This checklist is based on work by Nielsen (1987) and Franceour (1997). There are 19 ant species known to occur in Alaska.
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Formicinae
Myrmicinae
Genus Acanthomyops (Subfamily Formicinae)
Acanthomyops latipes (Walsh)
Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus)
Formica dakotensis Emery
Formica fusca Linnaeus
Formica neogagates Emery
Formica neorufibarbis Emery
Formica obscuripes Forel
Formica podzolica Francoeur
Formica subnuda Emery
Formica whymperi Wheeler
Lasius neoniger Emery
Lasius sitkaensis Pergande
Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius)
Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander)
Manica invidia Nylander
Myrmica alaskensis Wheeler
Myrmica brevispinosa Wheeler
Myrmica incompleta Provancher
Myrmica lobicornis Emery
Bibliography:
Nielsen, M. G. 1987. The ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in northern and interior Alaska. A survey along the trans-Alaskan pipeline and a few highways. Entomological News 98:74-88.
Francoeur, A. 1997. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Yukon. Pages 901-910 in H. V. Danks and J. A. Downes, editors. Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), Ottawa.
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