Turkey

Turkey
Location
Region	Asia
Subregion	Western Asia
BioRegion	Palaearctic Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	7
Genera	41
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	271
Endemic Species	42
% Endemic Species	15.5%
Introduced Species	0

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

Aenictus

• Aenictus rhodiensis Menozzi, 1936

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 gibbosa (Latreille, 1798)
• Aphaenogaster holtzi Emery, 1898
• Aphaenogaster kervillei Forel, 1910
• Aphaenogaster lykiaensis Borowiec & Salata, 2014
• Aphaenogaster maculifrons Kiran & Aktaç,, 2008
• Aphaenogaster obsidiana (Mayr, 1861)
• Aphaenogaster radchenkoi Kiran et al. 2008
• Aphaenogaster semipolita (Nylander, 1856)
• Aphaenogaster simonellii Emery, 1894
• Aphaenogaster splendida (Roger, 1859)
• Aphaenogaster subcostata Viehmeyer, 1922
• Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)
• Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa (Lucas, 1849)

Bothriomyrmex

• Bothriomyrmex communista anatolicus Emery, 1925
• Bothriomyrmex corsicus Santschi, 1923
• Bothriomyrmex turcomenicus Emery, 1925

Camponotus

Key to species

• Camponotus abrahami Forel, 1913
• Camponotus aegaeus Emery, 1915
• Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)
• Camponotus aethiops escherichi Emery, 1925
• Camponotus aktaci Karaman, C., 2013
• Camponotus anatolicus Karaman, C. & Aktac, 2013
• Camponotus armeniacus Arnoldi, 1967
• Camponotus baldaccii Emery, 1908
• Camponotus boghossiani Forel, 1911
• Camponotus buddhae Forel, 1892
• Camponotus candiotes Emery, 1894
• Camponotus cilicicus Emery, 1908
• Camponotus dalmaticus (Nylander, 1849)
• Camponotus fellah Dalla Torre, 1893
• Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1856)
• Camponotus fedtschenkoi Mayr, 1877
• Camponotus festai Emery, 1894
• Camponotus gestroi Emery, 1878
• Camponotus hirtus Karaman, C. & Aktac, 2013
• Camponotus honaziensis Karaman, C. & Aktac, 2013
• Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Camponotus honaziensis Karaman & Aktaç, 2013
• Camponotus ionius Emery, 1920
• Camponotus kiesenwetteri (Roger, 1859)
• Camponotus kurdistanicus Emery, 1898
• Camponotus lateralis Olivier, 1792
• Camponotus libanicus André, 1881
• Camponotus ligniperda Latreille, 1802
• Camponotus maculatus sylvaticomaculatus Dalla Torre, 1893
• Camponotus oasium Forel, 1890
• Camponotus oertzeni Forel, 1899
• Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)
• Camponotus praegracilis Karaman & Kiran, 2017
• Camponotus ruseni Karaman, 2012
• Camponotus samius Forel, 1889
• Camponotus sanctus Forel, 1904
• Camponotus schulzi Salata, Loss, Karaman, Kiran, Borowiec, 2019
• Camponotus shaqualavensis Pisarski, 1971
• Camponotus sylvaticus Olivier, 1792
• Camponotus tergestinus Müller, 1921
• Camponotus thoracicus Fabricius, 1804
• Camponotus universitatis Forel, 1890
• Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)
• Camponotus variegatus Smith, 1858
• Camponotus vogti Forel, 1906
• Camponotus xerxes Forel, 1904

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla brachyceps Seifert, 2003
• Cardiocondyla bulgarica Forel, 1892
• Cardiocondyla elegans Emery, 1869
• Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel, 1890
• Cardiocondyla nigra Forel, 1905
• Cardiocondyla sahlbergi Forel, 1913
• Cardiocondyla semirubra Seifert, 2003
• Cardiocondyla stambuloffii Forel, 1892

Carebara

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

Cataglyphis

• Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849)
• Cataglyphis albicans (Roger, 1859)
• Cataglyphis bicolor (Fabricius, 1793)
• Cataglyphis cursor (Fonscolombe, 1846)
• Cataglyphis kurdistanica Pisarski, 1965
• Cataglyphis laevior Emery, 1925
• Cataglyphis livida André, 1881
• Cataglyphis lunatica Baroni Urbani, 1969
• Cataglyphis nodus (Brullé, 1833)
• Cataglyphis viaticoides (André, 1881)

Colobopsis

• Colobopsis truncata (Spinola, 1808)

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster auberti Emery, 1869
• Crematogaster ionia Forel, 1911
• Crematogaster laestrygon Emery, 1869
• Crematogaster lorteti Forel, 1910
• Crematogaster schmidti (Mayr, 1853)
• Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1792)
• Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)
• Crematogaster sordidula aeolia Forel, 1911
• Crematogaster sordidula osmanica Santschi, 1921

Dolichoderus

• Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Dorylus

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

Formica

• Formica anatolica Seifert & Schultz, 2009
• Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853
• Formica clara Forel, 1886
• Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798
• Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846
• Formica foreli Bondroit, 1918
• Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1783
• 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 pressilabris Nylander, 1846
• 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)

Lasius

• Lasius alienus (Forster, 1850)
• Lasius austriacus Schlick-Steiner, 2003
• Lasius balcanicus Seifert, 1988
• Lasius bicornis (Forster, 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 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 paralienus Seifert, 1991
• Lasius precursor Seifert, 2020
• Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991
• Lasius psammophilus Seifert, 1992
• Lasius rabaudi (Bondroit, 1917)
• Lasius schulzi Seifert, 1992
• Lasius turcicus Santschi, 1921
• Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)

Lepisiota

• Lepisiota dolabellae Forel, 1911
• Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mayr, 1855)
• Lepisiota melas (Emery, 1915)
• Lepisiota syriaca (Andre, 1881)

Leptothorax

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

Liometopum

• Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)

Manica

• Manica rubida (Latreille, 1802)

Messor

• Messor caducus (Victor, 1839)
• Messor dentatus Santschi, 1927
• Messor ebeninus Santschi, 1927
• Messor himalayanus (Forel, 1902)
• Messor intermedius Santschi, 1927
• Messor laboriosus Santschi, 1927
• Messor luridus Santschi, 1927
• Messor mcarthuri Steiner et al., 2018
• Messor mediosanguineus Donisthorpe, 1946
• Messor meridionalis (Andre, 1883)
• Messor oertzeni Forel, 1910
• Messor oertzeni amasiensis Emery, 1921
• Messor orientalis Emery, 1898
• Messor ponticus Steiner et al., 2018
• Messor semirufus (André, 1883)
• Messor sultanus Santschi, 1917
• Messor syriacus Tohme, G. 1969
• Messor testaceus Donisthorpe, 1950
• Messor varrialei Emery, 1921
• Messor wasmanni Krausse, 1910

Monomorium

• Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987
• Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Monomorium sommieri Emery, 1908
• Monomorium subopacum (Smith, F., 1858)

Myrmecina

• Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)

Myrmica

• Myrmica anatolica Elmes, Radchenko & Aktaç, 2002
• Myrmica jennyae Elmes, Radchenko & Aktaç, 2002
• Myrmica ravasinii Finzi, 1923
• Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918
• 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

Parasyscia

• Parasyscia piochardi (Emery, 1882)

Pheidole

• Pheidole balcanica Seifert, 2016
• Pheidole koshewnikovi Ruzsky, 1905
• Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)

Plagiolepis

• Plagiolepis ampeloni (Faber, 1969)
• Plagiolepis atlantis Santschi, 1920
• Plagiolepis barbara Santschi, 1911
• Plagiolepis pallescens Forel, 1889
• Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798)
• Plagiolepis pygmaea minu Forel, 1911
• Plagiolepis xene Starcke, 1936

Polyergus

• Polyergus rufescens Latreille, 1798

Prenolepis

• Prenolepis nitens Mayr, 1853

Proceratium

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

Proformica

• Proformica kobachidzei Arnoldi, 1968
• Proformica korbi (Emery, 1909)
• Proformica kosswigi Donisthorpe, 1950
• Proformica nasuta (Nylander, 1856)
• Proformica pilosiscapa Dlussky, 1969
• Proformica striaticeps (Forel, 1911)

Rossomyrmex

• Rossomyrmex anatolicus Tinaut, 2007

Stenamma

• Stenamma striatulum Emery, 1895

Stigmatomma

• Stigmatomma denticulatum Roger, 1859

Strongylognathus

• Strongylognathus kervillei Santschi, 1921

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)
• Tapinoma festae Emery, 1925
• Tapinoma nigerrimum (Nylander, 1856)
• Tapinoma subboreale Seifert, 2012
• Tapinoma simrothi (Collingwood, 1961)

Temnothorax

• Temnothorax aeolius Forel, 1911
• Temnothorax angustifrons Csösz, Heinze & Mikó, 2015
• Temnothorax antigoni Forel, 1911
• Temnothorax artvinensis Seifert, 2006
• Temnothorax crasecundus Seifert & Csősz, 2015
• Temnothorax curtisetosus Salata & Borowiec, 2015
• Temnothorax exilis Emery, 1869
• Temnothorax flavicornis (Emery, 1870)
• Temnothorax helenae Csösz, Heinze & Mikó, 2015
• Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck, 1852)
• Temnothorax kemali Santschi, 1934
• Temnothorax kraussei (Emery, 1915)
• Temnothorax lichtensteini (Bondroit, 1918)
• Temnothorax lucidus Csösz, Heinze & Mikó, 2015
• Temnothorax morea Csősz, Salata & Borowiec, 2018
• Temnothorax muellerianus (Finzi, 1922)
• Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)
• Temnothorax schoedli Seifert, 2006
• Temnothorax similis Csösz, Heinze & Mikó, 2015
• Temnothorax smyrnensis (Forel, 1911)
• Temnothorax strymonensis Csősz, Salata & Borowiec, 2018
• Temnothorax subtilis Csösz, Heinze & Mikó, 2015
• 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 bellerophoni Salata & Borowiec, 2017
• Tetramorium chefketi Forel, 1911
• Tetramorium densopilosum Radchenko & Arakelian, 1990
• Tetramorium diomedeum Emery, 1908
• Tetramorium feroxoides Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985
• Tetramorium flavidulum Emery, 1924
• Tetramorium galaticum Menozzi, 1936
• Tetramorium goniommoide Poldi, 1979
• Tetramorium hippocratis Agosti & Collingwood, 1987
• Tetramorium immigrans Santschi, 1927
• Tetramorium impurum Foerster, 1850
• Tetramorium moravicum Kratochvil, 1941
• Tetramorium rhodium Emery, 1924
• Tetramorium seiferti (Kiran & Karaman, 2017)
• Tetramorium sulcinode Santschi, 1927
• Tetramorium syriacum Emery, 1924

Trichomyrmex

• Trichomyrmex dentigera (Roger, 1862)

References

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