Turkey

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

Aenictus

 * Aenictus rhodiensis 	Menozzi, 1936

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster aktaci Kiran & Tezcan, 2008
 * Aphaenogaster balcanica (Emery, 1898)
 * Aphaenogaster burri
 * Aphaenogaster depressa Bolton, 1995
 * Aphaenogaster epirotes (Emery, 1895)
 * Aphaenogaster equestris Borowiec & Salata, 2014
 * Aphaenogaster festae
 * Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latreille, 1798)
 * Aphaenogaster holtzi
 * Aphaenogaster kervillei Forel, 1910
 * Aphaenogaster lykiaensis Borowiec & Salata, 2014
 * Aphaenogaster maculifrons Kiran & Aktaç,, 2008
 * Aphaenogaster obsidiana (Mayr, 1861)
 * Aphaenogaster radchenkoi Kiran et al. 2008
 * Aphaenogaster semipolita (Nylander, 1856)
 * Aphaenogaster simonellii Emery, 1894
 * Aphaenogaster splendida (Roger, 1859)
 * Aphaenogaster sporadis
 * Aphaenogaster subcostata Viehmeyer, 1922
 * Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)
 * Aphaenogaster subterraneoides
 * Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa (Lucas, 1849)
 * Aphaenogaster vohraliki Salata, Karaman, Kiran & Borowiec, 2021

Bothriomyrmex

 * Bothriomyrmex communista anatolicus 	Emery, 1925
 * Bothriomyrmex corsicus Santschi, 1923
 * Bothriomyrmex turcomenicus Emery, 1925

Camponotus

 * Key to species


 * Camponotus abrahami Forel, 1913
 * Camponotus aegaeus Emery, 1915
 * Camponotus aethiops escherichi Emery, 1925
 * Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)
 * Camponotus aktaci Karaman, C., 2013
 * Camponotus anatolicus Karaman, C. & Aktac, 2013
 * Camponotus armeniacus Arnoldi, 1967
 * Camponotus baldaccii Emery, 1908
 * Camponotus boghossiani Forel, 1911
 * Camponotus buddhae Forel, 1892
 * Camponotus candiotes Emery, 1894
 * Camponotus cilicicus
 * Camponotus dalmaticus (Nylander, 1849)
 * Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1856)
 * Camponotus fedtschenkoi Mayr, 1877
 * Camponotus fellah Dalla Torre, 1893
 * Camponotus festai Emery, 1894
 * Camponotus gestroi Emery, 1878
 * Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Camponotus hirtus Karaman, C. & Aktac, 2013
 * Camponotus honaziensis Karaman & Aktaç, 2013
 * Camponotus honaziensis Karaman, C. & Aktac, 2013
 * Camponotus ionius Emery, 1920
 * Camponotus jaliensis
 * Camponotus kiesenwetteri (Roger, 1859)
 * Camponotus kurdistanicus Emery, 1898
 * Camponotus lateralis
 * Camponotus libanicus
 * Camponotus ligniperda Latreille, 1802
 * Camponotus maculatus sylvaticomaculatus Dalla Torre, 1893
 * Camponotus oasium Forel, 1890
 * Camponotus oertzeni Forel, 1899
 * Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)
 * Camponotus praegracilis Karaman & Kiran, 2017
 * Camponotus rebeccae
 * Camponotus ruseni Karaman, 2012
 * Camponotus samius
 * Camponotus sanctus Forel, 1904
 * Camponotus schulzi Salata, Loss, Karaman, Kiran, Borowiec, 2019
 * Camponotus shaqualavensis Pisarski, 1971
 * Camponotus sylvaticus Olivier, 1792
 * Camponotus tergestinus Müller, 1921
 * Camponotus thoracicus Fabricius, 1804
 * Camponotus universitatis
 * Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)
 * Camponotus variegatus Smith, 1858
 * Camponotus vogti
 * Camponotus xerxes Forel, 1904

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla brachyceps Seifert, 2003
 * Cardiocondyla bulgarica
 * Cardiocondyla elegans Emery, 1869
 * Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel, 1890
 * Cardiocondyla nigra Forel, 1905
 * Cardiocondyla sahlbergi Forel, 1913
 * Cardiocondyla semirubra
 * Cardiocondyla stambuloffii Forel, 1892
 * Cardiocondyla ulianini

Carebara

 * Carebara oertzeni (Forel, 1886)
 * Carebara oertzeni aeolia Forel, 1911

Cataglyphis

 * Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849)
 * Cataglyphis albicans (Roger, 1859)
 * Cataglyphis bicolor (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Cataglyphis cursor (Fonscolombe, 1846)
 * Cataglyphis frigida
 * Cataglyphis kurdistanica Pisarski, 1965
 * Cataglyphis laevior Emery, 1925
 * Cataglyphis livida
 * Cataglyphis lunatica
 * Cataglyphis nodus
 * Cataglyphis setipes
 * Cataglyphis viaticoides (André, 1881)

Colobopsis

 * Colobopsis truncata (Spinola, 1808)

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster auberti Emery, 1869
 * Crematogaster gullukdagensis
 * Crematogaster ionia
 * Crematogaster jehovae
 * Crematogaster laestrygon Emery, 1869
 * Crematogaster lorteti Forel, 1910
 * Crematogaster schmidti (Mayr, 1853)
 * Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1792)
 * Crematogaster sordidula aeolia
 * Crematogaster sordidula osmanica Santschi, 1921
 * Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)
 * Crematogaster warburgi

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Dorylus

 * Dorylus affinis Shuckard, 1840
 * Dorylus fulvus (Westwood, 1839)
 * Dorylus fulvus juvenculus Shuckard, 1840

Formica

 * Formica anatolica Seifert & Schultz, 2009
 * Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853
 * Formica cinereofusca
 * Formica clara Forel, 1886
 * Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798
 * Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846
 * Formica foreli Bondroit, 1918
 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1783
 * Formica gagates Latreille, 1798
 * Formica georgica Seifert, 2002
 * Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917
 * Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838
 * Formica picea
 * Formica pratensis
 * Formica pressilabris Nylander, 1846
 * Formica rufa
 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793
 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798
 * Formica subpilosa Ruzsky, 1902
 * Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804

Formicoxenus

 * Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846)

Harpagoxenus

 * Harpagoxenus sublaevis (Nylander, 1849)

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)

Lasius

 * Lasius alienus (Forster, 1850)
 * Lasius austriacus Schlick-Steiner, 2003
 * Lasius balcanicus Seifert, 1988
 * Lasius bicornis (Forster, 1850)
 * Lasius bombycina Seifert & Galkowski, 2016
 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)
 * Lasius carniolicus Mayr, 1861
 * Lasius distinguendus (Emery, 1916)
 * Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792)
 * Lasius flavoniger
 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)
 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)
 * Lasius illyricus Zimmermann, 1935
 * Lasius lasioides (Emery, 1869)
 * Lasius meridionalis (Bondroit, 1920)
 * Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)
 * Lasius myops Forel, 1894
 * Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrasfalvy, 1990
 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Lasius nitidigaster
 * Lasius paralienus Seifert, 1991
 * Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991
 * Lasius precursor Seifert, 2020
 * Lasius psammophilus Seifert, 1992
 * Lasius rabaudi (Bondroit, 1917)
 * Lasius schulzi
 * Lasius turcicus
 * Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota dolabellae
 * Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mayr, 1855)
 * Lepisiota melas (Emery, 1915)
 * Lepisiota semenovi
 * Lepisiota syriaca (Andre, 1881)

Leptothorax

 * Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Leptothorax kutteri Buschinger, 1966
 * Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)
 * Leptothorax scamni Ruzsky, 1905

Liometopum

 * Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)

Manica

 * Manica rubida (Latreille, 1802)

Messor

 * Messor caducus (Victor, 1839)
 * Messor dentatus Santschi, 1927
 * Messor ebeninus Santschi, 1927
 * Messor hellenius
 * Messor himalayanus (Forel, 1902)
 * Messor intermedius Santschi, 1927
 * Messor laboriosus Santschi, 1927
 * Messor luridus Santschi, 1927
 * Messor mcarthuri Steiner et al., 2018
 * Messor mediosanguineus Donisthorpe, 1946
 * Messor melancholicus
 * Messor meridionalis (Andre, 1883)
 * Messor muticus
 * Messor oertzeni amasiensis Emery, 1921
 * Messor oertzeni Forel, 1910
 * Messor orientalis Emery, 1898
 * Messor ponticus Steiner et al., 2018
 * Messor rugosus
 * Messor semirufus (André, 1883)
 * Messor structor
 * Messor sultanus Santschi, 1917
 * Messor syriacus Tohme, G. 1969
 * Messor testaceus Donisthorpe, 1950
 * Messor varrialei Emery, 1921
 * Messor wasmanni Krausse, 1910

Monomorium

 * Monomorium bicolor
 * Monomorium clavicorne
 * Monomorium kusnezowi
 * Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987
 * Monomorium nitidiventre
 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Monomorium ruzskyi
 * Monomorium sommieri Emery, 1908
 * Monomorium subopacum (Smith, F., 1858)

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)

Myrmica

 * Myrmica anatolica Elmes, Radchenko & Aktaç, 2002
 * Myrmica bergi
 * Myrmica deplanata
 * Myrmica gallienii
 * Myrmica hellenica
 * Myrmica jennyae Elmes, Radchenko & Aktaç, 2002
 * Myrmica lobicornis
 * Myrmica lonae
 * Myrmica ravasinii Finzi, 1923
 * Myrmica rubra
 * Myrmica ruginodis
 * Myrmica rugulosa
 * Myrmica sabuleti
 * Myrmica salina
 * Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846
 * Myrmica schencki
 * Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918
 * Myrmica sulcinodis
 * Myrmica tamarae Elmes, Radchenko & Aktaç, 2002
 * Myrmica tulinae Elmes, Radchenko & Aktaç, 2002

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia jaegerskioeldi (Mayr, 1904)
 * Nylanderia vividula (Nylander, 1846)

Oxyopomyrmex

 * Oxyopomyrmex krueperi Forel, 1911
 * Oxyopomyrmex oculatus
 * Oxyopomyrmex polybotesi

Parasyscia

 * Parasyscia piochardi (Emery, 1882)

Pheidole

 * Pheidole balcanica Seifert, 2016
 * Pheidole koshewnikovi Ruzsky, 1905
 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis ampeloni (Faber, 1969)
 * Plagiolepis barbara Santschi, 1911
 * Plagiolepis pallescens Forel, 1889
 * Plagiolepis perperamus Salata, Borowiec & Radchenko, 2018
 * Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798)
 * Plagiolepis pygmaea minu Forel, 1911
 * Plagiolepis xene Starcke, 1936

Polyergus

 * Polyergus rufescens 	Latreille, 1798

Prenolepis

 * Prenolepis nitens 	Mayr, 1853

Proceratium

 * Proceratium melinum 	Roger, 1860
 * Proceratium numidicum 	Santschi, 1912

Proformica

 * Proformica kobachidzei Arnoldi, 1968
 * Proformica korbi
 * Proformica kosswigi
 * Proformica nasuta (Nylander, 1856)
 * Proformica pilosiscapa Dlussky, 1969
 * Proformica striaticeps (Forel, 1911)

Rossomyrmex

 * Rossomyrmex anatolicus Tinaut, 2007

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)
 * Solenopsis latro Forel, 1894
 * Solenopsis orbula Emery, 1875
 * Solenopsis wolfi Emery, 1915 (needs confirmation)

Stenamma

 * Stenamma debile
 * Stenamma striatulum Emery, 1895

Stigmatomma

 * Stigmatomma denticulatum Roger, 1859

Strongylognathus

 * Strongylognathus karawajewi
 * Strongylognathus kervillei
 * Strongylognathus rehbinderi
 * Strongylognathus silvestrii
 * Strongylognathus testaceus

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)
 * Tapinoma festae Emery, 1925
 * Tapinoma nigerrimum (Nylander, 1856)
 * Tapinoma subboreale Seifert, 2012
 * Tapinoma simrothi (Collingwood, 1961)

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax aeolius Forel, 1911
 * Temnothorax affinis
 * Temnothorax angustifrons Csösz, Heinze & Mikó, 2015
 * Temnothorax antigoni
 * Temnothorax artvinensis Seifert, 2006
 * Temnothorax bulgaricus
 * Temnothorax corticalis
 * Temnothorax crasecundus Seifert & Csősz, 2015
 * Temnothorax curtisetosus Salata & Borowiec, 2015
 * Temnothorax dessyi
 * Temnothorax exilis
 * Temnothorax finzii (needs verification)
 * Temnothorax flavicornis (Emery, 1870)
 * Temnothorax gordiagini
 * Temnothorax graecus
 * Temnothorax helenae Csösz, Heinze & Mikó, 2015
 * Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck, 1852)
 * Temnothorax kemali
 * Temnothorax korbi
 * Temnothorax kraussei (Emery, 1915)
 * Temnothorax laestrygon
 * Temnothorax lichtensteini (Bondroit, 1918)
 * Temnothorax lucidus Csösz, Heinze & Mikó, 2015
 * Temnothorax luteus
 * Temnothorax morea Csősz, Salata & Borowiec, 2018
 * Temnothorax muellerianus (Finzi, 1922)
 * Temnothorax nadigi
 * Temnothorax nigriceps
 * Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)
 * Temnothorax ravouxi
 * Temnothorax recedens
 * Temnothorax rottenbergii
 * Temnothorax satunini
 * Temnothorax schoedli Seifert, 2006
 * Temnothorax semiruber
 * Temnothorax similis Csösz, Heinze & Mikó, 2015
 * Temnothorax smyrnensis (Forel, 1911)
 * Temnothorax sordidulus
 * Temnothorax strymonensis Csősz, Salata & Borowiec, 2018
 * Temnothorax stumperi
 * Temnothorax subtilis Csösz, Heinze & Mikó, 2015
 * Temnothorax tamarae
 * Temnothorax tuberum
 * Temnothorax turcicus
 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium anatolicum Csosz & Schulz, 2007
 * Tetramorium aspina Wagner, Karaman, Aksoy & Kiran, 2018
 * Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)
 * Tetramorium bellerophoni Salata & Borowiec, 2017
 * Tetramorium brevicorne
 * Tetramorium caespitum
 * Tetramorium chefketi Forel, 1911
 * Tetramorium davidi
 * Tetramorium densopilosum Radchenko & Arakelian, 1990
 * Tetramorium diomedeum
 * Tetramorium feroxoides Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985
 * Tetramorium flavidulum Emery, 1924
 * Tetramorium galaticum Menozzi, 1936
 * Tetramorium goniommoide Poldi, 1979
 * Tetramorium hippocratis Agosti & Collingwood, 1987
 * Tetramorium hungaricum
 * Tetramorium immigrans Santschi, 1927
 * Tetramorium impurum
 * Tetramorium inerme
 * Tetramorium lucidulum
 * Tetramorium moravicum Kratochvil, 1941
 * Tetramorium punicum
 * Tetramorium rhodium Emery, 1924
 * Tetramorium schmidti
 * Tetramorium seiferti (Kiran & Karaman, 2017)
 * Tetramorium splendens
 * Tetramorium staerckei Kratochvíl, 1944
 * Tetramorium sulcinode Santschi, 1927
 * Tetramorium syriacum Emery, 1924

Trichomyrmex

 * Trichomyrmex chobauti
 * Trichomyrmex dentigera (Roger, 1862)
 * Trichomyrmex perplexus