Kyrgyzstan



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

B

 * Bothriomyrmex kusnezovi Emery, 1925

C

 * Camponotus buddhae Forel, 1892


 * Camponotus fedtschenkoi Mayr, 1877


 * Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Camponotus interjectus Mayr, 1877


 * Camponotus lameerei Emery, 1898


 * Camponotus reichardti Arnoldi, 1967


 * Camponotus semirufus Emery, 1925


 * Camponotus tashcumiri Tarbinsky, 1976


 * Camponotus turkestanicus Emery, 1887


 * Camponotus turkestanus André, 1882


 * Cardiocondyla gibbosa Kuznetzov-Ugamsky, 1927


 * Cardiocondyla koshewnikovi Ruzsky, 1902


 * Cardiocondyla ulianini Emery, 1889


 * Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849)


 * Cataglyphis bergiana Arnoldi, 1964


 * Cataglyphis longipedem (Eichwald, 1841)


 * Cataglyphis pallida Mayr, 1877


 * Chalepoxenus tarbinskii Arnol'di, 1976


 * Crematogaster bogojawlenskii Ruzsky, 1905


 * Crematogaster subdentata Mayr, 1877

F

 * Formica candida F. Smith, 1878


 * Formica clara Forel, 1886


 * Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798


 * Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846


 * Formica frontalis  Santschi, 1919


 * Formica lemani  Bondroit, 1917


 * Formica litoralis Kusnetzov-Ugamsky, 1926


 * Formica orangea Seifert & Schultz, 2009


 * Formica pamirica Dlussky, 1965


 * Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783


 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798


 * Formica subpilosa Ruzsky, 1902


 * Formica tianshanica Seifert & Schultz, 2009


 * Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804

L

 * Lasius alienus (Förster, 1850)


 * Lasius carniolicus Mayr, 1861


 * Lasius flavescens Forel, 1904


 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Lasius myops Forel, 1894


 * Lasius neglectus Van loon, Boomsma & Andrásfalvy, 1990


 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Lasius uzbeki Seifert, 1992


 * Lepisiota frauenfeldi kassansai (Tarbinsky, 1976)


 * Lepisiota nigra (Dalla Torre, 1893)


 * Lepisiota semenovi (Ruzsky, 1905)


 * Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)

M

 * Messor aralocaspius (Ruzsky, 1902)


 * Messor aralocaspius infumatus Kuznetzov-Ugamsky, 1929


 * Messor denticulatus Santschi, 1927


 * Messor excursionis Ruzsky, 1905


 * Messor inermis Kuznetzov-Ugamsky, 1929


 * Messor marikovskii Arnol’di, 1970


 * Messor olegianus Arnoldi, 1970


 * Messor rufus Santschi, 1923


 * Messor structor (Latreille, 1798)


 * Messor valentinaeArnoldi, 1970


 * Monomorium barbatulum Mayr, 1877


 * Monomorium pharaonis(Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Myrmica bergi Ruszky, 1902


 * Myrmica dshungarica Ruzsky, 1905


 * Myrmica ferganensis Finzi, 1926


 * Myrmica juglandeti Arnoldi, 1976


 * Myrmica kirghisorum Arnoldi, 1976


 * Myrmica orthostyla Arnoldi, 1976


 * Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Myrmica saposhnikovi Ruzsky, 1904


 * Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica schencki Viereck, 1903


 * Myrmica stangeana Ruzsky, 1902


 * Myrmica tenuispina Ruzsky, 1905


 * Myrmica tobiasi Radchenko & Elmes, 2004

P

 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)


 * Pheidole pallidula koshewnikovi Ruzsky, 1905


 * Plagiolepis dlusskyi Radchenko, 1996


 * Plagiolepis pallescens Forel, 1889


 * Plagiolepis taurica Santschi, 1920


 * Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)


 * Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)


 * Proformica coriacea Kuznetzov-Ugamsky, 1927


 * Proformica epinotalis Kuznetzov-Ugamsky, 1927


 * Proformica kaszabi Dlussky, 1969


 * Proformica mongolica (Emery, 1901)


 * Proformica nitida Kuznetzov-Ugamsky, 1923


 * Proformica seraphimi Tarbinsky, 1970


 * Proformica splendida Dluss ky, 1965

R

 * Rossomyrmex proformicarum Arnoldi, 1928

S

 * Solenopsis fugax Latreille, 1798


 * Stenamma picetojuglandeti Arnoldi, 1975


 * Strongylognathus christophi Emery, 1899


 * Strongylognathus minutus Radchenko, 1991

T

 * Tapinoma emeryanum Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927


 * Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)


 * Temnothorax arpini (Tarbinsky, 1976)


 * Temnothorax kirghizicus (Tarbinsky, 1976)


 * Temnothorax melleus (Forel, 1904)


 * Temnothorax nassanovi (Ruzsky, 1895)


 * Temnothorax oxianus (Ruzsky, 1905)


 * Temnothorax satunini (Ruzsky, 1902)


 * Temnothorax semenovi (Ruzsky, 1903)


 * Temnothorax susamyri (Dlussky, 1965)


 * Temnothorax tianschanicus (Tarbinsky, 1976)


 * Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)


 * Tetramorium armatum Santschi, 1927


 * Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758


 * Tetramorium chefketi Forel, 1911


 * Tetramorium ferox Ruzsky, 1903


 * Tetramorium feroxoides Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985


 * Tetramorium inerme Mayr, 1877


 * Tetramorium schneideri Emery, 1898


 * Tetramorium sulcinode Santschi, 1927

REFERENCES:


 * Marek L. Borowiec, Lech Borowiec, Sandor Csoz, Alexander Radchenko, 2009. Ants collected during 2006 Polish expedition to Kyrgyzstan(Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus 20 (2): 367-379.


 * Roland Schultz, Alexander Radchenko & Bernhard Seifert, 2006. A critical checklist of the ants of Kyrgyzstan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8: 201-207.