Turkey



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

Aenictus

 * Aenictus rhodiensis 	Menozzi, 1936

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster aktaci Kiran & Tezcan, 2008


 * Aphaenogaster balcanica (Emery, 1898)


 * Aphaenogaster burri 	Donisthorpe, 1950


 * Aphaenogaster depressa  Bolton, 1995


 * Aphaenogaster epirotes (Emery, 1895)


 * Aphaenogaster equestris Borowiec & Salata, 2014


 * Aphaenogaster festae 	Emery, 1915


 * Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latreille, 1798)


 * Aphaenogaster holtzi 	Emery, 1898


 * Aphaenogaster kervillei Forel, 1910


 * Aphaenogaster lykiaensis Borowiec & Salata, 2014


 * Aphaenogaster maculifrons Kiran & Aktaç,, 2008


 * Aphaenogaster obsidiana (Mayr, 1861)


 * Aphaenogaster radchenkoi Kiran et al. 2008


 * Aphaenogaster subcostata Viehmeyer, 1922


 * Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)

Bothriomyrmex

 * Bothriomyrmex communista anatolicus 	Emery, 1925


 * Bothriomyrmex turcomenicus Emery, 1925

Camponotus

 * Key to species


 * Camponotus abrahami Forel, 1913


 * Camponotus aegaeus Emery, 1915


 * Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)


 * Camponotus aethiops escherichi Emery, 1925


 * Camponotus aktaci Karaman, C., 2013


 * Camponotus anatolicus Karaman, C. & Aktac, 2013


 * Camponotus baldaccii Emery, 1908


 * Camponotus boghossiani Forel, 1911


 * Camponotus buddhae Forel, 1892


 * Camponotus candiotes Emery, 1894


 * Camponotus cilicicus 	Emery, 1908


 * Camponotus dalmaticus (Nylander, 1849)


 * Camponotus fellah Dalla Torre, 1893


 * Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1856)


 * Camponotus festai Emery, 1894


 * Camponotus gestroi Emery, 1878


 * Camponotus hirtus Karaman, C. & Aktac, 2013


 * Camponotus honaziensis Karaman, C. & Aktac, 2013


 * Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Camponotus honaziensis Karaman & Aktaç, 2013


 * Camponotus ionius Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus kiesenwetteri (Roger, 1859)


 * Camponotus kurdistanicus Emery, 1898


 * Camponotus lateralis 	Olivier, 1792


 * Camponotus libanicus 	André, 1881


 * Camponotus ligniperda Latreille, 1802


 * Camponotus maculatus sylvaticomaculatus Dalla Torre, 1893


 * Camponotus oasium Forel, 1890


 * Camponotus oertzeni Forel, 1899


 * Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)


 * Camponotus samius 	Forel, 1889


 * Camponotus sanctus Forel, 1904


 * Camponotus shaqualavensis Pisarski, 1971


 * Camponotus sylvaticus Olivier, 1792


 * Camponotus tergestinus Müller, 1921


 * Camponotus thoracicus Fabricius, 1804


 * Camponotus truncatus (Spinola, 1808)


 * Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)


 * Camponotus variegatus Smith, 1858


 * Camponotus vogti 	Forel, 1906


 * Camponotus xerxes Forel, 1904

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla brachyceps


 * Cardiocondyla bulgarica 	Forel, 1892


 * Cardiocondyla elegans 	Emery, 1869


 * Cardiocondyla sahlbergi Forel, 1913


 * Cardiocondyla semirubra 	Seifert, 2003


 * Cardiocondyla stambuloffii Forel, 1892

Carebara

 * Carebara oertzeni aeolia 	Forel, 1911

Cataglyphis

 * Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849)


 * Cataglyphis kurdistanica Pisarski, 1965


 * Cataglyphis laevior Emery, 1925


 * Cataglyphis livida 	André, 1881


 * Cataglyphis lunatica 	Baroni Urbani, 1969


 * Cataglyphis nodus 	(Brullé, 1833)


 * Cataglyphis viaticoides (André, 1881)

Cerapachys

 * Cerapachys piochardi (Emery, 1882)

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster ionia 	Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster laestrygon Emery, 1869


 * Crematogaster lorteti Forel, 1910


 * Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1792)


 * Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)


 * Crematogaster sordidula aeolia 	Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster sordidula osmanica Santschi, 1921

Dorylus

 * Dorylus affinis Shuckard, 1840

Formica

 * Formica anatolica Seifert & Schultz, 2009


 * Formica clara Forel, 1886


 * Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798


 * Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846


 * Formica foreli Bondroit, 1918


 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1783


 * Formica georgica


 * Formica lugubris


 * Formica picea 	Nylander, 1846


 * Formica pratensis 	Retzius, 1783


 * Formica pressilabris Nylander, 1846


 * Formica rufa 	Linnaeus, 1761


 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793


 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798


 * Formica subpilosa Ruzsky, 1902

Formicoxenus

 * Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846)

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)

Lasius

 * Lasius balcanicus


 * Lasius flavoniger 	Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius schulzi 	Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius turcicus 	Santschi, 1921

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota dolabellae 	Forel, 1911

Messor

 * Messor barbarus mediosanguineus 	Donisthorpe, 1946


 * Messor caducus (Victor, 1839)


 * Messor denticulatus Santschi, 1927


 * Messor luridus 	Santschi, 1927


 * Messor oertzeni amasiensis 	Emery, 1921


 * Messor orientalis 	Emery, 1898


 * Messor semirufus (André, 1883)


 * Messor structor aegaeus 	Menozzi, 1928


 * Messor testaceus 	Donisthorpe, 1950

Myrmica

 * Myrmica anatolica 	Elmes, Radchenko & Aktaç, 2002


 * Myrmica jennyae 	Elmes, Radchenko & Aktaç, 2002


 * Myrmica ravasinii  Finzi, 1923


 * Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918


 * Myrmica tamarae 	Elmes, Radchenko & Aktaç, 2002


 * Myrmica tulinae 	Elmes, Radchenko & Aktaç, 2002

Oxyopomyrmex

 * Oxyopomyrmex krueperi Forel, 1911

Pheidole

 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis ancyrensis Santschi, 1920


 * Plagiolepis pygmaea minu Forel, 1911


 * Plagiolepis xene Starcke, 1936

Polyergus

 * Polyergus rufescens 	Latreille, 1798

Prenolepis

 * Prenolepis nitens 	Mayr, 1853

Proceratium

 * Proceratium melinum 	Roger, 1860


 * Proceratium numidicum 	Santschi, 1912

Proformica

 * Proformica korbi 	Emery, 1909


 * Proformica kosswigi 	Donisthorpe, 1950

Rossomyrmex

 * Rossomyrmex anatolicus Tinaut, 2007

Strongylognathus

 * Strongylognathus kervillei 	Santschi, 1921

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma festae Emery, 1925


 * Tapinoma subboreale Seifert, 2012

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax antigoni 	Forel, 1911


 * Temnothorax artvinensis Seifert, 2006


 * Temnothorax bulgaricus aeolius 	Forel, 1911


 * Temnothorax bulgaricus smyrnensis (Forel, 1911)


 * Temnothorax exilis 	Emery, 1869


 * Temnothorax kemali 	Santschi, 1934


 * Temnothorax kraussei (Emery, 1915)


 * Temnothorax muellerianus (Finzi, 1922)


 * Temnothorax schoedli Seifert, 2006


 * Temnothorax turcicus 	Santschi, 1934


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium anatolicum Csosz & Schulz, 2007


 * Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)


 * Tetramorium caespitum flavidulum 	Emery, 1924


 * Tetramorium chefketi 	Forel, 1911


 * Tetramorium diomedeum 	Emery, 1908


 * Tetramorium feroxoides Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985


 * Tetramorium goniommoide 	Poldi, 1979


 * Tetramorium hippocratis 	Agosti & Collingwood, 1987


 * Tetramorium semilaeve galaticum 	Menozzi, 1936