List of Formica species

This is a list of the extant and extinct (†) species in the genus Formica which includes wood ants, mound ants, & field ants.

Valid Formica species
• Formica accreta Francoeur, 1973

• Formica adamsi Wheeler, 1909

• Formica adelungi Forel, 1904

• Formica aegyptiaca Fabricius, 1775

• Formica aerata Francoeur, 1973

• †Formica alsatica Theobald, 1937

• Formica altayensis Xia & Zheng, 1997

• Formica altipetens Wheeler, 1913

• Formica anatolica Seifert & Schultz, 2009

• †Formica annosa LaPolla & Greenwalt, 2015

• Formica approximans Wheeler, 1933

• Formica aquilonia Yarrow, 1955

• †Formica arcana Scudder, 1877

• Formica archboldi Smith, 1944

• Formica argentea Wheeler, 1912

• Formica aserva Forel, 1901

• Formica aseta Chang & He, 2002

• Formica aterrima Cresson, 1865

• †Formica auxillacensis Piton, 1935

• †Formica bauckhorni Meunier, 1915

• Formica beijingensis Wu, 1990

• †Formica biamoensis Dlussky et al., 2015

• Formica biophilica Trager et al., 2007

• Formica bradleyi Wheeler, 1913

• Formica breviscapa Chang & He, 2002

• Formica browni Francoeur, 1973

• Formica bruni Kutter, 1967

• †Formica buphthalma Novak, 1878

• Formica californica (Creighton, 1950)

• Formica calviceps Cole, 1954

• Formica canadensis Santschi, 1914

• Formica candida Smith, 1878

• †Formica cantalica Piton, 1935

• †Formica ceps Zhang, 1989

• Formica ciliata Mayr, 1886

• Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853

• Formica cinereofusca Karavaiev, 1929

• Formica clara Forel, 1886

• Formica clarissima Emery, 1925

• †Formica cockerelli Carpenter, 1930

• Formica coloradensis Creighton, 1940

• Formica comata Wheeler, 1909

• Formica corsica Seifert, 2002

• Formica creightoni Buren, 1968

• Formica criniventris Wheeler, 1912

• Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798

• Formica curiosa Creighton, 1935

• Formica dachaidanensis Chang & He, 2002

• Formica dakotensis Emery, 1893

• Formica decipiens Bondroit, 1918

• Formica delinghaensis Chang & He, 2002

• †Formica demersa Heer, 1850

• Formica densiventris Viereck, 1903

• Formica difficilis Emery, 1893

• Formica dirksi Wing, 1949

• Formica dolosa Buren, 1944

• Formica dusmeti Emery, 1909

• Formica elongata Fabricius, 1787

• Formica emeryi Wheeler, 1913

• †Formica eoptera Cockerell, 1923

• Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846

• Formica exsectoides Forel, 1886

• Formica fennica Seifert, 2000

• Formica ferocula Wheeler, 1913

• †Formica flavifemoralis Zhang et al., 1994

• †Formica flori Mayr, 1868

• Formica foreliana Wheeler, 1913

• Formica forsslundi Lohmander, 1949

• Formica fossaceps Buren, 1942

• Formica francoeuri Bolton, 1995

• Formica frontalis Santschi, 1919

• Formica fukaii Wheeler, 1914

• Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758

• Formica fuscocinerea Forel, 1874

• Formica gagates Latreille, 1798

• Formica gagatoides Ruzsky, 1904

• Formica georgica Seifert, 2002

• Formica gerardi Bondroit, 1917

• †Formica gibbosa Presl, 1822

• Formica glabridorsis Santschi, 1925

• Formica glacialis Wheeler, 1908

• †Formica globiventris Heer, 1850

• Formica gnava Buckley, 1866

• †Formica grandis Carpenter, 1930

• Formica gravelyi Mukerjee, 1930

• †Formica gravida Heer, 1850

• †Formica gustawi Dlussky, 2002

• Formica gynocrates Snelling & Buren, 1985

• Formica hayashi Terayama & Hashimoto, 1996

• †Formica heteroptera Cockerell, 1920

• Formica hewitti Wheeler, 1917

• †Formica horrida Wheeler, 1915

• †Formica immersa Heer, 1850

• Formica impexa Wheeler, 1905

• Formica incerta Buren, 1944

• Formica indianensis Cole, 1940

• Formica insultans Forskal, 1775

• Formica integra Nylander, 1856

• Formica integroides Wheeler, 1913

• Formica japonica Motschoulsky, 1866

• Formica kashmirica Stärcke, 1935

• Formica knighti Buren, 1944

• Formica kozlovi Dlussky, 1965

• Formica kupyanskayae Bolton, 1995

• †Formica kutscheri Dlussky, 2008

• Formica laeviceps Creighton, 1940

• Formica lasioides Emery, 1893

• †Formica latinodosa Theobald, 1937

• †Formica lavateri Heer, 1850

• Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917

• Formica lepida Wheeler, 1913

• Formica limata Wheeler, 1913

• †Formica linquensis Zhang, 1989

• Formica liogaster Chang & He, 2002

• Formica liopthalma Chang & He, 2002

• Formica litoralis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926

• †Formica longicollis Heer, 1850

• Formica longipilosa Francoeur, 1973

• †Formica lucida Giebel, 1856

• Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838

• †Formica luteola Presl, 1822

• †Formica macrognatha Presl, 1822

• †Formica macrophthalma Heer, 1850

• †Formica maculipennis Theobald, 1935

• Formica manchu Wheeler, 1929

• Formica manni Wheeler, 1913

• †Formica martynovi Popov, 1933

• Formica mesasiatica Dlussky, 1964

• Formica microgyna Wheeler, 1903

• Formica microphthalma Francoeur, 1973

• Formica minocca Chang & He, 2002

• Formica moki Wheeler, 1906

• Formica montana Wheeler, 1910

• Formica morsei Wheeler, 1906

• Formica mucescens Wheeler, 1913

• Formica mutinensis (Canestrini, 1873)

• Formica neoclara Emery, 1893

• Formica neogagates Viereck, 1903

• Formica neorufibarbis Emery, 1893

• Formica nepticula Wheeler, 1905

• Formica nevadensis Wheeler, 1904

• Formica nigra Presl, 1822

• Formica nigropratensis Betrem, 1962

• †Formica obscura Heer, 1849

• Formica obscuripes Forel, 1886

• Formica obscuriventris Mayr, 1870

• Formica obsidiana Emery, 1923

• Formica obtecta Heer, 1850

• Formica obtusopilosa Emery, 1893

• Formica occulta Francoeur, 1973

• Formica opaciventris Emery, 1893

• Formica orangea Seifert & Schultz, 2009

• †Formica orbata Heer, 1850

• Formica oreas Wheeler, 1903

• Formica oregonensis Cole, 1938

• †Formica ovala Zhang, 1989

• Formica pachucana Francoeur, 1973

• Formica pacifica Francoeur, 1973

• †Formica palaeopolonica Dlussky, 2008

• †Formica paleosibirica Dlussky et al., 2015

• Formica pallidefulva Latreille, 1802

• Formica pamirica Dlussky, 1965

• Formica paralugubris Seifert, 1996

• †Formica parexsecta Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014

• †Formica parvula Presl, 1822

• Formica pergandei Emery, 1893

• Formica perpilosa Wheeler, 1913

• Formica persica Seifert & Schultz, 2009

• †Formica phaethusa Wheeler, 1915

• Formica picea Nylander, 1846

• Formica pisarskii Dlussky, 1964

• †Formica pitoni Theobald, 1935

• Formica planipilis Creighton, 1940

• Formica podzolica Francoeur, 1973

• Formica polyctena Foerster, 1850

• Formica postoculata Kennedy & Dennis, 1937

• Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783

• Formica pressilabris Nylander, 1846

• †Formica primitiva Heer, 1850

• †Formica primordialis Heer, 1850

• †Formica procera Heer, 1850

• Formica prociliata Kennedy & Dennis, 1937

• Formica propatula Francoeur, 1973

• Formica propinqua Creighton, 1940

• Formica puberula Emery, 1893

• †Formica pulchella Heer, 1850

• Formica pulla Francoeur, 1973

• Formica pyrenaea Bondroit, 1918

• †Formica quadrata Holl, 1829

• Formica querquetulana Kennedy & Davis, 1937

• †Formica radchenkoi Dlussky, 2008

• Formica ravida Creighton, 1940

• Formica reflexa Buren, 1942

• Formica retecta Francoeur, 1973

• †Formica robusta Carpenter, 1930

• Formica rubicunda Emery, 1893

• Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761 (Type species)

• Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793

• Formica ruficornis Gmelin, 1790

• Formica rufolucida Collingwood, 1962

• Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798

• Formica scitula Wheeler, 1913

• Formica selysi Bondroit, 1918

• Formica sentschuensis Ruzsky, 1915

• †Formica sepulta Theobald, 1937

• †Formica serresi Theobald, 1937

• †Formica seuberti Heer, 1850

• Formica sibylla Wheeler, 1913

• Formica sinensis Wheeler, 1913

• Formica spatulata Buren, 1944

• †Formica strangulata Wheeler, 1915

• Formica strenua Haliday, 1836

• Formica subaenescens Emery, 1893

• Formica subcyanea Wheeler, 1913

• Formica subelongata Francoeur, 1973

• Formica subintegra Wheeler, 1908

• Formica subnitens Creighton, 1940

• Formica subpilosa Ruzsky, 1902

• Formica subpolita Mayr, 1886

• Formica subsericea Say, 1836

• Formica suecica Adlerz, 1902

• †Formica surinamensis Berendt, 1830

• Formica talbotae Wilson, 1977

• Formica tarimica Seifert & Schultz, 2009

• Formica tianshanica Seifert & Schultz, 2009

• Formica transmontanis Francoeur, 1973

• Formica triangularis Say, 1836

• †Formica trigona Presl, 1822

• †Formica tripartita Theobald, 1937

• Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804

• Formica ulkei Emery, 1893

• †Formica ungeri Heer, 1850

• Formica uralensis Ruzsky, 1895

• Formica villiscapa Chang & He, 2002

• Formica vinculans Wheeler, 1913

• Formica wheeleri Creighton, 1935

• Formica wongi Wu, 1990

• Formica xerophila Smith, 1939

• Formica yessensis Wheeler, 1913

• Formica yoshiokae Wheeler, 1933

• †Formica zherikhini Dlussky, 2008

Synonyms
A number of described species have been synonymized into other species as jr synonyms
 * Formica cinerea - Senior synonym of Formica balcanica Petrov & Collingwood, 1993, Formica imitans Ruzsky, 1902 , Formica lefrancoisi Bondroit, 1918 , and Formica subrufoides Forel, 1913
 * †Formica flori - Senior synonym to †Formica antiqua Dlussky, 1967, †Formica baltica Dlussky, 1967 , †Formica egecomerta Özdikmen, 2010 , and †Formica parvula Dlussky, 2002
 * Formica foreli - Senior synonym to Formica goesswaldi Kutter, 1967, Formica naefi Kutter, 1957 , and Formica tamarae Dlussky, 1964
 * Formica forsslundi - Senior synonym to Formica brunneonitida Dlussky, 1964, Formica fossilabris Dlussky, 1965 , and Formica nemoralis Dlussky, 1964
 * †Lasius globularis - Senior synonym to †Formica capito Heer, 1867
 * Formica manchu - Senior synonym to Formica dlusskyi Bolton, 1995
 * Formica pallidefulva - Senior synonym to Formica nitidiventris Emery, 1893, Formica schaufussi Mayr, 1866 , and Formica succinea Wheeler, 1904
 * †Formica phaethusa - Senior synonym to †Formica clymene Wheeler, 1915
 * Formica ravida - Senior synonym to Formica haemorrhoidalis Creighton, 1940 and Formica rufa tahoensis Creighton, 1940
 * †Formica ungeri - Senior synonym to †Formica acuminata Heer, 1849, †Formica aemula Heer, 1867 , †Formica kollari Heer, 1867 , and †Formica oblita Heer, 1867
 * Formica pressilabris - Senior synonym to Formica rufomaculata Ruzsky, 1895 & Formica tamarae Dlussky, 1964
 * Formica selysi - Senior synonym to Formica torrentium Bernard, 1967

Moved
Some species were originally described as species of Formica, but later moved to different genera
 * †Formica atavina Heer, 1849 - current combination †Ponerites atavinus
 * †Formica gracilis Heer, 1867 - current combination †Ponerites gracilior
 * †Formica longiventris Heer, 1850 - current combination †Casaleia longiventris
 * †Formica macrocephala Heer, 1850 - current combination †Lasius ophthalmicus
 * †Formica ocella Heer, 1850 - current combination †Emplastus ocellus
 * †Formica ophthalmica Heer, 1850 - current combination †Lasius ophthalmicus
 * †Formica pumila Heer, 1850 - current combination †Lasius occultatus
 * Formica subrufa Roger, 1859 - current combination Iberoformica subrufa

Unidentifiable
A number of species described in the genus have subsequently been determined as unidentifiable to the genus • Formica abdominalis Latreille, 1802

• Formica amyoti Le Guillou, 1842

• Formica aequalis Walker, 1871

• Formica affinis Leach, 1825

• Formica albipennis Fabricius, 1793

• Formica arenicola Buckley, 1866

• Formica atra Schilling, 1839

• Formica bicolor Leach, 1825

• Formica chufejif Forskal, 1775

• Formica conica Fabricius, 1798

• Formica connecticutensis Buckley, 1866

• Formica didyma Fabricius, 1782

• Formica dislocata Say, 1836

• Formica elevata Fabricius, 1782

• Formica fatale Christ, 1791

• Formica foetens Olivier, 1792

• †Formica fragilis Heer, 1867

• Formica fuscescens Gmelin, 1790

• Formica fuscicauda Motschoulsky, 1863

• Formica glabra Gmelin, 1790

• Formica hirta Gravenhorst, 1807

• Formica incisa Smith, 1858

• Formica inequalis Lowne, 1865

• Formica lincecumii Buckley, 1866

• Formica lutea Dumeril, 1860

• Formica maculata Geoffroy, 1785

• Formica malabarica Schrank, 1837

• Formica maligna Forskal, 1775

• Formica maxillosa Fabricius, 1775

• Formica melanophthalma Reich, 1793

• Formica melanopis Gmelin, 1790

• Formica minuta Lowne, 1865

• Formica molestans Latreille, 1802

• Formica nana Latreille, 1802

• Formica nitida Razoumowsky, 1789

• Formica nortonii Buckley, 1866

• Formica novaeanglae Buckley, 1866

• Formica obsoleta Linnaeus, 1758

• †Formica obvoluta Heer, 1850

• Formica occidentalis Buckley, 1866

• †Formica oculata Heer, 1850

• Formica omnivora Linnaeus, 1758

• Formica ovata Reich, 1793

• Formica pallidelutea Latreille, 1802

• Formica pallipes Latreille, 1787

• Formica phyllophila Jerdon, 1851

• Formica picipes Reich, 1793

• Formica politurata Buckley, 1866

• Formica quadrinotata Losana, 1834

• Formica rediana Leach, 1825

• Formica rostrata Fabricius, 1787

• Formica rubescens Leach, 1825

• Formica ruficeps Motschoulsky, 1863

• Formica rupestris Leach, 1825

• Formica saccharivora Linnaeus, 1758

• Formica saxicola Buckley, 1866

• Formica schardj Forskal, 1775

• Formica siamicarubra Christ, 1791

• Formica subpicea Motschoulsky, 1863

• Formica subspinosa Buckley, 1866

• Formica tenuissima Buckley, 1866

• Formica testacea Gmelin, 1790

• Formica testaceipes Leach, 1825

• Formica thoracica Olivier, 1792

• Formica tomentosa Reich, 1793

• Formica vagans Fabricius, 1793

• Formica venosa Gmelin, 1790

• Formica virginiana Buckley, 1866

Miscellaneous

 * Formica fuliginothorax Blacker, 1992 is considered an unavailable name, due to the type description not designating any type specimens.