Portugal



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

A

 * Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latreille, 1798)


 * Aphaenogaster iberica Emery, 1908


 * Aphaenogaster senilis Mayr, 1853

B

 * Bothriomyrmex saundersi Santschi, 1922

C

 * Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)


 * Camponotus barbaricus Emery, 1905


 * Camponotus cruentatus (Latreille, 1802)


 * Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1856)


 * Camponotus figaro Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969


 * Camponotus foreli Emery, 1881


 * Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1792)


 * Camponotus micans (Nylander, 1856)


 * Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)


 * Camponotus pilicornis (Roger, 1859)


 * Camponotus ruber Emery, 1925


 * Camponotus sylvaticus (Olivier, 1792)


 * Camponotus truncatus (Spinola, 1808)


 * Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)


 * Cardiocondyla batesii Forel, 1894


 * Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel, 1890


 * Cardiocondyla nigra Forel, 1905


 * Cataglyphis hispanica (Emery, 1906)


 * Cataglyphis iberica (Emery, 1906)


 * Cataglyphis rosenhaueri Santschi, 1925


 * Cataglyphis velox Santschi, 1929


 * Chalepoxenus muellerianus (Finzi, 1922)


 * Crematogaster auberti Emery, 1869


 * Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1792)


 * Crematogaster sordidula (Linnaeus, 1771)

D

 * Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

F

 * Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798


 * Formica dusmeti Emery, 1909


 * Formica frontalis Santschi, 1919


 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1783


 * Formica fusca tombeuri Bondroit, 1917


 * Formica gagates Latreille, 1798


 * Formica gerardi Bondroit, 1917


 * Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783


 * Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761


 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1758


 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798

G

 * Goniomma hispanicum (André, 1883)


 * Goniomma kugleri Espadaler, 1986

H

 * Hypoponera abeillei (André, 1881)


 * Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)


 * Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)

I

 * Iberoformica subrufa (Roger, 1859)

L

 * Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850)


 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792)


 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1781)


 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius grandis Forel, 1909


 * Lasius lasioides (Emery, 1869)


 * Lasius myops Forel, 1894


 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Lasius piliferus 	Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)


 * Leptanilla revelierii Emery, 1870


 * Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868)

M

 * Messor barbarus (Linnaeus, 1767)


 * Messor bouvieri Bondroit, 1918


 * Messor capitatus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Messor hispanicus Santschi, 1919


 * Messor lobicornis Forel, 1894


 * Messor lusitanicus 	Tinaut, 1985


 * Messor marocanus Santschi, 1927


 * Messor structor (Latreille, 1798)


 * Monomorium carbonarium (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus,, 1758)


 * Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)


 * Myrmica aloba Forel, 1909


 * Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861


 * Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica wesmaeli 	Bondroit, 1918

O

 * Oxyopomyrmex saulcyi Emery, 1889

P

 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)


 * Pheidole symbiotica 	Wasmann, 1909


 * Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798)


 * Plagiolepis schmitzii Forel, 1895


 * Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)


 * Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)


 * Ponera testacea Emery, 1895


 * Proformica nasuta (Nylander, 1856)

S

 * Solenopsis lusitanica Emery, 1915


 * Solenopsis oraniensis Forel, 1894


 * Stenamma debile 	Foerster, 1850


 * Stigmatomma gaetulicum (Baroni Urbani, 1978)


 * Strongylognathus huberi Forel, 1874


 * Strumigenys argiola 	(Emery, 1869)


 * Strumigenys silvestrii Emery, 1906

T

 * Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)


 * Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895


 * Tapinoma simrothi Krausse-Heldrungen, 1911


 * Temnothorax albipennis (Curtis, 1854)


 * Temnothorax angustulus (Nylander, 1856)


 * Temnothorax atlantis Santschi, 1911


 * Temnothorax aveli (Bondroit, 1918)


 * Temnothorax corticalis (Schenck, 1852)


 * Temnothorax formosus (Santschi, 1909)


 * Temnothorax nylanderi (Foerster, 1850)


 * Temnothorax pardoi (Tinaut, 1987)


 * Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)


 * Temnothorax racovitzai (Bondroit, 1918)


 * Temnothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856)


 * Temnothorax specularis (Emery, 1916)


 * Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Temnothorax wollastoni (Donisthorpe, 1940)


 * Tetramorium forte Forel, 1904


 * Tetramorium impurum (Foerster, 1850)


 * Tetramorium semilaeve André, 1883