Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea



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

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster famelica 	Smith, F., 1874


 * Aphaenogaster japonica 	Forel, 1911

Brachyponera

 * Brachyponera chinensis 	Emery, 1895

Camponotus

 * Camponotus atrox 	Emery, 1925


 * Camponotus itoi Forel, 1912


 * Camponotus japonicus 	Mayr, 1866


 * Camponotus nipponensis 	Santschi, 1937


 * Camponotus obscuripes 	Mayr, 1879


 * Camponotus quadrinotatus 	Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus sachalinensis 	Forel, 1904


 * Camponotus saxatilis 	Ruzsky, 1895

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster matsumurai 	Forel, 1901


 * Crematogaster osakensis 	Forel, 1900

Cryptopone

 * Cryptopone sauteri 	Wheeler, W.M., 1906

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus sibiricus 	Emery, 1889

Ectomomyrmex

 * Ectomomyrmex astutus 	Smith, F., 1858

Euponera

 * Euponera pilosior Wheeler, W.M., 1928

Formica

 * Formica aquilonia 	Yarrow, 1955


 * Formica candida 	Smith, F., 1878


 * Formica japonica 	Motschoulsky, 1866


 * Formica kupyanskayae 	Bolton, 1995


 * Formica lemani 	Bondroit, 1917


 * Formica lugubris 	Zetterstedt, 1838


 * Formica sanguinea 	Latreille, 1798


 * Formica truncorum 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Formica uralensis 	Ruzsky, 1895


 * Formica yessensis 	Wheeler, W.M., 1913

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera sauteri 	Onoyama, 1989

Lasius

 * Lasius citrinus 	Emery, 1922


 * Lasius distinguendus 	Emery, 1916


 * Lasius flavus 	Fabricius, 1782


 * Lasius fuji 	Radchenko, 2005


 * Lasius jensi 	Seifert, 1982


 * Lasius hayashi 	Yamauchi & Hayashida, 1970


 * Lasius japonicus 	Santschi, 1941


 * Lasius koreanus 	Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius meridionalis 	Bondroit, 1920


 * Lasius mixtus 	Nylander, 1846


 * Lasius morisitai 	Yamauchi, 1979


 * Lasius myops 	Forel, 1894


 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Lasius nipponensis 	Forel, 1912


 * Lasius orientalis 	Karavaiev, 1912


 * Lasius spathepus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1910


 * Lasius talpa 	Wilson, 1955


 * Lasius umbratus 	Nylander, 1846

Leptothorax

 * Leptothorax acervorum 	Fabricius, 1793


 * Leptothorax oceanicus 	Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928

Linepithema

 * Linepithema humile 	Mayr, 1868

Liometopum

 * Liometopum orientale 	Karavaiev, 1927

Messor

 * Messor aciculatus 	Smith, F., 1874

Monomorium

 * Monomorium pharaonis 	Linnaeus, 1758

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina flava 	Terayama, 1985


 * Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)


 * Myrmecina nipponica 	Wheeler, W.M., 1906

Myrmica

 * Myrmica ademonia 	Bolton, 1995


 * Myrmica angulinodis 	Ruzsky, 1905


 * Myrmica eidmanni 	Menozzi, 1930


 * Myrmica excelsa 	Kupyanskaya, 1990


 * Myrmica jessensis 	Forel, 1901


 * Myrmica kamtschatica Kupyanskaya, 1986


 * Myrmica kasczenkoi Ruzsky, 1905


 * Myrmica koreana 	Elmes, Radchenko & Kim, 2001


 * Myrmica kotokui 	Forel, 1911


 * Myrmica kurokii 	Forel, 1907


 * Myrmica luteola 	Kupyanskaya, 1990


 * Myrmica ruginodis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica sulcinodis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica transsibirica

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia flavipes (Smith, F., 1874)


 * Nylanderia sakurae Ito, 1914

Paraparatrechina

 * Paraparatrechina sauteri Forel, 1913

Pheidole

 * Pheidole fervida 	Smith, F., 1874


 * Pheidole pieli Santschi, 1925

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis flavescens Collingwood, 1976


 * Plagiolepis taurica 	Santschi, 1920

Polyergus

 * Polyergus samurai 	Yano, 1911

Polyrhachis

 * Polyrhachis lamellidens 	Smith, F., 1874

Ponera

 * Ponera japonica 	Wheeler, W.M., 1906


 * Ponera scabra 	Wheeler, W.M., 1928

Pristomyrmex

 * Pristomyrmex punctatus 	Smith, F., 1860

Proceratium

 * Proceratium watasei 	(Wheeler, W.M., 1906)

Proformica

 * Proformica mongolica 	Emery, 1901

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis japonica 	Wheeler, W.M., 1928

Stenamma

 * Stenamma owstoni 	Wheeler, W.M., 1906


 * Stenamma ussuriense 	Arnol’di, 1975

Strongylognathus

 * Strongylognathus koreanus 	Pisarski, 1966

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys lewisi 	Cameron, 1886

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma sinense Emery, 1925


 * Tapinoma wroughtonii Forel, 1904

Technomyrmex

 * Technomyrmex albipes 	(Smith, F., 1861)


 * Technomyrmex gibbosus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1906

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax aveli Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009


 * Temnothorax congruus Smith, F., 1874


 * Temnothorax cuneinodis Radchenko, 2004


 * Temnothorax eburneipes Wheeler, W.M., 1927


 * Temnothorax kaszabi 	Pisarski, 1969


 * Temnothorax koreanus (Teranishi, 1940)


 * Temnothorax michali 	Radchenko, 2004


 * Temnothorax mongolicus Pisarski, 1969


 * Temnothorax nassonovi (Ruzsky, 1895)


 * Temnothorax pisarskii Radchenko, 2004


 * Temnothorax serviculus (Ruzsky, 1902)


 * Temnothorax xanthos 	Radchenko, 2004

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Tetramorium tsushimae Emery, 1925

Tetraponera

 * Tetraponera modesta 	Smith, F., 1860

Vollenhovia

 * Vollenhovia emeryi 	Wheeler, W.M., 1906