Turkey

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

Aenictus

 * Aenictus rhodiensis 	Menozzi, 1936

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster aktaci Kiran & Tezcan, 2008
 * Aphaenogaster balcanica (Emery, 1898)
 * Aphaenogaster burri 	Donisthorpe, 1950
 * Aphaenogaster depressa Bolton, 1995
 * Aphaenogaster epirotes (Emery, 1895)
 * Aphaenogaster equestris Borowiec & Salata, 2014
 * Aphaenogaster festae 	Emery, 1915
 * Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latreille, 1798)
 * Aphaenogaster holtzi 	Emery, 1898
 * Aphaenogaster kervillei Forel, 1910
 * Aphaenogaster lykiaensis Borowiec & Salata, 2014
 * Aphaenogaster maculifrons Kiran & Aktaç,, 2008
 * Aphaenogaster obsidiana (Mayr, 1861)
 * Aphaenogaster radchenkoi Kiran et al. 2008
 * Aphaenogaster semipolita (Nylander, 1856)
 * Aphaenogaster simonellii Emery, 1894
 * Aphaenogaster splendida (Roger, 1859)
 * Aphaenogaster subcostata Viehmeyer, 1922
 * Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)
 * Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa (Lucas, 1849)
 * Aphaenogaster vohraliki Salata, Karaman, Kiran & Borowiec, 2021

Bothriomyrmex

 * Bothriomyrmex communista anatolicus 	Emery, 1925
 * Bothriomyrmex corsicus Santschi, 1923
 * Bothriomyrmex turcomenicus Emery, 1925

Camponotus

 * Key to species


 * Camponotus abrahami Forel, 1913
 * Camponotus aegaeus Emery, 1915
 * Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)
 * Camponotus aethiops escherichi Emery, 1925
 * Camponotus aktaci Karaman, C., 2013
 * Camponotus anatolicus Karaman, C. & Aktac, 2013
 * Camponotus armeniacus Arnoldi, 1967
 * Camponotus baldaccii Emery, 1908
 * Camponotus boghossiani Forel, 1911
 * Camponotus buddhae Forel, 1892
 * Camponotus candiotes Emery, 1894
 * Camponotus cilicicus 	Emery, 1908
 * Camponotus dalmaticus (Nylander, 1849)
 * Camponotus fellah Dalla Torre, 1893
 * Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1856)
 * Camponotus fedtschenkoi Mayr, 1877
 * Camponotus festai Emery, 1894
 * Camponotus gestroi Emery, 1878
 * Camponotus hirtus Karaman, C. & Aktac, 2013
 * Camponotus honaziensis Karaman, C. & Aktac, 2013
 * Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Camponotus honaziensis Karaman & Aktaç, 2013
 * Camponotus ionius Emery, 1920
 * Camponotus kiesenwetteri (Roger, 1859)
 * Camponotus kurdistanicus Emery, 1898
 * Camponotus lateralis 	Olivier, 1792
 * Camponotus libanicus 	André, 1881
 * Camponotus ligniperda Latreille, 1802
 * Camponotus maculatus sylvaticomaculatus Dalla Torre, 1893
 * Camponotus oasium Forel, 1890
 * Camponotus oertzeni Forel, 1899
 * Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)
 * Camponotus praegracilis Karaman & Kiran, 2017
 * Camponotus ruseni Karaman, 2012
 * Camponotus samius 	Forel, 1889
 * Camponotus sanctus Forel, 1904
 * Camponotus schulzi Salata, Loss, Karaman, Kiran, Borowiec, 2019
 * Camponotus shaqualavensis Pisarski, 1971
 * Camponotus sylvaticus Olivier, 1792
 * Camponotus tergestinus Müller, 1921
 * Camponotus thoracicus Fabricius, 1804
 * Camponotus universitatis 	Forel, 1890
 * Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)
 * Camponotus variegatus Smith, 1858
 * Camponotus vogti 	Forel, 1906
 * Camponotus xerxes Forel, 1904

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla brachyceps Seifert, 2003
 * Cardiocondyla bulgarica 	Forel, 1892
 * Cardiocondyla elegans Emery, 1869
 * Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel, 1890
 * Cardiocondyla nigra Forel, 1905
 * Cardiocondyla sahlbergi Forel, 1913
 * Cardiocondyla semirubra 	Seifert, 2003
 * Cardiocondyla stambuloffii Forel, 1892

Carebara

 * Carebara oertzeni (Forel, 1886)
 * Carebara oertzeni aeolia Forel, 1911

Cataglyphis

 * Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849)
 * Cataglyphis albicans (Roger, 1859)
 * Cataglyphis bicolor (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Cataglyphis cursor (Fonscolombe, 1846)
 * Cataglyphis kurdistanica Pisarski, 1965
 * Cataglyphis laevior Emery, 1925
 * Cataglyphis livida 	André, 1881
 * Cataglyphis lunatica 	Baroni Urbani, 1969
 * Cataglyphis nodus 	(Brullé, 1833)
 * Cataglyphis viaticoides (André, 1881)

Colobopsis

 * Colobopsis truncata (Spinola, 1808)

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster auberti Emery, 1869
 * Crematogaster ionia 	Forel, 1911
 * Crematogaster laestrygon Emery, 1869
 * Crematogaster lorteti Forel, 1910
 * Crematogaster schmidti (Mayr, 1853)
 * Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1792)
 * Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)
 * Crematogaster sordidula aeolia 	Forel, 1911
 * Crematogaster sordidula osmanica Santschi, 1921

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Dorylus

 * Dorylus affinis Shuckard, 1840
 * Dorylus fulvus (Westwood, 1839)
 * Dorylus fulvus juvenculus Shuckard, 1840

Formica

 * Formica anatolica Seifert & Schultz, 2009
 * Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853
 * Formica clara Forel, 1886
 * Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798
 * Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846
 * Formica foreli Bondroit, 1918
 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1783
 * Formica gagates Latreille, 1798
 * Formica georgica Seifert, 2002
 * Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917
 * Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838
 * Formica picea 	Nylander, 1846
 * Formica pratensis 	Retzius, 1783
 * Formica pressilabris Nylander, 1846
 * Formica rufa 	Linnaeus, 1761
 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793
 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798
 * Formica subpilosa Ruzsky, 1902
 * Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804

Formicoxenus

 * Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846)

Harpagoxenus

 * Harpagoxenus sublaevis (Nylander, 1849)

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)

Lasius

 * Lasius alienus (Forster, 1850)
 * Lasius austriacus Schlick-Steiner, 2003
 * Lasius balcanicus Seifert, 1988
 * Lasius bicornis (Forster, 1850)
 * Lasius bombycina Seifert & Galkowski, 2016
 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)
 * Lasius carniolicus Mayr, 1861
 * Lasius distinguendus (Emery, 1916)
 * Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792)
 * Lasius flavoniger 	Seifert, 1992
 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)
 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)
 * Lasius illyricus Zimmermann, 1935
 * Lasius lasioides (Emery, 1869)
 * Lasius meridionalis (Bondroit, 1920)
 * Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)
 * Lasius myops Forel, 1894
 * Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrasfalvy, 1990
 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Lasius paralienus Seifert, 1991
 * Lasius precursor Seifert, 2020
 * Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991
 * Lasius psammophilus Seifert, 1992
 * Lasius rabaudi (Bondroit, 1917)
 * Lasius schulzi 	Seifert, 1992
 * Lasius turcicus 	Santschi, 1921
 * Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota dolabellae 	Forel, 1911
 * Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mayr, 1855)
 * Lepisiota melas (Emery, 1915)
 * Lepisiota syriaca (Andre, 1881)

Leptothorax

 * Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Leptothorax kutteri Buschinger, 1966
 * Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)
 * Leptothorax scamni Ruzsky, 1905

Liometopum

 * Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)

Manica

 * Manica rubida (Latreille, 1802)

Messor

 * Messor caducus (Victor, 1839)
 * Messor dentatus Santschi, 1927
 * Messor ebeninus Santschi, 1927
 * Messor himalayanus (Forel, 1902)
 * Messor intermedius Santschi, 1927
 * Messor laboriosus Santschi, 1927
 * Messor luridus Santschi, 1927
 * Messor mcarthuri Steiner et al., 2018
 * Messor mediosanguineus Donisthorpe, 1946
 * Messor meridionalis (Andre, 1883)
 * Messor oertzeni Forel, 1910
 * Messor oertzeni amasiensis Emery, 1921
 * Messor orientalis Emery, 1898
 * Messor ponticus Steiner et al., 2018
 * Messor semirufus (André, 1883)
 * Messor sultanus Santschi, 1917
 * Messor syriacus Tohme, G. 1969
 * Messor testaceus Donisthorpe, 1950
 * Messor varrialei Emery, 1921
 * Messor wasmanni Krausse, 1910

Monomorium

 * Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987
 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Monomorium sommieri Emery, 1908
 * Monomorium subopacum (Smith, F., 1858)

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)

Myrmica

 * Myrmica anatolica Elmes, Radchenko & Aktaç, 2002
 * Myrmica jennyae Elmes, Radchenko & Aktaç, 2002
 * Myrmica ravasinii Finzi, 1923
 * Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846
 * Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918
 * Myrmica tamarae Elmes, Radchenko & Aktaç, 2002
 * Myrmica tulinae Elmes, Radchenko & Aktaç, 2002

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia jaegerskioeldi (Mayr, 1904)
 * Nylanderia vividula (Nylander, 1846)

Oxyopomyrmex

 * Oxyopomyrmex krueperi Forel, 1911

Parasyscia

 * Parasyscia piochardi (Emery, 1882)

Pheidole

 * Pheidole balcanica Seifert, 2016
 * Pheidole koshewnikovi Ruzsky, 1905
 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis ampeloni (Faber, 1969)
 * Plagiolepis barbara Santschi, 1911
 * Plagiolepis pallescens Forel, 1889
 * Plagiolepis perperamus Salata, Borowiec & Radchenko, 2018
 * Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798)
 * Plagiolepis pygmaea minu Forel, 1911
 * Plagiolepis xene Starcke, 1936

Polyergus

 * Polyergus rufescens 	Latreille, 1798

Prenolepis

 * Prenolepis nitens 	Mayr, 1853

Proceratium

 * Proceratium melinum 	Roger, 1860
 * Proceratium numidicum 	Santschi, 1912

Proformica

 * Proformica kobachidzei Arnoldi, 1968
 * Proformica korbi 	(Emery, 1909)
 * Proformica kosswigi 	Donisthorpe, 1950
 * Proformica nasuta (Nylander, 1856)
 * Proformica pilosiscapa Dlussky, 1969
 * Proformica striaticeps (Forel, 1911)

Rossomyrmex

 * Rossomyrmex anatolicus Tinaut, 2007

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)
 * Solenopsis latro Forel, 1894
 * Solenopsis orbula Emery, 1875
 * Solenopsis wolfi Emery, 1915 (needs confirmation)

Stenamma

 * Stenamma striatulum Emery, 1895

Stigmatomma

 * Stigmatomma denticulatum Roger, 1859

Strongylognathus

 * Strongylognathus kervillei 	Santschi, 1921

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)
 * Tapinoma festae Emery, 1925
 * Tapinoma nigerrimum (Nylander, 1856)
 * Tapinoma subboreale Seifert, 2012
 * Tapinoma simrothi (Collingwood, 1961)

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax aeolius Forel, 1911
 * Temnothorax angustifrons Csösz, Heinze & Mikó, 2015
 * Temnothorax antigoni 	Forel, 1911
 * Temnothorax artvinensis Seifert, 2006
 * Temnothorax crasecundus Seifert & Csősz, 2015
 * Temnothorax curtisetosus Salata & Borowiec, 2015
 * Temnothorax exilis 	Emery, 1869
 * Temnothorax flavicornis (Emery, 1870)
 * Temnothorax helenae Csösz, Heinze & Mikó, 2015
 * Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck, 1852)
 * Temnothorax kemali 	Santschi, 1934
 * Temnothorax kraussei (Emery, 1915)
 * Temnothorax lichtensteini (Bondroit, 1918)
 * Temnothorax lucidus Csösz, Heinze & Mikó, 2015
 * Temnothorax morea Csősz, Salata & Borowiec, 2018
 * Temnothorax muellerianus (Finzi, 1922)
 * Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)
 * Temnothorax schoedli Seifert, 2006
 * Temnothorax similis Csösz, Heinze & Mikó, 2015
 * Temnothorax smyrnensis (Forel, 1911)
 * Temnothorax strymonensis Csősz, Salata & Borowiec, 2018
 * Temnothorax subtilis Csösz, Heinze & Mikó, 2015
 * Temnothorax turcicus 	Santschi, 1934
 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium anatolicum Csosz & Schulz, 2007
 * Tetramorium aspina Wagner, Karaman, Aksoy & Kiran, 2018
 * Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)
 * Tetramorium bellerophoni Salata & Borowiec, 2017
 * Tetramorium chefketi Forel, 1911
 * Tetramorium densopilosum Radchenko & Arakelian, 1990
 * Tetramorium diomedeum 	Emery, 1908
 * Tetramorium feroxoides Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985
 * Tetramorium flavidulum Emery, 1924
 * Tetramorium galaticum Menozzi, 1936
 * Tetramorium goniommoide Poldi, 1979
 * Tetramorium hippocratis Agosti & Collingwood, 1987
 * Tetramorium immigrans Santschi, 1927
 * Tetramorium impurum 	Foerster, 1850
 * Tetramorium moravicum Kratochvil, 1941
 * Tetramorium rhodium Emery, 1924
 * Tetramorium seiferti (Kiran & Karaman, 2017)
 * Tetramorium staerckei Kratochvíl, 1944
 * Tetramorium sulcinode Santschi, 1927
 * Tetramorium syriacum Emery, 1924

Trichomyrmex

 * Trichomyrmex dentigera (Roger, 1862)