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ID guide | introduced ants

Lucid key species

The following list includes all the ants currently treated in the Lucid key to species. It includes ant species that are known to be introduced or commonly intercepted in North America and the Pacific Islands. See the taxonomic scope and geographic scope sections for more detailed accounts.

Acromyrmex octospinosus
Amblyopone zwaluwenburgi
Anergates atratulus
Anochetus mayri
Anoplolepis custodiens
Anoplolepis gracilipes
Atta cephalotes
Atta sexdens
Brachymyrmex JAM-001
Brachymyrmex heeri
Brachymyrmex minutus
Brachymyrmex obscurior
Brachymyrmex patagonicus
Camponotus atriceps
Camponotus planatus
Camponotus rectangularis
Camponotus sexguttatus
Camponotus variegatus
Cardiocondyla emeryi
Cardiocondyla kagutsuchi
Cardiocondyla mauritanica
Cardiocondyla minutior
Cardiocondyla obscurior
Cardiocondyla venustula
Cardiocondyla wroughtonii
Cephalotes
Cerapachys biroi
Crematogaster obscurata
Crematogaster scutellaris
Cyphomyrmex rimosus
Dolichoderus thoracicus
Ectatomma spp.
Eurhopalothrix floridana
Gnamptogenys porcata
Gnamptogenys triangularis
Hypoponera opaciceps
Hypoponera punctatissima
Hypoponera ragusai
Hypoponera zwaluwenburgi
Iridomyrmex anceps
Lasius alienus
Lasius neglectus
Lepisiota HI01
Leptogenys falcigera
Linepithema humile
Linepithema iniquum
Monomorium destructor
Monomorium ebeninum
Monomorium floricola
Monomorium liliuokulanii
Monomorium pharaonis
Monomorium salomonis
Monomorium subopacum
Monomorium salomonis-group
Myrmelachista ramulorum
Myrmica rubra
Myrmica specioides
Nylanderia bourbonica
Nylanderia flavipes
Nylanderia fulva
Nylanderia guatemalensis
Nylanderia steinheili
Nylanderia vaga
Nylanderia vividula
Ochetellus glaber
Odontomachus ruginodis
Odontomachus simillimus
Pachycondyla chinensis
Pachycondyla stigma
Paratrechina longicornis
Pheidole anastasii
Pheidole bilimeki
Pheidole fervens
Pheidole flavens
Pheidole megacephala
Pheidole moerens
Pheidole obscurithorax
Pheidole punctatissima
Pheidole teneriffana
Plagiolepis alluaudi
Plagiolepis exigua
Plagiolepis pygmaea
Ponera swezeyi
Prionopelta antillana
Pseudomyrmex gracilis
Solenopsis geminata
Solenopsis invicta
Solenopsis papuana
Solenopsis richteri
Strumigenys eggersi
Strumigenys emmae
Strumigenys godeffroyi
Strumigenys gundlachi
Strumigenys hexamera
Strumigenys lanuginosa
Strumigenys lewisi
Strumigenys margaritae
Strumigenys membranifera
Strumigenys rogeri
Strumigenys silvestrii
Tapinoma melanocephalum
Tapinoma sessile
Technomyrmex albipes
Technomyrmex difficilis
Technomyrmex pallipes
Technomyrmex vitiensis
Tetramorium bicarinatum
Tetramorium caldarium
Tetramorium insolens
Tetramorium lanuginosum
Tetramorium nr. caespitum
Tetramorium pacificum
Tetramorium simillimum
Tetramorium tonganum
Tetramorium tsushimae
Vollenhovia emeryi
Wasmannia auropunctata

Taxonomic name: 
Stigmatomma zwaluwenburgi (Taxa), Anergates atratulus (Taxa), Anochetus mayri (Taxa), Anoplolepis custodiens (Taxa), Anoplolepis gracilipes (Taxa), Atta cephalotes (Taxa), Atta sexdens (Taxa), Brachymyrmex JAM-001 (Taxa), Brachymyrmex heeri (Taxa), Brachymyrmex minutus (Taxa), Brachymyrmex obscurior (Taxa), Brachymyrmex patagonicus (Taxa), Camponotus atriceps (Taxa), Camponotus planatus (Taxa), Camponotus rectangularis (Taxa), Camponotus sexguttatus (Taxa), Camponotus variegatus (Taxa), Cardiocondyla emeryi (Taxa), Cardiocondyla kagutsuchi (Taxa), Cardiocondyla mauritanica (Taxa), Cardiocondyla minutior (Taxa), Cardiocondyla obscurior (Taxa), Cardiocondyla venustula (Taxa), Cardiocondyla wroughtonii (Taxa), Ooceraea biroi (Taxa), Crematogaster obscurata (Taxa), Crematogaster scutellaris (Taxa), Cyphomyrmex rimosus (Taxa), Dolichoderus thoracicus (Taxa), Ectatomma spp. (Taxa), Eurhopalothrix floridana (Taxa), Gnamptogenys porcata (Taxa), Gnamptogenys triangularis (Taxa), Hypoponera opaciceps (Taxa), Hypoponera punctatissima (Taxa), Hypoponera ragusai (Taxa), Hypoponera zwaluwenburgi (Taxa), Iridomyrmex anceps (Taxa), Lasius alienus (Taxa), Lasius neglectus (Taxa), Leptogenys falcigera (Taxa), Linepithema humile (Taxa), Linepithema iniquum (Taxa), Trichomyrmex destructor (Taxa), Monomorium ebeninum (Taxa), Monomorium liliuokalanii (Taxa), Monomorium pharaonis (Taxa), Monomorium salomonis (Taxa), Monomorium subopacum (Taxa), Myrmelachista ramulorum (Taxa), Myrmica rubra (Taxa), Myrmica specioides (Taxa), Nylanderia bourbonica (Taxa), Nylanderia fulva (Taxa), Nylanderia guatemalensis (Taxa), Nylanderia steinheili (Taxa), Nylanderia vaga (Taxa), Nylanderia vividula (Taxa), Odontomachus ruginodis (Taxa), Odontomachus simillimus (Taxa), Brachyponera chinensis (Taxa), Pseudoponera stigma (Taxa), Paratrechina longicornis (Taxa), Pheidole anastasii (Taxa), Pheidole bilimeki (Taxa), Pheidole fervens (Taxa), Pheidole flavens (Taxa), Pheidole megacephala (Taxa), Pheidole moerens (Taxa), Pheidole obscurithorax (Taxa), Pheidole punctatissima (Taxa), Pheidole teneriffana (Taxa), Plagiolepis alluaudi (Taxa), Plagiolepis exigua (Taxa), Plagiolepis pygmaea (Taxa), Ponera swezeyi (Taxa), Prionopelta antillana (Taxa), Pseudomyrmex gracilis (Taxa), Solenopsis geminata (Taxa), Solenopsis invicta (Taxa), Solenopsis papuana (Taxa), Solenopsis richteri (Taxa), Strumigenys eggersi (Taxa), Strumigenys emmae (Taxa), Strumigenys godeffroyi (Taxa), Strumigenys gundlachi (Taxa), Strumigenys hexamera (Taxa), Strumigenys lanuginosa (Taxa), Strumigenys lewisi (Taxa), Strumigenys margaritae (Taxa), Strumigenys membranifera (Taxa), Strumigenys rogeri (Taxa), Strumigenys silvestrii (Taxa), Tapinoma melanocephalum (Taxa), Tapinoma sessile (Taxa), Technomyrmex albipes (Taxa), Technomyrmex difficilis (Taxa), Technomyrmex pallipes (Taxa), Technomyrmex vitiensis (Taxa), Tetramorium bicarinatum (Taxa), Tetramorium caldarium (Taxa), Tetramorium insolens (Taxa), Tetramorium lanuginosum (Taxa), Tetramorium nr. caespitum (Taxa), Tetramorium simillimum (Taxa), Tetramorium tonganum (Taxa), Tetramorium tsushimae (Taxa), Vollenhovia emeryi (Taxa), Wasmannia auropunctata (Taxa), Amblyopone zwaluwenburgi (Taxa), Monomorium floricola (Taxa), Nylanderia flavipes (Taxa), Ochetellus glaber (Taxa), Tetramorium pacificum (Taxa)
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