Although lists of ants have been published for eight Midwestern states, Iowa (Buren 1944), Illinois (DuBois & LaBerge 1989), Indiana (Morris 1943, Munsee, et al. 1986), Kansas (Dubois 1985, Dubois & Danoff-Burg 1994), Michigan (Wheeler et al. 1994), North Dakota (Wheeler & Wheeler 1963, 1977), South Dakota (Wheeler & Wheeler 1987), Wisconsin (Burril & Smith 1919), the only published list for Minnesota ants is a list of 33 currently recognized species found in northeastern Minnesota (Gregg 1946). The list below was made by combining the list of ants of Cowling Arboretum and McKnight Prairie (present study, note that asterisks mark collections made during this study), the list of ants collected in Minnesota that are currently in the University of Minnesota insect collection, and Minnesota collections mentioned in the literature (e.g. Buren 1943, Smith 1979). The result is a list of 101 species.
Ponerinae
P. pennsylvanica Buckley
MN (Anoka, Cook (Gregg 1946), Dakota*, Fillmore, Goodhue*, Hennepin, Houston, Mille Lacs, Pine, Ramsey, Rice*, Rock, Washington)
Myrmicinae
Aphaenogaster mariae Forel
MN (Houston)
A. picea Wheeler, W.M.
MN (=A. rudis; Chisago, Fillmore, Houston, Pope, Ramsey, Rock, Washington)
A. picea rudis Enzmann, J.
MN (Ramsey)
A. tennesseensis Mayr
MN (Anoka, Benton, Cook (Greg 1946), Dakota*, Fillmore, Goodhue*, Hennepin, Houston, Nicollet, Rice*, Wabasha)
A. treatae Forel
MN (Houston)
Crematogaster cerasi (Fitch)
MN (Goodhue*, Morrison (Noyce, et al. 1997))
Crematogaster lineolata Say
MN (Anoka, Benton, Big Stone, Chisago, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, Mille Lacs, Pine, Rock, Stearns, Traverse, Washington, Wright, Yellow Medicine)
Harpagoxenus canadensis Smith, M.R.
MN (St. Louis (Greg 1946))
Leptothorax ambiguus Emery
MN (Chisago, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Dakota*, Fillmore, Goodhue*, Houston, Morrison (Noyce, et al. 1997), Pine, Rice*, Stearns, Todd, Wabasha)
L. longispinosus Roger
MN (Polk, Ramsey, Wabasha)
L. muscorum Nylander
MN (Becker, Carlton, Cass, Clearwater, Cook, Hennepin, Itasca (Noyce, et al. 1997), Kittson, Koochiching, Pine, Rock, St. Louis (Greg 1946), Todd, Traverse)
L. texanus Wheeler
MN (St. Louis (Greg 1946))
L. texanus davisi Wheeler
MN (Goodhue*)
Monomorium minimum Buckley
MN (Goodhue*, Kandiyohi, Otter Tail, Pope, Rock, Washington, Yellow Medicine)
M. pharaonis Linnaeus
MN (Hennepin, Koochiching, Martin, Ramsey, Rock, St. Louis, Stearns)
Myrmica alaskensis Wheeler
MN (Beltrami, Clearwater, Cook, Ramsey, St. Louis)
M. americana Weber
MN (Anoka, Goodhue*)
M. detrinodis Emery
MN (Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Chisago, Clearwater, Cook, Hennepin, Itasca, Kittson, Lincoln, Marshall, Mille Lacs, Morrison (Noyce, et al. 1997), Pope, Ramsey, Red Lake, Rock, Roseau, St. Louis)
M. emeryana Forel
MN (Rock)
M. evanida Francoeur
MN (Becker, Benson, Chisago, Clearwater, Dakota, Goodhue*, Hennepin, Houston, Jackson, Kittson, Marshall, Olmsted, Otter Tail, Pope, Polk, Ramsey, Red Lake, Rice*, Rock, Scott, Stearns, Stevens, Todd, Traverse, Wadena, Washington, Winona, Yellow Medicine)
M. fracticornis Emery
MN (Aitkin, Beltrami, Benson, Carver, Clearwater, Cook, Itasca, Kittson, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Pine, Pope, Ramsey, Rock, Roseau, Washington)
M. incompleta Provancher
MN (Chisago, Hennepin, Itasca (Noyce, et al. 1997), Marshall, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau)
M. lobifrons Pergande
MN (Beltrami, Clearwater, Hennepin, Itasca (Noyce, et al. 1997), Nicollet)
M. punctiventris Roger
MN (Chisago, Rice*)
M. sculptilis Francoeur
MN (Anoka, Beltrami, Chisago, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Fillmore, Hennepin, Houston, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Pine, Polk, Ramsey, Rock, Sherburne, Wabasha, Yellow Medicine)
Pheidole bicarinata Mayr
MN (Big Stone)
P. pilifera Roger
MN (Anoka, Goodhue*, Houston)
Protomognathus americanus (Emery)
MN (Rice*)
Smithistruma perandei Emery
MN (=Strumigenys pergandei; Houston)
S. pulchella Emery
MN (=Strumigenys pulchella; Houston)
Solenopsis molesta Say
MN (Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Dakota*, Goodhue*, Hennepin, Houston, Jackson, Le Suer, Lincoln, Pope, Ramsey, Rice*, Rock, St. Louis, Scott, Traverse, Washington, Wright, Yellow Medicine)
Stenamma brevicorne Mayr
MN (Dakota*, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, Ramsey, Rock)
S. diecki Emery
MN (Anoka, Beltrami, Chisago, Clearwater, Cook, Crow Wing, Dakota*, Itasca (Noyce, et al. 1997), Mille Lacs, Pine, Ramsey, Wright)
S. impar Forel
MN (Dakota*, Ramsey)
S. schmitti Wheeler, W.M.
MN (Houston)
Dolichoderinae
Dolichoderus mariae Forel
MN (Smith 1979)
Dolichoderus plagiatus Mayr
MN (=Hypoclinea plagiata; Clearwater)
D. pustulatus Mayr
MN (=Hypoclinea pustulata; Clearwater, Crow Wing, Hubbard, St. Louis)
D. taschenbergi Mayr
MN (=Hypoclinea taschenbergi; Carlton, Clearwater, Cook, Crow Wing, Mille Lacs, St. Louis (Greg 1946))
Dorymyrmex pyramicus Roger
MN (Houston, Pope, Rice*)
Forelius pruinosus (Roger)
MN (=Iridomyrmex pruinosum; Anoka, Scott, Washington)
Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricus)
MN (tropical species found in greenhouses in Hennepin, Ramsey)
T. sessile Say
MN (Anoka, Beltrami, Carlton (Greg 1946), Cass, Chisago, Clearwater, Cook, Crow Wing, Dakota*, Fillmore, Folk, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, Itasca, Kanabec, Kandiyohi, Lake, Marshall, Mille Lacs, Morrison (Noyce, et al. 1997), Nicollet, Pine, Polk, Pope, Ramsey, Red Lake, Rice*, Roseau, St. Louis (Greg 1946), Washington, Yellow Medicine)
Formicinae
Acanthomyops claviger (Roger)
MN (Dakota*, Fillmore, Houston, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison (Noyce, et al. 1997), Pine, Ramsey, Rice*, St. Louis, Todd, Wabasha, Winona, Wright)
A. interjectus Mayr
MN (Anoka (Wing 1967), Beltrami (Wing 1967), Clearwater (Wing 1967), Dakota*, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, Morrison (Noyce, et al. 1997), Ramsey)
A. latipes Walsh
MN (Hennepin, Crow Wing (Wing 1967), Lincoln, Olmstead, Ramsey, Rice*, Rock (Wing 1967), Yellow Medicine)
A. occidentalis Wheeler, W.M.
MN (Anoka, Ramsey)
A. plumopilosus (Buren)
MN (Crow Wing (Wing 1967))
A. pubescens (Buren)
MN (Aitkin (Wing 1967), Crow Wing (Wing 1967))
A. subglaber Emery
MN (Beltrami, Carlton, Clearwater, Hubbard, Polk, Washington)
Brachymyrmex depilis Emery
MN (Clearwater, Goodhue*, Houston, Pine, Rock, Washington)
Camponotus americanus Mayr
MN (Hennepin, Houston, Ramsey)
C. discolor Buckley
MN (=C. caryae discolor; Anoka, Chippewa, Dakota, Hennepin, Jackson, Pope, Ramsey, Stevens, Washington)
C. herculeanus Linnaeus
MN (Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clearwater, Cook, Crow Wing, Hennepin, Hubbard, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Morrison (Noyce, et al. 1997), Mille Lacs, Pine, Pope, Ramsey, St. Louis, Wright)
C. modoc Wheeler, W.M.
MN (=C. pennsylvanicus modoc; Ramsey)
C. nearcticus Emery
MN (Carlton, Dakota*, Pine, St. Louis (Greg 1946))
C. noveboracensis (Fitch)
MN (Anoka, Beltrami, Benton, Carlton (Greg 1946), Carver, Cass, Clearwater, Cook (Greg 1946), Crow Wing, Dakota*, Faribault, Goodhue*, Houston, Itasca, Kanabec, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, La Suer, Mille Lacs, Morrison (Noyce, et al. 1997), Pope, Ramsey, Rice*, Rock, Roseau, St. Louis, Stearns, Wabasha, Washington, Wright, Yellow Medicine)
C. pennsylvanicus De Geer
MN (Anoka, Beltrami, Carver, Crow Wing, Dakota*, Dodge, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, Mower, Pine, Polk, Ramsey, Rice*, Rock, Stearns, Wabasha, Washington, Wilkin, Wright)
Formica argentea Wheeler, W.M.
MN (Anoka, Big Stone, Brown, Carver, Clearwater (Francoeur 1973), Cook (Francoeur 1973), Dakota, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, Hubbard, Jackson, Lincoln, Marshall (Francoeur 1973), Martin, Nobles, Otter Tail, Pipestone, Polk, Pope, Ramsey, Rice, Rock, Stevens, Wright, Yellow Medicine)
F. aserva Forel (=F. subnuda)
MN (Aitkin, Anoka, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clearwater, Cook, Itasca, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Morrison (Noyce, et al. 1997), Nicollet, Nicollet, Pope, Roseau, St. Louis)
F. bradleyi Wheeler
MN (no locality; (Smith 1979))
F. ciliata Mayr
MN (Winona)
F. dakotensis Emery
MN (Todd, St. Louis (Greg 1946))
F. emeryi Wheeler
MN (Cook (Greg 1946))
F. exsectoides Forel
MN (Itasca (Noyce, et al. 1997))
F. fossaceps Buren
MN (Itasca (Noyce, et al. 1997))
F. fusca Linnaeus
MN (Anoka, Beltrami, Carlton (Greg 1946),Chisago, Clearwater, Cook, Erskine, Houston, Itasca, Kanabec, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake, Mille Lacs, Morrison (Noyce, et al. 1997), Nicollet, Polk, Pope (Francoeur 1973), Ramsey, Red Lake, Rock, Roseau, St. Louis, Swift, Wabasha (Francoeur 1973), Wright)
F. glacialis Wheeler, W.M.
MN (Aitkin, Becker (Francoeur 1973), Beltrami, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Chisago, Clearwater, Cook (Francoeur 1973), Crow Wing, Dakota, Fillmore, Hennepin, Itasca, Kittson, Koochiching (Francoeur 1973), Lake, Lake of the Woods, Lincoln, Marshall, Martin, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Otter Tail, Pine, Polk, Pope (Francoeur 1973), Ramsey, Renville, Rock, Roseau, Stearns, Todd, Washinton, Wilkin, Yellow Medicine (Francoeur 1973))
F. hewitti Wheeler
MN (Clearwater (Francoeur 1973))
F. impexa Wheeler
MN (Smith 1979)
F. incerta Buren
MN (Dakota*, Goodhue*, Rice*)
F. lasioides Emery
MN (Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone, Carlton, Cass, Chisago, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Houston, Jackson, Kanabec, Kandiyohi, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Lincoln, Mrashall, Martin, Mower, Nobles, Pine, Polk, Pope, Ramsey, Rock, Roseau, St. Louis, Stearns, Swift, Todd, Wadena, Washington, Yellow Medicine)
F. limata Wheeler
MN (Carlton (Greg 1946))
F. montana Wheeler, W.M.
MN (Anoka, Benson, Carver, Dakota, Freeborn, Goodhue*, Hennepin, Jackson, Kittson, Le Sueur, Lincoln (Francoeur 1973), Marshall, Martin, Mower (Francoeur 1973), Nicollet, Nobles (Francoeur 1973), Normon, Otter Tail, Pennington, Polk, Ramsey, Rock, St. Louis, Scott, Stevens, Swift (Francoeur 1973), Wabasha, Wilkin, Yellow Medicine)
F. neogagates Viereck
MN (Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Fillmore, Houston, Kandiyohi, Lincoln, Marshall, Mille Lacs, Otter Tail, Polk, Ramsey, Rock, Scott, Stearns, Steele, Wabasha, Yellow Medicine)
F. neorufibarbis Emery
MN (Carlton (Greg 1946), Clearwater, Cook, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Itasca (Francoeur 1973), Le Suer, Pope, St. Louis, Stearns (Francoeur 1973))
F. obscuripes Forel
MN (Becker, Crow Wing, Dakota, Goodhue*, Houston, Kandiyohi, Kittson, Marshall, Mille Lacs, Morrison (Noyce, et al. 1997), Otter Tail, Pipestone, Polk, Pope, Red Lake, Rice, Roseau, Stevens, Todd, Traverse, Yellow Medicine)
F. obscuriventris Mayr
MN (=F. rufa gymnamma; Cook (Greg 1946), Lake (Greg 1946), Morrison (Noyce, et al. 1997), St. Louis (Greg 1946))
F. obtusopilosa Emery
MN (Big Stone)
F. nitidiventris Emery
MN (Anoka, Chisago, Clearwater, Dakota*, Fillmore, Goodhue*, Hennepin, Houston, Jackson, Olmsted, Pine, Rice*, Rock, Scott, Wadena, Washington, Winona)
F. oreas comptula Wheeler
MN (Cook (Greg 1946))
F. podzolica Francoeur
MN (Aitkin (Francoeur 1973), Beltrami, Big Stone (Francoeur 1973), Clearwater, Cook, Hennepin, Itasca, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Marshall (Francoeur 1973), Mille Lacs, Polk, Ramsey, Roseau (Francoeur 1973), St. Louis, Todd, Traverse (Francoeur 1973))
F. reflexa Buren
MN (Crow Wing, St. Louis, Steele, (Buren 1942))
F. spatulata Buren
MN (Traverse (Buren 1944))
F. subsericea Say
MN (Aitkin, Anoka (Francoeur 1973), Beltrami (Francoeur 1973), Carlton (Greg 1946),Cass, Chisago, Clearwater (Francoeur 1973), Cook (Francoeur 1973), Crow Wing (Francoeur 1973), Dakota*, Faribault, Fillmore, Goodhue*, Hennepin, Houston, Kittson, Lake, Le Suer, Lincoln, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Nicollet, Pine (Francoeur 1973), Polk, Pope, Ramsey, Rice*, St. Louis (Greg 1946),Traverse, Wabasha, Wadena (Francoeur 1973), Washington, Winona (Francoeur 1973))
F. pergandei Emery
MN (=F. sublucida; Clearwater, Cook(Greg 1946), Dakota*, Goodhue*, Itasca, Kittson, Marshall, Otter Tail, Pine, Polk, Rice*, Rock, Todd, Traverse)
F. ulkei Emery
MN (Anoka, Benton, Carlton (Greg 1946), Dakota, Hubbard, Itasca, Kanabec, Kittson, Otter Tail, Pine, St. Louis, Stevens, Waqshington, Yellow Medicine)
F. whymperi adamsi Wheeler
MN (Itasca (Noyce, et al. 1997), St. Louis (Greg 1946))
Lasius alienus Foerster
MN (=L. alienus americanus; Aitkin, Anoka, Beltrami, Carlton (Greg 1946), Carver, Chisago, Clearwater, Cook (Greg 1946), Crow Wing, Dakota*, Fillmore, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, Itasca, Jackson, Kanabec, Koochiching, Lincoln, Marshall, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Nicollet, Pine, Polk, Pope, Ramsey, Rice*, Rock, St. Louis (Greg 1946), Sibley, Stearns, Todd, Traverse, Wabasha, Washington)
L. minutus Emery
MN (=L. bicornis minutus; Hennepin)
L. flavus Fabricus
MN (=L. brevicornis; Clearwater, Crow Wing, Houston, Pine)
L. nearcticus Wheeler, W.M.
MN (=L. flavus nearcticus; Chisago, Clearwater, Dakota*, Itasca (Noyce, et al. 1997), Nicollet, Pine, Pope, Ramsey, Rice*)
L. neoniger Emery
MN (=L. niger neoniger; Aitkin*, Anoka, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone, Cass, Carlton, Chisago, Clearwater, Cook, Crow Wing, Dakota*, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue*, Hennepin, Houston, Itasca, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Lincoln, Marshall, Martin, Mower, Nobles, Normon, Otter Tail, Pine, Pipestone, Polk, Pope, Ramsey, Rice*, Rock, Roseau, St. Louis, Stearns, Stevens, Swift, Todd, Traverse, Wadena, Washington, Wright, Yellow Medicine)
L. pallitarsis (Provancher)
MN (Aitkin*, Carlton (Greg 1946), Clearwater (Wilson ), Itasca (Noyce, et al. 1997), Rice*, St. Louis (Greg 1946))
L. speculiventris Emery
MN (Ramsey (Wilson 1955))
L. subumbratus Viereck
MN (Clearwater (Wilson 1955))
L. umbratus Nylander
MN (=L. subumbratus epinotalis, =L. umbratus aphidcola; Anoka, Beltrami, Chisago, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Dakota*, Hennepin, Itasca (Noyce, et al. 1997), Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Pine, Polk, Pope, Ramsey, Rice*, Rock, Stevens, Wright)
Paratrechina parvula Mayr
MN (Chisago, Dakota*, Goodhue*, Houston, Rice*, Todd, Wadena, Washington)
Polyergus breviceps Emery
MN (=rusfescens fusciventris, =rufescens fusciventris; Itasca (Noyce, et al. 1997), St. Louis (Gregg 1946))
Prenolepis imparis Say
MN (Anoka, Dakota*, Goodhue*, Hennepin, Ramsey, Rice*, Wabasha, Washington)