List of ants of Andorra

Seventy-five ant species have been recorded in Andorra, a small landlocked country located in the heart of the Pyrenees and bordered by Spain and France. The country covers an area of approximately 468 km2 (181 sq mi).[1][2] The ant fauna of Andorra is mostly dominated by Central European species (some are typical cold climate specialists); however species belonging to the Mediterranean ant fauna are also found. This can be explained by the particular geographic situation of Andorra which is characterized by a high mountain Mediterranean climate.[3]

With 75 species recorded, the ant fauna of Andorra can be considered as highly diverse, especially considering the size of the country.[4] The species are distributed across 21 genera belonging to 4 subfamilies (Dolichoderinae, Formicinae, Myrmicinae, Ponerinae). The most speciose subfamily was Myrmicinae and the most speciose genus was Formica with 36 and 14 species respectively.[5] The number of ant species collected represents more than one third of the number of species found in France (213) species[6] and about a quarter of the total number of species recorded in the Iberian Peninsula (299 species).[7] When considered at the scale of the Pyrenees, Andorra contains about 88% of the ant species recorded in these mountains above an altitude of 1,000 m (about 85 species).[4][8]

This checklist is based on Bernadou et al. (2013), who notes that the total number of species could actually be somewhat higher. Very few parasitic species are recorded and they could probably be found with a higher sampling effort, and based on what is known from the ant fauna of France and Spain, some genera can be expected to be richer (e.g. Temnothorax, Camponotus).[4]

Species

Subfamily Species Author citation Image Ref(s)
Dolichoderinae Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771) C
Dolichoderinae Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798) A B C E K
Dolichoderinae Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895 N/A N
Formicinae Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798) C
Formicinae Camponotus cruentatus (Latreille, 1802) C
Formicinae Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758) A B E
Formicinae Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1792) N
Formicinae Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802) A B C E I
Formicinae Camponotus piceus (Leach, 1825) N
Formicinae Camponotus truncatus (Spinola, 1808) C
Formicinae Formica decipiens Bondroit, 1918 N/A A B E
Formicinae Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846 N
Formicinae Formica foreli Bondroit, 1918 A B E
Formicinae Formica frontalis Santschi, 1919 N/A A B E
Formicinae Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758 A B C E G
Formicinae Formica gerardi Bondroit, 1917 N/A C
Formicinae Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917 N/A A B E
Formicinae Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838 A B E I
Formicinae Formica picea Nylander, 1846 A B E
Formicinae Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783 A B E
Formicinae Formica pressilabris Nylander, 1846 A B E
Formicinae Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761 A B E G
Formicinae Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793 A B C E I
Formicinae Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798 A B E
Formicinae Lasius alienus (Förster, 1850) A B C E
Formicinae Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798) C E
Formicinae Lasius distinguendus (Emery, 1916) C H
Formicinae Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782) A B E
Formicinae Lasius fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798) E
Formicinae Lasius grandis Forel, 1909 N/A A B C E F
Formicinae Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846) A B C E
Formicinae Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758) I
Formicinae Lasius paralienus Seifert, 1992 D E
Formicinae Lasius piliferus Seifert, 1992 N/A N
Formicinae Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991 E
Formicinae Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798) C
Formicinae Plagiolepis xene Stärcke, 1936 N/A C
Myrmicinae Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latreille, 1798) N/A N
Myrmicinae Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798) C
Myrmicinae Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1791) C
Myrmicinae Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793) A B E
Myrmicinae Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846) A B E
Myrmicinae Messor structor (Latreille, 1798) C
Myrmicinae Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802) C
Myrmicinae Myrmica lobulicornis Nylander, 1857 A B E
Myrmicinae Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758) A B E J
Myrmicinae Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846 A B E I
Myrmicinae Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861 A B E
Myrmicinae Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846 A B E L
Myrmicinae Myrmica schencki Emery, 1895 A B E
Myrmicinae Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918 A B C E
Myrmicinae Myrmica spinosior Santschi, 1931 N/A C
Myrmicinae Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846 A B E
Myrmicinae Myrmica wesmaeli Bondroit, 1918 N/A A B E
Myrmicinae Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849) C
Myrmicinae Pyramica tenuipilis (Emery, 1915) N/A C H
Myrmicinae Solenopsis sp. Westwood, 1840 C
Myrmicinae Stenamma striatulum Emery, 1895 C H
Myrmicinae Strongylognathus testaceus (Schenck, 1852) A B E
Myrmicinae Temnothorax affinis (Mayr, 1855) A B C E
Myrmicinae Temnothorax gredosi (Espadaler & Collingwood, 1982) N/A A B E
Myrmicinae Temnothorax kraussei (Emery, 1916) N/A C H
Myrmicinae Temnothorax lichtensteini (Bondroit, 1918) N/A N
Myrmicinae Temnothorax nadigi (Kutter, 1925) N/A E
Myrmicinae Temnothorax niger (Forel, 1894) N/A N
Myrmicinae Temnothorax nigriceps (Mayr, 1855) N
Myrmicinae Temnothorax nylanderi (Förster, 1850) N/A A B E
Myrmicinae Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852) E
Myrmicinae Temnothorax rabaudi (Bondroit, 1918) N/A C
Myrmicinae Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775) A B E
Myrmicinae Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798) A B C E
Myrmicinae Tetramorium impurum (Förster, 1850) A B C E H
Myrmicinae Tetramorium pyrenaeicum Röszler, 1936 N/A M
Ponerinae Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859) C H
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Ponerinae Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802) C

Notes

  1. Hypoponera eduardi was misidentified with Hypoponera punctatissima in Espadaler, Pujade-Villar & Bernadou (2008).[9]

References

  1. "CIA World Factbook entry: Andorra". Cia.gov. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  2. Bernadou, Fourcassié & Espadaler 2013, p. 14
  3. Bernadou, Fourcassié & Espadaler 2013, p. 13
  4. 1 2 3 Bernadou, Fourcassié & Espadaler 2013, p. 19
  5. Bernadou, Fourcassié & Espadaler 2013, p. 16
  6. Casevitz-Weulersse, J.; Galkowski, C. (2009). "Liste actualisée des Fourmis de France (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)" (PDF). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 114 (4): 475–510.
  7. Gómez, K. (2012) http://www.formicidae.org/geo/13 Accessed 25 August 2012.
  8. Espadaler, X. (1979) "Contribución al conocimiento de los Formícidos (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) del Pirineo Catalán." PhD Thesis, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. [updated]
  9. Bernadou, Fourcassié & Espadaler 2013, p. 17
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