ColoradoColoradoColoradoColoradoThis checklist is based on work by Nielsen (1987) and Franceour (1997). There are 19 species of ants known to occur in Alaska.
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Amblyoponinae
Dolichoderinae
Ecitoninae
Formicinae
Myrmicinae
Ponerinae
Amblyopone pallipes (Haldeman)
Dorymyrmex pyramicus (Roger)
Forelius mccooki (McCook)
Forelius pruinosus (Roger)
Liometopum apiculatum Mayr
Liometopum luctuosum W.M. Wheeler
Tapinoma sessile (Say)
Neivamyrmex nigrescens (Cresson)
Acanthomyops claviger (Roger)
Acanthomyops coloradensis (Wheeler)
Acanthomyops interjectus (Mayr)
Acanthomyops murphyi (Forel)
Acanthomyops occidentalis (Wheeler)
Acanthomyops pogonogynous Buren
Acanthomyops subglaber Emery
Brachymyrmex depilis Emery
Camponotus decipiens Emery
Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus)
Camponotus laevigatus (F. Smith)
Camponotus modoc Wheeler
Camponotus nearcticus Emery
Camponotus noveboracensis (Fitch)
Camponotus sansabeanus (Buckley)
Camponotus vicinus Mayr
Formica adamsi alpina Wheeler, W.M.
Formica altipetens Wheeler
Formica argentea Wheeler
Formica aserva
Formica bradleyi Wheeler
Formica ciliata Mayr
Formica coloradensis Creighton
Formica comata Wheeler
Formica criniventris Wheeler
Formica dakotensis Emery
Formica densiventris Viereck
Formica emeryi Wheeler
Formica exsectoides Forel
Formica fusca Linnaeus
Formica gnava Buckley
Formica haemorrhoidalis Emery
Formica hewitti Wheeler
Formica laeviceps Creighton
Formica lasioides Emery
Formica lepida Wheeler, W.M.
Formica limata Wheeler
Formica microgyna Wheeler
Formica mucescens Wheeler
Formica neoclara Emery
Formica neogagates Emery
Formica neorufibarbis Emery
Formica obscuripes Forel
Formica obscuriventris Mayr
Formica obscuriventris cliva Creighton
Formica obtusopilosa Emery
Formica opaciventris Emery
Formica oreas Wheeler
Formica pallidefulva Emery
Formica pallidefulva nitidiventris Emery
Formica pergandei Emery
Formica perpilosa Wheeler
Formica planipilis Creighton
Formica propinqua W.M. Wheeler
Formica puberula Emery
Formica ravida Wheeler
Formica rubicunda Emery
Formica schaufussi dolosa Wheeler
Formica subnitens Creighton
Formica subpolita Mayr
Formica wheeleri Creighton
Lasius alienus (Foerster)
Lasius flavus (Fabricius)
Lasius humilis Wheeler
Lasius latipes (Walsh)
Lasius nearcticus Wheeler, W.M.
Lasius neoniger Emery
Lasius pallitarsis (Provancher)
Lasius subumbratus Viereck
Lasius umbratus (Nylander)
Myrmecocystus mendax Wheeler
Myrmecocystus mexicanus Waesmael
Myrmecocystus navajo Wheeler
Myrmecocystus semirufus Emery
Polyergus breviceps Emery
Polyergus lucidus Mayr
Prenolepis imparis coloradensis Wheeler
Aphaenogaster fulva Roger
Aphaenogaster huachucana Creighton
Aphaenogaster occidentalis (Emery)
Aphaenogaster rudis Enzmann
Aphaenogaster subterranea valida Wheeler
Aphaenogaster uinta Wheeler
Crematogaster emeryana Creighton
Crematogaster lineolata (Say)
Crematogaster minutissima missuriensis Emery
Crematogaster punctulata Emery
Formicoxenus hirticornus (Emery)
Formicoxenus provancheri (Emery)
Leptothorax crassipilis Wheeler
Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander)
Leptothorax schmitti Wheeler
Leptothorax tricarinatus Emery
Leptothorax tricarinatus neomexicanus Wheeler
Manica invidia Nylander
Messor lobognathus Andrews
Monomorium minimum (Buckley)
Monomorium viride Brown
Myrmecina americana Emery
Myrmica americana Weber
Myrmica brevispinosa Wheeler
Myrmica discontinua Weber
Myrmica fracticornis Emery
Myrmica hamulata Weber
Myrmica incompleta Provancher
Myrmica latifrons Starcke
Myrmica lobifrons Pergande
Myrmica monticola Wheeler
Myrmica rugiventris (Smith)
Myrmica striolagaster Cole
Myrmica whymperi Forel
Pheidole bicarinata Forel
Pheidole bicarinata vinelandica Forel
Pheidole ceres Wheeler
Pheidole cockerelli Wheeler
Pheidole desertorum Wheeler
Pheidole elecebra Wheeler, W.M.
Pheidole grundmanni M.R. Smith
Pheidole hyatti Emery
Pheidole inquilina (W.M.Wheeler)
Pheidole longula Emery
Pheidole pilifera coloradensis Emery
Pheidole senex Gregg
Pheidole sitarches rufescens Wheeler, W.M.
Pogonomyrmex apache Wheeler
Pogonomyrmex barbatus (Smith, F.)
Pogonomyrmex comanche Wheeler
Pogonomyrmex imberbiculus Wheeler
Pogonomyrmex maricopa Wheeler
Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (Cresson)
Pogonomyrmex rugosus Emery
Solenopsis molesta (Say)
Solenopsis molesta validiuscula Emery
Solenopsis salina Wheeler
Solenopsis truncorum Forel
Solenopsis xyloni McCook
Stenamma brevicorne (Mayr)
Stenamma diecki Emery
Stenamma huachucanum M.R.Smith
Temnothorax furunculus (Wheeler, w.M)
Temnothorax nitens (Emery)
Temnothorax obliquicanthus (Cole)
Temnothorax rugatulus (Emery)
Temnothorax rugatulus brunnescens (Wheeler, W.M.)
Hypoponera opaciceps (Mayr)
Hypoponera opacior (Forel)
Ponera pennsylvanica Buckley
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