New England Ant Species

Covering the six New England states, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.

This list is based on the 2012 book A Field Guide to the Ants of New England.

A

 * Aphaenogaster fulva
 * Aphaenogaster mariae
 * Aphaenogaster picea - a species complex
 * Aphaenogaster rudis - a species complex
 * Aphaenogaster tennesseensis
 * Aphaenogaster treatae

B

 * Brachymyrmex depilis
 * Brachyponera chinensis

C

 * Camponotus americanus
 * Camponotus caryae
 * Camponotus castaneus
 * Camponotus chromaiodes
 * Camponotus herculeanus
 * Camponotus nearcticus
 * Camponotus novaeboracensis
 * Camponotus pennsylvanicus
 * Crematogaster cerasi
 * Crematogaster lineolata

D

 * Dolichoderus mariae
 * Dolichoderus plagiatus
 * Dolichoderus pustulatus
 * Dolichoderus taschenbergi

F

 * Forelius pruinosus (discovered for the first time in NE in a RI pine barren)
 * Formica adamsi


 * Formica argentea
 * Formica aserva
 * Formica cf. fossaceps'' - an undescribed species
 * Formica creightoni
 * Formica dakotensis - occurs in bordering areas and is likely to be found in New England
 * Formica difficilis
 * Formica dirksi - only known from type specimens
 * Formica dolosa
 * Formica exsectoides
 * Formica glacialis
 * Formica hewitti
 * Formica impexa
 * Formica incerta
 * Formica integra
 * Formica knighti
 * Formica lasioides
 * Formica morsei - only known from type specimens
 * Formica neogagates
 * Formica neorufibarbis
 * Formica nepticula
 * Formica obscuriventris
 * Formica pallidefulva
 * Formica pergandei
 * Formica podzolica
 * Formica querquetulana
 * Formica reflexa
 * Formica rubicunda
 * Formica subaenescens
 * Formica subintegra
 * Formica subsericea
 * Formica ulkei
 * Formicoxenus provancheri

H

 * Harpagoxenus canadensis
 * Hypoponera punctatissima - non-native species

L

 * Lasius alienus
 * Lasius cf. niger - this may be an undescribed species
 * Lasius cf. umbratus'' - an undescribed species
 * Lasius claviger
 * Lasius flavus
 * Lasius interjectus
 * Lasius latipes
 * Lasius minutus
 * Lasius murphyi - occurs in bordering areas and is likely to be found in New England
 * Lasius nearcticus
 * Lasius neoniger
 * Lasius pallitarsis
 * Lasius plumopilosus - occurs in bordering areas and is likely to be found in New England
 * Lasius speculiventris
 * Lasius subglaber
 * Lasius subumbratus
 * Lasius umbratus
 * Leptothorax retractus
 * Leptothorax sp. AF-can - an undescribed species
 * Leptothorax sp. AF-erg - an undescribed species
 * Leptothorax sphagnicola - occurs in bordering areas and is likely to be found in New England
 * Leptothorax wilsoni

M

 * Monomorium emarginatum
 * Monomorium floricola - non-native species
 * Monomorium pharaonis - non-native species
 * Monomorium viridum
 * Myrmecina americana
 * Myrmecina new species - an inquiline social parasite of Myrmecina americana
 * Myrmica alaskensis
 * Myrmica americana
 * Myrmica brevispinosa
 * Myrmica detritinodis
 * Myrmica fracticornis
 * Myrmica incompleta
 * Myrmica lampra - occurs in bordering areas and is likely to be found in New England
 * Myrmica latifrons
 * Myrmica lobifrons
 * Myrmica nearctica
 * Myrmica pinetorum
 * Myrmica punctiventris
 * Myrmica quebecensis - occurs in bordering areas and is likely to be found in New England
 * Myrmica rubra - non-native species
 * Myrmica scabrinodis - non-native species
 * Myrmica semiparasitica
 * Myrmica sp. AF-eva - an undescribed species
 * Myrmica sp. AF-ine - an undescribed species
 * Myrmica sp. AF-scu - an undescribed species
 * Myrmica sp. AF-smi - an undescribed species
 * Myrmica sp. AF-sub - an undescribed species

N

 * Nylanderia deceptrix - a social parasite of Nylanderia parvula
 * Nylanderia flavipes - non-native species
 * Nylanderia parvula

P

 * Paratrechina longicornis - non-native species
 * Pheidole flavens non-native species
 * Pheidole pilifera
 * Polyergus cf. longicornis - an undescribed species
 * Polyergus lucidus
 * Polyergus montivagus - occurs in bordering areas and is likely to be found in New England
 * Ponera pennsylvanica
 * Prenolepis imparis
 * Proceratium crassicorne
 * Proceratium pergandei
 * Proceratium silaceum

S

 * Solenopsis molesta
 * Solenopsis cf. texana - an undescribed species
 * Stenamma brevicorne
 * Stenamma diecki
 * Stenamma impar
 * Stenamma schmittii
 * Stigmatomma pallipes
 * Strumigenys metazytes
 * Strumigenys pergandei
 * Strumigenys pulchella

T

 * Tapinoma melanocephalum - non-native species
 * Tapinoma new species - an inquiline social parasite of Tapinoma sessile
 * Tapinoma sessile
 * Temnothorax ambiguus
 * Temnothorax americanus - as Protomognathus americanus
 * Temnothorax curvispinosus
 * Temnothorax longispinosus
 * Temnothorax schaumii
 * Temnothorax texanus
 * Tetramorium atratulum - non-native species
 * Tetramorium caespitum - non-native species