Georgia



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

A

 * Aphaenogaster georgica Arnol'di, 1968


 * Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latreille, 1798)


 * Aphaenogaster kurdica Ruzsky, 1905


 * Aphaenogaster obsidiana (Mayr, 1861)


 * Aphaenogaster semipolita (Nylander, 1856)


 * Aphaenogaster splendida transcaucasicaKaravaiev, 1926


 * Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)


 * Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa (Lucas, 1849)

B

 * Bothriomyrmex communistus Santschi, 1919


 * Bothriomyrmex meridionalis (Roger, 1863)

C

 * Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)


 * Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1856)


 * Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1792)


 * Camponotus nigripes Arnol'di, 1964


 * Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)


 * Camponotus sylvaticus (Olivier, 1792)


 * Camponotus truncatus (Spinola, 1808)


 * Camponotus turkestanicus Emery, 1887


 * Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)


 * Cardiocondyla elegans Emery, 1869


 * Cardiocondyla sahlbergi Forel, 1913


 * Cardiocondyla stambuloffii Forel, 1892


 * Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849)


 * Cataglyphis noda (Brulle, 1833)


 * Cataglyphis viatica (Fabricius, 1787)


 * Crematogaster bogojawlenskii Ruzsky, 1905


 * Crematogaster laestrygon Emery, 1869


 * Crematogaster schmidti (Mayr, 1853)


 * Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1792)


 * Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)


 * Crematogaster subdentata Mayr, 1877

D

 * Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

F

 * Formica aquilonia Yarrow, 1951


 * Formica candida Smith, F., 1878


 * Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853


 * Formica cinereofusca Karavaiev, 1929


 * Formica clara Forel, 1886


 * Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798


 * Formica fennica Seifert, 2000


 * Formica foreli Bondroit, 1918


 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758


 * Formica georgica Seifert, 2002


 * Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917


 * Formica picea Nylander, 1846


 * Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783


 * Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761


 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793


 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798


 * Formica subpilosa Ruzsky, 1902


 * Formica pallescens Forel, 1889

H

 * Harpagoxenus sublaevis caucasicus Arnol'di, 1968


 * Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)

L

 * Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850)


 * Lasius bicornis (Foerster, 1850)


 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius citrinus Emery, 1922


 * Lasius distinguendus (Emery, 1916)


 * Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792)


 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius lasioides (Emery, 1869)


 * Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)


 * Lasius myops Forel, 1894


 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Lasius obscuratus Stitz, 1930


 * Lasius rabaudi (Bondroit, 1917)


 * Lasius turcicus Santschi, 1921


 * Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)


 * Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mayr, 1855)


 * Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)


 * Leptothorax scamni Ruzsky, 1905


 * Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)

M

 * Manica rubida (latreille, 1802)


 * Messor caducus (Victor, 1839)


 * Messor incorruptus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929


 * Messor melancholicus Arnol'di, 1977


 * Messor meridionalis (André, 1977)


 * Messor structor (Latreille, 1798)


 * Monomorium dentigerum (Roger, 1862)


 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Monomorium salomonis (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Monomorium subopacum (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)


 * Myrmica bakurianica Arnol'di, 1970


 * Myrmica caucasicola Arnol'di, 1934


 * Myrmica deplanata Emery, 1921


 * Myrmica georgica Seifert, 1987


 * Myrmica hellenica Finzi, 1926


 * Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica ravasinii Finzi, 1923


 * Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica rugulosa Nylander, 1849


 * Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica schencki Viereck, 1903


 * Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica stangeana Ruzsky, 1902


 * Myrmica turcica Santschi, 1931


 * Myrmoxenus tamarae (Arnol'di, 1968)

N

 * Nylanderia colchica Pisarski, 1960

P

 * Pachycondyla nigrita (Emery, 1895)


 * ''Pachycondyla ochracea (Mayr, 1855)


 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)


 * Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798)


 * Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)


 * Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)


 * Prenolepis nitens (Mayr, 1853)


 * Proformica caucasea(Santschi, 1925)


 * Proformica kobachidzeiArnol'di, 1968


 * Proformica nasuta (Nylander, 1856


 * Proformica pilosiscapa Dlussky, 1969

S

 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)


 * Solenopsis ilinei Santschi, 1936


 * Stenamma westwoodii Westwood, 1839


 * Strongylognathus rehbinderi Forel, 1904


 * Strongylognathus testaceus (Schenck, 1852)

T

 * Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)


 * Tapinoma karavaievi Emery, 1925


 * Temnothorax affinis (Mayr, 1855)


 * Temnothorax alpinus (Ruzsky, 1902)


 * Temnothorax brauneri (Ruzsky, 1905)


 * Temnothorax corticalis (Schenck, 1852)


 * Temnothorax exilis (Emery, 1869)


 * Temnothorax korbi (Emery, 1924)


 * Temnothorax melnikovi (Ruzsky, 1905)


 * Temnothorax nadigi (Kutter, 1925)


 * Temnothorax nigriceps (Mar, 1855)


 * Temnothorax nigritus (Emery, 1878)


 * Temnothorax nylanderi (Foerster, 1850)


 * Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)


 * Temnothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856)


 * Temnothorax satunini (Ruzsky, 1902)


 * Temnothorax tamarae (Radchenko, 1993)


 * Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Tetramorium densopilosum Radchenko & Arakelian, 1990


 * Tetramorium ferox Ruzsky, 1903


 * Tetramorium forte Forel, 1904


 * Tetramorium punicum (Smith, F.,, 1861)


 * Tetramorium semilaeve André, 1883


 * Tetramorium syriacum Emery, 1924