United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland



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

A

 * Anergates atratulus (Schenck, 1852)


 * Aphaenogaster subterranea

C

 * Camponotus britteni Donisthorpe, 1931


 * Cardiocondyla britteni Crawley, 1920


 * Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1792)


 * Crematogaster terminalis (Shuckard, 1838)

F

 * Formica aquilonia Yarrow, 1951


 * Formica candida Smith, F., 1878


 * Formica clara


 * Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798


 * Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846


 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758


 * Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917


 * Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838


 * Formica picea


 * Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783


 * Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761


 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793


 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798


 * Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846)

H

 * Hypoponera gibbinota (Forel, 1912)


 * Hypoponera ergatandria (Forel, 1893)


 * Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)

L

 * Lasius alienus


 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius emarginatus


 * Lasius flavus


 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius meridionalis


 * Lasius mixtus


 * Lasius neglectus


 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Lasius platythorax Seifert 1991


 * Lasius psammophilus


 * Lasius sabularum


 * Lasius umbratus


 * Leptothorax acervorum


 * Linepithema humile


 * Linepithema iniquum

M

 * Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Monomorium floricola


 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Monomorium salomonis


 * Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)


 * Myrmica hirsuta 	Elmes, 1978


 * Myrmica karavajevi


 * Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica lonae


 * Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861


 * Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica schencki Emery, 1895


 * Myrmica specioides Bondroit,, 1918


 * Myrmica sulcinodis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica vandeli

N

 * Nylanderia braueri donisthorpei (Forel, 1908)


 * Nylanderia vividula

P

 * Paratrechina longicornis


 * Pheidole megacephala


 * Plagiolepis taurica


 * Ponera coarctata Latreille, 1802


 * Ponera testacea (Emery, 1895)

S

 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)


 * Stenamma debile


 * Stenamma westwoodii Westwood, 1839


 * Strongylognathus testaceus


 * Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890

T

 * Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)


 * Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895


 * Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793


 * Temnothorax albipennis (Curtis)


 * Temnothorax interruptus


 * Temnothorax nylanderi


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus


 * Tetramorium caespitum


 * Tetramorium caldarium


 * Tetramorium simillimum

Online Resources

 * List of ants of Great Britain


 * List of ants of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (BWARS)