Algeria



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

Aenictus

 * Aenictus abeillei 	André, 1886


 * Aenictus hamifer spinosior 	Stitz, 1917


 * Aenictus leliepvrei 	Bernard, 1953


 * Aenictus vaucheri Emery, 1915

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster crocea 	André, 1881


 * Aphaenogaster crocea croceoides Forel, 1890


 * Aphaenogaster crocea splendidoides Forel, 1890


 * Aphaenogaster depilis Santschi, 1911


 * Aphaenogaster depilis afra 	Santschi, 1933


 * Aphaenogaster fallax Cagniant, 1992


 * Aphaenogaster faureli 	Cagniant, 1969


 * Aphaenogaster gemella (Roger, 1862)


 * Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latreille, 1798)


 * Aphaenogaster isekram 	Bernard, 1977


 * Aphaenogaster leveillei 	Emery, 1881


 * Aphaenogaster mauritanica Dalla Torre, 1893


 * Aphaenogaster pallida (Nylander, 1849)


 * Aphaenogaster pallida laurenti 	Santschi, 1939


 * Aphaenogaster praedo Emery, 1908


 * Aphaenogaster rupestris 	Forel, 1909


 * Aphaenogaster saharensis 	Bernard, 1953


 * Aphaenogaster sardoa Mayr, 1853


 * Aphaenogaster splendida (Roger, 1859)


 * Aphaenogaster strioloides Forel, 1890


 * Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)


 * Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa Lucas, 1849


 * Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa cabylica 	Stitz, 1917


 * Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa canescens (Emery, 1895)

Bajacaridris

 * Bajcaridris kraussii 	Forel, 1895


 * Bajcaridris menozzii 	Santschi, 1923

Bothriomyrmex

 * Bothriomyrmex atlantis Forel, 1894


 * Bothriomyrmex atlantis inquilinus Santschi, 1919


 * Bothriomyrmex crosi 	Santschi, 1919


 * Bothriomyrmex cuculus Santschi, 1919


 * Bothriomyrmex decapitans Santschi, 1911


 * Bothriomyrmex meridionalis (Roger, 1863)


 * Bothriomyrmex pubens Santschi, 1919


 * Bothriomyrmex regicidus Santschi, 1919


 * Bothriomyrmex salsurae  Donisthorpe, 1944

Camponotus

 * Camponotus alii Forel, 1890


 * Camponotus alii auresi Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus alii dallatorrei  Özdikmen, 2010


 * Camponotus alii hoggarensis Santschi, 1929


 * Camponotus atlantis atrioris 	Santschi, 1922


 * Camponotus atlantis nigrovarius Forel, 1894


 * Camponotus barbaricus eubarbaricus 	Cagniant, 1970


 * Camponotus barbaricus xanthomelas Emery, 1905


 * Camponotus compressus bernardi Özdikmen, 2010


 * Camponotus compressus martensi 	Forel, 1907


 * Camponotus compressus occipitalis Stitz, 1917


 * Camponotus erigens 	Forel, 1894


 * Camponotus erigens subconcolor Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus foleyi Santschi, 1939


 * Camponotus foleyi ajjer 	Bernard, 1953


 * Camponotus foleyi fezzanensis Bernard, 1953


 * Camponotus foleyi grasi Bernard, 1953


 * Camponotus foleyi lelubrei Bernard, 1953


 * Camponotus foleyi pseudocompressus Özdikmen, 2010


 * Camponotus foleyi rufescens Bernard, 1953


 * Camponotus foreli 	Emery, 1881


 * Camponotus gestroi Emery, 1878


 * Camponotus gestroi ponariensis 	Santschi, 1921


 * Camponotus lateralis 	Olivier, 1792


 * Camponotus lateralis purius Santschi, 1929


 * Camponotus laurenti 	Santschi, 1939


 * Camponotus maculatus (Fabricius, 1781)


 * Camponotus micans 	Nylander, 1856


 * Camponotus mozabensis 	Emery, 1899


 * Camponotus oasium 	Forel, 1890


 * Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)


 * Camponotus planitae Santschi, 1929


 * Camponotus pupillus Santschi, 1939


 * Camponotus ruber 	Emery, 1925


 * Camponotus sericeus (Fabricius, 1798)


 * Camponotus seurati 	Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus sicheli Mayr, 1866


 * Camponotus sicheli niger 	Emery, 1925


 * Camponotus spissinodis 	Forel, 1909


 * Camponotus tahatensis 	Santschi, 1929


 * Camponotus thoracicus 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Camponotus truncatus (Spinola, 1808)


 * Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla batesii 	Forel, 1894


 * Cardiocondyla emeryi fezzanensis 	Bernard, 1948


 * Cardiocondyla jacquemini 	Bernard, 1953


 * Cardiocondyla mauritanica 	Forel, 1890


 * Cardiocondyla nigra Forel, 1905

Cataglyphis

 * Cataglyphis albicans (Roger, 1859)


 * Cataglyphis albicans fezzanensis 	Bernard, 1948


 * Cataglyphis albicans targuia Santschi, 1929


 * Cataglyphis arenaria Finzi, 1940


 * Cataglyphis bicolor (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Cataglyphis bicolor basalis 	Santschi, 1929


 * Cataglyphis bombycina (Roger, 1859)


 * Cataglyphis diehlii 	Forel, 1902


 * Cataglyphis emmae 	Forel, 1909


 * Cataglyphis emmae hoggarensis Santschi, 1929


 * Cataglyphis fortis 	Forel, 1902


 * Cataglyphis laevior 	Santschi, 1929


 * Cataglyphis rubra 	Forel, 1903


 * Cataglyphis saharae 	Santschi, 1929


 * Cataglyphis semitonsa 	Santschi, 1929

Chalepoxenus

 * Chalepoxenus brunneus 	Cagniant, 1985

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster algirica 	Lucas, 1849


 * Crematogaster antaris 	Forel, 1894


 * Crematogaster auberti levithorax Forel, 1902


 * Crematogaster laestrygon atlantis 	Santschi, 1937


 * Crematogaster laestrygon maura Forel, 1909


 * Crematogaster laestrygon  striaticeps 	Forel, 1909


 * Crematogaster oasium saharensis 	Santschi, 1921


 * Crematogaster scutellaris alii 	Forel, 1907


 * Crematogaster scutellaris tenuispina Forel, 1902

Dorylus

 * Dorylus fulvus (Westwood, 1839)


 * Dorylus fulvus juvenculus 	Shuckard, 1840


 * Dorylus fulvus crosi 	Santschi, 1926

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera eduardi 	Forel, 1894


 * Hypoponera ragusai 	(Emery, 1894)

Lasius

 * Lasius myops 	Forel, 1894


 * Lasius tebessae 	Seifert, 1992

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota ajjer 	Bernard, 1953


 * Lepisiota frauenfeldi atlantis 	Santschi, 1917


 * Lepisiota frauenfeldi kantarensis Forel, 1911


 * Lepisiota frauenfeldi saharensis Santschi, 1917

Leptanilla

 * Leptanilla theryi 	Forel, 1903

Messor

 * Messor aegyptiacus canaliculatus 	Donisthorpe, 1944


 * Messor aegyptiacus phasianicus Bernard, 1953


 * Messor antennatus Emery, 1908


 * Messor arenarius 	Fabricius, 1787


 * Messor barbarus 	Linnaeus, 1767


 * Messor barbarus politus Karavaiev, 1912


 * Messor berbericus 	Bernard, 1955


 * Messor bernardi 	Cagniant, 1967


 * Messor caviceps 	Forel, 1902


 * Messor foreli surcoufi 	Santschi, 1923


 * Messor hoggarensis 	Santschi, 1929


 * Messor lobicornis Forel, 1894


 * Messor lobicornis batnensis 	Forel, 1909


 * Messor lobicornis laurenti Santschi, 1939


 * Messor lobicornis rugulosus Santschi, 1926


 * Messor medioruber montanus 	Santschi, 1927


 * Messor medioruber postquadratus Santschi, 1917


 * Messor picturatus 	Santschi, 1927


 * Messor rufotestaceus 	Foerster, 1850


 * Messor semoni 	Forel, 1906


 * Messor striativentris 	Emery, 1908

Monomorium

 * Monomorium algiricum 	Bernard, 1955


 * Monomorium andrei bernardi 	Ettershank, 1966


 * Monomorium andrei fur Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium areniphilum Santschi, 1911


 * Monomorium chobauti Emery, 1896


 * Monomorium chobauti ajjer 	Bernard, 1953


 * Monomorium dilatatum 	Bernard, 1977


 * Monomorium lameerei 	Forel, 1902


 * Monomorium lameerei stauderi Wolf, 1914


 * Monomorium major 	Bernard, 1953


 * Monomorium niloticum gracilicorne 	Stitz, 1917


 * Monomorium noualhieri  (Emery, 1895)


 * Monomorium salomonis (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Monomorium salomonis molestum 	Santschi, 1936


 * Monomorium salomonis subnitidum Emery, 1895


 * Monomorium salomonis targui Santschi, 1936


 * Monomorium subopacum 	Smith, F., 1858

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina atlantis 	Santschi, 1939

Myrmica

 * Myrmica cagnianti 	Espadaler, 1996


 * Myrmica kabylica 	Cagniant, 1970

Myrmoxenus

 * Myrmoxenus africana 	Bernard, 1948


 * Myrmoxenus algeriana 	Cagniant, 1968

Pheidole

 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)


 * Pheidole pallidula selenia Özdikmen, 2010

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis hoggarensis 	Bernard, 1981


 * Plagiolepis pallescens elguerrhae 	Karavaiev, 1931


 * Plagiolepis schmitzii 	Forel, 1895

Proceratium

 * Proceratium algiricum 	Forel, 1899


 * Proceratium numidicum 	Santschi, 1912

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis kabylica 	Santschi, 1934


 * Solenopsis latro 	Forel, 1894


 * Solenopsis latro msilana Forel, 1894


 * Solenopsis lou 	Forel, 1902


 * Solenopsis mozabensis 	Bernard, 1977


 * Solenopsis oraniensis 	Forel, 1894


 * Solenopsis orbula terniensis 	Forel, 1905


 * Solenopsis targuia 	Bernard, 1953

Stenamma

 * Stenamma africanum Santschi, 1939


 * Stenamma msilanum 	Forel, 1901

Strongylognathus

 * Strongylognathus afer 	Emery, 1884

Tapinolepis

 * Tapinolepis simulans biskrensis 	Karavaiev, 1931

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma israele


 * Tapinoma nigerrimum

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax algiricus 	Forel, 1894


 * Temnothorax algiricus trabutii Forel, 1894


 * Temnothorax atlantis 	Santschi, 1911


 * Temnothorax auresianus 	Santschi, 1929


 * Temnothorax barryi 	Cagniant, 1967


 * Temnothorax bugnioni 	Forel, 1894


 * Temnothorax convexus 	Forel, 1894


 * Temnothorax delaparti 	Forel, 1890


 * Temnothorax exilis 	Emery, 1869


 * Temnothorax laciniatus 	Stitz, 1917


 * Temnothorax lereddei 	Bernard, 1953


 * Temnothorax monjauzei 	Cagniant, 1968


 * Temnothorax nigritus 	Emery, 1878


 * Temnothorax nigritus rupestris Forel, 1909


 * Temnothorax nigritus saharensis Santschi, 1929


 * Temnothorax nitidiceps 	Dalla Torre, 1893


 * Temnothorax obscurior 	Dalla Torre, 1893


 * Temnothorax oraniensis 	Forel, 1894


 * Temnothorax peyerimhoffi 	Santschi, 1929


 * Temnothorax rottenbergii ernesti 	Santschi, 1909


 * Temnothorax rottenbergii scabriosus Santschi, 1909


 * Temnothorax santschii 	Forel, 1905


 * Temnothorax spinosus 	Forel, 1909


 * Temnothorax suberis 	Forel, 1894


 * Temnothorax tebessae 	Forel, 1890


 * Temnothorax tyndalei 	Forel, 1909

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium biskrense 	Forel, 1904


 * Tetramorium fezzanense 	Bernard, 1948


 * Tetramorium forte Forel, 1904


 * Tetramorium juba 	Collingwood, 1985


 * Tetramorium semilaeve hoggarense 	Santschi, 1929


 * Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877

Tetraponera

 * Tetraponera ambigua 	(Emery, 1895)

Uncertain species
The following species was described from Algeria but its true identity is currently unknown.
 * Myrmica rhynchophora Foerster, 1850