Canada



The following valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Canada. Unidentified and undescribed species will be added to this list as identifications are verified and taxonomic revisions are published. This species list is based upon the effort of many ant collectors as well as myrmecologists who have published on the taxonomy of Canadian ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Canadian Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

List of ants of Alberta, Canada.

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster occidentalis (Emery, 1895)

Brachymyrmex

 * Brachymyrmex depilis Emery, 193
 * Brachymyrmex obscurior Forel, 1893

Camponotus

 * Camponotus herculeanus Linnaeus, 1758
 * Camponotus laevigatus (Smith, 1858)
 * Camponotus modoc Wheeler, 1910
 * Camponotus nearcticus Emery, 1893
 * Camponotus novaeboracensis (Fitch, 1855)
 * Camponotus pennsylvanicus De Geer, 1773
 * Camponotus vicinus Mayr, 1870

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster cerasi

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus plagiatus Mayr, 1870
 * Dolichoderus taschenbergi Mayr, 1866

Formica

 * Formica accreta Francoeur, 1973
 * Formica adamsi Wheeler, 1909
 * Formica adamsi whymperi Wheeler, W.M., 1917
 * Formica altipetens Wheeler, 1913
 * Formica arcana Scudder, 1877
 * Formica argentea Wheeler, 1902
 * Formica aserva Forel, 1901
 * Formica bradleyi Wheeler, W.M., 1913
 * Formica canadensis Santschi, 1914
 * Formica curiosa Creighton, 1935
 * Formica dakotensis Emery, 1893
 * Formica densiventris Viereck, 1903
 * Formica emeryi Krausse, 1926
 * Formica exsectoides Forel, 1886
 * Formica fossaceps Buren, 1942
 * Formica fuliginothorax Blacker, 1992
 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758
 * Formica glacialis Wheeler, 1908
 * Formica hewitti Wheeler, W.M., 1917
 * Formica impexa Wheeler, 1905
 * Formica integra Nylander, 1856
 * Formica integroides Wheeler, 1913
 * Formica lasioides Emery, 1893
 * Formica limata Wheeler, 1913
 * Formica microgyna Wheeler, 1903
 * Formica montana Wheeler, 1910
 * Formica neoclara Emery, 1893
 * Formica neogagates Emery, 1893
 * Formica neorufibarbis Emery, 1893
 * Formica obscuripes Forel, 1886
 * Formica obscuriventris Mayr, 1870
 * Formica obtusopilosa Emery, 1893
 * Formica opaciventris Emery, 1893
 * Formica oreas Wheeler, 1903
 * Formica oreas comptula Wheeler, 1903
 * Formica pallidefulva
 * Formica perpilosa Wheeler, 1913
 * Formica planipilis Creighton, 1940
 * Formica podzolica Francoeur, 1973
 * Formica ravida Creighton, 1940
 * Formica reflexa Buren, 1942
 * Formica rubicunda Emery, 1893
 * Formica subintegra Wheeler, 1908
 * Formica subnitens' Creighton, 1940
 * Formica subpolita Mayr, 1886
 * Formica transmontanis Francoeur, 1973
 * Formica ulkei Emery, 1893

Formicoxenus

 * Formicoxenus hirticornis (Emery, 1895)
 * Formicoxenus provancheri Emery, 1895
 * Formicoxenus quebecensis Francoeur, 1985

Harpagoxenus

 * Harpagoxenus canadensis Smith, M.R., 1939

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)

Lasius

 * Lasius alienus (Forster, 1850)
 * Lasius coloradensis Wheeler, 1917
 * Lasius crypticus Wilson, 1955
 * Lasius fallax Wilson, 1955
 * Lasius flavus Fabricius, 1782
 * Lasius latipes (Walsh, 1863)
 * Lasius minutus Emery, 1893
 * Lasius nearcticus Wheeler, W.M., 1906
 * Lasius neoniger Emery, 1893
 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Lasius pallitarsis (Provancher, 1881)
 * Lasius subglaber Emery, 1893
 * Lasius subumbratus Viereck, 1903
 * Lasius umbratus Nylander, 1846
 * Lasius vestitus Wheeler, W.M., 1910
 * Lasius alienus Foerster, 1850
 * Lasius pallitarsis Provancher, 1881

Leptothorax

 * Leptothorax athabasca Buschinger & Schulz, 2008
 * Leptothorax faberi Buschinger, 1983
 * Leptothorax muscorum Nylander, 1846
 * Leptothorax muscorum uvicensis Blacker, 1992
 * Leptothorax paraxenus Heinze & Alloway, 1992
 * Leptothorax pocahontas Buschinger, 1979
 * Leptothorax retractus Francoeur, 1986
 * Leptothorax sphagnicola Francoeur, 1986
 * Leptothorax wilsoni Heinze, 1989

Manica

 * Manica hunteri Wheeler, W.M., 1914
 * Manica invidia Bolton, 1995

Monomorium

 * Monomorium minimum (Buckley, 1867)
 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Myrmica

 * Myrmica alaskensis Wheeler, 1917
 * Myrmica americana Weber, 1939
 * Myrmica brevispinosa Wheeler, 1917
 * Myrmica crassirugis Francoeur, 2007
 * Myrmica detritinodis Emery, 1921
 * Myrmica fracticornis Forel, 1901
 * Myrmica glacialis Emery, 1921
 * Myrmica incompleta Provancher, 1881
 * Myrmica lampra Francoeur, 1968
 * Myrmica latifrons Starcke, 1927
 * Myrmica lobifrons Pergande, 1900
 * Myrmica nearctica Weber, 1939
 * Myrmica quebecensis Francoeur, 1981
 * Myrmica rubra
 * Myrmica whymperi Forel, 1913

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia fulva (Mayr)

Pogonomyrmex

 * Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (Cresson, 1865)
 * Pogonomyrmex salinus Olsen, 1934

Polyergus

 * Polyergus breviceps Emery, 1893
 * Polyergus bicolor Wasmann, 1901
 * Polyergus lucidus Mayr, 1870
 * Polyergus montivagus Wheeler, 1915

Proceratium

 * Proceratium silaceum Roger, 1863

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius)
 * Solenopsis molesta (Say, 1836)
 * Solenopsis rosella Kennedy, 1938
 * Solenopsis texana Emery

Stenamma

 * Stenamma diecki Emery, 1895

Stigmatomma

 * Stigmatomma pallipes (Haldeman, 1844)
 * Stigmatomma oregonense

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys rogeri Emery,

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius)
 * Tapinoma sessile (Say, 1836)

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax ambiguus (Emery, 1895)
 * Temnothorax fragosus (MacKay & Buschinger, 2002)
 * Temnothorax longispinosus Roger, 1863
 * Temnothorax rugatulus (Emery, 1895)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium guineense (Fabricius)
 * Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, F.)

Wasmannia

 * Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger)