URL

site title

content

http://antbase.org

Antbase

Is the pilot site of the Social Insects World Wide Web (SIWeb) and aims to give all available infor­mation about ant names (via Hymenoptera Name Server) and primary taxonomic literature (cita­tions and full text copies); links included to ground living ant database, to a distribution database, to red lists and the extensive literature database FORMIS; contents a term glossary and the directory of world’s ants taxonomists.

http://ant.edb.miyakyo-u.ac.jp/

Ant Image Database 2003 (Japanese Ant Database Group)

Since 1995 online. Introduction to myrmecology, gives a world distribution map of ant genera, links to Australian ant image database, Hymenoptera Name Server, FORMIS literature database, Australian ants online etc.

http://www.discoverlife.org/nh/tx/
Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/

Discover Life

Gives check lists of world ant genera and species lists of a number of countries in America, Asia and Africa; interactive identification guides for a number of countries, information about invasive ants and leafcutter ants with geographic distribution maps; ant images with Automontage® software.

URL

site title

content

http://atbi.biosci.ohiostate.edu:210/
hymenoptera/nomenclator.home_page

Hymenoptera Name Server

Gives all information about taxonomy and systematics about ants, with synonymies, links to origi­nal descriptions with pdf-documents for download. Is directly linked with the Hymenoptera On-line Database.

http://tolweb.org/tree?group
=Formicidae&contgroup=Vespoidea

Tree of Life

Presents phylogenetic relationships between ants themselves and other insects groups. Images of living ants and references are given

http://www.cs.unc.edu/~hedlund/ants/
catalog/BoltonUpdates.html

Update to Boltons Ant Catalog

Taxonomic updates to Bolton , B. (1995): A new general catalogue of the ants of the world - Harvard University Press.

http://www.antweb.org/index.jsp

Antweb

Provides high resolution Automontage® images of all ant genera of the world.

URL

site title

content

http://www.anttypes.org

Digital documentation on ant types deposited in German collections - project GBIF-D/FoCol

List of primary ant types deposited in German colections with AutoMontage images of all recorded specimens

http://onlinedb.biodat.de/v1/default.asp

BIODAT - Biological Specimens Database

Specimen database of Museum Alexander Koenig Bonn, Germany. Images and geographic maps of collection locations are available.

http://mcz-28168.oeb.harvard.edu/mcz/
FMPro?-db=Species.fm&-lay=web&-
format=search.htm&-view

Museum of Comparative Zoology, Type Database

Provides Automontage® images of type specimens deposited at the Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard .

http://ant.edb.miyakyo-u.ac.
jp/E/GUIDE/TYPES.HTM

Type specimen of Japanese ants

Links to type specimen of Japanese ants in the MCZ of Harvard University and the Smith Collection in the Natural History Museum London.

http://www.calacademy.org/research/
entomology/types/insecta/hymenop/
formicid.htm

California Academy of Sciences, Formicidae type collection

Provides a list of ant types deposited at California Academy of Sciences.

http://iris.biosci.ohio-state.
edu/types/hyms/formicid.html

Ohio State University , primary types of Formicidae

Provides a list of ant types deposited at Ohio State University .

http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/
species_lists/Formicidae.html

University of Michigan , Formicidae in the UMMZ insect division

Provides a list of ant species deposited at University of Michigan .

http://www.zsm.mwn.de/hym/
ressources.htm

Zoologische Staatssammlung München
Online Resourcen der Sektion Hymenoptera

Provides a list of ant species and ant types deposited at Zoologische Staatssammlung München.

http://www.gbif.org/

GBIF

Provides taxonomic information about organisms in zoological and botanical institutions, often with images.

URL

site title

content

http://webluis.fcla.edu/cgibin/cgiwrap/
fclwlv3/wlv3cit.cgi/CM2/DGref/DBFM/P1basic

Formis

Extensive ant bibliography data base with last update 2003. Literature data base is for down­load and can be opened with Endnote.

http://www.oegef.at/

Myrmecological
News/
Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik

Registered Online-Journal about myrmecology. Paper reprints available.

http://www.notesfromunder
ground.org/

Notes from Underground

Online-Journal about myrmecology, but no ISSN. Message board.

http://www.plazi.org

Plazi.org

taxonomic literature web portal with a search engine

links

region

check-
list

identifica-
tionkey/
taxonomy

distribution
maps

litera­ture

natural history

images

glossary morpho-
logy

collection guide/
specimen preparation

links

observations

http://www.antweb.org/

USA
(Arizona,
Califonia,
Florida,
Louisiana),
Mexico
(Baja
California),
Madagascar

+

b

+

b

b

+
(Auto-
mon-
tage)

b

b

b

combines distribution maps with Google Earth

http://www.antdata.org/

USA

+

b

b

b

b

b

b

b

+

b

http://www.cs.unc.edu/
~hedlund/dev/ants/catalog/

USA

+

b

+

+

+

+

b

b

b

b

http://www.desertants.org/

USA

b

+

b

b

+

b

+

b

b

still under construction

http://www.tightloop.com/
ants/

USA (Arizona)

+

b

b

b

+

+

b

b

+

http://www.msstate.edu/org/
mississippientmuseum/
Researchtaxapages/
Formicidaehome.html

USA (Missisipi
and Alabama)

+

+

b

b

b

+

+

b

+

Discover
Lifeimages

http://www.acad.carleton.edu/
curricular/BIOL/resources/ant/

USA (Cowling Arboretum & McKnight Prarie)

+

+

+

+

b

+

b

+

+

b

http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.
edu/fauna/MICHANTS.html

USA (Michigan)

+

b

b

b

b

b

b

b

b

b

http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/
resource/1999/ants/ants.htm

USA (Tallgrass Prairie)

+

+

b

+

+

b

b

b

b

b

http://www.utep.edu/leb/
antgenera.htm

North, Central
and South
America

b

+

+
(in the keys)

+

b

+
(in the
keys)

b

b

+

keys in MS
Word format
for download

http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/K/
Michael.E.Kaspari-1/K/Michael.
E.Kaspari-1/bcnm_ants_
home.htm

North and Central
America
(Barro
Colorado,
Panama)

+

b

b

b

b

+

b

b

+

b

http://www.naturalsciences.
be/cb/ants/projects/
ibisca_ants.htm

Panama

b

b

b

+

+

+
(vi-
deos)

b

b

b

Ibisca-project
site about insect diversity in Panamanian rain forest

http://www.evergreen.edu/
ants/AntsofCostaRica.html

Costa Rica

+

+

b

+

+

+

b

+

+

b

http://antbase.org/ants/africa/

Africa

+

+

+

+

b

+

b

b

b

b

http://www.museums.org.za/
bio/ants/#Classification

South-Africa

b

+

b

b

b

b

b

b

b

b

http://www.ento.csiro.au/
science/ants/default.htm

Australia

+

+

+

+

+

+
(REM-
images

+

+

b

b

http://ant.edb.miyakyo-u.
ac.jp/AZ/index.html

Australia

+

b

b

+

b

+

b

b

b

b

http://ant.edb.miyakyo-u.
ac.jp/E/index.html

Japan

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

b

+

b

http://www.hormigas.org/

Spain

+

+

b

+

+

b

+

b

+

b

http://www.agr.hr/hed/hrv/
ento/inventar/formica.htm

Croatia

+
(ge-
nera)

b

b

+

b

b

b

b

b

b

http://www.antnest.co.uk/

United Kingdom

+

+

b

b

+

+

+

b

+

with
introduction to myrmecology

http://www.anthill.org.uk/
index.htm

United Kingdom

b

b

b

b

+

+

b

b

+

with
introduction to myr-mecology

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/
jean-yves.bichaton/ecran.htm

France

+

b

+

+

+

b

b

b

b

b

http://www.antbase.net/

Germany,
Borneo,
Malaysia,
Mongolia

+

b

b

+

b

+

b

b

b

b

http://www.ants-
cachoeira.net/

Brazil

b

b

b

+

+

+

bb

bb

+

b

http://www.ameisen-net.de

Germany

+

b

b

+

b

+

bb

+

+

b

http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/
faculty/ward/wild/research/
mbaracayu.html

Paraguay

+

b

b

b

b

b

b

b

b

b

http://www.geocities.com/
chamonate/hormigas/guia.html

Chile

b

b

b

+

b

+

b

b

+

b

http://people.bu.edu/karitr/
index.html

Ecuador

+

b

b

+

b

+

b

+

+

b

URL

ant group

content

http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/faculty/ward/
pseudo.html

Subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae

Taxonomy, identification guides, Automontage® images, phylogeny, natural history.

http://www.blueboard.com/leafcutters/

Leafcutter ants (Attini)

Natural history, image gallery, related publications for download as pdf, link to Attini researchers.

http://www.armyants.org/

New World army ants (Ecitoninae)

Identification key, images, taxonomy, distribution maps, natural history.

http://www.allabouthome.com/tips/pests/
carpenter_ants.html#Anchor-Reinfestation-59546

Carpenter ants (Camponotus)

Commercial website about Camponotus, treating these ants only like house invading ants and pest.

http://fireant.ifas.ufl.edu/

Fire ants (Solenopsis)

Site of the US-Department of Agriculture in Florida reporting on projects for areawide fire ant suppression.

http://www.ento.okstate.edu/fireants/
fireants.html

Fire ants (Solenopsis)

Site offers links to recent research projects at the Oklahoma State University , gives general information about fire ants, image gallery, links to related web sites.

http://ipmworld.umn.edu/chapters/lockley.htm

Fire ants (Solenopsis)

Offers information about history, biology and control.

http://www.natur-lexikon.com/Texte/MZ/001/
00071-Ameise/MZ00071-Waldameise.html

Red wood ants (Formica)

Image gallery with information about natural history.

http://www.wald.gr.ch/download/ameise.pdf

Red wood ants (Formica)

Downloadable newsletter about Formica.

http://www.bursztyn.px.pl/b_systematyka/
formicidae.html

Ants in amber

Image gallery and identification guide.

http://www.ponerine.org/

Subfamiliy Ponerinae

Information on Poneriae with interactice identification key for Mac OS

http://www.emporia.edu/ksn/v45n4-july1999/slideshow/index.htm

Carpenter ants (Camponotus)

Information on the biology of carpenter ants with an image gallery.

URL

region

content

http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/
urban/type/antsmenu.htm

USA (Hawaii) and worldwide

Information about natural history, damage and control.

http://www.hear.org/alienspeciesinhawaii/
ants/index.html

USA (Hawaii)

Image gallery, distribution, control and identification key.

http://www.forestandbird.org.nz/publications/
magazine/2002/february/ants.asp

New Zealand

Information about Linepithema humile (argentine ant) in New Zealand.

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/
2064.html

USA

Description of the most common invasive ants.

http://lancaster.unl.edu/enviro/pest/
factsheets/003-97.htm

USA

Description of (invasive) pest ants and control.

http://doyourownpestcontrol.com/antask.htm

USA

Commercial site about (invasive) ant control.

http://www.pestproducts.com/antindex.htm

USA

(Invasive) ant lists, description of damage and control.

URL

content

http://www.redlist.org

International red list of the IUCN.

http://www.naturschutz-planung.de/html/tiere/391ameisen.html

Ants as possible bioindicators in German environment projects.

http://www.ameisenschutzwarte.de/

German web page about ant protection, especially Formica ants, with links to related pages.

URL

content

http://antbase.org/databases/glossary_files/glossary_A.htm

A glossary of entomological terms based on Torre Bueno's Glossary, from which all terms relevant to ants, wasps, bees and termites were extracted.

http://flrec.ifas.ufl.edu/entomo/ants/ant_anatomy.htm

Ant anatomy illustrated with photographs.

http://jlibsch.web.wesleyan.edu/Ant/Morphology/index.html

Ant anatomy illustrated with photographs.

URL

content

http://www.myrmecos.net/

Fabulous images of living ants.

http://www.antweb.org/index.jsp

Provides excellent high resolution Automontage® images of all ant genera of the world.

http://ant.edb.miyakyo-u.ac.jp/E/index.html

Japanese ant image database with much other information.

http://ant.edb.miyakyo-u.ac.jp/AZ/index.html

Australian ant image database, with checklists and bibliography.Tab

http://www.ants-cachoeira.net/

AutoMontage images of the ants of the Cachoeita Nature Reserve, Brazil.

http://www.ameisen-net.de/

AutoMonatge Images of most of the ants living in south west Germany.

http://people.bu.edu/karitr/AntSubfamilies.html

AutoMontage Images of the ants of the Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Equador.

URL

content

http://www.zooscape.com/cgi-bin/maitred/
ZooRide?fountainhead=yellow&zooride=ant+farm&r=01

Commercial site for ant farms and related toys.

http://www.antnest.co.uk/index.html

Instructions for ant keeping and ant colony dietary, images.

http://home.tiscalinet.ch/tao/Gipsnest.htm

Instruction for building artificial plaster ant nests and maintaining the colonies.

http://www.sasionline.org/antsfiles/pages/dino/dinobio.html

Husbandry of Dinoponera ants.

http://www.ameisenhaltung.de/

Information and German discussion forum about ant husbandry.

http://www.ameisencafe.de/

Information and German discussion forum about ant husbandry.

http://www.fourmis.org/

French web site about ant husbandry.

http://www.antsalive.com

Living harvester ants and supply for ant keeping.

http://www.antstore.net

Living ant colonies and supply for ant keeping.

http://www.antsnature.de/Katalog/

Living ant colonies and tips and hints for ant keeping.

http://www.formicarium.de/

Living ant colonies and tips and hints for ant keeping.

http://krungkuene.org/ameisen_page/intro.html

Living ant colonies and tips and hints for ant keeping.

URL

language

http://www.lamarabunta.org/

Spanish

http://www.ameisenschutzwarte.de/forum/index.php

German

http://www.ameisenwiki.de/index.php/Hauptseite

German

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/antcolonies/messages

English

http://antforum.cydreams.de/

German

http://p211.ezboard.com/bantfarm

English

http://theantroom.blogspot.com/index.html

English

http://trophallaxis.blogspot.com/

English

http://antbase.blogspot.com/

English

http://biosyscontext.blogspot.com/

English

http://biodivcontext.blogspot.com/

English

http://iphylo.blogspot.com/

English

http://semant.blogspot.com/

English

http://www.pm-ameisen-blog.de/

German

http://ameisen.blogspot.com/

German

URL

name

what it do

http://www.hadleyweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

CombineZ5 / Combine ZM

Free software for image mounting.

http://idaho.ipd.uni-karlsruhe.de/GoldenGATE/

GoldenGATE Editor

Free XML Editor. Editor to do xml mark up of taxonomic publications; for details see also Plazi.org.

http://the-gimp.org/

The Gimp

GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a freely distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition, and image authoring.

http://www.biogeomancer.org/

BioGeomancer

Useful tools for georeferencing.