Germany



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

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)

Camponotus

 * Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)


 * Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1846)


 * Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1791)


 * Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)


 * Camponotus ligniperda nigrescens 	Gösswald, 1932


 * Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)


 * Camponotus truncatus (Spinola, 1808)


 * Camponotus universitatis 	Forel, 1890


 * Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1792) - Occasionally detected in imported plant material; this species is not thought to be established.

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus quadripunctatus 	(Linnaeus, 1771)

Formica

 * Formica aquilonia 	Yarrow, 1955


 * Formica bruni Kutter, 1967


 * Formica candida Smith, F., 1878


 * Formica cinerea 	Mayr, 1853


 * Formica clara Forel, 1886


 * Formica cunicularia 	Latreille, 1798


 * Formica exsecta 	Nylander, 1846


 * Formica foreli 	Bondroit, 1918


 * Formica forsslundi Lohmander, 1949


 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758


 * Formica fuscocinerea Forel, 1874


 * Formica gagates Latreille, 1798


 * Formica glauca Ruzsky, 1896


 * Formica lemani 	Bondroit, 1917


 * Formica lugubris 	Zetterstedt, 1838


 * Formica nigropratensis Betrem, 1962


 * Formica paralugubris Seifer, 1999


 * 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 selysi Bondroit, 1918


 * Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804


 * Formica truncorum finzii 	Stitz, 1939


 * Formica uralensis 	Ruzsky, 1895

Formicoxenus

 * Formicoxenus nitidulus 	Nylander, 1846

Harpagoxenus

 * Harpagoxenus sublaevis 	Nylander, 1849

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera ergatandria (Forel, 1893)


 * Hypoponera punctatissima 	Roger, 1859

Lasius

 * Lasius alienus 	Foerster, 1850


 * Lasius bicornis 	Foerster, 1850


 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius carniolicus Mayr, 1861


 * Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792)


 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius jensi 	Seifert, 1982


 * Lasius meridionalis Bondroit, 1920


 * Lasius mixtus 	Nylander, 1846


 * Lasius myops Forel, 1894


 * Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma, & Andrasfalvy, 1990


 * Lasius niger 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Lasius paralienus 	Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius platythorax 	Seifert, 1991


 * Lasius psammophilus 	Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius reginae Faber, 1967


 * Lasius sabularum (Bondroit, 1918)


 * Lasius umbratus 	Nylander, 1846

Leptothorax

 * Leptothorax acervorum Fabricius, 1793


 * Leptothorax goesswaldi Kutter, 1967


 * Leptothorax gredleri  Mayr, 1855


 * Leptothorax kutteri 	Buschinger, 1966


 * Leptothorax muscorum  (Nylander, 1846)


 * Leptothorax pacis     (Kutter, 1950)

Linepithema

 * Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868)

Manica

 * Manica rubida 	Latreille, 1802

Messor

 * Messor structor (Latreille, 1798)

Monomorium

 * Monomorium pharaonis 	Linnaeus, 1758

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina graminicola 	Latreille, 1802

Myrmica

 * Myrmica bergi Ruzsky, 1902


 * Myrmica bessarabicus Nasonov, 1888


 * Myrmica bibikoffi 	Kutter, 1963


 * Myrmica constricta 	Karavaiev, 1934


 * Myrmica gallienii Bondroit, 1920


 * Myrmica hellenica Finzi, 1926


 * Myrmica hirsuta 	Elmes, 1978


 * Myrmica karavajevi 	Arnol’di, 1930


 * Myrmica lobicornis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica lonae Finzi, 1926


 * Myrmica nebulosa 	Novák, 1877


 * 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 slovaca Sadil, 1951


 * Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918


 * Myrmica sulcinodis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica vandeli Bondroit, 1920

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798)


 * Plagiolepis taurica Santschi, 1920


 * Plagiolepis xene Starcke, 1936

Polyergus

 * Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)

Ponera

 * Ponera coarctata 	Latreille, 1802


 * Ponera testacea 	Emery, 1895

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis fugax Latreille, 1798

Stenamma

 * Stenamma debile Foerster, 1850


 * Stenamma westwoodii Westwood, 1839

Strongylognathus

 * Strongylognathus testaceus 	Schenck, 1852

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma erraticum 	Latreille, 1798


 * Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895


 * Tapinoma subboreale Seifert, 2012

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax affinis Mayr, 1855


 * Temnothorax albipennis (Curtis, 1854)


 * Temnothorax corticalis 	Schenck, 1852


 * Temnothorax crassispinus 	Karavaiev, 1926


 * Temnothorax interruptus 	Schenck, 1852


 * Temnothorax kraussei (Emery, 1915)


 * Temnothorax nigriceps Mayr, 1855


 * Temnothorax nylanderi  Foerster, 1850


 * Temnothorax nylanderi nylanderonigriceps (Stitz, 1939)


 * Temnothorax parvulus 	Schenck, 1852


 * Temnothorax ravouxi (André, 1896)


 * Temnothorax saxonicus Seifert, 1995


 * Temnothorax sordidulus Muller, 1923


 * Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus unifasciatonigriceps Novák & Sadil, 1941

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)


 * Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846)


 * Tetramorium caespitum 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Tetramorium caldarium 	Roger, 1857


 * Tetramorium impurum 	Foerster, 1850


 * Tetramorium moravicum 	Kratochvíl, 1941

Uncertain species
The following species were described from Germany but their true identities are currently unknown.
 * Formica stenoptera Foerster, 1850
 * Formica vagans Fabricius, 1793
 * Formica wheeleri Stitz, 1939

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster archaica (Meunier, 1915) [fossil]

Camponotus

 * Camponotus compactus 	Förster, 1891 (fossil)


 * Camponotus lignitus 	Germar, 1837 (fossil)


 * Camponotus vehemens 	Förster, 1891 (fossil)

Carebara

 * Carebara schossnicensis (Assmann, 1870) (fossil)

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus explicans 	Förster, 1891 (fossil)

Formica

 * Formica bauckhorni 	Meunier, 1915 (fossil)


 * Formica buphthalma 	Novák, 1877 (fossil)

Gesomyrmex

 * Gesomyrmex breviceps Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009 [fossil]


 * Gesomyrmex curiosus Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009 [fossil]


 * Gesomyrmex flavescens Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009 [fossil]


 * Gesomyrmex germanicus Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009 [fossil]


 * Gesomyrmex pulcher Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009 [fossil]

Lasius

 * Lasius oblongus 	Assmann, 1870 (fossil)

Liometopum

 * Liometopum rhenana 	(Meunier, 1917) [fossil]

Lonchomyrmex

 * Lonchomyrmex nigritus 	Assmann, 1870 (fossil)

Oecophylla

 * Oecophylla eckfeldiana Dlussky, 2008 [fossil]


 * Oecophylla longiceps Dlussky, 2008 [fossil]


 * Oecophylla praeclara 	Förster, 1891 [fossil]

Ponera

 * Ponera elegantissima 	Meunier, 1923 (fossil)

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis blanda 	Förster, 1891 (fossil)


 * Solenopsis maxima 	Förster, 1891 (fossil)


 * Solenopsis moesta 	Förster, 1891 (fossil)


 * Solenopsis privata 	Förster, 1891 (fossil)


 * Solenopsis superba 	Förster, 1891 (fossil)


 * Solenopsis valida 	Förster, 1891 (fossil)

Titanomyrma

 * Titanomyrma gigantea (Lutz, 1986) (fossil)


 * Titanomyrma simillima (Lutz, 1986) (fossil)