identification Key list
 * They can also be found in the subfamily or genus page (Keys to Ponerinae genus, Keys to Tetramorium species)
 * Some regions have summary pages that gather all current available information to identify ants to species level:
 * Afrotropical Region (Excluding Arabian Peninsula)
 * Afrotropical Region Species List


 * Neotropical Region
 * Character States for Extant Ant Genera of the Formicidae are listed in a table derived from Synopsis of the Formicidae (Bolton 2003).

Browse by Rank

 * Subfamilies
 * Genera
 * Species
 * Subspecies

Taxa by Region

 * Afrotropical
 * Australasian
 * Indo-Australian
 * Nearctic
 * Neotropical
 * Palaearctic

Taxa by Country

 * List of Countries
 * Countries by Region

Fossil Taxa

 * Subfamilies
 * Genera
 * Species
 * All fossils (subfamilies, genera and species)
 * Fossil genera and species by subfamily

Lists of Names

 * Taxa described for each year from 1758 to current year
 * Assorted lists of Names in Taxonomy
 * List of Museums and Institutions with Formicidae Collections

Downloadable Data

 * Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World - Barry Bolton continues to update his Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World and new versions are available here.
 * His older [[Media:Synopsis of the Formicidae July 2014.pdf|Synopsis of the Formicidae]] (Date: --) is now out of date, but is available for historical reasons.


 * Data - In addition to the NGC, lists of taxon names and associated data can be downloaded as spreadsheet files. Right-click, save and open with Excel.
 * Genera
 * [[Media:AntWiki_Valid_Genera.txt|List of valid genera (names in use)]] (tab-delimited text) (Date: --)
 * [[Media:AntWiki_Invalid_Genera.txt|List of invalid genera (names not in use)]] (tab-delimited text) (Date: --)
 * Species
 * [[Media:AntWiki_Valid_Species.txt|List of valid species (names in use)]] (tab-delimited text) (Date: --)
 * [[Media:AntWiki_Invalid_Species.txt|List of invalid species (names not in use)]] (tab-delimited text) (Date: --)
 * [[Media:AntWiki Type Specimens.txt|Type specimen details]] (tab-delimited text) (Date: --)
 * Fossils
 * [[Media:AntWiki_Fossil_Genera.txt|List of valid fossil genera (names in use)]] (tab-delimited text) (Date: --)
 * [[Media:AntWiki_Fossil_Species.txt|List of valid fossil species (names in use)]] (tab-delimited text) (Date: --)
 * World Distribution
 * [[Media:AntWiki_Regional_Taxon_List.txt|Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists]] (combined Regional Taxon Lists data (tab-delimited text)) (Date: --)