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


 * Anergates atratulus 	Schenck, 1852


 * Aphaenogaster balcanica (Emery, 1898)


 * Aphaenogaster cecconii 	Emery, 1894


 * Aphaenogaster festae 	Emery, 1915


 * Aphaenogaster graeca 	Schulz, 1994


 * Aphaenogaster lesbica 	Forel, 1913


 * Aphaenogaster sangiorgii 	Emery, 1901


 * Aphaenogaster simonellii 	Emery, 1894


 * Aphaenogaster splendida rugosoferruginea 	Forel, 1889


 * Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)


 * Aphaenogaster subterraneoides Emery, 1881


 * Aphaenogaster ovaticeps (Emery, 1898)

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 lorteti hellenica Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster ionia Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster schmidti (Mayr, 1852)

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)

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


 * Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)

M

 * Messor antennatus fodorii 	Röszler, 1942


 * Messor barbarus (Fabricius, 1804)


 * Messor hellenius 	Agosti & Collingwood, 1987


 * Messor meridionalis 	André, 1883


 * Messor oertzeni carpathous 	Menozzi, 1936


 * Monomorium creticum Emery, 1895 (Crete)


 * Myrmecina graminicola Latreille, 1802


 * Myrmica hellenica 	Finzi, 1926


 * Myrmica pelops 	Seifert, 2003


 * Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861


 * Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmoxenus adlerzi 	Douwes, Jessen & Buschinger, 1988

O

 * Oxyopomyrmex krueperi 	Forel, 1911


 * Oxyopomyrmex lagoi 	Menozzi, 1936

P

 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1848)


 * Plagiolepis pallescens 	Forel, 1889


 * Plagiolepis pygmaea minu 	Forel, 1911


 * Polyergus rufescens 	Latreille, 1798


 * ''Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)


 * Prenolepis nitens (Mayr, 1852)


 * 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 tenuipilis 	Emery, 1915


 * Pyramica tenuissima 	Brown, 1953

S

 * Solenopsis crivellarii 	Menozzi, 1936


 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)


 * 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