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


 * Amblyopone denticulata 	Roger, 1859


 * Amblyopone impressifrons (Emery, 1869)


 * Anergates atratulus 	Schenck, 1852


 * Aphaenogaster balcanica (Emery, 1898)


 * Aphaenogaster cecconii 	Emery, 1894


 * Aphaenogaster festae 	Emery, 1915


 * Aphaenogaster graeca 	Schulz, 1994


 * Aphaenogaster ionia Emery, 1915


 * Aphaenogaster ledouxi Tohme, 1969


 * Aphaenogaster lesbica 	Forel, 1913


 * Aphaenogaster muelleriana (Emery, 1898)


 * Aphaenogaster obsidiana (Mayr, 1861)


 * Aphaenogaster ovaticeps (Emery, 1898)


 * Aphaenogaster sangiorgii 	Emery, 1901


 * Aphaenogaster sangiorgii (Emery, 1901)


 * Aphaenogaster semipolita (Nylander, 1856)


 * Aphaenogaster simonellii 	Emery, 1894


 * Aphaenogaster splendida (Roger, 1859)


 * Aphaenogaster splendida rugosoferruginea 	Forel, 1889


 * Aphaenogaster strioloides Forel, 1890


 * Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)


 * Aphaenogaster subterraneoides Emery, 1881


 * Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa (Lucas, 1849)

B

 * Bothriomyrmex jannonei 	Menozzi, 1936

C

 * Camponotus aegaeus 	Emery, 1915


 * Camponotus aethiops 	Latreille, 1798


 * Camponotus andrius 	Dalla Torre, 1893


 * Camponotus baldaccii 	Emery, 1908


 * Camponotus candiotes 	Emery, 1894


 * Camponotus compressus cosensis 	Finzi, 1939


 * Camponotus fallax 	Nylander, 1856


 * Camponotus gestroi 	Emery, 1878


 * Camponotus ionius 	Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus jaliensis 	Dalla Torre, 1893


 * Camponotus kiesenwetteri 	Roger, 1859


 * Camponotus laconicus 	Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus lateralis 	Olivier, 1792


 * Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)


 * Camponotus maculatus sylvaticomaculatus 	Dalla Torre, 1893


 * Camponotus oertzeni kappariensis 	Dalla Torre, 1893


 * Camponotus piceus 	Leach, 1825


 * Camponotus samius 	Forel, 1889


 * Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)


 * Carebara oertzeni 	Forel, 1886


 * Cataglyphis bicolor rufiventris 	Emery, 1925


 * Cataglyphis cursor cretica 	Forel, 1910


 * Cataglyphis hellenica 	Forel, 1886


 * Cataglyphis noda (Brullé, 1833)


 * Crematogaster auberti Emery, 1869


 * Crematogaster ionia Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster lorteti Forel, 1910


 * Crematogaster lorteti hellenica Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster schmidti (Mayr, 1852)


 * Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1792)


 * Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)

D

 * Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

F

 * Formica balcanina Petrov & Collingwood, 1993


 * Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798


 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758


 * Formica gagates Latreille, 1798


 * Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1840


 * Formica pratensis 	Retzius, 1783


 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793

H

 * Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)


 * Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)

L

 * Lasius bicornis 	Foerster, 1850


 * Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1791)


 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius,, 1781)


 * Lasius karpinisi 	Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius myops Forel, 1894


 * Lepisiota melas 	Emery, 1915


 * Lasius myrmidon 	Mei, 1998


 * Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrasfalvy, 1990


 * Lasius viehmeyeri 	Emery, 1922


 * Lepisiota splendens 	Karavaiev, 1912


 * Leptanilla species


 * Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)

M

 * Manica rubida (Latreille, 1802)


 * Messor alexandri Thome & Thome, 1981


 * Messor antennatus fodorii 	Röszler, 1942


 * Messor barbarus (Fabricius, 1804)


 * Messor bouvieri Bondroit, 1918


 * Messor caducus Motschulsky, 1839


 * Messor capitatus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Messor denticulatus Santschi, 1927


 * Messor ebeninus Santschi, 1927


 * Messor hellenius 	Agosti & Collingwood, 1987


 * Messor intermedius Santschi, 1927


 * Messor meridionalis 	André, 1883


 * Messor oertzeni Forel, 1910


 * Messor oertzeni carpathous Menozzi, 1936


 * Messor orientalis (Latreille, 1798)


 * Messor structor (Latreille, 1798)


 * Messor sultanus Santschi, 1917


 * Messor wasmanni (Andre, 1883)


 * Monomorium abeillei Andre, 1881


 * Monomorium creticum Emery, 1895 (Crete)


 * Monomorium dentigerum (Roger, 1862)


 * Monomorium monomorium Mayr, 1855


 * Monomorium nitidiventre Emery, 1893


 * Monomorium perplexum Radchenko, 1997


 * Monomorium pharaonis Menozzi, 1928


 * Monomorium phoenicum Santschi, 1927


 * Monomorium subopacum (Smith, F. 1858)


 * Myrmecina graminicola Latreille, 1802


 * Myrmica gallienii Bondroit, 1920


 * Myrmica hellenica 	Finzi, 1926


 * Myrmica karavajevi (Arnold, 1930)


 * Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846


 * 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 specioides


 * Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmoxenus adlerzi 	Douwes, Jessen & Buschinger, 1988

O

 * Oxyopomyrmex krueperi 	Forel, 1911


 * Oxyopomyrmex lagoi 	Menozzi, 1936

P

 * Pachycondyla ochracea (Mayr, 1855)


 * Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1848)


 * Pheidole teneriffana Forel, 1893


 * Plagiolepis pallescens 	Forel, 1889


 * Plagiolepis pygmaea minu 	Forel, 1911


 * Polyergus rufescens 	Latreille, 1798


 * ''Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)


 * Ponera testacea Emery, 1895


 * Prenolepis nitens (Mayr, 1852)


 * Proceratium algiricum (Forel, 1899)


 * Proceratium melinum 	Roger, 1860


 * Proformica nasuta 	Nylander, 1856


 * Proformica oculatissima 	Forel, 1886


 * Proformica striaticeps 	Forel, 1911


 * Pyramica argiola 	Emery, 1869


 * Pyramica baudueri 	Emery, 1875


 * Pyramica membranifera (Emery, 1869)


 * Pyramica tenuipilis 	Emery, 1915


 * Pyramica tenuissima 	Brown, 1953

S

 * Solenopsis crivellarii 	Menozzi, 1936


 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)


 * Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)


 * Solenopsis latro Forel, 1894


 * Solenopsis wolfi Emery, 1915


 * Stenamma debile Westwood, 1839


 * Strongylognathus silvestrii 	Menozzi, 1936

T

 * Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)


 * Tapinoma festae  (Emery, 1925)


 * Temnothorax corticalis 	Schenck, 1852


 * Temnothorax dessyi 	Menozzi, 1936


 * Temnothorax graecus 	Forel, 1911


 * Temnothorax nigriceps  Mayr, 1855


 * Temnothorax nylanderi (Foerster, 1850)


 * Temnothorax recedens 	Nylander, 1856


 * Temnothorax solerii (Menozzi, 1936)


 * Temnothorax tuberum 	Fabricius, 1775


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Tetramorium caespitum 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Tetramorium rhodium Emery, 1924


 * Tetramorium chefketi 	Forel, 1911


 * Tetramorium feroxoides Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985


 * Tetramorium hippocratis Agosti & Collingwood, 1987


 * Tetramorium semilaeve André, 1889