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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Region | Europe |
| Subregion | Northern Europe |
| BioRegion | Palaearctic Region |
| Diversity | |
| Subfamilies | 4 |
| Genera | 26 |
| Endemic Genera | 0 |
| % Endemic Genera | 0.0% |
| Species/Subspecies | 84 |
| Endemic Species | 5 |
| % Endemic Species | 6.0% |
| Introduced Species | 7 |
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.
Information about the ants of the United Kingdom is also available at the BWARS (Bees, wasps and ants recording Society) website
Camponotus
- Camponotus britteni Donisthorpe, 1931
- Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1792) (introduced)
- Camponotus sylvaticus (Olivier, 1792) (introduced)
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 Forel, 1886
- Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798
- Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846
- Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758
- Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917
- Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838
- Formica picea Nylander, 1846
- 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 (Foerster, 1850)
- Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)
- Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792)
- Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)
- Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798)
- Lasius meridionalis (Bondroit, 1920)
- Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)
- Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrasfalvy, 1990
- Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Lasius platythorax Seifert 1991
- Lasius psammophilus Seifert, 1992
- Lasius sabularum (Bondroit, 1918)
- Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)
Leptothorax
- Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)
Linepithema
- Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868)
- Linepithema iniquum (Mayr, 1870)
Monomorium
- Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)
- Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Monomorium salomonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Myrmecina
- Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)
Myrmica
- Myrmica hirsuta Elmes, 1978
- Myrmica karavajevi (Arnol'di, 1930)
- Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846
- Myrmica lonae Finzi, 1926
- 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 Bondroit, 1920
Nylanderia
- Nylanderia braueri donisthorpei (Forel, 1908)
- Nylanderia vividula (Nylander, 1846)
Paratrechina
- Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)
Pheidole
- Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)
- Pheidole nodus Smith, F., 1874 (introduced)
- Pheidole punctatissima Mayr, 1870 (introduced)
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 (Foerster, 1850)
- Stenamma westwoodii Westwood, 1839
Strongylognathus
- Strongylognathus testaceus (Schenck, 1852)
Strumigenys
- Strumigenys emmae (Emery, 1890) (introduced)
- Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890 (introduced)
Tapinoma
- Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)
- Tapinoma ibericum Santschi, 1925
- Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895
- Tapinoma magnum Mayr 1861
- Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793
- Tapinoma subboreale Seifert, 2012
Temnothorax
- Temnothorax albipennis (Curtis, 1854)
- Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck, 1852)
- Temnothorax nylanderi (Foerster, 1850)
- Temnothorax recedens (introduced)
- Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)
Tetramorium
- Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)
- Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Tetramorium caldarium (Roger, 1857)
- Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, F., 1851)
Trichomyrmex
- Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851) (introduced)
Fossils known from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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.