Compared to much of the rest of Europe, the UK is not a 'hot spot' for ants. The size and diversity of ant species in any area is largely determined for the highest summer soil temperature, and this being so, it is not surprising that the greatest concentration of different species is centred in the warmer parts of the country - Dorset, Hampshire, Surrey, the Isle of Wight and Kent being the 5 richest counties, with 33, 31, 29, 27 and 26 different species present respectively. This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ... Subfamilies Aenictogitoninae Agroecomyrmecinae Amblyoponinae (incl. ... Dorset (pronounced DOR-sit or [dɔ.sət], and sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the south-west of England, on the English Channel coast. ... Hampshire, sometimes historically Southamptonshire or Hamptonshire, (abbr. ... Not to be confused with Surry. ... The Isle of Wight is an English island and county, off the southern English coast, to the south of the county of Hampshire. ... This article is about the county in England. ...

A few species, best exemplified by Lasius niger, and Myrmica rubra, are truly cosmopolitan, colonising a great variety of different habitats (often including those directly resultant from human activities). These species are very common in most places, and have ranges that cover most of the nation (indeed, M. rubra is the only species known on the Orkney isles). Binomial name Lasius niger Linnaeus 1750 (quite a few subspecies) The Black Garden Ant (Lasius Niger) is a formicine monogynous ant, the type species of the subgenus Lasius, found all over Europe and in some parts of North America and Asia. ... Myrmica rubra is an European ant species, commonly called red ants. ... A cosmopolitan distribution is a term applied to a biological category of living things meaning that this category can be found anywhere around the world. ... Location Geography Area Ranked 16th  - Total 990 km²  - % Water  ? Admin HQ Kirkwall ISO 3166-2 GB-ORK ONS code 00RA Demographics Population Ranked 32nd  - Total (2005) 19,590  - Density 20 / km² Politics Orkney Islands Council http://www. ...

The greater part of Britain's ant species are, however, considerably more specialised in their requirements. Most independent species are found on undisturbed heathland in the south - probably as a direct result of its superior summer soil temperatures - and 6 are entirely dependent on other species during their mature life (i.e. not simply to found colonies, a requirement of many further species). Many of the lesser seen species are at the northern extent of their range in Britain, and for this reason are confined to the south. The variously differing biotopes afforded by parkland / partially wooded heath and larger traditional style gardens are also inhabited by a number of other wise more heathland-pigeonholed species, such as Formica fusca/lemani, Lasius mixtus/umbratus and L. fuliginosus.

The remaining species are mostly sylvan. These include the well known wood ants, typified by the southerly inclined Formica rufa, and the more northerly F. lugubris and F. aquilonia. These large noticeable species abide in mounds constructed from leaf litter, which are fortunately still a common site in many older forests and broken woodland up and down the country. A few other smaller, less easily spotted species also make their livings in conjunction with more arborised loci. Stenamma species, Leptothorax acervorum and Temnothorax nylanderi can be found, locality permitting, under stones/logs and beneath loose bark respectively, in established woods. The former habitat is also shared by the rather locally distributed Ponera coarctata, which constitutes Britain's only unambiguously native representative of the subfamily Ponerinae. This article is in need of attention. ...

The Channel Islands also play host to 4 more generally continental species not found on the mainland, in addition to a reasonable number that are. This article is about the British dependencies. ...

Below are listed a comprehensive compilation of species native to the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Channel Islands. This article is about the British dependencies. ...

Also see List of the common names of British ant species for common names applied to species native to Britain. The following is a list of the common names of native ant species. ...

• Subfamily DOLICHODERINAE
  • Genus Tapinoma
    • Tapinoma ambiguum Emery
    • Tapinoma erraticum (Latr.)
• Subfamily FORMICINAE
  • Tribe Formicini
    • Formica aquilonia Yarrow
    • Formica cunicularia Latr.
    • Formica exsecta Nylander
    • Formica fusca L.
    • Formica lemani Bondroit
    • Formica lugubris Zetterstedt
    • Formica picea Nylander
    • Formica pratensis Retzius (Probably extinct)
    • Formica rufa L.
    • Formica rufibarbis F.
    • Formica sanguinea Latr.
  • Tribe Lasiini
    • Lasius alienus (Förster)
    • Lasius brunneus (Latr.)
    • Lasius emarginatus (Oliver) (Channel Islands only)
    • Lasius flavus (F.)
    • Lasius fuliginosus (Latr.)
    • Lasius mixtus (Nylander)
    • Lasius niger (L.)
    • Lasius platythorax Seifert
    • Lasius psammophilus Seifert
    • Lasius umbratus (Nylander)
  • Tribe Plagiolepidini
    • Plagiolepis vindobonensis Lomnicki Channel Islands only
• Subfamily MYRMICINAE
  • Tribe Formicoxenini
    • Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander)
    • Leptothorax acervorum (F.)
    • Temnothorax albipennis (Curtis)
    • Temnothorax interruptus (Schenck)
    • Temnothorax nylanderi (Förster)
    • Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latr.) Channel Islands only
  • Tribe Myrmecinini
    • Myrmecina graminicola (Latr.)
  • Tribe Myrmicini
    • Myrmica lobicornis Nylander
    • Myrmica rubra (L.)
    • Myrmica ruginodis Nylander
    • Myrmica sabuleti Meinert
    • Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander
    • Myrmica schencki Emery
    • Myrmica specioides Bondroit
    • Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander
    • Myrmica (Sifolina) karavajevi Arnoldi
  • Tribe Pheidolini
    • Stenamma debile (Förster)
    • Stenamma westwoodii Westwood
  • Tribe Solenopsidini
    • Solenopsis fugax (Latr.)
  • Tribe Tetramoriini
    • Anergates atratulus (Schenck)
    • Strongylognathus testaceus (Schenck)
    • Tetramorium caespitum (L.)
• Subfamily PONERINAE
  • Tribe Ponerini
    • Ponera coarctata (Latr.)
    • Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger)

Standard abbreviations are used: L. : Linnaeus F. : Fabricius Latr. : Latreille Genera Amyrmex Anillidris Anonychomyrma Axinidris Azteca Bothriomyrmex Doleromyrma Dolichoderus Dorymyrmex Ecphorella Forelius Froggattella Iridomyrmex Leptomyrmex Linepithema Liometopum Loweriella Ochetellus Papyrius Philidris Tapinoma Technomyrmex Turneria Dolichoderinae is a subfamily of ants, which includes species such as the Erratic Ant. ... Species Tapinoma arnoldi Tapinoma detorquens Tapinoma erratica Tapinoma fragile Tapinoma litorale Tapinoma melanocephalum Tapinoma nigerrimum Tapinoma pallipes Tapinoma sessile Tapinoma simrothi Tapinoma subtile Tapinoma undet Many More Tapinoma is a genus of ants that belongs to the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae. ... Binomial name Tapinoma erraticum Latreille, 1789 The Erratic Ant (Tapinoma erraticum) is a species of dolicherdorine ant first described in 1789 by Latreille. ... Tribes, Genera and Species Species: Formica rufa Genus: Camponotus(World-wide) Formica, Lasius(Holartic) Gigantiops(Neotropical) Polyrhachis(Asian, African tropics) Melophorus(Australian) Kyromyrma(Cretaceous fossil) Tribes: Camponotini Formicini Gesomyrmecini Gigantiopini Lasiini Melophorini Myrmecorhynchini Myrmoteratini Notostigmatini Oecophyllini Plagiolepidini The Formicinae is a subfamily within the Formicidae containing ants of moderate evolutionary... Formica aquilonia is a species of wood ant of the genus Formica which are widely distributed in Europe and Asia, occurring from Scandinavia in the north to Bulgaria and Italy in the south, and from the UK eastwards through France and Germany to Russia, while they are also found in... Binomial name Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798 Formica cunicularia (Latreille) is a mining ant of the Formica fusca group. ... Binomial name Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846 Narrow Headed Ant (Formica exsecta) or Excised Wood Ant is a species of ant native to the British Isles. ... Binomial name Formica fusca L., 1758 Formica fusca, the common black ant of Europe, is a palaearctic ant with a range extending from Portugal in the east to Japan in the west and from Italy in the south to Fennoscandia in the north. ... Binomial name Formica rufa L. Formica rufa, also known as the Southern wood ant or horse ant, is a boreal member of the Formica rufa group of ants, commonly found throughout southern England in both conferous and broadleaf broken woodland and parkland. ... Binomial name Formica rufibarbis Fabricius 1793 Formica rufibarbis is a European formicine ant of the Formica fusca group. ... Binomial name Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782) The Yellow meadow ant (Lasius flavus) is one of the most common Ant in Central Europe, although it also occurs in Asia, North Africa and eastern North America. ... Binomial name Lasius niger Linnaeus 1750 (quite a few subspecies) The Black Garden Ant (Lasius Niger) is a formicine monogynous ant, the type species of the subgenus Lasius, found all over Europe and in some parts of North America and Asia. ... Plagiolepidini are an ant tribe from the subfamily Formicinae. ... Tribes Basicerotini Dacetini Phalacromyrmecini Cephalotini Attini Blepharidattini Stenammini Solenopsidini Myrmicini Tetramoriini Pheidolini Crematogastrini Meranoplini Formicoxenini Melissotarsini Myrmecinini The Myrmicinae are a subfamily of Ants. ... Genera Eutetramorium Hylomyrma Manica Myrmica Nothomyrmica Pogonomyrmex Myrmicini is a tribe of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. ... Binomial name Myrmica lobicornis Myrmica lobicornis is a species of red ant. ... Myrmica rubra is an European ant species, commonly called red ants. ... Binomial name Myrmica ruginodis Myrmica ruginodis is a species of red ant. ... Binomial name Myrmica sabuleti Myrmica sabuleti is a species of red ant. ... Binomial name Myrmica scabrinodis Myrmica scabrinodis is a species of red ant. ... Binomial name Myrmica schencki Myrmica schencki is a species of red ant. ... Binomial name Myrmica specioides Myrmica specioides is a species of red ant. ... Binomial name Myrmica sulcinodis Myrmica sulcinodis is a species of red ant. ... Binomial name Myrmica karavajevi Myrmica karavajevi is a species of red ant. ... Genera Aphaenogaster Chimaeridris Goniomma Huberia Kartidris Lonchomyrmex Lophomyrmex Messor Ocymyrmex Oxyopomyrmex Paraphaenogaster Pheidole Pheidolini is a tribe of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. ... Binomial name Solenopsis fugax Latreille, 1798 Solenopsis fugax is a myrmicine ant of the genus Solenopsis. ... Genera Anergates Decamorium Rhoptromyrmex Secostruma Strongylognathus Teleutomyrmex Tetramorium Tetramoriini is a tribe of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. ... Binomial name Anergates atratulus Forel, 1874 Anergates is a single-species genus of tetramorine Myrmicine ants. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as  , (May 23, 1707[1] – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[2] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ... There have been several people known by the name Fabricius: Fabricius (gens), a Roman gens Carel Fabricius (1622 - 1654), painter. ... Pierre André Latreille. ...

See also List of established non-endemic ant species of the British Isles and List non-endemic ant species introduced to the British Isles for introduced species recorded in Britain. The following is a list of the non-endemic introduced ant species and subspecies which have been recorded in the British isles. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into invasive species. ...

See List of localities in Britain where rare ant species had previously been recorded but are no longer considered to be present for a conspectus on the decline of some British ant species. There are many locations in Britain where rare ants have been historically present, but for which no modern records exist. ...

See List of ant genera (alphabetical) for a listing of worldwide ant genera. The following is a thusfar incomplete list of worldwide ant genera. ...