Subfamily Tribe Genus Subgenus Species Species Species Author Date Distribution Biology Notes Introduced Endemic Dolichoderinae Dolichoderini Dolichoderus taschenbergi (Mayr 1866) isolated pockets in central alberta Jack Pine Sandhills Dolichoderinae Dolichoderini Tapinoma sessile (Say 1836) province wide wide variety of habitats Formicinae Campontini Camponotus Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus 1758) province wide forested areas Formicinae Campontini Camponotus Camponotus laevigatus (Smith 1858) Southern edge of province forests Formicinae Campontini Camponotus Camponotus modoc Wheeler 1910 Southern edge of province Formicinae Campontini Camponotus Camponotus noveboracensis (Fitch 1955) province wide Formicinae Campontini Camponotus Myrmentoma nearcticus Emery 1893 Southern half of province Woodland, forest (including floodplain), parks, campuses. Nests in dead wood of living trees. Forages on trees day and night, but more abundantly at night. Formicinae Campontini Camponotus Tanaemyrmex vicinus Mayr 1870 Southern edge of province Formicinae Formicini Formica exsecta opaciventris Emery 1893 southern half Formicinae Formicini Formica exsecta ulkei Emery 1893 northern half of province Woodland areas Formicinae Formicini Formica fusca accreta Francouer 1973 province wide Formicinae Formicini Formica fusca altipetens Wheeler 1913 Formicinae Formicini Formica fusca argentea Wheeler 1912 province wide Dirt roads, animal paths, creek banks in prairie, also lawns and sidewalks in parks and campuses Formicinae Formicini Formica fusca canadensis Santschi 1914 Formicinae Formicini Formica fusca glacialis Wheeler 1908 Formicinae Formicini Formica fusca hewitti Wheeler 1917 Formicinae Formicini Formica fusca montana Emery 1893 Formicinae Formicini Formica fusca neoclara Emery 1893 Formicinae Formicini Formica fusca neorufibarbis Emery 1893 Formicinae Formicini Formica fusca podzolica Francouer 1973 Formicinae Formicini Formica fusca subpolita Mayr 1886 Formicinae Formicini Formica microgyna impexa Wheeler 1905 Formicinae Formicini Formica microgyna microgyna Wheeler 1903 southern prairies Formicinae Formicini Formica microgyna adamsi whymperi Wheeler 1917 foothills Formicinae Formicini Formica microgyna densiventris Viereck 1903 sand hills Formicinae Formicini Formica neogagates bradleyi Wheeler 1913 Formicinae Formicini Formica neogagates lasioides Emery 1893 Formicinae Formicini Formica neogagates limata Wheeler 1913 Formicinae Formicini Formica neogagates neogagates Emery 1893 Prairie edge, woodland Formicinae Formicini Formica neogagates perpilosa Wheeler 1913 southern prairies Formicinae Formicini Formica rufa dakotensis Emery 1883 Province wide Formicinae Formicini Formica rufa integroides Wheeler 1913 province wide Formicinae Formicini Formica rufa obscuripes Forel 1886 province wide Prairie Formicinae Formicini Formica rufa obscuriventris Mayr 1870 province wide Mesic brushy prairie, prairie-forest edge Formicinae Formicini Formica rufa oreas comptula Wheeler 1913 Formicinae Formicini Formica rufa fossaceps Buren 1942 southern part of province Formicinae Formicini Formica rufa oreas Wheeler 1903 Formicinae Formicini Formica rufa planipilis Creighton 1940 Formicinae Formicini Formica rufa ravida Creighton 1940 Formicinae Formicini Formica sanguinea aserva Forel 1901 Formicinae Formicini Formica sanguinea obtusopilosa Emery 1893 southern part of province Formicinae Formicini Formica sanguinea puberula Emery 1893 Formicinae Formicini Formica sanguinea rubicunda Emery 1893 Mesic brushy prairie, prairie-forest edge; mesic forest where host F. subsericea is abundant Formicinae Formicini Formica sanguinea subintegra Emery 1893 central to southern half of province, rare Forest, woodland and parks where host F. subsericea is abundant Formicinae Lasiini Lasius Acanthomyops coloradensis Wheeler 1917 Statewide found in prairie regions Formicinae Lasiini Lasius Acanthomyops latipes (Walsh 1863) found in prairie regions Formicinae Lasiini Lasius Acanthomyops subglaber Emery 1893 found in prairie regions One wonders if the old name aphidicola might be valid for this American population? Formicinae Lasiini Lasius Chthonolasius subumbratus Viereck 1903 One wonders if the old name americanus might be valid for this American population? Formicinae Lasiini Lasius Chthonolasius umbratus (Nylander 1846) province wide Formicinae Lasiini Lasius Lasius alienus Mayr 1886 (Emery 1893?) southern half of province, rare One wonders if the old name americanus might be valid for this American population? Formicinae Lasiini Lasius Lasius crypticus Wilson 1955 Central to southern half of province Formicinae Lasiini Lasius Lasius neoniger Emery 1893 province wide Formicinae Lasiini Lasius Lasius niger (Linnaeus 1758) Formicinae Lasiini Lasius Lasius pallitarsis (Provancher 1881) Formicinae Lasiini Lasius flavus fallax Wilson 1955 Formicinae Lasiini Lasius flavus flavus (Fabricius 1781) Formicinae Formicini Polyergus breviceps Emery 1893 areas with mature colonies of slave species (Formica podzolica, F. argentia, F. glacialis) Myrmicinae Formicoxenini Formicoxenus hirticornis (Emery 1895) Myrmicinae Formicoxenini Formicoxenus provancheri (Emery 1895) Myrmicinae Formicoxenini Formicoxenus quebecensis Francouer 1985 Myrmicinae Formicoxenini Leptothorax athabasca Buschinger 2007 Rocky Mountains Myrmicinae Formicoxenini Leptothorax faberi Buschinger 1983 E Myrmicinae Formicoxenini Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander 1846) Myrmicinae Formicoxenini Leptothorax pocahontas (Buschinger 1979) Myrmicinae Formicoxenini Leptothorax retractus Francouer 1986 Myrmicinae Formicoxenini Leptothorax wilsoni Heinze 1989 E Myrmicinae Myrmicini Manica hunteri Wheeler 1914 Myrmicinae Myrmicini Manica invidia Bolton 1995 Myrmicinae Solenopsidini Monomorium minimum (Buckley 1866) souther eastern side of province Myrmicinae Solenopsidini Monomorium pharaonis (L. 1758) Urban, in heated buildings, rare Heated buildings I Myrmicinae Myrmicini Myrmica ab001 Sand hill areas Myrmicinae Myrmicini Myrmica ab002 southern prairies Myrmicinae Myrmicini Myrmica alaskensis Wheeler 1917 Myrmicinae Myrmicini Myrmica americana Weber 1939 Myrmicinae Myrmicini Myrmica brevispinosa Wheeler 1917 Myrmicinae Myrmicini Myrmica crassirugis Francoeur 2007 Myrmicinae Myrmicini Myrmica detritinodus Emery 1921 northern half of province dry forests Myrmicinae Myrmicini Myrmica fracticornis Forel 1910 northern half of province Myrmicinae Myrmicini Myrmica incompleta Provancher 1881 Province wide Woodland Myrmicinae Myrmicini Myrmica latifrons Forel 1914 Myrmicinae Myrmicini Myrmica lobifrons Pergande Northern half of province Myrmicinae Myrmicini Myrmica nearctica Weber 1939 Myrmicinae Myrmicini Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (Cresson 1865) Southeast corner of province Myrmicinae Myrmicini Pogonomyrmex salinus Olsen 1934 Southeast corner of province Myrmicinae Solenopsidini Solenopis molesta (Say 1836) Myrmicinae Formicoxenini Temnothorax ambiguus (Emery 1895) Southern half of province Prairie, old field, badlands Myrmicinae Formicoxenini Temnothorax fragosus (Mackay and Buschinger, 2002) Rocky Mountains Myrmicinae Formicoxenini Temnothorax rugatulus Emery 1895 Suffield military base