Gibraltar

Gibraltar
Location
Region	Europe
Subregion	Southern Europe
BioRegion	Palaearctic Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	5
Genera	27
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	63
Endemic Species	0
% Endemic Species	0.0%
Introduced Species	0

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

Anochetus

• Anochetus ghilianii (Spinola, 1851)

Aphaenogaster

• Aphaenogaster dulcineae Emery, 1924
• Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latreille, 1798)
• Aphaenogaster iberica Emery, 1908
• Aphaenogaster senilis Mayr, 1853
• Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)

Bothriomyrmex

• Bothriomyrmex saundersi Santschi, 1922

Camponotus

• Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)
• Camponotus barbaricus Emery, 1905
• Camponotus cruentatus (Latreille, 1802)
• Camponotus gestroi Emery, 1878
• Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1791)
• Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)
• Camponotus pilicornis (Roger, 18590
• Camponotus sicheli Mayr, 1866
• Camponotus sylvaticus (Olivier, 1792)

Cataglyphis

• Cataglyphis iberica (Emery, 1906)

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster auberti Emery, 1869
• Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1792)
• Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)

Dolichoderus

• Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Formica

• Formica gerardi Bondroit, 1917
• Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798

Goniomma

• Goniomma hispanicum (Andre, 1883)

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)

Iberoformica

• Iberoformica subrufa Roger, 1859

Lasius

• Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792)
• Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)

Linepithema

• Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868)

Messor

• Messor barbarus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Messor bouvieri Bondroit, 1918
• Messor hispanicus Santschi, 1919
• Messor lobicornis Forel, 1894
• Messor lusitanicus Tinaut, 1985
• Messor marocanus Santschi, 1927
• Messor structor tyrrhenus Emery, 1898

Monomorium

• Monomorium andrei Saunders, 1890
• Monomorium subopacum (Smith, F., 1858)

Myrmecina

• Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)

Myrmica

• Myrmica bergi Ruzsky, 1902

Oxyopomyrmex

• Oxyopomyrmex saulcyi Emery, 1899

Pheidole

• Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)

Plagiolepis

• Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798)
• Plagiolepis schmitzii Forel, 1895

Ponera

• Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)

Stigmatomma

• Stigmatomma emeryi (Saunders, 1890)
• Stigmatomma gaetulicum Baroni Urbani, 1978

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)
• Tapinoma nigerrimum (Nylander, 1856)
• Tapinoma simrothi Krausse, 1911

Technomyrmex

• Technomyrmex vexatus (Santschi, 1919)

Temnothorax

• Temnothorax baeticus Emery, 1924
• Temnothorax exilis Emery, 1869
• Temnothorax flavispinus Andre, 1883
• Temnothorax kraussei (Emery, 1915)
• Temnothorax pardoi Tinaut, 1987
• Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)
• Temnothorax racovitzai (Bondroit, 1918)
• Temnothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856)

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Tetramorium exasperatum Emery, 1891
• Tetramorium forte Forel, 1904

References

• Rhian Guillem, 2009. An account of the myrmeofauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Gibraltar. Iberomyrmex. 1: