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Group Description

Small Ants.

subfamily:

• Dolichoderinae (1 Genus)

• Tapinoma Förster, 1850 (4 species, 1 sensu lato)

  • Erratic Ant (Tapinoma erraticum) (Latreille, 1798)
  • Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Tapinoma nigerrimum (Nylander, 1856)
  • Tapinoma subboreale (Seifert, 2012)

• species sensu lato

  • Tapinoma erraticum sensu lato (Tapinoma erraticum)

• Formicinae (4 genus)

• Formica / Wood Ant Linnaeus, 1758 (11 species)

  • Scottish Wood Ant (Formica aquilonia) Yarrow, 1955
  • Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798
  • Narrow-headed Ant (Formica exsecta) Nylander, 1846
  • Dusky Ant (Formica fusca) Linnaeus, 1758
  • Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917
  • Hairy Wood Ant (Formica lugubris) Zetterstedt, 1838
  • Black Bog Ant (Formica picea) Nylander, 1846 [Genus inferred]
  • Black-backed Meadow Ant (Formica pratensis) Retzius, 1783
  • Red Wood Ant (Formica rufa) Linnaeus, 1761
  • Red Barbed Ant (Formica rufibarbis) Fabricius, 1793
  • Slave-making Ant (Formica sanguinea) Latreille, 1798

• Lasius Fabricius, 1804 (2 species agg., 14 species)

  species aggregate: - Lasius alienus sensu lato (Lasius alienus) - Lasius niger sensu lato (Lasius niger)

  - Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850)
  

  • Brown Tree Ant (Lasius brunneus) (Latreille, 1798)
  • Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792)
  • (Yellow Meadow Ant) Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782)
  • Jet Ant / Jet Black Ant (Lasius fuliginosus) (Latreille, 1798)
  • Lasius meridionalis (Bondroit, 1920)
  • Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846)
  • Lasius myops Forel, 1894
  • Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrasfalvy, 1990
  • Small Black Ant (Lasius niger) (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991
  • Lasius psammophilus Seifert, 1992
  • Lasius sabularum (Bondroit, 1918)
  • Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846)

• Paratrechina Motschulsky, 1863 (3 species)

  • Paratrechina bourbonica (Forel, 1886)
  • Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)
  • Paratrechina vividula (Nylander, 1846)

• Plagiolepis Mayr, 1861 (3 species)

  • Plagiolepis allaudi Emery, 1894
  • Plagiolepis schmitzii Forel, 1895
  • Plagiolepis taurica Santschi, 1920

• Myrmicinae

• Ponerinae (2 genus)

• Hypoponera Santschi, 1938 (2 species)

  • Hypoponera ergatandria (Forel, 1893)
  • Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)

• Ponera Latreille, 1804 (2 species)

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

Genus:

• Anergates Forel, 1874 (1 species)

  • Dark Guest Ant (Anergates atratulus) (Schenck, 1852)

• Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1853 (1 species)

  • Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)

• Cardiocondyla Emery, 1869 (1 species)

  • Cardiocondyla britteni Crawley, 1920

• Crematogaster Lund, 1831 (1 species)

  • Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1792)

• Formicoxenus Mayr, 1855 (1 species)

  • Shining Guest Ant (Formicoxenus nitidulus) (Nylander, 1846)

• Leptothorax Mayr, 1855 (1 species)

  • Slender Ant (Leptothorax acervorum) (Fabricius, 1793)

• Linepithema Mayr, 1866 (2 species)

  • Argentine Ant (Linepithema humile) (Mayr, 1868)
  • Linepithema iniquum (Mayr, 1870)

• Messor Forel, 1890 (1 species)

  • European Seed Harvesting Ant (Messor capitatus) (Latreille, 1798)

• Monomorium Mayr, 1855 (3 species)

  • Bicolored Trailing Ant / Flower Ant (Monomorium floricola) (Jerdon, 1851)
  • Pharaoh Ant (Monomorium pharaonis) (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Monomorium salomonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Myrmecina Curtis, 1829 (1 species)

  • Grass Ant (Myrmecina graminicola) (Latreille, 1802)

• Myrmica Latreille, 1804 (13 species)

  • Myrmica bessarabica Nasonov, 1889
  • Myrmica hirsuta Elmes, 1978
  • Myrmica karavajevi (Arnol'di, 1930)
  • Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846
  • Myrmica lonae Finzi, 1926
  • Red Ant (Myrmica rubra) (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846
  • Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861
  • Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846
  • Myrmica schencki Viereck, 1903
  • Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918
  • Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846
  • Myrmica vandeli Bondroit, 1920

• Pheidole Westwood, 1841 (2 species)

  • Pheidole bilimeki Mayr, 1870
  • Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)

• Solenopsis Westwood, 1840 (1 species)

  • Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798) - Native

• Stenamma Westwood, 1840 (1 species agg., 2 species)

species aggregate:

- Stenamma westwoodii sensu lato (Stenamma westwoodii)

- Stenamma debile (Förster, 1850)
- Westwood's Ant (Stenamma westwoodii) Westwood, 1839

• Strongylognathus Mayr, 1853 (1 species)

  • Strongylognathus testaceus (Schenck, 1852)

• Technomyrmex Mayr, 1872 (1 species)

  • White-footed Ant (Technomyrmex albipes) (Smith, 1861)

• Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (5 species)

  • Temnothorax albipennis (Curtis, 1854)
  • Long-spined Ant (Temnothorax interruptus) (Schenck, 1852)
  • Temnothorax nylanderi (Foerster, 1850)
  • Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)

• Tetramorium Mayr, 1855 (5 species)

  • Tetramorium atratulum (Schenck, 1852)
  • Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846)
  • Turf Ant (Tetramorium caespitum) (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Tetramorium caldarium Roger, 1857
  • Tetramorium simillimum (F. Smith, 1851)

82 species

- Erratic Ant (Tapinoma erraticum) - Native (Parts of the South)
- Ghost Ant (Tapinoma melanocephalum) - Non-native (0 records)
- Tapinoma nigerrimum - Non-native Established (0 records)
- Tapinoma subboreale - Non-native (1 record)

• species sensu lato

  • Tapinoma erraticum sensu lato (Tapinoma erraticum) - Native (0 records)

  • Scottish Wood Ant (Formica aquilonia) - Native (Scotland)

  • Formica cunicularia - Native (South) Near Bristol *
  • Narrow-headed Ant (Formica exsecta) - Native (Scotland and parts of the South)
  • Dusky Ant (Formica fusca) - Native (throughout South, parts of North) Bristol *
  • Formica lemani - Native (throughout North extending South down to a line from the Wash to the Severn, parts of bellow line) Near Bristol *
  • Hairy Wood Ant (Formica lugubris) - Native (North down to Wales)
  • Black Bog Ant (Formica picea) [Genus inferred] - Native (Parts of the South and South West)
  • Black-backed Meadow Ant (Formica pratensis) - Native (Wales and parts of North) Near Bristol *
  • Red Wood Ant (Formica rufa) - Native (England, mainly South but parts of North) Bristol *
  • Red Barbed Ant (Formica rufibarbis) - Native (London, Isles of Scilly)

  • Slave-making Ant (Formica sanguinea) - Native (Scotland and parts of South) Near Bristol *

    species aggregate: - Cornfield Ant (Lasius alienus sensu lato / Lasius alienus) - Native (South) Bristol * - Lasius niger sensu lato (Lasius niger) - Native (South, parts of North) Bristol *

    • Cornfield Ant (Lasius alienus) - Native (South, parts of N. West Scotland) Bristol *
      • Brown Tree Ant (Lasius brunneus) - Native (South) Bristol *
      • Lasius emarginatus - Native (scattered - parts of South and Orkney)
      • Yellow Meadow Ant (Lasius flavus) - Native (throughout, but mainly in the South, less so in the North) Bristol *
      • Jet Ant / Jet Black Ant (Lasius fuliginosus) - Native (South, Parts of North) Bristol *
      • Lasius meridionalis - Native (scattered in the South)
      • Lasius mixtus - Native (South, parts of North) Bristol *
      • Lasius myops - Non-native (0 records)
      • Lasius neglectus - Non-native Established (parts of South)
      • Small Black Ant (Lasius niger) - Native (throughout, mainly - South) Bristol *
      • Lasius platythorax - Native (South, parts of North)
      • Lasius psammophilus - Native (Parts of South, Mainly near Norwich)
      • Lasius sabularum - Native (Parts of South)
      • Yellow Shadow Ant / Yellow Lawn Ant (Lasius umbratus) - Native (South) Near Bristol *

  • Paratrechina bourbonica - Non-native Not Established (0 records)

  • Paratrechina longicornis

  • Paratrechina vividula

  • Plagiolepis allaudi

  • Plagiolepis schmitzii

  • Plagiolepis taurica

  • Hypoponera ergatandria

  • Hypoponera punctatissima

  • Indolent Ant (Ponera coarctata)

  • Ponera testacea

  • Dark Guest Ant (Anergates atratulus)

  • Aphaenogaster subterranea

  • Cardiocondyla britteni

  • Crematogaster scutellaris

  • Shining Guest Ant (Formicoxenus nitidulus)

• Slender Ant (Leptothorax acervorum)

  • Argentine Ant (Linepithema humile)

  • Linepithema iniquum

  • European Seed Harvesting Ant (Messor capitatus)

  • Bicolored Trailing Ant / Flower Ant (Monomorium floricola)

  • Pharaoh Ant (Monomorium pharaonis)

  • Monomorium salomonis

  • Grass Ant (Myrmecina graminicola)

  • Myrmica bessarabica

  • Myrmica hirsuta
  • Myrmica karavajevi
  • Myrmica lobicornis
  • Myrmica lonae
  • Red Ant (Myrmica rubra)
  • Myrmica ruginodis
  • Myrmica sabuleti
  • Myrmica scabrinodis
  • Myrmica schencki
  • Myrmica specioides
  • Myrmica sulcinodis

  • Myrmica vandeli

  • Pheidole bilimeki

  • Pheidole megacephala

  • Solenopsis fugax - Native

species aggregate:

- Stenamma westwoodii sensu lato (Stenamma westwoodii)

- Stenamma debile
- Westwood's Ant (Stenamma westwoodii)

- Strongylognathus testaceus

- White-footed Ant (Technomyrmex albipes)

- Temnothorax albipennis
- Long-spined Ant (Temnothorax interruptus)
- Temnothorax nylanderi
- Temnothorax tuberum
- Temnothorax unifasciatus

- Tetramorium atratulum
- Tetramorium bicarinatum
- Turf Ant (Tetramorium caespitum)
- Tetramorium caldarium
- Tetramorium simillimum