Estonia



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

C

 * Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)

F

 * Formica aquilonia Yarrow, 1955


 * Formica candida Smith, F., 1878


 * Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853


 * Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798


 * Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846


 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758


 * Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838


 * Formica polyctena Forster, 1850


 * Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783


 * Formica pressilabris Nylander, 1846


 * Formica rufa (Linnaeus, 1761)


 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793


 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798


 * Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804


 * Formica uralensis Ruzsky, 1895


 * Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846)

H

 * Harpagoxenus sublaevis (Nylander, 1849)

L

 * Lasius alienus (Forster, 1850)


 * Lasius carniolicus Mayr, 1861


 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)


 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991


 * Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)


 * Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Leptothorax kutteri (Buschinger, 1966)


 * Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)


 * Leptothorax pacis Kutter, 1945

M

 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Myrmica gallienii Bondroit, 1920


 * Myrmica karavajevi (Arnold, 1930)


 * Myrmica lobicornis Nylander


 * 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 sulcinodis Nylander, 1846

P

 * Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)

T

 * Temnothorax crassispinus Karavaiev, 1926


 * Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)


 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, F., 1851)