Spain



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

Anochetus

 * Anochetus ghilianii (Spinola, 1851)

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster cardenai 	Espadaler, 1981
 * Aphaenogaster dulcineae 	Emery, 1924
 * Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latreille, 1798)
 * Aphaenogaster iberica 	Emery, 1908
 * Aphaenogaster senilis Mayr, 1853
 * Aphaenogaster splendida (Roger, 1859)
 * Aphaenogaster striativentris Forel, 1895
 * Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)
 * Aphaenogaster striativentris 	Forel, 1895
 * Aphaenogaster ulibeli Gomez & Espadaler, 2018

Bothriomyrmex

 * Bothriomyrmex corsicus Santschi, 1923
 * Bothriomyrmex meridionalis (Roger, 1863)
 * Bothriomyrmex saundersi 	Santschi, 1922

Brachymyrmex

 * Brachymyrmex patagonicus Mayr, 1868

Camponotus

 * Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)
 * Camponotus amaurus 	Espadaler, 1997
 * Camponotus barbaricus Emery, 1905
 * Camponotus cruentatus (Latreille, 1802)
 * Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1856)
 * Camponotus foreli Emery, 1881
 * Camponotus gestroi Emery, 1878
 * Camponotus haroi 	Espadaler, 1997
 * Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Camponotus honaziensis Karaman & Aktaç, 2013
 * Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1792)
 * Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)
 * Camponotus micans (Nylander, 1856)
 * Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)
 * Camponotus pilicornis (Roger, 1859)
 * Camponotus ruber Emery, 1925
 * Camponotus sylvaticus (Olivier, 1792)
 * Camponotus universitatis Forel, 1890
 * Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla batesii Forel, 1894
 * Cardiocondyla elegans 	Emery, 1869
 * Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881
 * Cardiocondyla nigra Forel, 1905

Cataglyphis

 * Cataglyphis douwesi 	de Haro & Collingwood, 2000
 * Cataglyphis floricola 	Tinaut, 1993
 * Cataglyphis gadeai 	De Haro & Collingwood, 2003
 * Cataglyphis hispanica 	Emery, 1906
 * Cataglyphis humeya 	Tinaut, 1991
 * Cataglyphis iberica 	Emery, 1906
 * Cataglyphis piliscapa (Forel, 1901)
 * Cataglyphis rosenhaueri 	Santschi, 1925
 * Cataglyphis tartessica Amor & Ortega, 2014
 * Cataglyphis velox 	Santschi, 1929

Colobopsis

 * Colobopsis imitans Schifani, Giannetti, Csősz, Castellucci, Luchetti, Castracani, Spotti, Mori & Grasso, 2021
 * Colobopsis truncata (Spinola, 1808)

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster auberti 	Emery, 1869
 * Crematogaster auberti vogti Forel, 1909
 * Crematogaster fuentei 	Menozzi, 1922
 * Crematogaster inermis Mayr, 1862
 * Crematogaster laestrygon Emery, 1869
 * Crematogaster laestrygon submaura Lomnicki, 1925
 * Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1792)
 * Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)

Cryptopone

 * Cryptopone ochracea (Mayr, 1855)

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Formica

 * Formica bruni Kutter, 1967
 * Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853
 * Formica clara Forel, 1886
 * Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798
 * Formica decipiens Bondroit, 1918
 * Formica dusmeti 	Emery, 1909
 * Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846
 * Formica foreli Bondroit, 1918
 * Formica frontalis 	Santschi, 1919
 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1783
 * Formica gagates Latreille, 1798
 * Formica gerardi Bondroit, 1917
 * Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917
 * Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838
 * Formica paralugubris Seifert, 1996
 * Formica picea Nylander, 1846
 * Formica polyctena 	Foerster, 1850
 * Formica pratensis 	Retzius, 1783
 * Formica pressilabris Nylander, 1846
 * Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1758
 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793
 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798
 * Formica selysi Bondroit, 1918

Formicoxenus

 * Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846)

Goniomma

 * Goniomma baeticum 	Reyes, Espadaler & Rodriquez, 1987
 * Goniomma blanci (André, 1881)
 * Goniomma collingwoodi 	Espadaler, 1997
 * Goniomma compressisquama 	Tinaut, 1995
 * Goniomma decipiens 	Espadaler, 1997
 * Goniomma hispanicum 	André, 1883
 * Goniomma kugleri 	Espadaler, 1986

Harpagoxenus

 * Harpagoxenus sublaevis (Nylander, 1849)

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera abeillei (André, 1881)
 * Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)
 * Hypoponera nivariana
 * Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)
 * Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894)

Iberoformica

 * Iberoformica subrufa (Roger, 1859)

Lasius

 * Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850)
 * Lasius balearicus Talavera, Espadaler & Vila, 2014
 * Lasius bicornis (Foerster, 1850)
 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)
 * Lasius carniolicus Mayr, 1861
 * Lasius cinereus Seifert, 1992
 * Lasius citrinus Emery, 1922
 * Lasius distinguendus (Emery, 1916)
 * Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792)
 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)
 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)
 * Lasius grandis Forel, 1909
 * Lasius jensi Seifert, 1982
 * 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, 1992
 * Lasius piliferus 	Seifert, 1992
 * Lasius platythorax 	Seifert, 1991
 * Lasius psammophilus Seifert, 1992
 * Lasius rabaudi (Bondroit, 1917)
 * Lasius sabularum (Bondroit, 1918)
 * Lasius turcicus Santschi, 1921
 * Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mayr, 1855)
 * Lepisiota nigra (Dalla Torre, 1893)

Leptanilla

 * Leptanilla charonea 	López, Martínez & Barandica, 1994
 * Leptanilla plutonia 	López, Martínez & Barandica, 1994
 * Leptanilla revelierii Emery, 1870
 * Leptanilla zaballosi 	López, Martínez & Barandica, 1994

Leptothorax

 * Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Leptothorax gredleri Mayr, 1855
 * Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)

Linepithema

 * Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868)

Messor

 * Messor barbarus Linnaeus, 1767
 * Messor bouvieri Bondroit, 1918
 * Messor capitatus (Latreille, 1798)
 * Messor celiae 	Reyes, 1985
 * Messor hispanicus Santschi, 1919
 * Messor ibericus Santschi, 1931
 * Messor lobicornis Forel, 1894
 * Messor lusitanicus Tinaut, 1985
 * Messor marocanus Santschi, 1927
 * Messor sordidus Forel, 1892
 * Messor structor tyrrhenus Emery, 1898
 * Messor timidus Espadaler, 1997

Monomorium

 * Monomorium algiricum (Bernard, 1955)
 * Monomorium andrei Saunders, 1890
 * Monomorium andrei furunculum 	Emery, 1924
 * Monomorium carbonarium (Smith, F., 1858)
 * Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987
 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Monomorium salomonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Monomorium sichelii (Roger, 1862)
 * Monomorium subopacum 	Smith, F., 1858

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)

Myrmica

 * Myrmica aloba Forel, 1909
 * Myrmica bibikoffi Kutter, 1963
 * Myrmica curvithorax Bondroit, 1920
 * Myrmica karavajevi 	Arnol’di, 1930
 * Myrmica lemasnei 	Bernard, 1967
 * Myrmica lobulicornis Nylander, 1857
 * Myrmica martini Seifert, Yazdi & Schultz, 2014
 * Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 17830
 * Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846
 * Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861
 * Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846
 * Myrmica schencki Viereck, 1903
 * Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918
 * Myrmica spinosior Santschi, 1931
 * Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846
 * Myrmica vandeli Bondroit, 1920
 * Myrmica wesmaeli Bondroit, 1918
 * Myrmica xavieri Radchenko, Elmes, & Savolainen, 2008

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia flavipes (Smith, F., 1874)
 * Nylanderia jaegerskioeldi (Mayr, 1904)
 * Nylanderia vividula (Nylander, 1846)

Oxyopomyrmex

 * Oxyopomyrmex magnus Salata & Borowiec, 2015
 * Oxyopomyrmex saulcyi 	Emery, 1889

Paratrechina

 * Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)

Pheidole

 * Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879
 * Pheidole pallidula (Nlyander, 1849)

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis grassei LeMasne, 1956
 * Plagiolepis pallescens Forel, 1889
 * Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798)
 * Plagiolepis schmitzii Forel, 1895
 * Plagiolepis xene Starcke, 1936

Polyergus

 * Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)

Ponera

 * Ponera coarctata Latreille, 1802
 * Ponera testacea 	Emery, 1895

Proceratium

 * Proceratium melinum 	(Roger, 1860)

Proformica

 * Proformica ferreri 	Bondroit, 1918
 * Proformica longiseta 	Collingwood, 1978
 * Proformica nasuta (Nylander, 1856)

Rossomyrmex

 * Rossomyrmex minuchae 	Tinaut, 1981

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis fairchildi Wheeler, W.M., 1926
 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)
 * Solenopsis latro Forel, 1894
 * Solenopsis lusitanica Emery, 1915
 * Solenopsis oraniensis Forel, 1894
 * Solenopsis orbula emery, 1875

Stenamma

 * Stenamma debile (Foerster, 1850)
 * Stenamma striatulum Emery, 1895
 * Stenamma westwoodii Westwood, 1839

Stigmatomma

 * Stigmatomma emeryi (Saunders, 1890)
 * Stigmatomma gaetulicum (Baroni Urbani, 1978)
 * Stigmatomma impressifrons Emery, 1869

Strongylognathus

 * Strongylognathus caeciliae Forel, 1897
 * Strongylognathus huberi Forel, 1874
 * Strongylognathus huberi dalmaticus Baroni Urbani, 1969
 * Strongylognathus testaceus (Schenck, 1852)

Strumigenys

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

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma darioi Seifert, D'Eustacchio, Kaufmann, Centorame & Modica, 2017
 * Tapinoma erraticum 	(Latreille, 1798)
 * Tapinoma ibericum Santschi, 1925
 * Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895
 * Tapinoma magnum Mayr, 1861
 * Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Tapinoma nigerrimum
 * Tapinoma pygmaeum (Dufour, 1857)
 * Tapinoma simrothi Krausse-Heldrungen, 1911

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax affinis (Mayr, 1855)
 * Temnothorax albipennis (Curtis, 1854)
 * Temnothorax alfacarensis Tinaut & Reyes-López, 2020
 * Temnothorax algiricus (Forel, 1894)
 * Temnothorax angustulus (Nylander, 1856)
 * Temnothorax ansei Catarineu, Barberá & Reyes-López, 2017
 * Temnothorax atlantis (Santschi, 1911)
 * Temnothorax aveli (Bondroit, 1918)
 * Temnothorax baeticus 	(Emery, 1924)
 * Temnothorax bejaraniensis Reyes-López & Carpintero-Ortega, 2013
 * Temnothorax bernardi (Espadaler, 1982)
 * Temnothorax blascoi 	Espadaler, 1997
 * Temnothorax caesari 	Espadaler, 1997
 * Temnothorax cagnianti 	Tinaut, 1983
 * Temnothorax clypeatus (Mayr, 1853)
 * Temnothorax continentalis Galkowski & Cagniant, 2017
 * Temnothorax corticalis (Schenck, 1852)
 * Temnothorax crepuscularis 	Tinaut, 1995
 * Temnothorax cristinae 	Espadaler, 1997
 * Temnothorax curtulus (Santschi, 1929)
 * Temnothorax estel González, 2021
 * Temnothorax exilis Emery, 1869
 * Temnothorax flavispinus (André, 1881)
 * Temnothorax formosus (Santschi, 1909)
 * Temnothorax gredosi 	Espadaler & Collingwood, 1982
 * Temnothorax grouvellei (Bondroit, 1918)
 * Temnothorax ibericus 	Menozzi, 1922
 * Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck, 1852)
 * Temnothorax kraussei (Emery, 1915)
 * Temnothorax kutteri (Cagniant, 1973)
 * Temnothorax leviceps (Emery, 1898)
 * Temnothorax lichtensteini (Bondroit, 1918)
 * Temnothorax longispinosus (Roger, 1863)
 * Temnothorax luteus (Forel, 1874)
 * Temnothorax mediterraneus Ward et al., 2014
 * Temnothorax muellerianus (Finzi, 1922)
 * Temnothorax nadigi 	Kutter, 1925
 * Temnothorax naeviventris (Santschi, 1910)
 * Temnothorax niger 	Forel, 1894
 * Temnothorax nigriceps (Mayr,, 1855)
 * Temnothorax nylanderi (Foerster, 1850)
 * Temnothorax pardoi 	Tinaut, 1987
 * Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)
 * Temnothorax platycephalus (Espadaler, 1997)
 * Temnothorax racovitzai (Bondroit, 1918)
 * Temnothorax ravouxi (André, 1896)
 * Temnothorax recedens 	(Nylander, 1856)
 * Temnothorax schaufussi (Forel, 1879)
 * Temnothorax subcingulatus (Emery, 1924)
 * Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 175)
 * Temnothorax tyndalei 	(Forel, 1909)
 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)
 * Temnothorax universitatis 	(Espadaler, 1997)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)
 * Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander,, 1846)
 * Tetramorium biskrense Forel, 1904
 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Tetramorium caldarium (Roger, 1857)
 * Tetramorium exasperatum Emery, 1891
 * Tetramorium forte 	Forel, 1904
 * Tetramorium impurum (Foerster, 1850)
 * Tetramorium indocile Santschi, 1927
 * Tetramorium inquilinum Ward et al., 2014
 * Tetramorium kutteri (Tinaut, 1990)
 * Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870
 * Tetramorium meridionale Emery, 1870
 * Tetramorium pyrenaeicum Roszler, 1937
 * Tetramorium semilaeve André, 1883

Wasmannia

 * Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863)