Kazakhstan

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

Alloformica

 * Alloformica aberrans (Mayr, 1877)


 * Alloformica nitidior Forel, 1904

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster rhaphidiiceps Mayr, 1877


 * Aphaenogaster turkestanica Arnol'di, 1976

Bothriomyrmex

 * Bothriomyrmex kusnezovi Emery, 1925


 * Bothriomyrmex turcomenicus Emery, 1925

Camponotus

 * Camponotus fedtschenkoi Mayr, 1877


 * Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Camponotus interjectus Mayr, 1877


 * Camponotus oasium Forel, 1890


 * Camponotus semirufus Emery, 1925


 * Camponotus turkestanicus Emery, 1887


 * Camponotus turkestanus André, 1882

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla gibbosa Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927


 * Cardiocondyla littoralis 	Seifert, 2003


 * Cardiocondyla sahlbergi


 * Cardiocondyla ulianini

Cataglyphis

 * Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849)


 * Cataglyphis bergiana  Arnol’di, 1964


 * Cataglyphis emeryi (Forel, 1910)


 * Cataglyphis longipedem (Eichwald, 1841)


 * Cataglyphis pallida Mayr, 1877

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster sorokini


 * Crematogaster subdentata


 * Crematogaster subdentata kaschgariensis Forel, 1901


 * Crematogaster subdentata kuznetzovi Stärcke, 1935

Formica

 * Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846


 * Formica litoralis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926


 * Formica picea Nylander, 1846


 * Formica polyctena Foerster, 1850)


 * Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783


 * Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1758


 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798


 * Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804


 * Formica uralensis 	Ruzsky, 1895

Lasius

 * Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850)


 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1766)

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota frauenfeldi ferganica (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929)


 * Lepisiota frauenfeldi surchanica (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929)


 * Lepisiota karawaiewi Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929


 * Lepisiota melanogaster (Emery, 1915)


 * Lepisiota semenovi Ruzsky, 1905


 * Lepisiota spinisquama (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929)

Leptothorax

 * Leptothorax goesswaldi Kutter, 1967

Messor

 * Messor aralocaspius infumatus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929


 * Messor caducus glabrescens Arnol'di, 1977


 * Messor clypeatus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927


 * Messor diabarensis Arnol’di, 1970


 * Messor excursionis Ruzsky, 1905


 * Messor excursionis sillemi Stärcke, 1935


 * Messor incorruptus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929


 * Messor inermis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929


 * Messor kasakorum 	Arnol’di, 1970


 * Messor kasakorum nadezhdae Arnol'di, 1970


 * Messor lamellicornis Arnol’di, 1968


 * Messor marikovskii 	Arnol’di, 1970


 * Messor melancholicus Arnol'di, 1977


 * Messor minor laboriosus Santschi, 1927


 * Messor perantennatus Arnol'di, 1970


 * Messor reticuliventris Karavaiev, 1910


 * Messor rufus Santschi, 1923


 * Messor structor (Latreille, 1798)


 * Messor turcmenochorassanicus Arnol'di, 1977


 * Messor variabilis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927


 * Messor vicinus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927

Monomorium

 * Monomorium barbatulum Mayr, 1877


 * Monomorium indicum kusnezowi Santschi, 1928


 * Monomorium ruzskyi


 * Monomorium spatulicorne Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926

Myrmica

 * Myrmica bergi Ruszky, 1902


 * Myrmica curvithorax Bondroit, 1920


 * Myrmica deplanata Emery, 1921


 * Myrmica dshungarica Ruzsky, 1905


 * Myrmica inucta Radchenko & Elmes, 2006


 * Myrmica koreana Elmes, Radchenko & Kim, 2001


 * Myrmica salina Ruzsky, 1905


 * Myrmica saposhnikovi Ruzsky, 1904


 * Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica stangeana Ruzsky, 1902

Pheidole

 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1848)

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis regis Karavaiev, 1931

Polyergus

 * Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)

Ponera

 * Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)

Proformica

 * Proformica alaica Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926


 * Proformica coriacea Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927


 * Proformica dolichocephala Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927


 * Proformica epinotalis


 * Proformica kusnezowi (Santschi, 1928)


 * Proformica nasuta metalica Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1923


 * Proformica nasuta syrdariana (Santschi, 1928)


 * Proformica nitida Kuznetso-Ugamsky, 1923


 * Proformica seraphimi Tarbinsky, 1970


 * Proformica similis Dlussky, 1969

Rossomyrmex

 * Rossomyrmex species

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis celata (Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985)


 * Solenopsis deserticola Ruzsky, 1905


 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)


 * Solenopsis orientalis Ruzsky, 1905

Stenamma

 * Stenamma picetojuglandeti Arnol'di, 1975


 * Stenamma sogdianum Arnol'di, 1975

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)


 * Tapinoma emeryanum Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927


 * Tapinoma emeryanum dagestanicum Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927


 * Tapinoma karavaievi

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax archangelskiji (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926)


 * Temnothorax leoni 	Arnol’di, 1971


 * Temnothorax melleus Forel, 1904


 * Temnothorax sentosus Ward, Brady, Fisher & Schultz, 2014


 * Temnothorax steinbergi  Arnol’di, 1971


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Tetramorium caespitum typicum Ruzsky, 1902


 * Tetramorium concaviceps  Bursakov, 1984


 * Tetramorium feroxoides Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985


 * Tetramorium inerme Mayr, 1877


 * Tetramorium reticuligerum  Bursakov, 1984


 * Tetramorium schneideri Emery, 1898


 * Tetramorium striativentre Mayr, 1877


 * Tetramorium sulcinode Santschi, 1927

Uncertain species
The following species was described from Kazakhstan but its true identity is currently unknown.
 * Formica montivaga Santschi, 1928