ListaDeEspeciesDeLaPenínsulaIbéricaOld
CHECK LIST OF IBERIAN ANTS by Xavier Espadaler (July 2005), and as far as I know, of the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal + Spain) myrmecofauna (islands not included). 253 species are listed: 11 Dolichoderinae, 88 Formicinae, 4 Leptanillinae, 139 Myrmicinae, 11 Ponerinae. There remain some minor nomenclatural and/or taxonomic points that await clarification (not easy!). Several undescribed species are not listed.
Dolichoderinae
Bothriomyrmex hispanicus Santschi, 1922 Bothriomyrmex gibbus Soudek, 1925 Bothriomyrmex saundersi Santschi, 1922 Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771) Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868) Tapinoma ambiguum Emery, 1925 Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798) Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793) Tapinoma nigerrimum (Nylander, 1856) Tapinoma pygmaeum (Dufour, 1857) Tapinoma simrothi Krausse, 1911
Formicinae
Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798) Camponotus amaurus Espadaler, 1997 Camponotus barbaricus Emery, 1905 Camponotus cruentatus (Latreille, 1802) Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1856) Camponotus figaro Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969) Camponotus foreli Emery, 1881 Camponotus gestroi Emery, 1878 Camponotus haroi Espadaler, 1997 Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758) Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1792) Camponotus ligniperdus (Latreille, 1802) Camponotus micans (Nylander, 1856) Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825) Camponotus pilicornis (Roger, 1859) Camponotus sicheli Mayr, 1866 Camponotus sylvaticus (Olivier, 1792) Camponotus truncatus (Spinola, 1808) Camponotus universitatis Forel, 1890 Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763) Cataglyphis douwesi De Haro & Collingwood, 2000 Cataglyphis floricola Tinaut, 1993 Cataglyphis hispanicus (Emery, 1906) Cataglyphis humeya Tinaut, 1991 Cataglyphis ibericus (Emery, 1906) Cataglyphis piliscapus (Forel, 1901) Cataglyphis rosenhaueri Santschi, 1925 Cataglyphis velox Santschi, 1929 Formica bruni Kutter, 1967 Formica candida F. Smith, 1878 Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853 Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798 Formica decipiens Bondroit, 1918 Formica dusmeti Emery, 1909 Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846 Formica foreli Bondroit, 1918 Formica frontalis Santschi, 1919 Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758 Formica gagates Latreille, 1798 Formica gerardi Bondroit 1917 Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917 Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838 Formica paralugubris Seifert, 1996 Formica polyctena Förster, 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 subrufa Roger, 1859 Lasius alienus (Schenck, 1852) Lasius bicornis (Förster, 1850) Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798) Lasius carniolicus Mayr, 1861 Lasius cinereus Seifert, 1992 Lasius citrinus Emery, 1922 Lasius distinguendus (Emery, 1916) Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792) Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782) Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798) Lasius grandis Forel, 1909 Lasius lasioides (Emery, 1869) Lasius meridionalis (Bondroit, 1920) Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846) Lasius myops Forel, 1894 Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrásfalvy, 1990 Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758) Lasius paralienus Seifert, 1992 Lasius piliferus Seifert, 1992 Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1992 Lasius psammophilus Seifert, 1992 Lasius rabaudi (Bondroit, 1917) Lasius sabularum (Bondroit, 1918) Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846) Lepisiota nigra (Dalla Torre, 1893) Paratrechina flavipes (F. Smith, 1874) Paratrechina jaegerskioeldi (Mayr, 1904) Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802) Plagiolepis grassei Le Masne, 1956 Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798) Plagiolepis schmitzii Forel, 1895 Plagiolepis xene Stärcke, 1936 Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798) Proformica ferreri Bondroit, 1918 Proformica longiseta Collingwood, 1978 Proformica nasuta (Nylander, 1856) Rossomyrmex minuchae Tinaut, 1981
Leptanillinae
Leptanilla charonea López, MartÃnez & Barandica, 1994 Leptanilla plutonia López, MartÃnez & Barandica, 1994 Leptanilla revelierii Emery, 1870 Leptanilla zaballosi López, MartÃnez & Barandica, 1994
Myrmicinae
Anergates atratulus (Schenck, 1852) Aphaenogaster cardenai Espadaler, 1981 Aphaenogaster dulcineae Emery, 1924 Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latreille, 1798) Aphaenogaster iberica Emery, 1908 Aphaenogaster senilis Mayr, 1853 Aphaenogaster splendida (Roger, 1859) Aphaenogaster striativentris Forel, 1895 Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798) Cardiocondyla batesii Forel, 1894 Cardiocondyla elegans Emery, 1869 Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel, 1890 Cardiocondyla nigra Forel, 1905 Chalepoxenus kutteri Cagniant, 1973 Chalepoxenus muellerianus (Finzi, 1922) Crematogaster auberti Emery, 1869 Crematogaster fuentei Menozzi, 1922 Crematogaster laestrygon Emery, 1869 Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1792) Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander, 1849) Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846) Goniomma baeticum Reyes & RodrÃguez, 1987 Goniomma blanci (André, 1881) Goniomma collingwoodi Espadaler, 1997 Goniomma compressisquama Tinaut, Goniomma decipiens Espadaler, 1997 Goniomma hispanicum (André, 1883) Goniomma kugleri Espadaler, 1986 Harpagoxenus sublaevis (Nylander, 1849) Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793) Leptothorax gredleri Mayr, 1855 Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846) Temnothorax affinis (Mayr, 1855) Temnothorax albipennis (Curtis, 1854) Temnothorax algiricus (Forel, 1894) Temnothorax angustulus (Nylander, 1856) Temnothorax atlantis (Santschi, 1911) Temnothorax baeticus (Emery, 1924) Temnothorax blascoi (Espadaler, 1997) Temnothorax caesari (Espadaler, 1997) Temnothorax cagnianti (Tinaut, 1983) Temnothorax clypeatus (Mayr, 1853) Temnothorax corticalis (Schenck, 1852) Temnothorax crepuscularis (Tinaut, 1994) Temnothorax cristinae (Espadaler, 1997) Temnothorax flavispinus s.l. (André, 1883) Temnothorax formosus (Santschi, 1909) Temnothorax gredosi (Espadaler & Collingwood, 1982) Temnothorax grouvellei (Bondroit, 1918) Temnothorax ibericus (Menozzi, 1922) Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck, 1852) Temnothorax kraussei (Emery, 1916) Temnothorax lichtensteini (Bondroit, 1918) Temnothorax longispinosus (Roger, 1863) Temnothorax nadigi (Kutter, 1925) Temnothorax naeviventris (Santschi, 1910) Temnothorax niger (Forel, 1894) Temnothorax nigriceps (Mayr, 1855) Temnothorax nylanderi (Förster, 1850) Temnothorax pardoi (Tinaut, 1987) Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852) Temnothorax platycephalus (Espadaler, 1997) Temnothorax rabaudi (Bondroit, 1918) Temnothorax racovitzai (Bondroit, 1918) Temnothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856) Temnothorax schaufussi (Forel, 1879) Temnothorax specularis (Emery, 1916) Temnothorax subcingulatus (Emery, 1924) Temnothorax tristis (Bondroit, 1918) Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775) Temnothorax tyndalei (Forel, 1909) Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798) Temnothorax universitatis (Espadaler, 1997) Messor barbarus (Linnaeus, 1767) Messor bouvieri Bondroit, 1918 Messor capitatus (Latreille, 1798) Messor celiae Reyes, 1985 Messor hispanicus Santschi, 1919 Messor lobicornis Forel, 1894 Messor lusitanicus Tinaut, 1985 Messor marocanus Santschi, 1927 Messor structor (Latreille, 1798) Messor timidus Espadaler, 1997 Monomorium algiricum (Bernard, 1955) Monomorium andrei Saunders, 1890 Monomorium carbonarium (F. Smith, 1858) Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987 Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758) Monomorium salomonis (Linnaeus, 1758) Monomorium subopacum (F. Smith, 1858) Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802) Myrmica aloba Forel, 1909 Myrmica karavajevi (Arnoldi, 1930) Myrmica lemasnei Bernard, 1967 Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846 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 spinosior Santschi, 1931 Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846 Myrmica vandeli Bondroit, 1920 Myrmica wesmaeli Bondroit, 1918 Myrmoxenus bernardi (Espadaler, 1982) Myrmoxenus kraussei (Emery, 1915) Myrmoxenus ravouxi (André, 1896) Oxyopomyrmex santschii Forel, 1904 Oxyopomyrmex saulcyi Emery, 1889 Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849) Pheidole teneriffana Forel, 1893 Pyramica argiola (Emery, 1869) Pyramica baudueri (Emery, 1875) Pyramica membranifera (Emery, 1869) Pyramica tenuipilis (Emery, 1915) Solenopsis fairchildi Wheeler, 1926 Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798) Solenopsis latro Forel, 1894 Solenopsis lusitanica Emery, 1915 Solenopsis monticola Bernard, 1950 Solenopsis nicaeensis Bernard, 1950 Solenopsis oraniensis Forel, 1894 Solenopsis orbula Emery, 1875 Solenopsis robusta Bernard, 1950 Stenamma debile (Förster, 1850) Stenamma striatulum Emery, 1894 Strongylognathus caeciliae Forel, 1897 Strongylognathus huberi Forel, 1874 Strongylognathus testaceus (Schenck, 1852) Teleutomyrmex kutteri Tinaut, 1990 Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846) Tetramorium caldarium (Roger, 1857) Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758) Tetramorium impurum (Förster, 1850) Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870 Tetramorium meridionale Emery, 1870 Tetramorium ruginode Stitz, 1917 Tetramorium semilaeve André, 1883
Ponerinae
Amblyopone emeryi (Saunders, 1890) Amblyopone gaetulica Baroni Urbani, 1978 Anochetus ghilianii (Spinola, 1851) Cryptopone ochracea (Mayr, 1855) Hypoponera abeillei (André, 1881) Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894) Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859) Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894) Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802) Ponera testacea Emery, 1895 Proceratium melinum (Roger, 1860)
Emmendations from previous list (June 2002):
1) Species added: Lasius paralienus, Lasius psammophilus, Formica cinerea, Formica bruni, Formica paralugubris, Cardiocondyla nigra, Myrmica karavajevi,Myrmica spinosior, Monomorium monomorium (missed old Saunders’ record), Temnothorax atlantis, Tetramorium bicarinatum, Tetramorium caldarium, Tetramorium lanuginosum, Ponera testacea.
2) Species deleted: Leptanilla ortunoi, from Ceuta (North Africa); Temnothorax cervantesi (Santschi), a provisional synonym of T. tyndalei (Forel).
3) Generic name changes: Epimyrma has been changed to Myrmoxenus. Leptothorax has been limited to three names, Themnothorax engulfing all other names.
Acknowledgments: to Kiko Gómez for comments on the list. To Barry Bolton, for keeping ant taxonomy alive.