France



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

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster gibbosa 	Latreille, 1798


 * Aphaenogaster senilis Mayr, 1853


 * Aphaenogaster spinosa Emery, 1878


 * Aphaenogaster subterranea 	Latreille, 1798

Bothriomyrmex

 * Bothriomyrmex corsicus Santschi, 1923


 * Bothriomyrmex laticeps 	Emery, 1925


 * Bothriomyrmex meridionalis 	Roger, 1863

Camponotus

 * Camponotus aethiops 	Latreille, 1798


 * Camponotus cruentatus Latreille, 1802


 * Camponotus fallax 	Nylander, 1856


 * Camponotus lateralis 	Olivier, 1792


 * Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)


 * Camponotus piceus 	Leach, 1825


 * Camponotus pilicornis (Roger, 1859)


 * Camponotus sylvaticus (Olivier, 1792)


 * Camponotus universitatis 	Forel, 1890


 * Camponotus vagus 	Scopoli, 1763

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla elegans 	Emery, 1869

Cataglyphis

 * Cataglyphis cursor 	Fonscolombe, 1846


 * Cataglyphis piliscapa 	Forel, 1901

Colobopsis

 * Colobopsis truncata (Spinola, 1808)

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster auberti 	Emery, 1869


 * Crematogaster scutellaris 	Olivier, 1792


 * Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Formica

 * Formica aquilonia 	Yarrow, 1955


 * Formica corsica 	Seifert, 2002


 * Formica cunicularia 	Latreille, 1798


 * Formica decipiens 	Bondroit, 1918


 * Formica exsecta 	Nylander, 1846


 * Formica fusca 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Formica fuscocinerea 	Forel, 1874


 * Formica gagates 	Latreille, 1798


 * Formica lemani 	Bondroit, 1917


 * Formica lugubris 	Zetterstedt, 1838


 * Formica polyctena 	Foerster, 1850


 * Formica pratensis 	Retzius, 1783


 * Formica pressilabris Nylander, 1846


 * Formica pyrenaea 	Bondroit, 1918


 * Formica rufa 	Linnaeus, 1761


 * Formica rufa obscurata Santschi, 1925


 * Formica rufibarbis 	Fabricius, 1793


 * Formica sanguinea 	Latreille, 1798


 * Formica selysi 	Bondroit, 1918


 * Formica uralensis 	Ruzsky, 1895

Formicoxenus

 * Formicoxenus nitidulus 	Nylander, 1846

Goniomma

 * Goniomma blanci 	André, 1881


 * Goniomma hispanicum 	André, 1883

Harpagoxenus

 * Harpagoxenus sublaevis 	(Nylander, 1849)

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera abeillei (André, 1881)


 * Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)


 * Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)


 * Hypoponera ragusai 	Emery, 1894

Iberoformica

 * Iberoformica gerardi (Bondroit, 1917)


 * Iberoformica subrufa (Roger, 1859)

Lasius

 * Lasius alienus 	Foerster, 1850


 * Lasius bicornis 	Foerster, 1850


 * Lasius brunneus 	Latreille, 1798


 * Lasius cinereus Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius casevitzi Seifert & Galkowski, 2016


 * Lasius emarginatus 	(Olivier, 1792)


 * Lasius flavus 	Fabricius, 1782


 * Lasius fuliginosus 	(Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius lasioides (Emery, 1869)


 * Lasius meridionalis 	Bondroit, 1920


 * Lasius myops Forel, 1894


 * Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrasfalvy, 1990


 * Lasius niger 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Lasius paralienus Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius rabaudi 	Bondroit, 1917


 * Lasius sabularum 	Bondroit, 1918

Leptanilla

 * Leptanilla revelierii Emery, 1870

Leptothorax

 * Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Leptothorax acervorum vandeli Bondroit, 1920


 * Leptothorax goesswaldi 	Kutter, 1967


 * Leptothorax gredleri Mayr, 1855


 * Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)


 * Leptothorax pacis  (Kutter, 1950)

Linepithema

 * Linepithema humile 	(Mayr, 1868)

Manica

 * Manica rubida 	Latreille, 1802

Messor

 * Messor barbarus 	Linnaeus, 1767


 * Messor bouvieri 	Bondroit, 1918


 * Messor capitatus 	Latreille, 1798


 * Messor structor 	Latreille, 1798

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina graminicola 	Latreille, 1802

Myrmica

 * Myrmica aloba 	Forel, 1909


 * Myrmica gallienii 	Bondroit, 1920


 * Myrmica karavajevi 	Arnol’di, 1930


 * Myrmica lemasnei 	Bernard, 1967


 * Myrmica lobicornis 	Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica lobulicornis 	Nylander, 1857


 * Myrmica martini Seifert, Yazdi & Schultz, 2014


 * Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Myrmica sabuleti 	Meinert, 1861


 * Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846


 * Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918


 * Myrmica spinosior 	Santschi, 1931


 * Myrmica tulinae Elmes, Radchenko & Aktaç, 2002


 * Myrmica vandeli 	Bondroit, 1920


 * Myrmica wesmaeli 	Bondroit, 1918

Oxyopomyrmex

 * Oxyopomyrmex saulcyi 	Emery, 1889

Paratrechina

 * Paratrechina longicornis 	Latreille, 1802

Pheidole

 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1848)

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis grassei 	Le Masne, 1956


 * Plagiolepis delaugerrei Casevitz-Weulersse, 2014


 * Plagiolepis pygmaea 	Latreille, 1798


 * Plagiolepis taurica 	Santschi, 1920


 * Plagiolepis xene Staercke, 1936

Polyergus

 * Polyergus rufescens 	Latreille, 1798

Ponera

 * Ponera coarctata 	Latreille, 1802


 * Ponera sysphinctoides 	Bernard, 1950


 * Ponera testacea 	Emery, 1895

Proformica

 * Proformica nasuta 	(Nylander, 1856)

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis debilior Santschi, 1934


 * Solenopsis fugax Latreille, 1798


 * Solenopsis gallica 	Santschi, 1934


 * Solenopsis orbula Emery, 1875

Stenamma

 * Stenamma debile Foerster, 1850

Strongylognathus

 * Strongylognathus huberi 	Forel, 1874


 * Strongylognathus huberi dalmaticus Baroni Urbani, 1969

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys argiola 	Emery, 1869


 * Strumigenys baudueri 	Emery, 1875


 * Strumigenys tenuipilis 	Emery, 1915


 * Strumigenys tenuissima 	Brown, 1953

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)


 * Tapinoma erraticum atomum 	Latreille, 1798


 * Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895


 * Tapinoma nigerrimum


 * Tapinoma pygmaeum 	Dufour, 1857

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax affinis 	Mayr, 1855


 * Temnothorax albipennis (Curtis, 1854)


 * Temnothorax angustulus 	Nylander, 1856


 * Temnothorax angustulus bordagei Bondroit, 1918


 * Temnothorax aveli 	Bondroit, 1918


 * Temnothorax clypeatus (Mayr, 1853)


 * Temnothorax corsicus (Emery, 1895)


 * Temnothorax exilis 	Emery, 1869


 * Temnothorax flavicornis (Emery, 1870)


 * Temnothorax grouvellei 	Bondroit, 1918


 * Temnothorax interruptus 	Schenck, 1852


 * Temnothorax kraussei (Emery, 1915)


 * Temnothorax kutteri (Cagniant, 1973)


 * Temnothorax lichtensteini 	Bondroit, 1918


 * Temnothorax luteus (Forel, 1874)


 * Temnothorax melas (Espadaler, Plateaux & Casevitz-Weulersse, 1984)


 * Temnothorax niger 	Forel, 1894


 * Temnothorax nigriceps Mayr, 1855


 * Temnothorax nigriceps pyrenaeus 	Bondroit, 1918


 * Temnothorax nylanderi Foerster, 1850


 * Temnothorax racovitzai 	Bondroit, 1918


 * Temnothorax ravouxi (André, 1896)


 * Temnothorax recedens 	Nylander, 1856


 * Temnothorax rougeti Bondroit, 1918


 * Temnothorax stumperi (Kutter, 1950)


 * Temnothorax tergestinus (Finzi, 1928)


 * Temnothorax tuberum 	Fabricius, 1775


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Temnothorax unifasciatus cordieri (Bondroit, 1918)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium alpestre Steiner, Schlick-Steiner & Seifert, 2010


 * Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)


 * Tetramorium brevicorne Bondroit, 1918


 * Tetramorium caespitum 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Tetramorium forte Forel, 1904


 * Tetramorium indocile Santschi, 1927


 * Tetramorium inquilinum Ward, Brady, Fisher & Schultz, 2014


 * Tetramorium moravicum Kratochvi, 1941


 * Tetramorium semilaeve

Uncertain species
The following species were described from Australia but their true identities are currently unknown.


 * Formica affinis Leach, 1825
 * Formica bicolor Leach, 1825
 * Formica lutea Duméril, 1860
 * Formica maculata Geoffroy, 1785
 * Formica rediana Leach, 1825
 * Formica rubescens Leach, 1825
 * Formica rupestris Leach, 1825
 * Formica testaceipes Leach, 1825
 * Formica thoracica Olivier, 1792
 * Lasius rubiginosa (Latreille, 1802)

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster maculata 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Aphaenogaster maculipes 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)

Camponotus

 * Camponotus crozei 	Riou, 1999 (fossil)


 * Camponotus longiventris Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Camponotus obesus 	Piton, 1935 (fossil)


 * Camponotus penninervis Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Camponotus saussurei 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)

Carebara

 * Carebara thorali 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus affectus 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Dolichoderus bruneti 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Dolichoderus coquandi 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Dolichoderus oviformis 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)

Formica

 * Formica alsatica 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Formica auxillacensis 	Piton, 1935 (fossil)


 * Formica cantalica 	Piton, 1935 (fossil)


 * Formica latinodosa 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Formica maculipennis 	Théobald, 1935 (fossil)


 * Formica pitoni 	Théobald, 1935 (fossil)


 * Formica sepulta 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Formica serresi 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Formica tripartita 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)

Gesomyrmex

 * Gesomyrmex miegi 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)

Iridomyrmex

 * Iridomyrmex breviantennis 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)

Lasius

 * Lasius chambonensis 	Théobald, 1935 (fossil)


 * Lasius crispus 	Théobald, 1935 (fossil)


 * Lasius epicentrus 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)

Oecophylla

 * Oecophylla grandimandibula 	Riou, 1999 (fossil)


 * Oecophylla superba 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)

Pachycondyla

 * Pachycondyla calcarea 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Pachycondyla dubia 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)


 * Pachycondyla globiventris 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis alena Özdikmen, 2010 (fossil)


 * Solenopsis foersteri 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)

Tetraponera

 * Tetraponera oligocenica 	Théobald, 1937 (fossil)