Romania



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

Anergates

 * Anergates atratulus (Schenck, 1852)

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)

Bothriomyrmex

 * Bothriomyrmex corsicus Santschi, 1923


 * Bothriomyrmex meridionalis Roger, 1863

Camponotus

 * Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1758)


 * Camponotus atricolor (Nylander, 1849)


 * Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1850)


 * Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1791)


 * Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)


 * Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)


 * Camponotus tergestinus Müller, 1921


 * Camponotus truncatus (Spinola, 1808)


 * Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla elegans Emery, 1869


 * Cardiocondyla stambuloffii Forel, 1892

Cataglyphis

 * Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849)


 * Cataglyphis nodus (Brulle, 1832)

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster schmidti (Mayr, 1853)


 * Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1792)


 * Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)

Cryptopone

 * Cryptopone ochracea (Mayr, 1855)

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Formica

 * Formica aquilonia Yarrow, 1951


 * Formica candida Smith, F., 1878


 * Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853


 * Formica clara Forel, 1886


 * Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798


 * Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846


 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758


 * Formica fuscocinerea Forel, 1874


 * Formica gagates Latreille, 1798


 * Formica glauca Ruzsky, 1896


 * Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917


 * Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838


 * Formica polyctena Foerster, 1850


 * Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783


 * Formica pressilabris Nylander, 1846


 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793


 * Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761


 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798


 * Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804

Formicoxenus

 * Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846)

Harpagoxenus

 * Harpagoxenus sublaevis (Nylander, 1849)

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)

Lasius

 * Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850)


 * Lasius bicornis (Forster, 1850)


 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius distinguendus (Emery, 1916)


 * Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792)


 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1781)


 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)


 * Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrasfalvy, 1990)


 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Lasius paralienus Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius sabularum (Bondroit, 1918)


 * Lasius umbratus Nylander, 1846


 * Lasius viehmeyeri Emery, 1922

Leptothorax

 * Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)

Liometopum

 * Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)

Manica

 * Manica rubida (Latreille, 1802)

Messor

 * Messor barbarus (Linnaeus, 1767)


 * Messor caducus (Motschoulsky, 1839)


 * Messor capitatus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Messor structor (Latreille, 1798)


 * Messor wasmanni Krausse, 1910

Monomorium

 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)

Myrmica

 * Myrmica bergi Ruzsky, 1902


 * Myrmica bessarabicus Nasonov, 1888


 * Myrmica constricta 	Karavaiev, 1934


 * Myrmica deplanata Emery, 1921


 * Myrmica gallienii Bondroit, 1920


 * Myrmica hellenica Finzi, 1926


 * Myrmica karavajevi (Arnoldi, 1930)


 * Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica lonae Finzi, 1926


 * Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica rugulosa Nylander, 1849


 * Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1860


 * Myrmica salina Ruzsky, 1905


 * Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica schencki Emery, 1895


 * Myrmica slovaca Sadil, 1951


 * Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918


 * Myrmica stangeana Ruzsky,, 1902


 * Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica vandeli Bondroit, 1920

Pheidole

 * Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798)


 * Plagiolepis taurica Santschi, 1920


 * Plagiolepis vindobonensis Lomnicki, 1925

Polyergus

 * Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)

Ponera

 * Ponera coarctata Latreille, 1802


 * Ponera testacea Emery, 1895

Proceratium

 * Proceratium melinum  Roger, 1860

Proformica

 * Proformica epinotalis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky,, 1927


 * Proformica nasuta (Nylander, 1856)

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)

Stenamma

 * Stenamma debile (Foerster, 1850)

Stigmatomma

 * Stigmatomma denticulatum (Roger, 1859)

Strongylognathus

 * Strongylognathus testaceus (Schenck, 1852)

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys baudueri (Emery, 1875)

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)


 * Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895


 * Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabriciu, 1793)

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax affinis (Mayr, 1855)


 * Temnothorax clypeatus (Mayr, 1853)


 * Temnothorax corticalis (Schenck, 1852)


 * Temnothorax crassispinus (Karavaiev, 1926)


 * Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck, 1852)


 * Temnothorax luteus Forel, 1874


 * Temnothorax nigriceps Mayr, 1855


 * Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)


 * Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Tetramorium ferox Ruzsky, 1904


 * Tetramorium forte Forel, 1904


 * Tetramorium hungaricum Roszler, 1935


 * Tetramorium impurum (Foerster, 1850)


 * Tetramorium semilaeve Andre, 1883