Turkmenistan

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

Aenictus

 * Aenictus dlusskyi Arnol'di, 1968

Alloformica

 * Alloformica aberrans (Mayr, 1877)
 * Alloformica obscurior Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster fabulosa Arnol’di, 1968
 * Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latreille, 1798)
 * Aphaenogaster messoroides 	Dlussky, 1990
 * Aphaenogaster rhaphidiiceps (Mayr, 1877)

Bothriomyrmex

 * Bothriomyrmex turcomenicus Emery, 1925

Camponotus

 * Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)
 * Camponotus buddhae Forel, 1892
 * Camponotus fedtschenkoi Mayr, 1877
 * Camponotus interjectus Mayr, 1877
 * Camponotus kopetdaghensis Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985
 * Camponotus lameerei Emery, 1898
 * Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1791)
 * Camponotus oasium Forel, 1890
 * Camponotus semirufus Kusnezov, 1923
 * Camponotus turkestanicus 	Emery, 1887
 * Camponotus turkestanus André, 1882
 * Camponotus xerxes Forel, 1903

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla elegans Emery, 1869
 * Cardiocondyla koshewnikovi Ruzsky, 1902
 * Cardiocondyla kushanica Pisarski, 1967

Cataglyphis

 * Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849)
 * Cataglyphis bergiana 	Arnol’di, 1964
 * Cataglyphis cinnamomea (Karavaiev, 1910)
 * Cataglyphis elegantissima 	Arnol’di, 1968
 * Cataglyphis emeryi 	Karavaiev, 1911
 * Cataglyphis foreli (Ruzsky, 1903)
 * Cataglyphis longipedem 	Eichwald, 1841
 * Cataglyphis nodus (Brullé, 1833)
 * Cataglyphis oxiana 	Arnol’di, 1964
 * Cataglyphis pallida (Mayr, 1877)
 * Cataglyphis piligera 	Arnol’di, 1964
 * Cataglyphis takyrica 	Dlussky, 1990
 * Cataglyphis zakharovi 	Radchenko, 1997

Colobopsis

 * Colobopsis truncata (Spinola, 1808)

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster bogojawlenskii Ruzsky, 1905
 * Crematogaster schmidti (Mayr, 1862)
 * Crematogaster sorokini Ruzsky, 1905
 * Crematogaster subdentata Mayr, 1877

Formica

 * Formica clara 	Forel, 1886
 * Formica pamirica Dlussky, 1965
 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793
 * Formica subpilosa Ruzsky, 1902

Lasius

 * Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850)
 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)

Lioponera

 * Lioponera desertorum 	Dlussky, 1990

Messor

 * Messor aralocaspius (Ruzsky, 1902)
 * Messor excursionis Ruzsky, 1905
 * Messor intermedius Forel, 1910
 * Messor kisilkumensis Arnol'di, 1970
 * Messor laboriosus Santschi, 1927
 * Messor lamellicornis Arnol'di, 1968
 * Messor perantennatus Arnol'di, 1970
 * Messor reticuliventris Karavaiev, 1910
 * Messor subgracilinodis Arnol'di, 1970
 * Messor turcmenochorassanicus Arnol'di, 1977
 * Messor variabilis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927
 * Messor vicinus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927

Monomorium

 * Monomorium barbatulum Mayr, 1877
 * Monomorium demisum Santschi, 1936
 * Monomorium dentigerum (Roger, 1862)
 * Monomorium flavum Collingwood, 1961
 * Monomorium kugitangi 	Dlussky, 1990
 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Monomorium ruzskyi Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985

Myrmica

 * Myrmica bessarabicus
 * Myrmica deplanata Emery, 1921
 * Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918
 * Myrmica tenuispina Ruzsky, 1905

Pheidole

 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis arnoldii 	Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990
 * Plagiolepis calva 	Radchenko, 1996
 * Plagiolepis compressa 	Radchenko, 1996
 * Plagiolepis vladileni 	Radchenko, 1996

Polyrhachis

 * Polyrhachis lacteipennis Smith, F., 1858

Proformica

 * Proformica epinotalis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis celata (Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985)
 * Solenopsis deserticola Ruzsky, 1905
 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)

Stenamma

 * Stenamma hissarianum Arnol'di, 1975

Stigmatomma

 * Stigmatomma annae 	Arnol’di, 1968
 * Stigmatomma denticulatum (Roger, 1859)

Strongylognathus

 * Strongylognathus christophi Emery, 1889
 * Strongylognathus karawajewi Pisarski, 1966
 * Strongylognathus minutus 	Radchenko, 1991
 * Strongylognathus testaceus (Schenck, 1852)

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)
 * Tapinoma karavaievi Emery, 1925

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax anodontoides 	Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985
 * Temnothorax desertorum Dlussky & Soyunov, 1988
 * Temnothorax fumosus (Ruzsky, 1923)
 * Temnothorax melleus (Forel, 1904)
 * Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)
 * Temnothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856)
 * Temnothorax semenovi (Ruzsky, 1903)
 * Tetramorium sulcinode Santschi, 1927
 * Temnothorax tesquorum 	Arnol’di, 1977
 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)
 * Temnothorax zabelini (Radchenko, 1989)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium armatum Santschi, 1927
 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Tetramorium ferox Ruzsky, 1903
 * Tetramorium feroxoides Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985
 * Tetramorium inerme Mayr, 1877
 * Tetramorium inquilinum Ward, Brady, Fisher & Schultz, 2014
 * Tetramorium kisilkumense 	Dlussky, 1990
 * Tetramorium kabulistanicum Pisarski, 1967
 * Tetramorium nitidissimum Pisarski, 1967
 * Tetramorium reticuligerum Bursakov, 1984
 * Tetramorium schneideri Emery, 1898
 * Tetramorium sulcinode
 * Tetramorium striativentre Mayr, 1877