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Italy
| Italy | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Region | Europe |
| Subregion | Southern Europe |
| BioRegion | Palaearctic Region |
| Diversity | |
| Subfamilies | 8 |
| Genera | 45 |
| Endemic Genera | 0 |
| % Endemic Genera | 0.0% |
| Species/Subspecies | 242 |
| Endemic Species | 33 |
| % Endemic Species | 13.6% |
| Introduced Species | 16 |
The following valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Italy. 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 Italian ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Italian Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.
Aphaenogaster
- Aphaenogaster balcanica (Emery, 1898)
- Aphaenogaster campana Emery, 1878
- Aphaenogaster crocea André, 1881
- Aphaenogaster dulcineae Santschi, 1919
- Aphaenogaster epirotes (Emery, 1895)
- Aphaenogaster fiorii Emery, 1915
- Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latreille, 1798)
- Aphaenogaster ichnusa Santschi, 1925
- Aphaenogaster inermita Bolton, 1995
- Aphaenogaster italica Bondroit, 1918
- Aphaenogaster ovaticeps Emery, 1898
- Aphaenogaster pallida Nylander, 1849
- Aphaenogaster picena Baroni Urbani, 1971
- Aphaenogaster sardoa Mayr, 1853
- Aphaenogaster semipolita Nylander, 1856
- Aphaenogaster senilis Mayr, 1853
- Aphaenogaster spinosa Emery, 1878
- Aphaenogaster splendida (Roger, 1859) (introduced)
- Aphaenogaster strioloides Forel, 1890
- Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)
- Aphaenogaster subterraneosplendida André, 1883
- Aphaenogaster trinacriae Alicata & Schifani, 2019
Bothriomyrmex
- Bothriomyrmex communista Santschi, 1919
- Bothriomyrmex corsicus Santschi, 1923
- Bothriomyrmex costae Emery, 1869
Brachyponera
- Brachyponera chinensis (Emery, 1895) (introduced)
Camponotus
- Camponotus aethiops Mayr, 1855
- Camponotus atriceps (introduced)
- Camponotus barbaricus Emery, 1905
- Camponotus cruentatus (Latreille, 1802)
- Camponotus dalmaticus (Nylander, 1849)
- Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1856)
- Camponotus gestroi Emery, 1878
- Camponotus herculeanus Linnaeus, 1758
- Camponotus lateralis Olivier, 1792
- Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802)
- Camponotus micans (Nylander, 1856)
- Camponotus nylanderi Emery, 1921
- Camponotus piceus Leach, 1825
- Camponotus pilicornis siculus Grandi, 1935
- Camponotus ruber Emery, 1925
- Camponotus sylvaticus (Olivier, 1792)
- Camponotus tergestinus Müller, 1921
- Camponotus universitatis Forel, 1890
- Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)
Cardiocondyla
- Cardiocondyla dalmatica Soudek, 1925
- Cardiocondyla elegans Emery, 1869
- Cardiocondyla mauritanica (introduced)
- Cardiocondyla nuda (introduced)
- Cardiocondyla wroughtonii (introduced)
Cataglyphis
- Cataglyphis italica Emery, 1906
- Cataglyphis viatica (Fabricius, 1787)
Cataulacus
- Cataulacus planiceps Emery, 1891 [fossil; Sicily]
Colobopsis
- Colobopsis imitans Schifani, Giannetti, Csősz, Castellucci, Luchetti, Castracani, Spotti, Mori & Grasso, 2021
- Colobopsis truncata (Spinola, 1808)
Crematogaster
- Crematogaster schmidti Mayr, 1853
- Crematogaster scutellaris Olivier, 1792
- Crematogaster scutellaris nigra Krausse, 1912
- Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849)
Cryptopone
- Cryptopone ochracea (Mayr, 1855)
- Cryptopone ochracea sicula (Emery, 1909)
Dolichoderus
- Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)
Dorylus
- Dorylus helvolus Linnaeus, 1764
Formica
- Formica aquilonia Yarrow, 1955
- Formica bruni Kutter, 1967
- Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853
- Formica clara Forel, 1886
- Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798
- Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846
- Formica foreli Bondroit, 1918
- Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758
- Formica fuscocinerea Forel, 1874
- Formica gagates Latreille, 1798
- Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917
- Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838
- Formica paralugubris Seifert, 1996
- Formica picea Nylander, 1846
- Formica polyctena Foerster, 1850
- Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783
- Formica pressilabris Nylander, 1846
- Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761
- Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793
- Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798
- Formica selysi Bondroit, 1918
- Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804
Formicoxenus
- Formicoxenus nitidulus Nylander, 1846
Harpagoxenus
- Harpagoxenus sublaevis Nylander, 1849
Hypoponera
- Hypoponera abeillei (André, 1881)
- Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)
- Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1857)
- Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894)
Lasius
- Lasius alienus Foerster, 1850
- Lasius bicornis Foerster, 1850
- Lasius bombycina Seifert & Galkowski, 2016
- Lasius brunneus Latreille, 1798
- Lasius carniolicus Mayr, 1861
- Lasius casevitzi Seifert & Galkowski, 2016
- Lasius citrinus Emery, 1922
- Lasius distinguendus Emery, 1916
- Lasius emarginatus Olivier, 1792
- Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)
- Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)
- Lasius lasioides Emery, 1869
- Lasius maltaeus Seifert, 2020
- Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrasfalvy, 1990
- Lasius paralienus Seifert, 1992
- Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991
- Lasius psammophilus Seifert, 1992
Lepisiota
- Lepisiota nigra Dalla Torre, 1893
Leptanilla
- Leptanilla doderoi Emery, 1915
- Leptanilla poggii Mei, 1995
- Leptanilla revelierii Emery, 1870
Linepithema
Liometopum
- Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)
Manica
- Manica rubida (Latreille, 1802)
Messor
- Messor capitatus Latreille, 1798
- Messor ibericus Santschi, 1931
- Messor minor André, 1883
- Messor minor calabricus Santschi, 1927
- Messor minor capreensis Santschi, 1927
- Messor semirufus (André, 1883)
- Messor structor tyrrhenus Emery, 1898
- Messor wasmanni Krausse, 1910
Monomorium
- Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987
- Monomorium pharaonis (introduced)
- Monomorium subopacum Smith, F., 1858
Myrmecina
- Myrmecina graminicola Latreille, 1802
- Myrmecina melonii Rigato, 1999
- Myrmecina sicula André, 1882
Myrmica
- Myrmica constricta Karavaiev, 1934
- Myrmica hellenica Forel, 1913
- Myrmica karavajevi (Arnol’di, 1930)
- Myrmica laurae Emery, 1907
- Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846
- Myrmica lobulicornis Nylander, 1857
- Myrmica myrmicoxena Forel, 1895
- Myrmica obscura Finzi, 1926
- Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846
- Myrmica schencki Viereck, 1903
- Myrmica siciliana Radchenko, Elmes & Alicata, 2006
- Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918
- Myrmica spinosior Santschi, 1931
- Myrmica tulinae Elmes, Radchenko & Aktaç, 2002
Nylanderia
Oxyopomyrmex
- Oxyopomyrmex saulcyi Emery, 1889
Paratrechina
Pheidole
- Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)
- Pheidole nodus Smith, F., 1874 (introduced)
- Pheidole pallidula Nylander, 1849
Plagiolepis
- Plagiolepis grassei Le Masne, 1956
- Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798)
- Plagiolepis xene Stärcke, 1936
Polyergus
- Polyergus rufescens Latreille, 1798
Ponera
- Ponera coarctata Latreille, 1802
- Ponera testacea Emery, 1895
Prenolepis
- Prenolepis nitens (Mayr, 1853)
Proceratium
- Proceratium algiricum Forel, 1899
Solenopsis
- Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)
- Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)
- Solenopsis latro sicula Emery, 1915
- Solenopsis lusitanica Emery, 1915
Stenamma
- Stenamma debile (Foerster, 1850)
- Stenamma petiolatum Emery, 1897
- Stenamma sardoum Emery, 1915
- Stenamma siculum Rigato, 2011
- Stenamma striatulum Emery, 1895
- Stenamma zanoni Rigato, 2011
Stigmatomma
- Stigmatomma denticulatum Roger, 1859
- Stigmatomma impressifrons (Emery, 1869)
Strongylognathus
- Strongylognathus alboini Finzi, 1924
- Strongylognathus destefanii Emery, 1915
- Strongylognathus huberi Forel, 1874
- Strongylognathus huberi dalmaticus Baroni Urbani, 1969
- Strongylognathus insularis Baroni Urbani, 1968
- Strongylognathus italicus Finzi, 1924
- Strongylognathus pisarskii Poldi, 1994
Strumigenys
- Strumigenys argiola Emery, 1869
- Strumigenys baudueri Emery, 1875
- Strumigenys membranifera Emery, 1869
- Strumigenys tenuipilis Emery, 1915
Tapinoma
- Tapinoma darioi Seifert, D'Eustacchio, Kaufmann, Centorame & Modica, 2017
- Tapinoma erraticum Latreille, 1798
- Tapinoma insularis Seifert, Kaufmann & Fraysse, 2024
- Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895
- Tapinoma magnum Mayr, 1861
- Tapinoma melanocephalum (introduced)
- Tapinoma nigerrimum Nylander, 1856
- Tapinoma pygmaeum (Dufour, 1857)
- Tapinoma simrothi Krausse, 1911
- Tapinoma subboreale Seifert, 2012
Technomyrmex
- Technomyrmex elatior Forel, 1902
- Technomyrmex pallipes (introduced)
Temnothorax
- Temnothorax affinis Mayr, 1855
- Temnothorax albipennis (Curtis, 1854)
- Temnothorax alienus Schulz, Heinze & Pusch, 2007
- Temnothorax crassispinus (Karavaiev, 1926)
- Temnothorax exilis Emery, 1869
- Temnothorax finzii Menozzi, 1925
- Temnothorax flavicornis Emery, 1870
- Temnothorax gordiagini (Ruzsky, 1902)
- Temnothorax italicus Consani, 1952
- Temnothorax kraussei (Emery, 1915)
- Temnothorax laestrygon Santschi, 1931
- Temnothorax lagrecai Baroni Urbani, 1964
- Temnothorax leviceps Emery, 1898
- Temnothorax lichtensteini Bondroit, 1918
- Temnothorax luteus (Forel, 1874)
- Temnothorax marae Alicata, Schifani & Prebus, 2022
- Temnothorax mediterraneus Ward et al., 2014
- Temnothorax minozzii Santschi, 1922
- Temnothorax muellerianus (Finzi, 1922)
- Temnothorax nylanderi (Foerster, 1850)
- Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)
- Temnothorax pelagosanus Müller, 1923
- Temnothorax poldii Alicata, Schifani & Prebus, 2022
- Temnothorax racovitzai (Bondroit, 1918)
- Temnothorax ravouxi (André, 1896)
- Temnothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856)
- Temnothorax rottenbergii Emery, 1870
- Temnothorax sardous (Santschi, 1909)
- Temnothorax saxatilis Schulz, Heinze & Pusch, 2007
- Temnothorax sordidulus (Müller, 1923)
- Temnothorax tergestinus (Finzi, 1928)
- Temnothorax unifasciatus Latreille, 1798
- Temnothorax vivianoi Schifani, Alicata & Prebus, 2022
Tetramorium
- Tetramorium alpestre Steiner, Schlick-Steiner & Seifert, 2010
- Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)
- Tetramorium bicarinatum (introduced)
- Tetramorium brevicorne Bondroit, 1918
- Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Tetramorium diomedeum Emery, 1908
- Tetramorium fusciclava Consani & Zangheri, 1952
- Tetramorium impurum Foerster, 1850
- Tetramorium indocile Santschi, 1927
- Tetramorium lucayanum Wheeler, W.M., 1905 (introduced)
- Tetramorium meridionale Emery, 1870
- Tetramorium moravicum Kratochvil, 1941
- Tetramorium pelagium Poldi, 1995
- Tetramorium punctatum Santschi, 1927
- Tetramorium sanetrai Schulz & Csosz, 2007
- Tetramorium semilaeve André, 1883
- Tetramorium semilaeve italicum Menozzi, 1932
Wasmannia
Fossils known from Italy
Uncertain species
The following species were described from Italy but their true identities are currently unknown.
- Formica didyma Fabricius, 1782
- Formica quadrinotata Losana, 1834
References
- Casevitz-Weulersse, J. 1974. Fourmis récoltées en Corse et en Sardaigne. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (n.s.)10:611-621. [1974-09] 123546
- Poldi, B., Mei, M., Rigato, F., 1995: Hymenoptera Formicidae. Checklist delle specie della fauna italiana, 102, Calderini, Bologna. 10 pp.
- Rigato, S.; Toni, I. 2011. Short notes 21. Hymenoptera, Formicidae. Pp. 873-882 in: Nardi, G.; Whitmore, D.; Bardiani, M.; Birtele, D.; Mason, F.; Spada, L.; Cerretti, P. (eds.) 2011. Biodiversity of Marganai and Montimannu (Sardinia). Research in the framework of the ICP Forests network. Conservazione Habitat Invertebrati, 5. Sommacampagna, Verona: Cierre Edizioni, 896 pp.
- Schulz, A. Heinze, J. & Pusch, K. 2007. Description of two new Temnothorax species from Italy. Zootaxa 1471: 1-14
- Scupola, Antonio. 2018. Le formiche del Veneto / The ants of Veneto. WBA Handbooks 9. WBA Project Ed., Verona, Italy. 336 pp.