Republic of Korea



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

A

 * Aphaenogaster famelica (Smith, F., 1874)


 * Aphaenogaster japonica Forel, 1911


 * Aphaenogaster schmidti Karavaiev, 1912

C

 * Camponotus concavus Kim & Kim, 1994


 * Camponotus fuscus Kim & Kim, 1994


 * Camponotus jejuensis 	Kim & Kim, 1986


 * Cardiocondyla nuda Mayr 1866


 * Chronoxenus wroughtonii (Forel, 1895)


 * Crematogaster matsumurai Forel, 1901


 * Crematogaster nawai Ito, 1914


 * Crematogaster osakensis Forel, 1900

D

 * Dacatria templaris 	Rigato, 1994


 * Dolichoderus sibiricus (Emery, 1889)

H

 * Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894)

L

 * Lasius fuliginosus 	Latreille, 1798


 * Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)

M

 * Messor aciculatus (Smith, F., 1874)


 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Myrmecina flava Terayama, 1985


 * Myrmica cadusa 	Kim, Park & Kim, 1997


 * Myrmica koreana Elmes, Radchenko & Kim, 2001


 * Myrmica kurokii Forel, 1907


 * Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica saposhnikovi Ruzsky, 1904


 * Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846

O

 * Ochetellus glaber (Mayr, 1862)

P

 * Pachycondyla chinensis (Emery, 1895)


 * Pachycondyla pilosior 	Wheeler, W.M., 1928


 * Pheidole fervida kwazana Teranishi, 1940


 * Pheidole noda Smith, F., 1874


 * Plagiolepis flavescens Collingwood, 1976


 * Ponera japonica Wheeler, W.M., 1906


 * Ponera scabra Wheeler, W.M., 1928


 * Proceratium watasei (Wheeler, W.M., 1906)


 * Pristomyrmex punctatus (Smith, F., 1860)


 * Proceratium watasei Wheeler, W.M., 1906

S

 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)


 * Stenamma koreanense 	Lyu, DuBois & Cho, 2002


 * Stenamma owstoni Wheeler, W.M., 1906


 * Strumigenys choii Lyu, 2007


 * Strumigenys japonica 	Ito, 1914


 * Strumigenys lewisi Cameron, 1886


 * Strumigenys mutica 	Brown, 1949

T

 * Tapinoma geei Wheeler, 1927


 * Tapinoma sinense Emery, 1925


 * Tapinoma wroughtonii Forel, 1904


 * Technomyrmex albipes (Smith, F., 1861)


 * Technomyrmex gibbosus Wheeler, W.M., 1906


 * Temnothorax congruus Smith, F. 1874


 * Temnothorax koreanus 	Teranishi, 1940


 * Temnothorax nassanovi Ruzsky, 1895


 * Temnothorax serviculus Ruzsky, 1902


 * Temnothorax spinosior  Forel, 1901


 * Tetramorium tsushimae Emery, 1925

V

 * Vollenhovia emeryi chosenica Wheeler, W.M., 1928