Japan



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

A

 * Acropyga kinomurai Terayama & Hashimoto, 1996


 * Acropyga nipponensis


 * Acropyga sauteri


 * Acropyga yaeyamensis


 * Aenictus ceylonicus


 * Aenictus lifuiae


 * Anochetus shohki


 * Anomalomyrma species


 * Anoplolepis gracilipes


 * Aphaenogaster concolor


 * Aphaenogaster donann


 * Aphaenogaster edentula


 * Aphaenogaster erabu


 * Aphaenogaster famelica


 * Aphaenogaster gracillima


 * Aphaenogaster irrigua


 * Aphaenogaster japonica


 * Aphaenogaster kumejimana


 * Aphaenogaster luteipes


 * Aphaenogaster minutula


 * Aphaenogaster osimensis


 * Aphaenogaster rugulosa


 * Aphaenogaster tipuna


 * Aphaenogaster tokarainsulana

C

 * Camponotus albosparsus


 * Camponotus amamianus


 * Camponotus bishamon


 * Camponotus brunni Forel, 1901


 * Camponotus daitoensis


 * Camponotus devestivus


 * Camponotus friedae


 * Camponotus hemichlaena


 * Camponotus itoi


 * Camponotus iwoensis Terayama & Kubota, 2011


 * Camponotus japonicus


 * Camponotus kaguya


 * Camponotus keihitoi


 * Camponotus kiusiuensis


 * Camponotus monju


 * Camponotus nawai


 * Camponotus nigronitidus Azuma, 1951


 * Camponotus nipponensis


 * Camponotus nipponicus


 * Camponotus obscuripes


 * Camponotus ogasawarensis


 * Camponotus quadrinotatus


 * Camponotus sachalinensis


 * Camponotus shohki


 * Camponotus vitiosus


 * Camponotus yamaokai


 * Camponotus yambaru


 * Camponotus yessensis


 * Cardiocondyla kagutsuchi


 * Cardiocondyla minutior


 * Cardiocondyla nuda


 * Cardiocondyla tsukuyomi


 * Cardiocondyla wroughtonii


 * Cardiocondyla yamauchii


 * Carebara borealis


 * Carebara hannya
 * Carebara oni Terayama, 1996


 * Carebara sauteri


 * Carebara yamatonis Terayama,  1996


 * Cerapachys biroi


 * Cerapachys daikoku


 * Cerapachys hashimotoi


 * Cerapachys humicola


 * Crematogaster matsumurai


 * Crematogaster nawai


 * Crematogaster osakensis


 * Crematogaster suehiro


 * Crematogaster teranishii


 * Crematogaster vagula

D

 * Diacamma species


 * Discothyrea kamiteta


 * Discothyrea sauteri


 * Dolichoderus sibiricus

F

 * Formica candida


 * Formica fukaii


 * Formica gagatoides


 * Formica hayashi


 * Formica japonica


 * Formica lemani


 * Formica sanguinea


 * Formica truncorum


 * Formica yessensis


 * Formica yoshiokae Wheeler, W.M. 1933

H

 * Hypoponera beppin


 * Hypoponera nippona


 * Hypoponera nubatama


 * Hypoponera opaciceps


 * Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1857)


 * Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894)


 * Hypoponera sauteri
 * Hypoponera zwaluwenburgi

L

 * Lasius alienus


 * Lasius capitatus


 * Lasius flavus


 * Lasius hayashi


 * Lasius hikosanus


 * Lasius japonicus


 * Lasius meridionalis


 * Lasius morisitai


 * Lasius nipponensis


 * Lasius productus


 * Lasius sakagamii


 * Lasius sonobei


 * Lasius spathepus


 * Lasius talpa


 * Lasius teranishii


 * Lasius umbratus


 * Leptanilla japonica


 * Leptanilla kubotai


 * Leptanilla morimotoi


 * Leptanilla oceanica


 * Leptanilla tanakai


 * Leptogenys confucii


 * Leptothorax acervorum


 * Linepithema humile


 * Lordomyrma azumai

M

 * Manica yessensis


 * Messor aciculatus


 * Monomorium chinense


 * Monomorium destructor


 * Monomorium floricola


 * Monomorium hiten


 * Monomorium intrudens


 * Monomorium latinode


 * Monomorium pharaonis


 * Monomorium sechellense


 * Monomorium triviale


 * Myrmecina amamiana


 * Myrmecina flava


 * Myrmecina nipponica


 * Myrmecina ryukyuensis


 * Myrmica excelsa Kupyanskaya, 1990


 * Myrmica jessensis


 * Myrmica kotokui


 * Myrmica kurokii


 * Myrmica onoyamai Radchenko & Elmes, 2006


 * Myrmica rubra

N

 * Nylanderia amia


 * Nylanderia flavipes


 * Nylanderia nubatama


 * Nylanderia ogasawarensis


 * Nylanderia otome


 * Nylanderia ryukyuensis


 * Nylanderia sakurae


 * Nylanderia teranishii (Santschi, 1937)


 * Nylanderia yaeyamensis


 * Nylanderia yambaru

O

 * Ochetellus glaber


 * Odontomachus kuroiwae Matsumura, 1912


 * Odontomachus monticola

P

 * Pachycondyla chinensis


 * Pachycondyla darwinii


 * Pachycondyla javana


 * Pachycondyla luteipes


 * Pachycondyla nakasujii Yashiro, et al. 2010


 * Pachycondyla pilosior


 * Pachycondyla sakishimensis


 * Pachycondyla sauteri Wheeler, W.M., 1906


 * Pachycondyla tengu


 * Paratrechina longicornis


 * Pheidole bugi


 * Pheidole fervens


 * Pheidole fervida


 * Pheidole indica


 * Pheidole megacephala


 * Pheidole noda


 * Pheidole pieli


 * Pheidole ryukyuensis


 * Pheidole susanowo


 * Pheidologeton diversus


 * Plagiolepis alluaudi


 * Plagiolepis flavescens


 * Polyergus samurai


 * Polyrhachis dives


 * Polyrhachis lamellidens


 * Polyrhachis latona


 * Polyrhachis moesta


 * Ponera bishamon


 * Ponera japonica


 * Ponera kohmoku


 * Ponera scabra


 * Ponera swezeyi


 * Ponera takaminei


 * Ponera tamon


 * Ponera yakushimensis


 * Prenolepis species


 * Pristomyrmex pungens


 * Pristomyrmex yaeyamensis


 * Probolomyrmex longinodus


 * Probolomyrmex okinawensis


 * Proceratium itoi


 * Proceratium japonicum


 * Proceratium morisitai


 * Proceratium watasei


 * Protanilla species

R

 * Recurvidris recurvispinosa


 * Rhopalomastix omotoensis

S

 * Solenopsis geminata


 * Solenopsis japonica


 * Solenopsis tipuna


 * Stenamma nipponense


 * Stenamma owstoni


 * Stigmatomma caliginosum (Onoyama, 1999)


 * Stigmatomma fulvidum


 * Stigmatomma sakaii


 * Stigmatomma silvestrii


 * Strongylognathus koreanus


 * Strumigenys alecto Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys benten


 * Strumigenys canina


 * Strumigenys circothrix


 * Strumigenys emmae


 * Strumigenys exilirhina


 * Strumigenys hexamera


 * Strumigenys hirashimai


 * Strumigenys hiroshimensis


 * Strumigenys incerta


 * Strumigenys japonica


 * Strumigenys kichijo


 * Strumigenys kumadori Yoshimura & Onoyama, 2007


 * Strumigenys lacunosa Lin & Wu, 1996


 * Strumigenys leptothrix


 * Strumigenys lewisi Cameron, 1886


 * Strumigenys masukoi


 * Strumigenys mazu


 * Strumigenys membranifera


 * Strumigenys minutula


 * Strumigenys morisitai


 * Strumigenys mutica


 * Strumigenys rostrataeformis


 * Strumigenys sauteri


 * Strumigenys solifontis


 * Strumigenys stenorhina


 * Strumigenys strigatella


 * Strumigenys terayamai

T

 * Tapinoma melanocephalum


 * Tapinoma species


 * Technomyrmex albipes


 * Technomyrmex gibbosus Wheeler, W.M., 1906


 * Temnothorax anira


 * Temnothorax antera


 * Temnothorax arimensis


 * Temnothorax basara


 * Temnothorax bikara


 * Temnothorax congruus


 * Temnothorax haira


 * Temnothorax indra


 * Temnothorax kinomurai


 * Temnothorax koreanus


 * Temnothorax kubira


 * Temnothorax makora


 * Temnothorax mekira Terayama & Kubota, 2011


 * Temnothorax santra


 * Temnothorax spinosior


 * Tetramorium bicarinatum


 * Tetramorium caespitum japonicum Röszler, 1936


 * Tetramorium kraepelini


 * Tetramorium lanuginosum


 * Tetramorium nipponense


 * Tetramorium simillimum


 * Tetramorium smithi


 * Tetramorium tonganum


 * Tetramorium tsushimae


 * Tetraponera attenuata

V

 * Vollenhovia amamiana


 * Vollenhovia benzai


 * Vollenhovia emeryi


 * Vollenhovia nipponica


 * Vollenhovia okinawana


 * Vollenhovia sakishimana


 * Vollenhovia yambaru

REFERENCES:
 * Japanese Ant Image Database


 * Masuko, K. 2010. Nest density and distribution of subterranean ants in an evergreen broadleaf forest in Japan with special reference to Amblyopone silvestrii. Entomological Science 13:191-198.