Montenegro

Montenegro
Location
Region	Europe
Subregion	Southern Europe
BioRegion	Palaearctic Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	5
Genera	31
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	130
Endemic Species	1
% Endemic Species	0.8%
Introduced Species	1

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

Aphaenogaster

Aphaenogaster epirotes Emery, 1895
Aphaenogaster ovaticeps (Emery, 1898)
Aphaenogaster sangiorgii (Emery, 1901)
Aphaenogaster splendida (Roger, 1859) (introduced)
Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)
Aphaenogaster subterraneoides Emery, 1881
Aphaenogaster subterraneosplendida André, 1883

Bothriomyrmex

Bothriomyrmex communista Santschi, 1919
Bothriomyrmex corsicus Santschi, 1923
Bothriomyrmex meridionalis (Roger, 1863)
Bothriomyrmex syria Forel, 1910

Camponotus

Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)
Camponotus dalmaticus (Nylander, 1849)
Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1856)
Camponotus heidrunvogtae Seifert, 2019
Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1791)
Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)
Camponotus oertzeni Forel, 1888
Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)
Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)

Cardiocondyla

Cardiocondyla dalmatica Soudek, 1925

Cataglyphis

Cataglyphis nodus (Brullé, 1833)

Colobopsis

Colobopsis truncata (Spinola, 1808)

Crematogaster

Crematogaster auberti Emery, 1869
Crematogaster auberti savinae Zimmermann, 1934
Crematogaster gordani Karaman, 2008
Crematogaster ionia Emery, 1870
Crematogaster jehovae Forel, 1907
Crematogaster lorteti Forel, 1910
Crematogaster montenigrina Karaman, 2008
Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1791)
Crematogaster schmidti (Mayr, 1852)
Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)

Dolichoderus

Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Formica

Formica aquilonia Yarrow, 1955
Formica cinerea
Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798
Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758
Formica gagates Latreille, 1798
Formica gagatoides Ruzsky, 1904
Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917
Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838
Formica polyctena Foerster, 1850
Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783
Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761
Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793

Hypoponera

Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)

Lasius

Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1852)
Lasius bombycina Seifert & Galkowski, 2016
Lasius distinguendus Emery, 1916
Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1791)
Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1781
Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)
Lasius illyricus Zimmermann, 1935
Lasius jensi Seifert, 1982
Lasius lasioides Emery, 1869
Lasius myops Forel, 1894
Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lasius paralienus Seifert, 1992
Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991
Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)

Leptothorax

Leptothorax gredleri Mayr, 1855
Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)

Lepisiota

Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mayr, 1855)
Lepisiota nigra Emery, 1893

Linepithema

Linepithema humile Mayr, 1868

Liometopum

Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)

Manica

Manica rubida (Latreille, 1802)

Messor

Messor aralocaspius (Ruzsky, 1902)
Messor capitatus (Latreille, 1798)
Messor ebeninus Santschi, 1927
Messor meridionalis André, 1883
Messor laboriosus Santschi, 1927
Messor minor André, 1883
Messor wasmanni Krause, 1910

Monomorium

Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987
Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Myrmecina

Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)

Myrmica

Myrmica hellenica Forel, 1913
Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861
Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846
Myrmica schencki Viereck, 1903
Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918
Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846

Pheidole

Pheidole balcanica Seifert, 2016
Pheidole koshewnikovi Ruzsky, 1905
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)
Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)

Plagiolepis

Plagiolepis pallescens Forel, 1889
Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798)
Plagiolepis xene Staercke, 1936

Ponera

Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)
Ponera testacea Emery, 1895

Prenolepis

Prenolepis nitens (Mayr, 1852)

Proceratium

Proceratium melinum (Roger, 1860)

Solenopsis

Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)

Stenamma

Stenamma debile (Foerster, 1850)

Strumigenys

Strumigenys baudueri (Emery, 1875)

Tapinoma

Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)
Tapinoma glabrella (Nylander 1849)
Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895
Tapinoma nigerrimum (Nylander, 1856)
Tapinoma simrothi Krausse, 1911

Temnothorax

Temnothorax affinis Mayr, 1855
Temnothorax crassispinus Karawajew, 1926
Temnothorax exilis Emery, 1869
Temnothorax flavicornis (Emery, 1870)
Temnothorax interruptus (Shenck, 1852)
Temnothorax lichtensteini Bondroit, 1918
Temnothorax mediterraneus Ward et al., 2014
Temnothorax menozzii (Finzi, 1924)
Temnothorax morea Csősz, Salata & Borowiec, 2018
Temnothorax nigriceps Mayr, 1855
Temnothorax nylanderi (Foerster, 1850)
Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)
Temnothorax racovitzai Bondroit, 1918
Temnothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856)
Temnothorax saxonicus (Seifert, 1995)
Temnothorax sordidulus (Muller, 1923)
Temnothorax strymonensis Csősz, Salata & Borowiec, 2018
Temnothorax tergestinus (Finzi, 1928)
Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)
Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)

Tetramorium

Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846)
Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tetramorium diomedeum Emery, 1908
Tetramorium ferox Ruzsky, 1903
Tetramorium impurum (Foerster, 1850)
Tetramorium lucidulum Emery, 1909
Tetramorium moravicum Kratochvíl, 1944

References

M. Karaman, 2004: Checklist of known species of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the fauna of Montenegro. - Natura Montenegrina, Podgorica, 3, 2004, 83-92.
G. Karaman, M. Karaman, 2005: New data of myrmecofauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Montenegro (Serbia & Montenegro). - The Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts, Glasnik of the section of natural sciences, 16: 51-68.
G.S.Karaman, M.G. Karaman, 2006: Contribution to the knowledge of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Crna Gora (Montenegro). - Natura Montenegrina, Podgorica, 5: 91-108.

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Karaman, M. G. 2011c. A catalogue of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Montenegro [in Montenegrin]. Podgorica: Catalogues 3, Volume 2, Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts, 140 pp. PDF 142634.
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Karaman, M. (in press): New data of the genus Crematogaster Lund, 1831 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Crna Gora (Montenegro). Part II. Description of male of C. auberti savinae Zimmermann, 1934. - Turkish Journal of Entomology.
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