Our opinion is that two species are present in the Iberian Peninsula: P. pallidula (Nylander, 1849) and P. teneriffana Forel, 1893. Two other species have been cited:  read more »

The three species cited for the Iberian Peninsula (P. jaegerskioeldi, P. longicornis and P. vividula) are exotic and have been recently introduced. A fourth species, P. flavipes (F.  read more »

This Mediterranean genus needs a revision, with some taxonomical issues still to be solved. Two species have been cited in the Iberian Peninsula: O. sanstchii and O.  read more »

Three species have been cited: M. bernardi, M. kraussei and M. ravouxi. This genus is tipically mediterranean distributed, becoming more abundant to the East and South of the Iberian Peninsula.

Very diverse genus in the Iberian Peninsula, specially in the Mid-North. Attending to the species groups, the species present can be summarized as:  read more »

The presence of Manica rubida (the only european species of this genus) in the Iberian peninsula has to be confirmed.  read more »

Following the criteria adopted by Bolton1, the species cited in the Iberian peninsula can be grouped as:  read more »

1. 1. Bolton B .  1987.  A review of the solenopsis genus-group and revision of afrotropical Monomorium Mayr. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology. 54(3):263-452.

Cagniant & Espadaler (19981) have defined a criteria for the species groups in Morocco, that we co  read more »

1. 1. Cagniant H, Espadaler X .  1998.  Le genre Messor au Maroc. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (N.S.). 33 (4):419-434.

The invasive species Linepithema humile (the argentine ant) is the one cited for the Iberian Peninsula.  read more »

The genus was redefined by Bolton in 20031, and separated from the genus Temnothorax, much more diverse.  read more »

1. 1. Bolton B .  2003.  Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 71:1-370.