The following is a thus far incomplete list of worldwide ant

Ant

Ants are social insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the mid-Cretaceous period between 110 and 130 million years ago and diversified after the rise of flowering plants. More than...

 genera

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

. Those which are no longer considered current nomenclature are marked with an asterisk (*).

Genera are often named after famous myrmecologists

Myrmecology

Myrmecology is the scientific study of ants, a branch of entomology. Some early myrmecologists considered ant society as the ideal form of society and sought to find solutions to human problems by studying them. Ants continue to be a model of choice for the study of questions on the evolution of...

 - e.g. Donisthorpea was named to honour Horace Donisthorpe

Horace Donisthorpe

Horace St. John Kelly Donisthorpe was an eccentric British myrmecologist and coleopterist, memorable in part for his enthusiastic championing of the renaming of the genus Lasius after him as Donisthorpea, and for his many claims of discovering new species of beetles and ants.He is often considered...

, Forelius for Auguste Forel, Janetia for Charles Janet, Wheeleriella for William M. Wheeler

William Morton Wheeler

William Morton Wheeler, Ph.D. was an American entomologist, myrmecologist and Harvard professor.-Early life:...

. See the list of notable myrmecologists

Myrmecology

Myrmecology is the scientific study of ants, a branch of entomology. Some early myrmecologists considered ant society as the ideal form of society and sought to find solutions to human problems by studying them. Ants continue to be a model of choice for the study of questions on the evolution of...

 for a compilation of these people.

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• Acamatus
• Acanthognathus
  Acanthognathus
  Acanthognathus is a genus of ants that are found in tropical Central and South America. They are reddish in colour and have long trap-jaws that can be compared to those of Odontomachus. These predatory ants live in small colonies that typically consist of less than 30 adults.Mistakenly, the name...
  
  
• Acanthomyops
  Acanthomyops
  Acanthomyops is a genus of ant in the family Formicidae. It includes the following species:* Acanthomyops arizonicus * Acanthomyops bureni Wing, 1968* Acanthomyops californicus...
  
  
• Acanthosticus
• Acromyrmex
  Acromyrmex
  Acromyrmex is a genus of New World ants of the subfamily Myrmicinae. It contains 31 known species.-Distribution:This genera is found in South America and parts of Central America and the Caribbean islands.-Overview:...
  
  
• Adetomyrma
  Adetomyrma
  Adetomyrma is an endangered genus of ants endemic to Madagascar. Workers of this species are blind. The type species Adetomyrma venatrix was described in 1994, with the genus being an atypical member of its tribe...
  
  
• Aenictus
  Aenictus
  The army ant genus Aenictus is an enigmatic group known from Africa, tropical Asia, and Queensland. There are some 100 species presently recognized, though many other names are applied at the rank of subspecies...
  
  
• Allomerus
• Amblyopone
  Amblyopone
  Amblyopone is a genus of amblyoponine ants.-Description:Workers of Amblyopone have a well-developed sting, elongate mandibles and reduced or absent eyes...
  
  
• Amblyteles
• Anergates
  Anergates
  Anergates is a single-species genus of tetramorine Myrmicine ants. It is a worker-less obligate parasite to Tetramorium caespitum, the "lawn ant" or "pavement ant", and is thought to have evolved as an aberrant form of the genus Tetramorium....
  
  
• Anochetus
  Anochetus
  Anochetus is a genus of carnivorous ants found in the tropics and subtropics throughout the world.- Species :This is an incomplete list of species in this genus....
  
  
• Anonychomyrma
  Anonychomyrma
  Anonychomyrma is a genus of ants that belongs to the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae....
  
  
• Aphaenogaster
  Aphaenogaster
  Aphaenogaster is a genus of myrmicine ants. Almost 200 species have been described, and 11 fossil species are known. They occur worldwide except from South America and Southern Africa....
  
  
• Apomyrma
• Asphinctanilloides
• Atta
• Azteca

C

• Camponotus
• Cardiocondyla
  Cardiocondyla
  Cardiocondyla is an ant genus in the family Formicidae.Closely related genera are Leptothorax, Stereomyrmex and Romblonella.-Species:* C. atalanta* C. batesii* C. bicoronata* C. brachyceps* C. breviscapus...
  
  
• Carebara
• Cataglyphis
  Cataglyphis
  Cataglyphis is a genus of ant in the subfamily Formicinae. Its most famous species is C. bicolor, the Sahara Desert ant, which runs on hot sand to find insects that died of heat exhaustion, and can sustain body temperatures of up to 50°C....
  
  
• Cephalotes
  Cephalotes
  Cephalotes is a Neotropical genus of ant species, all sharing the same odd head style, which tend to be mainly arboreal, and all appear to be gliding ants, with the ability to "parachute" and steer their fall so as to land back on the tree trunk rather than fall to the ground, which is often...
  
  
• Cerapachys
• Chelaner
• Cheliomyrmex
• Colobopsis
• Crematogaster
  Crematogaster
  Crematogaster is an ecologically diverse genus of ants found worldwide, which are characterised by a distinctive heart-shaped gaster , which gives one of their common names, Valentine Ant. It is the only genus of the tribus Crematogastrini. Most of species are arboreal...
  
  
• Cryptocerus
• Cyphomyrmex
  Cyphomyrmex
  Cyphomyrmex is a genus of fungus-growing ants.-Systematics:* Cyphomyrmex andersoni Mackay & Serna, 2010* Cyphomyrmex auritus Mayr, 1887* Cyphomyrmex bicarinatus Snelling & Longino, 1992* Cyphomyrmex bicornis Forel, 1896...
  
  

D

• Daceton
• Diacamma
  Diacamma
  Diacamma is a genus of queenless ants belonging to the subfamily Ponerinae. It is distributed from India to Australia and contains about 50 species.Diacamma species of India include:* Diacamma assamense Forel, 1897...
  
  
• Dinoponera
• Diplomorium
• Discothyrea
• Doleromyrma
• Dolichoderus
  Dolichoderus
  Dolichoderus is a large genus of ants found worldwide.-Taxonomy:The ants of the neotropical genus Monacio were revised in 1959 by Kempf. However, Brown in 1973 and G. C. Wheeler and J. Wheeler in 1973 and 1976 considered both Monacis and Hypoclinea to be junior synonyms of...
  
  
• Donisthorpea *
• Dorymyrmex
  Dorymyrmex
  Dorymyrmex is a genus of Dolichoderinae known as the cone ant. Sometimes referred to as the "odorous ant" because of a distinct smell many have, which resembles the scent of blue cheese....
  
  
• Dorylus
  Dorylus
  The army ant genus Dorylus, also known as driver ants, safari ants, or siafu, is found primarily in central and east Africa, although the range also extends to tropical Asia. The term siafu is a loanword from Swahili, and is one of numerous similar words from regional Bantu languages used by...
  
  

E

• Eciton
  Eciton
  The New World army ant genus Eciton contains the most familiar species of army ants. The most predominant and well-known species is Eciton burchellii, whose common name is "army ant" and which is considered to be the archetypal species....
  
  
• Ectatomma
• Ephebomyrmex
• Epoecus
• Epipheidole
• Erebomyrma
• Euponera

H

• Harpagoxenus
  Harpagoxenus
  Harpagoxenus is a genus of ant in the family Formicidae. It includes the following species:* Harpagoxenus canadensis* Harpagoxenus sublaevis* Harpagoxenus zaisanicus...
  
  
• Harpegnathos
  Harpegnathos
  Harpegnathos is a basal genus of ants. This ponerine ant has a different colony structure compared to other genera. In the beginning, young winged queens fly out from their natal colony, mate with foreign males and start new colonies independently...
  
  
• Heteroponera
• Holcoponera
• Huberia
• Hypoclinea
• Hypoponera
  Hypoponera
  Hypoponera is a genus of ants.- Species :* Hypoponera abeillei * Hypoponera abyssinica * Hypoponera aethiopica * Hypoponera agilis...
  
  

L

• Lasius
  Lasius
  Lasius Latr. is a genus of boreal formicine ants.Included within this genus is the common black garden ant, Lasius niger, and its close relatives from dry heathland, L. alienus and L. neoniger....
  
  
• Leptanilloides
• Leptogenys
• Leptomyrmex
  Leptomyrmex
  Leptomyrmex is a genus of ants. According to the latest taxonomic revision, there are 27 extant and one fossil species . For a complete list of species and full references, see here...
  
  
• Leptothorax
  Leptothorax
  Leptothorax is a large genus of small ants with mainly Holarctic distribution. The genus is notable for its widespread social parasitism, i.e. they are dependent on the help of workers from other ant species during a part or the whole of their life cycles...
  
  
• Leucoagaricus
  Leucoagaricus
  Leucoagaricus is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. The genus contains approximately 90 species.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...
  
  
• Leucocoprinus
  Leucocoprinus
  Leucocoprinus is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. Its best known member is the yellow pot-plant mushroom , found worldwide. The type species is Leucocoprinus cepistipes...
  
  
• Linepithema
• Liometopum
  Liometopum
  Liometopum is a genus of ants that belongs to the subfamily Dolichoderinae. Caterpillars of certain butterfly species have a symbiotic relationship with Liometopum ants...
  
  
• Lobopelta

M

• Macromischa
• Manica
  Manica (genus)
  Manica is a genus of ants within the subfamily Myrmicinae. To date it contains six known species.-Species:*M. bradley Wheeler, 1909*M. hunteri Wheeler, 1914*M. invidia Bolton, 1995*M. parasitica Creighton, 1934...
  
  
• Mayriella
• Megaponera
• Melophorus
• Messor
  Messor (ant genus)
  Messor is a myrmicine genus of ants with more than 100 species, all of which are harvester ants; the generic name comes from the Roman god of crops and harvest, Messor. The subterranean colonies tend to be found in open fields and near roadsides, openings are directly to the surface...
  
  
• Monomorium
  Monomorium
  Monomorium is one of the most species-rich genera of ants, with about 300 species. The most famous is the pharaoh ant, which can be a considerable pest, especially in hospitals. Although most are Old World species, mostly from the African tropics, others are found around the...
  
  
• Myrmecia
  Myrmecia
  Myrmecia, often called bulldog ants, bull ants, inch ants, sergeant ants, jumper ants or jack-jumpers , is a genus of ants. Bull ants can grow to over in length, with the smallest species long...
  
  
• Myrmecina
  Myrmecina
  Myrmecina is a genus of ants in family Formicidae. It contains 46 species distributed in North America, Europe, northern Africa, India east, Korea, Japan and Australia :*Myrmecina alpina Shattuck, 2009*Myrmecina amamiana Terayama, 1996...
  
  
• Myrmecocystus
  Myrmecocystus
  Myrmecocystus is a North American genus of ants. It is one of five genera that includes honeypot ants. Worker ants keep and tend plerergates, which are other ants that store large quantities of nutritious fluid in their abdomens to feed the colony during famine times...
  
  
• Myrmelachista
• Myrmica
  Myrmica
  Myrmica is a genus of ants within the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is widespread throughout the temperate regions of the Holarctic and high mountains in Southeast Asia. The genus consists of around 200 known species, and additional subspecies, although this figure is likely only to rise as soon as...
  
  
• Mystrium

O

• Ochetellus
• Odontomachus
  Odontomachus
  Odontomachus is a genus of carnivorous ants found in the tropics and subtropics throughout the world.-Overview:Commonly known as trap-jaw ants, species in Odontomachus have a pair of large, straight mandibles capable of opening 180 degrees...
  
  
• Oecophylla
• Opamyrma
• Orectognathus

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• Pachycondyla
  Pachycondyla
  Pachycondyla is a diverse group of ponerine ants that are widespread in the world's tropics and subtropics. Most are general predators or scavengers, with some specializing in hunting termites. In some species queens are replaced by fertilised workers...
  
  
• Paraponera
  Paraponera
  Paraponera is a genus of ant consisting of a single species, commonly known as the lesser giant hunting ant, conga ant, or bullet ant , named on account of its powerful and potent sting, which is said to be as painful as being shot with a bullet. It inhabits humid lowland rainforests from Nicaragua...
  
  
• Parasyscia
• Paratrechina
  Paratrechina
  Paratrechina is an ant genus from the subfamily Formicinae .There are over 150 described species and subspecies, some of which occur on every continent...
  
  
• Peronomyrmex
• Pheidole
  Pheidole
  Pheidole is a genus of ant that belongs to the ant subfamily Myrmicinae.-The Genus:The genus Pheidole is widespread and ecologically dominant...
  
  
• Pheidologeton
  Pheidologeton
  Pheidologeton is a genus of ants, also called marauder ants, due to their raids similar to those of army ants. Their nests are more permanent but almost as large as those of army ants...
  
  
• Pismire
• Plagiolepis
  Plagiolepis
  Plagiolepis is an ant genus of the formic acid-producing subfamily Formicinae.Species include:* Plagiolepis ampeloni* Plagiolepis grassei* Plagiolepis pygmaea * Plagiolepis regis...
  
  
• Platythyrea
  Platythyrea
  Platythyrea is a genus of ants.-Species:* Platythyrea angusta Forel, 1901* Platythyrea arnoldi Forel, 1913* Platythyrea arthuri Forel, 1910* Platythyrea bicuspis Emery, 1899* Platythyrea bidentata Brown, 1975...
  
  
• Pogonomyrmex
  Pogonomyrmex
  Pogonomyrmex is a genus of harvester ants, occurring primarily in the deserts of North and South America. The genus name originated from the Greek language and refers to a beard-like structure, the psammophore, below the head , which can be found in most species of the subgenus sensu stricto...
  
  
• Polyrhachus
• Polyergus
• Ponera
  Ponera
  Ponera is a genus of ponerine ants.-Description:This genus is very similar to Cryptopone, Hypoponera and Pachycondyla.-Biology:...
  
  
• Prenolepis
• Probolomyrmex
• Proceratium
• Prolasius
• Protomognathus
  Protomognathus
  Protomognathus is a genus of insect in family Formicidae. It contains the following species:* Protomognathus americanus...
  
  
• Pseudomyrma
• Pseudomyrmex
  Pseudomyrmex
  Pseudomyrmex is a genus of stinging, wasp-like ants in the family Formicidae . They are large eyed, slender ants with an arboreal habitat. They are found exclusively in the New World in tropical and subtropical regions...
  
  
• Pyramica
  Pyramica
  Pyramica is a genus of myrmicine ants in the tribe Dacetini. Baroni Urbani & de Andrade have proposed that this and many other myrmicine genera are all synonyms of the genus Strumigenys.-References:* ITIS:...
  
  

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• Serrastruma
  Serrastruma
  Serrastruma is a genus of insect in family Formicidae. It contains the following species:* Serrastruma inquilina...
  
  
• Solenopsis
• Stenamma
• Stigmatomma
• Streblognathus
• Strongylognathus
  Strongylognathus
  Strongylognathus is a genus of insect in family Formicidae. It contains the following species:* Strongylognathus afer* Strongylognathus alboini* Strongylognathus alpinus* Strongylognathus arnoldii* Strongylognathus caeciliae...
  
  
• Strumigenys
  Strumigenys
  Strumigenys is a genus of myrmicine ants in the tribe Dacetini.-Biology:Strumigenys form small nests in soil, under or between rocks, or in and under logs or under cattle dung. Some species nest in association with other ants such as Bothriomyrmex mayri or Rhytidoponera metallica. Although they are...
  
  
• Sympheidole
• Sysphincta

T

• Tapinoma
  Tapinoma
  Tapinoma is a genus of ants that belongs to the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae. There are 63 described species.The origin of the scientific name is interesting. Tapinoma is derived from the Finnish spirit god Tapio hence the common name ghost ant. Melanocephalum is derived from the two Greek words...
  
  
• Technomyrmex
• Temnothorax
• Tetramorium
  Tetramorium
  Tetramorium is a genus of insect in family Formicidae.Tetramorium was first described in the same publication as Monomorium.-Distribution:...
  
  
• Tetraogmus
• Typhlomyrmex
• Tyrannomyrmex