List of ants of Australia

As of 1999, Australia and its external territories represent 1,275 described taxa (subspecies included) divided into 103 genera and 10 subfamilies.

[3] The state of Queensland has the greatest diversity of ants in the world, with more than 1,400 species known within its borders.

Acropyga • Adlerzia • Aenictus • Amblyopone • Anochetus • Anonychomyrma • Anoplolepis • Aphaenogaster • Arnoldius • Austromorium • Austroponera • Brachyponera • Calomyrmex • Calyptomyrmex • Camponotus • Cardiocondyla • Carebara • Colobopsis • Colobostruma • Crematogaster • Cryptopone • Diacamma • Dilobocondyla • Discothyrea • Doleromyrma • Dolichoderus • Echinopla • Ectomomyrmex • Epopostruma • Eurhopalothrix • Froggattella • Gnamptogenys • Heteroponera Hypoponera • Iridomyrmex • Iroponera • Leptanilla Leptogenys • Leptomyrmex • Linepithema • Lioponera • Lordomyrma • Mayriella • Melophorus • Meranoplus • Mesoponera • Mesostruma • Metapone • Monomorium • Myopias • Myopopone • Myrmecia • Myrmecina • Myrmecorhynchus • Mystrium • Nebothriomyrmex • Nothomyrmecia • Notoncus • Notostigma • Nylanderia • Ochetellus • Odontomachus • Oecophylla • Onychomyrmex • Ooceraea • Opisthopsis • Orectognathus • Papyrius • Paraparatrechina • Paratrechina • Parvaponera • Peronomyrmex • Pheidole • Philidris • Plagiolepis • Platythyrea • Podomyrma • Polyrhachis • Ponera • Prionopelta • Pristomyrmex • Probolomyrmex • Proceratium Prolasius • Pseudolasius • Pseudoneoponera • Pseudonotoncus • Pseudoponera • Rhopalomastix • Rhopalothrix • Rhytidoponera • Romblonella • Solenopsis • Stereomyrmex • Stigmacros • Stigmatomma • Strumigenys • Syllophopsis • Tapinoma • Technomyrmex • Teratomyrmex • Tetramorium • Tetraponera • Trichomyrmex • Turneria Vollenhovia • Vombisidris • Wasmannia Zasphinctus • Incertae sedis See also References Further reading External Links In 1999, 10 ant subfamilies were known to reside in Australia, but some of these subfamilies were later synonymised under the subfamily Dorylinae.

[3][6] Today, 12 subfamilies are known to occur in Australia, including Amblyoponinae, Dolichoderinae, Dorylinae, Ectatomminae, Formicinae, Heteroponerinae, Leptanillinae, Myrmeciinae, Myrmicinae, Ponerinae, Proceratiinae and Pseudomyrmecinae.

[8][9] The subfamily Myrmeciinae consists of two genera which are only found in Australia, with the exception of a single species native to New Caledonia.