This checklist was compiled by Dr. James Trager. Subfamily and genus classification follows Bolton (2003) with the following exception: Acanthomyops is provisionally returned to a subgenus of Lasius, a change that will likely be formalized with the next revision of this group. Species nomenclature follows Bolton (1995), except in the Formica pallidefulva group, as Trager, et al. (2007) where F. incerta is resurrected from synonymy, in Aphaenogaster which follows Umphrey (1996), and in the Tetramorium caespitum group which follows Schlick-Steiner, et. al. (2006).
An introduction to the ants (Formicidae) of the tallgrass prairie is an excellent introduction to prairie ant ecology and the tallgrass prairie ant fauna. The checklist found on this site is slightly outdated but still provides a useful list of ant species one would expect to encounter in a visit to a Missouri tallgrass prairie habitat.
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Subfamily AmblyoponinaeAmblyopone pallipesSubfamily DolichoderinaeDolichoderus mariaeDolichoderus plagiatus Dolichoderus taschenbergi Dorymyrmex flavus *Dorymyrmex grandulus Dorymyrmex medeis (=smithi?) Forelius pruinosus +Tapinoma melanocephalum Tapinoma sessile Tapinoma n. sp.Technomyrmex albipes Subfamily Ecitoninae*Neivamyrmex carolinensisNeivamyrmex nigrescens Neivamyrmex opacithorax Subfamily FormicinaeBrachymyrmex depilisCamponotus (Camponotus) americanus Formica (exsecta group) exsectoides Formica (neogagates group) neogagates Formica (neogagates group) vinculans Formica (pallidefulva group) incerta Formica (pallidefulva group) pallidefulva Formica (pallidefulva group) dolosa Formica (pallidefulva group) n. sp. Formica (rufa-microgyna group) difficilis *Formica (rufa-microgyna group) knighti Formica (rufa-microgyna group) obscuripes Formica (rufa-microgyna group) obscuriventris *Formica (rufa-microgyna group) prociliata Formica (rufa-microgyna group) postoculata Formica (rufa-microgyna group) querquetulana Formica (sanguinea group) creightoni Formica (sanguinea group) pergandei Formica (sanguinea group) rubicunda Formica (sanguinea group) subintegra Formica (subsericea group) argentea Formica (subsericea group) subsericea Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger Lasius (Acanthomyops) interjectus Lasius (Acanthomyops) latipes *Lasius (Acanthomyops) murphyi *Lasius (Cautolasius) flavus *Lasius (Cautolasius) nearcticus *Lasius (Chthonolasius) subumbratus *Lasius (Chthonolasius) speculiventris Lasius (Chthonolasius) umbratus Lasius (Lasius) alienus Lasius (Lasius) neoniger Paratrechina arenivaga +Paratrechina bourbonica Paratrechina faisonensis Paratrechina parvula Paratrechina terricola Polyergus lucidus longicornis Polyergus lucidus lucidus Polyergus lucidus montivagus *Polyergus breviceps Polyergus umbratus (?) Prenolepis imparis Subfamily Myrmicinae?Aphaenogaster ashmeadiAphaenogaster carolinensis Aphaenogaster fulva Aphaenogasater lamellidens Aphaenogaster mariae Aphaenogaster tennesseensis Aphaenogaster treatae |
Myrmicinae (continued from bottom of previous column)
Aphaenogaster N16Aphaenogaster N19Aphaenogaster N22Crematogaster ashmeadi Crematogaster atkinsoni Crematogaster cerasi Crematogaster laeviuscula Crematogaster lineolata Crematogaster missuriensis Crematogaster pilosa Crematogaster punctulata Monomorium minimum +Monomorium pharaonis Myrmecina americana Myrmica americana Myrmica brevispinosa *Myrmica fracticornis Myrmica incompleta *Myrmica latifrons Myrmica lobifrons *Myrmica pinetorum Myrmica punctiventris Pheidole bicarinata Subfamily Ponerinae*Cryptopone gilvaHypoponera opacior Ponera exotica Ponera pennsylvanica Subfamily ProceratiinaeProceratium croceumProceratium pergandei Proceratium silaceum |
Bolton, B. 1995. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71: 370.
Schlick-Steiner, Birgit C., Florian M. Steiner, et al. 2006. A multidisciplinary approach reveals cryptic diversity in Western Palearctic Tetramorium ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40 (1): 259-273
Trager, J.C, J.A. MacGown, M.D. Trager. (in press, 2007). Revision of the Nearctic endemic Formica pallidefulva group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute.Umphrey, G. 1996. Morphometric discrimination among sibling species in the fulva-rudis-texana complex of the ant genus Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 74:528-559.
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