Republic of Moldova

Republic of Moldova
Location
Region	Europe
Subregion	Eastern Europe
BioRegion	Palaearctic Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	4
Genera	24
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	61
Endemic Species	0
% Endemic Species	0.0%
Introduced Species	0

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

Aphaenogaster

• Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)

Camponotus

• Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)
• Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1846)
• Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)
• Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)
• Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla stambuloffii Forel, 1892

Cataglyphis

• Cataglyphis iberica (Emery, 1906)

Colobopsis

• Colobopsis truncata (Spinola, 1808)

Dolichoderus

• Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Formica

• Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853
• Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798
• Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846
• Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758
• Formica fuscocinerea Forel, 1874
• Formica gagates Latreille, 1798
• Formica polyctena Forster, 1850
• Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783
• Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761
• Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793
• Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798
• Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804)

Formicoxenus

• Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846)

Lasius

• Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850)
• Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)
• Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792)
• Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)
• Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)
• Lasius distinguendus Emery, 1916
• Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)
• Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)

Leptothorax

• Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)
• Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)

Liometopum

• Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)

Messor

• Messor clivorum Ruzsky, 1905

Monomorium

• Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Myrmecina

• Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)

Myrmica

• Myrmica bessarabicus Nasonov, 1888
• Myrmica gallienii Bondroit, 1920
• Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861
• Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica schencki Emery, 1895

Polyergus

• Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)

Ponera

• Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)

Proformica

• Proformica epinotalis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis fugax Latreille, 1798

Stenamma

• Stenamma debile (Forster, 1850)

Strongylognathus

• Strongylognathus testaceus (Schenck, 1852)

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)
• Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895
• Tapinoma subboreale Seifert, 2012

Temnothorax

• Temnothorax affinis Mayr, 1855
• Temnothorax crassispinus Karavaiev, 1926
• Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)
• Temnothorax tuberum (Favricius, 1775)
• Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)
• Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

• Cîrdei, F.; Bulimar, F. 1965. Noi contributii asupra studiului formicidelor (Fam. Formicidae) din Moldova. Analele Stiintifice de Universitatii "Al. I. Cuza" din Iasi. Sectiunea IIa Biologie 11:311-319.
• Cîrdei, F.; Bulimar, F.; Varvara, M. 1964. Date cu privire la raspîndirea speciilor genului Lasius Fabr. (Fam. Formicidae) în Moldova. Analele Stiintifice de Universitatii "Al. I. Cuza" din Iasi. Sectiunea IIa Biologie 10:109-112.