Russian Federation

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

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latreille, 1798)
 * Aphaenogaster januscheviArnol’di, 1976
 * Aphaenogaster kurdica Ruzsky, 1905
 * Aphaenogaster obsidiana Mayr, 1861
 * Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)

Bothriomyrmex

 * Bothriomyrmex anastasiae Dubovikoff, 2002
 * Bothriomyrmex modestus Radchenko, 1985

Camponotus

 * Camponotus aethiops Latreille, 1798
 * Camponotus atricolor Nylander, 1849
 * Camponotus buddhae Forel, 1892
 * Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1856)
 * Camponotus fedtschenkoi Mayr, 1877
 * Camponotus herculeanus Linnaeus, 1758
 * Camponotus japonicus Mayr, 1866
 * Camponotus kopetdaghensis Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985
 * Camponotus kurdistanicus Emery, 1898
 * Camponotus lameerei Emery, 1898
 * Camponotus lateralis (Oliver, 1791)
 * Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)
 * Camponotus obscuripes Mayr, 1879
 * Camponotus oertzeni Forel, 1889
 * Camponotus piceus Leach, 1825
 * Camponotus quadrinotatus Forel, 1886
 * Camponotus sachalinensis Forel, 1904
 * Camponotus saxatilis Ruzsky, 1895
 * Camponotus turkestanus André, 1882
 * Camponotus vagus Scopoli, 1763

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla elegans Emery, 1869
 * Cardiocondyla koshewnikovi Ruzsky, 1902
 * Cardiocondyla ulianini Emery, 1889

Cataglyphis

 * Cataglyphis aenescens 	Nylander, 1849
 * Cataglyphis cinnamomea 	Karavaiev, 1910
 * Cataglyphis emeryi 	Karavaiev, 1911
 * Cataglyphis foreli 	Ruzsky, 1903
 * Cataglyphis gracilens 	Santschi, 1929
 * Cataglyphis pallida 	Mayr, 1877 (Rostov Region, Dagestan)

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster schmidti Mayr, 1853 (Caucasus)
 * Crematogaster sordidula Nylander, 1849
 * Crematogaster subdentata Mayr, 1877

Cryptopone

 * Cryptopone ochracea Mayr, 1855

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)
 * Dolichoderus sibiricus Emery, 1889

Formica

 * Formica aquilonia Yarrow, 1955
 * Formica candida Smith, F., 1878
 * Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853
 * Formica cinerea cinereoimitans Ruzsky, 1905
 * Formica clara Forel, 1886
 * Formica clarissima Emery, 1925
 * Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798
 * Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846
 * Formica foreli Emery, 1909
 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758
 * Formica fusca hyrcana Arnol’di, 1968
 * Formica fuscocinerea Forel, 1874
 * Formica gagatoides Ruzsky, 1904
 * Formica glauca Ruzsky, 1896
 * Formica kupyanskayae Bolton, 1995
 * Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917
 * Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838
 * Formica mesasiatica Dlussky, 1964
 * Formica polyctena Foerster, 1850
 * Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783
 * Formica pratensis nuda Ruzsky, 1926
 * Formica pressilabris Nylander, 1846
 * Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761
 * Formica rufa brevisetosa Ruzsky, 1926
 * Formica rufa constricta Karavaiev, 1929
 * Formica rufa rufobrevisetosa Ruzsky, 1926
 * Formica rufa tshugunovi Ruzsky, 1914
 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793
 * Formica rufibarbis clarorufibarbis Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1916
 * Formica rufibarbis subpilosorufibarbis Ruzsky, 1905
 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798
 * Formica subpilosa Ruzsky, 1902
 * Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804
 * Formica uralensis Ruzsky, 1895
 * Formica yessensis Wheeler, W.M., 1913

Formicoxenus

 * Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846)
 * Formicoxenus sibiricus Forel, 1899

Harpagoxenus

 * Harpagoxenus sublaevis (Nylander, 1849)

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)
 * Hypoponera eduardi Forel, 1894

Lasius

 * Lasius alienus Forster, 1850
 * Lasius bicornis Forster, 1850
 * Lasius brunneus Latreille, 1798
 * Lasius brunneus emarginatobrunneus Ruzsky, 1902
 * Lasius capitatus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927
 * Lasius carniolicus Mayr, 1861
 * Lasius citrinus Emery, 1922
 * Lasius distinguendus Emery, 1916
 * Lasius emarginatus Olivier, 1792
 * Lasius flavus Fabricius, 1782
 * Lasius fuji Radchenko, 2005
 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)
 * Lasius hayashi Yamauchi & Hayashida, 1970
 * Lasius jensi Seifert, 1982
 * Lasius longiceps Seifert, 1988
 * Lasius meridionalis Bondroti, 1920
 * Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)
 * Lasius morisitai Yamauchi, 1979
 * Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrasfalvy, 1990
 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Lasius niger pinetorum Ruzsky, 1907
 * Lasius nigrescens Stitz, 1930
 * Lasius nipponensis Forel, 1912
 * Lasius orientalis Karavaiev, 1912
 * Lasius paralienus Seifert, 1992
 * Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991
 * Lasius psammophilus Seifert, 1992
 * Lasius spathepus Wheeler, W.M., 1910
 * Lasius umbratus Nylander, 1846

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota semenovi 	Ruzsky, 1905

Leptothorax

 * Leptothorax acervorum Fabricius, 1793
 * Leptothorax gredleri Mayr, 1865
 * Leptothorax kutteri (Buschinger, 1966)
 * Leptothorax muscorum Nylander, 1846
 * Leptothorax oceanicus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928

Liometopum

 * Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)
 * Liometopum orientale 	Karavaiev, 1927

Messor

 * Messor aciculatus Smith, F., 1874
 * Messor aralocaspius Ruzsky, 1902
 * Messor caducus Victor, 1839
 * Messor denticulatus Santschi, 1927
 * Messor fraternus Ruzsky, 1905
 * Messor incorruptus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929
 * Messor rufus 	Santschi, 1923
 * Messor structor Latreille, 1798
 * Messor subgracilinodis Arnol’di, 1970

Monomorium

 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina graminicola Latreille, 1802
 * Myrmecina nipponica Wheeler, W.M., 1906

Myrmica

 * Myrmica ademonia Bolton, 1995
 * Myrmica angulinodis Ruzsky, 1905
 * Myrmica arnoldii Dlussky, 1963
 * Myrmica bergi Ruzsky, 1902
 * Myrmica bessarabicus Nasonov, 1888
 * Myrmica commarginata Ruzsky, 1905
 * Myrmica deplanata Emery, 1921
 * Myrmica displicentia Bolton, 1995
 * Myrmica divergens Karavaiev, 1931
 * Myrmica eidmanni Menozzi, 1930
 * Myrmica elbrusi Radchenko & Yusupov, 2012
 * Myrmica excelsa Kupyanskaya, 1990
 * Myrmica forcipata Karavaiev, 1931
 * Myrmica gallienii Bondroit, 1920
 * Myrmica hirsuta Elmes, 1978
 * Myrmica jennyae
 * Myrmica jessensis Forel, 1901
 * Myrmica kamtschatica Kupyanskaya, 1986
 * Myrmica karavajevi Arnol’di, 1930
 * Myrmica kasczenkoi Ruzsky, 1905
 * Myrmica kirghisorum Arnol’di, 1976
 * Myrmica koreana Elmes, Radchenko & Kim, 2001
 * Myrmica kotokui Forel, 1911
 * Myrmica kryzhanovskii Arnol’di, 1976
 * Myrmica kurokii Forel, 1907
 * Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846
 * Myrmica lonae Finzi, 1926
 * Myrmica luteola Kupyanskaya, 1990
 * Myrmica orthostyla Arnol’di, 1976
 * Myrmica pisarskii Radchenko, 1994
 * Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846
 * Myrmica rugulosa Nylander, 1849
 * Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861
 * Myrmica salina Ruzsky, 1905
 * Myrmica saposhnikovi Ruzsky, 1904
 * Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846
 * Myrmica schencki Viereck, 1903
 * Myrmica slovaca Sadil, 1951
 * Myrmica stangeana Ruzsky, 1902
 * Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846
 * Myrmica transsibirica Radchenko, 1994
 * Myrmica tschekanovskii Radchenko, 1994
 * Myrmica zojae Radchenko, 1994

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia vividula (Nylander, 1846)

Pheidole

 * Pheidole fervida Smith, F., 1874
 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)
 * Pheidole pallidula koshewnikovi Ruzsky, 1905

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis taurica Santschi, 1920
 * Plagiolepis xene Stärcke, 1936

Polyergus

 * Polyergus nigerrimus Marikovsky, 1963
 * Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)
 * Polyergus samurai Yano, 1911

Ponera

 * Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)
 * Ponera japonica Wheeler, W.M., 1906

Proceratium

 * Proceratium melinum Roger, 1860

Proformica

 * Proformica coriacea Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927
 * Proformica epinotalis Kuznetsov-Ugamskyi, 1927
 * Proformica nitida Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1923
 * Proformica ossetica Dubovikov, 2005

Rossomyrmex

 * Rossomyrmex proformicarum Arnol’di, 1928

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)
 * Solenopsis juliae (Arakelian, 1991)
 * Solenopsis vorax Santschi, 1934

Stenamma

 * Stenamma debile (Forster, 1850)
 * Stenamma georgii Arnol’di, 1975
 * Stenamma hissarianum Arnol’di, 1975
 * Stenamma kurilense Arnol’di, 1975
 * Stenamma lippulum Nylander, 1849
 * Stenamma striatulum Emery, 1895
 * Stenamma ussuriense Arnol’di, 1975

Strongylognathus

 * Strongylognathus arnoldii Radchenko, 1985
 * Strongylognathus cheliferus Radchenko, 1985
 * Strongylognathus christophi Emery, 1889
 * Strongylognathus karawajewi Pisarski, 1966
 * Strongylognathus testaceus (Schenck, 1852)

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma christophi Emery, 1925
 * Tapinoma erraticum Latreille, 1798
 * Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax affinis Mayr, 1855
 * Temnothorax alinae Radchenko, 1994
 * Temnothorax alpinus Ruzsky, 1902
 * Temnothorax congruus Smith, F., 1874
 * Temnothorax corticalis (Schenck, 1852)
 * Temnothorax crasecundus Seifert & Csősz, 2015
 * Temnothorax crassispinus Karavaiev, 1926
 * Temnothorax desertorum Dlussky & Soyunov, 1988
 * Temnothorax discoloratus Arnol’di, 1977
 * Temnothorax fumosus (Ruzsky, 1923)
 * Temnothorax gordiagini (Ruzsky, 1902)
 * Temnothorax kaszabi Pisarski, 1969
 * Temnothorax knipovitshi Karavaiev, 1916
 * Temnothorax kurilensis Radchenko, 1994
 * Temnothorax melnikovi Ruzsky, 1905
 * Temnothorax mongolicus Pisarski, 1969
 * Temnothorax nassonovi Ruzsky, 1895
 * Temnothorax nylanderi Foerster, 1850
 * Temnothorax pamiricus Ruzsky, 1902
 * Temnothorax parvulus Schenck, 1852
 * Temnothorax semenovi Rusky, 1903
 * Temnothorax serviculus Ruzsky, 1902
 * Temnothorax shelkovnikovi (Karavaiev, 1926)
 * Temnothorax tauricus Ruzsky, 1902
 * Temnothorax tesquorum Arnol’di, 1977
 * Temnothorax tuberum Fabricius, 1775
 * Temnothorax unifasciatus Latreille, 1798
 * Temnothorax usunkul Ruzsky, 1924
 * Temnothorax volgensis Ruzsky, 1905
 * Temnothorax werneri (Radchenko, 1994) (Caucasus)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)
 * Tetramorium aegeum Radchenko, 1992
 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Tetramorium caespitum barabense Ruzsky, 1925
 * Tetramorium ferox Ruzsky, 1903
 * Tetramorium indocile Santschi, 1927
 * Tetramorium inquilinum Ward, Brady, Fisher & Schultz, 2014
 * Tetramorium splendens Ruzsky, 1902
 * Tetramorium sulcinode Santschi, 1927
 * Tetramorium tsushimae Emery, 1925

Uncertain species
The following species were described from the Russian Federation but their true identities are currently unknown.
 * Formica montaniformis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929
 * Formica volgensis Ruzsky, 1914
 * Myrmica granulinodis Nylander, 1846
 * Myrmica ussuriensis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928
 * Stenamma asiaticum Ruzsky, 1905

Casaleia

 * Casaleia inversa Dlussky, 1981

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus tauricus Dlussky, 1981

Formica

 * Formica martynovi Popov, 1933

Lasius

 * Lasius tertiarius Zalessky, 1949
 * Lasius vetulus Dlussky, 1981

Rhytidoponera

 * Rhytidoponera kirghizorum Dlussky, 1981