Kyrgyzstan



Gary D. Alpert: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

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

B

 * Bothriomyrmex kusnezovi Emery, 1925

C

 * Camponotus buddhae Forel, 1892


 * Camponotus fedtschenkoi Mayr, 1877


 * Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Camponotus interjectus Mayr, 1877


 * Camponotus semirufus Emery, 1925


 * Camponotus turkestanus Andre, 1882


 * Cardiocondyla gibbosa Kuznetzov-Ugamsky, 1927


 * Cardiocondyla koshewnikovi Ruzsky, 1902


 * Cardiocondyla ulianini Emery, 1889


 * Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849)


 * Cataglyphis bergiana Arnoldi, 1964


 * Chalepoxenus tarbinskii Arnol'di, 1976


 * Crematogaster bogojawlenskii Ruzsky, 1905


 * Crematogaster subdentata Mayr, 1877

F

 * Formica candida F. Smith, 1878


 * Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846


 * Formica cf. frontalis Santschi, 1919


 * Formica cf. lemani Bondroit, 1917


 * Formica litoralis Kuznets ov-Ugams ky, 1926


 * Formica lusatica Seifert, 1997


 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798

L

 * Lasius alienus (Förster, 1850)


 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Lasius myops Forel, 1894


 * Lasius neglectus Van loon, Boomsma & Andrásfalvy, 1990


 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Lepisiota semenovi kassansai (Tarbinsky, 1976)


 * Lepisiota semenovi nigra (Dalla Torre, 1893)


 * Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Leptothorax cf. muscorum (Nylander, 1846)

M

 * Messor aralocaspius infumatus Kuznetzov-Ugamsky, 1929


 * Messor darianus Santschi, 1926


 * Messor denticulatus Santschi, 1927


 * Messor marikovskii Arnol’di, 1970


 * Messor rufus Santschi, 1923


 * Messor cf. structor (Latreille, 1798)


 * Myrmica dshungarica Ruzsky, 1905


 * Myrmica kirghisorum Arnoldi, 1976


 * Myrmica lacustris Ruzsky, 1905


 * Myrmica orthostyla Arnoldi, 1976


 * Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Myrmica saposhnikovi Ruzsky, 1904


 * Myrmica schencki Viereck, 1903


 * Myrmica tenuispina Ruzsky, 1905


 * Myrmica tobiasi Radchenko & Elmes, 2004

P

 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)


 * Plagiolepis cf. dlusskyi Radchenko, 1996


 * Plagiolepis pallescens Forel, 1889


 * Plagiolepis taurica Santschi, 1920


 * Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)


 * Proformica epinotalis Kuznets ov-Ugams ky, 1927


 * Proformica kaszabi Dlussky, 1969


 * Proformica mongolica (Emery, 1901)


 * Proformica splendida Dluss ky, 1965

S

 * Solenopsis fugax Latreille, 1798

T

 * Tapinoma emeryanum Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927


 * Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)


 * Temnothorax arpini (Tarbinsky, 1976)


 * Temnothorax nassonovi (Ruzsky, 1895)


 * Temnothorax oxianus (Ruzsky, 1905)


 * Temnothorax semenovi (Ruzsky, 1903)


 * Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)


 * Tetramorium caespitum


 * Tetramorium chefketi Forel, 1911


 * Tetramorium feroxoide Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985


 * Tetramorium inerme Mayr, 1877


 * Tetramorium schneideri Emery, 1898


 * Tetramorium sulcinode Santschi, 1927


 * Tetramorium turcomanicum Santschi, 1921

REFERENCES:


 * Marek L. Borowiec, Lech Borowiec, Sandor Csoz, Alexander Radchenko, 2009. Ants collected during 2006 Polish expedition to Kyrgyzstan(Hymenoptera: Formicidae. Genus. vol 20 (2): 367-379.


 * Roland Schultz, Alexander Radchenko & Bernhard Seifert, 2006. A critical checklist of the ants of Kyrgyzstan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8: 201-207.