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4.11 How many different species of ant are there?

The most recent complete tabulation of ant species is that by 
Barry Bolton in his 1995 catalog of the ants of the world. He 
recognized 9563 names of ants described by science, each a 
distinct form. Since that publication, dozens of new species have 
been discovered by myrmecologists. The social insects Web 
site (http://research.amnh.org/entomology/social_insects/) 
gives the most recent count at 10,213 ant species.

Since most of the ant species in studies of tropical areas 
are as yet unnamed, and new ones continue to be discovered 
even in relatively well-studied Japan, Europe and North 
America, myrmecologists estimate that there may be over 
20,000 different kinds of ants inhabiting the earth." --Dr. 
Ant