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Checklist of Family Formicidae Latreille, 1809 (Ant)
for Denmark (Scandinavia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
604
7225
25102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
601
7216
25086
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
574
7118
24878
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
382
5945
22028
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
67
1397
6045
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
57
1274
5372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
20
227
1025
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
69
236
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ant, Ants
69
236
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Denmark
69 Genera with 236 Species
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Adlerzia Forel, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Amblyopone Erichson, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Anergates Forel, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Anisopheidole Forel, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Anochetus Mayr, 18842SpeciesTaxom
Anonychomyrma Donisthorpe, 19153SpeciesTaxom
Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1868Collared Ants3SpeciesTaxom
Bradoponera Mayr, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Buteo1SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 1910Black carpenter ant15SpeciesTaxom
Colobopsis Mayr, 18082SpeciesTaxom
Crematogaster Lund, 1792Acrobat Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Doleromyrma Forel, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Dolichoderus Lund, 18686SpeciesTaxom
Enneamerus Mayr, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Eocenomyrma Dlussky & Ra..., 20061SpeciesTaxom
Epimyrma Ruzsky, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Fallomyrma Dlussky & Ra..., 20061SpeciesTaxom
Formica Linnaeus, 1940And Field Ants30SpeciesTaxom
Formicoxenus Mayr, 18462SpeciesTaxom
Gesomyrmex Mayr, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Gnamptogenys Roger, 18843SpeciesTaxom
Harpagoxenus Forel, 18492SpeciesTaxom
Hypoponera Santschi, 18595SpeciesTaxom
Iridomyrmex Mayr, 1910Rainbow ants11SpeciesTaxom
Labidus Jurine, 18022SpeciesTaxom
Lasius Fabricius, 1868Citronella ants18SpeciesTaxom
Leptothorax Mayr, 19668SpeciesTaxom
Linepithema Mayr, 18683SpeciesTaxom
Liometopum Mayr, 1868Velvety Tree Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Melophorus Lubbock, 1865Honey carrier1SpeciesTaxom
Messor Forel, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Monomorium Mayr, 19028SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecia Fabricius, 1858Bull ants13SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecina Curtis, 18022SpeciesTaxom
Myrmica Latreille, 192014SpeciesTaxom
Nebothriomyrmex Dubovikov, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Neoponera Emery, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Nothomyrmica Wheeler, 18683SpeciesTaxom
Notoncus Emery, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Nylanderia Emery, 1846Crazy ants3SpeciesTaxom
Odontomachus Latreille, 1900Trap-jaw ants1SpeciesTaxom
Oecophylla Smith, 1775Green ants3SpeciesTaxom
Opisthopsis Emery, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Pachycondyla Smith, 1868Panther Ants3SpeciesTaxom
Papyrius Shattuck, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1802Crazy ants2SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1870Big-headed Ants10SpeciesTaxom
Plagiolepis Mayr, 20104SpeciesTaxom
Polyrhachis Smith, 19034SpeciesTaxom
Ponera Latreille, 18596SpeciesTaxom
Prenolepis Mayr, 1868False Honey Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Prionomyrmex Mayr, 18682SpeciesTaxom
Pristomyrmex Mayr, 20111SpeciesTaxom
Pyramica Roger, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Rhytidoponera Mayr, 19584SpeciesTaxom
Solenopsis Westwood, 1972Fire ants5SpeciesTaxom
Stenamma Westwood, 18394SpeciesTaxom
Stiphromyrmex Wheeler, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Strumigenys Smith, 1890Miniature Trap-jaw Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Tapinoma Förster, 17933SpeciesTaxom
Technomyrmex Mayr, 19213SpeciesTaxom
Temnothorax Mayr, 1798Acorn Ants8SpeciesTaxom
Tetramorium Mayr, 1914Fierce Ants8SpeciesTaxom
Tetraponera Smith, 1868Slender ants2SpeciesTaxom
Usomyrma Dlussky & al., 20141SpeciesTaxom
Wasmannia Forel, 18632SpeciesTaxom
Yantaromyrmex Dlussky & Du..., 19154SpeciesTaxom
Ypresiomyrma Archibald, C..., 19991SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Denmark
236 Species and 4 Subspecies
Adlerzia froggatti Forel, 1902Thumbelina ant
Amblyopone australis Erichson, 1842Southern michelin ant
Anergates atratulus (Schenck, 1852)⇒ Tetramorium atratulum Schenck, 1852
Anisopheidole antipodum Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Anochetus mayri Emery, 1884Ant
Anonychomyrma constricta Mayr, 1868
Anonychomyrma itinerans Lowne, 1865
Anonychomyrma samlandica Wheeler, 1915
Aphaenogaster (Aphaenogaster) senilis Mayr, 1853
Aphaenogaster sommerfeldti Mayr, 1868
Bradoponera meieri G. L. Mayr, 1868
Camponotus (Camponotus) herculeanus Linnaeus, 1758Black carpenter ant
Camponotus (Camponotus) ligniperda Latreille, 1802
Camponotus (Camponotus) ligniperdus (Latreille, 1802)⇒ Camponotus ligniperda Latreille, 1802
Camponotus (Camponotus) vagus Scopoli, 1763Henslow peaclam
Camponotus (Colobopsis) truncatus Spinola, 1808
Camponotus (Myrmentoma) piceus Leach, 1825Atlantic giant cockle
Camponotus (Myrmophyma) ceriseipes Clark, 1938Periscope erycina
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) nigriceps Smith, F., 1858Black-headed sugar ant
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) novaehollandiae Mayr, 1870Northern common sugar ant
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) terebrans Lowne, 1865Brown bearded sugar ant
Camponotus wellmani gamma Santschi, 1926
Camponotus constrictus Mayr, 1868
Camponotus mengei G. L. Mayr, 1868
Camponotus prostans Forel, 1910Western sugar ant
Colobopsis truncata Spinola, 1808
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) scutellaris Olivier, 1792Cocktail Ant
Dolichoderus balticus Mayr, 1868
Dolichoderus cornutus Mayr, 1868
Dolichoderus perkovskyi Dlussky, 2008
Dolichoderus pilipes Dlussky, 2008
Dolichoderus rufotibialis Clark, 1930
Dolichoderus tertiarius Mayr, 1868
Enneamerus reticulatus G. L. Mayr, 1868
Eocenomyrma electrina G. M. Dlussky, 2006
Epimyrma ravouxi (André, 1896)⇒ Temnothorax ravouxi André, 1896
Fallomyrma transversa G. M. Dlussky, 2006
Formica (Coptoformica) exsecta Nylander, 1846Excised wood ant
Formica (Coptoformica) foreli Bondroit, 1918
Formica (Coptoformica) forsslundi Lohmander, 1949Gilded wedgeclam
Formica (Coptoformica) pressilabris Nylander, 1846Subcancellate ervilia
Formica (Formica) aquilonia Yarrow, 1955Scottish Wood Ant
Formica (Formica) lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838Hairy wood ant
Formica (Formica) polyctena Förster, 1850European Red Wood Ant
Formica (Formica) pratensis Retzius, 1783Black-backed meadow ant
Formica (Formica) rufa Linnaeus, 1761Davidson's bush-mallow
Formica (Formica) truncorum Fabricius, 1804Aleutian macoma
Formica (Raptiformica) sanguinea Latreille, 1798Blood-Red Ant
Formica (Serviformica) candida Smith, F., 1878Black bog ant
Formica (Serviformica) cinerea Mayr, 1853
Formica (Serviformica) cunicularia Latreille, 1798
Formica (Serviformica) fusca (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758
Formica (Serviformica) gagatoides Ruzsky, 1904
Formica (Serviformica) picea (Nylander, 1846)⇒ Camponotus piceus Leach, 1825
Formica (Serviformica) rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793Red barbed ant
Formica (Serviformica) transkaucasica (Nasonov, 1889)⇒ Formica candida Smith, F., 1878
Formica (Serviformica) uralensis Ruzsky, 1895Western strawberry-cockle
Formica arenicola Buckley, 1866
Formica clara Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Formica flori G. L. Mayr, 1868
Formica gustawi G. M. Dlussky, 2002
Formica lasioides Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Formica nigriceps (Smith, 1858)⇒ Camponotus nigriceps Smith, F., 1858
Formica pices Emery, 1925
Formica quadrata F. Holl, 1829Beveled macoma
Formica surinamensis G. C. Berendt, 1830
Formica truncicola (Creighton, 1940)⇒ Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804
Formicoxenus nitidulus Nylander, 1846Shining guest ant
Gesomyrmex hoernesi Mayr, 1868
Gnamptogenys europaea Mayr, 1868
Gnamptogenys striatula Mayr, 1884
Harpagoxenus sublaevis Nylander, 1849
Hypoponera atavia Mayr, 1868
Hypoponera congrua Wheeler, W.M., 1934
Hypoponera ergatandria Forel, 1893Orbicular axinopsid
Hypoponera punctatissima Roger, 1859Pantropical mini-ponerine ant
Iridomyrmex anceps Roger, 1863Tropical tyrant ant
Iridomyrmex bicknelli Emery, 1898Black Trail Ant
Iridomyrmex calvus Emery, 1914
Iridomyrmex discors Forel, 1902Cumberland leafshell
Iridomyrmex dromus Clark, 1938Periscope erycina
Iridomyrmex geinitzi (Mayr, 1868)⇒ Epipompilus aztecus Cresson, 1869
Iridomyrmex hesperus Shattuck, 1993
Iridomyrmex innocens Forel, 1907Cumberland leafshell
Iridomyrmex purpureus Smith, 1858Australian meat ant
Iridomyrmex reburrus Shattuck, 1993Bearded meat ant
Iridomyrmex sanguineus Forel, 1910Northern meat ant
Labidus coeca Latreille, 1802
Labidus coecus Latreille, 1802
Lasius (Cautolasius) flavus Fabricius, 1782Blond Field Ant
Lasius (Chthonolasius) meridionalis Bondroit, 1920
Lasius (Chthonolasius) mixtus Nylander, 1846
Lasius (Chthonolasius) rabaudi Bondroit, 1917
Lasius (Chthonolasius) sabularum Bondroit, 1918Indented macoma
Lasius (Chthonolasius) umbratus Nylander, 1846Yellow ant
Lasius (Dendrolasius) fuliginosus Latreille, 1798Jet Ant
Lasius (Lasius) alienus Foerster, 1850Alien field ant
Lasius (Lasius) brunneus Latreille, 1798Brown Ant
Lasius (Lasius) emarginatus Olivier, 1792Bicoloured ant
Lasius (Lasius) neglectus Van Loon, Bo..., 1990Invasive garden ant
Lasius (Lasius) niger Linnaeus, 1758Black Garden Ant
Lasius (Lasius) platythorax Seifert, 1991Morsel macoma
Lasius (Lasius) psammophilus Seifert, 1992
Lasius (Lasius) turcicus Santschi, 1921
Lasius pumilus Mayr, 1868
Lasius schiefferdeckeri Mayr, 1868
Leptothorax (Leptothorax) acervorum Fabricius, 1793Slender Ant
Leptothorax (Leptothorax) muscorum Nylander, 1846Horseshoe crabs
Leptothorax (Leptothorax) nylanderi (Foerster, 1850)⇒ Temnothorax nylanderi Förster, 1850
Leptothorax (Myrafant) interruptus (Schenck, 1852)⇒ Temnothorax interruptus Schenck, 1852
Leptothorax (Myrafant) tuberum Fabricius, 1775Shiny dwarf-tellin
Leptothorax goesswaldi Kutter, 1967
Leptothorax kutteri Buschinger, 1966
Linepithema angulatum Emery, 1894
Linepithema humile Mayr, 1868Argentine ant
Liometopum goepperti Mayr, 1868
Melophorus aeneovirens Lowne, 1865Furnace Ant
Messor barbarum pseudo Mayr, 1862
Monomorium ebeninum Forel, 1891Ant
Monomorium fieldi Forel, 1910Little black mono ant
Monomorium mayrianum W. M. Wheeler, 1915Many-line lucine
Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758Egyptian red ant
Monomorium rubriceps Mayr, 1876Sickle jackknife
Monomorium sordidum Forel, 1902
Myrmecia analis Mayr, 1862
Myrmecia brevinoda Forel, 1910Bulldog Ant
Myrmecia chasei Forel, 1894
Myrmecia clarki Crawley, 1922
Myrmecia desertorum Wheeler, W.M., 1915Many-line lucine
Myrmecia imaii Taylor, 2015
Myrmecia infima Forel, 1900Penitent mussel
Myrmecia mandibularis Smith, 1858Toothless Bull Ant
Myrmecia michaelseni Forel, 1907Cumberland leafshell
Myrmecia regularis Crawley, 1925Atlantic strawberry-cockle
Myrmecia tepperi Emery, 1898Bucktoothed Bull Ant
Myrmecia testaceipes Clark, 1943
Myrmecia vindex Smith, F., 1858
Myrmecina graminicola Latreille, 1802Grass Ant
Myrmica gallienii Bondroit, 1920Disk dosinia
Myrmica hellenica Finzi, 1926Thin cyclinella
Myrmica hirsuta Elmes, 1978
Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846Subcancellate ervilia
Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Labidus coecus Latreille, 1802
Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846Subcancellate ervilia
Myrmica rugulosa (Nylander, 1849)⇒ Myrmica hellenica Finzi, 1926
Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861Newcomb pitar
Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846Ant
Myrmica schencki Viereck, 1903
Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918
Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846Micro-whip scorpions
Myrmica vandeli Bondroit, 1920Disk dosinia
Neoponera unidentata Mayr, 1862
Nothomyrmica petiolata Mayr, 1868
Nothomyrmica rudis Mayr, 1868
Nothomyrmica rugosostriata Mayr, 1868
Notoncus hickmani Clark, 1930Yellow epaulet ant
Nylanderia pygmaea Mayr, 1868
Nylanderia vividula Nylander, 1846
Odontomachus turneri Forel, 1900Garden snappy ant
Oecophylla brischkei G. L. Mayr, 1868
Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius, 1775Green ant
Opisthopsis haddoni Emery, 1893Red-headed strobe ant
Pachycondyla baltica G. M. Dlussky, 2002
Pachycondyla rebekkae Rust & Andersen, 1999
Pachycondyla succinea G. L. Mayr, 1868
Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802Black Crazy Ant
Pheidole anastasii Emery, 1896Anastasia's big-headed ant
Pheidole bilimeki (Mayr, 1870)⇒ Pheidole jamaicensis Wheeler, 1908
Pheidole cordata Holl, 1829
Pheidole jamaicensis Wheeler, 1908
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851
Pheidole noda Smith, 1874Arnold's dogwood
Pheidole nodus Fr. Smith, 1874
Pheidole pallidula Nylander, 1849Cumberland leafshell
Pheidole punctatissima (Mayr, 1870)⇒ Pheidole jamaicensis Wheeler, 1908
Plagiolepis klinsmanni Mayr, 1868
Plagiolepis kuenowi Mayr, 1868
Plagiolepis minutissima Dlussky & Pe..., 2002
Plagiolepis wheeleri Dlussky, 2010
Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) ops Forel, 1907Cumberland leafshell
Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma) senilis Forel, 1902Savanna spiny ant
Polyrhachis thrinax thrinax Roger, 1863
Polyrhachis hauxwelli Bingham, 1903Sculptured pigtoe
Ponera atavia Mayr, 1868
Ponera coarctata Latreille, 1802Indolent Ant
Ponera lobulifera Dlussky, 2009
Ponera mayri Dlussky, 2009
Ponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)⇒ Hypoponera punctatissima Roger, 1859
Prenolepis henschei Mayr, 1868
Prenolepis pygmaea Mayr, 1868
Prionomyrmex longiceps G. L. Mayr, 1868
Pristomyrmex rasnitsyni Dlussky & Ra..., 2011
Pyramica tetragnatha Taylor, 1966
Rhytidoponera aurata Roger, 1861Lesser horned pony ant
Rhytidoponera inornata Crawley, 1922
Rhytidoponera reticulata Forel, 1893Netted pony ant
Rhytidoponera trachypyx Brown, 1958
Solenopsis clytemnestra clytemnestra Emery, 1896
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) fugax Latreille, 1798Tellin semele
Solenopsis (Solenopsis) geminata Fabricius, 1804Fire Ant
Solenopsis (Solenopsis) richteri Forel, 1909BIFA
Solenopsis invicta Buren, 1972Argentine Fire Ant
Stenamma berendti Mayr, 1868
Stenamma debile Foerster, 1850Expanded macoma
Stenamma westwoodi Westwood, 1840
Stenamma westwoodii Westwood, 1839Fiddleleaf tobacco
Stiphromyrmex robustus G. L. Mayr, 1868
Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890Ant
Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895
Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793Ghost ant
Technomyrmex albipes Smith, F., 1861Ant
Technomyrmex vitiensis Mann, 1921Ant
Temnothorax albipennis Curtis, 1854
Temnothorax corticalis Schenck, 1852
Temnothorax interruptus Schenck, 1852Long-spined Ant
Temnothorax nylanderi Förster, 1850
Temnothorax recedens Nylander, 1856
Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Temnothorax albipennis Curtis, 1854
Temnothorax unifasciatus Latreille, 1798
Tetramorium atratulum Schenck, 1852
Tetramorium bicarinatum Nylander, 1846Bicoloured Pennant Ant
Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758Carpenter carditid
Tetramorium caldarium Roger, 1857Ant
Tetramorium immigrans (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758
Tetramorium simillimum Smith, F., 1851Ant
Tetramorium striolatum Viehmeyer, 1914Common pennant ant
Tetraponera ocellata Mayr, 1868
Tetraponera simplex Mayr, 1868
Usomyrma mirabilis Dlussky & al., 2014
Wasmannia auropunctata Roger, 1863Electric ant
Yantaromyrmex constrictus G. L. Mayr, 1868
Yantaromyrmex geinitzi G. L. Mayr, 1868
Yantaromyrmex mayrianum Dlussky & Du..., 2013
Yantaromyrmex samlandicus W. M. Wheeler, 1915
Ypresiomyrma rebekkae J. Rust, 1999

Subnodes of Formicidae with occurrences in Denmark
SubfamilyDolichoderinae
Forel, 1878
Odorous Ants
12
32
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyEcitoninae
Forel, 1893
1
2
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyFormicinae
Latreille, 1809
14
81
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMyrmeciinae
Emery, 1877
3
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
27
81
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPonerinae
Lepeletier, 1835
10
23
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPseudomyrmecinae
Smith, 1952
1
2
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


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