Afghanistan

The following 17 valid genera and 44 valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Afghanistan. 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 Afghanistan ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Afghanistan Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

A

 * Aenictus species


 * Aphaenogaster haarlovi Collingwood, 1961


 * Aphaenogaster rhaphidiiceps (Mayr, 1877)


 * Aphaenogaster smythiesii (Forel, 1902)

C

 * Camponotus fedtschenkoi Mayr, 1880


 * Camponotus interjectus Mayr, 1877


 * Camponotus oasium Forel, 1890


 * Camponotus sanctus Forel, 1904


 * Camponotus turkestanicus Emery, 1887


 * Camponotus turkestanus Andre, 1881


 * Cardiocondyla brachyceps Seifert, 2003


 * Cardiocondyla kushanica Pisarski, 1967


 * Cardiocondyla nuda (Mayr, 1866)


 * Cardiocondyla ulianini Emery, 1889


 * Carebara afghana Pisarski, 1970


 * Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849)


 * Cataglyphis albicans (Roger, 1859)


 * Cataglyphis bergiana Arnol'di, 1964


 * Cataglyphis bucharica Emery, 1925


 * Cataglyphis cinnamomea (Karavaiev, 1910)


 * Cataglyphis emeryi Karawaiev, 1909


 * Cataglyphis longipedem (Eichwald, 1841)


 * Cataglyphis pallida Mayr, 1877


 * Crematogaster afghanica Pisarski, 1967


 * Crematogaster hezaradjatica Pisarski, 1967


 * Crematogaster moqorensis Pisarski, 1967


 * Crematogaster subdentata Mayr, 1877

D

 * Dolichoderus moggridgei Forel, 1886

F

 * Formica clara Forel, 1884


 * Formica orangea Seiffert & Schultz, 2009


 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798


 * Formica subpilosa Ruzsky, 1902

L

 * Lasius carniolicus Mayr, 1861


 * Lasius flavescens Forel, 1903


 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Lasius rabaudi (Bondroit, 1918)


 * Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mayr, 1855)


 * Lepisiota frauenfeldi integra (Forel, 1894)


 * Lepisiota kabulica Pisarski, 1967


 * Lepisiota sericea (Forel, 1892)

M

 * Messor aphaenogasteroides Pisarski, 1967


 * Messor himalayanus (Forel, 1902)


 * Messor meridionalis (André, 1883)


 * Messor orientalis (Emery, 1898)


 * Messor reticuliventris Karawaiev, 1910


 * Messor semirufus (André, 1883)


 * Monomorium abeillei Adnre, 1881


 * Monomorium barbatulum Mayr, 1877


 * Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Monomorium flavum Collingwood, 1961


 * Monomorium indicum Forel, 1902


 * Monomorium indicum kusnezowi Santschi, 1928


 * Monomorium lindbergi 	Pisarski, 1967


 * Monomorium nengraharicum Pisarski, 1970


 * Monomorium pallidum Donisthorpe, 1918


 * Monomorium sagei Forel, 1902


 * Myrmica afghanica Radchenko & Elmes, 2003


 * Myrmica aimonissabaudiae Menozzi, 1939


 * Myrmica tenuispina Ruzsky, 1905


 * Myrmica tibetana Mayr, 1889

P

 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)


 * Plagiolepis pygmaea Latreille, 1798


 * Polyrhachis lacteipennis Smith, 1858

S

 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)


 * Solenopsis jalalabadica Pisarski, 1970


 * Solenopsis knuti Pisarski, 1967


 * Strongylognathus kabakovi Radchenko & Dubovikoff, 2011

T

 * Tapinoma karavaievi Emery, 1925


 * Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Tapinoma simrothi Krausse-Heldrungen, 1911


 * Temnothorax cornibrevis Collingwood, 1961


 * Temnothorax pallidus Collingwood, 1961


 * Tetramorium armatum Santschi, 1927


 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Tetramorium exile Csosz & Radchenko, 2007


 * Tetramorium kabulistanicum Pisarski, 1967


 * Tetramorium striativentre Mayr, 1877