List of species in Cyprus

• Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851) (Anonymous 1929; Georghiou 1977; Wetterer 2009; Salata et al. 2019; Demetriou et al. 2023)

• Trichomyrmex mayri (Forel, 1902) (Demetriou et al. 2023)

• Trichomyrmex perplexus (Radchenko, 1997) (Salata and Borowiec 2012; Borowiec 2014; Georgiadis et al. 2017)

Species previously reported - dubious

• Trichomyrmex dentigera (Roger, 1862) (Georgiadis et al. 2017)

References

Anonymous (1926) Entomological notes. Cyprus Agricultural Journal 21(3): 69-70.

Borowiec L, Salata S (2012) Ants of Greece – checklist, comments and new faunistic data (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus 23 (4): 461-563. 

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Demetriou J, Georgiadis C, Martinou AF, Roy HE, Wetterer JK, Borowiec L, Economo EP, Triantis KA, Salata S (2023) Running rampant: the alien ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Cyprus. NeoBiota 88: 17-73. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.88.106750

Georgiadis C, Leonidou K, Tsipouridou C, Legakis A (2017) The ant fauna of Cyprus [poster in Greek]. In: Lytra I, Perdikis D (Eds) Book of Abstracts, 17th Panhellenic Entomological Congress, Athens, 19-22 September 2017, p. 51. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.19289.01123

Georghiou GP (1977) The insects and mites of Cyprus. With emphasis on species of economic importance to agriculture, forestry, man and domestic animals. Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Kiphissia, Athens, Greece, 347 pp.

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Salata S, Georgiadis, Borowiec L (2019) Invasive ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Greece and Cyprus. North-Western Journal of Zoology 15: 13-23. 

Wetterer JK (2009) Worldwide spread of the destroyer ant, Monomorium destructor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 12: 97-108.