Finland



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

A

 * Anergates atratulus (Schenck, 1852)

C

 * Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1846)


 * Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)


 * Camponotus truncatus (Spinola, 1808)


 * Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)

F

 * Formica aquilonia 	Yarrow, 1955


 * Formica candida Smith, F., 1878


 * Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853


 * Formica cunicularia 	Latreille, 1798


 * Formica exsecta 	Nylander, 1846


 * Formica fennica 	Seifert, 2000


 * Formica forsslundi Lohmander, 1949


 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758


 * Formica gagatoides Ruzsky, 1904


 * Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917


 * Formica lugubris 	Zetterstedt, 1838


 * Formica picea 	Nylander, 1846


 * Formica polyctena 	Foerster, 1850


 * Formica pratensis 	Retzius, 1783


 * Formica pressilabris 	Nylander, 1846


 * Formica rufa 	Linnaeus, 1761


 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793


 * Formica sanguinea 	Latreille, 1798


 * Formica suecica Adlerz, 1902


 * Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804


 * Formica uralensis 	Ruzsky, 1895


 * Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846)

H

 * Harpagoxenus sublaevis (Nylander, 1849)


 * Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)

L

 * Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850)


 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius meridionalis Bondroit, 1920


 * Lasius mixtus 	Nylander, 1846


 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991


 * Lasius umbratus 	Nylander, 1846


 * Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Leptothorax kutteri (Buschinger, 1986)


 * Leptothorax muscorum 	Nylander, 1846

M

 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Myrmica bergi Ruzsky, 1902


 * Myrmica constricta 	Karavaiev, 1934


 * Myrmica gallienii Bondroit, 1920


 * Myrmica hellenica Finzi, 1926


 * Myrmica hirsuta 	Elmes, 1978


 * Myrmica karavajevi 	Arnol’di, 1930


 * Myrmica lobicornis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica lonae 	Finzi, 1926


 * Myrmica rubra Linnaeus, 1758


 * Myrmica ruginodis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica rugulosa 	Nylander, 1849


 * Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861


 * Myrmica scabrinodis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica schencki Emery, 1895


 * Myrmica specioides Bondroit,, 1918


 * Myrmica sulcinodis 	Nylander, 1846

N

 * Nylanderia vividula 	Nylander, 1846

T

 * Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck, 1852)


 * Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758