Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea



Gary D. Alpert: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

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

A

 * Aphaenogaster famelica 	Smith, F., 1874


 * Aphaenogaster japonica  	Forel, 1911

C

 * Camponotus atrox  	Emery, 1925


 * Camponotus itoi Forel, 1912


 * Camponotus japonicus  	Mayr, 1866


 * Camponotus nipponensis  	Santschi, 1937


 * Camponotus obscuripes  	Mayr, 1879


 * Camponotus quadrinotatus  	Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus sachalinensis  	Forel, 1904


 * Camponotus saxatilis  	Ruzsky, 1895


 * Crematogaster matsumurai  	Forel, 1901


 * Crematogaster osakensis  	Forel, 1900


 * Cryptopone sauteri  	Wheeler, W.M., 1906

D

 * Dolichoderus sibiricus  	Emery, 1889

F

 * Formica aquilonia  	Yarrow, 1955


 * Formica candida 	Smith, F., 1878


 * Formica japonica  	Motschoulsky, 1866


 * Formica kupyanskayae  	Bolton, 1995


 * Formica lemani  	Bondroit, 1917


 * Formica lugubris  	Zetterstedt, 1838


 * Formica sanguinea  	Latreille, 1798


 * Formica truncorum 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Formica uralensis  	Ruzsky, 1895


 * Formica yessensis  	Wheeler, W.M., 1913

H

 * Hypoponera sauteri  	Onoyama, 1989

L

 * Lasius citrinus  	Emery, 1922


 * Lasius distinguendus  	Emery, 1916


 * Lasius flavus  	Fabricius, 1782


 * Lasius fuji 	Radchenko, 2005


 * Lasius jensi 	Seifert, 1982


 * Lasius hayashi  	Yamauchi & Hayashida, 1970


 * Lasius japonicus  	Santschi, 1941


 * Lasius koreanus  	Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius meridionalis  	Bondroit, 1920


 * Lasius mixtus  	Nylander, 1846


 * Lasius morisitai 	Yamauchi, 1979


 * Lasius myops  	Forel, 1894


 * 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


 * Leptothorax oceanicus  	Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928


 * Linepithema humile 	Mayr, 1868


 * Liometopum orientale  	Karavaiev, 1927

M

 * Messor aciculatus 	Smith, F., 1874


 * Monomorium pharaonis  	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Myrmecina flava  	Terayama, 1985


 * Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)


 * Myrmecina nipponica  	Wheeler, W.M., 1906


 * Myrmica ademonia  	Bolton, 1995


 * Myrmica angulinodis  	Ruzsky, 1905


 * Myrmica eidmanni  	Menozzi, 1930


 * Myrmica excelsa  	Kupyanskaya, 1990


 * Myrmica jessensis  	Forel, 1901


 * Myrmica kamtschatica  Kupyanskaya, 1986


 * Myrmica kasczenkoi Ruzsky, 1905


 * Myrmica koreana  	Elmes, Radchenko & Kim, 2001


 * Myrmica kotokui  	Forel, 1911


 * Myrmica kurokii 	Forel, 1907


 * Myrmica luteola  	Kupyanskaya, 1990


 * Myrmica ruginodis  	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica silvestrii Wheeler, W.M., 1928


 * Myrmica sulcinodis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica taediosa  	Bolton, 1995

N

 * Nylanderia flavipes (Smith, F., 1874)


 * Nylanderia sakurae Ito, 1914


 * Nylanderia sauteri Forel, 1913

P

 * Pachycondyla astuta 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Pachycondyla chinensis  	Emery, 1895


 * Pachycondyla pilosior Wheeler, W.M., 1928


 * Paratrechina flavipes  	Smith, F., 1874


 * Paratrechina sauteri  	Forel, 1913


 * Pheidole fervida 	Smith, F., 1874


 * Pheidole pieli Santschi, 1925


 * Plagiolepis flavescens  Collingwood, 1976


 * Plagiolepis mandzurica Ruzsky, 1905


 * 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


 * Pristomyrmex punctatus  	Smith, F., 1860


 * Pristomyrmex pungens Mayr, 1886


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


 * Proformica mongolica  	Emery, 1901

S

 * Solenopsis japonica  	Wheeler, W.M., 1928


 * Stenamma owstoni  	Wheeler, W.M., 1906


 * Stenamma ussuriense  	Arnol’di, 1975


 * Strongylognathus koreanus  	Pisarski, 1966


 * Strumigenys lewisi  	Cameron, 1886

T

 * Tapinoma sinense  Emery, 1925


 * Tapinoma wroughtoni Forel, 1904


 * Technomyrmex albipes 	(Smith, F., 1861)


 * Technomyrmex gibbosus  	Wheeler, W.M., 1906


 * Temnothorax aveli Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009


 * Temnothorax congruus  Smith, F., 1874


 * Temnothorax cuneinodis  Radchenko, 2004


 * Temnothorax eburneipes  Wheeler, W.M., 1927


 * Temnothorax kaszabi  	Pisarski, 1969


 * Temnothorax koreanus (Teranishi, 1940)


 * Temnothorax michali  	Radchenko, 2004


 * Temnothorax mongolicus  Pisarski, 1969


 * Temnothorax nassonowi  Ruzsky, 1895


 * Temnothorax pisarskii  Radchenko, 2004


 * Temnothorax serviculus (Ruzsky, 1902)


 * Temnothorax xanthos  	Radchenko, 2004


 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Tetramorium tsushimae  Emery, 1925


 * Tetraponera modesta  	Smith, F., 1860

V

 * Vollenhovia emeryi 	Wheeler, W.M., 1906