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Cyprus
| Cyprus | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Region | Asia |
| Subregion | Western Asia |
| BioRegion | Palaearctic Region |
| Diversity | |
| Subfamilies | 5 |
| Genera | 23 |
| Endemic Genera | 0 |
| % Endemic Genera | 0.0% |
| Species/Subspecies | 58 |
| Endemic Species | 10 |
| % Endemic Species | 17.2% |
| Introduced Species | 15 |
The following valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Cyprus. 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 Cyprus ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Cyprus Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.
Aphaenogaster
- Aphaenogaster splendida (Roger, 1859)
- Aphaenogaster sporadis Santschi, 1933
- Aphaenogaster subterraneoides Emery, 1881
- Aphaenogaster syriaca Emery, 1908
Camponotus
- Camponotus cecconii Emery, 1908
- Camponotus gestroi Emery, 1878
- Camponotus jaliensis Dalla Torre, 1893
- Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1792)
- Camponotus libanicus André, 1881
- Camponotus rebeccae Forel, 1913
- Camponotus sanctus Forel, 1904
- Camponotus samius Forel, 1889
- Camponotus troodosensis Salata, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec, 2023
Cardiocondyla
- Cardiocondyla dalmatica Soudek, 1925
- Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel, 1890 (introduced)
- Cardiocondyla nigra Forel, 1905
- Cardiocondyla obscurior Wheeler, W.M., 1929 (introduced)
Cataglyphis
- Cataglyphis aphrodite Salata, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec, 2023
- Cataglyphis chionistrae Salata, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec, 2023
Colobopsis
- Colobopsis truncata (Spinola, 1808)
Crematogaster
- Crematogaster cypria Santschi, 1930
- Crematogaster inermis aphrodite Santschi, 1937
Formica
- Formica clara Forel, 1886
Hypoponera
- Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)
- Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859) (introduced)
Lasius
- Lasius cyperus Seifert, 2020
- Lasius lasioides (Emery, 1869)
Messor
- Messor bucephalus Salata, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec, 2023
- Messor orientalis (Emery, 1898)
- Messor syriacus Tohmé, G., 1969
Monomorium
- Monomorium bicolor Emery, 1877 (introduced)
- Monomorium subopacum (Smith, F., 1858)
Nylanderia
- Nylanderia jaegerskioeldi (Mayr, 1904) (introduced)
Oxyopomyrmex
- Oxyopomyrmex pygmalioni Salata & Borowiec, 2015
Paratrechina
- Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802) (introduced)
Pheidole
- Pheidole fadli Sharaf, 2007 (introduced)
- Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879 (introduced)
- Pheidole koshewnikovi Ruzsky, 1905
Plagiolepis
- Plagiolepis pallescens Forel, 1889
- Plagiolepis perperamus Salata, Borowiec & Radchenko, 2018
Proceratium
- Proceratium numidicum Santschi, 1912
Solenopsis
- Solenopsis cypridis Santschi, 1934
Tapinoma
- Tapinoma festae Emery, 1925
- Tapinoma simrothi Krausse, 1911
Temnothorax
- Temnothorax bulgaricus cypridis Santschi, 1930
- Temnothorax graecus (Forel, 1911)
- Temnothorax muellerianus (Finzi, 1922)
- Temnothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856)
- Temnothorax turcicus (Santschi, 1934)
Tetramorium
- Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846) (introduced)
- Tetramorium caldarium (Roger, 1857) (introduced)
- Tetramorium immigrans Santschi, 1927 (introduced)
- Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870 (introduced)
- Tetramorium rhodium Emery, 1924
Trichomyrmex
- Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851) (introduced)
- Trichomyrmex mayri (Forel, 1902) (introduced)
- Trichomyrmex perplexus (Radchenko, 1997)
Wasmannia
- Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863) (introduced)
Notes
Salata et al. (2023) note that five species of the subgenus Tanaemyrmex were not recovered during their sampling in Cyprus. Records of Camponotus compressus and Camponotus maculatus in neighboring regions have been deemed dubious (Janicki et al. 2016; Guénard et al. 2017), while the presence of Camponotus aethiops, Camponotus baldaccii and Camponotus thoracicus in Cyprus concerned records repeated by Borowiec & Salata (2012) and Borowiec (2014) based on the Fauna Europaea website (Radchenko 2007). The latter database is known to include several misplaced taxa as indicated in Schifani & Alicata (2018) and Demetriou et al. (2023).