Cyprus

Cyprus
Location
Region	Asia
Subregion	Western Asia
BioRegion	Palaearctic Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	5
Genera	23
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	58
Endemic Species	10
% Endemic Species	17.2%
Introduced Species	15

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

Aphaenogaster

Aphaenogaster splendida (Roger, 1859)
Aphaenogaster sporadis Santschi, 1933
Aphaenogaster subterraneoides Emery, 1881
Aphaenogaster syriaca Emery, 1908

Camponotus

Camponotus cecconii Emery, 1908
Camponotus gestroi Emery, 1878
Camponotus jaliensis Dalla Torre, 1893
Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1792)
Camponotus libanicus André, 1881
Camponotus rebeccae Forel, 1913
Camponotus sanctus Forel, 1904
Camponotus samius Forel, 1889
Camponotus troodosensis Salata, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec, 2023

Cardiocondyla

Cardiocondyla dalmatica Soudek, 1925
Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel, 1890 (introduced)
Cardiocondyla nigra Forel, 1905
Cardiocondyla obscurior Wheeler, W.M., 1929 (introduced)

Cataglyphis

Cataglyphis aphrodite Salata, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec, 2023
Cataglyphis chionistrae Salata, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec, 2023

Colobopsis

Colobopsis truncata (Spinola, 1808)

Crematogaster

Crematogaster cypria Santschi, 1930
Crematogaster inermis aphrodite Santschi, 1937
Crematogaster lorteti Forel, 1910

Formica

Formica clara Forel, 1886

Hypoponera

Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)
Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859) (introduced)

Lasius

Lasius cyperus Seifert, 2020
Lasius lasioides (Emery, 1869)

Messor

Messor bucephalus Salata, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec, 2023 [needs confirmation, likely misidentification of Messor intermedius (Demetriou et al., 2024)]
Messor orientalis (Emery, 1898) [needs confirmation, likely misidentification of Messor alexandri (Demetriou et al., 2024)]
Messor syriacus Tohmé, G., 1969

Monomorium

Monomorium bicolor Emery, 1877 (introduced)
Monomorium subopacum (Smith, F., 1858)

Nylanderia

Nylanderia jaegerskioeldi (Mayr, 1904) (introduced)

Oxyopomyrmex

Oxyopomyrmex pygmalioni Salata & Borowiec, 2015

Paratrechina

Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802) (introduced)

Pheidole

Pheidole fadli Sharaf, 2007 (introduced)
Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879 (introduced)
Pheidole koshewnikovi Ruzsky, 1905

Plagiolepis

Plagiolepis pallescens Forel, 1889
Plagiolepis perperamus Salata, Borowiec & Radchenko, 2018
Plagiolepis xene Stärcke, 1936

Proceratium

Proceratium numidicum Santschi, 1912

Solenopsis

Solenopsis cypridis Santschi, 1934

Tapinoma

Tapinoma festae Emery, 1925
Tapinoma glabrella (Nylander, 1849)
Tapinoma phoeniceum Emery, 1925

Temnothorax

Temnothorax aeolius (Forel)
Temnothorax akrotiriensis Satala, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec, 2024
Temnothorax apolloni Satala, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec, 2024
Temnothorax cerastarum Satala, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec, 2024
Temnothorax curtisetosus Salata & Borowiec
Temnothorax cypridis Santschi, 1930
Temnothorax evagorae Satala, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec, 2024
Temnothorax hippomenesi Satala, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec, 2024
Temnothorax kykkos Satala, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec, 2024
Temnothorax muellerianus (Finzi, 1922)
Temnothorax nikoklesi Satala, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec, 2024
Temnothorax oreades Satala, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec, 2024
Temnothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856)
Temnothorax turcicus (Santschi, 1934)

Tetramorium

Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846) (introduced)
Tetramorium caldarium (Roger, 1857) (introduced)
Tetramorium immigrans Santschi, 1927 (introduced)
Tetramorium indocile Santschi, 1927
Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870 (introduced)
Tetramorium rhodium Emery, 1924

Trichomyrmex

Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851) (introduced)
Trichomyrmex mayri (Forel, 1902) (introduced)
Trichomyrmex perplexus (Radchenko, 1997)

Wasmannia

Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863) (introduced)

Notes

Salata et al. (2023) note that five species of the subgenus Tanaemyrmex were not recovered during their sampling in Cyprus. Records of Camponotus compressus and Camponotus maculatus in neighboring regions have been deemed dubious (Janicki et al. 2016; Guénard et al. 2017), while the presence of Camponotus aethiops, Camponotus baldaccii and Camponotus thoracicus in Cyprus concerned records repeated by Borowiec & Salata (2012) and Borowiec (2014) based on the Fauna Europaea website (Radchenko 2007). The latter database is known to include several misplaced taxa as indicated in Schifani & Alicata (2018) and Demetriou et al. (2023).

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