United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location
Region	Europe
Subregion	Northern Europe
BioRegion	Palaearctic Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	4
Genera	27
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	79
Endemic Species	5
% Endemic Species	6.3%
Introduced Species	1

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

Aphaenogaster

• Aphaenogaster subterranea

Camponotus

• Camponotus britteni Donisthorpe, 1931

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla britteni Crawley, 1920

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1792)
• Crematogaster terminalis (Shuckard, 1838)

Formica

• Formica aquilonia Yarrow, 1951
• Formica candida Smith, F., 1878
• Formica clara
• Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798
• Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846
• Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758
• Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917
• Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838
• Formica picea
• Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783
• Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761
• Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793
• Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798

Formicoxenus

• Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846)

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera gibbinota (Forel, 1912)
• Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)

Lasius

• Lasius alienus
• Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)
• Lasius emarginatus
• Lasius flavus
• Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)
• Lasius meridionalis
• Lasius mixtus
• Lasius neglectus
• Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lasius platythorax Seifert 1991
• Lasius psammophilus
• Lasius sabularum
• Lasius umbratus

Leptothorax

• Leptothorax acervorum

Linepithema

• Linepithema humile
• Linepithema iniquum

Monomorium

• Monomorium floricola
• Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Monomorium salomonis

Myrmecina

• Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)

Myrmica

• Myrmica hirsuta Elmes, 1978
• Myrmica karavajevi
• Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica lonae
• Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861
• Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica schencki Emery, 1895
• Myrmica specioides Bondroit,, 1918
• Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846
• Myrmica vandeli

Nylanderia

• Nylanderia braueri donisthorpei (Forel, 1908)
• Nylanderia vividula

Paratrechina

• Paratrechina longicornis

Pheidole

• Pheidole megacephala

Plagiolepis

• Plagiolepis pallescens Forel, 1889

Ponera

• Ponera coarctata Latreille, 1802
• Ponera testacea (Emery, 1895)

Prenolepis

• Prenolepis nitens (Mayr, 1853)

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)

Stenamma

• Stenamma debile
• Stenamma westwoodii Westwood, 1839

Strongylognathus

• Strongylognathus testaceus

Strumigenys

• Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)
• Tapinoma ibericum Santschi, 1925
• Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895
• Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793

Temnothorax

• Temnothorax albipennis (Curtis)
• Temnothorax interruptus
• Temnothorax nylanderi
• Temnothorax unifasciatus

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)
• Tetramorium caespitum
• Tetramorium caldarium
• Tetramorium simillimum

Trichomyrmex

• Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851) (introduced)

REFERENCES

• Attewell, P. J., C. A. Collingwood and A. Godfrey. 2010. Ponera testacea (Emery, 1895) (Hym: Formicidae) new to Britain from Dungeness, East Kent. Entomologists Record and Journal of Variation 122: 113-119.
• Baroni Urbani, C.; Collingwood, C. A. 1976. A numerical analysis of the distribution of British Formicidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 85:51-91. [1976-03-31]
• Blacker, N.C. & Collingwood, C.A. 2002. Some significant new records of ants from the Salisbury area, South Wiltshire, England, with a key to the British species of Lasius. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 15: 25-46.
• Collingwood, C. A. 1958b. A key to the species of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) found in Britain. Trans. Soc. Br. Entomol. 13: 69-96.

Online Resources

• [1] List of ants of Great Britain
• [2] List of ants of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (BWARS)