Republic of Korea



The following 137 valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in South Korea. 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 South Korea ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the South Korea Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

A

 * Aphaenogaster famelica (Smith, F., 1874)


 * Aphaenogaster japonica Forel, 1911


 * Aphaenogaster schmidti Karavaiev, 1912


 * Aphaenogaster smythiesii (Forel, 1902)


 * Aphaenogaster tipuna Forel, 1913

C

 * Camponotus amamianus Terayama, 1991


 * Camponotus atrox Emery, 1925


 * Camponotus concavus Kim & Kim, 1994


 * Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1856)


 * Camponotus fuscus Kim & Kim, 1994


 * Camponotus itoi Forel, 1904


 * Camponotus japonicus Mayr, 1866


 * Camponotus jejuensis 	Kim & Kim, 1986


 * Camponotus kiusiuensis Santschi, 1937


 * Camponotus nawai Ito, 1914


 * Camponotus nipponensis Santschi, 1937


 * Camponotus obscuripes Mayr, 1879


 * Camponotus quadrinotatus Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus sachalinensis Forel, 1904


 * Camponotus vitiosus Smith, F., 1874


 * Cardiocondyla nuda Mayr 1866


 * Chronoxenus wroughtonii (Forel, 1895)


 * Crematogaster matsumurai Forel, 1901


 * Crematogaster nawai Ito, 1914


 * Crematogaster osakensis Forel, 1900


 * Crematogaster teranishii Santschi, 1930


 * Crematogaster vagula Wheeler, W.M., 1928

D

 * Dacatria templaris 	Rigato, 1994


 * Dolichoderus sibiricus (Emery, 1889)

F

 * Formica candida Smith, F., 1878


 * Formica hayashi Terayama & Hashimoto, 1996


 * Formica japonica Motschoulsky, 1866


 * Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917


 * Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838


 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798


 * Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804


 * Formica yessensis Wheeler, W.M., 1913

H

 * Hypoponera nippona (Santschi, 1937)


 * Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894)


 * Hypoponera sauteri Onoyama, 1989

L

 * Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850)


 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius capitatus (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927)


 * Lasius fuliginosus 	Latreille, 1798


 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Lasius hayashi Yamauchi & Hayashida, 1970


 * Lasius japonicus Santschi, 1941


 * Lasius meridionalis (Bondroit, 1920)


 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Lasius nipponensis Forel, 1912


 * Lasius orientalis Karavaiev, 1912


 * Lasius spathepus Wheeler, W.M., 1910


 * Lasius talpa Wilson, 1955


 * Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)


 * Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)

M

 * Messor aciculatus (Smith, F., 1874)


 * Monomorium chinense Santschi, 1925


 * Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Monomorium intrudens Smith, F., 1874


 * Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Monomorium triviale Wheeler, W.M., 1906


 * Myrmecina flava Terayama, 1985


 * Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)


 * Myrmecina nipponica Wheeler, W.M., 1906


 * Myrmica angulinodis Ruzsky, 1905


 * Myrmica cadusa 	Kim, Park & Kim, 1997


 * Myrmica jessensis Forel, 1901


 * Myrmica kasczenkoi Ruzsky, 1905


 * Myrmica koreana Elmes, Radchenko & Kim, 2001


 * Myrmica kotokui Forel, 1911


 * Myrmica kurokii Forel, 1907


 * Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica saposhnikovi Ruzsky, 1904


 * Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica transsibirica Radchenko, 1994

N

 * Nylanderia flavipes (Smith, F., 1874)


 * Nylanderia sakurae (Ito, 1914)


 * Nylanderia yaeyamensis (Terayama, 1999)

O

 * Ochetellus glaber (Mayr, 1862)

P

 * Pachycondyla astuta Smith, F., 1858


 * Pachycondyla chinensis (Emery, 1895)


 * Pachycondyla javana (Mayr, 1867)


 * Pachycondyla pilosior 	Wheeler, W.M., 1928


 * Pachycondyla sauteri Wheeler, W.M., 1906


 * Paraparatrechina sauteri (Forel, 1913)


 * Pheidole fervida Smith, F., 1874


 * Pheidole fervida kwazana Teranishi, 1940


 * Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879


 * Pheidole noda Smith, F., 1874


 * Pheidole pieli Santschi, 1925


 * Plagiolepis flavescens Collingwood, 1976


 * Plagiolepis taurica Santschi, 1920


 * Polyergus samurai Yano, 1911


 * Polyrhachis lamellidens Smith, F., 1874


 * Ponera japonica Wheeler, W.M., 1906


 * Ponera scabra Wheeler, W.M., 1928


 * Ponera takaminei Terayama, 1996


 * Prenolepis melanogaster Emery, 1893


 * Pristomyrmex punctatus (Smith, F., 1860)


 * Proceratium itoi (Forel, 1918)


 * Proceratium watasei (Wheeler, W.M., 1906)

R

 * Rhoptromyrmex species

S

 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)


 * Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)


 * Solenopsis japonica Wheeler, W.M., 1928


 * Stenamma koreanense 	Lyu, DuBois & Cho, 2002


 * Stenamma owstoni Wheeler, W.M., 1906


 * Stenamma ussuriense Arnol'di, 1975


 * Stigmatomma silvestrii (Wheeler, W.M., 1928)


 * Strongylognathus koreanus Pisarski, 1966


 * Strumigenys canina (Brown & Boisvert, 1979)


 * Strumigenys choii Lyu, 2007


 * Strumigenys hexamera (Brown, 1958)


 * Strumigenys incerta (Brown, 1949)


 * Strumigenys japonica 	Ito, 1914


 * Strumigenys lewisi Cameron, 1886


 * Strumigenys mutica 	Brown, 1949

T

 * Tapinoma geei Wheeler, 1927


 * Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Tapinoma sinense Emery, 1925


 * Tapinoma wroughtonii Forel, 1904


 * Technomyrmex albipes (Smith, F., 1861)


 * Technomyrmex gibbosus Wheeler, W.M., 1906


 * Temnothorax aveli (Bondroit, 1918)


 * Temnothorax congruus Smith, F. 1874


 * Temnothorax koreanus 	Teranishi, 1940


 * Temnothorax nassanovi Ruzsky, 1895


 * Temnothorax serviculus Ruzsky, 1902


 * Temnothorax spinosior  Forel, 1901


 * Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)


 * Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846)


 * Tetramorium tsushimae Emery, 1925

V

 * Vollenhovia emeryi Wheeler, W.M., 1906


 * Vollenhovia emeryi chosenica Wheeler, W.M., 1928