France



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

A

 * Anergates atratulus 	Schenck, 1852


 * Aphaenogaster corsica Casevitz-Weulersse, 2010


 * Aphaenogaster gibbosa 	Latreille, 1798


 * Aphaenogaster maculata 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Aphaenogaster maculipes 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Aphaenogaster senilis Mayr, 1853


 * Aphaenogaster senilis occidua 	Santschi, 1933


 * Aphaenogaster subterranea 	Latreille, 1798

B

 * Bothriomyrmex corsicus Santschi, 1923


 * Bothriomyrmex laticeps 	Emery, 1925


 * Bothriomyrmex meridionalis 	Roger, 1863

C

 * Camponotus aethiops 	Latreille, 1798


 * Camponotus crozei 	Riou, 1999 (fossil)


 * Camponotus cruentatus Latreille, 1802


 * Camponotus fallax 	Nylander, 1856


 * Camponotus lateralis 	Olivier, 1792


 * Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)


 * Camponotus longiventris Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Camponotus massiliensis Schmitz, 1950


 * Camponotus obesus 	Piton, 1935 (fossil)


 * Camponotus penninervis Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Camponotus piceus 	Leach, 1825


 * Camponotus pilicornis (Roger, 1859)


 * Camponotus saussurei 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Camponotus sylvaticus (Olivier, 1792)


 * Camponotus truncatus 	Spinola, 1808


 * Camponotus universitatis 	Forel, 1890


 * Camponotus vagus 	Scopoli, 1763


 * Cardiocondyla elegans 	Emery, 1869


 * Carebara thorali 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Cataglyphis cursor 	Fonscolombe, 1846


 * Cataglyphis piliscapa 	Forel, 1901


 * Chalepoxenus kutteri 	Cagniant, 1973


 * Crematogaster auberti 	Emery, 1869


 * Crematogaster scutellaris 	Olivier, 1792


 * Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)

D

 * Dolichoderus affectus 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Dolichoderus bruneti 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Dolichoderus coquandi 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Dolichoderus oviformis 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

F

 * Formica alsatica 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Formica aquilonia 	Yarrow, 1955


 * Formica auxillacensis 	Piton, 1935 (fossil)


 * Formica cantalica 	Piton, 1935 (fossil)


 * Formica corsica 	Seifert, 2002


 * Formica cunicularia 	Latreille, 1798


 * Formica decipiens 	Bondroit, 1918


 * Formica exsecta 	Nylander, 1846


 * Formica fusca 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Formica fuscocinerea 	Forel, 1874


 * Formica gagates 	Latreille, 1798


 * Formica latinodosa 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Formica lemani 	Bondroit, 1917


 * Formica lugubris 	Zetterstedt, 1838


 * Formica maculipennis 	Théobald, 1935 (fossil)


 * Formica pitoni 	Théobald, 1935 (fossil)


 * Formica polyctena 	Foerster, 1850


 * Formica pratensis 	Retzius, 1783


 * Formica pressilabris Nylander, 1846


 * Formica pyrenaea 	Bondroit, 1918


 * Formica rufa 	Linnaeus, 1761


 * Formica rufa obscurata Santschi, 1925


 * Formica rufibarbis 	Fabricius, 1793


 * Formica sanguinea 	Latreille, 1798


 * Formica selysi 	Bondroit, 1918


 * Formica sepulta 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Formica serresi 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Formica torrentium 	Bernard, 1967


 * Formica tripartita 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Formica uralensis 	Ruzsky, 1895


 * Formicoxenus nitidulus 	Nylander, 1846

G

 * Gesomyrmex miegi 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Goniomma blanci 	André, 1881


 * Goniomma hispanicum 	André, 1883

H

 * Harpagoxenus sublaevis 	(Nylander, 1849)


 * Hypoponera abeillei (André, 1881)


 * Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)


 * Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)


 * Hypoponera ragusai 	Emery, 1894

I

 * Iberoformica gerardi (Bondroit, 1917)


 * Iberoformica subrufa (Roger, 1859)


 * Iridomyrmex breviantennis 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)

L

 * Lasius alienus 	Foerster, 1850


 * Lasius bicornis 	Foerster, 1850


 * Lasius brunneus 	Latreille, 1798


 * Lasius chambonensis 	Théobald, 1935 (fossil)


 * Lasius cinereus Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius crispus 	Théobald, 1935 (fossil)


 * Lasius emarginatus 	(Olivier, 1792)


 * Lasius epicentrus 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Lasius flavus 	Fabricius, 1782


 * Lasius fuliginosus 	(Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius lasioides (Emery, 1869)


 * Lasius meridionalis 	Bondroit, 1920


 * Lasius myops Forel, 1894


 * Lasius niger 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Lasius paralienus Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius rabaudi 	Bondroit, 1917


 * Lasius sabularum 	Bondroit, 1918


 * Leptanilla revelierii Emery, 1870


 * Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Leptothorax acervorum vandeli Bondroit, 1920


 * Leptothorax goesswaldi 	Kutter, 1967


 * Leptothorax gredleri  Mayr, 1855


 * Leptothorax muscorum  (Nylander, 1846)


 * Leptothorax pacis     (Kutter, 1950)


 * Linepithema humile 	(Mayr, 1868)

M

 * Manica rubida 	Latreille, 1802


 * Messor barbarus 	Linnaeus, 1767


 * Messor bouvieri 	Bondroit, 1918


 * Messor capitatus 	Latreille, 1798


 * Messor structor 	Latreille, 1798


 * Myrmecina graminicola 	Latreille, 1802


 * Myrmica aloba 	Forel, 1909


 * Myrmica gallienii 	Bondroit, 1920


 * Myrmica karavajevi 	Arnol’di, 1930


 * Myrmica lemasnei 	Bernard, 1967


 * Myrmica lobicornis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica lobulicornis 	Nylander, 1857


 * Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Myrmica sabuleti 	Meinert, 1861


 * Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918


 * Myrmica spinosior 	Santschi, 1931


 * Myrmica vandeli 	Bondroit, 1920


 * Myrmica wesmaeli 	Bondroit, 1918


 * Myrmoxenus corsicus (Emery, 1895)


 * Myrmoxenus kraussei 	(Emery, 1915)


 * Myrmoxenus ravouxi 	(André, 1896)


 * Myrmoxenus stumperi 	(Kutter, 1950)

O

 * Oecophylla grandimandibula 	Riou, 1999 (fossil)


 * Oecophylla superba 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Oxyopomyrmex saulcyi 	Emery, 1889

P

 * Pachycondyla calcarea 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Pachycondyla dubia 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Pachycondyla globiventris 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Paratrechina longicornis 	Latreille, 1802


 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1848)


 * Plagiolepis grassei 	Le Masne, 1956


 * Plagiolepis pygmaea 	Latreille, 1798


 * Plagiolepis taurica 	Santschi, 1920


 * Plagiolepis xene Staercke, 1936


 * Polyergus rufescens 	Latreille, 1798


 * Ponera coarctata 	Latreille, 1802


 * Ponera sysphinctoides 	Bernard, 1950


 * Ponera testacea 	Emery, 1895


 * Proformica nasuta 	(Nylander, 1856)

S

 * Solenopsis alena Özdikmen, 2010 (fossil)


 * Solenopsis balachowskyi 	Bernard, 1959


 * Solenopsis debilior Santschi, 1934


 * Solenopsis duboscqui 	Bernard, 1950


 * Solenopsis foersteri 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Solenopsis fugax Latreille, 1798


 * Solenopsis gallica 	Santschi, 1934


 * Solenopsis laevithorax 	Bernard, 1950


 * Solenopsis nicaeensis 	Bernard, 1950


 * Solenopsis orbula Emery, 1875


 * Solenopsis provincialis 	Bernard, 1950


 * Solenopsis richardi 	Bernard, 1950


 * Solenopsis robusta 	Bernard, 1950


 * Solenopsis rugosa 	Bernard, 1950


 * Solenopsis tertialis 	Ettershank, 1966


 * Stenamma debile Foerster, 1850


 * Strongylognathus huberi 	Forel, 1874


 * Strumigenys argiola 	Emery, 1869


 * Strumigenys baudueri 	Emery, 1875


 * Strumigenys tenuipilis 	Emery, 1915


 * Strumigenys tenuissima 	Brown, 1953

T

 * Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)


 * Tapinoma erraticum atomum 	Latreille, 1798


 * Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895


 * Tapinoma nigerrimum


 * Tapinoma pygmaeum 	Dufour, 1857


 * Teleutomyrmex schneideri 	Kutter, 1950


 * Temnothorax affinis 	Mayr, 1855


 * Temnothorax angustulus 	Nylander, 1856


 * Temnothorax angustulus bordagei Bondroit, 1918


 * Temnothorax aveli 	Bondroit, 1918


 * Temnothorax exilis 	Emery, 1869


 * Temnothorax flavicornis (Emery, 1870)


 * Temnothorax grouvellei 	Bondroit, 1918


 * Temnothorax interruptus 	Schenck, 1852


 * Temnothorax lichtensteini 	Bondroit, 1918


 * Temnothorax luteus racovitzai 	Bondroit, 1918


 * Temnothorax melas (Espadaler, Plateaux & Casevitz-Weulersse, 1984)


 * Temnothorax niger 	Forel, 1894


 * Temnothorax nigriceps  Mayr, 1855


 * Temnothorax nigriceps pyrenaeus 	Bondroit, 1918


 * Temnothorax nylanderi  Foerster, 1850


 * Temnothorax recedens 	Nylander, 1856


 * Temnothorax tristis 	Bondroit, 1918


 * Temnothorax tuberum 	Fabricius, 1775


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus cordieri (Bondroit, 1918)


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus rougeti Bondroit, 1918


 * Tetramorium banyulense 	Bernard, 1983


 * Tetramorium brevicorne Bondroit, 1918


 * Tetramorium caespitum 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Tetramorium forte Forel, 1904


 * Tetramorium moravicum Kratochvi, 1941


 * Tetraponera oligocenica 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)

Uncertain species
The following species were described from Australia but their true identities are currently unknown.


 * Formica affinis Leach, 1825
 * Formica bicolor Leach, 1825
 * Formica lutea Duméril, 1860
 * Formica maculata Geoffroy, 1785
 * Formica rediana Leach, 1825
 * Formica rubescens Leach, 1825
 * Formica rupestris Leach, 1825
 * Formica testaceipes Leach, 1825
 * Formica thoracica Olivier, 1792
 * Lasius rubiginosa (Latreille, 1802)