Georgia

Georgia
Location
Region	Asia
Subregion	Western Asia
BioRegion	Palaearctic Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	4
Genera	36
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	148
Endemic Species	6
% Endemic Species	4.1%
Introduced Species	0

The following valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Georgia. 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 Georgia ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Georgia Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

Aphaenogaster

• Aphaenogaster georgica Arnol'di, 1968
• Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latreille, 1798)
• Aphaenogaster kurdica Ruzsky, 1905
• Aphaenogaster muschtaidica Emery, 1908
• Aphaenogaster obsidiana (Mayr, 1861)
• Aphaenogaster semipolita (Nylander, 1856)
• Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)
• Aphaenogaster transcaucasicaKaravaiev, 1926

Bothriomyrmex

• Bothriomyrmex communista Santschi, 1919
• Bothriomyrmex meridionalis (Roger, 1863)

Brachyponera

• Brachyponera nigrita (Emery, 1895)

Camponotus

• Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)
• Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1856)
• Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1792)
• Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)
• Camponotus sylvaticus (Olivier, 1792)
• Camponotus turkestanicus Emery, 1887
• Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla elegans Emery, 1869
• Cardiocondyla sahlbergi Forel, 1913
• Cardiocondyla stambuloffii Forel, 1892

Cataglyphis

• Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849)
• Cataglyphis nigripes Arnol'di, 1964
• Cataglyphis nodus (Brulle, 1833)
• Cataglyphis viatica (Fabricius, 1787)

Colobopsis

• Colobopsis truncata (Spinola, 1808)

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster bogojawlenskii Ruzsky, 1905
• Crematogaster laestrygon Emery, 1869
• Crematogaster schmidti (Mayr, 1853)
• Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1792)
• Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)
• Crematogaster subdentata Mayr, 1877

Cryptopone

• Cryptopone ochracea (Mayr, 1855)

Dolichoderus

• Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Formica

• Formica aquilonia Yarrow, 1951
• Formica candida Smith, F., 1878
• Formica caucasicola Seifert, 2021
• Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853
• Formica cinereofusca Karavaiev, 1929
• Formica clara Forel, 1886
• Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798
• Formica fennica Seifert, 2000
• Formica foreli Bondroit, 1918
• Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758
• Formica georgica Seifert, 2002
• Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917
• Formica picea Nylander, 1846
• Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783
• Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761
• Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793
• Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798
• Formica subpilosa Ruzsky, 1902

Harpagoxenus

• Harpagoxenus sublaevis caucasicus Arnol'di, 1968

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)

Lasius

• Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850)
• Lasius bicornis (Foerster, 1850)
• Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)
• Lasius citrinus Emery, 1922
• Lasius distinguendus (Emery, 1916)
• Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792)
• Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)
• Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)
• Lasius jensi Seifert, 1982
• Lasius lasioides (Emery, 1869)
• Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)
• Lasius myops Forel, 1894
• Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrasfalvy, 1990
• Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lasius obscuratus Stitz, 1930
• Lasius rabaudi (Bondroit, 1917)
• Lasius turcicus Santschi, 1921
• Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)

Lepisiota

• Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mayr, 1855)

Leptothorax

• Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)
• Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)
• Leptothorax scamni Ruzsky, 1905

Liometopum

• Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)

Manica

• Manica rubida (latreille, 1802)

Messor

• Messor caducus (Victor, 1839)
• Messor incorruptus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929
• Messor melancholicus Arnol'di, 1977
• Messor meridionalis (André, 1977)

Monomorium

• Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Monomorium salomonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Monomorium subopacum (Smith, F., 1858)

Myrmecina

• Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)

Myrmica

• Myrmica bakurianica Arnol'di, 1970
• Myrmica caucasicola Arnol'di, 1934
• Myrmica deplanata Emery, 1921
• Myrmica hellenica Finzi, 1926
• Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica ravasinii Finzi, 1923
• Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica rugulosa Nylander, 1849
• Myrmica salina
• Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica schencki Viereck, 1903
• Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918
• Myrmica stangeana Ruzsky, 1902
• Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica tulinae Elmes, Radchenko & Aktaç, 2002

Nylanderia

• Nylanderia colchica Pisarski, 1960

Pheidole

• Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)

Plagiolepis

• Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798)

Polyergus

• Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)

Ponera

• Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)

Prenolepis

• Prenolepis nitens (Mayr, 1853)

Proformica

• Proformica caucasea (Santschi, 1925)
• Proformica kobachidzeiArnol'di, 1968
• Proformica nasuta (Nylander, 1856
• Proformica pilosiscapa Dlussky, 1969

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)
• Solenopsis ilinei Santschi, 1936

Stenamma

• Stenamma westwoodii Westwood, 1839

Strongylognathus

• Strongylognathus rehbinderi Forel, 1904
• Strongylognathus testaceus (Schenck, 1852)

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)
• Tapinoma karavaievi Emery, 1925

Temnothorax

• Temnothorax affinis (Mayr, 1855)
• Temnothorax alpinus (Ruzsky, 1902)
• Temnothorax brauneri (Ruzsky, 1905)
• Temnothorax corticalis (Schenck, 1852)
• Temnothorax crasecundus Seifert & Csősz, 2015
• Temnothorax exilis (Emery, 1869)
• Temnothorax georgicus Ward, Brady, Fisher & Schultz, 2014
• Temnothorax korbi (Emery, 1924)
• Temnothorax melnikovi (Ruzsky, 1905)
• Temnothorax nadigi (Kutter, 1925)
• Temnothorax nigriceps (Mar, 1855)
• Temnothorax nigritus (Emery, 1878)
• Temnothorax nylanderi (Foerster, 1850)
• Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)
• Temnothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856)
• Temnothorax satunini (Ruzsky, 1902)
• Temnothorax tamarae (Arnol'di, 1968)
• Temnothorax tesquorum (Arnol'di, 1977)
• Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)
• Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Tetramorium caucasicum Wagner, Arthofer, Seifert, Muster, Steiner & Schlick-Steiner, 2017
• Tetramorium chefketi Forel, 1911
• Tetramorium densopilosum Radchenko & Arakelian, 1990
• Tetramorium ferox Ruzsky, 1903
• Tetramorium punicum (Smith, F.,, 1861)
• Tetramorium syriacum Emery, 1924

Trichomyrmex

• Trichomyrmex dentigera (Roger, 1862)

Fossils known from Georgia

Epoch	Formation	Locality	Species
Miocene	Ormety, Georgia Fossil	Ormety	Formica martynovi

REFERENCES

• [1] N. Gratiashvili & Sh. Barjadze, 2008. Checklist of the ants (Formicidae Latreille, 1809) of Georgia. Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology, Tbilisi XXIII: 130-146.