This list is from a webpage once posted on the antbase.org website. It featured a checklist created by Stefan Cover that represents a well informed idea about the ants found in this region. This list also includes species that occur in Long Island.
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Dolichoderinae
Formicinae
Myrmicinae
Ponerinae
Genus Dolichoderus (Subfamily Dolichoderinae)
Dolichoderus mariae Forel
Dolichoderus plagiatus (Mayr)
Dolichoderus pustulatus Mayr
Dolichoderus taschenbergi (Mayr)
Forelius pruinosus (Roger)
Tapinoma sessile (Say)
Acanthomyops claviger (Roger)
Acanthomyops interjectus (Mayr)
Acanthomyops latipes (Walsh)
Acanthomyops murphyi (Forel)
Acanthomyops plumipilosus Buren
Acanthomyops subglaber Emery
Brachymyrmex depilis Emery
Camponotus americanus Mayr
Camponotus castaneus (Latreille)
Camponotus ferrugineus Emery
Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus)
Camponotus nearcticus Emery
Camponotus novoboracensis (Fitch)
Camponotus pennsylvanicus (DeGeer)
Camponotus subbarbatus Emery
Formica creightoni Buren
Formica difficilis Emery
Formica exsectoides Forel
Formica fusca Linnaeus
Formica impexa Wheeler, W.M.
Formica incerta Buren
Formica integra Nylander
Formica knighti Buren
Formica lasioides Emery
Formica morsei Wheeler W.M.
Formica neogagates Emery
Formica neorufibarbis Emery
Formica nepticula Wheeler W.M.
Formica obscuriventris Mayr
Formica pergandei Emery
Formica querquetulana Kennedy & Dennis
Formica rubicunda Emery
Formica schaufussi Mayr
Formica subintegra Emery
Formica subnuda Emery
Formica subsericea Say
Lasius alienus (Foerster)
Lasius flavus (Fabricius)
Lasius minutus Emery
Lasius nearcticus Wheeler, W.M.
Lasius neoniger Emery
Lasius nsp (Roger)
Lasius pallitarsis (Provancher)
Lasius speculiventris (Roger)
Paratrechina flavipes (Smith)
Paratrechina nsp
Paratrechina parvula (Mayr)
Polyergus lucidus Mayr
Prenolepis imparis (Say)
Aphaenogaster carolinensis Wheeler
Aphaenogaster fulva Roger
Aphaenogaster rudis rudis Emery
Aphaenogaster tennesseensis Mayr
Aphaenogaster treatae Forel
Crematogaster cerasi (Fitch)
Crematogaster lineolata (Say)
Formicoxenus provancheri (Emery)
Harpagoxenus americanus (Emery)
Leptothorax ambiguus Emery
Leptothorax curvispinosus Mayr
Leptothorax davisi MacKay
Leptothorax duloticus Wesson
Leptothorax longispinosus Roger
Leptothorax minutissimus Smith
Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander)
Leptothorax schaumi Roger
Monomorium minimum (Buckley)
Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus)
Monomorium trageri Dubois
Monomorium viride Brown
Myrmecina americana Emery
Myrmecina nsp
Myrmica americana Weber
Myrmica emeryana Forel
Myrmica fracticornis Emery
Myrmica incompleta Provancher
Myrmica pinetorum W.M. Wheeler
Myrmica punctiventris Roger
Myrmica rubra Linnaeus
Pheidole davisi Wheeler, W.M.
Pheidole morrisi Forel
Pheidole pilifera Cole
Pheidole tysoni Forel
Smithistruma clypeata (Roger)
Smithistruma missouriensis (M.R. Smith)
Smithistruma ohioensis (Kennedy and Schramm)
Smithistruma pergandei (Emery)
Smithistruma pulchella (Emery)
Solenopsis molesta (Say)
Solenopsis texana Emery
Stenamma brevicorne (Mayr)
Stenamma diecki Emery
Stenamma impar Forel
Stenamma schmitti W.M. Wheeler
Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus)
Anergates atratulus Schenck
Amblyopone pallipes (Haldeman)
Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger)
Ponera pennsylvanica Buckley
Proceratium pergandei (Emery)
Proceratium silaceum Roger
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