United States



The following valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in the United States. 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 United States ants.

Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the United States Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

G

 * Gnamptogenys hartmani (Wheeler, W.M., 1915)


 * Gnamptogenys triangularis (Mayr, 1887)

P

 * Pachycondyla chinensis Emery, 1895


 * Pachycondyla harpax Fabricius, 1804


 * Pachycondyla labandeirai Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2002 [fossil]


 * Pachycondyla stigma Fabricius, 1804


 * Pachycondyla villosa Fabricius, 1804


 * Paleosminthurus juliae Pierce & Gibron, 1962 [fossil]


 * Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802


 * Petraeomyrmex minimus Carpenter, 1930 [fossil]


 * Pheidole absurda Forel, 1886


 * Pheidole adrianoi Naves, 1985


 * Pheidole aurea Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole barbata Wheeler, W.M., 1908


 * Pheidole bicarinata Mayr, 1870


 * Pheidole bureni Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole californica Mayr, 1870


 * Pheidole carrolli Naves, 1985


 * Pheidole casta Wheeler, W.M., 1908


 * Pheidole cavigenis Wheeler, W.M., 1915


 * Pheidole cerebrosior Wheeler, W.M., 1915


 * Pheidole ceres Wheeler, W.M., 1904


 * Pheidole clementensis Gregg, 1969


 * Pheidole clydei Gregg, 1950


 * Pheidole cockerelli Wheeler, W.M., 1908


 * Pheidole constipata Wheeler, W.M., 1908


 * Pheidole crassicornis Emery, 1895


 * Pheidole creightoni Gregg, 1955


 * Pheidole davisi Wheeler, W.M., 1905


 * Pheidole dentata Mayr, 1886


 * Pheidole dentigula Smith, M.R., 1927


 * Pheidole desertorum Wheeler, W.M., 1906


 * Pheidole diversipilosa Wheeler, W.M., 1908


 * Pheidole elecebra Wheeler, W.M., 1904


 * Pheidole fervens (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Pheidole flavens Roger, 1863


 * Pheidole floridana Emery, 1895


 * Pheidole furtiva Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole gilvescens Creighton & Gregg, 1955


 * Pheidole grundmanni Smith, M.R., 1953


 * Pheidole hoplitica Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole humeralis Wheeler, W.M., 1908


 * Pheidole hyatti Emery, 1895


 * Pheidole inquilina Wheeler, W.M., 1903


 * Pheidole juniperae Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole lamia Wheeler, W.M., 1901


 * Pheidole littoralis Cole, 1952


 * Pheidole macclendoni Wheeler, W.M., 1908


 * Pheidole marcidula Wheeler, W.M., 1908


 * Pheidole megacephala Fabricius, 1793


 * Pheidole mera Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole metallescens Emery, 1895


 * Pheidole micula Wheeler, W.M., 1915


 * Pheidole militicida Wheeler, W.M., 1915


 * Pheidole moerens Wheeler, W.M., 1908


 * Pheidole morrisii Forel, 1886


 * Pheidole nuculiceps Wheeler, W.M., 1908


 * Pheidole obscurithorax Naves, 1985


 * Pheidole obtusospinosa Pergande, 1896


 * Pheidole paiute Gregg, 1959


 * Pheidole pelor Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole perpilosa Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole pilifera Roger, 1863


 * Pheidole pilosior Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole pinealis Wheeler, W.M., 1908


 * Pheidole porcula Wheeler, W.M., 1908


 * Pheidole portalensis Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole psammophila Creighton & Gregg, 1955


 * Pheidole rhea Wheeler, W.M., 1908


 * Pheidole rugulosa Gregg, 1959


 * Pheidole sciara Cole, 1955


 * Pheidole sciophila Wheeler, W.M., 1908


 * Pheidole senex Gregg, 1952


 * Pheidole sitiens Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole soritis Wheeler, W.M., 1908


 * Pheidole spadonia Wheeler, W.M., 1915


 * Pheidole teneriffana Forel, 1893


 * Pheidole tepicana Pergande, 1896


 * Pheidole tertiaria Carpenter, 1930 [fossil]


 * Pheidole tetra Creighton, 1950


 * Pheidole texana Wheeler, W.M., 1903


 * Pheidole titanis Wheeler, W.M., 1903


 * Pheidole tysoni Forel, 1901


 * Pheidole vallicola Wheeler, W.M., 1915


 * Pheidole virago Wheeler, W.M., 1915


 * Pheidole vistana Forel, 1914


 * Pheidole wheelerorum MacKay, 1988


 * Pheidole xerophila Wheeler, W.M., 1908


 * Pheidole yaqui Creighton & Gregg, 1955


 * Plagiolepis alluadi Emery, 1894


 * Platythyrea punctata Smith, F., 1858


 * Pogonomyrmex anergismus Cole, 1954


 * Pogonomyrmex anzensis Cole, 1968


 * Pogonomyrmex apache Wheeler, W.M., 1902


 * Pogonomyrmex badius Latreille, 1802


 * Pogonomyrmex barbatus Smith, F., 1858


 * Pogonomyrmex bicolor Cole, 1968


 * Pogonomyrmex bigbendensis Francke & Merickel, 1982


 * Pogonomyrmex brevispinosus Cole, 1968


 * Pogonomyrmex californicus Buckley, 1867


 * Pogonomyrmex colei Snelling, 1982


 * Pogonomyrmex comanche Wheeler, W.M., 1902


 * Pogonomyrmex desertorum Wheeler, W.M., 1902


 * Pogonomyrmex fossilis Carpenter, 1930 [fossil]


 * Pogonomyrmex huachucanus Wheeler, W.M., 1914


 * Pogonomyrme imberbiculus Wheeler, W.M., 1902


 * Pogonomyrmex magnacanthus Cole, 1968


 * Pogonomyrmex maricopa Wheeler, W.M., 1914


 * Pogonomyrmex mohavensis Johnson, 2009


 * Pogonomyrmex montanus MacKay, 1980


 * Pogonomyrmex occidentalis Cresson, 1865


 * Pogonomyrmex pima Wheeler, W.M., 1909


 * Pogonomyrmex rugosus Emery, 1895


 * Pogonomyrmex salinus Olsen, 1934


 * Pogonomyrmex subdentatus Mayr, 1870


 * Pogonomyrmex subnitidus Emery, 1895


 * Pogonomyrmex tenuispinus Forel, 1914


 * Pogonomyrmex texanus Francke & Merickel, 1982


 * Polyergus breviceps Emery, 1893


 * Polyergus lucidus Mayr, 1870


 * Polyergus lucidus longicornis Smith, M.R., 1947


 * Polyergus rufescens laeviceps Wheeler, W.M., 1915


 * Ponera exotica Smith, M.R., 1962


 * Ponera pennsylvanica Buckley, 1866


 * Ponerites coloradensis Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2002 [fossil]


 * Ponerites eocenicus Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2002 [fossil]


 * Ponerites hypoponeroides Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2002 [fossil]


 * Prenolepis imparis (Say, 1836)


 * Prenolepis imparis arizonica Wheeler, W.M., 1930


 * Prenolepis imparis coloradensis Wheeler, W.M., 1930


 * Prionopelta antillana Forel, 1909


 * Proceratium californicum Cook, 1953


 * Proceratium chickasaw De Andrade, 2003


 * Proceratium compitale Ward, 1988


 * Proceratium crassicorne Emery, 1895


 * Proceratium creek De Andrade, 2003


 * Proceratium croceum Roger, 1860


 * Proceratium pergandei Emery, 1895


 * Proceratium silaceum Roger, 1863


 * Proiridomyrmex vetulus Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2003 [fossil]


 * Protazteca capitata Carpenter, 1930 [fossil]


 * Protazteca elongata Carpenter, 1930 [fossil]


 * Protazteca hendersoniCockerell, 1906 [fossil]


 * Protazteca quadrata Carpenter, 1930 [fossil]


 * Protomognathus americanus Emery, 1895


 * Protrechina carpenteri Wilson, 1985 [fossil]


 * Pseudocamponotus elkoanus Carpenter, 1930 [fossil]


 * Pseudomyrmex apache Creighton, 1953


 * Pseudomyrmex caeciliae Forel, 1913


 * Pseudomyrmex cubaensis Forel, 1901


 * Pseudomyrmex ejectus Smith, F., 1858


 * Pseudomyrmex elongatus Mayr, 1870


 * Pseudomyrmex extinctus Carpenter, 1930 [fossil]


 * Pseudomyrmex gracilis (Fabricius, 1804)


 * Pseudomyrmex leptosus Ward, 1985


 * Pseudomyrmex pallidus Smith, F., 1855


 * Pseudomyrmex seminole Ward, 1985


 * Pseudomyrmex simplex Smith, F., 1877


 * Pyramica abdita Wesson, L.G. & Wesson, R.G., 1939


 * Pyramica angulata Smith, M.R., 1931


 * Pyramica apalachicolensis Deyrup & Libertazzi, 2001


 * Pyramica archboldi Deyrup & Cover, 1998


 * Pyramica arizonica Ward, 1988


 * Pyramica bimarginata Wesson, L.G. & Wesson, R.G., 1939


 * Pyramica boltoni Deyrup, 2006


 * Pyramica bunki Brown, 1950


 * Pyramica californica Brown, 1950


 * Pyramica carolinensis Brown, 1964


 * Pyramica chiricahua Ward, 1988


 * Pyramica cloydi Pfitzer, 1951


 * Pyramica clypeata Roger, 1863


 * Pyramica creightoni Smith, M.R., 1931


 * Pyramica deyrupi Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica dietrichi Smith, M.R., 1931


 * Pyramica eggersi Emery, 1890


 * Pyramica filirrhina Brown, 1950


 * Pyramica filitalpa Brown, 1950


 * Pyramica gundlachi Roger, 1862


 * Pyramica hexamera Brown, 1958


 * Pyramica hyalina Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica inopina Deyrup & Cover, 1998


 * Pyramica laevinasis Smith, M.R., 1931


 * Pyramica margaritae Forel, 1893


 * Pyramica membranifera Emery, 1869


 * Pyramica memorialis Deyrup, 1998


 * Pyramica metazytes Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica missouriensis Smith, M.R., 1931


 * Pyramica ohioensis Kennedy & Schramm, 1933


 * Pyramica ornata Mayr, 1887


 * Pyramica pergandei Emery, 1895


 * Pyramica pilinasis Forel, 1901


 * Pyramica pulchella Emery, 1895


 * Pyramica reflexa Wesson, L.G. & Wesson, R.G., 1939


 * Pyramica reliquia Ward, 1988


 * Pyramica rohweri Smith, M.R., 1935


 * Pyramica rostrata Emery, 1895


 * Pyramica subnuda MacGown & Hill, 2010


 * Pyramica talpa Weber, 1934


 * Pyramica wrayi Brown, 1950

V

 * Vollenhovia emeryi Wheeler, W.M., 1906

W

 * Wasmannia auropunctata Roger, 1863

X

 * Xenomyrmex floridanus Emery, 1895