Afghanistan

The following 22 valid genera and 77 valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Afghanistan. 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 Afghanistan ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Afghanistan Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

Aenictus

 * Aenictus sagei Forel, 1901

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster haarlovi Collingwood, 1961


 * Aphaenogaster rhaphidiiceps (Mayr, 1877)


 * Aphaenogaster smythiesii (Forel, 1902)

Camponotus

 * Camponotus fedtschenkoi Mayr, 1880


 * Camponotus interjectus Mayr, 1877


 * Camponotus oasium Forel, 1890


 * Camponotus sanctus Forel, 1904


 * Camponotus turkestanicus Emery, 1887


 * Camponotus turkestanus Andre, 1881

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla brachyceps Seifert, 2003


 * Cardiocondyla kushanica Pisarski, 1967


 * Cardiocondyla nuda (Mayr, 1866)


 * Cardiocondyla ulianini Emery, 1889

Carebara

 * Carebara afghana Pisarski, 1970

Cataglyphis

 * Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849)


 * Cataglyphis albicans (Roger, 1859)


 * Cataglyphis bergiana Arnol'di, 1964


 * Cataglyphis bucharica Emery, 1925


 * Cataglyphis cinnamomea (Karavaiev, 1910)


 * Cataglyphis emeryi Karawaiev, 1909


 * Cataglyphis longipedem (Eichwald, 1841)


 * Cataglyphis pallida Mayr, 1877

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster afghanica Pisarski, 1967


 * Crematogaster hezaradjatica Pisarski, 1967


 * Crematogaster moqorensis Pisarski, 1967


 * Crematogaster subdentata Mayr, 1877

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus moggridgei Forel, 1886

Formica

 * Formica clara Forel, 1884


 * Formica orangea Seiffert & Schultz, 2009


 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798


 * Formica subpilosa Ruzsky, 1902

Lasius

 * Lasius carniolicus Mayr, 1861


 * Lasius flavescens Forel, 1903


 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Lasius rabaudi (Bondroit, 1918)

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mayr, 1855)


 * Lepisiota frauenfeldi integra (Forel, 1894)


 * Lepisiota kabulica Pisarski, 1967


 * Lepisiota sericea (Forel, 1892)

Messor

 * Messor aphaenogasteroides Pisarski, 1967


 * Messor himalayanus (Forel, 1902)


 * Messor meridionalis (André, 1883)


 * Messor orientalis (Emery, 1898)


 * Messor reticuliventris Karawaiev, 1910


 * Messor semirufus (André, 1883)

Monomorium

 * Monomorium abeillei Adnre, 1881


 * Monomorium barbatulum Mayr, 1877


 * Monomorium flavum Collingwood, 1961


 * Monomorium indicum Forel, 1902


 * Monomorium indicum kusnezowi Santschi, 1928


 * Monomorium lindbergi 	Pisarski, 1967


 * Monomorium nengraharicum Pisarski, 1970


 * Monomorium pallidum Donisthorpe, 1918


 * Monomorium sagei Forel, 1902

Myrmica

 * Myrmica afghanica Radchenko & Elmes, 2003


 * Myrmica aimonissabaudiae Menozzi, 1939


 * Myrmica rupestris Forel, 1902


 * Myrmica tenuispina Ruzsky, 1905


 * Myrmica tibetana Mayr, 1889

Pheidole

 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis pygmaea Latreille, 1798

Polyrhachis

 * Polyrhachis lacteipennis Smith, 1858

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)


 * Solenopsis jalalabadica Pisarski, 1970


 * Solenopsis knuti Pisarski, 1967

Strongylognathus

 * Strongylognathus kabakovi Radchenko & Dubovikoff, 2011

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma karavaievi Emery, 1925


 * Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Tapinoma simrothi Krausse-Heldrungen, 1911

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax cornibrevis Collingwood, 1961


 * Temnothorax pallidus Collingwood, 1961

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium armatum Santschi, 1927


 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Tetramorium exile Csosz & Radchenko, 2007


 * Tetramorium kabulistanicum Pisarski, 1967


 * Tetramorium striativentre Mayr, 1877

Trichomyrmex

 * Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851)