List of Formica species

'' holotype male '' worker '' paratype male • Formica accreta Francoeur, 1973 • Formica adamsi Wheeler, 1909 • Formica adelungi Forel, 1904 • Formica aerata Francoeur, 1973 • Formica altayensis Xia & Zheng, 1997 • Formica altipetens Wheeler, 1913 • Formica anatolica Seifert & Schultz, 2009 • Formica aquilonia Yarrow, 1955 • Formica archboldi Smith, 1944 • Formica argentea Wheeler, 1912 • Formica aserva Forel, 1901 • Formica aseta Chang & He, 2002 • Formica aterrima Cresson, 1865 • Formica balcanina Petrov & Collingwood, 1993 • Formica biophilica Trager et al., 2007 • Formica bradleyi Wheeler, 1913 • Formica breviscapa Chang & He, 2002 • Formica browni Francoeur, 1973 • Formica bruni Kutter, 1967 • Formica brunneonitida Dlussky, 1964 • Formica calviceps Cole, 1954 • Formica canadensis Santschi, 1914 • Formica candida Smith, 1878 • Formica caucasicola Seifert & Schultz, 2021 • Formica ciliata Mayr, 1886 • Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853 • Formica cinereofusca Karavaiev, 1929 • Formica clara Forel, 1886 • Formica clarissima Emery, 1925 • 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 densiventris Viereck, 1903 • Formica difficilis Emery, 1893 • Formica dirksi Wing, 1949 • Formica dolosa Buren, 1944 • Formica draven Fisher, 2025 • Formica dusmeti Emery, 1909 • Formica emeryi Wheeler, 1913 • Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846 • Formica exsectoides Forel, 1886 • Formica fennica Seifert, 2000 • Formica ferocula Wheeler, 1913 • Formica foreli Bondroit, 1918 • 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 glabridorsis Santschi, 1925 • Formica glacialis Wheeler, 1908 • Formica gnava Buckley, 1866 • Formica gravelyi Mukerjee, 1930 • Formica gynocrates Snelling & Buren, 1985 • Formica hayashi Terayama & Hashimoto, 1996 • Formica helvetica Seifert, 2021 • Formica hewitti Wheeler, 1917 • Formica impexa Wheeler, 1905 • Formica incerta Buren, 1944 • Formica indianensis Cole, 1940 • 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 laeviceps Creighton, 1940 • Formica lasioides Emery, 1893 • Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917 • Formica lepida Wheeler, 1913 • Formica limata Wheeler, 1913 • Formica liogaster Chang & He, 2002 • Formica liopthalma Chang & He, 2002 • Formica litoralis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926 • Formica longiceps Dlussky, 1964 • Formica longipilosa Francoeur, 1973 • Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838 • Formica manchu Wheeler, 1929 • Formica manni Wheeler, 1913 • Formica maura Santschi, 1929 • Formica mesasiatica Dlussky, 1964 • Formica microgyna Wheeler, 1903 • Formica microphthalma Francoeur, 1973 • Formica miniocca Chang & He, 2002 • Formica moki Wheeler, 1906 • Formica montana Wheeler, 1910 • Formica morsei Wheeler, 1906 • Formica mucescens Wheeler, 1913 • Formica mutinensis (Canestrini, 1873) • Formica mytara Fisher, 2025 • Formica neoclara Emery, 1893 • Formica neogagates Viereck, 1903 • Formica neorufibarbis Emery, 1893 • Formica nepticula Wheeler, 1905 • Formica nevadensis Wheeler, 1904 • Formica obscuripes Forel, 1886 • Formica obscuriventris Mayr, 1870 • Formica obsidiana Emery, 1923 • Formica obtusopilosa Emery, 1893 • Formica occulta Francoeur, 1973 • Formica opaciventris Emery, 1893 • Formica orangea Seifert & Schultz, 2009 • Formica oreas Wheeler, 1903 • Formica oregonensis Cole, 1938 • Formica pachucana Francoeur, 1973 • Formica pacifica Francoeur, 1973 • Formica pallidefulva Latreille, 1802 • Formica pamirica Dlussky, 1965 • Formica paralugubris Seifert, 1996 • Formica pergandei Emery, 1893 • Formica perpilosa Wheeler, 1913 • Formica persica Seifert & Schultz, 2009 • Formica picea Nylander, 1846 • Formica pisarskii Dlussky, 1964 • 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 prociliata Kennedy & Dennis, 1937 • Formica propatula Francoeur, 1973 • Formica propinqua Creighton, 1940 • Formica puberula Emery, 1893 • Formica pulla Francoeur, 1973 • Formica pyrenaea Bondroit, 1918 • Formica querquetulana Kennedy & Davis, 1937 • Formica ravida Creighton, 1940 • Formica reflexa Buren, 1942 • Formica retecta Francoeur, 1973 • Formica rubicunda Emery, 1893 • Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761 (Type species) • Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793 • Formica rufolucida Collingwood, 1962 • Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798 • Formica scitula Wheeler, 1913 • Formica selysi Bondroit, 1918 • Formica sentschuensis Ruzsky, 1915 • Formica sibylla Wheeler, 1913 • Formica sinensis Wheeler, 1913 • Formica spatulata Buren, 1944 • 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 talbotae Wilson, 1977 • Formica tarimica Seifert & Schultz, 2009 • Formica tianshanica Seifert & Schultz, 2009 • Formica tibetana Schultz & Seifert, 2025 • Formica tombeuri Bondroit, 1917 • Formica torrentium Bernard, 1967 • Formica transmontanis Francoeur, 1973 • Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804 • Formica ulkei Emery, 1893 • Formica uralensis Ruzsky, 1895 • Formica ussuriensis Seifert, 2021 • Formica villiscapa Chang & He, 2002 • Formica vinculans Wheeler, 1913 • Formica wheeleri Creighton, 1935 • Formica xerophila Smith, 1939 • Formica yessensis Wheeler, 1913 • Formica yoshiokae Wheeler, 1933 ==Extinct==

• †Formica alsatica Theobald, 1937 • †Formica annosa LaPolla & Greenwalt, 2015 • †Formica arcana Scudder, 1877 • †Formica auxillacensis Piton, 1935 • †Formica bauckhorni Meunier, 1915 • †Formica biamoensis Dlussky et al., 2015 • †Formica buphthalma Novak, 1878 • †Formica cantalica Piton, 1935 • †Formica ceps Zhang, 1989 • †Formica cockerelli Carpenter, 1930 • †Formica eoptera Cockerell, 1923 • †Formica flavifemoralis Zhang et al., 1994 • †Formica flori Mayr, 1868 • †Formica grandis Carpenter, 1930 • †Formica gustawi Dlussky, 2002 • †Formica heteroptera Cockerell, 1920 • †Formica horrida Wheeler, 1915 • †Formica kutscheri Dlussky, 2008 • †Formica latinodosa Theobald, 1937 • †Formica linquensis Zhang, 1989 • †Formica maculipennis Theobald, 1935 • †Formica martynovi Popov, 1933 • †Formica obscura Heer, 1849 • †Formica ovala Zhang, 1989 • †Formica palaeopolonica Dlussky, 2008 • †Formica paleosibirica Dlussky et al., 2015 • †Formica parexsecta Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014 • †Formica phaethusa Wheeler, 1915 • †Formica pitoni Theobald, 1935 • †Formica radchenkoi Dlussky, 2008 • †Formica ribbeckei Radchenko & Perkovsky, 2021 • †Formica robusta Carpenter, 1930 • †Formica sepulta Theobald, 1937 • †Formica serresi Theobald, 1937 • †Formica seuberti Heer, 1849 • †Formica strangulata Wheeler, 1915 • †Formica surinamensis Berendt, 1830 • †Formica tripartita Theobald, 1937 • †Formica ungeri Heer, 1849 • †Formica zherikhini Dlussky, 2008 ==Unidentifiable==

A number of species tentatively placed within the genus have subsequently been determined as unidentifiable to the species level, although they technically remain valid binomen. • Formica abdominalis Latreille, 1802 • Formica aegyptiaca Fabricius, 1775 • 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 demersa Heer, 1849 • Formica didyma Fabricius, 1782 • Formica dislocata Say, 1836 • Formica elevata Fabricius, 1782 • Formica elongata Fabricius, 1787 • Formica fatale Christ, 1791 • Formica foetens Olivier, 1792 • †Formica fragilis Heer, 1867 • Formica fuscescens Gmelin, 1790 • Formica fuscicauda Motschoulsky, 1863 • †Formica gibbosa Presl, 1822 • Formica glabra Gmelin, 1790 • Formica glauca Ruzsky, 1896 • †Formica globiventris Heer, 1849 • †Formica gravida Heer, 1849 • Formica hirta Gravenhorst, 1807 • †Formica immersa Heer, 1849 • Formica incisa Smith, 1858 • Formica inequalis Lowne, 1865 • Formica insultans Forskal, 1775 • †Formica lavateri Heer, 1849 • Formica lincecumii Buckley, 1866 • †Formica longicollis Heer, 1849 • †Formica lucida Giebel, 1856 • Formica lutea Dumeril, 1860 • †Formica luteola Presl, 1822 • †Formica macrognatha Presl, 1822 • †Formica macrophthalma Heer, 1849 • 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 nigra Presl, 1822 • Formica nitida Razoumowsky, 1789 • Formica nortonii Buckley, 1866 • Formica novaeanglae Buckley, 1866 • Formica obsoleta Linnaeus, 1758 • †Formica obtecta Heer, 1849 • †Formica obvoluta Heer, 1849 • Formica occidentalis Buckley, 1866 • †Formica oculata Heer, 1849 • Formica omnivora Linnaeus, 1758 • †Formica orbata Heer, 1849 • Formica ovata Reich, 1793 • Formica pallidelutea Latreille, 1802 • Formica pallipes Latreille, 1787 • †Formica parvula Presl, 1822 • Formica phyllophila Jerdon, 1851 • Formica picipes Reich, 1793 • Formica politurata Buckley, 1866 • †Formica primitiva Heer, 1849 • †Formica primordialis Heer, 1849 • †Formica procera Heer, 1849 • †Formica pulchella Heer, 1850 • †Formica quadrata Holl, 1829 • Formica quadrinotata Losana, 1834 • Formica rediana Leach, 1825 • Formica rostrata Fabricius, 1787 • Formica rubescens Leach, 1825 • Formica ruficeps Motschoulsky, 1863 • Formica ruficornis Gmelin, 1790 • 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 triangularis Say, 1836 • †Formica trigona Presl, 1822 • Formica vagans Fabricius, 1793 • Formica venosa Gmelin, 1790 • Formica virginiana Buckley, 1866 ==Unavailable==

One species, Formica fuliginothorax, is unavailable due to the type description not designating any type specimens. • Formica fuliginothorax Blacker, 1992 ==References==