Antweb Statistics

Current Statistics:

17,549 valid species + ssp.
  Valid species and subspecies.

920,830 specimen records
  Specimen records from Antweb's 21 collaborating institutions.

20,011 species + ssp. imaged
  Valid, morpho or indetermined species and subspecies imaged.

65,661 specimens imaged

276,729 total specimen images

Global Data:

	Valid Subfamiles	Valid Genera	Valid Species	Valid Subspecies
Extant	16	349	14491	1657
Fossil	6	177	850	2

Images:

Specimen Status	Total	Worker	Male	Queen	Other
Valid	229,706	186,731	16,081	23,778	2,869
Morphotaxon	38,377	30,377	4,086	3,392	487
Indetermined	6,951	4,323	1,229	815	565
Unrecognized	603	75	53	21	454
Unavailable	78	63	6	9	0
Unidentifiable	102	77	0	25	0
	---------------	---------------	---------------	---------------	---------------
Sum	275,817	221,646	21,455	28,040	4,375

Imaged Species:

Species Status	Species
Valid	13,752
Morphotaxon	5,851
Indetermined	274
Unrecognized	67
Unavailable	13
Unidentifiable	22
Obsolete Combination	26

Bioregion Data:

	Subfamiles	Genera	Species	Subspecies
Afrotropical	11	111	2112	562
Antarctica	2	2	3	0
Australasia	11	131	2481	175
Indomalaya	11	154	3285	365
Malagasy	8	74	924	17
Nearctic	9	91	1022	6
Neotropical	12	148	3865	328
Oceania	10	62	283	4
Palearctic	10	97	2236	237

Museum Data:

Valid Extant:

	Subfamiles	Genera	Species	Subspecies
ABS	9	54	240	0
AFRC	10	83	566	30
BMNH	9	36	121	0
BPPC	1	1	1	0
CASC	15	308	4066	66
CELC	11	116	427	1
EcoFoG	11	90	476	0
ETHZ	4	36	135	0
FMNH	12	191	1450	13
HNHM	10	83	252	11
ICN	6	20	58	0
JTLC	13	246	2658	25
KGAC	10	81	507	25
LFPC	3	16	18	0
MCZC	9	56	692	0
MHNG	11	241	3073	542
MMPC	10	112	718	0
MSNG	12	201	1691	192
MZSP	12	119	1053	33
NHMB	12	177	1673	467
NHMW	11	142	665	29
PSWC	14	237	2530	25
SIZK	9	92	489	69
SMNG	5	32	245	9
UCDC	15	262	1892	17
UFV-LABECOL	0	0	0	0
USNM	12	163	1237	4
UTEP	10	146	1329	1
UTIC	12	145	896	2
ZMHB	12	159	876	150

Valid Fossil:

	Valid Subfamiles	Valid Genera	Valid Species	Valid Subspecies
ABS	0	0	0	0
AFRC	0	0	0	0
BMNH	2	21	54	0
BPPC	0	0	0	0
CASC	0	1	1	0
CELC	3	5	10	0
EcoFoG	0	0	0	0
ETHZ	0	0	0	0
FMNH	0	0	0	0
HNHM	0	0	0	0
ICN	0	0	0	0
JTLC	0	0	0	0
KGAC	0	0	0	0
LFPC	0	0	0	0
MCZC	0	0	1	0
MHNG	0	3	5	0
MMPC	0	0	0	0
MSNG	0	0	0	0
MZSP	1	1	1	0
NHMB	0	0	1	0
NHMW	0	9	32	0
PSWC	0	0	0	0
SIZK	0	13	38	0
SMNG	0	0	0	0
UCDC	0	0	0	0
UFV-LABECOL	0	0	0	0
USNM	0	7	12	0
UTEP	0	0	0	0
UTIC	0	0	0	0
ZMHB	0	0	1	0

Unimaged Valid Ants: here

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