Denmark



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

Camponotus

 * Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1792)

Formica

 * Formica aquilonia Yarrow, 1955


 * Formica candida Smith, 1878


 * Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853


 * Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798


 * Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846


 * Formica foreli Emery, 1909


 * Formica forsslundi Lohmander, 1949


 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758


 * Formica polyctena Foerster, 1850


 * Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783


 * Formica pressilabris Nylander, 1846


 * Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761


 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793


 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798


 * Formica transkaucasica Nasonov, 1889


 * Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804


 * Formica uralensis Ruzsky, 1895

Formicoxenus

 * Formicoxenus nitidulus Nylander, 1846

Harpagoxenus

 * Harpagoxenus sublaevis (Nylander, 1849)

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)

Lasius

 * Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850)


 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1781)


 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius meridionalis (Bondroit, 1919)


 * Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)


 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Lasius rabaudi (Bondroit, 1917)


 * Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)

Leptothorax

 * Leptothorax acervorum Fabricius, 1793


 * Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)

Monomorium

 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina graminicola Latreille, 1802

Myrmica

 * Myrmica gallienii Bondroit, 1920


 * Myrmica hirsuta Elmes, 1978


 * Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica rugulosa Nylander, 1849


 * Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861


 * Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica schencki Emery, 1895


 * Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918


 * Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846

Pheidole

 * Pheidole anastasii Emery, 1896


 * Pheidole punctatissima Mayr, 1870

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)

Stenamma

 * Stenamma westwoodii Westwood, 1839

Technomyrmex

 * Technomyrmex albipes (Smith, F., 1861)

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax interruptus Schenck, 1852


 * Temnothorax corticalis (Schenck, 1852)


 * Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck, 1852)


 * Temnothorax nylanderi (Foerster, 1850)


 * Temnothorax tuberum(Fabricius, 1775)


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)


 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846)


 * Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, 1851)