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Colorado Ant Species/Genera


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#1 Offline Ants_Texas - Posted June 18 2017 - 9:31 PM

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This is a quick post of all of the native genera and species that live in Colorado, USA. I may have missed some, so please let me know if I did. Also let me know what state/country to do next! Hope this helps all of the antkeepers in Colorado!  :yahoo:

 

Guide:

Letter:

Genera - Amount of Species

Species of Genera

 

Genera - Amount of Species (and so on)

 

A:

Aphaenogaster - 6 

Aphaenogaster boulderensis

Aphaenogaster fulva

Aphaenogaster huachucana

Aphaenogaster occidentalis

Aphaenogaster rudis

Aphaenogaster uinta

 

B:

Brachymyrmex - 1

Brachymyrmex depilis

 

​C:

Camponotus - 15 

Camponotus americanus

Camponotus decipiens

Camponotus discolor

Camponotus festinatus

Camponotus herculeanus

Camponotus laevigatus

Camponotus maccooki

Camponotus modoc

Camponotus nearctius

Camponotus novaeboracensis

Camponotus ocreatus

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Camponotus sansabeanus

Camponotus sayi

Camponotus vicinus

 

Crematogaster - 10

Crematogaster cerasi

Crematogaster crinosa

Crematogaster depilis

Crematogaster emeryana

Crematogaster laeviuscula

Crematogaster lineolata

Crematogaster minutissima

Crematogaster missouriensis

Crematogaster mormonum

Crematogaster navajoa

 

​D:

Dorymyrmex - 5 

Dorymyrmex bicolor

Dorymyrmex flavus

Dorymyrmex insanus

Dorymyrmex pyramicus

Dorymyrmex smithi

 

E:

None.

 

F:

Forelius - 2 

Forelius mccooki

Forelius pruinosus

 

Formica - 63  :o

Formica accreta

Formica adamsi

Formica adamsi alpina

Formica adamsi whymperi

Formica altipetens

Formica argentea

Formica aserva

Formica aterrima

Formica bradleyi

Formica canadensis

Formica ciliata

Formica coloradensis

Formica comata

Formica criniventris

Formica curiosa

Formica dakotensis

Formica densiventris

Formica dolosa

Formica emeryi

Formica exsectoides

Formica fossaceps

Formica francoevri

Formica fusca

Formica gnava

Formica gynocrates

Formica hewitti

Formica incerta

Formica integra

Formica integroides

Formica laeviceps

Formica lasioides

Formica lepida

Formica limata

Formica microgyna

Formica moki

Formica montana

Formica mucescens

Formica neoclara

Formica neogagates

Formica neorufibarbis

Formica obscuripes

Formica obscuriventris

Formica obtusopilosa

Formica occulta

Formica opaciventris

Formica oreas

Formica pallidefulva

Formica pergandei

Formica perpilosa

Formica planipilis

Formica podzolica

Formica propinqua

Formica puberula

Formica querquetulana

Formica ravida

Formica rubicunda

Formica subaenescens

Formica subintegra

Formica subnitens

Formica subpolita

Formica subsericea

Formica vinculans

Formica wheeleri

 

Formicoxenus - 3 

Formicoxenus diversipilosus

Formicoxenus hirticornis

Formicoxenus provancheri

 

​G:

None.

 

H:

Harpagoxenus - 1 

Harpagoxenus canadensis

 

Hypoponera - 2 

Hypoponera opacior

Hypoponera trigona

 

I:

None.

 

J:

None.

 

K:

None.

 

L:

Lasius - 23

Lasius alienus

Lasius californicus

Lasius claviger

Lasius coloradensis

Lasius creightoni

Lasius crypticus

Lasius fallax

Lasius flavus

Lasius humilis

Lasius interjectus

Lasius latipes

Lasius minutus

Lasius murphyi

Lasius nearcticus

Lasius neoniger

Lasius niger

Lasius occidentalis

Lasius pallitarsis

Lasius pogonogynus

Lasius sitiens

Lasius subglaber

Lasius subumbratus

Lasius umbratus

 

Leptothorax - 2 

Leptothorax crassipilis

Leptothorax muscorum

 

Liometopum - 3 

Liometopum apiculatum

Liometopum luctuosum

Liometopum occidentale

 

M:

Manica - 1 

Manica invidia

 

Monomorium - 3 

Monomorium cyaneum

Monomorium minimum

Monomorium viridum

 

Myrmecina - 1 

Myrmecina americana

 

Myrmecocystus - 9 

Myrmecocystus ewarti

Myrmecocystus melliger

Myrmecocystus mendax

Myrmecocystus mexicanus

Myrmecocystus mimicus

Myrmecocystus navajo

Myrmecocystus romainei

Myrmecocystus semirufus

Myrmecocystus yuma

 

Myrmica - 17 

Myrmica americana

Myrmica brevispinosa

Myrmica crassirugis

Myrmica discontinua

Myrmica fracticornis

Myrmica glacialis

Myrmica hamulata

Myrmica incompleta

Myrmica latifrons

Myrmica lobifrons

Myrmica monticola

Myrmica nearctica

Myrmica rugiventris

Myrmica spatulata

Myrmica striolagaster

Myrmica tahoensis

Myrmica wheelerorum

 

N:

Neivamyrmex - 3 

Neivamyrmex kiowapache

Neivamyrmex nigrescens

Neivamyrmex texanus

 

Nylanderia - 1 

Nylanderia hystrix

 

O:

None.

 

P:

Pheidole - 12 

Pheidole bicarinata

Pheidole ceres

Pheidole cockerelli

Pheidole desertorum

Pheidole elecebra

Pheidole grundmanni

Pheidole hyatti

Pheidole inquilina

Pheidole pilifera

Pheidole porcula

Pheidole senex

Pheidole soritis

 

Pogonomyrmex - 7 

Pogonomyrmex apache 

Pogonomyrmex barbatus

Pogonomyrmex imberbiculus

Pogonomyrmex maricopa

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pogonomyrmex rugosus

Pogonomyrmex salinus

 

Polyergus - 4

Polyergus breviceps

Polyergus mexicanus

Polyergus montivagus

Polyergus topoffi

 

Ponera - 1 

Ponera pennsylvanica

 

Prenolepis - 1 

Prenolepis imparis

 

Proceratium - 1 

Proceratium pergandei

 

Q:

None.

 

R:

None.

 

S:

Solenopsis - 5 

Solenopsis carolinensis

Solenopsis molesta

Solenopsis salina

Solenopsis validiuscula

Solenopsis xyloni

 

Stenamma - 4

Stenamma brevicorne

Stenamma diecki

Stenamma huachucanum

Stenamma snellingi

 

Stigmatomma - 1 

Stigmatomma pallipes

 

Strumigenys - 2

Strumigenys arazonica

Strumigenys ohioensis

 

T:

Tapinoma - 1 

Tapinoma sessile

 

Temnothorax - 10 

Temnothorax andrei

Temnothorax furunculus

Temnothorax neomexicanus

Temnothorax nevadensis

Temnothorax nitens

Temnothorax obliquicanthus

Temnothorax rugatulus

Temnothorax schmitti

Temnothorax texanus

Temnothorax tricarinatus

 

U:

None.

 

V:

Veromessor - 1 

Veromessor lobognathus

 

W:

None.

 

X:

None.

 

Y:

None.

 

Z:

None.

 

Hope I miraculously spelt everything right.. and I hope that this can help you figure out what species you have since you can google the pictures.  %)


Edited by Ants_Texas, November 11 2017 - 12:19 PM.

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#2 Offline Battles - Posted June 22 2017 - 9:25 AM

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what about our favorite little tetras?

#3 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted June 22 2017 - 9:58 AM

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It seems that only the native species have been listed.
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#4 Offline Ants_Texas - Posted August 20 2017 - 10:52 AM

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It seems that only the native species have been listed.

Yes only the native ones. 






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