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Checklist for Subfamily Formicinae Latreille, 1809
and region Scandinavia (North Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
805
15523
74568
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
800
15509
74545
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
756
15287
74011
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
490
12882
67015
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
89
2482
16601
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
74
2279
14583
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
26
665
3665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
178
848
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
178
848
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyFormicinae
Latreille, 1809
38
257
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Scandinavia
38 Genera with 257 Species
#ABCDEFGLMNOPRS
Acantholepis Mayr, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Acanthomyops Mayr, 1901Citronella ants2SpeciesTaxom
Anoplolepis Santschi, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1868Rover ants3SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 1941Black carpenter ant64SpeciesTaxom
Cataglyphis Förster, 1929Desert ants7SpeciesTaxom
Cataglyphoides Dlussky, 20201SpeciesTaxom
Chthonolasius Ruzsky, 1914
0SpeciesTaxom
Colobopsis Mayr, 18081SpeciesTaxom
Conoformica Dlussky, 2008
0SpeciesTaxom
Drymomyrmex Wheeler, 20211SpeciesTaxom
Eocamponotus Boudinout, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Eridanomyrma Dubovikoff &..., 20251SpeciesTaxom
Formica Linnaeus, 2008And Field Ants72SpeciesTaxom
Gesomyrmex Mayr, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Glaphyromyrmex Wheeler, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Lasius Fabricius, 1868Citronella ants25SpeciesTaxom
Lepisiota Santschi, 19133SpeciesTaxom
Melophorus Lubbock, 1910Honey carrier5SpeciesTaxom
Metalasius Boudinot, Bo..., 18681SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecocystus Wesmael, 1971Honeypot Ants8SpeciesTaxom
Myrmosericus Forel, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Notoncus Emery, 19302SpeciesTaxom
Nylanderia Emery, 1846Crazy ants6SpeciesTaxom
Oecophylla Smith, 1775Green ants3SpeciesTaxom
Opisthopsis Emery, 18953SpeciesTaxom
Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1846Crazy ants5SpeciesTaxom
Plagiolepis Mayr, 201014SpeciesTaxom
Polyergus Latreille, 1798Amazon ants2SpeciesTaxom
Polyrhachis Smith, 186318SpeciesTaxom
Prenolepis Mayr, 1868False Honey Ants3SpeciesTaxom
Prodimorphomyrmex Wheeler, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Proformica Ruzsky, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Protoformica Dlussky, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Pseudolasius Emery, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Raptiformica Forel, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Serviformica Forel, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Sussudio Boudinot, Bo..., 19151SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Scandinavia
257 Species and 17 Subspecies
Acantholepis frauenfeldi Mayr, 1855
Acanthomyops claviger Roger, 1862Smaller yellow ant
Acanthomyops murphyi Forel, 1901
Anoplolepis gracilipes Smith, 1857Ant
Brachymyrmex depilis Emery, 1893Hairless Rover Ant
Brachymyrmex incisus Forel, 1912
Brachymyrmex patagonicus Mayr, 1868Dark rover ant
Camponotus (Camponotus) americanus Mayr, 1862American Carpenter Ant
Camponotus (Camponotus) castaneus Latreille, 1802
Camponotus (Camponotus) chromaiodes Bolton, 1995Ferruginous carpenter ant
Camponotus (Camponotus) herculeanus Linnaeus, 1758Black carpenter ant
Camponotus (Camponotus) ligniperda Latreille, 1802
Camponotus (Camponotus) ligniperdus (Latreille, 1802)⇒ Camponotus ligniperda Latreille, 1802
Camponotus (Camponotus) modoc Wheeler, W.M., 1910Carpenter ant
Camponotus (Camponotus) pennsylvanicus (De Geer, 1773)⇒ Camponotus pensylvanica De Geer, 1773
Camponotus (Camponotus) vagus Scopoli, 1763Henslow peaclam
Camponotus (Colobopsis) truncatus Spinola, 1808
Camponotus (Myrmentoma) fallax Nylander, 1856
Camponotus (Myrmentoma) lateralis (Olivier, 1792)⇒ Camponotus rebeccae Forel, 1913
Camponotus (Myrmentoma) nearcticus Emery, 1893Smaller carpenter ant
Camponotus (Myrmentoma) piceus Leach, 1825Atlantic giant cockle
Camponotus (Myrmentoma) sayi Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) brevis Forel, 1899
Camponotus (Myrmogonia) armstrongi McAreavey, 1949Minute axinopsid
Camponotus (Myrmogonia) tristis Clark, 1930
Camponotus (Myrmopelta) vividus Smith, F., 1858Atlantic diplodon
Camponotus aeneopilosus aeneopilosus Mayr, 1862
Camponotus (Myrmophyma) ceriseipes Clark, 1938Periscope erycina
Camponotus (Myrmophyma) ephippium Smith, F., 1858Jumbuck sugar ant
Camponotus (Myrmophyma) gouldianus Forel, 1922Nuttall cockle
Camponotus (Myrmophyma) innexus Forel, 1902Antarctic sugar ant
Camponotus (Myrmopiromis) fulvopilosus De Geer, 1778South African Golden Desert Ant
Camponotus (Myrmosaulus) aurocinctus Smith, F., 1858Golden bearded sugar ant
Camponotus (Myrmosaulus) intrepidus Kirby, W., 1819Coastal flumed sugar ant
Camponotus (Myrmosphincta) sexguttatus Fabricius, 1793Hatchet surfclam
Camponotus (Myrmothrix) floridanus Buckley, 1866Florida carpenter ant
Camponotus (Myrmotrema) foraminosus Forel, 1879Eastern aligena
Camponotus foraminosus chrysogaster Emery, 1895
Camponotus maculatus liocnemis Fabricius, 1782
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) consobrinus Erichson, 1842Banded sugar ant
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) extensus Mayr, 1876
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) festinatus Buckley, 1866
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) gouldi Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maccooki Forel, 1879
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus Fabricius, 1782Consobrine tellin
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) nigriceps Smith, F., 1858Black-headed sugar ant
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) novaehollandiae Mayr, 1870Northern common sugar ant
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) pompeius Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) sansabeanus Buckley, 1866
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) socius Roger, 1863
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) terebrans Lowne, 1865Brown bearded sugar ant
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) thoracicus Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Camponotus thraso diogenes Forel, 1909
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) ustus Forel, 1879Cumberland leafshell
Camponotus wellmani gamma Santschi, 1926
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) wiederkehri Forel, 1894Moneybox sugar ant
Camponotus claripes claripes Mayr, 1876
Camponotus oetkeri oetkeri Forel, 1910
Camponotus constrictus Mayr, 1868
Camponotus dromas Santschi, 1919Tennessee riffleshell
Camponotus ellioti Forel, 1891
Camponotus gibbinotus Forel, 1902
Camponotus guidae McArthur, 2007
Camponotus haereticus Santschi, 1914Northern riffleshell
Camponotus herculaneus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Camponotus herculeanus Linnaeus, 1758
Camponotus mengei G. L. Mayr, 1868
Camponotus minimus Crawley, 1922
Camponotus moeschi lygaeus Viehmeyer, 1916
Camponotus prostans Forel, 1910Western sugar ant
Camponotus rufifrons leucopis
Camponotus tricoloratus Clark, 1941
Cataglyphis altisquamis André, 1881Atlantic surfclam
Cataglyphis bucharicus Emery, 1925
Cataglyphis hispanicus Emery, 1906
Cataglyphis rosenhaueri Santschi, 1925
Cataglyphis ruber Forel, 1903Dwarf surfclam
Cataglyphis savignyi Dufour, 1862
Cataglyphis velox Santschi, 1929
Cataglyphoides dlusskyi Radchenko & ..., 2020
Colobopsis truncata Spinola, 1808
Drymomyrmex rasnitsyni Radchenko, 2021
Eocamponotus mengei Mayr, 1868
Eridanomyrma unipetropolitana Dubovikoff &..., 2025
Formica (Coptoformica) bruni Kutter, 1967
Formica (Coptoformica) exsecta Nylander, 1846Excised wood ant
Formica exsecta rubens (Nylander, 1846)⇒ Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846
Formica (Coptoformica) fennica Seifert, 2000
Formica (Coptoformica) foreli Bondroit, 1918
Formica (Coptoformica) forsslundi Lohmander, 1949Gilded wedgeclam
Formica (Coptoformica) pressilabris Nylander, 1846Subcancellate ervilia
Formica (Coptoformica) suecica Adlerz, 1902
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 truncorum truncorum Fabricius, 1804
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) lemani Bondroit, 1917
Formica (Serviformica) lusatica (Seifert, 1997)⇒ Formica clara Forel, 1886
Formica (Serviformica) parvula J. S. Presl, 1822Atlantic razor
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 accreta Francoeur, 1973
Formica arenicola Buckley, 1866
Formica argentea Wheeler, W.M., 1912Silvery Field Ant
Formica aserva Forel, 1901Round combshell
Formica canadensis Santschi, 1914Northern riffleshell
Formica clara Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Formica cordieri Bondroit, 1917
Formica dakotensis Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Formica flori G. L. Mayr, 1868
Formica gibbosa (J. S. Presl, 1822)⇒ Dolichoderus quadridenticulatus Roger, 1862
Formica glacialis Wheeler, W.M., 1908Rough razor
Formica gustawi G. M. Dlussky, 2002
Formica horrida W. M. Wheeler, 1915Many-line lucine
Formica integroides Wheeler, W.M., 1913Orcutt nakedclam
Formica kutscheri G. M. Dlussky, 2008
Formica lasioides Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Formica lucida C. G. Giebel, 1856Minor jackknife
Formica luteola J. S. Presl, 1822Atlantic razor
Formica macrognatha J. S. Presl, 1822Atlantic razor
Formica moki Wheeler, W.M., 1906
Formica montana (Wheeler, W.M., 1910)⇒ Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838
Formica neoclara Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Formica neorufibarbis Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Formica nigra J. S. Presl, 1822Atlantic razor
Formica nigriceps (Smith, 1858)⇒ Camponotus nigriceps Smith, F., 1858
Formica occulta Francoeur, 1973
Formica oregonensis Cole, 1938
Formica palaeopolonica Dlussky, 2008
Formica pallidefulva Latreille, 1802Peony
Formica phaethusa W. M. Wheeler, 1915Many-line lucine
Formica pices Emery, 1925
Formica podzolica Francoeur, 1973
Formica propinqua Creighton, 1940
Formica quadrata F. Holl, 1829Beveled macoma
Formica radchenkoi G. M. Dlussky, 2008
Formica ribbeckei Radchenko & ..., 2021
Formica rubescens (Leach, 1825)⇒ Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798
Formica strangulata W. M. Wheeler, 1915Many-line lucine
Formica subnitens Creighton, 1940
Formica surinamensis G. C. Berendt, 1830
Formica transkaukasica Nasonov, 1889
Formica trigona J. S. Presl, 1822Atlantic razor
Formica truncicola (Creighton, 1940)⇒ Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804
Formica zherikhini G. M. Dlussky, 2008
Gesomyrmex hoernesi Mayr, 1868
Glaphyromyrmex oligocenicus W. M. Wheeler, 1915Many-line lucine
Lasius (Austrolasius) carniolicus Mayr, 1861Wrinkled montacutid
Lasius (Cautolasius) flavus Fabricius, 1782Blond Field Ant
Lasius (Chthonolasius) bicornis Foerster, 1850Expanded macoma
Lasius (Chthonolasius) citrinus Emery, 1922Carpenter carditid
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) neoniger Emery, 1893Cornfield ant
Lasius (Lasius) niger Linnaeus, 1758Black Garden Ant
Lasius (Lasius) pallitarsis Provancher, 1881Subterranean Aphid-Tending Ant
Lasius (Lasius) paralienus Seifert, 1992
Lasius (Lasius) platythorax Seifert, 1991Morsel macoma
Lasius (Lasius) psammophilus Seifert, 1992
Lasius (Lasius) turcicus Santschi, 1921
Lasius nemorivagus Wheeler, 1915Many-line lucine
Lasius pumilus Mayr, 1868
Lasius punctulatus Mayr, 1868
Lasius schiefferdeckeri Mayr, 1868
Lepisiota cacozela Stitz, 1916
Lepisiota frauenfeldi Mayr, 1855Browsing Ant
Lepisiota incisa Forel, 1913
Melophorus aeneovirens Lowne, 1865Furnace Ant
Melophorus oblongiceps Heterick, Ca..., 2017
Melophorus potteri McAreavey, 1947Bulldozer furnace ant
Melophorus prominens Heterick, Ca..., 2017
Melophorus turneri Forel, 1910Furnace Ant
Metalasius pumilus Mayr, 1868
Myrmecocystus creightoni Snelling, R.R., 1971
Myrmecocystus depilis Forel, 1901Round combshell
Myrmecocystus mendax Wheeler, W.M., 1908Rough razor
Myrmecocystus mexicanus Wesmael, 1838Arizona desert-thorn
Myrmecocystus mimicus Wheeler, W.M., 1908Rough razor
Myrmecocystus placodops Forel, 1908
Myrmecocystus romainei Snelling, 1975
Myrmecocystus wheeleri Snelling, R.R., 1971
Myrmosericus rufoglaucus paria Emery, 1889
Notoncus capitatus Forel, 1915
Notoncus hickmani Clark, 1930Yellow epaulet ant
Nylanderia faisonensis Forel, 1922
Nylanderia phantasma Trager, 1984
Nylanderia pygmaea Mayr, 1868
Nylanderia steinheili Forel, 1893
Nylanderia vitiensis Mann, 1921
Nylanderia vividula Nylander, 1846
Oecophylla brischkei G. L. Mayr, 1868
Oecophylla crassinoda W. M. Wheeler, 1915
Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius, 1775Green ant
Opisthopsis haddoni Emery, 1893Red-headed strobe ant
Opisthopsis haddoni haddoni Emery, 1893
Opisthopsis rufithorax Emery, 1895Black-headed strobe ant
Paratrechina bourbonica (Forel, 1886)⇒ Nylanderia bourbonica Forel, 1886
Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802Black Crazy Ant
Paratrechina obscura Mayr, 1862Swamp parrot ants
Paratrechina vaga (Forel, 1901)⇒ Nylanderia vaga Forel, 1901
Paratrechina vividula (Nylander, 1846)⇒ Nylanderia vividula Nylander, 1846
Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) pygmaea Latreille, 1798Southern acornshell
Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) vindobonensis (Lomnicki, 1925)⇒ Plagiolepis taurica Santschi, 1920
Plagiolepis allaudi Emery, 1894
Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery, 1894Alluaud's Little Yellow Ant
Plagiolepis klinsmanni Mayr, 1868
Plagiolepis kuenowi Mayr, 1868
Plagiolepis minutissima Dlussky & Pe..., 2002
Plagiolepis paradoxa Dlussky, 2010
Plagiolepis pygmea Latreille, 1798
Plagiolepis singularis Mayr, 1868
Plagiolepis solitaria Mayr, 1868
Plagiolepis squamifera Mayr, 1868
Plagiolepis succini André, 1895Martinique tellin
Plagiolepis wheeleri Dlussky, 2010
Polyergus longicornis (Smith, 1947)⇒ Polyergus lucidus Mayr, 1870
Polyergus rufescens Latreille, 1798European Amazon ant
Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) leae Forel, 1913
Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) ops Forel, 1907Cumberland leafshell
Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma) senilis Forel, 1902Savanna spiny ant
Polyrhachis (Hagiomyrma) ammon Fabricius, 1775Golden-spined Ant
Polyrhachis (Hagiomyrma) ammonoeides Roger, 1863
Polyrhachis (Hagiomyrma) lydiae Forel, 1902
Polyrhachis (Hagiomyrma) schenkii Forel, 1886
Polyrhachis (Hagiomyrma) semiaurata Mayr, 1876
Polyrhachis (Hedomyrma) daemeli Mayr, 1876Daemel´s Spiny Ant
Polyrhachis conops conops Forel, 1901
Polyrhachis (Myrma) militaris Fabricius, 1782
Polyrhachis (Myrma) monista Santschi, 1910Catspaw
Polyrhachis (Myrma) schistacea Gerstäcker, 1859
Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla) cephalotes Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Polyrhachis thrinax thrinax Roger, 1863
Polyrhachis hauxwelli Bingham, 1903Sculptured pigtoe
Polyrhachis laevigata Smith, F., 1857Dosinia lucine
Polyrhachis paromalus paromalus Smith, 1863
Prenolepis henschei Mayr, 1868
Prenolepis imparis Say, 1836False Honey Ant
Prenolepis pygmaea Mayr, 1868
Prodimorphomyrmex primigenius W. M. Wheeler, 1915Many-line lucine
Proformica mongolica Emery, 1901
Protoformica proformicoides G. M. Dlussky, 1967
Pseudolasius amblyops amblyops Forel, 1901
Sussudio boreus Wheeler, W.M., 1915

Subnodes of Formicinae with occurrences in Scandinavia
TribeBrachymyrmecini
Wheeler, 1929
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeCamponotini
Forel, 1878
5
85
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeEridanomyrmini
Dubovikoff & Zharkov, 2025
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeFormicini
Latreille, 1809
10
83
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeGesomyrmecini
Ashmead, 1905
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeLasiini
Ashmead, 1905
7
45
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeMelophorini
Forel, 1912
2
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOecophyllini
Emery, 1895
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribePlagiolepidini
Forel, 1886
5
25
Genera
Species

Taxom



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