Norway



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

Camponotus

 * Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)


 * Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Formica

 * Formica aquilonia 	Yarrow, 1955


 * Formica candida Smith, F., 1878


 * Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853


 * Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798


 * Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846


 * Formica fennica Seifert, 2000


 * Formica foreli Bondroit, 1918


 * Formica forsslundi Lohmander, 1949


 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758


 * Formica gagatoides Ruzsky, 1904


 * Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917


 * Formica lugubris 	Zetterstedt, 1838


 * Formica polyctena 	Foerster, 1850


 * Formica pratensis 	Retzius, 1783


 * Formica pressilabris Nylander, 1846


 * Formica rufa 	Linnaeus, 1761


 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793


 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798


 * Formica suecica Adlerz, 1902


 * Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804


 * Formica uralensis 	Ruzsky, 1895

Formicoxenus

 * Formicoxenus nitidulus 	Nylander, 1846

Harpagoxenus

 * Harpagoxenus sublaevis (Nylander, 1846)

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)

Lasius

 * Lasius bicornis (Förster, 1850)


 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius carniolicus 	Mayr, 1861


 * Lasius citrinus Emery, 1922


 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius meridionalis Bodroit, 1920


 * Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)


 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991


 * Lasius psammophilus Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius sabularum (Bondroit, 1918)


 * Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)

Leptothorax

 * Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Leptothorax goesswaldi Kutter, 1967


 * Leptothorax gredleri Mayr, 1855


 * Leptothorax kutteri Buschinger, 1965


 * Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)

Monomorium

 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina graminicola 	Latreille, 1802

Myrmica

 * Myrmica karavajevi (Arnoldi, 1930)


 * Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica lonae Finzi, 1926


 * Myrmica rubra 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica rugulosa Nylander, 1849


 * Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861


 * Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica schencki Emery, 1895


 * Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918

Polyergus

 * Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)

Stenamma

 * Stenamma debile (Forster, 1850)

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck, 1852)


 * Temnothorax nylanderi (Förster, 1850)


 * Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)


 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)