Poland



The following species (105 including invasive and tramp species, 98 native) of ants are known to occur in Poland. 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 Polish ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Poland Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)

Camponotus

 * Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1856)


 * Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)


 * Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)


 * Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)

Colobopsis

 * Colobopsis truncata (Spinola, 1808)

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Formica

 * Formica aquilonia Yarrow, 1955


 * Formica candida Smith, F., 1878


 * Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853


 * Formica clara Forel, 1886


 * Formica cunicularia 	Latreille, 1798


 * Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846


 * Formica foreli Emery, 1909


 * Formica forsslundi Lohmander, 1949


 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758


 * Formica gagates Latreille, 1798


 * Formica glauca Ruzsky, 1896


 * 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 truncorum Fabricius, 1804


 * Formica uralensis Ruzsky, 1895

Formicoxenus

 * Formicoxenus nitidulus  (Nylander, 1846)

Harpagoxenus

 * Harpagoxenus sublaevis (Nylander, 1849)

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera ergatandria (Forel, 1893)


 * Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)

Lasius

 * Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850)


 * Lasius bicornis (Foerster, 1850)


 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius carniolicus Mayr, 1861


 * Lasius citrinus Emery, 1922


 * Lasius distinguendus (Emery, 1916)


 * Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792)


 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius jensi Seifert, 1982


 * Lasius meridionalis (Bondroit, 1920)


 * Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)


 * Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrasfalvy, 1990


 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Lasius nitidigaster Seifert, 1996


 * Lasius paralienus Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991


 * Lasius psammophilus Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius rabaudi 	Bondroit, 1917


 * Lasius sabularum (Bondroit, 1918)


 * Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)

Leptothorax

 * Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Leptothorax gredleri Mayr, 1855


 * Leptothorax kutteri Buschinger, 1966


 * Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)

Linepithema

 * Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868)

Manica

 * Manica rubida (Lareille, 1802)

Messor

 * Messor structor Latreille, 1798

Monomorium

 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)

Myrmica

 * Myrmica bessarabicus Nasonov, 1888


 * Myrmica constricta 	Karavaiev, 1934


 * Myrmica deplanata Emery, 1921


 * 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 slovaca Sadil, 1951


 * Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918


 * Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica tulinae 	Elmes, Radchenko & Aktaç, 2002


 * Myrmica vandeli 	Bondroit, 1920

Polyergus

 * Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)

Ponera

 * Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)


 * Ponera testacea (Emery, 1893)

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)

Stenamma

 * Stenamma debile (Foerster, 1850)

Strongylognathus

 * Strongylognathus testaceus (Schenck, 1852)

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)


 * Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax affinis Mayr, 1855


 * Temnothorax albipennis (Curtis, 1854)


 * Temnothorax clypeatus (Mayr, 1853)


 * Temnothorax corticalis (Schenck, 1852)


 * Temnothorax crassispinus Karavaiev, 1926


 * Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck, 1852)


 * Temnothorax nadigi (Kutter, 1925)


 * Temnothorax nigriceps (Mayr, 1855)


 * Temnothorax nylanderi (Foerster, 1850)


 * Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)


 * Temnothorax ravouxi (André, 1896)


 * Temnothorax saxonicus Seifert, 1995


 * Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)


 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Tetramorium caldarium (Roger, 1857)


 * Tetramorium impurum (Foerster, 1850)


 * Tetramorium insolens (Smith, F., 1861)


 * Tetramorium moravicum Kratochvíl, 1941

Uncertain species
The following species was described from Poland but its true identity is currently unknown.
 * Formica atra Schilling, 1839