List of ant genera

Ants (family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera) are the most species-rich of all social insects, with more than 12,000 described species and many others awaiting description. Formicidae is divided into 21 subfamilies, of which 17 are extant and four subfamilies are extinct, described from fossils. In total more than 300 genera have been described. The subfamily was originally classified as Agroecomyrmecini, a Myrmicinae tribe until English myrmecologist Barry Bolton raised the tribe to subfamily status in 2003.

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!colspan="100%" align="center" bgcolor=#d3d3a4|Agroecomyrmecinae Carpenter, 1930

!Genus name

!Binomial authority

!Classified

!No. of species

!Type species

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Wheeler

1910

thumb|center|upright|†Agroecomyrmex duisburgi

Ankylomyrma

Bolton

1973

Ankylomyrma coronacantha

thumb|center|upright|Ankylomyrma coronacantha

Carpenter

1935

thumb|center|upright|†Eulithomyrmex rugosus

Tatuidris

Brown & Kempf

1968

Tatuidris tatusia

thumb|center|upright|Tatuidris tatusia

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!colspan="100%" align="center" bgcolor=#d3d3a4|Subfamily Amblyoponinae Forel, 1893 – 10 genera, 146 species

!Genus name!!Binomial authority!!Classified!!No. of species!!Type species!!class="unsortable"|Example image!!class="unsortable"|

|Adetomyrma

|Ward

|1994

|Adetomyrma venatrix

|150px Adetomyrma venatrix

|Amblyopone

|Erichson

|1842

|10

|Amblyopone australis

|150px Amblyopone australis

|Pagliano & Scaramozzino

|1990

|150px †Casaleia eocenica

|Fulakora

|Mann

|1919

|25

|Stigmatomma celata

|150px Fulakora celata

|Myopopone

|Roger

|1861

|Myopopone maculata

|150px Myopopone castanea

|Onychomyrmex

|Emery

|1895

|Onychomyrmex hedleyi

|150px Onychomyrmex hedleyi

|Prionopelta

|Mayr

|1866

|22

|Prionopelta punctulata

|150px Prionopelta punctulata

|Stigmatomma

|Roger

|1859

|54

|Stigmatomma denticulatum

|150px Stigmatomma denticulatum

|Xymmer

|Santschi

|1914

|Stigmatomma muticum

|150px Xymmer muticus

Aneuretinae

The subfamily Aneuretinae represents one extant genus and eight fossil genera established by Italian entomologist Carlo Emery in 1913. Only a single species of this subfamily is extant, the Sri Lankan relict ant (Aneuretus simoni), endemic to Sri Lanka.

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!colspan="100%" align="center" bgcolor=#d3d3a4|Subfamily Aneuretinae Emery, 1913 – nine genera, 12 species

!Genus name!!Binomial authority!!Classified!!No. of species!!Type species!!class="unsortable"|Example image!!class="unsortable"|

|Dlussky

|1988

|Aneuretus

|Emery

|1893

|Aneuretus simoni

|150px Aneuretus simoni

|Dlussky & Perfilieva

|2014

|Dlussky

|1996

|150px †Burmomyrma rossi

|Engel & Grimaldi

|2005

|Carpenter

|1930

|100px †Mianeuretus mirabilis

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!colspan="100%" align="center" bgcolor=#d3d3a4|Subfamily Apomyrminae Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988 – one genus, one species

!Genus name!!Binomial authority!!Classified!!No. of species!!Type species!!class="unsortable"|Example image!!class="unsortable"|

|Apomyrma

|Brown, Gotwald & Levieux

|1970

|Apomyrma stygia

|150px Apomyrma stygia

Brownimeciinae

The subfamily Brownimeciinae contains the single genus Brownimecia which only has one species, Brownimecia clavata. It was described in 1997 after a fossilised specimen was collected from Cretaceous amber from New Jersey, and was initially placed in the subfamily Ponerinae.

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!colspan="100%" align="center" bgcolor=#d3d3a4|Subfamily †Brownimeciinae Bolton, 2003 – one genus, one species

!Genus name!!Binomial authority!!Classified!!No. of species!!Type species!!class="unsortable"|Example image!!class="unsortable"|

|Grimaldi, Agosti & Carpenter

|1997

|150px †Brownimecia clavata

Dolichoderinae

The subfamily Dolichoderinae was established by Forel in 1878, which represents 28 extant genera and 20 fossil genera. The subfamily presents a great diversity of species throughout the world, mainly in the tropics. Most species are generalised scavengers, but some are predacious.

!Genus name!!Binomial authority!!Classified!!No. of species!!Type species!!class="unsortable"|Example image!!class="unsortable"|

|Zhang

|1989

|Anillidris

|Santschi

|1936

|Anillidris bruchi

|150px Anillidris bruchi

|Anonychomyrma

|Donisthorpe

|1947

|26

|Anonychomyrma myrmex

|150px Anonychomyrma gilberti

|Aptinoma

|Fisher

|2009

|Aptinoma mangabe

|150px Aptinoma mangabe

|Arnoldius

|Dubovikoff

|2005

|Bothriomyrmex flavus

|150px Arnoldius flavus

|Wheeler

|1915

|150px †Asymphylomyrmex balticus

|Azteca

|Forel

|1878

|86

|Liometopum xanthochroum

|150px Azteca xanthochroum

|Bothriomyrmex

|Emery

|1869

|24

|Bothriomyrmex costae

|150px Bothriomyrmex costae

|McKellar, Glasier & Engel

|2013

|150px †Chronomyrmex medicinehatensis

|Chronoxenus

|Santschi

|1919

|Bothriomyrmex myops

|150px Chronoxenus myops

|Brues

|1939

|150px †Ctenobethylus goepperti

|Doleromyrma

|Forel

|1907

|Tapinoma darwinianum

|150px Doleromyrma darwiniana

|Dolichoderus

|Lund

|1831

|181

|Formica attelaboides

|150px Dolichoderus attelaboides

|Carpenter

|1930

|150px †Elaeomyrmex gracilis

|Donisthorpe

|1920

|12

|150px †Emplastus britannicus

|Dlussky

|1988

|Forelius

|Emery

|1888

|18

|Iridomyrmex mccooki

|150px Forelius mccooki

|Froggattella

|Forel

|1902

|150px Froggattella kirbii

|Iridomyrmex

|Mayr

|1862

|84

|Formica detecta

|150px Iridomyrmex purpureus

|Lapolla & Greenwalt

|2015

|150px †Ktunaxia jucunda

|Leptomyrmex

|Mayr

|1862

|29

|Formica erythrocephala

|150px Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus

|Linepithema

|Mayr

|1866

|20

|Linepithema fuscum

|150px Linepithema fuscum

|Carpenter

|1930

|150px †Miomyrmex impactus

|Ochetellus

|Shattuck

|1992

|Ochetellus glaber

|150px Ochetellus glaber

|Papyrius

|Shattuck

|1992

|Papyrius nitidus

|150px Papyrius nitidus

|Technomyrmex

|Mayr

|1872

|97

|Technomyrmex strenuus

|150px Technomyrmex strenuus

|Turneria

|Forel

|1895

|Turneria bidentata

|150px Turneria bidentata

|Dlussky et al.

|2014

|150px †Usomyrma mirabilis

|Dlussky & Dubovikoff

|2013

|150px †Yantaromyrmex geinitzi

|Dlussky

|1988

|150px †Zherichinius horribilis

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!colspan="100%" align="center" bgcolor=#d3d3a4|Subfamily Dorylinae Leach, 1815 – 28 genera, 693 species

!Genus name!!Binomial authority!!Classified!!No. of species!!Type species!!class="unsortable"|Example image!!class="unsortable"|

|Acanthostichus

|Mayr

|1887

|24

|Acanthostichus serratulus

|150px Acanthostichus serratulus

|Aenictus

|Shuckard

|1840

|184

|Aenictus ambiguus

|150px Aenictus ambiguus

|Cerapachys

|Smith

|1857

|Cerapachys antennatus

|150px Cerapachys antennatus

|Cheliomyrmex

|Mayr

|1870

|Cheliomyrmex morosus

|150px Cheliomyrmex morosus

|Chrysapace

|Crawley

|1924

|3 Ants of the genus Titanomyrma are the largest ants ever known, with queen specimens the size of small hummingbirds. Fossils have been collected from the state of Wyoming and in Germany.

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!colspan="100%" align="center" bgcolor=#d3d3a4|Subfamily †Formiciinae Lutz, 1986 – one, six species

!Genus name!!Binomial authority!!Classified!!No. of species!!Type species!!class="unsortable"|Example image!!class="unsortable"|

|Westwood

|1854

|None