Romania

Romania
Location
Region	Europe
Subregion	Eastern Europe
BioRegion	Palaearctic Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	6
Genera	35
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	138
Endemic Species	0
% Endemic Species	0.0%
Introduced Species	4

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

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• Key to Myrmica of Romania

Aphaenogaster

• Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)

Bothriomyrmex

• Bothriomyrmex communista Santschi, 1919
• Bothriomyrmex corsicus Santschi, 1923

Camponotus

• Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1758)
• Camponotus atricolor (Nylander, 1849)
• Camponotus dalmaticus (Nylander, 1849)
• Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1850)
• Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1791)
• Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)
• Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)
• Camponotus samius Forel, 1889
• Camponotus tergestinus Müller, 1921
• Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla stambuloffii Forel, 1892

Cataglyphis

• Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849)
• Cataglyphis nodus (Brulle, 1832)

Colobopsis

• Colobopsis truncata (Spinola, 1808)

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster schmidti (Mayr, 1853)
• Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)

Cryptopone

• Cryptopone ochracea (Mayr, 1855)

Dolichoderus

• Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Formica

• Formica aquilonia Yarrow, 1951
• Formica bruni Kutter, 1967
• Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853
• Formica clara Forel, 1886
• Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798
• Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846
• Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758
• Formica fuscocinerea Forel, 1874
• Formica gagates Latreille, 1798
• Formica glauca Ruzsky, 1896
• Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917
• Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838
• Formica picea Nylander, 1846
• Formica polyctena Foerster, 1850
• Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783
• Formica pressilabris Nylander, 1846
• Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761
• Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793
• Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798
• Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804

Formicoxenus

• Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846)

Harpagoxenus

• Harpagoxenus sublaevis (Nylander, 1849)

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859) (introduced)

Lasius

• Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850)
• Lasius balcanicus (Seifert, 1988)
• Lasius bicornis (Forster, 1850)
• Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)
• Lasius citrinus (Emery, 1922)
• Lasius distinguendus (Emery, 1916)
• Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792)
• Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1781)
• Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)
• Lasius jensi (Seifert, 1982)
• Lasius lasioides (Emery, 1869)
• Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)
• Lasius myops (Forel, 1894)
• Lasius neglectus (Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrasfalvy, 1990) (introduced)
• Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1992
• Lasius psammophilus Seifert, 1992
• Lasius sabularum (Bondroit, 1918)
• Lasius umbratus Nylander, 1846
• Lasius viehmeyeri Emery, 1922

Leptothorax

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

Liometopum

• Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)

Manica

• Manica rubida (Latreille, 1802)

Messor

• Messor ibericus Santschi, 1931
• Messor muticus (Nylander, 1849)
• Messor ponticus Steiner et al., 2018
• Messor structor (Latreille, 1798)

Monomorium

• Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758) (introduced)

Myrmecina

• Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)

Myrmica

• Myrmica bergi Ruzsky, 1902
• Myrmica bessarabicus Nasonov, 1888
• Myrmica constricta Karavaiev, 1934
• Myrmica curvithorax Bondroit, 1920
• Myrmica deplanata Emery, 1921
• Myrmica gallienii Bondroit, 1920
• Myrmica hellenica Finzi, 1926
• Myrmica hirsuta Myrmica hirsuta
• Myrmica karavajevi (Arnoldi, 1930)
• Myrmica kozakorum Radchenko & Elmes, 2010
• Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica lonae Finzi, 1926
• Myrmica ravasinii Finzi, 1923
• Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica rugulosa Nylander, 1849
• Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1860
• Myrmica salina Ruzsky, 1905
• Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica schencki Emery, 1895
• Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918
• Myrmica stangeana Ruzsky,, 1902
• Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica vandeli Bondroit, 1920

Pheidole

• Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)
• Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)

Plagiolepis

• Plagiolepis pallescens Forel, 1889
• Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798)

Polyergus

• Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)

Ponera

• Ponera coarctata Latreille, 1802
• Ponera testacea Emery, 1895

Prenolepis

• Prenolepis nitens (Mayr, 1853)

Proceratium

• Proceratium melinum Roger, 1860

Proformica

• Proformica epinotalis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky,, 1927

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)

Stenamma

• Stenamma debile (Foerster, 1850)

Stigmatomma

• Stigmatomma denticulatum (Roger, 1859)

Strongylognathus

• Strongylognathus testaceus (Schenck, 1852)

Strumigenys

• Strumigenys argiola (Emery, 1869)
• Strumigenys baudueri (Emery, 1875)

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)
• Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabriciu, 1793) (introduced)
• Tapinoma subboreale Seifert, 2012

Temnothorax

• Temnothorax affinis (Mayr, 1855)
• Temnothorax clypeatus (Mayr, 1853)
• Temnothorax corticalis (Schenck, 1852)
• Temnothorax crasecundus Seifert & Csősz, 2015
• Temnothorax crassispinus (Karavaiev, 1926)
• Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck, 1852)
• Temnothorax nigriceps Mayr, 1855
• Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)
• Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)
• Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)
• Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Tetramorium chefketi Forel, 1911
• Tetramorium ferox Ruzsky, 1904
• Tetramorium flavidulum Emery, 1924
• Tetramorium hungaricum Roszler, 1935
• Tetramorium immigrans Santschi, 1927
• Tetramorium impurum (Foerster, 1850)
• Tetramorium moravicum Kratochvil, 1941
• Tetramorium staerckei Kratochvíl, 1944

References

• Czekes, Z.; Radchenko, A. G.; Csősz, S.; Szász-Len, A.; Tăuşan, I.; Benedek, K.; Markó, B. 2013. The genus Myrmica Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Romania: distribution of species and key for their identification. Entomologica Romanica 17:29-50.
• [1] Sandor Csosz, Balint Marko & Laszlo Galle, 2001. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Stana Valley (Romania): Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Myrmecological Survey. Entomol. rom.,6: 121-126.
• Ionescu-Hirsch, A.; Markó, B.; Csősz, S. 2009. Camponotus tergestinus Müller, 1921 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): first records of a rare species for Romania and Hungary. Entomologica Romanica 14:19-22.
• Markó, Bálint 1998. Six new ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for the Romanian myrmecofauna. In Entomologica Romanica 119-123.
• Markó B. 2008. Pyramica baudueri (Emery, 1875) - a new ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for the Romanian fauna. Fragmenta Faunistica 51(2):101-106.
• Markó B. and Csősz S., 2001 – Nine new ant species in the Romania fauna(Hymenoptera: Formicidae): morphology, biology, and distribution. -Entom. roman., 6:127-132.
• Markó, B.; Ionescu-Hirsch, A.; Szász-Len, A. 2009. Genus Camponotus Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Romania: distribution and identification key to the worker caste. Entomologica Romanica 14:29-41.
• Markó, B.; Sipos, B.; Csősz, S.; Kiss, K.; Boros, I.; Gallé, L. 2006. A comprehensive list of the ants of Romania (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologische Nachrichten 9:65-76.