Greece



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

A

 * Acropyga paleartica Menozzi, 1936
 * Aenictus rhodiensis Menozzi, 1936
 * Anergates atratulus Schenck, 1852)
 * Anoplolepis gracilipes (F. Smith, 1857)
 * Aphaenogaster balcanica (Emery, 1898)
 * Aphaenogaster cecconii Emery, 1894
 * Aphaenogaster epirotes (Emery, 1895)
 * Aphaenogaster festae Emery, 1915
 * Aphaenogaster finzii Müller, 1921
 * Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latreille, 1798)
 * Aphaenogaster graeca Schulz, 1994
 * Aphaenogaster ionia Santschi, 1933
 * Aphaenogaster ledouxi Tohmé, 1969
 * Aphaenogaster lesbica Forel, 1913
 * Aphaenogaster muelleriana Wolf, 1915
 * Aphaenogaster ovaticeps (Emery, 1898)
 * Aphaenogaster rugosoferruginea Forel, 1889
 * Aphaenogaster sangiorgii (Emery, 1901)
 * Aphaenogaster simonellii Emery, 1894
 * Aphaenogaster splendida (Roger, 1859)
 * Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)
 * Aphaenogaster subterraneoides Emery, 1881

B

 * Bothriomyrmex communista Santschi, 1919
 * Bothriomyrmex corsicus Santschi, 1923
 * Bothriomyrmex jannonei Menozzi, 1936
 * Bothriomyrmex syrius Forel, 1910

C

 * Camponotus aegaeus Emery, 1915
 * Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)
 * Camponotus andrius Dalla Torre, 1893
 * Camponotus atricolor (Nylander, 1849)
 * Camponotus baldaccii Emery, 1908
 * Camponotus boghossiani Forel, 1911
 * Camponotus candiotes Emery, 1894
 * Camponotus cecconii Emery, 1908
 * Camponotus concavus Dalla Torre, 1893
 * Camponotus dalmaticus (Nylander, 1849)
 * Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1856)
 * Camponotus festai Emery, 1894
 * Camponotus foreli Emery, 1881
 * Camponotus gestroi Emery, 1878
 * Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Camponotus honaziensis Karaman & Aktaç, 2013
 * Camponotus ionius Emery, 1920
 * Camponotus jaliensis Dalla Torre, 1893
 * Camponotus kiesenwetteri (Roger, 1859)
 * Camponotus laconicus Emery, 1920
 * Camponotus lateralis (Olivier 1792)
 * Camponotus libanicus André, 1881
 * Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)
 * Camponotus oertzeni Forel, 1889
 * Camponotus piceus (Leach 1825)
 * Camponotus samius Forel, 1889
 * Camponotus sanctus Forel, 1904
 * Camponotus sannini Tohmé &]]'' Tohmé, 2000
 * Camponotus truncatus (Spinola 1808)
 * Camponotus vagus (Scopoli 1763)
 * Camponotus vogti Forel, 1906
 * Cardiocondyla bulgarica Forel, 1892
 * Cardiocondyla elegans Emery, 1869
 * Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel, 1890
 * Cardiocondyla nigra Forel, 1905
 * Cardiocondyla stambuloffii Forel, 1892
 * Carebara oertzeni Forel, 1886
 * Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849)
 * Cataglyphis albicans (Roger, 1859)
 * Cataglyphis nodus (Brullé, 1833)
 * Cataglyphis viatica (Fabricius, 1787)
 * Cataglyphis viaticoides (André, 1881)
 * Chalepoxenus muellerianus (Finzi, 1922)
 * Crematogaster auberti Emery, 1869
 * Crematogaster ionia Forel, 1911
 * Crematogaster jehovae Forel, 1907
 * Crematogaster lorteti Forel, 1910
 * Crematogaster schmidti (Mayr, 1853)
 * Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier 1792)
 * Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)

D

 * Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

F

 * 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 gagates Latreille, 1798
 * Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917
 * Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838
 * Formica picea Nylander, 1846
 * Formica polyctena Förster, 1850
 * Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783
 * Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761
 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793
 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798
 * Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846)

H

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

L

 * Lasius alienus (Förster 1850)
 * Lasius bicornis (Förster, 1850)
 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)
 * Lasius carniolicus Mayr, 1861
 * Lasius citrinus Emery, 1922
 * Lasius distinguendus (Emery, 1916)
 * Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792)
 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)
 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)
 * Lasius illyricus Zimmermann, 1935
 * Lasius jensi Seifert, 1982
 * Lasius karpinisi Seifert, 1992
 * Lasius lasioides (Emery, 1869)
 * Lasius meridionalis Bondroit, 1920
 * Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)
 * Lasius myops Forel, 1894
 * Lasius myrmidon Mei, 1998
 * Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrasfalvy, 1990
 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Lasius nitidigaster Seifert, 1996
 * Lasius paralienus Seifert, 1992
 * Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991
 * Lasius psammophilus Seifert, 1992
 * Lasius turcicus Santschi, 1921
 * Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)
 * Lasius viehmeyeri Emery, 1922
 * Lepisiota bipartita (Smith, 1861)
 * Lepisiota dolabellae (Forel, 1911)
 * Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mayr, 1855)
 * Lepisiota melas (Emery, 1915)
 * Lepisiota nigra (Dalla Torre, 1893)
 * Lepisiota splendens (Karavaiev, 1912)
 * Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Leptothorax gredleri Mayr, 1855
 * Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)
 * Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868)
 * Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)

M

 * Manica rubida (Latreille, 1802)
 * Messor alexandri Tohmé &]]'' Tohmé 1981
 * Messor caducus (Motschoulsky 1839)
 * Messor capitatus (Latreille, 1798)
 * Messor intermedius Santschi, 1927
 * Messor oertzeni Forel, 1910
 * Messor orientalis (Emery, 1898)
 * Messor structor (Latreille, 1798)
 * Messor wasmanni Krausse, 1910
 * Monomorium creticum Emery, 1895
 * Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987
 * Monomorium nitidiventre Emery, 1893
 * Monomorium perplexum Radchenko, 1997
 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Monomorium phoenicum Santschi, 1927
 * Monomorium subopacum (F. Smith, 1858)
 * Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)
 * Myrmica constricta Karavaiev, 1934
 * Myrmica gallienii Bondroit, 1920
 * Myrmica hellenica Finzi, 1926
 * Myrmica hirsuta Elmes, 1978
 * Myrmica karavajevi (Arnoldi, 1930)
 * Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846
 * Myrmica lonae Finzi, 1926
 * Myrmica pelops Seifert, 2003
 * Myrmica ravasinii Finzi, 1923
 * 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 specioides Bondroit, 1918
 * Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846
 * Myrmica tulinae Elmes, Radchenko & Aktaç, 2002
 * Myrmoxenus adlerzi (Douwes, Jess en & Buschinger, 1988)
 * Myrmoxenus gordiagini Ruzsky, 1902
 * Myrmoxenus kraussei (Emery, 1915)
 * Myrmoxenus ravouxi (André, 1896)

N

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

O

 * Oxyopomyrmex krueperi Forel, 1911
 * Oxyopomyrmex lagoi Menozzi, 1936
 * Oxyopomyrmex santschii Forel, 1904

P

 * Pachycondyla ochracea (Mayr, 1855)
 * Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)
 * Pheidole teneriffana Forel, 1893
 * Plagiolepis ancyrensis Santschi, 1920
 * Plagiolepis karawajewi Radchenko, 1989
 * Plagiolepis pallescens Forel, 1889
 * Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798)
 * Plagiolepis taurica Santschi, 1920
 * Plagiolepis xene Stärcke, 1936
 * Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)
 * Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)
 * Ponera testacea Emery, 1895
 * Prenolepis nitens (Mayr, 1853)
 * Proceratium algiricum Forel, 1899
 * Proceratium melinum (Roger, 1860)
 * Proformica oculatissima (Forel, 1886)
 * Proformica striaticeps (Forel, 1911)

S

 * Solenopsis crivellarii Menozzi, 1936
 * Solenopsis fugax Latreille, 1798
 * Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)
 * Solenopsis latro Forel, 1894
 * Solenopsis wolfi Emery, 1915
 * Stenamma debile (Förster, 1850)
 * Stenamma striatulum Emery, 1895
 * Stigmatomma denticulatum Roger, 1859
 * Stigmatomma impressifrons Emery, 1869
 * Strongylognathus huberi dalmaticus Baroni Urbani, 1969
 * Strongylognathus silvestrii Menozzi, 1936
 * Strongylognathus testaceus (Schenck, 1852)
 * Strumigenys argiola (Emery, 1869)
 * Strumigenys baudueri (Emery, 1875)
 * Strumigenys membranifera (Emery, 1869)
 * Strumigenys tenuipilis (Emery, 1915)
 * Strumigenys tenuissima (Brown, 1953)

T

 * Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)
 * Tapinoma festae Emery, 1925
 * Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895
 * Tapinoma nigerrimum (Nylander, 1856)
 * Tapinoma simrothi Krausse, 1911
 * Tapinoma subboreale Seifert, 2012
 * Temnothorax affinis (Mayr, 1855)
 * Temnothorax bulgaricus (Forel, 1892)
 * Temnothorax bulgaricus aeolius (Forel, 1911)
 * Temnothorax clypeatus (Mayr, 1853)
 * Temnothorax corticalis (Schenck, 1852)
 * Temnothorax crassispinus (Karavaiev, 1926)
 * Temnothorax dessyi (Menozzi, 1936)
 * Temnothorax exilis (Emery, 1869)
 * Temnothorax flavicornis (Emery, 1870)
 * Temnothorax graecus (Forel, 1911)
 * Temnothorax laconicus Csösz et al., 2013
 * Temnothorax lichtensteini (Bondroit, 1918)
 * Temnothorax luteus (Forel, 1874)
 * Temnothorax niger (Forel, 1894)
 * Temnothorax nigriceps (Mayr, 1855)
 * Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)
 * Temnothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856)
 * Temnothorax rogeri Emery, 1869
 * Temnothorax rottenbergii (Emery, 1870)
 * Temnothorax saxonicus (Seifert, 1995)
 * Temnothorax semiruber (André, 1881)
 * Temnothorax solerii (Menozzi, 1936)
 * Temnothorax sordidulus (Müller, 1923)
 * Temnothorax turcicus (Santschi, 1934)
 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)
 * Tetramorium biskrense Forel, 1904
 * Tetramorium chefketi Forel, 1911
 * Tetramorium davidi Forel, 1911
 * Tetramorium diomedeum Emery, 1908
 * Tetramorium ferox Ruzsky, 1903
 * Tetramorium hippocratis Agosti & Collingwood, 1987
 * Tetramorium hungaricum Röszler, 1935
 * Tetramorium meridionale Emery, 1870
 * Tetramorium moravicum Kratochvíl, 1941
 * Tetramorium punctatum Santschi, 1927
 * Tetramorium punicum (F. Smith, 1861)
 * Tetramorium rhodium Emery, 1924
 * Tetramorium sahlbergi Finzi, 1936
 * Tetramorium schmidti Forel, 1904
 * Tetramorium semilaeve André, 1883
 * Tetramorium splendens Ruzsky, 1902