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List of ants of Kansas

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List of ants of Kansas
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Over 100 species of ants can be found in the Midwestern state of Kansas.

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Pheidole pilifera minor and major workers. Scale: 1mm.

Kansas ants

Kansas ant species include common ants and ones with wings. Some Kansas ants create mounds that are a common sight - Pogonomyrmex occidentalis, Formica subsericea, Formica montana, and Formica planipilis.[1]

Ants of the subfamily Dolichoderinae are frequently found in Kansas. Dolichoderine ants may be the only ants that can survive in Kansas' harsher environments.[2]

Ants of the subfamily Dorylinae mostly go unnoticed in Kansas because they can not tolerate direct sunlight. Neivamyrmex nigrescens and Neivamyrmex opacithorax are the most commonly found ants of this rarely seen subfamily.[3]

Crematogaster punctulata and Monomorium carbonarium of the subfamily Myrmicinae are frequently found in Kansas while many others are not as abundant.[4]

The only ant of the subfamily Ponerinae that is found in all of Kansas is Hypoponera opacior. Despite Ponera pennsylvanica not being found statewide, the species is also commonly found in Kansas along with Hypoponera opacior.[5]

Ants of the subfamily Formicinae are the second most abundant species in Kansas, right after Myrmicinae ants. Ants in the genus Camponotus and Formica are the most commonly found in this subfamily.[6]

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Kansas ants as pests

Ants that are commonly called pests are red imported fire ants, acrobat ants, big-headed ants, carpenter ants, cornfield ants, harvester ants, larger yellow ant, little black ants, mound ants, spinewaisted ants, and thief ants.[7] It is known that these pest species can survive through Kansas' less harsh winters.[8]

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