Albania



The following 39 valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Albania. 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 Albanian ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Albanian Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

A

 * Anergates atratulus (Schenck, 1852)


 * Aphaenogaster balcanica (Emery, 1898)


 * Aphaenogaster campana Emery, 1878


 * Aphaenogaster epirotes Emery, 1895


 * Aphaenogaster muelleriana Wolf, 1914


 * Aphaenogaster picena Baroni Urbani, 1971


 * Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)

B

 * Bothriomyrmex communista Santschi, 1919

C

 * Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)


 * Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1846)


 * Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1791)


 * Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)


 * Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)


 * Camponotus truncatus (Spinola, 1808)


 * Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)


 * Cataglyphis nodus (Brulle, 1832)


 * Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)

D

 * Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

F

 * Formica candida Smith, F., 1878


 * Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853


 * Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798


 * Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846


 * Formica foreli Bondroit, 1918


 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758


 * Formica gagates Latreille, 1798


 * Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917


 * Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838


 * Formica paralugubris Seifert, 1999


 * Formica polyctena Forster, 1850


 * Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783


 * Formica pressilabris Nylander, 1846


 * Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761


 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793


 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798


 * Formica selysi Bondroit, 1918

L

 * Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850)


 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1791)


 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1781


 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius grandis Forel, 1909


 * Lasius lasioides (Emery, 1869)


 * Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)


 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)


 * Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mayr, 1855)


 * Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)

M

 * Messor caducus (Motschoulsky, 1839)


 * Messor meridionalis (André, 1882)


 * Messor structor (Latreille, 1798)


 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)


 * Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica ravasinii Finzi, 1923


 * Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861


 * Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846

P

 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)


 * Plagiolepis taurica Santschi, 1920


 * Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)


 * Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)


 * Prenolepis nitens (Mayr, 1853)


 * Proceratium algiricum Forel, 1899


 * Proceratium melinum (Roger, 1860)


 * Proceratium numidicum Santschi, 1912

S

 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)


 * Stenamma debile (Forster, 1850)


 * Stigmatomma denticulatum Roger, 1859

T

 * Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)


 * Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895


 * Temnothorax crassispinus Karavaiev, 1926


 * Temnothorax luteus Forel, 1874


 * Temnothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856)


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)