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Welcome to the Ant Identification section of the Mueller Lab!

The purpose of this site is to provide students, teachers, and ant enthusiasts with resources for finding out more about ants in general. As we continue to develop this site and expand our resource offerings, check out what we have for now:

Ant Identification Key	Use an ant key to identify your specimen. Alternatively, if you know the species, use this key to confirm its identity by comparing its features against the key. In addition, obtain details on specific ant species.
Glossary	Obtain definitions of terms used when describing ants.
Links	Follow links to related sites.

Authorship

Website design and development*: Brian Wee, University of Texas at Austin, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior.
Key development and unacknowledged photography: Nicola Plowes, University of Connecticut, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
Key development and image design: Barrett Klein, University of Texas at Austin, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior.

*The HTML files for the identification key were generated using a Microsoft Access application written by Brian Wee which allows the creation and modification of the key without HTML programming knowledge.

Acknowledgments

The Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University graciously allowed Nicola Plowes to photograph specimens. Key and glossary information relied greatly on Hölldobler & Wilson 1990, Bolton 1994, and MacKay & MacKay 2003. Funding was made possible through the UT PopBio Program and the National Science Foundation.

Literature Cited

Bolton, B. 1994. Identification Guide to the Ant Genera of the World. Harvard Univ. Press. Cambridge, MA.
Creighton, W. 1950. The ants of North America. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 104:1-585 + 57 plates.
Hölldobler, B. and E. O. Wilson. 1990. The Ants. The Belknap Press. Cambridge, MA.
Smith, M. 1965. House-infesting ants of the eastern United States. Their recognition, biology, and economic importance. U.S. Dept. Agric. Tech. Bull. 1326:1-105.