Albania

The following 27 genera and 75 valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Albania. 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 Albanian ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Albanian Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster balcanica (Emery, 1898)
 * Aphaenogaster campana Emery, 1878
 * Aphaenogaster epirotes Emery, 1895
 * Aphaenogaster muelleriana Wolf, 1914
 * Aphaenogaster ovaticeps (Emery, 1898)
 * Aphaenogaster picena Baroni Urbani, 1971
 * Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)

Bothriomyrmex

 * Bothriomyrmex communistus Santschi, 1919

Camponotus

 * Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)
 * Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1846)
 * Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1791)
 * Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)
 * Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)
 * Camponotus universitatis 	Forel, 1890
 * Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)

Cataglyphis

 * Cataglyphis nodus (Brulle, 1832)

Colobopsis

 * Colobopsis truncata (Spinola, 1808)

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Formica

 * Formica candida Smith, F., 1878
 * Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853
 * Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798
 * Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846
 * Formica foreli Bondroit, 1918
 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758
 * Formica gagates Latreille, 1798
 * Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917
 * Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838
 * Formica paralugubris Seifert, 1999
 * Formica polyctena Forster, 1850
 * Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783
 * Formica pressilabris Nylander, 1846
 * Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761
 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793
 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798
 * Formica selysi Bondroit, 1918

Lasius

 * Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850)
 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)
 * Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1791)
 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1781
 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)
 * Lasius grandis Forel, 1909
 * Lasius lasioides (Emery, 1869)
 * Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)
 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mayr, 1855)

Liometopum

 * Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)

Messor

 * Messor caducus (Motschoulsky, 1839)
 * Messor meridionalis (André, 1882)

Monomorium

 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)

Myrmica

 * Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846
 * Myrmica ravasinii Finzi, 1923
 * Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846
 * Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861
 * Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846
 * Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846

Pheidole

 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis taurica Santschi, 1920

Polyergus

 * Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)

Ponera

 * Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)

Prenolepis

 * Prenolepis nitens (Mayr, 1853)

Proceratium

 * Proceratium algiricum Forel, 1899
 * Proceratium melinum (Roger, 1860)
 * Proceratium numidicum Santschi, 1912

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)

Stenamma

 * Stenamma debile (Forster, 1850)

Stigmatomma

 * Stigmatomma denticulatum Roger, 1859

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)
 * Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax crassispinus Karavaiev, 1926
 * Temnothorax luteus Forel, 1874
 * Temnothorax morea Csősz, Salata & Borowiec, 2018
 * Temnothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856)
 * Temnothorax strymonensis Csősz, Salata & Borowiec, 2018
 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)
 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)