Israel

Israel
Location
Region	Asia
Subregion	Western Asia
BioRegion	Palaearctic Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	9
Genera	47
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	231
Endemic Species	26
% Endemic Species	11.3%
Introduced Species	2

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

Aenictus

• Aenictus rhodiensis Menozzi, 1936

Anochetus

• Anochetus bytinskii Kugler, J. & Ionescu, 2007

Aphaenogaster

• Aphaenogaster epirotes (Emery, 1895)
• Aphaenogaster kervillei Forel, 1910
• Aphaenogaster lesbica Forel, 1913
• Aphaenogaster obsidiana (Mayr, 1861)
• Aphaenogaster phillipsi Wheeler, & Mann, 1916
• Aphaenogaster schmitzi Forel, 1910
• Aphaenogaster splendida Roger, 1859
• Aphaenogaster subterraneoides Emery, 1881
• Aphaenogaster syriaca Emery, 1908

Bothriomyrmex

• Bothriomyrmex syria Forel, 1910

Camponotus

• Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)
• Camponotus baldaccii Emery, 1908
• Camponotus cilicicus Emery, 1908
• Camponotus dalmaticus (Nylander, 1849)
• Camponotus fellah Dalla Torre, 1893
• Camponotus festai Emery, 1894
• Camponotus gestroi Emery, 1878
• Camponotus interjectus Mayr, 1877
• Camponotus jaliensis Dalla Torre, 1893
• Camponotus kefir Ionescu, 2010
• Camponotus kugleri Ionescu, 2010
• Camponotus kurdistanicus Emery, 1898
• Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1792)
• Camponotus libanicus André, 1881
• Camponotus rebeccae Forel, 1913
• Camponotus sanctus Forel, 1904
• Camponotus sannini Tohme & Tohme, 1999
• Camponotus sericeus (Fabricius, 1798)
• Camponotus sinaiticus Ionescu, 2009
• Camponotus turkestanus André, 1882
• Camponotus vogti Forel, 1904
• Camponotus xerxes Forel, 1904

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla bicoronata Seifert, 2003
• Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881
• Cardiocondyla gallilaeica Seifert, 2003
• Cardiocondyla israelica Seifert, 2003
• Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel, 1890
• Cardiocondyla nigra Forel, 1905
• Cardiocondyla obscurior Wheeler, W.M., 1929
• Cardiocondyla persiana Seifert, 2003
• Cardiocondyla sahlbergi Forel, 1913
• Cardiocondyla wroughtonii (Forel, 1890)

Cataglyphis

• Cataglyphis acutinodis Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Cataglyphis albicans (Roger, 1858)
• Cataglyphis altisquamis (André, 1881)
• Cataglyphis bombycina (Roger, 1859)
• Cataglyphis bombycina sinaitica Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1916
• Cataglyphis emmae (Forel, 1909)
• Cataglyphis frigida (André, 1881)
• Cataglyphis holgerseni Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Cataglyphis isis (Forel, 1913)
• Cataglyphis israelensis Ionescu & Eyer, 2016
• Cataglyphis livida (André, 1881)
• Cataglyphis nigra (André, 1881)
• Cataglyphis nodus (Brulle, 1833)
• Cataglyphis rubra (Forel, 1903)
• Cataglyphis sabulosa Kugler J., 1981
• Cataglyphis savignyi (Dufour, 1862)
• Cataglyphis viaticoides (André, 1881)

Colobopsis

• Colobopsis truncata (Spinola, 1808)

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster antaris Forel, 1894
• Crematogaster auberti Emery, 1869
• Crematogaster auberti nigripes Menozzi, 1940
• Crematogaster inermis Mayr, 1862
• Crematogaster inermis armatula Emery, 1926
• Crematogaster ionia Forel, 1911
• Crematogaster jehovae Forel, 1907
• Crematogaster lorteti Forel, 1910
• Crematogaster mosis Forel, 1909
• Crematogaster nigriceps Emery, 1897
• Crematogaster scutellaris Olivier, 1792
• Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)
• Crematogaster warburgi Menozzi, 1933

Diplomorium

• Diplomorium species ISR1 unknown species

Dorylus

• Dorylus fulvus punicus Santschi, 1926
• Dorylus fulvus ruficeps Santschi, 1926

Emeryopone

• Emeryopone loebli (Baroni Urbani, 1975)

Formica

• Formica clara Forel, 1886

Goniomma

• Goniomma species ISR1 unknown species

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera abeillei (André, 1881)
• Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)
• Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)
• Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894)

Lasius

• Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850)
• Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)
• Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792)
• Lasius israelicus Seifert, 2020
• Lasius lasioides (Emery, 1869)
• Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrasfalvy, 1990
• Lasius tebessae Seifert, 1992

Lepisiota

• Lepisiota bipartita (Smith, F., 1861)
• Lepisiota canescens (Emery, 1897)
• Lepisiota dolabellae (Forel, 1911)
• Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mayr, 1855)
• Lepisiota frauenfeldi aegyptiaca (Finzi, 1936)
• Lepisiota gracilicornis (Forel, 1892)
• Lepisiota nigra (Dalla Torre, 1893)
• Lepisiota obtusa (Emery, 1901)
• Lepisiota opaciventris (Finzi, 1936)
• Lepisiota syriaca (André, 1881)
• Lepisiota species ISR1 unknown species
• Lepisiota species ISR2 unknown species

Leptanilla

• Leptanilla argamani (Kugler J., 1987)
• Leptanilla bifurcata Kugler, J., 1987
• Leptanilla israelis Kugler, J., 1987
• Leptanilla judaica Kugler, J., 1987
• Leptanilla tanit Santschi, 1907

Liometopum

• Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)

Lioponera

• Lioponera longitarsus (Mayr, 1879)

Lophomyrmex

• Lophomyrmex quadrispinosus (Jerdon, 1851

Mesoponera

• Mesoponera testacea Bernard, 1953

Messor

• Messor aegyptiacus (Emery, 1878)
• Messor aegyptiacus felah Santschi, 1923
• Messor alexandri Tohme & Tohme, 1981
• Messor arenarius (Fabricius, 1787)
• Messor arenarius ratus Menozzi, 1933
• Messor dentatus Santschi, 1927
• Messor ebeninus Santschi, 1927
• Messor hebraeus Santschi, 1927
• Messor instabilis (Smith, F., 1858)
• Messor intermedius Santschi, 1927
• Messor laboriosus Santschi, 1927
• Messor maculifrons Santschi, 1927
• Messor meridionalis (André, 1883)
• Messor minor (André, 1883)
• Messor orientalis (Emery, 1898)
• Messor rufotestaceus (Foerster, 1850)
• Messor rugosus (André, 1881)
• Messor rugosus bodenheimeri Menozzi, 1933
• Messor semirufus (André, 1883)
• Messor semirufus emeryi Santschi, 1927
• Messor sultanus Santschi, 1917
• Messor syriacus Tohme,G., 1969
• Messor wasmanni Krausse, 1910

Monomorium

• Monomorium abeillei André, 1881
• Monomorium advena Brown & Wilson, 1957
• Monomorium atomum aharonii Menozzi, 1933
• Monomorium barbatulum Mayr, 1877
• Monomorium clavicorne André, 1881
• Monomorium grassei (Tohme & Tohme, 1980)
• Monomorium judaicum Menozzi, 1933
• Monomorium monomorium (Bolton, 1987)
• Monomorium niloticoides Forel, 1910
• Monomorium niloticum Emery, 1881
• Monomorium pallidum Donisthorpe, 1918
• Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Monomorium phoenicum Santschi, 1927
• Monomorium sahlbergi Emery, 1898
• Monomorium salomonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Monomorium sommieri Emery, 1908
• Monomorium venustum Smith, 1858

Myrmecina

• Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)

Nesomyrmex

• Nesomyrmex angulatus Mayr, 1862

Nylanderia

• Nylanderia jaegerskioeldi (Mayr, 1904)
• Nylanderia sindbadi (Pisarski, 1960)

Oxyopomyrmex

• Oxyopomyrmex negevensis Salata & Borowiec, 2015
• Oxyopomyrmex oculatus André, 1881

Parasyscia

• Parasyscia piochardi (Emery, 1882)

Paratrechina

• Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)

Parvaponera

• Parvaponera darwinii (Forel,1893)

Pheidole

• Pheidole cicatricosa Stitz, 1917
• Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879
• Pheidole jordanica Saulcy, 1874
• Pheidole minuscula Bernard, 1953
• Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)
• Pheidole sinaitica Mayr, 1862

Plagiolepis

• Plagiolepis pallescens Forel, 1889
• Plagiolepis pallescens isis Santschi, 1938
• Plagiolepis pygmaea Latreille, 1798

Polyrhachis

• Polyrhachis lacteipennis Smith, F., 1858

Ponera

• Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)

Proceratium

• Proceratium galilaeum De Andrade, 2003
• Proceratium melinum (Roger, 1860)

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis dentata Collingwood & Kugler J., 1994
• Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)
• Solenopsis latro Forel, 1894
• Solenopsis orbula (Emery, 1875)
• Solenopsis orbula terniensis Forel, 1905
• Solenopsis santschii Forel, 1905
• Solenopsis species ISR1 unknown species
• Solenopsis species ISR2 unknown species
• Solenopsis species ISR3 unknown species

Stenamma

• Stenamma lippulum (Nylander, 1849)
• Stenamma species ISR1 unknown species

Stigmatomma

• Stigmatomma denticulatum Roger, 1859
• Stigmatomma normandi Santschi, 1915
• Stigmatomma ophthalmicum (Baroni Urbani, 1978)

Strongylognathus

• Strongylognathus palaestinensis Menozzi, 1933

Strumigenys

• Strumigenys argiola (Emery, 1869)
• Strumigenys membranifera (Emery, 1869)

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)
• Tapinoma israele Forel, 1904
• Tapinoma phoeniceum Emery, 1925

Temnothorax

• Temnothorax arenarius Santschi, 1908
• Temnothorax bulgaricus (Forel, 1892)
• Temnothorax flavispinus (André, 1881)
• Temnothorax niger (Forel, 1894)
• Temnothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856)
• Temnothorax semiruber (André, 1881)
• Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846)
• Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Tetramorium davidi Forel, 1911
• Tetramorium delagoense Forel, 1894
• Tetramorium depressiceps Menozzi, 1933
• Tetramorium judas Wheeler W. M. & Mann, 1916
• Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870
• Tetramorium lucidulum Menozzi, 1933
• Tetramorium meridionale Emery, 1870
• Tetramorium persignatum Bolton, 1995
• Tetramorium punicum(Smith, F., 1861)
• Tetramorium sahlbergi Finzi, 1936
• Tetramorium schmidti Forel, 1904
• Tetramorium schmitzi (Forel, 1910)
• Tetramorium signatum Emery, 1895
• Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, F., 1851)
• Tetramorium species ISR1 unknown species
• Tetramorium species ISR1("Rhoptromyrmex") unknown species
• Tetramorium species ISR2 unknown species
• Tetramorium striativentre Mayr, 1877
• Tetramorium syriacum Emery,1922
• Tetramorium taueret Bolton, 1995

Tetraponera

• Tetraponera ambigua (Emery, 1895)

Trichomyrmex

• Trichomyrmex bodenheimeri (Menozzi, 1929)
• Trichomyrmex dentigera (Roger, 1862)
• Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851) (introduced)
• Trichomyrmex dentigera (Roger, 1862)
• Trichomyrmex lameerei (Forel, 1902)
• Trichomyrmex mayri (Forel, 1902)

Wasmannia

• Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863) (introduced)

Uncertain species

The following species was thought to have been described from Israel but its true identity and type locality are currently uncertain.

• Formica schardj Forskål, 1775

References

• Vonshak, M.; Ionescu-Hirsch, A. 2010 ("2009"). A checklist of the ants of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 39:33-55. [2010-10-01]