Montenegro

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

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster epirotes Emery, 1895


 * Aphaenogaster finzii Muller, 1921


 * Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latreille, 1798)


 * Aphaenogaster lesbica Forel, 1913


 * Aphaenogaster muelleriana Wolf, 1914


 * Aphaenogaster obsidiana (Mayr, 1861)


 * Aphaenogaster sicula Emery, 1908


 * Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)


 * Aphaenogaster subterraneoides Emery, 1881

Bothriomyrmex

 * Bothriomyrmex communistus Santschi, 1919


 * Bothriomyrmex corsicus Santschi, 1923


 * Bothriomyrmex meridionalis (Roger, 1863)


 * Bothriomyrmex syria Forel, 1910

Camponotus

 * Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)


 * Camponotus dalmaticus (Nylander, 1849)


 * Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1856)


 * Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1791)


 * Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)


 * Camponotus oertzeni Forel, 1888


 * Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)


 * Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla elegans Emery, 1869

Cataglyphis

 * Cataglyphis nodus (Brullé, 1833)


 * Cataglyphis viatica (Fabricius, 1787)

Colobopsis

 * Colobopsis truncata (Spinola, 1808)

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster auberti Emery, 1869


 * Crematogaster auberti savinae Zimmermann, 1934


 * Crematogaster gordani Karaman, 2008


 * Crematogaster ionia Emery, 1870


 * Crematogaster jehovae Forel, 1907


 * Crematogaster lorteti Forel, 1910


 * Crematogaster montenigrina Karaman, 2008


 * Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1791)


 * Crematogaster schmidti (Mayr, 1852)


 * Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Formica

 * Formica aquilonia 	Yarrow, 1955


 * Formica cinerea


 * Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798


 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758


 * Formica gagates Latreille, 1798


 * Formica gagatoides Ruzsky, 1904


 * Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917


 * Formica lugubris 	Zetterstedt, 1838


 * Formica polyctena 	Foerster, 1850


 * Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783


 * Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761


 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)

Lasius

 * Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1852)


 * Lasius distinguendus Emery, 1916


 * Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1791)


 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1781


 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius jensi Seifert, 1982


 * Lasius lasioides Emery, 1869


 * Lasius myops Forel, 1894


 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Lasius paralienus Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991


 * Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)

Leptothorax

 * Leptothorax gredleri Mayr, 1855


 * Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mayr, 1855)


 * Lepisiota nigra Emery, 1893

Linepithema

 * Linepithema humile Mayr, 1868

Liometopum

 * Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)

Manica

 * Manica rubida (Latreille, 1802)

Messor

 * Messor aralocaspius (Ruzsky, 1902)
 * Messor capitatus (Latreille, 1798)
 * Messor ebeninus Santschi, 1927
 * Messor meridionalis André, 1883
 * Messor laboriosus Santschi, 1927
 * Messor minor André, 1883
 * Messor structor (Latreille, 1798)
 * Messor wasmanni Krause, 1910

Monomorium

 * Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)

Myrmica

 * Myrmica hellenica Forel, 1913


 * Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861


 * Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica schencki Viereck, 1903


 * Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918


 * Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846

Pheidole

 * Pheidole balcanica Seifert, 2016
 * Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798)
 * Plagiolepis taurica Santschi, 1920
 * Plagiolepis xene Staercke, 1936

Ponera

 * Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)
 * Ponera testacea Emery, 1895

Prenolepis

 * Prenolepis nitens (Mayr, 1852)

Proceratium

 * Proceratium melinum (Roger, 1860)

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)

Stenamma

 * Stenamma debile (Foerster, 1850)

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys baudueri (Emery, 1875)

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)
 * Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895
 * Tapinoma nigerrimum (Nylander, 1856)
 * Tapinoma simrothi Krausse, 1911

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax affinis Mayr, 1855
 * Temnothorax crassispinus Karawajew, 1926
 * Temnothorax exilis Emery, 1869
 * Temnothorax flavicornis (Emery, 1870)
 * Temnothorax gordiagini (Ruzsky, 1902)
 * Temnothorax interruptus (Shenck, 1852)
 * Temnothorax lichtensteini Bondroit, 1918
 * Temnothorax mediterraneus Ward et al., 2014
 * Temnothorax nigriceps Mayr, 1855
 * Temnothorax nylanderi (Foerster, 1850)
 * Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)
 * Temnothorax racovitzai Bondroit, 1918
 * Temnothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856)
 * Temnothorax sordidulus (Muller, 1923)
 * Temnothorax tergestinus (Finzi, 1928)
 * Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846)
 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Tetramorium diomedeum Emery, 1908
 * Tetramorium ferox Ruzsky, 1903
 * Tetramorium impurum (Foerster, 1850)
 * Tetramorium lucidulum Emery, 1909
 * Tetramorium moravicum Kratochvíl, 1944