Algeria

Algeria
Location
Region	Africa
Subregion	Northern Africa
BioRegion	Palaearctic Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	8
Genera	33
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	246
Endemic Species	101
% Endemic Species	41.1%
Introduced Species	0

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

Aenictus

• Aenictus abeillei André, 1886
• Aenictus hamifer spinosior Stitz, 1917
• Aenictus leliepvrei Bernard, 1953
• Aenictus vaucheri Emery, 1915

Aphaenogaster

• Aphaenogaster afra Santschi, 1933
• Aphaenogaster crocea André, 1881
• Aphaenogaster crocea croceoides Forel, 1890
• Aphaenogaster crocea splendidoides Forel, 1890
• Aphaenogaster depilis Santschi, 1911
• Aphaenogaster fallax Cagniant, 1992
• Aphaenogaster faureli Cagniant, 1969
• Aphaenogaster gemella (Roger, 1862)
• Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latreille, 1798)
• Aphaenogaster mauritanica Dalla Torre, 1893
• Aphaenogaster pallida (Nylander, 1849)
• Aphaenogaster praedo Emery, 1908
• Aphaenogaster rupestris Forel, 1909
• Aphaenogaster saharensis Bernard, 1953
• Aphaenogaster sardoa Mayr, 1853
• Aphaenogaster senilis Mayr, 1853
• Aphaenogaster splendida (Roger, 1859)
• Aphaenogaster strioloides Forel, 1890
• Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)
• Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa Lucas, 1849
• Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa cabylica Stitz, 1917
• Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa canescens (Emery, 1895)

Bajcaridris

• Bajcaridris kraussii Forel, 1895
• Bajcaridris menozzii Santschi, 1923

Bothriomyrmex

• Bothriomyrmex atlantis Forel, 1894
• Bothriomyrmex crosi Santschi, 1919
• Bothriomyrmex cuculus Santschi, 1919
• Bothriomyrmex decapitans Santschi, 1911
• Bothriomyrmex inquilinus Santschi, 1919
• Bothriomyrmex meridionalis (Roger, 1863)
• Bothriomyrmex pubens Santschi, 1919
• Bothriomyrmex regicidus Santschi, 1919
• Bothriomyrmex salsurae Donisthorpe, 1944

Cataglyphis

• Cataglyphis viatica (Fabricius, 1787)

Camponotus

• Camponotus alii Forel, 1890
• Camponotus alii auresi Emery, 1920
• Camponotus alii dallatorrei Özdikmen, 2010
• Camponotus alii hoggarensis Santschi, 1929
• Camponotus atlantis atrioris Santschi, 1922
• Camponotus atlantis nigrovarius Forel, 1894
• Camponotus barbaricus Emery, 1905
• Camponotus barbaricus eubarbaricus Cagniant, 1970
• Camponotus barbaricus xanthomelas Emery, 1905
• Camponotus compressus bernardi Özdikmen, 2010
• Camponotus compressus martensi Forel, 1907
• Camponotus compressus occipitalis Stitz, 1917
• Camponotus cruentatus (Latreille, 1802)
• Camponotus erigens Forel, 1894
• Camponotus erigens subconcolor Emery, 1920
• Camponotus foleyi Santschi, 1939
• Camponotus foleyi ajjer Bernard, 1953
• Camponotus foleyi fezzanensis Bernard, 1953
• Camponotus foleyi grasi Bernard, 1953
• Camponotus foleyi lelubrei Bernard, 1953
• Camponotus foleyi pseudocompressus Özdikmen, 2010
• Camponotus foleyi rufescens Bernard, 1953
• Camponotus foreli Emery, 1881
• Camponotus gestroi Emery, 1878
• Camponotus gestroi ponariensis Santschi, 1921
• Camponotus lateralis Olivier, 1792
• Camponotus laurenti Santschi, 1939
• Camponotus maculatus (Fabricius, 1781)
• Camponotus micans Nylander, 1856
• Camponotus mozabensis Emery, 1899
• Camponotus oasium Forel, 1890
• Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825)
• Camponotus planitae Santschi, 1929
• Camponotus pupillus Santschi, 1939
• Camponotus ruber Emery, 1925
• Camponotus sericeus (Fabricius, 1798)
• Camponotus seurati Emery, 1920
• Camponotus sicheli Mayr, 1866
• Camponotus sicheli niger Emery, 1925
• Camponotus spissinodis Forel, 1909
• Camponotus tahatensis Santschi, 1929
• Camponotus thoracicus Fabricius, 1804
• Camponotus vagus (Scopoli, 1763)

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla batesii Forel, 1894
• Cardiocondyla emeryi fezzanensis Bernard, 1948
• Cardiocondyla jacquemini Bernard, 1953
• Cardiocondyla nigra Forel, 1905

Cataglyphis

• Cataglyphis albicans (Roger, 1859)
• Cataglyphis albicans fezzanensis Bernard, 1948
• Cataglyphis albicans targuia Santschi, 1929
• Cataglyphis arenaria Finzi, 1940
• Cataglyphis bicolor (Fabricius, 1793)
• Cataglyphis bicolor basalis Santschi, 1929
• Cataglyphis bombycina (Roger, 1859)
• Cataglyphis diehlii Forel, 1902
• Cataglyphis emmae Forel, 1909
• Cataglyphis emmae hoggarensis Santschi, 1929
• Cataglyphis fortis Forel, 1902
• Cataglyphis laevior Santschi, 1929
• Cataglyphis rubra Forel, 1903
• Cataglyphis saharae Santschi, 1929
• Cataglyphis savignyi (Dufour, 1862)
• Cataglyphis semitonsa Santschi, 1929

Colobopsis

• Colobopsis imitans Schifani, Giannetti, Csősz, Castellucci, Luchetti, Castracani, Spotti, Mori & Grasso, 2021
• Colobopsis truncata (Spinola, 1808)

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster algirica Lucas, 1849
• Crematogaster antaris Forel, 1894
• Crematogaster auberti Emery, 1869
• Crematogaster auberti levithorax Forel, 1902
• Crematogaster inermis Mayr, 1862
• Crematogaster laestrygon atlantis Santschi, 1937
• Crematogaster laestrygon maura Forel, 1909
• Crematogaster laestrygon surcoufi Santschi, 1937
• Crematogaster striaticeps Forel, 1909
• Crematogaster oasium saharensis Santschi, 1921
• Crematogaster scutellaris alii Forel, 1907
• Crematogaster scutellaris tenuispina Forel, 1902

Dorylus

• Dorylus fulvus (Westwood, 1839)
• Dorylus fulvus juvenculus Shuckard, 1840
• Dorylus fulvus crosi Santschi, 1926

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera eduardi Forel, 1894
• Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894)

Lasius

• Lasius myops Forel, 1894
• Lasius tebessae Seifert, 1992

Lepisiota

• Lepisiota ajjer Bernard, 1953
• Lepisiota frauenfeldi atlantis Santschi, 1917
• Lepisiota frauenfeldi kantarensis Forel, 1911
• Lepisiota frauenfeldi saharensis Santschi, 1917

Leptanilla

• Leptanilla theryi Forel, 1903

Messor

• Messor aegyptiacus canaliculatus Donisthorpe, 1944
• Messor aegyptiacus fossulatus Santschi, 1923
• Messor aegyptiacus tunetinus Santschi, 1923
• Messor antennatus Emery, 1908
• Messor arenarius Fabricius, 1787
• Messor barbarus Linnaeus, 1767
• Messor barbarus politus Karavaiev, 1912
• Messor berbericus Bernard, 1955
• Messor bernardi Cagniant, 1967
• Messor brevispinosus Santschi, 1923
• Messor caviceps Forel, 1902
• Messor foreli Santschi, 1923
• Messor foreli surcoufi Santschi, 1923
• Messor hoggarensis Santschi, 1929
• Messor hodnii Barech, Khaldi, Espadaler & Cagniant, 2020
• Messor isekram (Bernard, 1977)
• Messor lobicornis Forel, 1894
• Messor lobicornis normandi Santschi, 1918
• Messor lobicornis submuticus Emery, 1908
• Messor medioruber Santschi, 1910
• Messor medioruber montanus Santschi, 1927
• Messor picturatus Santschi, 1927
• Messor postquadratus Santschi, 1917
• Messor punctaticeps Barech, Khaldi, Espadaler & Cagniant, 2020
• Messor rufotestaceus Foerster, 1850
• Messor sanctus Emery, 1921
• Messor semirufus phasianicus Bernard, 1953
• Messor semoni Forel, 1906
• Messor striativentris Emery, 1908
• Messor striatulus Emery, 1891

Monomorium

• Monomorium algiricum Bernard, 1955
• Monomorium andrei bernardi Ettershank, 1966
• Monomorium andrei fur Forel, 1894
• Monomorium areniphilum Santschi, 1911
• Monomorium niloticum gracilicorne Stitz, 1917
• Monomorium noualhieri (Emery, 1895)
• Monomorium salomonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Monomorium salomonis molestum Santschi, 1936
• Monomorium salomonis obscuriceps Santschi, 1921
• Monomorium salomonis subnitidum Emery, 1895
• Monomorium salomonis targui Santschi, 1936
• Monomorium subopacum (Smith, 1858)

Myrmecina

• Myrmecina atlantis Santschi, 1939

Myrmica

• Myrmica cagnianti Espadaler, 1996
• Myrmica kabylica Cagniant, 1970

Nesomyrmex

• Nesomyrmex angulatus (Mayr, 1862)

Oxyopomyrmex

• Oxyopomyrmex emeryi Santschi, 1908
• Oxyopomyrmex nitidior Santschi, 1910
• Oxyopomyrmex saulcyi Emery, 1889

Pheidole

• Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)
• Pheidole pallidula selenia Özdikmen, 2010

Plagiolepis

• Plagiolepis atlantis Santschi, 1920
• Plagiolepis hoggarensis Bernard, 1981
• Plagiolepis pallescens elguerrhae Karavaiev, 1931
• Plagiolepis schmitzii Forel, 1895

Proceratium

• Proceratium algiricum Forel, 1899
• Proceratium numidicum Santschi, 1912

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis kabylica Santschi, 1934
• Solenopsis latro Forel, 1894
• Solenopsis latro msilana Forel, 1894
• Solenopsis lou Forel, 1902
• Solenopsis mozabensis Bernard, 1977
• Solenopsis oraniensis Forel, 1894
• Solenopsis orbula terniensis Forel, 1905
• Solenopsis targuia Bernard, 1953

Stenamma

• Stenamma africanum Santschi, 1939
• Stenamma msilanum Forel, 1901

Strongylognathus

• Strongylognathus afer Emery, 1884

Strumigenys

• Strumigenys membranifera Emery, 1869

Tapinolepis

• Tapinolepis simulans biskrensis Karavaiev, 1931

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma israele
• Tapinoma magnum Mayr, 1861
• Tapinoma nigerrimum
• Tapinoma simrothi Krausse, 1911

Temnothorax

• Temnothorax africanus (Bernard, 1948)
• Temnothorax algerianus (Cagniant, 1968)
• Temnothorax algiricus Forel, 1894
• Temnothorax atlantis Santschi, 1911
• Temnothorax atlantis brunea (Santschi, 1918)
• Temnothorax atlantis silvanus (Forel, 1907)
• Temnothorax auresianus Santschi, 1929
• Temnothorax barryi Cagniant, 1967
• Temnothorax brunneus (Cagniant, 1985)
• Temnothorax bugnioni Forel, 1894
• Temnothorax convexus Forel, 1894
• Temnothorax delaparti Forel, 1890
• Temnothorax exilis Emery, 1869
• Temnothorax laciniatus Stitz, 1917
• Temnothorax lereddei Bernard, 1953
• Temnothorax monjauzei Cagniant, 1968
• Temnothorax nigritus Emery, 1878
• Temnothorax nigritus rupestris Forel, 1909
• Temnothorax nigritus saharensis Santschi, 1929
• Temnothorax nitidiceps Dalla Torre, 1893
• Temnothorax obscurior Dalla Torre, 1893
• Temnothorax oraniensis Forel, 1894
• Temnothorax peyerimhoffi Santschi, 1929
• Temnothorax rottenbergii ernesti Santschi, 1909
• Temnothorax rottenbergii scabriosus Santschi, 1909
• Temnothorax santschii Forel, 1905
• Temnothorax spinosus Forel, 1909
• Temnothorax suberis Forel, 1894
• Temnothorax tebessae Forel, 1890
• Temnothorax trabutii Forel, 1894
• Temnothorax tyndalei Forel, 1909

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium alternans Santschi, 1929
• Tetramorium biskrense Forel, 1904
• Tetramorium fezzanense Bernard, 1948
• Tetramorium forte Forel, 1904
• Tetramorium juba Collingwood, 1985
• Tetramorium semilaeve hoggarense Santschi, 1929
• Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877

Tetraponera

• Tetraponera ambigua (Emery, 1895)

Trichomyrmex

• Trichomyrmex chobauti (Emery, 1896)
• Trichomyrmex chobauti ajjer (Bernard, 1953)
• Trichomyrmex dilatatum Bernard, 1977
• Trichomyrmex lameerei (Forel, 1902)
• Trichomyrmex lameerei stauderi (Wolf, 1914)
• Trichomyrmex santschii (Forel, 1907)

Uncertain species

The following species was described from Algeria but its true identity is currently unknown.

• Myrmica rhynchophora Foerster, 1850

References

• Barech, G., Khaldi, M., Ziane, S., Zedam, A., Doumandji, S., Sharaf, M. & Espadaler, X. 2016. A first checklist and diversity of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the saline dry lake Chott El Hodna in Algeria, a Ramsar Conservation Wetland. African Entomology 24(1): 143–152.
• Cagniant, H. 1970a [1969]. Deuxième liste de fourmis d'Algérie récoltées principalement en forêt. (1re partie). Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Toulouse 105: 405-430.
• Chemala, A., M. Benhamacha, D. M. O. El Hadj, F. Marniche, and S. Daoudi. 2017. A preliminary list of the Ant Fauna in Northeastern Sahara of Algeria (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology. 64:146-154. doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v64i2.1386