Bulgaria

Bulgaria
Location
Region	Europe
Subregion	Eastern Europe
BioRegion	Palaearctic Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	6
Genera	39
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	185
Endemic Species	2
% Endemic Species	1.1%
Introduced Species	0

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

Aphaenogaster

• Aphaenogaster epirotes (Emery,, 1895)
• Aphaenogaster festae Emery, 1915
• Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latreille, 1798)
• Aphaenogaster illyrica Bračko, Lapeva-Gjonova, Salata, Borowiec & Polak, 2019
• Aphaenogaster pallida (Nylander, 1849)
• Aphaenogaster radchenkoi Kiran, Aktaç & Tezcan, 2008
• Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)
• Aphaenogaster subterraneoides Emery, 1881

Bothriomyrmex

• Bothriomyrmex communista Santschi, 1919
• Bothriomyrmex corsicus Santschi, 1923
• Bothriomyrmex meridionalis (Roger, 1863)

Camponotus

• Camponotus aegaeus Emery, 1915
• Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)
• Camponotus atricolor (Nylander, 1849)
• Camponotus dalmaticus (Nylander, 1849)
• Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1856)
• Camponotus gestroi Emery, 1878
• Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Camponotus ionius Emery, 1920
• Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1792)
• Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)
• Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)
• Camponotus samius Forel, 1889
• Camponotus sylvaticus (Olivier, 1792)
• Camponotus tergestinus Müller, 1921
• Camponotus universitatis Forel, 1890
• Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla bulgarica Forel, 1892
• Cardiocondyla elegans Emery, 1869
• Cardiocondyla nigra Forel, 1905
• Cardiocondyla stambuloffii Forel, 1892

Cataglyphis

• Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849)
• Cataglyphis livida (André, 1881)
• Cataglyphis nodus (Brulle, 1833)

Colobopsis

• Colobopsis truncata (Spinola, 1808)

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster auberti Emery, 1869
• Crematogaster gordani Karaman, 2008
• Crematogaster schmidti (Mayr, 1853)
• Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1792)
• Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)

Cryptopone

• Cryptopone ochracea (Mayr, 1855)

Dolichoderus

• Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Formica

• Formica aquilonia Yarrow, 1955
• Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853
• Formica clara Forel, 1886
• Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798
• Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846
• Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758
• Formica gagates Latreille, 1798
• Formica glauca Ruzsky, 1895
• Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917
• Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838
• 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 punctatissima (Roger, 1859)

Lasius

• Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850)
• Lasius balcanicus Seifert, 1988
• Lasius bicornis (Foerster, 1850)
• Lasius bombycina Seifert & Galkowski, 2016
• Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)
• Lasius carniolicus Mayr, 1861
• Lasius citrinus Emery, 1922
• Lasius distinguendus (Emery, 1916)
• Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792)
• Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)
• Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)
• Lasius jensi Seifert, 1982
• Lasius meridionalis (Bondroit, 1920)
• Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)
• Lasius myops Forel, 1894
• Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrasfalvy, 1990
• Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lasius nitidigaster Seifert, 1996
• Lasius paralienus Seifert, 1992
• Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991
• Lasius psammophilus Seifert, 1992
• Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)

Lepisiota

• Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mar, 1855)
• Lepisiota nigra (Dalla Torre, 1893)

Leptothorax

• Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)
• Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)

Linepithema

• Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868)

Liometopum

• Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)

Manica

• Manica rubida (Latreille, 1802)

Messor

• Messor atanassovii Atanassov, 1982
• Messor barbarus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Messor caducus (Motschoulsky, 1839)
• Messor capitatus (Latreille, 1798)
• Messor ibericus Santschi, 1931
• Messor oertzeni Forel, 1910
• Messor ponticus Steiner et al., 2018
• Messor structor (Latreille, 1798)
• Messor wasmanni Krausse, 1910

Monomorium

• Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Myrmecina

• Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)

Myrmica

• Myrmica constricta Karavajev, 1934
• Myrmica curvithorax Bondroit, 1920
• Myrmica deplanata Emery, 1921
• Myrmica gallienii Bondroit, 1920
• Myrmica hellenica Finzi, 1926
• 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 Viereckk, 1903
• Myrmica specioides Bondroti, 1918
• Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica vandeli Bondroit, 1920

Oxyopomyrmex

• Oxyopomyrmex krueperi Forel, 1911

Pheidole

• Pheidole balcanica Seifert, 2016
• Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)

Plagiolepis

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

Polyergus

• Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)

Ponera

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

Prenolepis

• Prenolepis nitens (Mayr, 1853)

Proceratium

• Proceratium melinum (Roger, 1860)
• Proceratium numidicum Santschi, 1912

Proformica

• Proformica kobachidzei Arnoldi, 1968
• Proformica korbi Emery, 1909
• Proformica nasuta (Nylander, 1856)
• Proformica pilosiscapa Dlussky, 1969
• Proformica striaticeps (Forel, 1911)

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)

Stenamma

• Stenamma debile (Foerster, 1850)
• Stenamma striatulum (Emery, 1895

Stigmatomma

• Stigmatomma denticulatum Roger, 1842
• Stigmatomma impressifrons Emery, 1869

Strongylognathus

• Strongylognathus kratochvili Silhavy, 1937
• Strongylognathus testaceus (Schenck, 1852)

Strumigenys

• Strumigenys baudueri (Emery, 1875)

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)
• Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895

Temnothorax

• Temnothorax affinis (Mayr, 1855)
• Temnothorax bulgaricus (Forel, 1892)
• Temnothorax clypeatus (Mayr, 1853)
• Temnothorax corticalis (Schenck, 1852)
• Temnothorax crasecundus Seifert & Csősz, 2015
• Temnothorax crassispinus (Karavaiev, 1926)
• Temnothorax flavicornis (Emery, 1870)
• Temnothorax gordiagini (Ruzsky, 1902)
• Temnothorax graecus (Forel, 1911)
• Temnothorax helenae Csösz, Heinze & Mikó, 2015
• Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck, 1852)
• Temnothorax korbi (Emery, 1924)
• Temnothorax lichtensteini (Bondroit, 1918)
• Temnothorax muellerianus (Finzi, 1922)
• Temnothorax nadigi (Kutter, 1925)
• Temnothorax nigriceps (Mayr, 1855)
• Temnothorax nylanderi (Foerster, 1850)
• Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)
• Temnothorax ravouxi (André, 1896)
• Temnothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856)
• Temnothorax saxonicus (Seifert, 1995)
• Temnothorax semiruber (André, 1881)
• Temnothorax sordidulus (Muller, 1923)
• Temnothorax strymonensis Csősz, Salata & Borowiec, 2018
• Temnothorax tauricus Ruzsky, 1902
• Temnothorax tergestinus (Finzi, 1928)
• Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)
• Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)
• Tetramorium buschingeri (Lapeva-Gjonova, 2017)
• Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Tetramorium chefketi Forel, 1911
• Tetramorium diomedeum' Emery, 1908
• Tetramorium ferox Ruzsky, 1903
• Tetramorium hungaricum (Roszler, 1935)
• Tetramorium immigrans Santschi, 1927
• Tetramorium impurum (Förster, 1850)
• Tetramorium indocile Santschi, 1927
• Tetramorium moravicum Kratochvíl, 1941
• Tetramorium staerckei Kratochvíl, 1944

REFERENCES

• [1] Albena Lapeva-Gjonova, Vera Antonova, Alexander G. Radchenko & Maria Atanasova, 2010. Catalogue of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Bulgaria. ZooKeys 62: 1–124.
• Bezdecka, P.; Bezdĕčková, K. 2010. First record of Pyramica baudueri (Emery, 1875) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Bulgaria. Myrmecological News 13:1-2.
• Borowiec, L., Lapeva-Gjonova, A., Salata, S. 2019. Three Species of Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) New to the Bulgarian Fauna. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 71(4): 613-616.
• Lapeva-Gjonova, A., Kiran, K. & Karaman, C. 2014. First records of Temnothorax flavicornis (Emery, 1870) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Bulgaria and Turkey. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 66(4), 571-574.