Switzerland



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

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latreille, 1798)


 * Aphaenogaster italica Bondroit, 1918


 * Aphaenogaster spinosa Emery, 1878


 * Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)

Bothriomyrmex

 * Bothriomyrmex corsicus Santschi, 1923


 * Brachymyrmex heeri 	Forel, 1874

Camponotus

 * Camponotus aegaeus Emery, 1915


 * Camponotus aethiops 	Latreille, 1798


 * Camponotus dalmaticus (Nylander, 1849)


 * Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1846)


 * Camponotus heracleus 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1791)


 * Camponotus ligniperda 	(Latreille, 1802)


 * Camponotus oeningensis 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)


 * Camponotus pinguiculus 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Camponotus truncatus (Spinola, 1808)


 * Camponotus universitatis 	Forel, 1890

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1792)


 * Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)

Cryptopone

 * Cryptopone ochracea (Mayr, 1855)

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 demersa 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846


 * Formica foreli 	Bondroit, 1918


 * Formica forsslundi Loohmander, 1949


 * Formica fusca 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Formica fuscocinerea 	Forel, 1874


 * Formica gagates Latreille, 1798


 * Formica gagatoides Ruzsky, 1904


 * Formica globiventris 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Formica gravida 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Formica immersa 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Formica lavateri 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Formica lemani Bondroti, 1917


 * Formica longicollis 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Formica lugubris 	Zetterstedt, 1838


 * Formica macrocephala 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Formica macrophthalma 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Formica orbata 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Formica paralugubris 	Seifert, 1996


 * Formica polyctena 	Foerster, 1850


 * Formica pratensis 	Retzius, 1783


 * Formica pressilabris Nylander, 1846


 * Formica primitiva 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Formica primordialis 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Formica procera 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Formica pulchella 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Formica rufa 	Linnaeus, 1761


 * Formica rufa rufopratensoides Forel, 1874


 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793


 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798


 * Formica selysi Bondroit, 1918


 * Formica seuberti 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804


 * Formica uralensis 	Ruzsky, 1895

Formicoxenus

 * Formicoxenus nitidulus 	Nylander, 1846

Harpagoxenus

 * Harpagoxenus sublaevis 	Nylander, 1849

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)


 * Hypoponera ergatandria (Forel, 1893)

Imhoffia

 * Imhoffia nigra 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Imhoffia pallida 	Heer, 1867 (fossil)

Lasius

 * Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850)


 * Lasius bicornis (Foerster, 1850)


 * Lasius brunneus 	(Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius carniolicus Mayr, 1861


 * Lasius citrinus Emery, 1922


 * Lasius distinguendus Emery, 1916


 * Lasius emarginatus 	Olivier, 1792


 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius meridionalis Bondroit, 1920


 * Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)


 * Lasius myops 	Forel, 1894


 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Lasius paralienus Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991


 * Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)

Leptothorax

 * Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Leptothorax buschingeri 	Kutter, 1967


 * Leptothorax goesswaldi 	Kutter, 1967


 * Leptothorax gredleri Mayr, 1855


 * Leptothorax kutteri 	Buschinger, 1966


 * Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)


 * Leptothorax pacis 	Kutter, 1945

Liometopum

 * Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)

Manica

 * Manica rubida (Latreille, 1802)

Messor

 * Messor structor (Latreille, 1798)

Monomorium

 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)

Myrmica

 * Myrmica aemula 	Heer, 1849


 * Myrmica angusticollis 	Heer, 1849


 * Myrmica bergi Ruzsky, 1902


 * Myrmica bibikoffi 	Kutter, 1963


 * Myrmica constricta Karavaiev, 1934


 * Myrmica gallienii Bondroit, 1920


 * Myrmica hellenica Finzi, 1926


 * Myrmica karavajevi 	(Arnol’di, 1930)


 * Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica lobulicornis Nylander, 1857


 * Myrmica macrocephala 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Myrmica molassica 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Myrmica myrmicoxena 	Forel, 1895


 * Myrmica obsoleta 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Myrmica ruginodis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica rugulosa Nylander, 1849


 * Myrmica sabuleti 	Meinert, 1861


 * Myrmica scabrinodis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica schencki 	Viereck, 1903


 * Myrmica slovaca Sadil, 1951


 * Myrmica sulcinodis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica vandeli 	Bondroit, 1920

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis alluaudi 	Emery, 1894


 * 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

Poneropsis

 * Poneropsis crassinervis 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Poneropsis escheri 	Heer, 1867 (fossil)


 * Poneropsis fuliginosa 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Poneropsis globosa 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Poneropsis longaeva 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Poneropsis stygia 	Heer, 1867 (fossil)


 * Poneropsis veneraria 	Heer, 1864 (fossil)


 * Poneropsis ventrosa 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis fugax Latreille, 1798

Stenamma

 * Stenamma debile (Forster, 1850)


 * Stenamma petiolatum Emery, 1897


 * Stenamma striatulum Emery, 1895

Strongylognathus

 * Strongylognathus alboini Finzi, 1924


 * Strongylognathus alpinus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1909


 * Strongylognathus huberi 	Forel, 1874


 * Strongylognathus huberi dalmaticus Baroni Urbani, 1969


 * Strongylognathus testaceus (Schenck, 1852)

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys argiola (Emery, 1869)

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)


 * Tapinoma erraticum platyops 	Emery, 1925


 * Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax affinis 	Mayr, 1855


 * Temnothorax albipennis 	Curtis, 1854


 * Temnothorax arcanus 	Kutter, 1973


 * Temnothorax clypeatus (Mayr, 1853)


 * Temnothorax corticalis (Schenck, 1852)


 * Temnothorax flavicornis Emery, 1870


 * Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck, 1852)


 * Temnothorax luteus Forel, 1874


 * Temnothorax muellerianus (Finzi, 1922)


 * Temnothorax nadigi Kutter, 1925


 * Temnothorax nigriceps Mayr, 1855


 * Temnothorax nylanderi 	Foerster, 1850


 * Temnothorax nylanderounifasciatus Forel, 1874


 * Temnothorax racovitzai Bondroit, 1918


 * Temnothorax ravouxi (Andre, 1896)


 * Temnothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856)


 * Temnothorax stumperi (Kutter, 1950)


 * Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus staegeri Bondroit, 1918

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)


 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Tetramorium impurum 	Foerster, 1850


 * Tetramorium inquilinum Ward, Brady, Fisher & Schultz, 2014


 * Tetramorium semilaeve Andre, 1883


 * Tetramorium semilaeve kutteri Santschi, 1927

Uncertain species
The following species was described from Switzerland but its true identity is currently unknown.
 * Formica nitida Razoumowsky, 1789

Carebara

 * Carebara rugiceps (Heer, 1849) (fossil)