Welcome to AntWiki

Antwiki provides a wealth of information on the world's ants. Contributions come from ant experts together with discussions provided by everyone. In addition, data is collated from numerous global databases and integrated with individual taxon pages.

Overview

 * Life in a Colony
 * The Life Cycle
 * Feeding
 * Nests
 * Ants as Pests
 * Specimen Preparation
 * Collecting Methods
 * World Ant Taxonomists (Photos, Biographies, and Taxonomic Papers)
 * Classification
 * Identification
 * Glossary of Terms
 * Identification keys
 * Extinct Ants

Lists

 * Countries by Region
 * Regional Projects
 * Regional Taxon Lists
 * Diversity by Country
 * Diversity by Taxonomic Group
 * Subfamilies, Genera, Species, Subspecies
 * Fossil Subfamilies, Genera, Species
 * All fossils (subfamilies, genera and species)
 * Links to lists of Ant Names
 * An Antwiki "Table of Contents" based on categories
 * Genome Sequences
 * Conservation status (IUCN Red List, Case Histories)

Catalogues and Checklists
Barry Bolton continues to revise both the Synopsis and New General Catalogue and updated versions are made available every six months. For reference citation use: Bolton's Catalogue and Synopsis, VERSION: 1 JANUARY 2012.
 * [[Media:Bolton Synopsis 2012 JAN.pdf|Barry Bolton's Synopsis of the Formicidae PDF]]
 * [[Media:Bolton NGC 2012 JAN.pdf|Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue of the Ants of the World PDF]]

In addition, lists of valid and invalid names can be downloaded as spreadsheet files. Right-click, save and open with Excel.
 * [[Media:AntWiki_Valid_Species.txt|List of valid species (names in use) (tab-delimited text)]]
 * [[Media:AntWiki_Invalid_Species.txt|List of invalid species (names not in use) (tab-delimited text)]]
 * [[Media:AntWiki_Fossil_Species.txt|List of valid fossil species (names in use) (tab-delimited text)]]

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