Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Collected in the Paint Rock Mountain Area, Jackson and Madison Counties, Alabama
by Joe MacGown, uploaded on 25 July 2018; updated on 3 August 2018
The list of ants below is based on collections made in the Paint Rock region of Jackson and Madison Counties in Alabama by Doug Booher and Dave Lubertazzi from 16 through 23 April 2018 and by collections made during the 2018 William H. Cross Expedition by Joe MacGown, Ryan Whitehouse, Juan Santiago, Steven Wang, JoVonn Hill , Richard Brown, and Doug Booher from 6 to 11 June 2018. Collections were primarily centered on a handful of Nature Conservancy sites including Keel Mountain Preserve, the Graham Farm Preserve and Nature Center, the Roy B. Whitaker Paint Rock Preserve, and the Sharp Bingham Mountain Preserve.
Thus far, we have collected 62 species of ants from the Paint Rock region, including three species not previously reported for Alabama: Stenamma meridionale Smith, Strumigenys hyalina (Bolton) and Temnothorax ambiguus.
For introduced species, a note is made in parentheses, and new state records are indicated by the asterisk symbol (*). Collecting localities follow species names in brackets. RH = Research House near Gurley, KM = Keel Mountain Preserve, GM = Graham Farm Preserve and Nature Center, and WT = Roy B. Whitaker Paint Rock Preserve, and SB = . Sharp Bingham Mountain Preserve.
Ant species list (arranged alphabetically by genus)
Aphaenogaster carolinensis Wheeler [GF, KM, SB]
Aphaenogaster fulva Roger [KM, SB]
Aphaenogaster lamellidens Mayr [SB, WT]
Aphaenogaster picea (Wheeler) [SB]
Aphaenogaster rudis Enzmann [SB]
Aphaenogaster treatae Forel [GF]
Brachymyrmex depilis Emery [KM, SB]
*Brachyponera chinensis (Emery) (Introduced) [RH]
Camponotus americanus Mayr [KM, SB]
Camponotus castaneus (Latreille) [RH]
Camponotus chromaiodes Bolton [KM, SB]
Camponotus decipiens Emery [WT]
Camponotus nearcticus Emery [SB]
Camponotus pennsylvanicus (DeGeer) [KM, SB]
Camponotus subbarbatus Emery [GF, WT]
Colobopsis impressa Roger [KM, SB]
Colobopsis mississippiensis (Smith) [WT]
Crematogaster ashmeadi Mayr [KM, RH, SB]
Crematogaster cerasi (Fitch) [SB]
Crematogaster lineolata (Say) [KM, SB]
Crematogaster missuriensis Emery [RH]
Crematogaster pilosa Emery [SB, WT]
Discothyrea testacea Roger [KM]
Forelius sp.-01 [WT]
Formica pallidefulva Latreille [GF, KM, SB]
Formica dolosa Buren [KM]
Formica subintegra Wheeler [SB]
Formica subsericea Say [GF, SB]
Hypoponera opacior (Forel) [GF, SB]
Lasius americanus Emery [KM]
Lasius neoniger Emery [RH]
Monomorium minimum (Buckley) [KM, SB, WT]
Myrmecina americana Emery [GF, KM, SB]
Myrmica punctiventris Roger [GF, SB]
Nylanderia faisonensis (Forel) [GF, KM, SB]
Nylanderia vividula (Nylander) [RH]
Pheidole bicarinata Mayr [RH, WT]
Pheidole dentata Mayr [GF, KM, WT]
Ponera pennsylvanica Buckley [GF, KM, SB]
Prenolepis imparis (Say) [KM, SB]
Proceratium crassicorne Emery [GF, SB]
Proceratium pergandei (Emery) [GF, KM]
Solenopsis carolinensis Forel [KM, SB, WT]
Solenopsis molesta (Say) ? [SB]
*Solenopsis invicta X richteri (Introduced) [RH, WT]
*Stenamma meridionale Smith [SB]
Stigmatomma pallipes (Haldeman) [KM, SB]
Strumigenys angulata (M. R. Smith) [KM]
*Strumigenys hyalina (Bolton) [GF]
Strumigenys louisianae Roger [GF, SB]
Strumigenys ohioensis Kennedy & Schramm [GF, KM, SB]
Strumigenys ornata Mayr [GF, KM, SB]
Strumigenys pulchella Emery [KM]
Strumigenys reflexa Wesson & Wesson [SB]
Strumigenys rostrata Emery [KM, SB]
Tapinoma sessile (Say) [RH]
*Temnothorax ambiguus ? [RH]
Temnothorax curvispinosus (Mayr) [GF, KM, SB, WT]
Temnothorax pergandei (Emery) [WT]
Temnothorax longispinosus (Roger) [GF, SB]
Temnothorax tuscaloosae (Wilson) [GF, SB]
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis (McCook) [SB, WT]
