Sweden



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

Anergates

 * Anergates atratulus (Schenck, 1852)

Camponotus

 * Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1846)


 * Camponotus herculeanus 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)


 * Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)

Formica

 * Formica aquilonia 	Yarrow, 1955


 * Formica bruni Kutter, 1967


 * Formica candida Smith, F., 1878


 * Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853


 * Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798


 * Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846


 * Formica foreli Emery, 1909


 * Formica forsslundi 	Lohmander, 1949


 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758


 * Formica gagatoides Ruzsky, 1904


 * Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917


 * Formica lugubris 	Zetterstedt, 1838


 * 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 suecica 	Adlerz, 1902


 * Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804


 * Formica uralensis 	Ruzsky, 1895

Formicoxenus

 * Formicoxenus nitidulus 	Nylander, 1846

Harpagoxenus

 * Harpagoxenus sublaevis (Nylander, 1849)

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)

Lasius

 * Lasius alienus Foerster, 1850)


 * Lasius bicornis (Foerster, 1850)


 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius carniolicus Mayr, 1861


 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius meridionalis Bondroit, 1920


 * Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)


 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 178)


 * Lasius paralienus Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991


 * Lasius psammophilus Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)

Leptothorax

 * Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Leptothorax goesswaldi Kutter, 1967


 * Leptothorax gredleri Mayr, 1855


 * Leptothorax kutteri Buschinger, 1966


 * Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)

Monomorium

 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina graminicola 	Latreille, 1802

Myrmica

 * Myrmica bessarabicus Nasonov, 1888


 * Myrmica gallienii Bondroit, 1920


 * Myrmica hirsuta 	Elmes, 1978


 * Myrmica karavajevi 	Arnol’di, 1930


 * Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Myrmica ruginodis (Nylander, 1846)


 * Myrmica rugulosa Nylander, 1849


 * Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861


 * Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica schencki Viereck, 1903


 * Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia vividula (Nylander, 1846)

Polyergus

 * Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)

Stenamma

 * Stenamma debile (Forster, 1850)


 * Stenamma westwoodii Westwood, 1839

Strongylognathus

 * Strongylognathus testaceus (Schenck, 1852)

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax corticalis (Schenck, 1852)


 * Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck, 1852)


 * Temnothorax nylanderi (Foerster, 1850)


 * Temnothorax tuberum 	Fabricius, 1775


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846)


 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)