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Japan
| Japan | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Region | Asia |
| Subregion | Eastern Asia |
| BioRegion | Palaearctic Region |
| Diversity | |
| Subfamilies | 9 |
| Genera | 67 |
| Endemic Genera | 0 |
| % Endemic Genera | 0.0% |
| Species/Subspecies | 293 |
| Endemic Species | 107 |
| % Endemic Species | 36.5% |
| Introduced Species | 3 |
The following valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Japan. Unidentified and undescribed species will be added to this list as identifications are verified and taxonomic revisions are published. This species list is based upon the effort of many ant collectors as well as myrmecologists who have published on the taxonomy of Japanese ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Japanese Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.
The Japanese Ant Image Database website holds the distinction of being the first in numerous ways when it comes to hosting ant information on the internet. Importantly it focused on a particular fauna and used high quality digital images. While the site began as a means of conveying scientific information to scientists, it only took a few years for it to add and enhance its presentation to allow non-scientists to readily access interesting information about ants. This was immediately useful because in Japanese culture insects are seen as interesting rather than a nuisance. It is remarkable to think that some variant of this website has been online, as of 2019, for close to 25 years. If you are interested in Japanese ants, this is one of your starting points for learning more about each species and the ant fauna as a whole.
Acropyga
- Acropyga kinomurai Terayama & Hashimoto, 1996
- Acropyga nipponensis
- Acropyga sauteri
- Acropyga yaeyamensis
Aenictus
- Aenictus ceylonicus (Mayr, 1866)
- Aenictus lifuiae
Anochetus
Anoplolepis
Aphaenogaster
- Aphaenogaster concolor
- Aphaenogaster donann
- Aphaenogaster edentula
- Aphaenogaster erabu
- Aphaenogaster famelica
- Aphaenogaster gamagumayaa Naka & Maruyama, 2018
- Aphaenogaster gracillima
- Aphaenogaster irrigua
- Aphaenogaster izuensis Terayama & Kubota, 2013
- Aphaenogaster japonica
- Aphaenogaster kumejimana
- Aphaenogaster luteipes
- Aphaenogaster minutula
- Aphaenogaster omotoensis Terayama & Kubota, 2013
- Aphaenogaster osimenseis
- Aphaenogaster rugulosa
- Aphaenogaster tipuna
- Aphaenogaster tokarainsulana
Brachymyrmex
- Brachymyrmex patagonicus Mayr, 1868 (introduced)
Brachyponera
- Brachyponera chinensis
- Brachyponera luteipes
- Brachyponera nakasujii Yashiro, et al. 2010
Camponotus
- Camponotus akiae Yamane & Hosoishi, 2023
- Camponotus albosparsus
- Camponotus amamianus
- Camponotus bishamon
- Camponotus brunni Forel, 1901
- Camponotus daitoensis
- Camponotus devestivus
- Camponotus friedae
- Camponotus habereri Forel, 1911
- Camponotus hemichlaena
- Camponotus herculeanus sachalinensis Forel, 1904
- Camponotus itoi
- Camponotus iwoensis Terayama & Kubota, 2011
- Camponotus japonicus
- Camponotus kaguya
- Camponotus keihitoi
- Camponotus kiusiuensis
- Camponotus kunigamiensis Terayama, 2013
- Camponotus monju
- Camponotus nawai
- Camponotus nigronitidus Azuma, 1951
- Camponotus nipponensis
- Camponotus obscuripes
- Camponotus ogasawarensis
- Camponotus quadrinotatus
- Camponotus senkakuensis Terayama, 2013
- Camponotus vitiosus
- Camponotus yamaokai
- Camponotus yambaru
- Camponotus yessensis
Cardiocondyla
- Cardiocondyla itsukii Seifert, Okita & Heinze, 2017
- Cardiocondyla kagutsuchi
- Cardiocondyla kazanensis Terayama, 2013
- Cardiocondyla minutior
- Cardiocondyla strigifrons Viehmeyer 1922
- Cardiocondyla wroughtonii
Carebara
- Carebara borealis
- Carebara diversa
- Carebara hannya
- Carebara oni Terayama, 1996
- Carebara sauteri
- Carebara yamatonis Terayama, 1996
Colobopsis
Crematogaster
- Crematogaster izanami Terayama, 2013
- Crematogaster matsumurai
- Crematogaster nawai
- Crematogaster osakensis
- Crematogaster suehiro
- Crematogaster teranishii
- Crematogaster vagula
Cryptopone
- Cryptopone sauteri Wheeler, 1906
- Cryptopone tengu
Diacamma
- Diacamma indicum Santschi, 1920 (introduced)
Discothyrea
Dolichoderus
Ectomomyrmex
- Ectomomyrmex javanus
- [Ectomomyrmex horni]] (Forel, 1913)
Erromyrma
- Erromyrma latinodis (Mayr, 1872)
Euponera
Formica
- Formica candida
- Formica fukaii
- Formica gagatoides
- Formica hayashi
- Formica japonica
- Formica lemani
- Formica sanguinea
- Formica truncorum
- Formica yessensis
- Formica yoshiokae Wheeler, W.M. 1933
Hypoponera
- Hypoponera beppin
- Hypoponera nippona
- Hypoponera nubatama
- Hypoponera opaciceps
- Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1857)
- Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894)
- Hypoponera sauteri
- Hypoponera zwaluwenburgi
Lasius
- Lasius alienus
- Lasius capitatus
- Lasius flavus
- Lasius hayashi
- Lasius hikosanus
- Lasius japonicus
- Lasius longipalpus Seifert, 2020
- Lasius meridionalis
- Lasius morisitai
- Lasius nipponensis
- Lasius orientalis
- Lasius productus
- Lasius sakagamii
- Lasius sonobei
- Lasius spathepus
- Lasius talpa
- Lasius umbratus
Leptanilla
- Leptanilla japonica
- Leptanilla kubotai
- Leptanilla morimotoi
- Leptanilla oceanica
- Leptanilla okinawensis Terayama, 2013
- Leptanilla tanakai
Leptogenys
Leptothorax
Linepithema
Lioponera
Lordomyrma
Manica
Messor
Monomorium
- Monomorium chinense
- Monomorium floricola
- Monomorium hiten
- Monomorium intrudens
- Monomorium pharaonis
- Monomorium triviale
Myrmecina
Myrmica
- Myrmica excelsa Kupyanskaya, 1990
- Myrmica jessensis
- Myrmica kotokui
- Myrmica kurokii
- Myrmica onoyamai Radchenko & Elmes, 2006
- Myrmica rubra
- Myrmica surusumi Terayama, Kinomura & Kitazawa, 2024
- Myrmica yezomonticola Terayama, 2013
Nylanderia
- Nylanderia amia
- Nylanderia flavipes
- Nylanderia nubatama
- Nylanderia ogasawarensis
- Nylanderia otome
- Nylanderia ryukyuensis
- Nylanderia teranishii (Santschi, 1937)
- Nylanderia yaeyamensis
- Nylanderia yambaru
Ochetellus
Odontomachus
- Odontomachus kuroiwae Matsumura, 1912
- Odontomachus monticola
Ooceraea
Parvaponera
Paraparatrechina
- Paraparatrechina sakurae (Ito, 1914)
- Paraparatrechina sakuya Terayama, 2013
Parasyscia
Paratrechina
Pheidole
- Pheidole fervens
- Pheidole fervida
- Pheidole indica
- Pheidole megacephala
- Pheidole nodus
- Pheidole parva
- Pheidole pieli
- Pheidole ryukyuensis
- Pheidole susanowo
Plagiolepis
Polyergus
Polyrhachis
Ponera
- Ponera bishamon
- Ponera japonica
- Ponera kohmoku
- Ponera scabra
- Ponera swezeyi
- Ponera takaminei
- Ponera tamon
Prenolepis
- Prenolepis tosa Terayama & Kinomura, 2019
Pristomyrmex
Probolomyrmex
Proceratium
Protanilla
- Protanilla izanagi Terayama, 2013
- Protanilla lini Terayama, 2009
Recurvidris
Rhopalomastix
Solenopsis
Stenamma
Stigmatomma
- Stigmatomma caliginosum (Onoyama, 1999)
- Stigmatomma fulvidum
- Stigmatomma sakaii
- Stigmatomma silvestrii
Strongylognathus
Strumigenys
- Strumigenys alecto Bolton, 2000
- Strumigenys benten
- Strumigenys canina (Brown & Boisvert, 1979)
- Strumigenys circothrix
- Strumigenys emmae
- Strumigenys exilirhina
- Strumigenys feae Emery, 1895
- Strumigenys hexamera
- Strumigenys hirashimai
- Strumigenys hiroshimensis
- Strumigenys incerta
- Strumigenys japonica
- Strumigenys kichijo
- Strumigenys kinomurai Terayama, 2020
- Strumigenys kumadori Yoshimura & Onoyama, 2007
- Strumigenys lacunosa Lin & Wu, 1996
- Strumigenys leptothrix
- Strumigenys lewisi Cameron, 1886
- Strumigenys masukoi
- Strumigenys mazu
- Strumigenys membranifera
- Strumigenys minutula
- Strumigenys morisitai
- Strumigenys mutica
- Strumigenys rostrataeformis
- Strumigenys sauteri
- Strumigenys solifontis
- Strumigenys stenorhina
- Strumigenys strigatella
- Strumigenys terayamai
Syscia
Syllophopsis
- Syllophopsis sechellensis (Emery, 1894)
Tapinoma
- Tapinoma melanocephalum
- Tapinoma sahohime Terayama, 2013
Technomyrmex
- Technomyrmex albipes
- Technomyrmex brunneus Forel, 1895
- Technomyrmex gibbosus Wheeler, W.M., 1906
Temnothorax
- Temnothorax anira
- Temnothorax antera
- Temnothorax arimensis
- Temnothorax basara
- Temnothorax bikara
- Temnothorax congruus
- Temnothorax haira
- Temnothorax indra
- Temnothorax kinomurai
- Temnothorax koreanus
- Temnothorax kubira
- Temnothorax makora
- Temnothorax mekira Terayama & Kubota, 2011
- Temnothorax mitsukoae Terayama & Yamane, 2013
- Temnothorax santra
- Temnothorax spinosior
Tetramorium
- Tetramorium bicarinatum
- Tetramorium caespitum japonicum Röszler, 1936
- Tetramorium kraepelini
- Tetramorium lanuginosum
- Tetramorium nipponense
- Tetramorium simillimum
- Tetramorium smithi
- Tetramorium tanakai Bolton, 1977
- Tetramorium tonganum
- Tetramorium tsushimae
Tetraponera
Trichomyrmex
- Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851) (introduced)
Vollenhovia
- Vollenhovia amamiana
- Vollenhovia benzai
- Vollenhovia emeryi
- Vollenhovia nipponica
- Vollenhovia okinawana
- Vollenhovia sakishimana
- Vollenhovia yambaru
Fossils known from Japan
| Epoch | Formation | Locality | Species |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miocene | Iki Island, Japan Fossil | Chôjaburu, Iki Island | Paraphaenogaster avita |
References
- [1] Japanese Ant Image Database
- Masuko, K. 2010. Nest density and distribution of subterranean ants in an evergreen broadleaf forest in Japan with special reference to Amblyopone silvestrii. Entomological Science 13:191-198.