Republic of Korea



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

A

 * Aphaenogaster schmidti Karavaiev, 1912

B

 * Bothriomyrmex wroughtonii Forel, 1895

C

 * Camponotus concavus Kim & Kim, 1994


 * Camponotus fuscus Kim & Kim, 1994


 * Camponotus jejuensis 	Kim & Kim, 1986


 * Cardiocondyla nuda Mayr 1866

D

 * Dacatria templaris 	Rigato, 1994


 * Dolichoderus sibiricus (Emery, 1889)

L

 * Lasius fuliginosus 	Latreille, 1798


 * Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)

M

 * Myrmecina flava Terayama, 1985


 * Myrmica cadusa 	Kim, Park & Kim, 1997


 * Myrmica koreana Elmes, Radchenko & Kim, 2001

O

 * Ochetellus glaber (Mayr, 1862)

P

 * Pachycondyla pilosior 	Wheeler, W.M., 1928


 * Pheidole fervida kwazana Teranishi, 1940


 * Plagiolepis flavescens Collingwood, 1976


 * Proceratium watasei Wheeler, W.M., 1906

S

 * Stenamma koreanense 	Lyu, DuBois & Cho, 2002


 * Stenamma owstoni Wheeler, W.M., 1906


 * Strumigenys choii Lyu, 2007


 * Strumigenys japonica 	Ito, 1914


 * Strumigenys lewisi Cameron, 1886


 * Strumigenys mutica 	Brown, 1949

T

 * Tapinoma geei Wheeler, 1927


 * Tapinoma sinense Emery, 1925


 * Tapinoma wroughtonii Forel, 1904


 * Technomyrmex albipes (Smith, F., 1861)


 * Technomyrmex gibbosus Wheeler, W.M., 1906


 * Temnothorax congruus Smith, F. 1874


 * Temnothorax koreanus 	Teranishi, 1940


 * Temnothorax nassanowi Ruzsky, 1895


 * Temnothorax serviculus Ruzsky, 1902


 * Temnothorax spinosior  Forel, 1901

V

 * Vollenhovia emeryi chosenica Wheeler, W.M., 1928