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 Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758 . Distribution in North Carolina : All regions of North Carolina . Counties: BN, CB, CT, CA, CR, DU, HE, HO, IR, JA, LI, MA, ME, MI, OR, PM, RW, TR, UN and WK. Distribution in surrounding states includes Tennessee in the Smoky Mountains ( Cole 1940 ; possibly doubtful) and Virginia ( Francoeur 1974 ). The occurrence of this species in North Carolina is doubtful. Based on the distributions in Francoeur (1973) , North Carolina records of F. fusca are probably misidentifications of F. subsericea . Pseudomyrmex brunneus in Carter (1962b) is doubtful for North Carolina as this species is distributed in Central America ( Ward 1985 ). This probably represents a misidentification of P. ejectus .