Identification Guide to the Ant Genera of the World

Barry Bolton

  • 1994 Winner of the Professional/Scholarly Publishing Award of the Association of American Publishers, Biological Science Category

Introduction

Problems of Classification

Outline of Zoogeography

Preparation of Specimens

Organization and Use of the Book

The Family Formicidae

Diagnosis of the Family Formicidae

The Extant Subfamilies

Key to Subfamilies Based on External Morphology

New Format Key in Subfamilies

Subfamily Aenictinae

Subfamily Aenictogitoninae

Subfamily Aneuretinae

Subfamily Apomyrminae

Subfamily Cerapachyinae

Subfamily Dolichoderinae

Subfamily Dorylinae

Subfamily Ecitoninae

Subfamily Formicinae

Subfamily Leptanillinae

Subfamily Leptanillodinae

Subfamily Myrmeciinae

Subfamily Myrmicinae

Subfamily Nothomyrmeciinae

Subfamily Ponerinae

Subfamily Psuedomyrmecinae

The Extinct Subfamilies

Subfamily Armaniinae

Subfamily Formiciinae

Subfamily Sphecomyrminae

Subfamily Paleosminteurinae

References to Faunistic Studies

Glossary of Morphological Terms

Bibliography

Index and Checklist

  • Cover: Identification Guide to the Ant Genera of the World

Barry Bolton, now retired, is a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society and Myrmecologist, Biodiversity Division, Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, London.