AntWiki: The Ants --- Online
The following valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Kyrgyzstan. 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 Kyrgyzstan ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Kyrgyzstan Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.
- Camponotus buddhae Forel, 1892
- Camponotus fedtschenkoi Mayr, 1877
- Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Camponotus interjectus Mayr, 1877
- Camponotus lameerei Emery, 1898
- Camponotus reichardti Arnoldi, 1967
- Camponotus semirufus Emery, 1925
- Camponotus tashcumiri Tarbinsky, 1976
- Camponotus turkestanicus Emery, 1887
- Camponotus turkestanus André, 1882
- Formica candida F. Smith, 1878
- Formica clara Forel, 1886
- Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798
- Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846
- Formica frontalis Santschi, 1919
- Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917
- Formica litoralis Kusnetzov-Ugamsky, 1926
- Formica orangea Seifert & Schultz, 2009
- Formica pamirica Dlussky, 1965
- Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783
- Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798
- Formica subpilosa Ruzsky, 1902
- Formica tianshanica Seifert & Schultz, 2009
- Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804
- Messor aralocaspius (Ruzsky, 1902)
- Messor aralocaspius infumatus Kuznetzov-Ugamsky, 1929
- Messor excursionis Ruzsky, 1905
- Messor inermis Kuznetzov-Ugamsky, 1929
- Messor laboriosus Santschi, 1927
- Messor marikovskii Arnol’di, 1970
- Messor muticus (Nylander, 1849)
- Messor olegianus Arnoldi, 1970
- Messor rufus Santschi, 1923
- Messor rufus striolatus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927
- Messor valentinaeArnoldi, 1970
- Myrmica bergi Ruszky, 1902
- Myrmica dshungarica Ruzsky, 1905
- Myrmica ferganensis Finzi, 1926
- Myrmica juglandeti Arnoldi, 1976
- Myrmica kirghisorum Arnoldi, 1976
- Myrmica kryzhanovskii Arnol'di, 1976
- Myrmica orthostyla Arnoldi, 1976
- Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Myrmica salina
- Myrmica saposhnikovi Ruzsky, 1904
- Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846
- Myrmica schencki Viereck, 1903
- Myrmica stangeana Ruzsky, 1902
- Myrmica tenuispina Ruzsky, 1905
- Temnothorax arpini (Tarbinsky, 1976)
- Temnothorax kirghizicus (Tarbinsky, 1976)
- Temnothorax melleus (Forel, 1904)
- Temnothorax nassonovi (Ruzsky, 1895)
- Temnothorax oxianus (Ruzsky, 1905)
- Temnothorax satunini (Ruzsky, 1902)
- Temnothorax semenovi (Ruzsky, 1903)
- Temnothorax susamyri (Dlussky, 1965)
- Temnothorax tarbinskii (Arnol'di, 1976)
- Temnothorax tianschanicus (Tarbinsky, 1976)
- Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)
- Tetramorium armatum Santschi, 1927
- Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758
- Tetramorium chefketi Forel, 1911
- Tetramorium ferox Ruzsky, 1903
- Tetramorium feroxoides Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985
- Tetramorium indocile Santschi, 1927
- Tetramorium inerme Mayr, 1877
- Tetramorium schneideri Emery, 1898
- Tetramorium staerckei Kratochvíl, 1944
- Tetramorium striativentre Mayr, 1877
- Tetramorium sulcinode Santschi, 1927
Fossils known from Kyrgyzstan
References
- [1]Marek L. Borowiec, Lech Borowiec, Sandor Csoz, Alexander Radchenko, 2009. Ants collected during 2006 Polish expedition to Kyrgyzstan(Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus 20 (2): 367-379.
- [2]Roland Schultz, Alexander Radchenko & Bernhard Seifert, 2006. A critical checklist of the ants of Kyrgyzstan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8: 201-207.