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France
| France | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Region | Europe |
| Subregion | Western Europe |
| BioRegion | Palaearctic Region |
| Diversity | |
| Subfamilies | 5 |
| Genera | 36 |
| Endemic Genera | 0 |
| % Endemic Genera | 0.0% |
| Species/Subspecies | 180 |
| Endemic Species | 14 |
| % Endemic Species | 7.8% |
| Introduced Species | 2 |
The following valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in France. 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 French ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the French Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.
Aphaenogaster
- Aphaenogaster dulcineae Santschi, 1919
- Aphaenogaster gibbosa Latreille, 1798
- Aphaenogaster ichnusa Santschi, 1925
- Aphaenogaster senilis Mayr, 1853
- Aphaenogaster spinosa Emery, 1878
- Aphaenogaster splendida (Roger, 1859) (introduced)
- Aphaenogaster subterranea Latreille, 1798
Bothriomyrmex
- Bothriomyrmex corsicus Santschi, 1923
- Bothriomyrmex laticeps Emery, 1925
- Bothriomyrmex meridionalis Roger, 1863
Camponotus
- Camponotus aethiops Latreille, 1798
- Camponotus cruentatus Latreille, 1802
- Camponotus fallax Nylander, 1856
- Camponotus lateralis Olivier, 1792
- Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)
- Camponotus nylanderi Emery, 1921 (introduced)
- Camponotus piceus Leach, 1825
- Camponotus pilicornis (Roger, 1859)
- Camponotus sylvaticus (Olivier, 1792)
- Camponotus tergestinus Müller, 1921
- Camponotus universitatis Forel, 1890
- Camponotus vagus Scopoli, 1763
Cardiocondyla
- Cardiocondyla elegans Emery, 1869
Cataglyphis
- Cataglyphis cursor Fonscolombe, 1846
- Cataglyphis piliscapa Forel, 1901
Colobopsis
- Colobopsis truncata (Spinola, 1808)
Crematogaster
- Crematogaster auberti Emery, 1869
- Crematogaster scutellaris Olivier, 1792
- Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)
Dolichoderus
- Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)
Formica
- Formica aquilonia Yarrow, 1955
- Formica corsica Seifert, 2002
- Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798
- Formica decipiens Bondroit, 1918
- Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846
- Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758
- Formica fuscocinerea Forel, 1874
- Formica gagates Latreille, 1798
- Formica gerardi Bondroit, 1917
- Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917
- Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838
- Formica polyctena Foerster, 1850
- Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783
- Formica pressilabris Nylander, 1846
- Formica pyrenaea Bondroit, 1918
- Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761
- Formica rufa obscurata Santschi, 1925
- Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793
- Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798
- Formica selysi Bondroit, 1918
- Formica uralensis Ruzsky, 1895
Formicoxenus
- Formicoxenus nitidulus Nylander, 1846
Goniomma
- Goniomma blanci André, 1881
- Goniomma hispanicum André, 1883
Harpagoxenus
- Harpagoxenus sublaevis (Nylander, 1849)
Hypoponera
- Hypoponera abeillei (André, 1881)
- Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)
- Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)
- Hypoponera ragusai Emery, 1894
Iberoformica
- Iberoformica subrufa (Roger, 1859)
Lasius
- Lasius alienus Foerster, 1850
- Lasius bicornis Foerster, 1850
- Lasius brunneus Latreille, 1798
- Lasius carniolicus Mayr, 1861
- Lasius cinereus Seifert, 1992
- Lasius casevitzi Seifert & Galkowski, 2016
- Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792)
- Lasius flavus Fabricius, 1782
- Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)
- Lasius lasioides (Emery, 1869)
- Lasius meridionalis Bondroit, 1920
- Lasius myops Forel, 1894
- Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrasfalvy, 1990
- Lasius niger Linnaeus, 1758
- Lasius paralienus Seifert, 1992
- Lasius rabaudi Bondroit, 1917
- Lasius sabularum Bondroit, 1918
Leptanilla
- Leptanilla revelierii Emery, 1870
Leptothorax
- Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)
- Leptothorax goesswaldi Kutter, 1967
- Leptothorax gredleri Mayr, 1855
- Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)
- Leptothorax pacis (Kutter, 1950)
Linepithema
- Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868)
Manica
- Manica rubida Latreille, 1802
Messor
- Messor barbarus Linnaeus, 1767
- Messor bouvieri Bondroit, 1918
- Messor capitatus Latreille, 1798
- Messor ibericus Santschi, 1931
- Messor structor Latreille, 1798
Myrmecina
- Myrmecina graminicola Latreille, 1802
Myrmica
- Myrmica aloba Forel, 1909
- Myrmica gallienii Bondroit, 1920
- Myrmica hirsuta Elmes, 1978
- Myrmica karavajevi Arnol’di, 1930
- Myrmica lemasnei Bernard, 1967
- Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846
- Myrmica lobulicornis Nylander, 1857
- Myrmica martini Seifert, Yazdi & Schultz, 2014
- Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861
- Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846
- Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918
- Myrmica spinosior Santschi, 1931
- Myrmica tulinae Elmes, Radchenko & Aktaç, 2002
- Myrmica vandeli Bondroit, 1920
- Myrmica wesmaeli Bondroit, 1918
Oxyopomyrmex
- Oxyopomyrmex saulcyi Emery, 1889
Paratrechina
- Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802
Pheidole
- Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1848)
Plagiolepis
- Plagiolepis grassei Le Masne, 1956
- Plagiolepis delaugerrei Casevitz-Weulersse, 2014
- Plagiolepis pallescens Forel, 1889
- Plagiolepis pygmaea Latreille, 1798
- Plagiolepis pyrenaica Emery, 1921
- Plagiolepis xene Staercke, 1936
Polyergus
- Polyergus rufescens Latreille, 1798
Ponera
- Ponera coarctata Latreille, 1802
- Ponera sysphinctoides Bernard, 1950
- Ponera testacea Emery, 1895
Proformica
- Proformica cerdanyensis Galkowski, Lebas, Lenoir, Perdereau & Blatrix, 2022
- Proformica longipilosa Galkowski, Lebas, Wegnez, Lenoir & Blatrix, 2017
- Proformica nasuta (Nylander, 1856)
Solenopsis
- Solenopsis debilior Santschi, 1934
- Solenopsis fugax Latreille, 1798
- Solenopsis gallica Santschi, 1934
- Solenopsis lusitanica Emery, 1915
- Solenopsis orbula Emery, 1875
Stenamma
- Stenamma debile Foerster, 1850
Strongylognathus
- Strongylognathus huberi Forel, 1874
- Strongylognathus huberi dalmaticus Baroni Urbani, 1969
Strumigenys
- Strumigenys argiola Emery, 1869
- Strumigenys baudueri Emery, 1875
- Strumigenys tenuipilis Emery, 1915
- Strumigenys tenuissima Brown, 1953
Tapinoma
- Tapinoma darioi Seifert, D'Eustacchio, Kaufmann, Centorame & Modica, 2017
- Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)
- Tapinoma glabrella (Nylander 1849)
- Tapinoma ibericum Santschi, 1925
- Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895
- Tapinoma magnum Mayr, 1861
- Tapinoma nigerrimum
- Tapinoma pygmaeum Dufour, 1857
- Tapinoma simrothi Krausse-Heldrungen, 1911
- Tapinoma subboreale Seifert, 2012
Temnothorax
- Temnothorax affinis Mayr, 1855
- Temnothorax albipennis (Curtis, 1854)
- Temnothorax angustulus Nylander, 1856
- Temnothorax aveli Bondroit, 1918
- Temnothorax clypeatus (Mayr, 1853)
- Temnothorax conatensis Galkowski & Lebas, 2016
- Temnothorax continentalis Galkowski & Cagniant, 2017
- Temnothorax corsicus (Emery, 1895)
- Temnothorax exilis Emery, 1869
- Temnothorax flavicornis (Emery, 1870)
- Temnothorax gredosi Espadaler & Collingwood, 1982
- Temnothorax grouvellei Bondroit, 1918
- Temnothorax interruptus Schenck, 1852
- Temnothorax kraussei (Emery, 1915)
- Temnothorax kutteri (Cagniant, 1973)
- Temnothorax lichtensteini Bondroit, 1918
- Temnothorax luteus (Forel, 1874)
- Temnothorax melas (Espadaler, Plateaux & Casevitz-Weulersse, 1984)
- Temnothorax niger Forel, 1894
- Temnothorax nigriceps Mayr, 1855
- Temnothorax nylanderi Foerster, 1850
- Temnothorax pardoi Tinaut, 1987
- Temnothorax racovitzai Bondroit, 1918
- Temnothorax ravouxi (André, 1896)
- Temnothorax recedens Nylander, 1856
- Temnothorax rougeti Bondroit, 1918
- Temnothorax stumperi (Kutter, 1950)
- Temnothorax tergestinus (Finzi, 1928)
- Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)
- Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)
Tetramorium
- Tetramorium alpestre Steiner, Schlick-Steiner & Seifert, 2010
- Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)
- Tetramorium brevicorne Bondroit, 1918
- Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758
- Tetramorium forte Forel, 1904
- Tetramorium indocile Santschi, 1927
- Tetramorium inquilinum Ward, Brady, Fisher & Schultz, 2014
- Tetramorium moravicum Kratochvi, 1941
- Tetramorium semilaeve
Fossils known from France
Uncertain species
The following species were described from Australia but their true identities are currently unknown.
- Formica affinis Leach, 1825
- Formica bicolor Leach, 1825
- Formica lutea Duméril, 1860
- Formica maculata Geoffroy, 1785
- Formica rediana Leach, 1825
- Formica rubescens Leach, 1825
- Formica rupestris Leach, 1825
- Formica testaceipes Leach, 1825
- Formica thoracica Olivier, 1792
- Lasius rubiginosa (Latreille, 1802)
References
- André, E. 1896a. Description d'une nouvelle fourmi de France. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1896: 367-368.
- Bernard, F. 1950a. Notes sur les fourmis de France. 2. Peuplement des montagnes méridionales. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 115 (1946): 1-36.
- Blatrix, R.; Galkowski, C.; Lebas, C.; Wegnez, P. 2013. Fourmis de France, de Belgique et du Luxembourg. Luçon: Delachaux et Niestlé, 288 pp. [2013-04]
- Casevitz-Weulersse, J.; Galkowski, C. 2009. Liste actualisée des Fourmis de France (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 114 (4), 2009 : 475-510.
- GALKOWSKI C., 2008. – Quelques fourmis nouvelles ou intéressantes pour la faune de France (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux, 143, N.S. 36, 4 : 423-433.
- GALKOWSKI C., 2011. – Une liste des fourmis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) récoltées dans la région de Grasse, avec la mention d’une nouvelle espèce de la faune de France. Bulletin de la Société linnéenne de Provence, 62 : 41-44.
- Galkowski, C.; Casevitz-Weulersse, J. 2008. Temnothorax clypeatus (Mayr) en France (Hymenoptera Formicidae Myrmicinae). L'Entomologiste 64:233-238.
- Monnin, T.; Espadaler, X.; Lenoir, A.; Peeters, C. 2013. Guide des Fourmis de France. Baume-les-Dame: Éditions Belin, 160 pp.