| Class | Order | Superfamily | Family | Common Name | World | Wisconsin | Gallery | NCBI | UW IRC |
| Insecta | Hymenoptera | Vespoidea | Formicidae | Ants | 11,769 ? | ~100 ? | Photos | Formicidae | Records |
| Genus species | Described | Common Name | AntWeb | HNS* | ITIS# | States (MI,MN,WI) | |
| Dolichoderus mariae | Forel | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Dolichoderus plagiatus | (Mayr) | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Dolichoderus pustulatus | Mayr | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Dolichoderus taschenbergi | (Mayr) | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN, WI | ||
| Dorymyrmex insanus | (Buckley) | records | valid | species| images | |||
| Dorymyrmex pyramicus | (Roger) | records | valid | species| images | MN | ||
| Forelius pruinosus | (Roger) | records | valid | species| images | |||
| Linepithema humile | (Mayr) | Argentine Ant | records | valid | 575041 | species| images | WI |
| Tapinoma melanocephalum | (Fabricus) | records | valid | species| images | WI | ||
| Tapinoma sessile | (Say) | Odorous House Ant | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN, WI |
| Genus species | Described | Common Name | AntWeb | HNS* | ITIS# | States (MI,MN,WI) | |
| Acanthomyops bureni | Wing | records | valid | species| images | WI | ||
| Acanthomyops claviger | (Rodger) | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN, WI | ||
| Acanthomyops interjectus | (Mayer) | Larger Yellow Ants | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN, WI | |
| Acanthomyops latipes | (Walsh) | records | valid | species| images | MN, WI | ||
| Acanthomyops murphyi | (Forel) | records | valid | species| images | MI | ||
| Acanthomyops occidentalis | (Wheeler ) | records | valid | species| images | MN | ||
| Acanthomyops plumopilosus | (Buren) | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Acanthomyops pubescens | (Buren) | records | valid | species| images | MN | ||
| Acanthomyops subglaber | (Emery) | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Brachymyrmex depilis | Emery | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN, WI | ||
| Camponotus americanus | Mayer | records | valid | 575620 | species| images | MI, MN, WI | |
| Camponotus caryae | (Fitch) | records | valid | species| images | MI | ||
| Camponotus chromaiodes | Bolton | records | valid | species| images | |||
| Camponotus discolor | (Buckley) | records | valid | species| images | MN | ||
| Camponotus herculeanus | (Linnaeus) | records | valid | 575995 | species| images | MI, MN | |
| Camponotus modoc | Wheeler, W.M. | records | valid | species| images | MN | ||
| Camponotus nearcticus | Emery | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Camponotus noveboracensis | (Fitch) | records | valid | 576210 | species| images | MI, MN | |
| Camponotus pennsylvanicus | (De Geer) | Black Carpenter Ant | records | valid | 154198 | species| images | MI, MN |
| Camponotus subbarbatus | Emery | records | valid | species| images | MI | ||
| Formica adamsi whymperi | Wheeler | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN, WI | ||
| Formica aserva | Forel | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN, WI | ||
| Formica bradleyi | Wheeler | records | valid | species| images | MN | ||
| Formica ciliata | Mayr | records | valid | species| images | MN | ||
| Formica creightoni | Buren | records | valid | species| images | MI | ||
| Formica dakotensis | Emery | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Formica difficilis | Emery | records | valid | species| images | |||
| Formica emeryi | Wheeler | records | valid | species| images | MN | ||
| Formica exsectoides | Forel | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN, WI | ||
| Formica fossaceps | Buren | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Formica fusca | Linnaeus | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Formica glacialis | Wheeler | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Formica gynocrates | Snelling & Buren | records | valid | species| images | MI | ||
| Formica hewitti | Wheeler | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Formica impexa | Wheeler | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Formica integra | Nylander | records | valid | species| images | MI | ||
| Formica knighti | Buren | records | valid | species| images | |||
| Formica lasioides | Emery | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Formica montana | Wheeler | records | valid | species| images | MN | ||
| Formica neoclara | Emery | records | valid | species| images | |||
| Formica neogagates | Viereck | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN,WI | ||
| Formica neorufibarbis | Emery | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Formica nepticula | Wheeler | records | valid | species| images | MI | ||
| Formica obscuriventris | Mayr | records | valid | species| images | MN | ||
| Formica obtusopilosa | Emery | records | valid | species| images | MN | ||
| Formica oreas comptula | Wheeler | records | valid | species| images | MN | ||
| Formica pallidefulva | Latreille | records | valid | species| images | MI | ||
| Formica pergandei | Emery | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN, WI | ||
| Formica perpilosa | Wheeler | records | valid | species| images | |||
| Formica podzolica | Francoeur | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Formica prociliata | Kennedy & Dennis | records | valid | species| images | MI | ||
| Formica reflexa | Buren | records | valid | species| images | MN | ||
| Formica rubicunda | Emery | records | valid | species| images | MI, WI | ||
| Formica schaufussi | Mayr | records | valid | species| images | MI, WI | ||
| Formica spatulata | Buren | records | valid | species| images | MN | ||
| Formica subintegra | Wheeler | records | valid | species| images | MI,WI | ||
| Formica subsericea | Say | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN, WI | ||
| Formica vinculans | Wheeler | records | valid | species| images | MI | ||
| Formica whymperi* | Wheeler | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN, WI | ||
| Lasius alienus | (FÓrster) | Cornfield Ants | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | |
| Lasius flavus | Fabricus | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Lasius minutus | Emery | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Lasius nearcticus | Wheeler | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Lasius neoniger | Emery | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN, WI | ||
| Lasius pallitarsis | (Provancher) | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Lasius speculiventris | (Emery) | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Lasius subumbratus | Viereck | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Lasius umbratus | Nylander | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Paratrechina parvula | (Mayr) | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Polyergus breviceps | Emery | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Polyergus lucidus | Mayer | records | valid | species| images | MI | ||
| Prenolepis imparis | (Say) | False Honey Ants | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN, WI |
| Genus species | Described | Common Name | AntWeb | HNS* | ITIS# | States (MI,MN,WI) | |
| Aphaenogaster fulva | Rodger | records | valid | species| images | MI, WI | ||
| Aphaenogaster mariae | Forel | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Aphaenogaster picea | Wheeler | records | valid | species| images | MN, WI | ||
| Aphaenogaster tennesseensis | Mayr | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN, WI | ||
| Aphaenogaster treatae | Forel | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Crematogaster cerasi | (Fitch) | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Crematogaster lineolata | (Say) | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN, WI | ||
| Formicoxenus hirticornis | (Emery) | records | valid | species| images | MI, | ||
| Formicoxenus provancheri | (Emery) | records | valid | species| images | MI, | ||
| Harpagoxenus canadensis | Smith | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Leptothorax muscorum | (Nylander) | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Monomorium minimum | (Buckley) | Little Black Ant | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN, WI | |
| Monomorium pharaonis | (Linnaeus) | Pharaoh Ants | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN, WI | |
| Myrmica alaskensis | Wheeler | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Myrmica americana | Weber | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Myrmica brevinodis | Emery | records | valid | species| images | WI | ||
| Myrmica fracticornis | Emery | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Myrmica incompleta | Provancher | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Myrmica latifrons | Starcke | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Myrmica lobifrons | Pergande | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Myrmica nearctica | Weber | records | valid | species| images | MI | ||
| Myrmica pinetorum | Wheeler | records | valid | species| images | MI | ||
| Myrmica punctiventris | Roger | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Myrmica scabrinodis | Nylander | records | valid | species| images | WI | ||
| Pheidole bicarinata | Mayr | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Pheidole pilifera | Roger | records | valid | species| images | MN | ||
| Protomognathus americanus | (Emery) | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Pyramica pergandei | (Emery) | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Pyramica pulchella | (Emery) | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Solenopsis molesta | (Say) | Thief Ants | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | |
| Stenamma brevicorne | (Mayr) | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Stenamma diecki | Emery | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Stenamma impar | Forel | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Stenamma schmitti | Wheeler, W.M. | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Temnothorax ambiguus | Emery | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Temnothorax curvispinosus | Mayr | records | valid | species| images | MI, | ||
| Temnothorax duloticus | Wesson | records | valid | species| images | MI, | ||
| Temnothorax longispinosus | Rodger | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Temnothorax texanus | Wheeler | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Tetramorium caespitum | (Linnaeus) | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN |
| Genus species | Described | Common Name | AntWeb | HNS* | ITIS# | States (MI,MN,WI) | |
| Amblyopone pallipes | (Haldeman) | records | valid | species| images | MI, | ||
| Ponera pennsylvanica | Buckley | records | valid | species| images | MI, MN | ||
| Proceratium silaceum | Rodger | records | valid | species| images | MI, | ||
| Hypoponera opacior | (Forel) | records | valid | species| images | |||
| Proceratium croceum | (Roger) | records | valid | species| images | |||
| Proceratium pergandei | (Emery) | records | valid | species| images |
References
Questions about Wisconsin Insects: UW-Madison Insect Diagnostic Lab
*HNS = Hymenoptera Name Server
University of Nebraska - Lincoln: Ant Identification
Extension: What to do about Household Ants
*Distribution of ants in the Midwestern USA
Preliminary list and distribution of the ants of Minnesota
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A key to the species of Wisconsin ants, with notes on their habits. Ohio Journal of Science 19: 279-292. [
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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.
Wheeler, G.C., J. Wheeler, and P.B. Kannowski. 1994.
Checklist of the ants of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Great Lakes Entomologist 26: 297-310.
Gregg, R.E. 1946.
The ants of Northeastern Minnesota. The American Midland Naturalist 35: 747-755.