Afghanistan

The following 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

C

 * Cardiocondyla kushanica 	Pisarski, 1967


 * Cardiocondyla nuda (Mayr, 1866)


 * Carebara afghana 	Pisarski, 1970


 * Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849)


 * Cataglyphis albicans (Roger, 1859)


 * Cataglyphis bergianus Arnol'di, 1964


 * Cataglyphis bucharicus Emery, 1925


 * Cataglyphis cinnamomeus (Karavaiev, 1910)


 * Cataglyphis pallidus Mayr, 1877


 * Cataglyphis setipes (Forel, 1894)


 * Crematogaster afghanica 	Pisarski, 1967


 * Crematogaster hezaradjatica 	Pisarski, 1967


 * Crematogaster moqorensis 	Pisarski, 1967


 * Crematogaster subdentata Mayr, 1877

D

 * Dolichoderus moggridgei Forel, 1886

L

 * Lepisiota frauenfeldi integra (Forel, 1894)


 * Lepisiota kabulica 	Pisarski, 1967


 * Lepisiota sericea (Forel, 1892)

M

 * Messor aphaenogasteroides Pisarski, 1967


 * Messor himalayanus (Forel, 1902)


 * Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Monomorium flavum  Collingwood, 1961


 * Monomorium indicum Forel, 1902


 * Monomorium indicum kusnezovi 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

P

 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)

S

 * Solenopsis jalalabadica 	Pisarski, 1970


 * Solenopsis knuti 	Pisarski, 1967

T

 * ''Tapinoma karavaievi Emery, 1925


 * Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Temnothorax cornibrevis 	Collingwood, 1961


 * Temnothorax pallidus 	Collingwood, 1961


 * Tetramorium armatum Santschi, 1927


 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Tetramorium kabulistanicum 	Pisarski, 1967

REFERENCES:


 * Pisarski, B. 1967a. Fourmis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) d'Afghanistan récoltées par M. Dr. K. Lindberg. Ann. Zool. (Warsaw) 24: 375-425


 * Pisarski, B. 1967b. Ameisen (Formicidae) von Dr. J. Klapperich in Afghanistan gesammelt. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 37:47-51.


 * Pisarski, B. 1970a [1969]. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna Afghanistans. (Sammelergebnisse von O. Jakes 1963-64, D. Povolny 1965, D. Povolny & Fr. Tenora 1966, J. Simek 1965-66, D. Povolny, J. Gaisler, Z. Sebek & Fr. Tenora 1967). Formicidae, Hym. Cas. Morav. Mus. Brne 54(Su Suppl: 305-326


 * Radchenko, A. G. 1998B. A key to ants of the genus Cataglyphis Foerster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Asia. Entomological Review (Birmingham) 78:475-480.

Radchenko, A.G. & G.W. Elmes 2003. Myrmica afghanica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a new ant species from Afghanistan. Zootaxa 375: 1-8.