Republic of Korea

Republic of Korea
Location
Region	Asia
Subregion	Eastern Asia
BioRegion	Palaearctic Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	6
Genera	41
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	148
Endemic Species	7
% Endemic Species	4.7%
Introduced Species	0

The following 137 valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in South Korea. 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 South Korea ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the South Korea Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

Aphaenogaster

• Aphaenogaster famelica (Smith, F., 1874)
• Aphaenogaster japonica Forel, 1911
• Aphaenogaster lepida Wheeler, 1930
• Aphaenogaster schmidti Karavaiev, 1912
• Aphaenogaster smythiesii (Forel, 1902)

Brachyponera

• Brachyponera chinensis (Emery, 1895)

Camponotus

• Camponotus amamianus Terayama, 1991
• Camponotus atrox Emery, 1925
• Camponotus concavus Kim & Kim, 1994
• Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1856)
• Camponotus fuscus Kim & Kim, 1994
• Camponotus herculeanus sachalinensis Forel, 1904
• Camponotus itoi Forel, 1904
• Camponotus japonicus Mayr, 1866
• Camponotus jejuensis Kim & Kim, 1986
• Camponotus kiusiuensis Santschi, 1937
• Camponotus nawai Ito, 1914
• Camponotus nipponensis Santschi, 1937
• Camponotus obscuripes Mayr, 1879
• Camponotus quadrinotatus Forel, 1886
• Camponotus vitiosus Smith, F., 1874

Chronoxenus

• Chronoxenus wroughtonii (Forel, 1895)

Colobopsis

• Colobopsis nipponica (Wheeler, W.M., 1928)

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster matsumurai Forel, 1901
• Crematogaster nawai Ito, 1914
• Crematogaster osakensis Forel, 1900
• Crematogaster teranishii Santschi, 1930
• Crematogaster vagula Wheeler, W.M., 1928

Cryptopone

• Cryptopone sauteri (Wheeler, W.M., 1906)

Dacatria

• Dacatria templaris Rigato, 1994

Discothyrea

• Discothyrea sauteri Forel, 1912

Dolichoderus

• Dolichoderus sibiricus (Emery, 1889)

Ectomomyrmex

• Ectomomyrmex astutus Smith, F., 1858
• Ectomomyrmex javanus (Mayr, 1867)

Euponera

• Euponera pilosior Wheeler, W.M., 1928

Formica

• Formica candida Smith, F., 1878
• Formica hayashi Terayama & Hashimoto, 1996
• Formica japonica Motschoulsky, 1866
• Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917
• Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838
• Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798
• Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804
• Formica yessensis Wheeler, W.M., 1913

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera nippona (Santschi, 1937)
• Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894)
• Hypoponera sauteri Onoyama, 1989

Lasius

• Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850)
• Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)
• Lasius capitatus (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927)
• Lasius fuliginosus Latreille, 1798
• Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)
• Lasius hayashi Yamauchi & Hayashida, 1970
• Lasius japonicus Santschi, 1941
• Lasius koreanus Seifert, 1992
• Lasius meridionalis (Bondroit, 1920)
• Lasius morisitai
• Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lasius nipponensis Forel, 1912
• Lasius orientalis Karavaiev, 1912
• Lasius spathepus Wheeler, W.M., 1910
• Lasius talpa Wilson, 1955
• Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)

Leptothorax

• Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)

Messor

• Messor aciculatus (Smith, F., 1874)

Monomorium

• Monomorium chinense Santschi, 1925
• Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)
• Monomorium intrudens Smith, F., 1874
• Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987
• Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Monomorium triviale Wheeler, W.M., 1906

Myrmecina

• Myrmecina flava Terayama, 1985
• Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)
• Myrmecina nipponica Wheeler, W.M., 1906

Myrmica

• Myrmica ademonia Bolton, 1995
• Myrmica angulinodis Ruzsky, 1905
• Myrmica excelsa
• Myrmica jessensis Forel, 1901
• Myrmica kasczenkoi Ruzsky, 1905
• Myrmica koreana Elmes, Radchenko & Kim, 2001
• Myrmica kotokui Forel, 1911
• Myrmica kurokii Forel, 1907
• Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica luteola Kupyanskaya, 1990
• Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica saposhnikovi Ruzsky, 1904
• Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica transsibirica Radchenko, 1994

Nylanderia

• Nylanderia flavipes (Smith, F., 1874)
• Nylanderia yaeyamensis (Terayama, 1999)

Ochetellus

• Ochetellus glaber (Mayr, 1862)

Paraparatrechina

• Paraparatrechina sakurae (Ito, 1914)
• Paraparatrechina sauteri (Forel, 1913)

Pheidole

• Pheidole fervida Smith, F., 1874
• Pheidole fervida kwazana Teranishi, 1940
• Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879
• Pheidole nodus Smith, F., 1874
• Pheidole pieli Santschi, 1925

Plagiolepis

• Plagiolepis flavescens Collingwood, 1976
• Plagiolepis pallescens Forel, 1889

Polyergus

• Polyergus samurai Yano, 1911

Polyrhachis

• Polyrhachis lamellidens Smith, F., 1874

Ponera

• Ponera japonica Wheeler, W.M., 1906
• Ponera scabra Wheeler, W.M., 1928
• Ponera takaminei Terayama, 1996

Prenolepis

• Prenolepis melanogaster Emery, 1893

Pristomyrmex

• Pristomyrmex punctatus (Smith, F., 1860)

Proceratium

• Proceratium itoi (Forel, 1918)
• Proceratium watasei (Wheeler, W.M., 1906)

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)
• Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)
• Solenopsis japonica Wheeler, W.M., 1928

Stenamma

• Stenamma koreanense Lyu, DuBois & Cho, 2002
• Stenamma owstoni Wheeler, W.M., 1906
• Stenamma ussuriense Arnol'di, 1975

Stigmatomma

• Stigmatomma silvestrii (Wheeler, W.M., 1928)

Strongylognathus

• Strongylognathus koreanus Pisarski, 1966

Strumigenys

• Strumigenys alecto (Bolton, 2000)
• Strumigenys baudueri group
• Strumigenys calvus Dong & Kim, 2020
• Strumigenys canina (Brown & Boisvert, 1979)
• Strumigenys choii Lyu, 2007
• Strumigenys hexamera (Brown, 1958)
• Strumigenys incerta (Brown, 1949)
• Strumigenys japonica Ito, 1914
• Strumigenys kumadori Yoshimura & Onoyama, 2007
• Strumigenys lewisi Cameron, 1886
• Strumigenys masukoi (Ogata & Onoyama, 1998)
• Strumigenys membranifera Emery, 1869
• Strumigenys mutica (Brown, 1949)
• Strumigenys solifontis Brown, 1949

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma geei Wheeler, 1927
• Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)
• Tapinoma sinense Emery, 1925
• Tapinoma wroughtonii Forel, 1904

Technomyrmex

• Technomyrmex albipes (Smith, F., 1861)
• Technomyrmex gibbosus Wheeler, W.M., 1906

Temnothorax

• Temnothorax aveli (Bondroit, 1918)
• Temnothorax congruus Smith, F. 1874
• Temnothorax koreanus Teranishi, 1940
• Temnothorax nassonovi Ruzsky, 1895
• Temnothorax serviculus Ruzsky, 1902
• Temnothorax spinosior Forel, 1901
• Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846)
• Tetramorium tsushimae Emery, 1925

Vollenhovia

• Vollenhovia emeryi Wheeler, W.M., 1906
• Vollenhovia nipponica Kinomura & Yamauchi, 1992

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