Switzerland



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

A

 * Anergates atratulus 	Schenck, 1852

B

 * Bothriomyrmex corsicus Santschi, 1923


 * Bothriomyrmex gallicus 	Emery, 1925


 * Brachymyrmex heeri 	Forel, 1874

C

 * Camponotus heracleus 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Camponotus ligniperda 	(Latreille, 1802)


 * Camponotus oeningensis 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Camponotus pinguiculus 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Camponotus aethiops 	Latreille, 1798


 * Camponotus universitatis 	Forel, 1890


 * Chalepoxenus muellerianus 	Finzi, 1922

F

 * Formica aquilonia 	Yarrow, 1955


 * Formica bruni 	Kutter, 1967


 * Formica cunicularia 	Latreille, 1798


 * Formica demersa 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Formica foreli 	Bondroit, 1918


 * Formica fusca 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Formica fuscocinerea 	Forel, 1874


 * Formica globiventris 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Formica gravida 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Formica immersa 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Formica lavateri 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Formica longicollis 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Formica lugubris 	Zetterstedt, 1838


 * Formica macrocephala 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Formica macrophthalma 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Formica orbata 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Formica paralugubris 	Seifert, 1996


 * Formica polyctena 	Foerster, 1850


 * Formica pratensis 	Retzius, 1783


 * Formica primitiva 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Formica primordialis 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Formica procera 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Formica pulchella 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Formica rufa 	Linnaeus, 1761


 * Formica rufa rufopratensoides Forel, 1874


 * Formica seuberti 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Formica uralensis 	Ruzsky, 1895


 * Formicoxenus nitidulus 	Nylander, 1846

H

 * Harpagoxenus sublaevis 	Nylander, 1849

I

 * Imhoffia nigra 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Imhoffia pallida 	Heer, 1867 (fossil)

L

 * Lasius brunneus 	(Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius emarginatus 	Olivier, 1792


 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius myops 	Forel, 1894


 * Leptothorax buschingeri 	Kutter, 1967


 * Leptothorax goesswaldi 	Kutter, 1967


 * Leptothorax kutteri 	Buschinger, 1966


 * Leptothorax pacis 	Kutter, 1945

M

 * Myrmica aemula 	Heer, 1849


 * Myrmica angusticollis 	Heer, 1849


 * Myrmica bibikoffi 	Kutter, 1963


 * Myrmica karavajevi 	Arnol’di, 1930


 * Myrmica macrocephala 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Myrmica molassica 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Myrmica myrmicoxena 	Forel, 1895


 * Myrmica obsoleta 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Myrmica ruginodis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica sabuleti 	Meinert, 1861


 * Myrmica scabrinodis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica schencki 	Viereck, 1903


 * Myrmica sulcinodis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica vandeli 	Bondroit, 1920


 * Myrmoxenus stumperi 	Kutter, 1950

P

 * Pheidologeton rugiceps 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Plagiolepis alluaudi 	Emery, 1894


 * Ponera coarctata 	Latreille, 1802


 * Ponera testacea 	Emery, 1895


 * Poneropsis crassinervis 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Poneropsis escheri 	Heer, 1867 (fossil)


 * Poneropsis fuliginosa 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Poneropsis globosa 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Poneropsis longaeva 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)


 * Poneropsis stygia 	Heer, 1867 (fossil)


 * Poneropsis veneraria 	Heer, 1864 (fossil)


 * Poneropsis ventrosa 	Heer, 1849 (fossil)

S

 * Strongylognathus alpinus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1909


 * Strongylognathus huberi 	Forel, 1874

T

 * Tapinoma erraticum platyops 	Emery, 1925


 * Teleutomyrmex schneideri 	Kutter, 1950


 * Temnothorax affinis 	Mayr, 1855


 * Temnothorax albipennis 	Curtis, 1854


 * Temnothorax arcanus 	Kutter, 1973


 * Temnothorax luteus 	Forel, 1874


 * Temnothorax nadigi 	Kutter, 1925


 * Temnothorax nylanderi 	Foerster, 1850


 * Temnothorax tuberum nylanderounifasciatus 	Forel, 1874


 * Temnothorax tuberum tuberonigriceps (Forel, 1874)


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus staegeri 	Bondroit, 1918


 * Tetramorium impurum 	Foerster, 1850


 * Tetramorium semilaeve kutteri 	Santschi, 1927

Uncertain species
The following species was described from Switzerland but its true identity is currently unknown.
 * Formica nitida Razoumowsky, 1789