Italy



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

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster balcanica (Emery, 1898)


 * Aphaenogaster campana 	Emery, 1878


 * Aphaenogaster epirotes (Emery, 1895)


 * Aphaenogaster finzii Muller, 1921


 * Aphaenogaster gibbosa fiorii 	Emery, 1915


 * Aphaenogaster inermita 	Bolton, 1995


 * Aphaenogaster italica 	Bondroit, 1918


 * Aphaenogaster muelleriana 	Wolf, 1915


 * Aphaenogaster ovaticeps 	Emery, 1898


 * Aphaenogaster pallida 	Nylander, 1849


 * Aphaenogaster picena 	Baroni Urbani, 1971


 * Aphaenogaster sardoa 	Mayr, 1853


 * Aphaenogaster semipolita 	Nylander, 1856


 * Aphaenogaster senilis 	Mayr, 1853


 * Aphaenogaster sicula 	Emery, 1908


 * Aphaenogaster spinosa Emery, 1878


 * Aphaenogaster spinosa etrusca 	Baroni Urbani, 1969


 * Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)


 * Aphaenogaster subterranea ichnusa Santschi, 1925

Bothriomyrmex

 * Bothriomyrmex communista Santschi, 1919


 * Bothriomyrmex corsicus 	Santschi, 1923


 * Bothriomyrmex costae 	Emery, 1869

Camponotus

 * Camponotus aethiops Mayr, 1855


 * Camponotus gestroi Emery, 1878


 * Camponotus herculeanus 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Camponotus lateralis 	Olivier, 1792


 * Camponotus piceus 	Leach, 1825


 * Camponotus pilicornis siculus Grandi, 1935


 * Camponotus tergestinus 	Müller, 1921


 * Camponotus truncatus 	Spinola, 1808


 * Camponotus universitatis Forel, 1890

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla elegans 	Emery, 1869

Cataglyphis

 * Cataglyphis italica 	Emery, 1906

Cataulacus

 * Cataulacus planiceps Emery, 1891 [fossil; Sicily]

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster schmidti 	Mayr, 1853


 * Crematogaster scutellaris 	Olivier, 1792


 * Crematogaster scutellaris nigra Krausse, 1912


 * Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)

Cryptopone

 * Cryptopone ochracea (Mayr, 1855)


 * Cryptopone ochracea sicula (Emery, 1909)

Dorylus

 * Dorylus helvolus 	Linnaeus, 1764

Formica

 * Formica aquilonia 	Yarrow, 1955


 * Formica cinerea 	Mayr, 1853


 * Formica clara Forel, 1886


 * Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798


 * Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846


 * Formica lemani 	Bondroit, 1917


 * Formica lugubris 	Zetterstedt, 1838


 * Formica picea 	Nylander, 1846


 * Formica polyctena 	Foerster, 1850


 * Formica pratensis 	Retzius, 1783


 * Formica rufa 	Linnaeus, 1761


 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793

Formicoxenus

 * Formicoxenus nitidulus 	Nylander, 1846

Harpagoxenus

 * Harpagoxenus sublaevis 	Nylander, 1849

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera abeillei (André, 1881)


 * Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)


 * Hypoponera punctatissima 	(Roger, 1857)


 * Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894)

Lasius

 * Lasius alienus 	Foerster, 1850


 * Lasius bicornis 	Foerster, 1850


 * Lasius brunneus 	Latreille, 1798


 * Lasius citrinus 	Emery, 1922


 * Lasius distinguendus 	Emery, 1916


 * Lasius emarginatus 	Olivier, 1792


 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius lasioides 	Emery, 1869


 * Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota nigra 	Dalla Torre, 1893

Leptanilla

 * Leptanilla doderoi Emery, 1915


 * Leptanilla poggii 	Mei, 1995


 * Leptanilla revelierii Emery, 1870

Manica

 * Manica rubida (Latreille, 1802)

Messor

 * Messor capitatus 	Latreille, 1798


 * Messor minor André, 1883


 * Messor minor calabricus 	Santschi, 1927


 * Messor minor capreensis Santschi, 1927


 * Messor semirufus (André, 1883)


 * Messor structor 	Latreille, 1798


 * Messor wasmanni Krausse, 1910

Monomorium

 * Monomorium monomorium 	Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium subopacum 	Smith, F., 1858

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina graminicola 	Latreille, 1802


 * Myrmecina melloni 	Rigato, 1999


 * Myrmecina sicula André, 1882

Myrmica

 * Myrmica constricta 	Karavaiev, 1934


 * Myrmica hellenica Forel, 1913


 * Myrmica karavajevi 	(Arnol’di, 1930)


 * Myrmica laurae 	Emery, 1907


 * Myrmica lobicornis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica lobulicornis Nylander, 1857


 * Myrmica obscura Finzi, 1926


 * Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica schencki 	Viereck, 1903


 * Myrmica siciliana Radchenko, Elmes & Alicata, 2006


 * Myrmica specioides 	Bondroit, 1918


 * Myrmica spinosior Santschi, 1931


 * Myrmica tulinae Elmes, Radchenko & Aktaç, 2002

Oxyopomyrmex

 * Oxyopomyrmex santschii Forel, 1904


 * Oxyopomyrmex saulcyi Emery, 1889

Pheidole

 * Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Pheidole pallidula Nylander, 1849


 * Pheidole pallidula obscura Santschi, 1936

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis pygmaea 	(Latreille, 1798)


 * Plagiolepis xene 	Stärcke, 1936

Polyergus

 * Polyergus rufescens Latreille, 1798

Ponera

 * Ponera coarctata 	Latreille, 1802


 * Ponera testacea 	Emery, 1895

Proceratium

 * Proceratium algiricum 	Forel, 1899

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)


 * Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)


 * Solenopsis latro sicula Emery, 1915

Stenamma

 * Stenamma debile (Foerster, 1850)


 * Stenamma petiolatum 	Emery, 1897


 * Stenamma sardoum Emery, 1915


 * Stenamma siculum Rigato, 2011


 * Stenamma striatulum 	Emery, 1895


 * Stenamma zanoni Rigato, 2011

Stigmatomma

 * Stigmatomma impressifrons 	(Emery, 1869)

Strongylognathus

 * Strongylognathus alboini 	Finzi, 1924


 * Strongylognathus destefanii 	Emery, 1915


 * Strongylognathus huberi 	Forel, 1874


 * Strongylognathus huberi dalmaticus Baroni Urbani, 1969


 * Strongylognathus insularis 	Baroni Urbani, 1968


 * Strongylognathus italicus 	Finzi, 1924


 * Strongylognathus pisarskii 	Poldi, 1994

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys argiola 	Emery, 1869


 * Strumigenys baudueri 	Emery, 1875


 * Strumigenys membranifera 	Emery, 1869


 * Strumigenys tenuipilis 	Emery, 1915

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma erraticum 	Latreille, 1798


 * Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895


 * Tapinoma nigerrimum Nylander, 1856


 * Tapinoma simrothi Krausse, 1911

Technomyrmex

 * Technomyrmex elatior Forel, 1902

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax affinis 	Mayr, 1855


 * Temnothorax albipennis (Curtis, 1854)


 * Temnothorax alienus Schulz, Heinze & Pusch, 2007


 * Temnothorax exilis 	Emery, 1869


 * Temnothorax finzii 	Menozzi, 1925


 * Temnothorax flavicornis 	Emery, 1870


 * Temnothorax gordiagini (Ruzsky, 1902)


 * Temnothorax italicus 	Consani, 1952


 * Temnothorax kraussei (Emery, 1915)


 * Temnothorax laestrygon Santschi, 1931


 * Temnothorax lagrecai 	Baroni Urbani, 1964


 * Temnothorax leviceps 	Emery, 1898


 * Temnothorax lichtensteini Bondroit, 1918


 * Temnothorax mediterraneus Ward et al., 2014


 * Temnothorax minozzii 	Santschi, 1922


 * Temnothorax muellerianus (Finzi, 1922)


 * Temnothorax pelagosanus 	Müller, 1923


 * Temnothorax ravouxi (André, 1896)


 * Temnothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856)


 * Temnothorax rottenbergii Emery, 1870


 * Temnothorax sardous (Santschi, 1909)


 * Temnothorax saxatilis Schulz, Heinze & Pusch, 2007


 * Temnothorax sordidulus (Müller, 1923)


 * Temnothorax specularis 	Emery, 1916


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus 	Latreille, 1798

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)


 * Tetramorium brevicorne Bondroit, 1918


 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Tetramorium diomedeum 	Emery, 1908


 * Tetramorium impurum 	Foerster, 1850


 * Tetramorium meridionale 	Emery, 1870


 * Tetramorium pelagium 	Poldi, 1995


 * Tetramorium punctatum Santschi, 1927


 * Tetramorium sanetrai Schulz & Csosz, 2007


 * Tetramorium semilaeve André, 1883


 * Tetramorium semilaeve italicum 	Menozzi, 1932

Uncertain species
The following species were described from Italy but their true identities are currently unknown.
 * Formica didyma Fabricius, 1782
 * Formica quadrinotata Losana, 1834