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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
764
12793
52013
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
759
12781
51993
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
715
12594
51549
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
466
10609
46529
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
85
2199
13350
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
70
2037
12150
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
25
621
3409
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
153
731
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
153
731
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyFormicinae
Latreille, 1809
34
225
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sweden
34 Genera with 225 Species
#ABCDEFGLMNOPS
Acanthomyops Mayr, 1901Citronella ants2SpeciesTaxom
Anoplolepis Santschi, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1868Rover ants2SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 1941Black carpenter ant58SpeciesTaxom
Cataglyphis Förster, 1929Desert ants4SpeciesTaxom
Cataglyphoides Dlussky, 20201SpeciesTaxom
Chthonolasius Ruzsky, 1914
0SpeciesTaxom
Conoformica Dlussky, 2008
0SpeciesTaxom
Drymomyrmex Wheeler, 20211SpeciesTaxom
Eocamponotus Boudinout, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Eridanomyrma Dubovikoff &..., 20251SpeciesTaxom
Formica Linnaeus, 2008And Field Ants68SpeciesTaxom
Gesomyrmex Mayr, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Glaphyromyrmex Wheeler, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Lasius Fabricius, 1868Citronella ants22SpeciesTaxom
Lepisiota Santschi, 18552SpeciesTaxom
Melophorus Lubbock, 1910Honey carrier4SpeciesTaxom
Metalasius Boudinot, Bo..., 18681SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecocystus Wesmael, 1971Honeypot Ants7SpeciesTaxom
Myrmosericus Forel, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Notoncus Emery, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Nylanderia Emery, 1846Crazy ants4SpeciesTaxom
Oecophylla Smith, 1775Green ants3SpeciesTaxom
Opisthopsis Emery, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1846Crazy ants4SpeciesTaxom
Plagiolepis Mayr, 201011SpeciesTaxom
Polyergus Latreille, 1798Amazon ants2SpeciesTaxom
Polyrhachis Smith, 186316SpeciesTaxom
Prenolepis Mayr, 1868False Honey Ants3SpeciesTaxom
Prodimorphomyrmex Wheeler, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Proformica Ruzsky, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Protoformica Dlussky, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Serviformica Forel, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Sussudio Boudinot, Bo..., 19151SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sweden
225 Species and 13 Subspecies
Acanthomyops claviger Roger, 1862Smaller yellow ant
Acanthomyops murphyi Forel, 1901
Anoplolepis gracilipes Smith, 1857Ant
Brachymyrmex depilis Emery, 1893Hairless Rover Ant
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 (Myrmogonia) armstrongi McAreavey, 1949Minute axinopsid
Camponotus (Myrmogonia) tristis Clark, 1930
Camponotus (Myrmopelta) vividus Smith, F., 1858Atlantic diplodon
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 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 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 rufifrons leucopis
Camponotus tricoloratus Clark, 1941
Cataglyphis hispanicus Emery, 1906
Cataglyphis rosenhaueri Santschi, 1925
Cataglyphis ruber Forel, 1903Dwarf surfclam
Cataglyphis velox Santschi, 1929
Cataglyphoides dlusskyi Radchenko & ..., 2020
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 (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 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 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 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) meridionalis Bondroit, 1920
Lasius (Chthonolasius) mixtus Nylander, 1846
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 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
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 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
Nylanderia faisonensis Forel, 1922
Nylanderia pygmaea Mayr, 1868
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 rufithorax Emery, 1895Black-headed strobe ant
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 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 (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 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
Sussudio boreus Wheeler, W.M., 1915

Subnodes of Formicinae with occurrences in Sweden
TribeBrachymyrmecini
Wheeler, 1929
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeCamponotini
Forel, 1878
5
76
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeEridanomyrmini
Dubovikoff & Zharkov, 2025
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeFormicini
Latreille, 1809
9
77
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeGesomyrmecini
Ashmead, 1905
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeLasiini
Ashmead, 1905
6
39
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeMelophorini
Forel, 1912
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOecophyllini
Emery, 1895
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribePlagiolepidini
Forel, 1886
4
18
Genera
Species

Taxom



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Formicinae at dyntaxa.se
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