As of January 2012, over 12,643 species of ant have been classified. The true number of species is estimated to be over 20,000. This is an index of species referenced on AntBlog and represents a fraction of this diversity.
List of ant genera:
Acromyrmex
Anergates
Anochetus
Aphaenogaster
Atta
Bothriomyrmex
Camponotus
Crematogaster
Dinoponera
Eciton
Formica
Gigantiops
Harpegnathos
Hypoponera
Iridomyrmex
Lasius
Lepisiota
Leptothorax
Linepithema
Messor
Monomorium
Myrmecia
Myrmecocystus
Myrmica
Myrmicocrypta
Myrmoteras
Myrmoxenus
Odontomachus
Oecophylla
Paraponera
Pheidole
Pheidologeton
Pogonomyrmex
Polyrhachis
Solenopsis
Sphecomyrma
Temnothorax
Tetramorium
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