Montenegro



Gary D. Alpert: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

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

A

 * Aphaenogaster finzii (Mueller, 1913)


 * Aphaenogaster epirotes Emery, 1895


 * Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latreille, 1798)


 * Aphaenogaster lesbica Forel, 1913


 * Aphaenogaster muelleriana Wolf, 1914


 * Aphaenogaster obsidiana (Mayr, 1861)


 * Aphaenogaster sicula Emery, 1908


 * Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)


 * Aphaenogaster subterraneoides Emery, 1881

B

 * Bothriomyrmex adriacus Santschi, 1922


 * Bothriomyrmex gibbus Soudek, 1922


 * Bothriomyrmex meridionalis (Roger, 1863)


 * Bothriomyrmex syrius Forel, 1910

C

 * Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)


 * Camponotus dalmaticus (Nylander, 1849)


 * Camponotus falax (Nylander, 1856)


 * Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1791)


 * Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)


 * Camponotus oertzeni Forel, 1888


 * Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)


 * Camponotus truncatus (Spinola, 1882)


 * Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)


 * Cardiocondyla dalmatica Soudek, 1925


 * Cardiocondyla elegans Emery, 1869


 * Cataglyphis nodus Brulli, 1832


 * Cataglyphis viaticus Fabricius, 1787


 * Crematogaster auberti Emery, 1869


 * Crematogaster gordani Karaman, 2008


 * Crematogaster ionia Emery, 1870


 * Crematogaster jehovae Forel, 1907


 * Crematogaster lorteti Forel, 1910


 * Crematogaster montenigrina Karaman, 2008


 * Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1791)


 * Crematogaster schmidti (Mayr, 1852)


 * Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)

D

 * Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

F

 * Formica aquilonia 	Yarrow, 1955


 * Formica balcanina Petrov & Collingwood, 1993


 * Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798


 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758


 * Formica gagates Latreille, 1798


 * Formica gagatoides Ruzsky, 1904


 * Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917


 * Formica lugubris 	Zetterstedt, 1838


 * Formica polyctena 	Foerster, 1850


 * Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783


 * Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761


 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793

H

 * Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)

L

 * Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1852)


 * Laasius distiguendus Emery, 1916


 * Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1791)


 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1781


 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius lasioides Emery, 1869


 * Lasius myops Forel, 1894


 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Lasius paralienus Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)


 * Leptothora muscorum (Nylander, 1846)


 * Lepisiota caucasica Emery, 1917


 * Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mayr, 1855)


 * Lepisiota nigra Emery, 1893


 * Linepithema humile Mayr, 1868


 * Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)

M

 * Messor capitatus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Messor denticulatus Kusnetsov-Ugamsky, 1927


 * Messor ebeninus Santschi, 1927


 * Messor meridionalis Andre, 1883


 * Messor minor Andre, 1883


 * Messor muticus (Nylander, 1849)


 * ''Messor structor' (Latreille, 1798)


 * Messor wasmanni Krause, 1910


 * Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)


 * Myrmica hellenica Forel, 1913


 * 'Myrmica rubra'' (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861


 * Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica schencki Viereck, 1903


 * Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918


 * Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmoxenus microcelatus Soudek, 1925

P

 * Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798)


 * Plagiolepis vindobonensis Lomnicki, 1925


 * Plagiolepis xene Staercke, 1936


 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)


 * Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)


 * Prenolepis nitens (Mayr, 1852)

S

 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)


 * Strumigenys baudueri (Emery, 1875)

T

 * Tapinoma ambiguum Emery, 1925


 * Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)


 * Tapinoma nigerrimum Nylander, 1886


 * Temnothorax crassispinus Karawajew, 1926


 * Temnothorax exilis Emery, 1869


 * Temnothorax flaviornis Emery, 1870


 * Temnothorax gredleri Mayr, 1855


 * Temnothorax kraussei Bondroit, 1918


 * Temnothorax lichtensteini Bondroit, 1918


 * Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck, 1852)


 * Temnothorax nylanderi (Foerster, 1850)


 * Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)


 * Temnothorax racovitzai Bondroit, 1918


 * Temnothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856)


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846)


 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Tetramorium diomedaeumEmery, 1908


 * Tetramorium ferox Ruzsky, 1903


 * Tetramorium forte Forel, 1904


 * Tetramorium impurum (Foerster, 1850)


 * Tetramorium lucidulum Emery, 1909


 * Tetramorium moravicum Kratochvil, 1944


 * Tetramorium semilaeve Andre, 1883