Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan
Location
Region	Asia
Subregion	Central Asia
BioRegion	Palaearctic Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	4
Genera	24
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	116
Endemic Species	9
% Endemic Species	7.8%
Introduced Species	0

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

Bothriomyrmex

• Bothriomyrmex kusnezovi Emery, 1925

Camponotus

• Camponotus buddhae Forel, 1892
• Camponotus fedtschenkoi Mayr, 1877
• Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Camponotus interjectus Mayr, 1877
• Camponotus lameerei Emery, 1898
• Camponotus reichardti Arnoldi, 1967
• Camponotus semirufus Emery, 1925
• Camponotus tashcumiri Tarbinsky, 1976
• Camponotus turkestanicus Emery, 1887
• Camponotus turkestanus André, 1882

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla gibbosa Kuznetzov-Ugamsky, 1927
• Cardiocondyla koshewnikovi Ruzsky, 1902
• Cardiocondyla ulianini Emery, 1889

Cataglyphis

• Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849)
• Cataglyphis bergiana Arnoldi, 1964
• Cataglyphis longipedem (Eichwald, 1841)
• Cataglyphis pallida Mayr, 1877

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster bogojawlenskii Ruzsky, 1905
• Crematogaster subdentata Mayr, 1877

Formica

• Formica candida F. Smith, 1878
• Formica clara Forel, 1886
• Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798
• Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846
• Formica frontalis Santschi, 1919
• Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917
• Formica litoralis Kusnetzov-Ugamsky, 1926
• Formica orangea Seifert & Schultz, 2009
• Formica pamirica Dlussky, 1965
• Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783
• Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798
• Formica subpilosa Ruzsky, 1902
• Formica tianshanica Seifert & Schultz, 2009
• Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804

Lasius

• Lasius alienus (Förster, 1850)
• Lasius carniolicus Mayr, 1861
• Lasius flavescens Forel, 1904
• Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)
• Lasius myops Forel, 1894
• Lasius neglectus Van loon, Boomsma & Andrásfalvy, 1990
• Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lasius uzbeki Seifert, 1992

Lepisiota

• Lepisiota nigra (Dalla Torre, 1893)
• Lepisiota semenovi (Ruzsky, 1905)
• Lepisiota semenovi kassansai (Tarbinsky, 1976)

Leptothorax

• Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)
• Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846)

Messor

• Messor aralocaspius (Ruzsky, 1902)
• Messor aralocaspius infumatus Kuznetzov-Ugamsky, 1929
• Messor excursionis Ruzsky, 1905
• Messor inermis Kuznetzov-Ugamsky, 1929
• Messor laboriosus Santschi, 1927
• Messor marikovskii Arnol’di, 1970
• Messor muticus (Nylander, 1849)
• Messor olegianus Arnoldi, 1970
• Messor rufus Santschi, 1923
• Messor rufus striolatus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927
• Messor valentinaeArnoldi, 1970

Monomorium

• Monomorium barbatulum Mayr, 1877
• Monomorium pharaonis(Linnaeus, 1758)

Myrmica

• Myrmica bergi Ruszky, 1902
• Myrmica dshungarica Ruzsky, 1905
• Myrmica ferganensis Finzi, 1926
• Myrmica juglandeti Arnoldi, 1976
• Myrmica kirghisorum Arnoldi, 1976
• Myrmica kryzhanovskii Arnol'di, 1976
• Myrmica orthostyla Arnoldi, 1976
• Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Myrmica salina
• Myrmica saposhnikovi Ruzsky, 1904
• Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica schencki Viereck, 1903
• Myrmica stangeana Ruzsky, 1902
• Myrmica tenuispina Ruzsky, 1905

Pheidole

• Pheidole koshewnikovi Ruzsky, 1905
• Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)

Plagiolepis

• Plagiolepis dlusskyi Radchenko, 1996
• Plagiolepis pallescens Forel, 1889

Polyergus

• Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)

Ponera

• Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)

Proformica

• Proformica coriacea Kuznetzov-Ugamsky, 1927
• Proformica epinotalis Kuznetzov-Ugamsky, 1927
• Proformica kaszabi Dlussky, 1969
• Proformica mongolica (Emery, 1901)
• Proformica nitida Kuznetzov-Ugamsky, 1923
• Proformica seraphimi Tarbinsky, 1970
• Proformica splendida Dluss ky, 1965

Rossomyrmex

• Rossomyrmex proformicarum Arnoldi, 1928

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis fugax Latreille, 1798

Stenamma

• Stenamma picetojuglandeti Arnoldi, 1975

Strongylognathus

• Strongylognathus christophi Emery, 1899
• Strongylognathus minutus Radchenko, 1991

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma emeryanum Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927
• Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)

Temnothorax

• Temnothorax arpini (Tarbinsky, 1976)
• Temnothorax kirghizicus (Tarbinsky, 1976)
• Temnothorax melleus (Forel, 1904)
• Temnothorax nassonovi (Ruzsky, 1895)
• Temnothorax oxianus (Ruzsky, 1905)
• Temnothorax satunini (Ruzsky, 1902)
• Temnothorax semenovi (Ruzsky, 1903)
• Temnothorax susamyri (Dlussky, 1965)
• Temnothorax tarbinskii (Arnol'di, 1976)
• Temnothorax tianschanicus (Tarbinsky, 1976)
• Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium armatum Santschi, 1927
• Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758
• Tetramorium chefketi Forel, 1911
• Tetramorium ferox Ruzsky, 1903
• Tetramorium feroxoides Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985
• Tetramorium indocile Santschi, 1927
• Tetramorium inerme Mayr, 1877
• Tetramorium schneideri Emery, 1898
• Tetramorium staerckei Kratochvíl, 1944
• Tetramorium striativentre Mayr, 1877
• Tetramorium sulcinode Santschi, 1927

Fossils known from Kyrgyzstan

Epoch	Formation	Locality	Species
Miocene	Chon-Tyz Mine Fossil	Chon-Tyz mine, Naryn Province	Casaleia inversa
Miocene	Chon-Tyz Mine Fossil	Chon-Tyz mine, Naryn Province	Kotshkorkia laticeps
Miocene	Chon-Tyz Mine Fossil	Chon-Tyz mine, Naryn Province	Rhytidoponera kirghizorum

References

• [1]Marek L. Borowiec, Lech Borowiec, Sandor Csoz, Alexander Radchenko, 2009. Ants collected during 2006 Polish expedition to Kyrgyzstan(Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus 20 (2): 367-379.
• [2]Roland Schultz, Alexander Radchenko & Bernhard Seifert, 2006. A critical checklist of the ants of Kyrgyzstan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8: 201-207.