Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea



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

A

 * Aphaenogaster famelica 	Smith, F., 1874


 * Aphaenogaster japonica 	Forel, 1911

C

 * Camponotus atrox 	Emery, 1925


 * Camponotus itoi Forel, 1912


 * Camponotus japonicus 	Mayr, 1866


 * Camponotus nipponensis 	Santschi, 1937


 * Camponotus obscuripes 	Mayr, 1879


 * Camponotus quadrinotatus 	Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus sachalinensis 	Forel, 1904


 * Camponotus saxatilis 	Ruzsky, 1895


 * Crematogaster matsumurai 	Forel, 1901


 * Crematogaster osakensis 	Forel, 1900

D

 * Dolichoderus sibiricus 	Emery, 1889

F

 * Formica aquilonia 	Yarrow, 1955


 * Formica candida 	Smith, F., 1878


 * Formica japonica 	Motschoulsky, 1866


 * Formica kupyanskayae 	Bolton, 1995


 * Formica lemani 	Bondroit, 1917


 * Formica lugubris 	Zetterstedt, 1838


 * Formica sanguinea 	Latreille, 1798


 * Formica truncorum 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Formica uralensis 	Ruzsky, 1895


 * Formica yessensis 	Wheeler, W.M., 1913

H

 * Hypoponera sauteri 	Onoyama, 1989

L

 * Lasius citrinus 	Emery, 1922


 * Lasius distinguendus 	Emery, 1916


 * Lasius flavus 	Fabricius, 1782


 * Lasius fuji 	Radchenko, 2005


 * Lasius jensi 	Seifert, 1982


 * Lasius hayashi 	Yamauchi & Hayashida, 1970


 * Lasius japonicus 	Santschi, 1941


 * Lasius koreanus 	Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius meridionalis 	Bondroit, 1920


 * Lasius mixtus 	Nylander, 1846


 * Lasius morisitai 	Yamauchi, 1979


 * Lasius myops 	Forel, 1894


 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Lasius nipponensis 	Forel, 1912


 * Lasius orientalis 	Karavaiev, 1912


 * Lasius spathepus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1910


 * Lasius talpa 	Wilson, 1955


 * Lasius umbratus 	Nylander, 1846


 * Leptothorax acervorum 	Fabricius, 1793


 * Leptothorax oceanicus 	Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928


 * Linepithema humile 	Mayr, 1868


 * Liometopum orientale 	Karavaiev, 1927

M

 * Messor aciculatus 	Smith, F., 1874


 * Monomorium pharaonis 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Myrmecina flava 	Terayama, 1985


 * Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)


 * Myrmecina nipponica 	Wheeler, W.M., 1906


 * Myrmica ademonia 	Bolton, 1995


 * Myrmica angulinodis 	Ruzsky, 1905


 * Myrmica eidmanni 	Menozzi, 1930


 * Myrmica excelsa 	Kupyanskaya, 1990


 * Myrmica jessensis 	Forel, 1901


 * Myrmica kamtschatica Kupyanskaya, 1986


 * Myrmica kasczenkoi Ruzsky, 1905


 * Myrmica koreana 	Elmes, Radchenko & Kim, 2001


 * Myrmica kotokui 	Forel, 1911


 * Myrmica kurokii 	Forel, 1907


 * Myrmica luteola 	Kupyanskaya, 1990


 * Myrmica ruginodis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica sulcinodis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica transsibirica

N

 * Nylanderia flavipes (Smith, F., 1874)


 * Nylanderia sakurae Ito, 1914

P

 * Pachycondyla astuta 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Pachycondyla chinensis 	Emery, 1895


 * Pachycondyla pilosior Wheeler, W.M., 1928


 * Pachycondyla sauteri 	Wheeler, W.M., 1906


 * Paraparatrechina sauteri Forel, 1913


 * Pheidole fervida 	Smith, F., 1874


 * Pheidole pieli Santschi, 1925


 * Plagiolepis flavescens Collingwood, 1976


 * Plagiolepis taurica 	Santschi, 1920


 * Polyergus samurai 	Yano, 1911


 * Polyrhachis lamellidens 	Smith, F., 1874


 * Ponera japonica 	Wheeler, W.M., 1906


 * Ponera scabra 	Wheeler, W.M., 1928


 * Pristomyrmex punctatus 	Smith, F., 1860


 * Proceratium watasei 	(Wheeler, W.M., 1906)


 * Proformica mongolica 	Emery, 1901

S

 * Solenopsis japonica 	Wheeler, W.M., 1928


 * Stenamma owstoni 	Wheeler, W.M., 1906


 * Stenamma ussuriense 	Arnol’di, 1975


 * Strongylognathus koreanus 	Pisarski, 1966


 * Strumigenys lewisi 	Cameron, 1886

T

 * Tapinoma sinense Emery, 1925


 * Tapinoma wroughtonii Forel, 1904


 * Technomyrmex albipes 	(Smith, F., 1861)


 * Technomyrmex gibbosus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1906


 * Temnothorax aveli Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009


 * Temnothorax congruus Smith, F., 1874


 * Temnothorax cuneinodis Radchenko, 2004


 * Temnothorax eburneipes Wheeler, W.M., 1927


 * Temnothorax kaszabi 	Pisarski, 1969


 * Temnothorax koreanus (Teranishi, 1940)


 * Temnothorax michali 	Radchenko, 2004


 * Temnothorax mongolicus Pisarski, 1969


 * Temnothorax nassanovi (Ruzsky, 1895)


 * Temnothorax pisarskii Radchenko, 2004


 * Temnothorax serviculus (Ruzsky, 1902)


 * Temnothorax xanthos 	Radchenko, 2004


 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Tetramorium tsushimae Emery, 1925


 * Tetraponera modesta 	Smith, F., 1860

V

 * Vollenhovia emeryi 	Wheeler, W.M., 1906