Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Alberta: A key to species based primarily on the worker caste.

We present an overview of the known ant fauna of Alberta, Canada, which consists of 94 species and subspecies in 16 genera and three subfamilies. Two potentially new species were identified in the genus Myrmica, while the rest of the fauna is represented by previously recognized taxa. We provide an illustrated HTML-based dichotomous key to species of ants in Alberta based mostly on morphological characters of the worker class. When keyed to a species, a hyperlink to its species profile on www.antweb.org is provided for photographic and locality comparison.

我们对加拿大阿尔伯塔省已知的蚂蚁区系进行了概述，其中包括3个亚科16个属的94个种和亚种。在蚁属（Myrmica）中鉴定出了两个可能的新种，而其余的区系则由先前已确认的分类群组成。我们提供了一个基于HTML的、带插图的二歧式检索表，用于检索阿尔伯塔省的蚂蚁种类，该检索表主要基于工蚁的形态特征。当检索到一个物种时，会提供一个指向www.antweb.org上其物种简介的超链接，以便进行图片和分布地的比较。