Ants of the Southeastern United States (species list) [SE exotic species] [SE pest species]
Joe MacGown
The following list of ant species includes 323 species, plus the hybrid fire ant, Solenopsis X invicta, from 53 genera. As more information becomes available the list will be updated. This species is based on literature records, personal communication with various ant researchers, and from specimens in the the Mississippi Entomological Museum (MEM), many of which were collected in the last 5 years by MEM personnel. For the purposes of this list, the Southeast is defined as including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee (see map below). Obviously, more collecting has been done in some states, such as Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana, and the fauna of these states is better known. However, researchers in the other southeastern states are actively studying their respective faunas and it is likely that the number of species known from the southeastern states will increase as a result of this research. Additionally, in searching through literature, I may have missed species for given states, and I am welcome to any information that makes this list more comprehensive. I know of several new species in the region, either from our MEM collections or from personal communication with several pre-eminent myrmecologists (Mark Deyrup, Stefan Cover, Lloyd Davis, James Trager, and others), and many of these are included in the list below (without species epitaphs), although some may not be.
Map of the southeastern United States
Clicking on a species name will lead to a page with further information and photographs of that species. Although species pages are at various levels of progress, most pages now have representative photographs of at least workers of the species. In addition to the photographs of ants taken by Joe MacGown at the Mississippi Entomological Museum (MEM), many photos are used, with permission, from AntWeb, a web site about ants of the world with amazing photos. Another site with photographs of ants is "Discover Life." The Discover Life site provides a list of North American ants with photos at "Kinds of Ants , Ants of North America Page". On each individual MEM species page, a link is provided (at the bottom of the page) for that species on both the AntWeb site and the Discover Life ant site. Additionally, many of the species found in this list can be identified using the identification keys found on this web site.
The list presented is arranged by subfamily, tribe, and genus according to Bolton (2003). Names follow Fisher and Cover (2007). Following species names are the southeastern states from which the species are known from. For species that are introduced or considered to be pest species, that designation is given following the states. For species whose origin is uncertain, the word "introduced" is followed by the "?" symbol. Similarly, for questionable pest species, the word "pest" is followed by the "?" symbol. Pest species include species that are considered to be serious pests, in that they may cause significant damage or health problems, to mild, nuisance pests.
Family Formicidae
Subfamily Dolichoderinae
Tribe Dolichoderini
Dolichoderus mariae Forel (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Dolichoderus plagiatus (Mayr) (AL, GA, NC, SC, TN)
Dolichoderus pustulatus Mayr (AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC)
Dolichoderus taschenbergi (Mayr) (AL, AR, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Dorymyrmex bossutus (Trager) (FL, GA)
Dorymyrmex bureni (Trager) (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC)
Dorymyrmex elegans (Trager) (FL)
Dorymyrmex flavopectus Smith (FL, NC, SC)
Dorymyrmex flavus McCook (AL, LA, MS)
Dorymyrmex grandulus (Forel) (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC)
Dorymyrmex reginicula (Trager) (FL)
Dorymyrmex smithi Cole (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC)
Forelius mccooki (McCook) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC)
Forelius pruinosus (Roger) (AL, FL, GA, LA?, MS, NC, SC)
Forelius sp.-01 (FL, GA)
Linepithema humile (Mayr) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN) (introduced, pest)
Ochetellus glaber (Mayr) (FL) (introduced)
Tapinoma litorale Wheeler (FL) (introduced?)
Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius) (FL, LA, MS, NC) (introduced, pest)
Tapinoma sessile (Say) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN) (pest)
Technomyrmex difficilis Forel (FL, GA, LA, SC, NC) (introduced, pest-previously misidentified as T. albipes (Smith), see Wetterer, 2008)
Subfamily Formicinae
Tribe Lasiini
Lasius alienus (Foerster) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN) (introduced?)
Lasius claviger (Roger) (AR, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Lasius flavus (Fabricius) (AL, MS, NC, SC, TN) (introduced?)
Lasius interjectus (Mayr) (AR, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Lasius latipes (Walsh) (NC, SC, TN)
Lasius murphyi (Forel) (GA, NC)
Lasius nearcticus Wheeler (NC, TN)
Lasius neoniger Emery (AL, AR, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Lasius pallitarsis (Provancher) ( NC)
Lasius plumopilosus Buren (NC)
Lasius pubescens Buren (NC)
Lasius speculiventris Emery (NC, TN)
Lasius subglaber (Emery) (GA, NC, TN)
Lasius umbratus (Nylander) (AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Tribe Plagiolepidini
Brachymyrmex depilis Emery (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Brachymyrmex minutus Forel (FL) (Introduced)
Brachymyrmex obscurior Forel (FL, MS) (Introduced, pest)
Brachymyrmex patagonicus Mayr (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC) (introduced, pest)
Brachymyrmex sp-01 (previously identified as B. brevicornis) (FL) (Introduced?)
Brachymyrmex sp.-02 (FL)
Brachymyrmex sp.-03 (AL, MS)
Brachymyrmex sp.-04 (AR)
Myrmelachista ramulorum Wheeler (FL) (Introduced)
Paratrechina arenivaga (Wheeler) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC)
Paratrechina bourbonica (Forel) (AL, FL, GA, SC) (introduced, pest )
Paratrechina concinna Trager (AL, FL, GA, NC)
Paratrechina faisonensis (Forel) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, TN)
Paratrechina guatemalensis (Forel) (FL) (Introduced, pest??)
Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC) (introduced, pest)
Paratrechina parvula (Mayr) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Paratrechina phantasma Trager (AL, FL, GA, MS)
Paratrechina pubens Forel (FL, MS) (introduced, pest)
Paratrechina terricola (Buckley) (AR, LA, TN) (pest)
Paratrechina vividula (Nylander) (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC ) (introduced?, pest)
Paratrechina wojciki Trager (AL, FL, MS, NC)
Paratrechina sp.-01 (FL, MS)
Paratrechina sp.-02 (FL, MS)
Prenolepis imparis (Say) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN) (pest?)
Tribe Camponotini
Camponotus americanus Mayr (AL, AR, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN) (pest)
Camponotus caryae (Fitch) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN) (pest)
Camponotus castaneus (Latreille) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN) (pest)
Camponotus chromaiodes Bolton (AL, AR, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN) (pest)
Camponotus decipiens Emery (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN) (pest)
Camponotus discolor (Buckley) (AL, AR, FL, GA, MS, SC) (pest)
Camponotus floridanus (Buckley) (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC) (pest)
Camponotus impressus (Roger) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC)
Camponotus mississippiensis Smith (AL, LA, MS, NC. SC, TN)
Camponotus nearcticus Emery (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN) (pest)
Camponotus noveboracensis (Fitch) (NC) pest
Camponotus obliquus Smith (AL, FL, LA, MS, NC, SC)
Camponotus pennsylvanicus (DeGeer) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN) (pest)
Camponotus planatus Roger (FL) (introduced) (pest)
Camponotus sansabeanus (Buckley) (AR, LA) (pest)
Camponotus sexguttatus Fabricius (FL) (introduced, pest)
Camponotus snellingi Bolton (AL, AR, FL, MS, NC, SC, TN) (pest)
Camponotus socius Roger (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC) (pest)
Camponotus subbarbatus Emery (AL, AR, GA, MS, NC, TN) (pest)
Camponotus tortuganus Emery (FL) (introduced? pest)
Camponotus sp-01 (FL) (introduced?)
Tribe Formicini
Formica archboldi Smith (AL, FL, GA)
Formica argentea Wheeler (NC)
Formica aserva Forel (NC, TN)
Formica biophilica Trager (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, SC, TN)
Formica difficilis Emery (GA, NC, SC, TN)
Formica dolosa Buren (AL, AR, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Formica exsectoides Forel (GA, MS, NC, TN)
Formica fusca Linnaeus (AR, NC, TN)
Formica incerta Buren (NC)
Formica integra Nylander (AL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Formica neogagates Emery (NC, TN)
Formica obscuriventris Mayr (GA, NC)
Formica pallidefulva Latreille (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Formica pergandei Buren (NC)
Formica postoculata Kennedy and Dennis (NC)
Formica querquetulana Kennedy and Dennis (Smoky Moutains, state unknown)
Formica rubicunda Emery (AL, AR, GA, NC, TN)
Formica subaenescens Emery ? (TN)
Formica subintegra Wheeler (AL, GA, NC, SC, TN)
Formica subsericea Say (AL, AR, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Polyergus breviceps Emery (AR)
Polyergus longicornis Smith (GA, MS, NC, SC)
Polyergus lucidus Mayr (AR, FL, GA, LA, SC)
Polyergus montivagus Wheeler (MS)
Subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae
Tribe Pseudomyrmecini
Pseudomyrmex cubaensis (Forel) (FL) (introduced?)
Pseudomyrmex ejectus (Smith) (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC) (pest?)
Pseudomyrmex elongatus (Mayr) (FL) (introduced?)
Pseudomyrmex gracilis (Fabricius) (FL, LA) (introduced, pest?)
Pseudomyrmex leptosus Ward (FL)
Pseudomyrmex pallidus (Smith) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC) (pest?)
Pseudomyrmex seminole Ward (AL, FL, LA, MS)
Pseudomyrmex simplex (Smith) (FL)
Subfamily Ecitoninae
Tribe Ecitonini
Labidus coecus (Latreille) (AR, LA)
Neivamyrmex carolinensis (Emery) (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Neivamyrmex melshaemeri (Haldeman) (LA)
Neivamyrmex moseri Watkins (LA)
Neivamyrmex nigrescens (Cresson) (AL, AR, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Neivamyrmex opacithorax (Emery) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Neivamyrmex pauxillus (Wheeler) (LA)
Neivamyrmex pilosus (F. Smith) (AR, LA, MS)
Neivamyrmex swainsonii (Shuckard) (LA)
Neivamyrmex texanus Watkins (FL, GA, NC, SC)
Subfamily Amblyoponinae
Tribe Amblyoponini
Amblyopone pallipes (Haldeman) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Amblyopone trigonignatha Brown (NC)
Prionopelta antillana Forel (FL) (introduced)
Subfamily Ponerinae
Tribe Platythyreini
Platythyrea punctata (Smith) (FL) (introduced)
Tribe Ponerini
Anochetus mayri Emery (FL) (introduced)
Cryptopone gilva (Roger) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Hypoponera gleadowi ?? (Forel) (NC)
Hypoponera inexorata (Wheeler) (AL, FL, GA, MS, SC)
Hypoponera opaciceps (Mayr) (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC) (introduced)
Hypoponera opacior (Forel) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger) (FL) (introduced, pest)
Leptogenys elongata (Buckley) (LA) (introduced)
Leptogenys manni Wheeler (FL) (introduced)
Odontomachus brunneus (Patton) (AL, FL, GA)
Odontomachus haematodus (Linnaeus) (FL) (introduced)
Odontomachus relictus Smith (FL)
Odontomachus ruginodis Smith (AL, FL, MS) (introduced)
Pachycondyla chinensis (Emery) (AL, FL, GA, NC, SC, TN) (introduced, pest)
Pachycondyla harpax (Fabricius) (LA) (introduced, pest?)
Pachycondyla stigma (Fabricius) (AL, LA, FL) (introduced, pest?)
Ponera exotica Smith (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC)
Ponera pennsylvanica Buckley (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Subfamily Ectatomminae
Tribe Ectatommini
Gnamptogenys hartmani (Wheeler) (LA) (introduced?)
Gnamptogenys triangularis (Mayr) (AL, FL, MS) (introduced)
Subfamily Proceratiinae
Tribe Proceratiini
Discothyrea testacea Roger (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC)
Proceratium chickasaw de Andrade (AL, FL, MS, TN)
Proceratium crassicorne Emery (AL, FL, GA, MS, TN)
Proceratium creek de Andrade (AR, FL, GA)
Proceratium croceum (Roger) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Proceratium pergandei (Emery) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Proceratium silaceum Roger (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Subfamily Myrmicinae
Tribe Basicerotini
Eurhopalothrix floridana Brown and Kempf (FL) (introduced?)
Tribe Dacetini
Pyramica abdita (Wesson & Wesson) (FL, GA, MS, NC, TN)
Pyramica angulata (Smith) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC)
Pyramica apalachicolensis (Forel) (FL)
Pyramica archboldi (Deyrup & Cover) (FL)
Pyramica bimarginata (Wesson & Wesson) (MS, NC)
Pyramica boltoni Deyrup (FL)
Pyramica bunki (Brown) (FL, GA, LA, MS, SC)
Pyramica carolinensis (Brown) (FL, GA, LA, NC, SC)
Pyramica cloydi (Pfitzer) (FL, TN)
Pyramica clypeata (Roger) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, TN)
Pyramica creightoni (Smith) (AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Pyramica deyrupi Bolton (FL)
Pyramica dietrichi (Smith) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Pyramica eggersi (Emery) (FL) (introduced)
Pyramica filirrhina (Brown) (NC)
Pyramica filitalpa (Brown) (AR)
Pyramica gundlachi (Roger) (FL) (introduced)
Pyramica hexamera (Brown) (AL, FL, LA, MS) (introduced)
Pyramica hyalina Bolton (LA, MS)
Pyramica inopina (Deyrup & Cover) (FL, MS)
Pyramica laevinasis (Smith) (AL, AR, FL, GA, MS, NC, TN)
Pyramica margaritae (Forel) (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS) (introduced)
Pyramica membranifera (Emery) (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC) (introduced)
Pyramica metazytes Bolton (AL, AR, LA, MS, TN)
Pyramica missouriensis (Smith) (FL, MS, NC)
Pyramica ohioensis (Kennedy & Schramm) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, TN)
Pyramica ornata (Mayr) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Pyramica pergandei (Emery) (AL, GA, MS, NC, TN)
Pyramica pilinasis (Forel) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, TN)
Pyramica pulchella (Emery) (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Pyramica reflexa (Wesson & Wesson) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, TN)
Pyramica reliquia (Ward) (FL)
Pyramica rohweri (Smith) (MS)
Pyramica rostrata (Emery) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Pyramica talpa (Weber) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Pyramica wrayi (Brown) (FL, GA, MS, NC)
Pyramica sp.-01 (MS)
Strumigenys emmae (Emery) (FL) (introduced)
Strumigenys lanuginosa Wheeler (FL) (introduced)
Strumigenys louisianae Roger (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Strumigenys rogeri (Emery) (FL) (introduced)
Strumigenys silvestrii Emery (AL, FL, LA, MS) (introduced)
Tribe Cephalotini
Cephalotes varians (Smith) (FL) (introduced?)
Tribe Attini
Atta texana (Buckley) (LA) pest
Cyphomyrmex minutus Mayr (FL) (introduced?)
Cyphomyrmex rimosus (Spinola) (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS) (introduced)
Mycetosoritis hartmanni (Wheeler) (LA)
Trachymyrmex jamaicensis (Andre) (FL) (introduced)
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis (McCook) (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Trachymyrmex turrifex (Wheeler) (LA)
Tribe Stenammini
Stenamma brevicorne (Mayr) (GA, NC)
Stenamma diecki Emery (GA, NC, TN)
Stenamma foveolocephalum Smith (AL, FL, MS, NC)
Stenamma impar Forel (AL, GA, MS, NC, TN)
Stenamma meridionale Smith (AR, GA, NC, SC, TN)
Stenamma schmittii Wheeler ( GA, NC, TN)
Stenamma sp.-01 (GA)
Stenamma sp.-02 (GA)
Tribe Blepharidattini
Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger) (FL) (introduced, pest)
Tribe Solenopsidini
Monomorium destructor (Jerdon) (FL, TN) (introduced, pest)
Monomorium ebeninum Forel (FL) (introduced)
Monomorium floricola (Jerdon) (AL, FL) (introduced?, pest)
Monomorium minimum (Buckley) (AL, AR, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN) (pest)
Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN) (introduced, pest)
Monomorium trageri Dubois (FL)
Monomorium viride Brown (AL, AR??, FL, GA, MS, NC)
Solenopsis abdita Thompson (FL, GA, MS)
Solenopsis carolinensis Forel (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, TN)
Solenopsis corticalis Forel (FL)
Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius) (AL, AR, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC) (pest)
Solenopsis globularia Creighton (AL, FL, LA, MS, NC, SC)
Solenopsis invicta Buren (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN) (introduced, pest)
Solenopsis invicta x richteri (AL, MS, TN) (introduced, pest)
Solenopsis molesta (Say) (AL, AR, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN) (pest)
Solenopsis nickersoni Thompson (FL)
Solenopsis pergandei Forel (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC)
Solenopsis phoretica Davis & Deyrup (FL)
Solenopsis picta Emery (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Solenopsis richteri Forel (AL, MS, TN) (introduced, pest)
Solenopsis salina Wheeler (LA, MS?)
Solenopsis subterranea MacKay & Vinson (LA, MS)
Solenopsis tennesseensis Smith (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, TN)
Solenopsis texana Emery (AL, AR, FL, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Solenopsis tonsa Thompson (AL, FL, MS)
Solenopsis xyloni McCook (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC) pest
Tribe Myrmicini
Myrmica americana Weber (AL, AR, GA, NC, TN)
Myrmica fracticornis Forel ( NC, TN)
Myrmica incompleta Provancher (NC, TN)
Myrmica latifrons Starcke (GA, MS, NC, TN)
Myrmica pinetorum Wheeler (AL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Myrmica punctiventris Roger (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander ?? (Smoky Mountains, state unknown) (introduced)
Myrmica sculptilis Francoeur (Smoky Mountains, state unknown)
Myrmica spatulata Smith (GA, MS, NC, TN)
Myrmica sp-1 (GA)
Pogonomyrmex badius (Latreille) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC)
Pogonomyrmex barbatus (Smith) ( AR, LA)
Pogonomyrmex comanche Wheeler (AR, LA)
Tribe Tetramoriini
Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander) (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC) (introduced, pest)
Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus) (AL, MS, NC, SC, TN) (introduced?, pest)
Tetramorium caldarium (Roger) (FL) (introduced, pest)
Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, SC) (introduced, pest)
Tetramorium simillimum (F. Smith) ( FL, GA) (introduced, pest)
Tribe Pheidolini
Aphaenogaster ashmeadi Emery (FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Aphaenogaster carolinensis Wheeler (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Aphaenogaster flemingi Smith (FL, LA, MS, NC, SC)
Aphaenogaster floridana Smith (AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC)
Aphaenogaster fulva Roger (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Aphaenogaster lamellidens Mayr (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Aphaenogaster mariae Forel (FL, MS, NC, SC)
Aphaenogaster miamiana Wheeler (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, SC)
Aphaenogaster picea (Wheeler) (AL, NC, SC, TN)
Aphaenogaster rudis Enzmann (AL, NC, SC, TN)
Aphaenogaster tennesseensis (Mayr) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Aphaenogaster texana Wheeler (AR, TN?)
Aphaenogaster treatae Forel (AL, AR, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Aphaenogaster umphreyi Deyrup & Davis (FL, GA)
Pheidole adrianoi Naves (AL, FL, GA)
Pheidole bicarinata Mayr (AL, AR, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN) (pest?)
Pheidole carrolli Naves (FL)
Pheidole crassicornis Emery (AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Pheidole davisi Wheeler (AL, GA, NC, SC)
Pheidole dentata Mayr (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN) (pest?)
Pheidole dentigula Smith (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Pheidole flavens Roger (FL) (introduced)
Pheidole floridana Emery (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC)
Pheidole lamia Wheeler (AL, FL, GA, MS)
Pheidole littoralis Cole ( FL, GA)
Pheidole megacephala Fabricius (FL) (introduced, pest)
Pheidole metallescens Emery (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC)
Pheidole moerens Wheeler (AL, FL, LA, MS) (introduced)
Pheidole morrisii Forel (AL, AR, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Pheidole obscurithorax Naves (AL, FL, GA, MS) (introduced)
Pheidole pilifera (Roger) (AL, AR, GA, MS, NC, SC)
Pheidole soritis Wheeler (AR, MS)
Pheidole tetra Creighton (AL, AR, LA, MS)
Pheidole tysoni Forel (AL, AR, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Pheidole sp.-01 (AL, FL, MS, TN)
Tribe Crematogastrini
Crematogaster ashmeadi Mayr (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN) (pest)
Crematogaster atkinsoni Wheeler (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC)
Crematogaster cerasi (Fitch) (AL, AR, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Crematogaster lineolata (Say) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN) (pest)
Crematogaster minutissima Mayr (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Crematogaster missuriensis Emery(AL, AR, FL, GA, LA?, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Crematogaster obscurata (Emery) (FL) (introduced)
Crematogaster pilosa Emery (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN) (pest)
Crematogaster pinicola Deyrup & Cover (AL, FL, GA, MS)
Crematogaster vermiculata Emery (AL, FL, LA, MS, NC)
Crematogaster sp.-02 (FL)
Tribe Formicoxenini
Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel (FL) (introduced, pest?)
Cardiocondyla nuda (Mayr) (AL, FL, GA, LA) (introduced, pest?)
Cardiocondyla venustula Wheeler (FL, LA) (introduced, pest?)
Cardiocondyla wroughtonii (Forel) (FL, GA, LA) (introduced, pest?)
Cardiocondyla sp.-01 (FL) (introduced, pest?)
Protomognathus americanus (Emery) (AL, AR, NC)
Temnothorax allardycei (Mann) (FL) (introduced)
Temnothorax bradleyi (Wheeler) (AL, FL, GA, LA)
Temnothorax curvispinosus (Mayr) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Temnothorax longispinosus (Roger) (AL, GA, MS, NC, TN)
Temnothorax minutissimus Smith (NC)
Temnothorax palustris Deyrup & Cover (FL)
Temnothorax pergandei (Emery) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Temnothorax schaumii (Roger) (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Temnothorax smithi (Baroni Urbani) (AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, TN)
Temnothorax texanus (Wheeler) (AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC)
Temnothorax torrei (Aguayo) (FL)
Temnothorax tuscaloosae (Wilson) (AL, MS, NC)
Xenomyrmex floridanus Emery (FL)
Tribe Myrmecinini
Myrmecina americana Emery (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Myrmecina sp.-01 (FL)
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