Türkiye

Türkiye
Location
Region	Asia
Subregion	Western Asia
BioRegion	Palaearctic Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	7
Genera	49
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	383
Endemic Species	43
% Endemic Species	11.2%
Introduced Species	0

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

Aenictus

• Aenictus rhodiensis Menozzi, 1936

Anoplolepis

• Anoplolepis gracilipes (F. Smith)

Aphaenogaster

• Aphaenogaster aktaci Kiran & Tezcan, 2008
• Aphaenogaster balcanica (Emery, 1898)
• Aphaenogaster burri (Donisthorpe, 1950)
• Aphaenogaster depressa Bolton, 1995
• Aphaenogaster epirotes (Emery, 1895)
• Aphaenogaster equestris Borowiec & Salata, 2014
• Aphaenogaster festae Emery, 1915
• Aphaenogaster holtzi (Emery, 1898)
• Aphaenogaster kervillei Forel, 1910
• Aphaenogaster lykiaensis Borowiec & Salata, 2014
• Aphaenogaster maculifrons Kiran & Aktaç, 2008
• Aphaenogaster obsidiana (Mayr, 1861)
• Aphaenogaster schmitzi Forel, 1910
• Aphaenogaster simonellii Emery, 1894
• Aphaenogaster splendida (Roger, 1859)
• Aphaenogaster sporadis Santschi, 1933
• Aphaenogaster subcostata Viehmeyer, 1922
• Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)
• Aphaenogaster subterraneoides Emery, 1881
• Aphaenogaster vohraliki Salata, Karaman, Kiran & Borowiec, 2021

Bothriomyrmex

• Bothriomyrmex communista Santschi, 1919
• Bothriomyrmex communista anatolicus Emery, 1925
• Bothriomyrmex syria Forel, 1910

Camponotus

Key to species

• Camponotus abrahami Forel, 1913
• Camponotus aegaeus Emery, 1915
• Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)
• Camponotus aethiops escherichi Emery, 1925
• Camponotus aktaci Karaman, 2013
• Camponotus anatolicus Karaman, C. & Aktac, 2013
• Camponotus armeniacus Arnol’di, 1967
• Camponotus atricolor (Nylander, 1849)
• Camponotus baldaccii Emery, 1908
• Camponotus boghossiani Forel, 1911
• Camponotus buddhae Forel, 1892
• Camponotus candiotes Emery, 1894
• Camponotus cilicicus Emery, 1908
• Camponotus compressus (Fabricius, 1787)
• Camponotus dalmaticus (Nylander, 1849)
• Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1856)
• Camponotus fedtschenkoi Mayr, 1877
• Camponotus fellah Dalla Torre, 1893
• Camponotus festai Emery, 1894
• Camponotus gestroi Emery, 1878
• Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Camponotus hirtus Karaman & Aktaç, 2013
• Camponotus honaziensis Karaman & Aktaç, 2013
• Camponotus ionius Emery, 1920
• Camponotus jaliensis Dalla Torre, 1893
• Camponotus kiesenwetteri (Roger, 1859)
• Camponotus kurdistanicus Emery, 1898
• Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1792)
• Camponotus libanicus André, 1881
• Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)
• Camponotus maculatus (Fabricius, 1782)
• Camponotus maculatus sylvaticomaculatus Dalla Torre, 1893
• Camponotus oasium Forel, 1890
• Camponotus oertzeni Forel, 1889
• Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)
• Camponotus praegracilis Karaman & Kiran, 2017
• Camponotus rebeccae Forel, 1913
• Camponotus ruseni Karaman, 2012
• Camponotus samius Forel, 1889 EI
• Camponotus sanctus Forel, 1904
• Camponotus schulzi Salata, Loss, Karaman, Kiran, Borowiec, 2019
• Camponotus shaqualavensis Pisarski, 1971
• Camponotus sylvaticus (Oliver, 1792)
• Camponotus tergestinus Müller, 1921
• Camponotus thoracicus (Fabricius, 1804)
• Camponotus turkestanus André, 1882
• Camponotus universitatis Forel, 1890
• Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)
• Camponotus variegatus (Smith, F., 1858)
• Camponotus vogti Forel, 1906
• Camponotus xerxes Forel, 1904

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla brachyceps Seifert, 2003
• Cardiocondyla bulgarica Forel, 1892
• Cardiocondyla dalmatica Soudek, 1925
• Cardiocondyla dalmaticoides Seifert, 2023
• Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881
• Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel, 1890
• Monomorium monomorium Bolton
• Cardiocondyla nigra Forel, 1905
• Cardiocondyla sahlbergi Forel, 1913
• Cardiocondyla semirubra Seifert, 2003
• Cardiocondyla stambuloffii Forel, 1892
• Cardiocondyla ulianini Emery, 1889

Carebara

• Carebara oertzeni (Forel, 1886)
• Carebara oertzeni aeolia Forel, 1911

Cataglyphis

• Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849)
• Cataglyphis albicans (Roger, 1859)
• Cataglyphis frigida (André, 1881)
• Cataglyphis kurdistanica Pisarski, 1965
• Cataglyphis laevior Santschi, 1929
• Cataglyphis livida (André, 1881)
• Cataglyphis lunatica Baroni Urbani, 1969
• Cataglyphis machmal Radchenko & Arakelian, 1991
• Cataglyphis nodus (Brullé, 1833)
• Cataglyphis setipes (Forel, 1894)
• Cataglyphis viaticoides (André, 1881)

Colobopsis

• Colobopsis truncata (Spinola, 1808)

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster gullukdagensis Salata & Borowiec, 2015
• Crematogaster ionia Forel, 1911
• Crematogaster jehovae Forel, 1907
• Crematogaster laestrygon Emery, 1869
• Crematogaster lorteti Forel, 1910
• Crematogaster schmidti (Mayr, 1853)
• Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)
• Crematogaster sordidula aeolia Forel, 1911
• Crematogaster sordidula osmanica Santschi, 1921
• Crematogaster subdentata Mayr, 1877
• Crematogaster warburgi

Cryptopone

• Cryptopone ochracea (Mayr, 1855)

Dolichoderus

• Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Dorylus

• Dorylus affinis Shuckard, 1840
• Dorylus fulvus (Westwood, 1839)
• Dorylus fulvus juvenculus Shuckard, 1840

Emeryopone

• Emeryopone loebli (Baroni Urbani, 1975)

Formica

• Formica anatolica Seifert & Schultz, 2009
• Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853
• Formica cinereofusca Karavaiev, 1929
• Formica clara Forel, 1886
• Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798
• Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846
• Formica foreli Bondroit, 1918
• Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758
• Formica gagates Latreille, 1798
• Formica georgica Seifert, 2002
• Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917
• Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838
• Formica picea Nylander, 1846
• Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783
• Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761
• Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793
• Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798
• Formica subpilosa Ruzsky, 1902
• Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804

Formicoxenus

• Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846)

Harpagoxenus

• Harpagoxenus sublaevis (Nylander, 1849)

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)
• Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)

Lasius

• Lasius alienus (Förster, 1850)
• Lasius austriacus Schlick-Steiner, 2003
• Lasius balcanicus Seifert, 1988
• Lasius bicornis (Förster, 1850)
• Lasius bombycina Seifert & Galkowski, 2016
• Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)
• Lasius carniolicus Mayr, 1861
• Lasius distinguendus (Emery, 1916)
• Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792)
• Lasius flavoniger Seifert, 1992
• Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)
• Lasius frequens Seifert, 2024
• Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)
• Lasius illyricus Zimmermann, 1935
• Lasius lasioides (Emery, 1869)
• Lasius meridionalis (Bondroit, 1920)
• Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)
• Lasius myops Forel, 1894
• Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrasfalvy, 1990
• Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lasius nitidigaster Seifert, 1996
• Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991
• Lasius precursor Seifert, 2020
• Lasius psammophilus Seifert, 1992
• Lasius rabaudi (Bondroit, 1917)
• Lasius reginae Faber, 1967
• Lasius schulzi Seifert, 1992
• Lasius turcicus Santschi, 1921
• Lasius umbratus (Nylander 1846)

Lepisiota

• Lepisiota caucasica (Santschi, 1917)
• Lepisiota dolabellae (Forel, 1911)
• Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mayr, 1855)
• Lepisiota melas (Emery, 1915)
• Lepisiota semenovi (Ruzsky, 1905)
• Lepisiota syriaca (André, 1881)

Leptothorax

• Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)
• Leptothorax kutteri Buschinger, 1966
• Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)
• Leptothorax scamni Ruzsky, 1905

Linepithema

• Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868)

Liometopum

• Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)

Manica

• Manica rubida (Latreille, 1802)

Messor

• Messor alexandri Tohmé & Tohmé, 1981
• Messor caducus (Victor, 1839)
• Messor dentatus Santschi, 1927
• Messor ebeninus Santschi, 1927
• Messor hellenius Agosti & Collingwood, 1987
• Messor himalayanus (Forel, 1902)
• Messor intermedius Santschi, 1927
• Messor laboriosus Santschi, 1927
• Messor lobicornis Forel, 1894
• Messor luridus Santschi, 1927
• Messor mcarthuri Steiner, Csősz, Markó, Gamisch, Rinnhofer, Folterbauer, Hammerle, Stauffer, Arthofer & Schlick-Steiner, 2018
• Messor mediosanguineus Donisthorpe, 1946
• Messor melancholicus Arnol'di, 1977
• Messor meridionalis (André, 1883)
• Messor muticus (Nylander, 1849)
• Messor oertzeni Forel, 1910
• Messor oertzeni amasiensis Emery, 1921
• Messor orientalis (Emery, 1898)
• Messor ponticus Steiner, Csősz, Markó, Gamisch, Rinnhofer, Folterbauer, Hammerle, Stauffer, Arthofer & Schlick-Steiner, 2018
• Messor rugosus (André, 1881)
• Messor semirufus (André, 1883)
• Messor structor (Latreille, 1798)
• Messor sultanus Santschi, 1917
• Messor syriacus Tohmé, G., 1969
• Messor testaceus Donisthorpe, 1950
• Messor varrialei Emery, 1921
• Messor wasmanni Krausse, 1910

Monomorium

• Monomorium barbatulum Mayr, 1877
• Monomorium bicolor Emery, 1877
• Monomorium clavicorne André, 1881
• Monomorium kusnezowi Santschi, 1928
• Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987
• Monomorium nitidiventre
• Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus 1758)
• Monomorium phoenicum Santschi, 1927
• Monomorium ruzskyi Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985
• Monomorium sommieri Emery, 1908
• Monomorium subopacum (Smith, F., 1858)

Myrmecina

• Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)

Myrmica

• Myrmica anatolica Elmes, Radchenko, Aktaç, 2002
• Myrmica bergi Ruzsky, 1902
• Myrmica caucasicola Arnol’di, 1934
• Myrmica deplanata Emery, 1921
• Myrmica gallienii Bondroit, 1920
• Myrmica hellenica Finzi, 1926
• Myrmica jennyae Elmes, Radchenko, Aktaç, 2002
• 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, 1861
• Myrmica salina Ruzsky, 1905
• Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica schencki Viereck, 1903
• Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918
• Myrmica spinosior Santschi, 1931
• Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica tamarae Elmes, Radchenko, Aktaç, 2002
• Myrmica tulinae Elmes, Radchenko, Aktaç, 2002

Nylanderia

• Nylanderia jaegerskioeldi (Mayr, 1904)
• Nylanderia vividula (Nylander, 1846)

Oxyopomyrmex

• Oxyopomyrmex krueperi Forel, 1911
• Oxyopomyrmex oculatus André, 1881
• Oxyopomyrmex polybotesi Salata & Borowiec, 2015

Parasyscia

• Parasyscia piochardi (Emery, 1882)

Paratrechina

• Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)

Pheidole

• Pheidole balcanica Seifert, 2016
• Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879
• Pheidole koshewnikovi Ruzsky, 1905
• Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)
• Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)

Plagiolepis

• Plagiolepis ampeloni (Faber, 1969)
• Plagiolepis pallescens Forel, 1889
• Plagiolepis perperamus Salata, Borowiec & Radchenko, 2018
• Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798)
• Plagiolepis pygmaea minu Forel, 1911
• Plagiolepis xene Stärcke, 1936

Polyergus

• Polyergus rufescens Latreille, 1798

Ponera

• Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)

Prenolepis

• Prenolepis nitens Mayr, 1853

Proceratium

• Proceratium melinum (Roger, 1860)
• Proceratium numidicum Santschi, 1912

Proformica

• Proformica kobachidzei Arnol’di, 1968
• Proformica korbi (Emery, 1909)
• Proformica kosswigi (Donisthorpe, 1950)
• Proformica nitida Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1923
• Proformica pilosiscapa Dlussky, 1969
• Proformica striaticeps (Forel, 1911)

Rossomyrmex

• Rossomyrmex anatolicus Tinaut, 2007

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)
• Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius)
• Solenopsis latro Forel, 1894
• Solenopsis orbula Emery, 1875
• Solenopsis wolfi Emery, 1915 (needs confirmation)

Stenamma

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

Stigmatomma

• Stigmatomma denticulatum Roger, 1859

Strongylognathus

• Strongylognathus alpinus Wheeler, 1909
• Strongylognathus huberi Forel, 1874
• Strongylognathus huberi dalmaticus Baroni Urbani, 1969
• Strongylognathus karawajewi Pisarski, 1966
• Strongylognathus kervillei Santchi, 1921
• Strongylognathus rehbinderi Forel, 1904
• Strongylognathus silvestrii Menozzi, 1936
• Strongylognathus testaceus (Schenck, 1852)

Strumigenys

• Strumigenys argiola (Emery, 1869)
• Strumigenys baudueri (Emery, 1875)
• Strumigenys membranifera Emery, 1869
• Strumigenys tenuipilis Emery, 1915

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)
• Tapinoma festae Emery, 1925
• Tapinoma nigerrimum (Nylander, 1856)
• Tapinoma simrothi Krausse, 1911
• Tapinoma subboreale Seifert, 2012

Temnothorax

• Temnothorax aeolius (Forel, 1911)
• Temnothorax affinis (Mayr, 1855)
• Temnothorax angustifrons Csösz, Heinze & Mikó, 2015
• Temnothorax antigoni (Forel, 1911)
• Temnothorax artvinensis Seifert, 2006
• Temnothorax bulgaricus (Forel, 1892)
• Temnothorax clypeatus (Mayr, 1853)
• Temnothorax corticalis (Schenck, 1852)
• Temnothorax crasecundus Seifert & Csősz, 2015
• Temnothorax curtisetosus Salata & Borowiec, 2015
• Temnothorax dessyi (Menozzi, 1936)
• Temnothorax exilis (Emery, 1869)
• Temnothorax finzii (Menozzi, 1925)
• Temnothorax flavicornis (Emery, 1870)
• Temnothorax helenae Csősz, Heinze & Mikó, 2015
• Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck, 1852)
• Temnothorax kemali (Santschi, 1934)
• Temnothorax korbi (Emery, 1924)
• Temnothorax kraussei (Emery, 1915)
• Temnothorax laestrygon (Santschi, 1931)
• Temnothorax lichtensteini (Bondroit, 1918)
• Temnothorax lucidus Csősz, Heinze & Mikó, 2015
• Temnothorax microcellatus (Soudek, 1925)
• Temnothorax morea Csősz, Salata & Borowiec, 2018
• Temnothorax muellerianus (Finzi, 1922)
• Temnothorax mytilenes Salata, Srodon & Boroweic, 2023
• Temnothorax nadigi (Kutter, 1925)
• Temnothorax nigriceps (Mayr, 1855)
• Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)
• Temnothorax ravouxi (André, 1896)
• Temnothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856)
• Temnothorax rogeri Emery, 1869
• Temnothorax rottenbergii (Emery, 1870)
• Temnothorax satunini (Ruzsky, 1907)
• Temnothorax schoedli Seifert, 2006
• Temnothorax semiruber (André, 1881)
• Temnothorax similis Csősz, Heinze & Mikó, 2015
• Temnothorax smyrnensis (Forel, 1911)
• Temnothorax sordidulus (Müller, 1923)
• Temnothorax strymonensis Csősz, Salata & Borowiec, 2018
• Temnothorax stumperi (Kutter, 1950)
• Temnothorax subtilis Csősz, Heinze & Mikó, 2015
• Temnothorax tamarae (Arnol'di, 1968)
• Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)
• Temnothorax turcicus (Santschi, 1934)
• Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium anatolicum Csosz & Schulz, 2007
• Tetramorium aspina Wagner, Karaman, Aksoy & Kiran, 2018
• Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)
• Tetramorium aspina Wagner, Karaman, Aksoy & Kıran, 2018
• Tetramorium bellerophoni Salata & Borowiec, 2017
• Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846)
• Tetramorium brevicorne Bondroit, 1918
• Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Tetramorium chefketi Forel, 1911
• Tetramorium davidi Forel, 1911
• Tetramorium densopilosum Radchenko & Arakelian, 1990
• Tetramorium diomedeum Emery, 1908
• Tetramorium ferox Ruzsky, 1903
• Tetramorium feroxoides Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985
• Tetramorium flavidulum Emery, 1924
• Tetramorium galaticum Menozzi, 1936
• Tetramorium goniommoide Poldi, 1979
• Tetramorium hippocratis Agosti & Collingwood, 1987
• Tetramorium hungaricum Röszler, 1935
• Tetramorium immigrans Santschi, 1927
• Tetramorium impurum (Förster, 1850)
• Tetramorium inerme Mayr, 1877
• Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870
• Tetramorium lucidulum Menozzi, 1933
• Tetramorium moravicum Kratochvil, 1941
• Tetramorium punctatum Santschi, 1927
• Tetramorium punicum (Smith, F., 1861)
• Tetramorium rhodium Emery, 1924
• Tetramorium schmidti Forel, 1904
• Tetramorium seiferti (Kiran & Karaman, 2017)
• Tetramorium splendens Ruzsky, 1902
• Tetramorium staerckei Kratochvil, 1944
• Tetramorium sulcinode Santschi, 1927
• Tetramorium syriacum Emery, 1924

Trichomyrmex

• Trichomyrmex chobauti (Emery, 1896)
• Trichomyrmex dentigera (Roger, 1862)
• Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon)
• Trichomyrmex perplexus (Radchenko, 1997)

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