{"id":454,"date":"2015-08-06T19:24:11","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T19:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/jgraham\/?page_id=454"},"modified":"2015-08-26T12:00:52","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T12:00:52","slug":"ants-formicidae","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/jgraham\/ants-formicidae\/","title":{"rendered":"Ants (Formicidae)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p>Ponerine<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Hypoponera inexorata<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Hypoponera opacior<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Ponera exotica <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Proceratium chickasaw <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Myrmicinae<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Aphaenogaster carolinensis<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Aphaenogaster lamellidens<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Aphaenogaster rudis <\/i>group<\/li>\n<li><i>Aphaenogaster treatae<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Crematogaster ashmeadi <\/i>(Arboreal Ant)<\/li>\n<li><em>Crematogaster atkinsoni<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Crematogaster lineolata <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Crematogaster pinicola <\/em><\/li>\n<li><i>Crematogaster missuriensis<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Monomorium minimum<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Myrmecina americana<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Pheidole bicarinata<\/i><\/li>\n<li><em>Pheidole crassicornis <\/em><\/li>\n<li><i>Pheidole dentata<\/i><\/li>\n<li><em>Pheidole morrisi <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Pheidole tysoni <\/em><\/li>\n<li><i>Solenopsis invicta <\/i>(Red Imported Fire Ant)<\/li>\n<li><i>Solenopsis richteri <\/i>(Black Imported Fire Ant)<\/li>\n<li><i>Solenopsis invicta x richteri <\/i>(Hybrid Imported Fire Ant) <sup><span style=\"font-size: small\">1<\/span><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><em>Solenopsis <\/em>nr.<em> texana<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Temnothorax ambiguus<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Temnothorax curvispinosus<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Trachymyrmex septentrionalis <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dolichoderinae<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Dorymyrmex smithi<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Forelius pruinosus<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Forelius mccooki <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Formicinae<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brachymyrmex depilis<\/li>\n<li>Brachymyrmex patagonicus<\/li>\n<li>Camponotus caryae<\/li>\n<li>Camponotus castaneus (Carpenter Ant)<\/li>\n<li>Camponotus discolor<\/li>\n<li>Camponotus nearcticus<\/li>\n<li>Camponotus pennsylvanicus (Black Carpenter Ant)<\/li>\n<li><em>Lasius alienus<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Formica integra<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Formica pallidifulva<\/li>\n<li><em>Formica <\/em>nr.<em> subintegra<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Formica subsericea<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Paratrechina faisonensis<\/li>\n<li>Paratrechina vividula<\/li>\n<li>Prenolepis imparis (Honey Ant)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/facultyweb.berry.edu\/jgraham\/pheidole-dentata.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nPheidole dentata<\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p>My Biological Diversity class began a survey of Berry ants in September 2003, and has continued to collect ants through 2007.\u00a0 In 2008 I began a serious survey of the ants.\u00a0 This survey parallels work I did at Fort Benning, Georgia.\u00a0 Helping with the project are students Jennifer Blalock, Sam Cassell, and Diana Evans.<\/p>\n<p>Specimens were identified with the aid of Joe MacGown&#8217;s keys in <a href=\"http:\/\/mississippientomologicalmuseum.org.msstate.edu\/\/Researchtaxapages\/Formicidaehome.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Ants (Formicidae) of the Southeastern United States<\/span><\/a>, as well as the exquisite photos of taxonomic reference specimens at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.antweb.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Antweb<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><sup><span style=\"font-size: small\">1<\/span><\/sup>\u00a0 According to published distributional records, Floyd County straddles the boundary between the distributional areas of Solenopsis invicta, in eastern Floyd Co., and the invicata x richteri hybrid, in western Floyd Co.\u00a0 We have examined ants that key to both <em>S<\/em>. <em>invicta<\/em> and and <em>S<\/em>. <em>richteri<\/em>, as well as those that appear intermediate.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Last Updated 6 August 2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Ponerine Hypoponera inexorata Hypoponera opacior Ponera exotica Proceratium chickasaw &nbsp; 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