North Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia
Location
Region	Europe
Subregion	Southern Europe
BioRegion	Palaearctic Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	6
Genera	32
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	122
Endemic Species	1
% Endemic Species	0.8%
Introduced Species	1

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

Aphaenogaster

• Aphaenogaster epirotes (Emery, 1895)
• Aphaenogaster illyrica Bračko, Lapeva-Gjonova, Salata, Borowiec & Polak, 2019
• Aphaenogaster ovaticeps (Emery, 1898)
• Aphaenogaster sangiorgii (Emery, 1901)
• Aphaenogaster splendida (Roger, 1859) (introduced)
• Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)
• Aphaenogaster subterraneoides Emery, 1881

Camponotus

• Camponotus aegaeus Emery, 1915
• Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)
• Camponotus dalmaticus (Nylander, 1849)
• Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1856)
• Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Camponotus honaziensis Karaman & Aktaç, 2013
• Camponotus ionius Emery, 1920
• Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1792)
• Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)
• Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)
• Camponotus pilicornis siculus Grandi, 1935
• Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla bulgarica Forel, 1892
• Cardiocondyla dalmatica Soudek, 1925

Cataglyphis

• Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849)
• Cataglyphis nodus (Brullé, 1833)

Colobopsis

• Colobopsis truncata (Spinola, 1808)

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster auberti Emmery, 1869
• Crematogaster auberti savinae Zimmermann, 1935
• Crematogaster ionia Forel, 1911
• Crematogaster schmidti (Mayr, 1852)
• Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1792)
• Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)

Dolichoderus

• Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Formica

• Formica cinerea
• Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798
• Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846
• Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758
• Formica gagates Latreille, 1798
• Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917
• Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783
• Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761
• Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793
• Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798

Goniomma

• Goniomma decipiens Espadaler, 1997

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)

Lasius

• Lasius alienus Foerster, 1850
• Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)
• Lasius carniolicus Mayr, 1861
• Lasius distinguendus Emery, 1916
• Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1791)
• Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)
• Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)
• Lasius illyricus Zimmermann, 1935
• Lasius lasioides (Emery, 1869)
• Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)
• Lasius mixtoumbratus Forel, 1874
• Lasius myops Forel, 1894
• Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lasius paralienus Seifert, 1992
• Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)

Lepisiota

• Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mayr, 1855)
• Lepisiota nigra (Dalla Torre, 1893)

Liometopum

• Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)

Manica

• Manica rubida (Latreille, 1802)

Messor

• Messor aralocaspius (Arnoldi, 1902)
• Messor caducus (Motschulski, 1839)
• Messor capitatus (Latreille, 1798)
• Messor laboriosus Santschi, 1927
• Messor meridionalis (André, 1883)
• Messor oertzeni Forel, 1910
• Messor orientalis Emery, 1898
• Messor varrialei Emery, 1921
• Messor wasmanni Krausse, 1909

Myrmecina

• Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)

Myrmica

• Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861
• Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica schencki Viereck, 1903

Oxyopomyrmex

• Oxyopomyrmex krueperi Forel, 1911

Pheidole

• Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)
• Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1848)

Plagiolepis

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

Polyergus

• Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)

Ponera

• Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)

Prenolepis

• Prenolepis nitens (Mayr, 1852)

Proceratium

• Proceratium algiricum Forel, 1899
• Proceratium melinum (Roger, 1860)

Proformica

• Proformica nasuta (Nylander, 1856)
• Proformica oculatissima (Forel, 1886)

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)
• Solenopsis wolfi Emery, 1915

Stenamma

• Stenamma debile (Foerster, 1850)
• Stenamma striatulum Emery, 1895

Stigmatomma

• Stigmatomma denticulatum Roger, 1859

Strumigenys

• Strumigenys baudueri (Emery, 1875)

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)

Temnothorax

• Temnothorax angustulus (Nylander, 1856)
• Temnothorax bulgaricus Forel, 1892
• Temnothorax crassispinus (Karavaiev, 1926)
• Temnothorax exilis Emery, 1869
• Temnothorax flavicornis (Emery, 1870)
• Temnothorax graecus Forel, 1911
• Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck, 1852)
• Temnothorax lichtensteini Bondroit, 1918
• Temnothorax microcellatus (Soudek, 1925)
• Temnothorax nadigi (Kutter, 1925)
• Temnothorax nigriceps Mayr, 1855
• Temnothorax nylanderi (Foerster, 1850)
• Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)
• Temnothorax pelagosanus Muller, 1923
• Temnothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856)
• Temnothorax semiruber Andre, 1881
• Temnothorax sordidulus Muller, 1923
• Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)
• Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium biskrense Forel, 1904
• Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758
• Tetramorium chefketi Forel, 1911
• Tetramorium ferox Ruzsky, 1903
• Tetramorium lucidulum Emery, 1909
• Tetramorium schmidti Forel,, 1904
• Tetramorium splendens Ruzssky, 1902
• Tetramorium staerckei Kratochvíl, 1944

References

• Bračko, G,; Wagner, H.C.; Schulz, A.; Gioahin, E;Maticid, J.; Tratnik, A. 2014. New investigation and a revised checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera:Formicidae) of the Republic of Macedonia. North-Western Journal of Zoology 10(1): 10-24.
• Karaman, M. G. 2009. An introduction to the ant fauna of Macedonia (Balkan Peninsula), a check list (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Natura Montenegrina 8:151-162.