Hungary

Hungary
Location
Region	Europe
Subregion	Eastern Europe
BioRegion	Palaearctic Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	5
Genera	35
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	131
Endemic Species	1
% Endemic Species	0.8%
Introduced Species	0

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

The Hungarian fauna and flora can generally be characterized by the co-occurrence of eastern European, central European and Mediterranean elements (e.g. Borhidi 2003).

Aphaenogaster

• Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)

Bothriomyrmex

• Bothriomyrmex communista Santschi, 1919
• Bothriomyrmex corsicus Santschi, 1923

Camponotus

• Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)
• Camponotus atricolor (Nylander, 1849)
• Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1850)
• Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Camponotus lateralis Olivier, 1792
• Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)
• Camponotus piceus Leach, 1825
• Camponotus tergestinus Müller, 1921
• Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla dalmatica Soudek, 1925
• Cardiocondyla obscurior Wheeler, W.M., 1929 (introduced)

Cataglyphis

• Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849)
• Cataglyphis nodus (Brulle, 1832)

Colobopsis

• Colobopsis truncata (Spinola, 1808)

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster schmidti (Mayr, 1853)
• Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1792)
• Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)

Cryptopone

• Cryptopone ochracea (Mayr, 1855)

Dolichoderus

• Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Formica

• Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853
• Formica clara Forel, 1886
• Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798
• Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846
• Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758
• Formica fuscocinerea Forel, 1874
• Formica gagates Latreille, 1798
• Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917
• 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) (introduced)

Lasius

• Lasius alienus (Forster, 1850)
• Lasius balcanicus Seifert, 1988
• Lasius bicornis (Forster, 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, 1791)
• 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 (introduced)
• Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lasius nitidigaster Seifert, 1997
• Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1992
• Lasius psammophilus Seifert, 1992
• Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)

Leptothorax

• Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1783)
• Leptothorax gredleri Mayr, 1855
• Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)

Liometopum

• Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)

Manica

• Manica rubida (Latreille, 1802)

Messor

• Messor structor (Latreille, 1798)

Monomorium

• Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758) (introduced)

Myrmecina

• Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)

Myrmica

• Myrmica constricta Karavajev, 1934
• Myrmica curvithorax Bondroit, 1920
• Myrmica deplanata Ruzsky, 1905
• Myrmica gallienii Bondroit, 1920
• Myrmica karavajevi (Arnold, 1930)
• Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica lonae Finzi, 1926
• Myrmica rubra (Linnnaeus, 1758)
• Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica rugulosa Nylander, 1849
• Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861
• Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica schencki Viereck, 1903
• Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918
• Myrmica vandeli Bondroit, 1920

Nylanderia

• Nylanderia vividula (introduced)

Plagiolepis

• Plagiolepis ampeloni (Faber, 1969)
• Plagiolepis pallescens Forel, 1889
• Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798)
• Plagiolepis xene Staercke, 1936

Polyergus

• Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)

Ponera

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

Prenolepis

• Prenolepis nitens (Mayr, 1852)

Proceratium

• Proceratium melinum (Roger, 1860)

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)
• Solenopsis juliae (Arakelian, 1991)

Stenamma

• Stenamma debile (Foerster, 1850)

Strongylognathus

• Strongylognathus testaceus (Schenck, 1852)

Strumigenys

• Strumigenys argiola (Emery, 1869)
• Strumigenys baudueri (Emery, 1875)

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)
• Tapinoma magnum Mayr, 1861 (introduced)
• Tapinoma melanocephalum (Favricius, 1793) (introduced)
• Tapinoma subboreale Seifert, 2012

Technomyrmex

• Technomyrmex vitiensis (introduced)

Temnothorax

• Temnothorax affinis (Mayr, 1855)
• Temnothorax albipennis (Curtis, 1854)
• Temnothorax clypeatus (Mayr, 1853)
• Temnothorax corticalis (Schenck, 1852)
• Temnothorax crassispinus (Karavajav, 1926)
• Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck, 1852)
• Temnothorax jailensis (Arnoldi, 1977)
• Temnothorax nigriceps Mayr, 1855
• Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)
• Temnothorax ravouxi (Andre, 1896)
• Temnothorax sordidulus (Muller, 1923)
• Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)
• Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)
• Tetramorium caespitum' (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Tetramorium ferox Ruzsky, 1903
• Tetramorium hungaricum Röszler, 1935
• Tetramorium immigrans Santschi, 1927
• Tetramorium impurum Foerster, 1850
• Tetramorium indocile Santschi, 1927
• Tetramorium insolens (Smith, F., 1861) (introduced)
• Tetramorium moravicum Kratochvil, 1941
• Tetramorium staerckei Kratochvíl, 1944

Uncertain species

The following species was described from Hungary but its true identity is currently unknown.

• Lasius pannonicus Röszler, 1942

References

• Csősz, S.; Markó, B.; Gallé, L. 2011. The myrmecofauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Hungary: an updated checklist. North-Western Journal of Zoology 7:55-62. [2011-06]
• Gallé, L., Cso˝sz, S., Tartally, A., Kovács, É., 1998: A check-list of Hungarian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Folia Entomol. Hung., 59: 213-220.
• Ionescu-Hirsch, A.; Markó, B.; Csősz, S. 2009. Camponotus tergestinus Müller, 1921 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): first records of a rare species for Romania and Hungary. Entomologica Romanica 14:19-22.