Netherlands



The following valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Netherlands. 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 Netherlands ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Netherlands 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 truncatus (Spinola, 1808)


 * Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)

Formica

 * Formica candida Smith, F., 1878


 * Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853


 * Formica clara Forel, 1886


 * Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798


 * Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846


 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758


 * Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917


 * Formica polyctena Foerster, 1850


 * Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783


 * Formica pratensis staerckei Betrem, 1960


 * Formica pressilabris Nylander, 1846


 * Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761


 * Formica rufa angusticeps Stärcke, 1947


 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793


 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798


 * Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804

Formicoxenus

 * Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846)

Harpagoxenus

 * Harpagoxenus sublaevis (Nylander, 1849)

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera punctatissima 	(Roger, 1859)

Lasius

 * Lasius alienus (Forster, 1850)


 * Lasius bicornis (Foerster, 1850)


 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius citrinus Emery, 1922


 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius meridionalis Bondroit, 1920


 * Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)


 * Lasius myops Forel, 1894


 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991


 * Lasius psammophilus Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius sabularum (Bondroit, 1918)


 * Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)

Leptothorax

 * Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)


 * 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 lobicornis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica lonae Finzi, 1926


 * 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


 * Myrmica tulinae Elmes, Radchenko & Aktaç, 2002

Polyergus

 * Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)

Ponera

 * Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis fugax Latreille, 1798

Stenamma

 * Stenamma debile (Forster, 1850)

Strongylognathus

 * Strongylognathus testaceus (chenck, 1852)

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)


 * Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax affinis Mayr, 1855


 * Temnothorax albipennis (Curtis, 1854)


 * Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck, 1852)


 * Temnothorax nigriceps Mayr, 1855


 * Temnothorax nylanderi (Forster, 1850)


 * Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Tetramorium impurum (Forster, 1850)