Afghanistan

Afghanistan
Location
Region	Asia
Subregion	Southern Asia
BioRegion	Palaearctic Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	4
Genera	23
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	84
Endemic Species	13
% Endemic Species	15.5%
Introduced Species	1

The following 22 valid genera and 77 valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Afghanistan. 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 Afghanistan ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Afghanistan Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

Aenictus

• Aenictus sagei Forel, 1901

Aphaenogaster

• Aphaenogaster haarlovi Collingwood, 1961
• Aphaenogaster rhaphidiiceps (Mayr, 1877)
• Aphaenogaster smythiesii (Forel, 1902)

Camponotus

• Camponotus fedtschenkoi Mayr, 1880
• Camponotus interjectus Mayr, 1877
• Camponotus oasium Forel, 1890
• Camponotus sanctus Forel, 1904
• Camponotus sericeus (Fabricius, 1798)
• Camponotus turkestanicus Emery, 1887
• Camponotus turkestanus Andre, 1881
• Camponotus xerxes Forel, 1904

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla brachyceps Seifert, 2003
• Cardiocondyla kushanica Pisarski, 1967
• Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel 1890
• Cardiocondyla ulianini Emery, 1889

Carebara

• Carebara afghana Pisarski, 1970

Cataglyphis

• Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849)
• Cataglyphis albicans (Roger, 1859)
• Cataglyphis bergiana Arnol'di, 1964
• Cataglyphis bucharica Emery, 1925
• Cataglyphis cinnamomea (Karavaiev, 1910)
• Cataglyphis emeryi Karawaiev, 1909
• Cataglyphis longipedem (Eichwald, 1841)
• Cataglyphis lutea Pisarski, 1967
• Cataglyphis pallida Mayr, 1877

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster afghanica Pisarski, 1967
• Crematogaster hezaradjatica Pisarski, 1967
• Crematogaster moqorensis Pisarski, 1967
• Crematogaster subdentata Mayr, 1877

Dolichoderus

• Dolichoderus moggridgei Forel, 1886

Formica

• Formica clara Forel, 1884
• Formica orangea Seiffert & Schultz, 2009
• Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798
• Formica subpilosa Ruzsky, 1902

Lasius

• Lasius carniolicus Mayr, 1861
• Lasius flavescens Forel, 1903
• Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lasius rabaudi (Bondroit, 1918)

Lepisiota

• Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mayr, 1855)
• Lepisiota integra (Forel, 1894)
• Lepisiota kabulica Pisarski, 1967
• Lepisiota sericea (Forel, 1892)

Messor

• Messor aphaenogasteroides Pisarski, 1967
• Messor himalayanus (Forel, 1902)
• Messor meridionalis (André, 1883)
• Messor orientalis (Emery, 1898)
• Messor reticuliventris Karawaiev, 1910
• Messor semirufus (André, 1883)

Monomorium

• Monomorium abeillei Adnre, 1881
• Monomorium barbatulum Mayr, 1877
• Monomorium flavum Collingwood, 1961
• Monomorium indicum Forel, 1902
• Monomorium kusnezowi Santschi, 1928
• Monomorium lindbergi Pisarski, 1967
• Monomorium pallidum Donisthorpe, 1918
• Monomorium sagei Forel, 1902

Myrmica

• Myrmica afghanica Radchenko & Elmes, 2003
• Myrmica aimonissabaudiae Menozzi, 1939
• Myrmica rupestris Forel, 1902
• Myrmica tenuispina Ruzsky, 1905
• Myrmica tibetana Mayr, 1889

Pheidole

• Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)

Plagiolepis

• Plagiolepis pygmaea Latreille, 1798

Polyrhachis

• Polyrhachis lacteipennis Smith, 1858

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)
• Solenopsis jalalabadica Pisarski, 1970
• Solenopsis knuti Pisarski, 1967

Strongylognathus

• Strongylognathus kabakovi Radchenko & Dubovikoff, 2011

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma karavaievi Emery, 1925
• Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)
• Tapinoma simrothi Krausse-Heldrungen, 1911

Temnothorax

• Temnothorax cornibrevis Collingwood, 1961
• Temnothorax pallidus Collingwood, 1961

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium armatum Santschi, 1927
• Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Tetramorium exile Csosz & Radchenko, 2007
• Tetramorium kabulistanicum Pisarski, 1967
• Tetramorium pisarskii Radchenko & Scupola, 2015
• Tetramorium schneideri Emery, 1898
• Tetramorium striativentre Mayr, 1877
• Tetramorium sulcinode Santschi, 1927

Trichomyrmex

• Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851) (introduced)
• Trichomyrmex nengraharicum (Pisarski, 1970)

References

• Collingwood, C. A. 1961a [1960]. The third Danish Expedition to Central Asia. Zoological Results 27. Formicidae (Insecta) from Afghanistan. Vidensk. Medd. Dan. Naturhist. Foren. 123: 51-79.
• [1] Pisarski, B. 1967a. Fourmis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) d'Afghanistan récoltées par M. Dr. K. Lindberg. Ann. Zool. (Warsaw) 24: 375-425
• [2] Pisarski, B. 1967b. Ameisen (Formicidae) von Dr. J. Klapperich in Afghanistan gesammelt. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 37:47-51.
• Pisarski, B. 1970a [1969]. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna Afghanistans. (Sammelergebnisse von O. Jakes 1963-64, D. Povolny 1965, D. Povolny & Fr. Tenora 1966, J. Simek 1965-66, D. Povolny, J. Gaisler, Z. Sebek & Fr. Tenora 1967). Formicidae, Hym. Cas. Morav. Mus. Brne 54(Su Suppl: 305-326
• [3] Radchenko, A. G. 1998B. A key to ants of the genus Cataglyphis Foerster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Asia. Entomological Review (Birmingham) 78:475-480.
• Radchenko, A.G. & G.W. Elmes 2003. Myrmica afghanica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a new ant species from Afghanistan. Zootaxa 375: 1-8.