List of Ants of Great Britain - Myrmicinae

Myrmicinae

Waist with two segments, the petiole and post-petiole. Stings usually present in female castes.

• Anergates atratulus – A workerless parasite found only with Tetramorium.
• Crematogaster scutellaris *
• Formicoxenus nitidulus – A guest ant. It nests in colonies of the much larger Formica rufa.
• Leptothorax acervorum – A small ant nesting in tree stumps, under stones and in peat.
• Monomorium pharaonis, pharaoh ant *
• Monomorium salomonis *
• Myrmecina graminicola, woodlouse ant – So called because it tends to roll into a ball when disturbed. A dark and slow moving ant. Local.
• Myrmica hirsuta – A rare almost workerless parasite of Myrmica sabuleti.
• Myrmica karavajevi – A workerless parasite of Myrmica sabuleti and M. scabrinodis.
• Myrmica lonea – A rare red ant recorded from Scotland nesting in soil and under stones.
• Myrmica lobicornis – Not common. It is found on lowland heath and open woodland.
• Myrmica rubra, red ant – A common lowland species most abundant in alluvial soils near rivers.
• Myrmica ruginodis, red ant – A common species abundant in woodland where it nests in tree stumps.
• Myrmica sabuleti – A red ant, locally common nesting in sun exposed sheltered sites.
• Myrmica scabrinodis, elbowed red ant – A common red ant with variable habits. Often found associated with the meadow ant Lasius flavus, but also common in woodland, coastal areas, riverbanks and moorland.
• Myrmica schencki – This nocturnal red ant is not common.
• Myrmica specioides – A rather local red ant. Nests occur in coastal sand, gravel banks and post industrial sites. Sometimes referred to as Myrmica bessarabica
• Myrmica sulcinodis – A dark red ant characteristic of well drained heather moorland.
• Myrmica vandeli – A rare red ant found in warm boggy areas.
• Pheidole megacephala *
• Solenopsis fugax thief ant – It has very small yellow workers and nests deep in the ground. It is often associated with Lasius flavus or Formica species, from which it steals.
• Stenamma debile – A small and easily overlooked species nesting in woods under stones and in found leaf litter. More common than Stenamma westwoodii with which it has until recently been confused.
• Stenamma westwoodii – A small and easily overlooked species less common than Stenamma debile with which it has, until recently, been confused.
• Strongylognathus testaceus – obligate dulote found only with Tetramorium
• Temnothorax albipennis – A small ant found in warm coastal areas nesting in cracks in rocks.
• Temnothorax interruptus – A small uncommon ant
• Temnothorax nylanderi – A small ant found in leaf litter in woods.
• Tetramorium caespitum – Tends to be coastal and forms large colonies.