Ants of North Carolina: an updated list (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Author Guénard, Benoit Department of Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA & Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan Author Mccaffrey, Katherine A. Department of Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA Author Lucky, Andrea Department of Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA & Department of Entomology & Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville FL, USA Author Dunn, Rob R. Department of Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA text Zootaxa 2012 2012-11-16 3552 1 36 journal article 1175-5326 9FCFA734-B9B0-4C14-A734-01FA49323157 Cryptopone gilva (Roger, 1863) Distribution in North Carolina : Central and eastern parts of the state. Counties: ME, OR, WK (material examined) and CB, CR, DD, MO (in literature). Distribution in surrounding states: GA (MacGown 2012b), SC ( Van Pelt and Gentry 1985 ) and TN ( Smith 1934b , Dennis 1938 , Lessard et al . 2007 ). Hypoponera inexorata (Wheeler, 1903) * (rarely collected species) Distribution in North Carolina : Piedmont Plateau. County: HA (material examined). Distribution in surrounding states: GA ( Graham et al . 2008 ), SC ( Smith 1936 ) and TN ( Davis and Zigler 2012 ).