The Ants of Ohio

A comprehensive list of the ant taxa known from Ohio. This list will be updated as new species are found, and is current as of November 2020. Not listed, but known from Ohio: Strumigenys bimarginata, Strumigenys hyalina, Strumigenys missouriensis, Strumigenys ohioensis, Temnothorax duloticus, ...more ↓

Longhorn Crazy Ant 4
Paratrechina longicornis
Little Crazy Ant 5
Nylanderia parvula
Small Honey Ant 7
Prenolepis imparis
Northern Fungus Farming Ant 19
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis
Small-lined Crematogaster 20
Crematogaster lineolata
Hairy-headed Acrobat Ant 12
Crematogaster pilosa
American Myrmecina 2
Myrmecina americana
Doubtful Acorn Ant 22
Temnothorax ambiguus
Bent-spined Acorn Ant 23
Temnothorax curvispinosus
Dark Guest Ant 22
Tetramorium atratulum
Texas Acorn Ant 22
Temnothorax texanus
Bicolored Pennant Ant 25
Tetramorium bicarinatum
Immigrant Pavement Ant 26
Tetramorium immigrans
Japanese Pavement Ant 27
Tetramorium tsushimae
Broken-horned Ant 28
Myrmica fracticornis
Incomplete Ant 22
Myrmica incompleta
Lobe-fronted Ant 29
Myrmica lobifrons
Ant of the Pines 22
Myrmica pinetorum
American Myrmica 12
Myrmica americana
Punctured Ant 22
Myrmica punctiventris
Thief Ant 21
Solenopsis molesta
Texas Thief Ant 2
Solenopsis texana
Tawny Collared Ant 23
Aphaenogaster fulva
Mary's Collared Ant 22
Aphaenogaster mariae
Winnow Ant 23
Aphaenogaster rudis
Tennessee Thread-waisted Ant
Aphaenogaster tennesseensis
Pitch-black Collared Ant 32
Aphaenogaster picea
Wide-footed Fuzzy Ant 22
Lasius latipes
larger yellow ant
Lasius interjectus
Smaller Yellow Ant 15
Lasius claviger
American Cornfield Ant 16
Lasius americanus
Shaded Fuzzy Ant 11
Lasius aphidicola
Shiny Polyergus 37
Polyergus lucidus

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