Belgium

Belgium
Location
Region	Europe
Subregion	Western Europe
BioRegion	Palaearctic Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	5
Genera	26
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	97
Endemic Species	0
% Endemic Species	0.0%
Introduced Species	1

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

Aphaenogaster

• Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)

Camponotus

• Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1846)
• Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)
• Camponotus piceus Leach, 1825
• Camponotus vagus Scopoli, 1763

Dolichoderus

• Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Formica

• Formica candida Smith, F., 1878
• Formica clara Forel, 1886
• Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798
• Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846
• Formica foreli Emery, 1909
• Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758
• Formica gagatoides Ruzsky, 1904
• Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917
• Formica picea Nylander, 1846
• Formica polyctena Foerster, 1850
• Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783
• Formica pressilabris Nylander, 1846
• Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761
• Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793
• Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798
• Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804

Formicoxenus

• Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846)

Harpagoxenus

• Harpagoxenus sublaevis Nylander, 1849

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera boerorum Forel, 1901
• Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)

Lasius

• Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850)
• Lasius bicornis (Foerster, 1850)
• Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)
• Lasius citrinus Emery, 1922
• Lasius distinguendus (Emery, 1916)
• Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1791)
• Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1781)
• Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)
• Lasius jensi Seifert, 1982
• Lasius meridionalis (Bondroit, 1919)
• Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)
• Lasius myops (Forel, 1894)
• Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrasfalvy, 1990
• Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991
• Lasius psammophilus Seifert, 1992
• Lasius sabularum (Bondroit, 1918)
• Lasius umbratus Nylander, 1846

Leptothorax

• Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)
• Leptothorax gredleri Mayr, 1855
• Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)

Linepithema

• Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868)

Manica

• Manica rubida (Latreille, 1802)

Monomorium

• Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Myrmecina

• Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)

Myrmica

• Myrmica bergi Ruzsky, 1902
• Myrmica gallienii Bondroit, 1920
• Myrmica hirsuta Elmes, 1978
• Myrmica karavajevi Arnol’di, 1930
• Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica lonae Finzi, 1926
• Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica rugulosa Nylander, 1849
• Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861
• Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica schencki Emery, 1895
• Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918
• Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846

Paratrechina

• Paratrechina longicornis

Plagiolepis

• Plagiolepis pallescens Forel, 1889
• Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798)

Polyergus

• Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)

Ponera

• Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)
• Ponera testacea Emery, 1895

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)

Stenamma

• Stenamma debile (Foerster, 1850)
• Stenamma westwoodii Westwood, 1839

Strongylognathus

• Strongylognathus testaceus (Schenck, 1852)

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)
• Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895
• Tapinoma magnum Mayr, 1861
• Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)
• Tapinoma nigerrimum Nylander, 1856 (introduced)
• Tapinoma subboreale Seifert, 2012

Technomyrmex

• Technomyrmex vitiensis Mann, 1921

Temnothorax

• Temnothorax affinis Mayr, 1855
• Temnothorax albipennis (Curtis, 1854)
• Temnothorax corticalis (Schenck, 1852)
• Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck, 1852)
• Temnothorax nigriceps Mayr, 1855
• Temnothorax nylanderi (Foerster, 1850)
• Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)
• Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)
• Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)
• Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846)
• Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Tetramorium impurum (Foerster, 1850)

Tetraponera

• Tetraponera allaborans (Walker, 1859)

References

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