Israel



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

A

 * Aenictus rhodiensis Menozzi, 1936
 * Anochetus bytinskii Kugler, J. & Ionescu, 2007
 * Aphaenogaster epirotes (Emery, 1895)


 * Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latreille, 1798)


 * Aphaenogaster kervillei Forel, 1910


 * Aphaenogaster lesbica Forel, 1913
 * Aphaenogaster obsidiana (Mayr, 1861)
 * Aphaenogaster phillipsi Wheeler, & Mann, 1916
 * Aphaenogaster splendida Roger, 1859
 * Aphaenogaster subterraneoides Emery, 1881
 * Aphaenogaster syriaca Emery, 1908
 * Aphaenogaster syriaca schmitzi Forel, 1910

B

 * Bondroitia saharensis (Santschi, 1923)


 * Bothriomyrmex syrius Forel, 1910

C

 * Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)


 * Camponotus baldaccii Emery, 1908


 * Camponotus cilicicus Emery, 1908


 * Camponotus dalmaticus (Nylander, 1849)
 * Camponotus fellah Dalla Torre, 1893
 * Camponotus festai Emery, 1894
 * Camponotus gestroi Emery, 1878


 * Camponotus interjectus Mayr, 1877
 * Camponotus jaliensis Dalla Torre, 1893


 * Camponotus kefir Ionescu, 2010


 * Camponotus kugleri Ionescu, 2010


 * Camponotus kurdistanicus Emery, 1898
 * Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1792)
 * Camponotus libanicus André, 1881


 * Camponotus nadimi Tohme, 1969
 * Camponotus rebeccae Forel, 1913
 * Camponotus sanctus Forel, 1904


 * Camponotus sannini Tohme & Tohme, 1999
 * Camponotus sericeus (Fabricius, 1798)


 * Camponotus sinaiticus Ionescu, 2009
 * Camponotus truncatus (Spinola, 1808)


 * Camponotus turkestanus André, 1882


 * Camponotus vogti Forel, 1904


 * Camponotus xerxes Forel, 1904
 * Cardiocondyla batesii Forel, 1894


 * Cardiocondyla bicoronata Seifert, 2003
 * Cardiocondyla elegans Emery, 1869
 * Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881
 * Cardiocondyla gallilaeica Seifert, 2003
 * Cardiocondyla israelica Seifert, 2003
 * Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel, 1890
 * Cardiocondyla nigra Forel, 1905
 * Cardiocondyla nuda Mayr, 1866


 * Cardiocondyla obscurior Wheeler, W.M., 1929


 * Cardiocondyla persiana Seifert, 2003
 * Cardiocondyla sahlbergi Forel, 1913
 * Cardiocondyla wroughtonii (Forel, 1890)


 * Cataglyphis acutinodis Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
 * Cataglyphis albicans (Roger, 1858)
 * Cataglyphis altisquamis (André, 1881)
 * Cataglyphis bicolor (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Cataglyphis bombycina (Roger, 1859)


 * Cataglyphis bombycina sinaitica Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1916


 * Cataglyphis emmae (Forel, 1909)
 * Cataglyphis frigida (André, 1881)
 * Cataglyphis holgerseni Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
 * Cataglyphis isis (Forel, 1913)
 * Cataglyphis livida (André, 1881)
 * Cataglyphis nigra (André, 1881)
 * Cataglyphis noda (Brulle, 1833)


 * Cataglyphis rubra (Forel, 1903)
 * Cataglyphis sabulosa Kugler J., 1981


 * Cataglyphis savignyi (Dufour, 1862)
 * Cataglyphis viaticoides (André, 1881)
 * Cerapachys longitarsus (Mayr, 1879)
 * Cerapachys piochardi (Emery, 1882)
 * Crematogaster antaris Forel, 1894


 * Crematogaster auberti Emery, 1869


 * Crematogaster auberti nigripes Menozzi, 1940
 * Crematogaster inermis Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster inermis armatula Emery, 1926
 * Crematogaster ionia Forel, 1911
 * Crematogaster jehovae Forel, 1907
 * Crematogaster jehovae mosis Forel, 1909
 * Crematogaster lorteti Forel, 1910
 * Crematogaster nigriceps Emery, 1897
 * Crematogaster scutellaris Olivier, 1792
 * Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)
 * Crematogaster warburgi Menozzi, 1933

D

 * Diplomorium species ISR1 unknown species
 * Dorylus fulvus punicus Santschi, 1926


 * Dorylus fulvus ruficeps Santschi, 1926

E

 * Emeryopone loebli (Baroni Urbani, 1975)

F

 * Formica clara Forel, 1886

G

 * Goniomma species ISR1 unknown species

H

 * Hypoponera abeillei (André, 1881)
 * Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)
 * Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)


 * Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894)

L

 * Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850)
 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)
 * Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792)


 * Lasius lasioides (Emery, 1869)


 * Lasius tebessae Seifert, 1992
 * Lepisiota bipartita (Smith, F., 1861)


 * Lepisiota canescens (Emery, 1897)


 * Lepisiota dolabellae (Forel, 1911)


 * Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mayr, 1855)


 * Lepisiota frauenfeldi aegyptiaca (Finzi, 1936)


 * Lepisiota gracilicornis (Forel, 1892)


 * Lepisiota obtusa (Emery, 1901)
 * Lepisiota opaciventris (Finzi, 1936)


 * Lepisiota splendens Karavaiev, 1912


 * Lepisiota syriaca (André, 1881)
 * Lepisiota species ISR1 unknown species


 * Lepisiota species ISR2 unknown species
 * Leptanilla bifurcata Kugler, J., 1987
 * Leptanilla israelis Kugler, J., 1987
 * Leptanilla judaica Kugler, J., 1987


 * Leptanilla tanit Santschi, 1907
 * Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)
 * Lophomyrmex quadrispinosus (Jerdon, 1851

M

 * Messor aegyptiacus (Emery, 1878)
 * Messor aegyptiacus felah Santschi, 1923
 * Messor alexandri Tohme & Tohme, 1981
 * Messor arenarius (Fabricius, 1787)
 * Messor arenarius ratus Menozzi, 1933
 * Messor dentatus Santschi, 1927


 * Messor denticulatus Santschi, 1927
 * Messor ebeninus Santschi, 1927
 * Messor hebraeus Santschi, 1927


 * Messor instabilis (Smith, F., 1858)
 * Messor intermedius Santschi, 1927


 * Messor maculifrons Santschi, 1927
 * Messor meridionalis (André, 1883)


 * Messor minor (André, 1883)
 * Messor orientalis (Emery, 1898)
 * Messor rufotestaceus (Foerster, 1850)


 * Messor rugosus (André, 1881)
 * Messor rugosus bodenheimeri Menozzi, 1933
 * Messor semirufus (André, 1883)
 * Messor semirufus emeryi Santschi, 1927


 * Messor structor (Latreille, 1798)
 * Messor sultanus Santschi, 1917
 * Messor syriacus Tohme,G., 1969


 * Messor wasmanni Krausse, 1910
 * Monomorium abeillei André, 1881
 * Monomorium advena Brown & Wilson, 1957
 * Monomorium atomum aharonii Menozzi, 1933


 * Monomorium baal Wheeler, W.M., & Mann, 1916
 * Monomorium barbatulum Mayr, 1877
 * Monomorium bicolor judaicum Menozzi, 1933
 * Monomorium bodenheimeri Menozzi, 1929
 * Monomorium clavicorne André, 1881
 * Monomorium dentigerum (Roger, 1862)
 * Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Monomorium grassei (Tohme & Tohme, 1980)
 * Monomorium lameerei (Forel, 1902)
 * Monomorium mayri Forel, 1902
 * Monomorium monomorium (Bolton, 1987)
 * Monomorium niloticum Emery, 1881


 * Monomorium niloticum niloticoides Forel, 1910
 * Monomorium pallidum Donisthorpe, 1918
 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Monomorium phoenicum Santschi, 1927
 * Monomorium sahlbergi Emery, 1898
 * Monomorium salomonis (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Monomorium sommieri Emery, 1908
 * Monomorium subopacum (Smith, 1858)
 * Monomorium subopacum ebraicum Menozzi, 1933
 * Monomorium venustum Smith, 1858
 * Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)

N

 * Nesomyrmex angulatus Mayr, 1862


 * Nylanderia jaegerskioeldi (Mayr, 1904)


 * Nylanderia sindbadi (Pisarski, 1960)

O

 * Oxyopomyrmex oculatus André, 1881

P

 * Pachycondyla darwinii (Forel,1893)


 * Pachycondyla testacea Bernard, 1953
 * Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)
 * Pheidole jordanica Saulcy, 1874


 * Pheidole minuscula Bernard, 1953
 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)


 * Pheidole pallidula recticeps Menozzi, 1932
 * Pheidole sinaitica Mayr, 1862
 * Pheidole teneriffana Forel, 1893
 * Plagiolepis ancyrensis Santschi, 1920
 * Plagiolepis pallescens Forel, 1889


 * Plagiolepis pallescens isis Santschi, 1938


 * Plagiolepis pygmaea Latreille, 1798
 * Polyrhachis lacteipennis Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis simplex (Mayr, 1862)
 * Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)
 * Proceratium arnoldi Forel, 1913
 * Proceratium galilaeum De Andrade, 2003
 * Proceratium melinum (Roger, 1860)

R

 * Rhoptromyrmex schmitzi (Forel, 1910)
 * Rhoptromyrmex species ISR1 unknown species

S

 * Solenopsis dentata Collingwood & Kugler J., 1994
 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)


 * Solenopsis latro Forel, 1894


 * Solenopsis monticola Bernard, 1950
 * Solenopsis orbula (Emery, 1875)


 * Solenopsis orbula terniensis Forel, 1905
 * Solenopsis santschii Forel, 1905
 * Solenopsis species ISR1 unknown species
 * Solenopsis species ISR2 unknown species
 * Solenopsis species ISR3 unknown species


 * Stenamma lippulum (Nylander, 1849)
 * Stenamma species ISR1 unknown species
 * Stigmatomma denticulatum Roger, 1859
 * Stigmatomma normandi Santschi, 1915
 * Stigmatomma ophthalmicum (Baroni Urbani, 1978)
 * Strongylognathus palaestinensis Menozzi, 1933


 * Strumigenys argiola (Emery, 1869)
 * Strumigenys membranifera (Emery, 1869)

T

 * Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)
 * Tapinoma israele Forel, 1904
 * Temnothorax arenarius Santschi, 1908


 * Temnothorax bulgaricus (Forel, 1892)


 * Temnothorax bulgaricus aeolius Forel, 1911
 * Temnothorax flavispinus (André, 1881)


 * Temnothorax luteus (Forel, 1874)
 * Temnothorax niger (Forel, 1894)
 * Temnothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856)
 * Temnothorax rottenbergii jesus (Forel, 1913)
 * Temnothorax semiruber (André, 1881)
 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846)
 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Tetramorium davidi Forel, 1911
 * Tetramorium delagoense Forel, 1894
 * Tetramorium depressiceps Menozzi, 1933
 * Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870
 * Tetramorium lucidulum Menozzi, 1933
 * Tetramorium meridionale Emery, 1870


 * Tetramorium persignatum Bolton, 1995
 * Tetramorium punicum(Smith, F., 1861)
 * Tetramorium sahlbergi Finzi, 1936
 * Tetramorium schmidti Forel, 1904
 * Tetramorium semilaeve judas Wheeler W. M. & Mann, 1916
 * Tetramorium signatum Emery, 1895
 * Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, F., 1851)
 * Tetramorium species ISR1 unknown species
 * Tetramorium species ISR2 unknown species
 * Tetramorium striativentre Mayr, 1877
 * Tetramorium syriacum Emery,1922


 * Tetramorium taueret Bolton, 1995


 * Tetraponera ambigua (Emery, 1895)

W

 * Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863)

Y

 * Yavnella argamani Kugler J., 1987

Uncertain species
The following species was thought to have been described from Israel but its true identity and type locality are currently uncertain.
 * Formica schardj Forskål, 1775