Ants

During the summer of 2005, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation students Ian Fiske and Matthew Trager conducted a study of species composition and habitat associations of ant communities in NATL. The list below is from their preliminary report. A 25-page manuscript describes their work in greater detail.

Family FORMICIDAE
Subfamily Dolichoderinae
Dorymyrmex bureni
Subfamily Formicinae
Brachymyrmex depilis
Brachymyrmex musculus
Camponotus castaneus
Camponotus floridanus	Florida carpenter ant
Formica pallidefulva
Paratrechina faisonensis
Subfamily Myrmecinae
Aphaenogaster ashmeadi
Aphaenogaster carolinensis
Aphaenogaster floridana
Cardiocondyla emeryi
Crematogaster ashmeadi	an acrobat ant
Crematogaster minutissima
Cyphomyrmex rimosus
Eurhopalothrix floridana
Monomorium viride
Pheidole dentata
Pheidole dentigula
Pheidole metallescens
Pheidole moerens
Pyramica eggersi
Pyramica membranifera
Pyramica sp.
Solenopsis invicta	Red Imported Fire Ant
Solenopsis nickersoni
Solenopsis pergandei
Solenopsis tennesseensis
Strumigenys louisianae
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis
Subfamily Ponerinae
Hypoponera opacior
Odontomachus brunneus
Subfamily Pseudomyrmicinae
Pseudomyrmex gracilis	elongate twig ant (suggested common name)