Croatia



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

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster balcanica (Emery, 1898)


 * Aphaenogaster epirotes (Emery, 1895)


 * Aphaenogaster finzii Muller, 1921


 * Aphaenogaster muelleriana Wolf, 1915


 * Aphaenogaster picena Baroni Urbani, 1971


 * Aphaenogaster splendida (Roger, 1859)


 * Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)


 * Aphaenogaster subterraneoides Emery, 1881

Bothriomyrmex

 * Bothriomyrmex meridionalis (Roger, 1863)

Camponotus

 * Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)


 * Camponotus dalmaticus (Nylander, 1849)


 * Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1856)


 * Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Camponotus honaziensis Karaman & Aktaç, 2013


 * Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1792)


 * Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)


 * Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)


 * Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)

Cataglyphis

 * Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849)


 * Cataglyphis nodus (Brullé, 1833)

Colobopsis

 * Colobopsis truncata (Spinola, 1808)

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster ionia Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1792)


 * Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)

Cryptopone

 * Cryptopone ochracea (Mayr, 1855)

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Formica

 * Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853


 * Formica clara


 * Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798


 * Formica foreli Emery, 1909


 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758


 * Formica gagates Latreille, 1798


 * Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917


 * Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838


 * Formica polyctena Foerster, 1850


 * Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783


 * Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761


 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793


 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798


 * Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804

Formicoxenus

 * Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846)

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)

Lasius

 * Lasius bicornis (Foerster, 1850)


 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius carniolicus Mayr, 1861


 * Lasius distinguendus (Emery, 1916)


 * Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792)


 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1781)


 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius illyricus Zimmermann, 1935


 * Lasius lasioides (Emery, 1869)


 * Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)


 * Lasius myops Forel, 1894


 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Lasius nitidigaster Seifert, 1997


 * Lasius paralienus Seifert, 1997


 * Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991


 * Lasius psammophilus Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)


 * Lasius viehmeyeri Emery, 1922

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mayr, 1855)


 * Lepisiota nigra (Dalla Torre, 1893)

Leptothorax

 * Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Leptothorax gredleri Mayr, 1855


 * Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)

Liometopum

 * Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)

Manica

 * Manica rubida (Latreille, 1802)

Messor

 * Messor capitatus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Messor structor (Latreille, 1798)


 * Messor wasmanni Krausse, 1910

Monomorium

 * Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)

Myrmica

 * Myrmica gallienii Bondroit, 1920


 * Myrmica hellenica Forel, 1913


 * Myrmica hirsuta Elmes, 1978


 * 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 salina Ruzsky, 1905


 * Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica schencki Viereck, 1903


 * Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918


 * Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia vividula (Nylander,, 1846)

Pheidole

 * Pheidole balcanica Seifert, 2016


 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798)


 * Plagiolepis vindobonensis Lomnicki, 1925


 * Plagiolepis xene Starcke, 1936

Polyergus

 * Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)

Ponera

 * Ponera coarctata Latreille, 1802


 * Ponera testacea Emery, 1895

Prenolepis

 * Prenolepis nitens (Mayr, 1853)

Proceratium

 * Proceratium algiricum Forel, 1899

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)


 * Solenopsis wolfi Emery, 1915

Stenamma

 * Stenamma debile (Foerster, 1850)


 * Stenamma striatulum Emery, 1895

Stigmatomma

 * Stigmatomma denticulatum Roger, 1859

Strongylognathus

 * Strongylognathus huberi dalmaticus Baroni Urbani, 1969


 * Strongylognathus testaceus (Schenck, 1852)

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys argiola (Emery, 1869)


 * Strumigenys baudueri (Emery, 1875)

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)


 * Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax affinis (Mayr, 18550


 * Temnothorax algiricus(Forel, 1894)


 * Temnothorax angustulus (Nylander, 1856)


 * Temnothorax clypeatus (Mayr, 1853)


 * Temnothorax corsicus (Emery, 1915)


 * Temnothorax crassispinus (Karavaiev, 1926)


 * Temnothorax exilis (Emery, 1869)


 * Temnothorax flavicornis (Emery, 1870)


 * Temnothorax gordiagini (Ruzsky, 1902)


 * Temnothorax graecus (Forel, 1911


 * Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck, 1852)


 * Temnothorax italicus (Consani, 1952)


 * Temnothorax kraussei (Emery, 1915)


 * Temnothorax lichtensteini (Bondroit, 1918)


 * Temnothorax muellerianus (Finzi, 1922)


 * Temnothorax nigriceps (Mayr, 1855)


 * Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)


 * Temnothorax pelagosanus (Muller, 1923)


 * Temnothorax ravouxi (André, 1896)


 * Temnothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856)


 * Temnothorax rottenbergii (Emery, 1870)


 * Temnothorax sordidulus (Muller, 1923)


 * Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium biskrense (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Tetramorium diomedeum Emery, 1908


 * Tetramorium ferox Ruzsky, 1903


 * Tetramorium impurum (Foerster, 1850)


 * Tetramorium moravicum Kratochvíl, 1941


 * Tetramorium splendens Ruzsky, 1902