Russian Federation

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

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latreille, 1798)


 * Aphaenogaster januschevi 	Arnol’di, 1976


 * Aphaenogaster kurdica 	Ruzsky, 1905


 * Aphaenogaster obsidiana 	Mayr, 1861


 * Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)

Bothriomyrmex

 * Bothriomyrmex anastasiae 	Dubovikoff, 2002


 * Bothriomyrmex modestus Radchenko, 1985

Camponotus

 * Camponotus aethiops 	Latreille, 1798


 * Camponotus atricolor (Nylander, 1849)


 * Camponotus buddhae 	Forel, 1892


 * Camponotus fallax 	Nylander, 1856


 * Camponotus fedtschenkoi 	Mayr, 1877


 * Camponotus herculeanus 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Camponotus japonicus 	Mayr, 1866


 * Camponotus kopetdaghensis 	Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985


 * Camponotus kurdistanicus 	Emery, 1898


 * Camponotus lameerei 	Emery, 1898


 * Camponotus lateralis (Oliver, 1791)


 * Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)


 * Camponotus obscuripes 	Mayr, 1879


 * Camponotus oertzeni 	Forel, 1889


 * Camponotus piceus 	Leach, 1825


 * Camponotus quadrinotatus 	Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus sachalinensis 	Forel, 1904


 * Camponotus saxatilis 	Ruzsky, 1895


 * Camponotus turkestanus 	André, 1882


 * Camponotus vagus 	Scopoli, 1763

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla elegans 	Emery, 1869


 * Cardiocondyla koshewnikovi 	Ruzsky, 1902


 * Cardiocondyla ulianini 	Emery, 1889

Casaleia

 * Casaleia inversa 	Dlussky, 1981

Cataglyphis

 * Cataglyphis aenescens 	Nylander, 1849


 * Cataglyphis cinnamomea 	Karavaiev, 1910


 * Cataglyphis emeryi 	Karavaiev, 1911


 * Cataglyphis foreli 	Ruzsky, 1903


 * Cataglyphis gracilens 	Santschi, 1929

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)


 * Crematogaster subdentata Mayr, 1877

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)


 * Dolichoderus sibiricus 	Emery, 1889


 * Dolichoderus tauricus 	Dlussky, 1981 (fossil)

Formica

 * Formica aquilonia 	Yarrow, 1955


 * Formica candida 	Smith, F., 1878


 * Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853


 * Formica cinerea cinereoimitans 	Ruzsky, 1905


 * Formica clara 	Forel, 1886


 * Formica clarissima Emery, 1925


 * Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798


 * Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846


 * Formica foreli Emery, 1909


 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758


 * Formica fusca hyrcana 	Arnol’di, 1968


 * Formica fuscocinerea Forel, 1874


 * Formica gagatoides 	Ruzsky, 1904


 * Formica glauca Ruzsky, 1896


 * Formica kupyanskayae 	Bolton, 1995


 * Formica lemani 	Bondroit, 1917


 * Formica lugubris 	Zetterstedt, 1838


 * Formica martynovi 	Popov, 1933 (fossil)


 * Formica mesasiatica 	Dlussky, 1964


 * Formica polyctena 	Foerster, 1850


 * Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783


 * Formica pratensis nuda 	Ruzsky, 1926


 * Formica pressilabris Nylander, 1846


 * Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761


 * Formica rufa brevisetosa Ruzsky, 1926


 * Formica rufa constricta 	Karavaiev, 1929


 * Formica rufa rufobrevisetosa Ruzsky, 1926


 * Formica rufa tshugunovi Ruzsky, 1914


 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793


 * Formica rufibarbis clarorufibarbis 	Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1916


 * Formica rufibarbis subpilosorufibarbis Ruzsky, 1905


 * Formica sanguinea 	Latreille, 1798


 * Formica subpilosa Ruzsky, 1902


 * Formica truncorum 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Formica uralensis 	Ruzsky, 1895


 * Formica yessensis 	Wheeler, W.M., 1913

Formicoxenus

 * Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846)


 * Formicoxenus sibiricus 	Forel, 1899

Harpagoxenus

 * Harpagoxenus sublaevis (Nylander, 1849)

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera punctatissima 	(Roger, 1859)

Lasius

 * Lasius alienus (Forster, 1850)


 * Lasius bicornis (Forster, 1850)


 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius brunneus emarginatobrunneus 	Ruzsky, 1902


 * Lasius capitatus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927


 * Lasius carniolicus 	Mayr, 1861


 * Lasius citrinus 	Emery, 1922


 * Lasius distinguendus 	Emery, 1916


 * Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792)


 * Lasius flavus 	Fabricius, 1782


 * Lasius fuji 	Radchenko, 2005


 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius hayashi 	Yamauchi & Hayashida, 1970


 * Lasius jensi Seifert, 1982


 * Lasius longiceps 	Seifert, 1988


 * Lasius meridionalis Bondroti, 1920


 * Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)


 * Lasius morisitai 	Yamauchi, 1979


 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Lasius niger pinetorum 	Ruzsky, 1907


 * Lasius nigrescens 	Stitz, 1930


 * Lasius nipponensis 	Forel, 1912


 * Lasius orientalis 	Karavaiev, 1912


 * Lasius paralienus Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991


 * Lasius psammophilus Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius spathepus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1910


 * Lasius tertiarius 	Zalessky, 1949 (fossil)


 * Lasius umbratus 	Nylander, 1846


 * Lasius vetulus 	Dlussky, 1981 (fossil)

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota semenovi 	Ruzsky, 1905

Leptothorax

 * Leptothorax acervorum 	Fabricius, 1793


 * Leptothorax gredleri Mayr, 1865


 * Leptothorax kutteri (Buschinger, 1966)


 * Leptothorax muscorum 	Nylander, 1846


 * Leptothorax oceanicus 	Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928

Liometopum

 * Liometopum orientale 	Karavaiev, 1927


 * Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)

Messor

 * Messor aciculatus 	Smith, F., 1874


 * Messor aralocaspius 	Ruzsky, 1902


 * Messor caducus 	Victor, 1839


 * Messor denticulatus Santschi, 1927


 * Messor fraternus 	Ruzsky, 1905


 * Messor incorruptus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929


 * Messor rufus 	Santschi, 1923


 * Messor structor 	Latreille, 1798


 * Messor subgracilinodis 	Arnol’di, 1970

Monomorium

 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina graminicola 	Latreille, 1802


 * Myrmecina nipponica 	Wheeler, W.M., 1906

Myrmica

 * Myrmica ademonia 	Bolton, 1995


 * Myrmica angulinodis 	Ruzsky, 1905


 * Myrmica arnoldii 	Dlussky, 1963


 * Myrmica bergi 	Ruzsky, 1902


 * Myrmica bessarabicus Nasonov, 1888


 * Myrmica commarginata 	Ruzsky, 1905


 * Myrmica deplanata Emery, 1921


 * Myrmica displicentia 	Bolton, 1995


 * Myrmica divergens 	Karavaiev, 1931


 * Myrmica eidmanni 	Menozzi, 1930


 * Myrmica elbrusi Radchenko & Yusupov, 2012


 * Myrmica excelsa 	Kupyanskaya, 1990


 * Myrmica forcipata 	Karavaiev, 1931


 * Myrmica gallienii 	Bondroit, 1920


 * Myrmica hirsuta 	Elmes, 1978


 * Myrmica jennyae


 * Myrmica jessensis 	Forel, 1901


 * Myrmica kamtschatica 	Kupyanskaya, 1986


 * Myrmica karavajevi 	Arnol’di, 1930


 * Myrmica kasczenkoi 	Ruzsky, 1905


 * Myrmica kirghisorum 	Arnol’di, 1976


 * Myrmica koreana 	Elmes, Radchenko & Kim, 2001


 * Myrmica kotokui 	Forel, 1911


 * Myrmica kryzhanovskii 	Arnol’di, 1976


 * Myrmica kurokii 	Forel, 1907


 * Myrmica lobicornis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica lonae Finzi, 1926


 * Myrmica luteola 	Kupyanskaya, 1990


 * Myrmica orthostyla 	Arnol’di, 1976


 * Myrmica pisarskii 	Radchenko, 1994


 * Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Myrmica ruginodis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica rugulosa 	Nylander, 1849


 * Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861


 * Myrmica salina 	Ruzsky, 1905


 * Myrmica saposhnikovi 	Ruzsky, 1904


 * Myrmica scabrinodis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica schencki 	Viereck, 1903


 * Myrmica slovaca Sadil, 1951


 * Myrmica stangeana 	Ruzsky, 1902


 * Myrmica sulcinodis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica transsibirica 	Radchenko, 1994


 * Myrmica tschekanovskii 	Radchenko, 1994


 * Myrmica zojae 	Radchenko, 1994

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia vividula (Nylander, 1846)

Pheidole

 * Pheidole fervida 	Smith, F., 1874


 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)


 * Pheidole pallidula koshewnikovi 	Ruzsky, 1905

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis taurica 	Santschi, 1920


 * Plagiolepis xene 	Stärcke, 1936

Polyergus

 * Polyergus nigerrimus 	Marikovsky, 1963


 * Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)


 * Polyergus samurai 	Yano, 1911

Ponera

 * Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)


 * Ponera japonica 	Wheeler, W.M., 1906

Proceratium

 * Proceratium melinum 	Roger, 1860

Proformica

 * Proformica coriacea 	Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927


 * Proformica epinotalis Kuznetsov-Ugamskyi, 1927


 * Proformica nitida 	Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1923


 * Proformica ossetica Dubovikov, 2005

Rhytidoponera

 * Rhytidoponera kirghizorum 	Dlussky, 1981

Rossomyrmex

 * Rossomyrmex proformicarum 	Arnol’di, 1928

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis fugax Latreille, 1798


 * Solenopsis juliae (Arakelian, 1991)


 * Solenopsis vorax 	Santschi, 1934

Stenamma

 * Stenamma debile (Forster, 1850)


 * Stenamma georgii 	Arnol’di, 1975


 * Stenamma hissarianum 	Arnol’di, 1975


 * Stenamma kurilense 	Arnol’di, 1975


 * Stenamma lippulum 	Nylander, 1849


 * Stenamma striatulum Emery, 1895


 * Stenamma ussuriense 	Arnol’di, 1975

Strongylognathus

 * Strongylognathus arnoldii 	Radchenko, 1985


 * Strongylognathus chelifer 	Radchenko, 1985


 * Strongylognathus christophi 	Emery, 1889


 * Strongylognathus karawajewi Pisarski, 1966


 * Strongylognathus testaceus (Schenck, 1852)

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma christophi Emery, 1925


 * Tapinoma erraticum 	Latreille, 1798


 * Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax affinis Mayr, 1855


 * Temnothorax alinae 	Radchenko, 1994


 * Temnothorax alpinus 	Ruzsky, 1902


 * Temnothorax congruus 	Smith, F., 1874


 * Temnothorax corticalis (Schenck, 1852)


 * Temnothorax crasecundus Seifert & Csősz, 2015


 * Temnothorax crassispinus Karavaiev, 1926


 * Temnothorax desertorum 	Dlussky & Soyunov, 1988


 * Temnothorax discoloratus 	Arnol’di, 1977


 * Temnothorax fumosus (Ruzsky, 1923)


 * Temnothorax gordiagini (Ruzsky, 1902)


 * Temnothorax kaszabi 	Pisarski, 1969


 * Temnothorax knipovitshi 	Karavaiev, 1916


 * Temnothorax kurilensis 	Radchenko, 1994


 * Temnothorax melnikovi Ruzsky, 1905


 * Temnothorax mongolicus 	Pisarski, 1969


 * Temnothorax nassanovi (Ruzsky, 1895)


 * Temnothorax nylanderi 	Foerster, 1850


 * Temnothorax pamiricus 	Ruzsky, 1902


 * Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)


 * Temnothorax semenovi Rusky, 1903


 * Temnothorax serviculus 	Ruzsky, 1902


 * Temnothorax shelkovnikovi (Karavaiev, 1926)


 * Temnothorax tauricus 	Ruzsky, 1902


 * Temnothorax tuberum 	Fabricius, 1775


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus 	Latreille, 1798


 * Temnothorax usunkul 	Ruzsky, 1924


 * Temnothorax volgensis 	Ruzsky, 1905


 * Temnothorax werneri (Radchenko, 1994) (Caucasus)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)


 * Tetramorium aegeum Radchenko, 1992


 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Tetramorium caespitum barabense 	Ruzsky, 1925


 * Tetramorium ferox Ruzsky, 1903


 * Tetramorium indocile Santschi, 1927


 * Tetramorium inquilinum Ward, Brady, Fisher & Schultz, 2014


 * Tetramorium semilaeve Andre,, 1883


 * Tetramorium splendens Ruzsky, 1902


 * Tetramorium tsushimae 	Emery, 1925

Uncertain species
The following species were described from the Russian Federation but their true identities are currently unknown.
 * Formica montaniformis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929
 * Formica volgensis Ruzsky, 1914
 * Myrmica granulinodis Nylander, 1846
 * Myrmica ussuriensis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928
 * Stenamma asiaticum Ruzsky, 1905