United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland



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

A

 * Anergates atratulus

C

 * Camponotus britteni Donisthorpe, 1931


 * Crematogaster scutellaris

F

 * Formica aquilona


 * Formica candida


 * Formica cunicularia


 * Formica exsecta


 * Formica fusca


 * Formica lemani


 * Formica lugubris


 * Formica picea


 * Formica pratensis


 * Formica rufa


 * Formica rufibarbis


 * Formica sanguinea


 * Formicoxenus nitidulus

H

 * Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)


 * Hypoponera schauinslandi

L

 * Lasius alienus


 * Lasius brunnesu


 * Lasius emarginatus


 * Lasius flavus


 * Lasius fuliginosus


 * Lasius meridionalis


 * Lasius mixtus


 * Lasius neglectus


 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Lasius platythorax Seifert 1991


 * Lasius psammophilus


 * Lasius sabularum


 * Lasius umbratus


 * Linepithema humile


 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Leptothorax acervorum

M

 * Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Monomorium salomonis


 * Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)


 * Myrmica hirsuta 	Elmes, 1978


 * Myrmica karavajevi


 * Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861


 * Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica schencki Emery, 1895


 * Myrmica specioides Bondroit,, 1918


 * Myrmica sulcinodis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica vandeli

N

 * Nylanderia vividula

P

 * Paratrechina longicornis


 * Pheidolle megacephala


 * Ponera coarctata Latreille, 1802


 * Ponera testacea (Emery, 1895)

S

 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)


 * Stenamma debile


 * Stenamma westwoodii Westwood, 1839


 * Strongylognathus westwoodi Westwood,

T

 * Tapinoma ambiguum


 * Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)


 * Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793


 * Temnothorax albipennis (Curtis)


 * Temnothorax interruptus


 * Temnothorax nylanderi


 * Tetramorium caespitum

Online Resources

 * List of ants of Great Britain