Germany



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

A

 * Anergates atratulus 	Schenck, 1852


 * Aphaenogaster archaica (Meunier, 1915) [fossil]


 * Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)

C

 * Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)


 * Camponotus compactus 	Förster, 1891 (fossil)


 * Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1846)


 * Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1791)


 * Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)


 * Camponotus ligniperda nigrescens 	Gösswald, 1932


 * Camponotus lignitus 	Germar, 1837 (fossil)


 * Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)


 * Camponotus truncatus (Spinola, 1808)


 * Camponotus universitatis 	Forel, 1890


 * Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)


 * Camponotus vehemens 	Förster, 1891 (fossil)


 * Chalepoxenus muellerianus (Finzi, 1922)


 * Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1792)


 * Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)

D

 * Dolichoderus explicans 	Förster, 1891 (fossil)


 * Dolichoderus quadripunctatus 	(Linnaeus, 1771)

F

 * Formica aquilonia 	Yarrow, 1955


 * Formica bauckhorni 	Meunier, 1915 (fossil)


 * Formica bruni Kutter, 1967


 * Formica buphthalma 	Novák, 1877 (fossil)


 * Formica candida Smith, F., 1878


 * Formica cinerea 	Mayr, 1853


 * Formica clara Forel, 1886


 * Formica cunicularia 	Latreille, 1798


 * Formica exsecta 	Nylander, 1846


 * Formica foreli 	Bondroit, 1918


 * Formica forsslundi Lohmander, 1949


 * 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 nigropratensis Betrem, 1962


 * Formica paralugubris Seifer, 1999


 * 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 selysi Bondroit, 1918


 * Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804


 * Formica truncorum finzii 	Stitz, 1939


 * Formica uralensis 	Ruzsky, 1895


 * Formicoxenus nitidulus 	Nylander, 1846

G

 * Gesomyrmex breviceps Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009 [fossil]


 * Gesomyrmex curiosus Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009 [fossil]


 * Gesomyrmex flavescens Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009 [fossil]


 * Gesomyrmex germanicus Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009 [fossil]


 * Gesomyrmex pulcher Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009 [fossil]

H

 * Harpagoxenus sublaevis 	Nylander, 1849


 * Hypoponera punctatissima 	Roger, 1859

L

 * Lasius alienus 	Foerster, 1850


 * Lasius bicornis 	Foerster, 1850


 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius jensi 	Seifert, 1982


 * Lasius mixtus 	Nylander, 1846


 * Lasius niger 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Lasius oblongus 	Assmann, 1870 (fossil)


 * Lasius paralienus 	Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius platythorax 	Seifert, 1991


 * Lasius psammophilus 	Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius umbratus 	Nylander, 1846


 * Leptothorax acervorum Fabricius, 1793


 * Leptothorax goesswaldi Kutter, 1967


 * Leptothorax gredleri  Mayr, 1855


 * Leptothorax kutteri 	Buschinger, 1966


 * Leptothorax muscorum  (Nylander, 1846)


 * Leptothorax pacis     (Kutter, 1950)


 * Lonchomyrmex nigritus 	Assmann, 1870 (fossil)

M

 * Manica rubida 	Latreille, 1802


 * Monomorium pharaonis 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Myrmecina graminicola 	Latreille, 1802


 * Myrmica bibikoffi 	Kutter, 1963


 * Myrmica constricta 	Karavaiev, 1934


 * Myrmica hirsuta 	Elmes, 1978


 * Myrmica karavajevi 	Arnol’di, 1930


 * Myrmica lobicornis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica lonae Finzi, 1926


 * Myrmica microrubra 	Seifert, 1993


 * Myrmica nebulosa 	Novák, 1877


 * Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Myrmica ruginodis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica rugulosa 	Nylander, 1849


 * Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861


 * Myrmica scabrinodis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica schencki Emery, 1895


 * Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918


 * Myrmica sulcinodis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmoxenus ravouxi 	André, 1896

O

 * Oecophylla eckfeldiana Dlussky, 2008 [fossil]


 * Oecophylla longiceps Dlussky, 2008 [fossil]


 * Oecophylla praeclara 	Förster, 1891 [fossil]

P

 * Pheidole flavens 	Roger, 1863


 * Pheidologeton schossnicensis 	Assmann, 1870 (fossil)


 * Ponera coarctata 	Latreille, 1802


 * Ponera elegantissima 	Meunier, 1923 (fossil)


 * Ponera testacea 	Emery, 1895


 * Poneropsis rhenana 	Meunier, 1917 (fossil)

S

 * Solenopsis blanda 	Förster, 1891 (fossil)


 * Solenopsis maxima 	Förster, 1891 (fossil)


 * Solenopsis moesta 	Förster, 1891 (fossil)


 * Solenopsis privata 	Förster, 1891 (fossil)


 * Solenopsis superba 	Förster, 1891 (fossil)


 * Solenopsis valida 	Förster, 1891 (fossil)


 * Stenamma debile Foerster, 1850


 * Strongylognathus testaceus 	Schenck, 1852

T

 * Tapinoma erraticum 	Latreille, 1798


 * Tapinoma subboreale Seifert, 2012


 * Temnothorax corticalis 	Schenck, 1852


 * Temnothorax crassispinus 	Karavaiev, 1926


 * Temnothorax interruptus 	Schenck, 1852


 * Temnothorax nylanderi  Foerster, 1850


 * Temnothorax nylanderi nylanderonigriceps (Stitz, 1939)


 * Temnothorax parvulus 	Schenck, 1852


 * Temnothorax saxonicus Seifert, 1995


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus unifasciatonigriceps Novák & Sadil, 1941


 * Tetramorium caespitum 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Tetramorium caldarium 	Roger, 1857


 * Tetramorium impurum 	Foerster, 1850


 * Tetramorium moravicum 	Kratochvíl, 1941


 * Titanomyrma gigantea (Lutz, 1986) (fossil)


 * Titanomyrma simillima (Lutz, 1986) (fossil)

Uncertain species
The following species were described from Germany but their true identities are currently unknown.
 * Formica stenoptera Foerster, 1850
 * Formica vagans Fabricius, 1793
 * Formica wheeleri Stitz Stitz, 1939