Mississippi Entomological Museum (MEM) Ant Lists

MEM Ant Collection

Southeastern United States Ants [species] [exotics] [pest species]
      Great Smoky Mountains National Park (TN and NC)
      Natchez Trace Parkway (MS, AL, and TN)
Alabama [species] [exotics] [pest species]
      Bibb County (especially Bibb Co. Glades)
      Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge (Baldwin Co.)
      Joe Wheeler State Park & Prairie Grove Glades
Arkansas [species] [exotics] [pest species]
Florida [species] [exotics] [pest species]
Georgia [species] [exotics] [pest species]
      Big Hammock N.A.
      Fall Line Sand Hills N.A.
      Ohoopee Dunes N.A.
Louisiana [species] [exotics] [pest species]
Mississippi [species] [exotics] [pest species]
      Mississippi State Parks
      Black Belt Prairie
      Camp Tik-a-witha, Chickasaw Co.
      Deaton Preserve, Greene Co.
      Horn Island
      Natchez Trace Parkway
      Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge
      Okatibbee Lake, Lauderdale Co.
      Palestinean Gardens Preserve, George Co.
      Tombigbee National Forest
North Carolina [species] [exotics] [pest species]
South Carolina [species] [exotics] [pest species]
Tennessee [species] [exotics] [pest species]

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Ants of North America

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World Ants
Nearctic Ants
      Alabama
      Arizona
      Baja
      California
      Florida
      Hawaii
      Illinois
      Louisiana
      Mississippi
      Missouri

State Lists of Ants

Alabama -MacGown, J. A. and J. A. Forster.  2005.  A preliminary list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Alabama.  Entomological News 116: 61-74. [pdf]

Ants of Alabama (Mississippi Entomological Museum web site)

Murphree, L. C. 1947. Alabama Ants, Description, Distribution, and Biology, with Notes on the Control of the Most Important Household Species. M. S. Thesis, Mississippi State College, State College. 144 pp.

Arkansas - Warren, L.O., and E.P. Rouse. 1969. "The ants of Arkansas.". Univ. Arkansas Agric. Exp. Stn. Bull. No. 742, 68 p.

Arizona - Ants of Arizona by Dale Ward (web site)

Hunt, J.H., and R.R. Snelling. 1975. "A checklist of the ants of Arizona." J. Ariz. Acad. Sci. 10:20-23.

California- Ward, P. S. 2005. A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 936: 1-68.

Ants of California (AntWeb-web site)

Colorado - Gregg, R.E. 1963. The ants of Colorado, with reference to their ecology, taxonomy, and geographic distribution. University of Colorado Press.

Florida - Deyrup, M. 2003. An updated list of Florida ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Florida Entomologist 86 (1): 43-48.

Ants of Florida (AntWeb-web site)

Georgia - Graham, J. H., H. H. Hughie, S. Jones, K. Wrinn, A. J. Krzysik, J. J. Duda, D. C. Freeman, J. M. Emlen, J. C. Zak, D. A. Kovacic, C. Chamberlin-Graham, and H. Balbach. 2004. Habitat disturbance and the diversity and abundance of ants (Formicidae) in the southeastern fall-line sandhills. Journal of Insect Science 4: 30, 15 pp.

Ipser, R. M., M. A. Brinkman, W. A. Gardner, and H. B. Peeler. 2004. A survey of the ground-dwelling ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Georgia. Florida Entomologist 87 (3): 253-260.

Hawaii-Hawaii Group Ant Web Site

Idaho - Yensen, N.P., W.H. Clark, and A. Francoeur. 1977. "A checklist of Idaho ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Pan Pac. Entomol. 53:181-187.

Illinois - DuBois, M.B., and W.E. LaBerge. 1989. Annotated list of ants in Illinois (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). pp. 133-156 in J.C. Trager (ed). Advances in Myrmecology. E.J. Brill: New York, New York, USA.

Indiana - Munsee, J.R., W.B. Jansma, and J.R. Schrock. 1986. A revision of the checklist of Indiana ants with the addition of five new species (Hymenoptera:

Iowa - Buren, W. F. 1944. A list of Iowa ants. Iowa State College Journal of Science 18: 277-312.

Kansas - Dubois, M.B. 1985. Distribution of ants in Kansas: subfamilies Ponerinae, Ecitoninae, and Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 11: 153-187.

Louisiana - Moser, J. C. and M. S. Blum. 1960. The Formicidae of Louisiana. Insect Conditions in Louisiana 3: 48-50.

Dash, S. T. 2005. Species Diversity and biogeography of Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Louisianan, with Notes on their Ecology. M.S. Thesis, Louisiana State University, 290 pp.

Ants of Louisiana on AntWeb

Michigan - Wheeler, G.C., J. Wheeler, and P.B. Kannowski. 1994. Checklist of the ants of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Great Lakes Entomologist 26: 297-310.

Minnesota - Gregg, R.E. 1946. The ants of Northeastern Minnesota. The American Midland Naturalist 35: 747-755.

Mississippi- Ants of Mississippi (Mississippi Entomological Museum Website)

Missouri - Ants of Missouri (web site)

Montana - Wheeler, G.C. and J. Wheeler.1988. A checklist of the ants of Montana. Psyche 95: 101-113.

Nevada - Wheeler, G.C. and J. Wheeler. 1986. The ants of Nevada. Natural History Museum of Los Angelos County: Los Angeles, California, USA.

New Mexico - MacKay, W. and E. MacKay. 2002. The Ants of New Mexico. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Edwin Mellen Press. New York 398 pp. + 2 plates.

North Carolina - Carter, W. G. 1962. "Ant distribution in North Carolina." J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 78:150-204.

The Ants of North Carolina web site

North Dakota - Wheeler, G. C. and J. Wheeler. 1977. North Dakota ants updated. Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada System: Reno, Nevada, USA.

Ohio - Wesson, L. G. and R. G. Wesson. 1940. A collection of ants from southcentral Ohio. The American Midland Naturalist 24: 89-103.

Oklahoma - Young, J. and D. E. Howell. 1964. "Ants of Oklahoma." Miscelleanous Publication of the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station No. 71:1-42.

South Carolina - Van Pelt, A., and J. B. Gentry. 1985. "The ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Savannah River Plant, South Carolina." Dept. Energy,Savannah River Ecology Lab., Aiken, SC., Report SRO-NERP-14, 56 p.

South Dakota - Wheeler, G. C. and J. Wheeler.1987. A checklist of the ants of South Dakota. Prairie Naturalist: 19: 199-208.

Tennessee -Cole, A. C. 1940. A guide to the ants of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. American Midland Naturalist 24: 1-88.

Cole, A. C. 1953. A checklist of ants of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science. 28 (1): 34-35.

Gibbs, M. M. 2003. Ground-inhabiting ants collected in a mixed hardwood southern Appalachian forest in eastern Tennessee. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science.

Texas - Wheeler, G. C., and J. Wheeler. 1985. "A checklist of Texas ants." Prairie Nat. 17:49-64.

Van Pelt, A.F. 1983. "Ants of the Chisos Mountains, Texas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Southwest. Nat. 28:137-142.

Cokendolpher, J.C. 1990. "The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of western Texas. Part III. Additions and corrections.". Special Publications, The Museum, Texas Tech University number 31, 19 p.

Cokendolpher, J.C., and O.F. Francke. 1990. "The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of western Texas. Part II. Subfamilies Ecitoninae, Ponerinae, Pseudomyrmecinae, Dolichoderinae, and Formicinae.". Special Publications, The Museum, Texas Tech University number 30, p. 1-76.

O'Keefe, S. T.; J. L. Cook; T. Dudek; D. F. Wunneburger; M. D. Guzman; R. N. Coulson and S. B. Vinson. 2000. The Distribution of Texas Ants. Southwestern Entomologist. 22: 1-92.

Utah - Rees, D. M., and A.W. Grundmann. 1940. "A preliminary list of the ants of Utah." Bull. Univ. Utah Biol. Ser. 31(5):3-12.

Allred, D. M. 1982. "Ants of Utah." Great Basin Nat. 42:415-511.

Wisconsin - Ants of Wisconsin: A Preliminary List (web site)

Burrill, A.C., and M.R. Smith. 1919.A key to the species of Wisconsin ants, with notes on their habits. Ohio Journal of Science 19: 279-292.

Midwestern USA- Distribution of Ants in the Midwestern United States (Web Site)

Canadian Ants Lists

British Columbia-Naumann, K., W.B. Preston and G.L. Ayre. 1999. An annotated checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of British Columbia. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia Vol. 96.

Heron, J. 2005. Ants of South Okanagan Grasslands, British Columbia. Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands Newsletter 11: 17-22. [pdf]

Manitoba - Wheeler, G.C., J. Wheeler, T.D. Galloway, and G.L. Ayre. 1989. A list of the ants of Manitoba. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Manitoba 45: 34-49.