Greece

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

Acropyga

 * Acropyga paleartica Menozzi, 1936

Aenictus

 * Aenictus rhodiensis Menozzi, 1936

Anoplolepis

 * Anoplolepis gracilipes (F. Smith, 1857)

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster aktaci Kiran & Tezcan, 2008
 * Aphaenogaster balcanica (Emery, 1898)
 * Aphaenogaster balcanicoides Boer, 2013
 * Aphaenogaster cecconii Emery, 1894
 * Aphaenogaster charesi Salata & Borowiec, 2016
 * Aphaenogaster epirotes (Emery, 1895)
 * Aphaenogaster festae Emery, 1915
 * Aphaenogaster finzii Müller, 1921
 * Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latreille, 1798)
 * Aphaenogaster graeca Schulz, 1994
 * Aphaenogaster illyrica Bračko, Lapeva-Gjonova, Salata, Borowiec & Polak, 2019
 * Aphaenogaster jolantae Borowiec & Salata, 2014
 * Aphaenogaster karpathica Boer, 2013
 * Aphaenogaster ledouxi Tohmé, 1969
 * Aphaenogaster lesbica Forel, 1913
 * Aphaenogaster olympica Borowiec & Salata, 2014
 * Aphaenogaster ovaticeps (Emery, 1898)
 * Aphaenogaster peloponnesiaca Salata, Karaman, Kiran & Borowiec, 2021
 * Aphaenogaster rugosoferruginea Forel, 1889
 * Aphaenogaster sangiorgii (Emery, 1901)
 * Aphaenogaster simonellii Emery, 1894
 * Aphaenogaster splendida (Roger, 1859)
 * Aphaenogaster sporadis Santschi, 1933
 * Aphaenogaster subcostata Viehmeyer, 1922
 * Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)
 * Aphaenogaster subterraneoides Emery, 1881

Bothriomyrmex

 * Bothriomyrmex communista Santschi, 1919
 * Bothriomyrmex corsicus Santschi, 1923
 * Bothriomyrmex syria Forel, 1910

Camponotus

 * Camponotus aegaeus Emery, 1915
 * Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)
 * Camponotus atricolor (Nylander, 1849)
 * Camponotus baldaccii Emery, 1908
 * Camponotus boghossiani Forel, 1911
 * Camponotus candiotes Emery, 1894
 * Camponotus cecconii Emery, 1908
 * Camponotus concavus Dalla Torre, 1893
 * Camponotus dalmaticus (Nylander, 1849)
 * Camponotus dalmaticus rhodius Santschi, 1934
 * Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1856)
 * Camponotus festai Emery, 1894
 * Camponotus foreli Emery, 1881
 * Camponotus gestroi Emery, 1878
 * Camponotus heidrunvogtae Seifert, 2019
 * Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Camponotus honaziensis Karaman & Aktaç, 2013
 * Camponotus ionius Emery, 1920
 * Camponotus jaliensis Dalla Torre, 1893
 * Camponotus kiesenwetteri (Roger, 1859)
 * Camponotus laconicus Emery, 1920
 * Camponotus lateralis (Olivier 1792)
 * Camponotus libanicus André, 1881
 * Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)
 * Camponotus nitidescens Forel, 1889
 * Camponotus oertzeni Forel, 1889
 * Camponotus piceus (Leach 1825)
 * Camponotus rebeccae Forel, 1913
 * Camponotus samius Forel, 1889
 * Camponotus sanctus Forel, 1904
 * Camponotus sannini Tohmé &]]'' Tohmé, 2000
 * Camponotus sylvaticus (Olivier, 1792)
 * Camponotus vagus (Scopoli 1763)
 * Camponotus vogti Forel, 1906

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla bulgarica Forel, 1892
 * Cardiocondyla elegans Emery, 1869
 * Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel, 1890
 * Cardiocondyla nigra Forel, 1905
 * Cardiocondyla stambuloffii Forel, 1892

Carebara

 * Carebara oertzeni Forel, 1886

Cataglyphis

 * Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849)
 * Cataglyphis albicans (Roger, 1859)
 * Cataglyphis cretica (Forel, 1910)
 * Cataglyphis hellenica (Forel, 1886)
 * Cataglyphis minos Borowiec & Salata, 2022
 * Cataglyphis nodus (Brullé, 1833)
 * Cataglyphis viatica (Fabricius, 1787)
 * Cataglyphis viaticoides (André, 1881)

Colobopsis

 * Colobopsis truncata (Spinola, 1808)

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster auberti Emery, 1869
 * Crematogaster erectepilosa Salata & Borowiec, 2015
 * Crematogaster gullukdagensis Salata & Borowiec, 2015
 * Crematogaster ionia Forel, 1911
 * Crematogaster jehovae Forel, 1907
 * Crematogaster lorteti Forel, 1910
 * Crematogaster lorteti hellenica Forel, 1911
 * Crematogaster schmidti (Mayr, 1853)
 * Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier 1792)
 * Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)

Cryptopone

 * Cryptopone ochracea (Mayr, 1855)

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Formica

 * Formica bruni Kutter, 1967
 * Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853
 * Formica clara Forel, 1886
 * Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798
 * Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846
 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758
 * Formica gagates Latreille, 1798
 * Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917
 * Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838
 * Formica picea Nylander, 1846
 * Formica polyctena Förster, 1850
 * Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783
 * Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761
 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793
 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798

Formicoxenus

 * Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846)

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)
 * Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)

Lasius

 * Lasius alienus (Förster 1850)
 * Lasius bicornis (Förster, 1850)
 * Lasius bombycina Seifert & Galkowski, 2016
 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)
 * Lasius carniolicus Mayr, 1861
 * Lasius citrinus Emery, 1922
 * Lasius creticus Seifert, 2020
 * Lasius distinguendus (Emery, 1916)
 * Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792)
 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)
 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)
 * Lasius illyricus Zimmermann, 1935
 * Lasius jensi Seifert, 1982
 * Lasius karpinisi Seifert, 1992
 * Lasius kritikos Seifert, 2020
 * Lasius lasioides (Emery, 1869)
 * Lasius meridionalis Bondroit, 1920
 * Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)
 * Lasius myops Forel, 1894
 * Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrasfalvy, 1990
 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Lasius nitidigaster Seifert, 1996
 * Lasius paralienus Seifert, 1992
 * Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991
 * Lasius psammophilus Seifert, 1992
 * Lasius tapinomoides Salata & Borowiec, 2018
 * Lasius turcicus Santschi, 1921
 * Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)
 * Lasius viehmeyeri Emery, 1922

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota bipartita (Smith, 1861)
 * Lepisiota dolabellae (Forel, 1911)
 * Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mayr, 1855)
 * Lepisiota melas (Emery, 1915)
 * Lepisiota nigra (Dalla Torre, 1893)

Leptothorax

 * Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Leptothorax gredleri Mayr, 1855
 * Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)

Linepithema

 * Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868)

Liometopum

 * Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)

Manica

 * Manica rubida (Latreille, 1802)

Messor

 * Messor alexandri Tohmé & Tohmé 1981
 * Messor antennatus fodorii Röszler, 1942
 * Messor atanassovii Atanassov, 1982
 * Messor caducus (Motschoulsky 1839)
 * Messor capitatus (Latreille, 1798)
 * Messor carpathous Menozzi, 1936
 * Messor concolor Santschi, 1927
 * Messor creticus Salata & Borowiec, 2019
 * Messor hellenius Agosti & Collingwood, 1987
 * Messor ibericus Santschi, 1931
 * Messor intermedius Santschi, 1927
 * Messor laboriosus Santschi, 1927
 * Messor mcarthuri Steiner et al., 2018
 * Messor meridionalis (Andre, 1883)
 * Messor oertzeni Forel, 1910
 * Messor orientalis (Emery, 1898)
 * Messor wasmanni Krausse, 1910

Metalasius

 * Metalasius myrmidon (Mei, 1998)

Monomorium

 * Monomorium creticum Emery, 1895
 * Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987
 * Monomorium nitidiventre Emery, 1893
 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Monomorium phoenicum Santschi, 1927
 * Monomorium subopacum (F. Smith, 1858)

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)

Myrmica

 * Myrmica constricta Karavaiev, 1934
 * Myrmica gallienii Bondroit, 1920
 * Myrmica hellenica Finzi, 1926
 * Myrmica hirsuta Elmes, 1978
 * Myrmica karavajevi (Arnoldi, 1930)
 * Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846
 * Myrmica lonae Finzi, 1926
 * Myrmica pelops Seifert, 2003
 * Myrmica ravasinii Finzi, 1923
 * 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 specioides Bondroit, 1918
 * Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846
 * Myrmica tulinae Elmes, Radchenko & Aktaç, 2002

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia jaegerskioeldi (Mayr, 1904)
 * Nylanderia vividula (Nylander, 1846)

Oxyopomyrmex

 * Oxyopomyrmex krueperi Forel, 1911
 * Oxyopomyrmex laevibus Salata & Borowiec, 2015
 * Oxyopomyrmex polybotesi Salata & Borowiec, 2015
 * Oxyopomyrmex saulcyi Emery, 1889

Pheidole

 * Pheidole balcanica Seifert, 2016
 * Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879
 * Pheidole koshewnikovi Ruzsky, 1905
 * Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis karawajewi Radchenko, 1989
 * Plagiolepis pallescens Forel, 1889
 * Plagiolepis perperamus Salata, Borowiec & Radchenko, 2018
 * Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798)
 * Plagiolepis xene Stärcke, 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
 * Proceratium melinum (Roger, 1860)

Proformica

 * Proformica chelmosensis Lebas & Galkowski, 2019
 * Proformica lebasi Borowiec & Salata, 2022
 * Proformica oculatissima (Forel, 1886)
 * Proformica striaticeps (Forel, 1911)

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis crivellarii Menozzi, 1936
 * Solenopsis fugax Latreille, 1798
 * Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)
 * Solenopsis latro Forel, 1894
 * Solenopsis wolfi Emery, 1915

Stenamma

 * Stenamma debile (Förster, 1850)
 * Stenamma striatulum Emery, 1895

Stigmatomma

 * Stigmatomma denticulatum Roger, 1859
 * Stigmatomma impressifrons Emery, 1869

Strongylognathus

 * Strongylognathus huberi dalmaticus Baroni Urbani, 1969
 * Strongylognathus silvestrii Menozzi, 1936
 * Strongylognathus testaceus (Schenck, 1852)

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys argiola (Emery, 1869)
 * Strumigenys baudueri (Emery, 1875)
 * Strumigenys membranifera (Emery, 1869)
 * Strumigenys tenuipilis (Emery, 1915)
 * Strumigenys tenuissima (Brown, 1953)

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)
 * Tapinoma festae Emery, 1925
 * Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895
 * Tapinoma magnum Mayr, 1861
 * Tapinoma nigerrimum (Nylander, 1856)
 * Tapinoma simrothi Krausse, 1911
 * Tapinoma subboreale Seifert, 2012

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax aeolius Forel, 1911
 * Temnothorax adlerzi (Douwes, Jess en & Buschinger, 1988)
 * Temnothorax affinis (Mayr, 1855)
 * Temnothorax angulinodis Csösz, Heinze & Mikó, 2015
 * Temnothorax angustifrons Csösz, Heinze & Mikó, 2015
 * Temnothorax antigoni 	Forel, 1911
 * Temnothorax ariadnae Csösz, Heinze & Mikó, 2015
 * Temnothorax arkasi Salata & Borowiec, 2022
 * Temnothorax brackoi Salata & Borowiec, 2019
 * Temnothorax bulgaricus (Forel, 1892)
 * Temnothorax clypeatus (Mayr, 1853)
 * Temnothorax corticalis (Schenck, 1852)
 * Temnothorax crasecundus Seifert & Csősz, 2015
 * Temnothorax crassispinus (Karavaiev, 1926)
 * Temnothorax crassistriatus Salata, Borowiec & Trichas, 2018
 * Temnothorax curtisetosus Salata & Borowiec, 2015
 * Temnothorax daidalosi Salata, Borowiec & Trichas, 2018
 * Temnothorax dessyi (Menozzi, 1936)
 * Temnothorax euboeae Salata & Borowiec, 2022
 * Temnothorax exilis (Emery, 1869)
 * Temnothorax flavicornis (Emery, 1870)
 * Temnothorax gordiagini (Ruzsky, 1902)
 * Temnothorax graecus (Forel, 1911)
 * Temnothorax helenae Csösz, Heinze & Mikó, 2015
 * Temnothorax ikarosi Salata, Borowiec & Trichas, 2018
 * Temnothorax incompletus Salata, Borowiec & Trichas, 2018
 * Temnothorax kemali (Santschi, 1934)
 * Temnothorax kraussei (Emery, 1915)
 * Temnothorax laconicus Csösz et al., 2013
 * Temnothorax lichtensteini (Bondroit, 1918)
 * Temnothorax lucidus Csösz, Heinze & Mikó, 2015
 * Temnothorax luteus (Forel, 1874)
 * Temnothorax messiniaensis Salata & Borowiec, 2019
 * Temnothorax minotaurosi Salata, Borowiec & Trichas, 2018
 * Temnothorax morea Csősz, Salata & Borowiec, 2018
 * Temnothorax muellerianus (Finzi, 1922)
 * Temnothorax mytilenes Salata, Srodon & Boroweic, 2023
 * Temnothorax niger (Forel, 1894)
 * Temnothorax nigriceps (Mayr, 1855)
 * Temnothorax parnonensis Salata & Borowiec, 2022
 * Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)
 * Temnothorax phaetoni Salata, Srodon & Boroweic, 2023
 * Temnothorax proteii Salata, Borowiec & Trichas, 2018
 * Temnothorax ravouxi (André, 1896)
 * Temnothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856)
 * Temnothorax rogeri Emery, 1869
 * Temnothorax rottenbergii (Emery, 1870)
 * Temnothorax saxonicus (Seifert, 1995)
 * Temnothorax semiruber (André, 1881)
 * Temnothorax smyrnensis (Forel, 1911)
 * Temnothorax solerii (Menozzi, 1936)
 * Temnothorax sordidulus (Müller, 1923)
 * Temnothorax strymonensis Csősz, Salata & Borowiec, 2018
 * Temnothorax subtilis Csösz, Heinze & Mikó, 2015
 * Temnothorax tauricus (Ruzsky, 1902)
 * Temnothorax tergestinus (Finzi, 1928)
 * Temnothorax triangularis Salata & Borowiec, 2019
 * Temnothorax turcicus (Santschi, 1934)
 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)
 * Temnothorax variabilis Salata, Borowiec & Trichas, 2018

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)
 * Tetramorium biskrense Forel, 1904
 * Tetramorium breviscapus Wagner, Arthofer, Seifert, Muster, Steiner & Schlick-Steiner, 2017
 * Tetramorium chefketi Forel, 1911
 * Tetramorium davidi Forel, 1911
 * Tetramorium diomedeum Emery, 1908
 * Tetramorium ferox Ruzsky, 1903
 * Tetramorium hippocratis Agosti & Collingwood, 1987
 * Tetramorium hungaricum Röszler, 1935
 * Tetramorium kephalosi Salata & Borowiec, 2017
 * Tetramorium meridionale Emery, 1870
 * Tetramorium moravicum Kratochvíl, 1941
 * Tetramorium punctatum Santschi, 1927
 * Tetramorium punicum (F. Smith, 1861)
 * Tetramorium rhodium Emery, 1924
 * Tetramorium sahlbergi Finzi, 1936
 * Tetramorium schmidti Forel, 1904
 * Tetramorium splendens Ruzsky, 1902

Trichomyrmex

 * Trichomyrmex perplexus (Radchenko, 1997)