Belgium



Gary D. Alpert: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

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

A

 * Anergates atratulus (Schenck, 1852)


 * Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)

C

 * Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)


 * Camponotus piceus Leach, 1825


 * Camponotus vagus Scopoli, 1763

D

 * Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

F

 * Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798


 * Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846


 * Formica foreli Emery, 1909


 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758


 * Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917


 * Formica lusatica Seifert, 1997


 * Formica picea Nylander, 1846


 * Formica polyctena Foerster, 1850


 * Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783


 * Formica pressilabris Nylander, 1846


 * Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761


 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793


 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798


 * Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846)

H

 * Hypoponera boerorum Forel, 1901


 * Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)


 * Hypoponera schauinslandi (Emery, 1899)

L

 * Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850)


 * Lasius bicornis (Foerster, 1850)


 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius citrinus Emery, 1922


 * Lasius distinguendus (Emery, 1916)


 * Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1791)


 * Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1781)


 * Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius jensi Seifert, 1982


 * Lasius meridionalis (Bondroit, 1919)


 * Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)


 * Lasius myops (Forel, 1894)


 * Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrasfalvy, 1990


 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991


 * Lasius psammophilus Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius sabularum (Bondroit, 1918)


 * Lasius umbratus Nylander, 1846


 * Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrasfalvy, 1990


 * Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)


 * Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868)

M

 * Manica rubida (Latreille, 1802)


 * Messor structor (Latreille, 1798)


 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)


 * Myrmica karavajevi Arnol’di, 1930


 * Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica lonae Finzi, 1926


 * Myrmica microrubra Seifert, 1993


 * Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica rugulosa Nylander, 1849


 * Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861


 * Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica schencki Emery, 1895


 * Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918


 * Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846

P

 * Plagiolepis vindobonensis Lomnicki, 1925


 * Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)


 * Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)


 * Ponera testacea Emery, 1895

S

 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)


 * Stenamma debile (Foerster, 1850)


 * Strongylognathus testaceus (Schenck, 1852)

T

 * Tapinoma ambiquum Emery, 1925


 * Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)


 * Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Temnothorax affinis Mayr, 1855


 * Temnothorax albipennis (Curtis, 1854)


 * Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck, 1852)


 * Temnothorax nigriceps Mayr, 1855


 * Temnothorax nylanderi (Foerster, 1850)


 * Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)


 * Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846)


 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Tetramorium impurum (Foerster, 1850)


 * Tetraponera allaborans (Walker, 1859)