The last of the boring but possibly useful lists.
This covers those counties where I only have a few species recorded or in my collection. Those from Ireland and Senegal were collected by me. My parents have been good enough to collect ants for me, including from Mallorca and Austria. Specimens collected by David M. King were passed to me for identification; these came from Italy, Kuwait, Macedonia, Qatar, Turkey and the Canary Isles (not yet included). Claes-Göran Magnusson sent me a specimen from Sweden. Finally, Sabine Frohschammer passed on a few specimens from a live colony she had collected in Malasia.
Austria
Formicinae
Camponotus
herculeanus
Formica
aquilonia
cinerea
exsecta
lemani
lugubris
paralugubris
sanguinea
Lasius
fuliginosus
niger
platythorax
Myrmicinae
Leptothorax
acervorum
Manica
rubida
Myrmica
lobulicornis
rubra
ruginodis
scabrinodis
sulcinodis
Harpagoxenus
sublaevis
Ireland
Formicinae
Formica
lemani
Lasius
flavus
grandis 1
niger
Myrmicinae
Myrmica
ruginodis
sabuleti
scabrinodis
schencki
Tetramorium
caespitum
Italy
Myrmicinae
Aphaenogaster
ionia
Kuwait
Myrmicinae
Messor
ebeninus
minor
Monomorium
subcomae
Pheidole
teneriffana 2
Macedonia
Formicinae
Cataglyphis
aenescens
Malasia: Sarawak
Myrmicinae
Monomorium
floricola
Mallorca, Spain
Myrmicinae
Crematogaster
scutellaris
Dolichoderinae
Linepithema
humile 3
Qatar
Myrmicinae
Monomorium
tumaire
Senegal
Formicinae
Camponotus
sericeus
Myrmicinae
Crematogaster
senegalensis
Ponerinae
Pachycondyla
sennaarensis
Sweden
Formicinae
Lasius
umbratus
Turkey
Formicinae
Cataglyphis
nodus
Myrmicinae
Aphaenogaster
ionia
Messor
caducus
denticulatus
Pheidole
pallidula
Dolichoderinae
Tapinoma
festae
1 I know this seems unlikely, but it's the best fit. I've had a paper half written for two years now. My problem is that I can't make my head measurements match those of Seifert's - on any Lasius. I've spoken to others and this is not a problem restricted to me! Oh, and Ireland also has L. psammophilus, with no evidence for L. alienus.
2 Introduced.
3 Introduced and apparently one of the dominant species on Mallorca now: my parents only collected the two species above, despite searching hard.
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