Portugal

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

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latreille, 1798)
 * Aphaenogaster iberica Emery, 1908
 * Aphaenogaster senilis Mayr, 1853

Bothriomyrmex

 * Bothriomyrmex saundersi Santschi, 1922

Camponotus

 * Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)
 * Camponotus barbaricus Emery, 1905
 * Camponotus cruentatus (Latreille, 1802)
 * Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1856)
 * Camponotus foreli Emery, 1881
 * Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1792)
 * Camponotus micans (Nylander, 1856)
 * Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)
 * Camponotus pilicornis (Roger, 1859)
 * Camponotus ruber Emery, 1925
 * Camponotus sylvaticus (Olivier, 1792)
 * Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla batesii Forel, 1894
 * Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel, 1890
 * Cardiocondyla nigra Forel, 1905

Cataglyphis

 * Cataglyphis hispanica (Emery, 1906)
 * Cataglyphis iberica (Emery, 1906)
 * Cataglyphis rosenhaueri Santschi, 1925
 * Cataglyphis velox Santschi, 1929

Colobopsis

 * Colobopsis truncata (Spinola, 1808)

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster auberti Emery, 1869
 * Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1792)
 * Crematogaster sordidula (Linnaeus, 1771)

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Formica

 * Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798
 * Formica dusmeti Emery, 1909
 * Formica frontalis Santschi, 1919
 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1783
 * Formica fusca tombeuri Bondroit, 1917
 * Formica gagates Latreille, 1798
 * Formica gerardi Bondroit, 1917
 * Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783
 * Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761
 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1758
 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798

Goniomma

 * Goniomma hispanicum (André, 1883)
 * Goniomma kugleri Espadaler, 1986

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera abeillei (André, 1881)
 * Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)
 * Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)

Iberoformica

 * Iberoformica subrufa (Roger, 1859)

Lasius

 * Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850)
 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)
 * Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792)
 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1781)
 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)
 * Lasius grandis Forel, 1909
 * Lasius lasioides (Emery, 1869)
 * Lasius myops Forel, 1894
 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Lasius piliferus 	Seifert, 1992
 * Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)

Leptanilla

 * Leptanilla revelierii Emery,

Linepithema

 * Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868)

Messor

 * Messor barbarus (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Messor bouvieri Bondroit, 1918
 * Messor capitatus (Latreille, 1798)
 * Messor hispanicus Santschi, 1919
 * Messor lobicornis Forel, 1894
 * Messor lusitanicus 	Tinaut, 1985
 * Messor marocanus Santschi, 1927

Monomorium

 * Monomorium carbonarium (Smith, F., 1858)
 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus,, 1758)
 * Monomorium subopacum

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)

Myrmica

 * Myrmica aloba Forel, 1909
 * Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846
 * Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861
 * Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846
 * Myrmica wesmaeli 	Bondroit, 1918

Oxyopomyrmex

 * Oxyopomyrmex saulcyi Emery, 1889

Pheidole

 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798)
 * Plagiolepis schmitzii Forel, 1895

Polyergus

 * Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)

Ponera

 * Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)
 * Ponera testacea Emery, 1895

Proformica

 * Proformica nasuta (Nylander, 1856)

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis lusitanica Emery, 1915
 * Solenopsis oraniensis Forel, 1894

Stenamma

 * Stenamma debile 	Foerster, 1850

Stigmatomma

 * Stigmatomma gaetulicum (Baroni Urbani, 1978)

Strongylognathus

 * Strongylognathus huberi Forel, 1874
 * Strongylognathus huberi dalmaticus Baroni Urbani, 1969

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys argiola 	(Emery, 1869)
 * Strumigenys silvestrii Emery, 1906

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)
 * Tapinoma ibericum Santschi, 1925
 * Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895
 * Tapinoma simrothi Krausse-Heldrungen, 1911

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax albipennis (Curtis, 1854)
 * Temnothorax angustulus (Nylander, 1856)
 * Temnothorax atlantis Santschi, 1911
 * Temnothorax aveli (Bondroit, 1918)
 * Temnothorax corticalis (Schenck, 1852)
 * Temnothorax exilis Emery, 1869
 * Temnothorax formosus (Santschi, 1909)
 * Temnothorax muellerianus (Finzi, 1922)
 * Temnothorax nylanderi (Foerster, 1850)
 * Temnothorax pardoi (Tinaut, 1987)
 * Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)
 * Temnothorax racovitzai (Bondroit, 1918)
 * Temnothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856)
 * Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)
 * Temnothorax wollastoni (Donisthorpe, 1940)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium biskrense Forel, 1904
 * Tetramorium forte Forel, 1904
 * Tetramorium impurum (Foerster, 1850)