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Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Alberta: A key to species
based primarily on the worker caste
CJAI 22 July 4, 2013
doi:10.3752/cjai.2013.22
James R.N. Glasier1, John H. Acorn2, Scott E. Nielsen2, and Heather Proctor3
1 Corresponding author: Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G
2H1 jglasier@ualberta.ca
2 Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2H1 john.acorn@ales.ualberta.ca, scott.nielsen@ales.ualberta.ca
3 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E9 hproctor@ualberta.ca
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Table 1. List of species of Formicidae known from Alberta:
Asterisks (*) indicate ant species that have been reported from Alberta in the literature, but have not been encountered by the authors.
Subfamily Dolichoderinae
Genus Dolichoderus
Dolichoderus taschenbergi (Mayr) 1866
Genus Tapinoma
Tapinoma sessile (Say) 1836
Subfamily Formicinae
Genus Brachymyrmex
Brachymyrmex depilis Emery 1893
Brachymyrmex obscurior Forel 1893
Genus Camponotus
Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus) 1758
Camponotus laevigatus (Smith) 1858 (Hansen and Klotz 2005*)
Camponotus modoc Wheeler 1910
Camponotus nearcticus Emery1893
Camponotus novaeboracensis (Fitch) 1855
Camponotus vicinus Mayr 1870
Genus Formica
Formica accreta Francoeur 1973
Formica adamsi Wheeler 1909
Formica altipetens Wheeler 1913
Formica argentea Wheeler 1902
Formica aserva Forel 1901
Formica bradleyi Wheeler1913
Formica canadensis Santschi 1914
Formica dakotensis Emery 1893
Formica densiventris Viereck 1903
Formica emeryi Krausse1926
Formica fossaceps Buren 1942
Formica fusca Linnaeus 1758
Formica glacialis Wheeler 1908
Formica hewitti Wheeler 1917
Formica impexa Wheeler 1905
Formica integroides Wheeler 1913
Formica lasioides Emery 1893
Formica limata Wheeler 1913
Formica microgyna Wheeler 1903
Formica montana Wheeler 1910
Formica neoclara Emery 1893
Formica neogagates Viereck 1903
Formica neorufibarbis Emery 1893
Formica obscuripes Forel 1886
Formica obscuriventris Mayr 1870
Formica obtusopilosa Emery 1893
Formica opaciventris Emery 1893
Formica oreas Wheeler 1903
Formica oreas comptula Wheeler 1913
Formica perpilosa Wheeler 1913
Formica planipilis Creighton 1940
Formica podzolica Francoeur 1973
Formica puberula Emery 1893
Formica ravida Creighton 1940
Formica rubicunda Emery 1893
Formica subintegra Wheeler 1908
Formica subnitens Creighton 1940
Formica subpolita Mayr 1886
Formica ulkei Emery 1893
Genus Lasius
Lasius alienus (Förster) 1850
Lasius coloradensis Wheeler 1917
Lasius crypticus Wilson 1955
Lasius fallax Wilson 1955
Lasius flavus (Fabricius) 1781
Lasius latipes (Walsh) 1863
Lasius neoniger Emery 1893
Lasius niger (Linnaeus) 1758
Lasius pallitarsis (Provancher) 1881
Lasius subglaber Emery 1893
Lasius subumbratus Viereck 1903
Lasius umbratus (Nylander) 1846
Genus Polyergus
Polyergus breviceps Emery 1893
Subfamily Myrmecinae
Genus Formicoxenus
Formicoxenus hirticornis (Emery) 1895
Formicoxenus provancheri (Emery) 1895
Formicoxenus quebecensis Francoeur 1985
Genus Harpagoxenus
Harpagoxenus canadensis Smith 1939
Genus Leptothorax
Leptothorax athabasca Buschinger and Schultz 2008
Leptothorax faberi Buschinger 1983 (Buschinger 1983*)
Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander) 1846
Leptothorax pocahontas (Buschinger) 1979 (Buschinger 1979*)
Leptothorax retractus Francoeur 1986
Leptothorax wilsoni Heinze 1989 (Heinze et al. 1995*)
Genus Manica
Manica hunteri (Wheeler) 1914
Manica invidia Bolton* 1895 (Sharplin 1966)
Genus Monomorium
Monomorium minimum (Buckley) 1867
Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus) 1758
Genus Myrmica
Myrmica ab01(near Myrmica crassirugis)
Myrmica code AF-eva (near Myrmica americana)
Myrmica alaskensis Wheeler 1917
Myrmica americana Weber 1939
Myrmica brevispinosa Wheeler 1917
Myrmica crassirugis Francoeur 2007
Myrmica detritinodis Emery 1921
Myrmica fracticornis Forel 1901
Myrmica incompleta Provancher 1881
Myrmica latifrons Stärcke 1927
Myrmica lobifrons Pergande 1900
Myrmica nearctica Weber 1939
Genus Pogonomyrmex
Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (Cresson) 1865
Pogonomyrmex salinus Olsen 1934
Genus Solenopsis
Solenopsis molesta (Say) 1836
Genus Temnothorax
Temnothorax ambiguus (Emery) 1895
Temnothorax fragosus (Mackay and Buschinger) 2002
Temnothorax rugatulus (Emery) 1895
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