This is a complete list of all the known ant species found in the US state of Tennessee, made using the references of AntMaps and the Mississippi Entomological Museum.
There are currently 163 species of ants known from Tennessee, 154 native, and 9 exotic.
Introduced species indicated by an asterisk. (*)
Aphaenogaster ashmeadi
Aphaenogaster carolinensis
Aphaenogaster fulva
Aphaenogaster lamellidens
Aphaenogaster mariae
Aphaenogaster picea
Aphaenogaster rudis
Aphaenogaster tennesseensis
Aphaenogaster texana
Aphaenogaster treatae
Brachymyrmex depilis
*Brachymyrmex patagonicus
*Brachyponera chinensis
Camponotus americanus
Camponotus caryae
Camponotus castaneus
Camponotus chromaiodes
Camponotus decipiens
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Camponotus snellingi
Camponotus subbarbatus
Colobopsis impressa
Colobopsis mississippiensis
Colobopsis obliqua
Crematogaster ashmeadi
Crematogaster cerasi
Crematogaster dentinodis
Crematogaster laeviuscula
Crematogaster lineolata
Crematogaster minutissima
Crematogaster missouriensis
Crematogaster pilosa
Crematogaster pinicola
Crematogaster punctulata
Crematogaster vermiculata
Cryptopone gilva
Dolichoderus mariae
Dolichodeus plagiatus
Dolichoderus pustulatus
Dolichoderus taschenbergi
Dorymyrmex bureni
Dorymyrmex flavus
Forelius mccooki
Forelius pruinosus
Formica argentea
Formica aserva
Formica biophilica
Formica difficilis
Formica dolosa
Formica exsectoides
Formica incerta
Formica integra
Formica neogagates
Formica neorufibarbis
Formica obscuriventris
Formica pallidefulva
Formica pergandei
Formica querquetulana
Formica rubicunda
Formica subaenescens
Formica subintegra
Formica subsericea
Hypoponera inexorata
Hypoponera opacior
Hypoponera trigona
Lasius americanus
Lasius aphidicola
Lasius brevicornis
Lasius claviger
Lasius interjectus
Lasius latipes
Lasius nearcticus
Lasius neoniger
Lasius pubescens
Lasius speculiventris
Lasius subglaber
*Linepithema humile
Monomorium minimum
*Monomorium pharaonis
Monomorium viridum
Myrmecina americana
Myrmica americana
Myrmica fracticornis
Myrmica incompleta
Myrmica latifrons
Myrmica pinetorum
Myrmica punctiventris
Myrmica spatulata
Neivamyrmex carolinensis
Neivamyrmex nigrescens
Neivamyrmex opacithorax
Nylanderia arenivaga
Nylanderia faisonensis
Nylanderia parvula
Nylanderia terricola
*?Nylanderia vividula
Pheidole bicarinata
Pheidole constipata
Pheidole crassicornis
Pheidole dentata
Pheidole dentigula
Pheidole morrissi
Pheidole pilifera
Pheidole tepicana
Pheidole tysoni
Pogonomyrmex badius
Polyergus lucidus
Ponera exotica
Ponera pennsylvanica
Prenolepis imparis
Proceratium chickasaw
Proceratium crassicorne
Proceratium croceum
Proceratium pergandei
Proceratium silaceum
Pseudomyrmex pallidus
Solenopsis carolinensis
*Solenopsis invicta
*Solenopsis invicta x ricteri
Solenopsis molesta
Solenopsis pergandei
Solenopsis picta
*Solenopsis richteri
Solenopsis tennesseensis
Solenopsis texana
Solenopsis xyloni
Stenamma brevicorne
Stenamma diecki
Stenamma impar
Stenamma meridionale
Stenamma schmittii
Stigmatomma pallipes
Strumigenys abdita
Strumigenys angulata
Strumigenys cloydi
Strumigenys clypeata
Strumigenys creightoni
Strumigenys dietrichi
Strumigenys laevinasis
Strumigenys louisianae
Strumigenys metazytes
Strumigenys missouriensis
Strumigenys ohioensis
Strumigneys ornata
Strumigenys pergandei
Strumigneys pilinasis
Strumigenys pulchella
Strumigenys peflexa
Strumigneys rostrata
Strumigenys talpa
Tapinoma sessile
Temnothorax bradleyi
Temnothorax curvispinosus
Temnothorax longispinosus
Temnothorax pergandei
Temnothorax schaumii
Temnothorax smithi
Temnothorax texanus
Temnothorax tuscaloosae
*Tetramorium immigrans
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis
Edited by CloudtheDinosaurKing, May 9 2019 - 8:11 AM.
Thanks! We have mini trap-jaw ants! You should do all 50 states. We should get these pinned.
