Grote schubmieren

Soorten uit dit geslacht hebben de gewoonte om volkeren van ander miersoorten als "slaven" te houden.

Het meest bekend in Europa is de behaarde bosmier (Formica rufa).

Wereldwijd zijn er meer dan 290 soorten. In Nederland zijn er 13 soorten bekend.[2][3]

• Formica cunicularia (bruine baardmier)
• Formica exsecta (gewone satermier)
• Formica fusca (grauwzwarte mier)
• Formica lemani
• Formica lusatica (duinbaardmier)
• Formica polyctena (kale bosmier)
• Formica pratensis (zwartrugbosmier)
• Formica pressilabris (deuklipsatermier)
• Formica rufa (behaarde bosmier)
• Formica rufibarbis (rode baardmier)
• Formica sanguinea (bloedrode roofmier)
• Formica transkaucasica (veenmier)
• Formica truncorum (stronkmier)

• Formica abdominalis Latreille, 1802
• Formica accreta Francoeur, 1973
• Formica acuminata
• Formica adamsi Wheeler, W.M., 1909
• Formica adelungi Forel, 1904
• Formica aegyptiaca Fabricius, 1775
• Formica aemula
• Formica aequalis Walker, 1871
• Formica aerata Francoeur, 1973
• Formica aethiops
• Formica affinis Leach, 1825
• Formica albipennis Fabricius, 1793
• Formica alpina
• Formica alsatica
• Formica altayensis Xia & Zheng, 1997
• Formica altipetens Wheeler, W.M., 1913
• Formica amyoti Le Guillou, 1842
• Formica angustata
• Formica anatolica Seifert & Schultz, 2009
• Formica animosa Forskål, 1775
• Formica antiqua
• Formica approximans Wheeler, W.M., 1933
• Formica aquilonia Yarrow, 1955
• Formica arcana
• Formica archboldi Smith, M.R., 1944
• Formica arenicola Buckley, 1866
• Formica argentea Wheeler, W.M., 1912
• Formica aserva Forel, 1901
• Formica aseta Chang & He, 2002
• Formica atavina
• Formica aterrima Cresson, 1865
• Formica atra
• Formica atra Schilling Schilling, 1839
• Formica auxillacensis
• Formica axillaris
• Formica balcanica
• Formica balcanina
• Formica baltica
• Formica bauckhorni
• Formica beijingensis Wu, 1990
• Formica bicolor Leach, 1825
• Formica bihamata
• Formica biophilica Trager, 2007
• Formica bradleyi Wheeler, W.M., 1913
• Formica breviscapa Chang & He, 2002
• Formica browni Francoeur, 1973
• Formica bruni Kutter, 1967
• Formica brunneonitida
• Formica buphthalma
• Formica californica (Creighton, 1950)
• Formica calviceps Cole, 1954
• Formica canadensis Santschi, 1914
• Formica candida Smith, F., 1878
• Formica cantalica
• Formica capito
• Formica castanea
• Formica ceps
• Formica chufejif Forskål, 1775
• Formica ciliata Mayr, 1886
• Formica cinerea Mayr, 1853
• Formica cinereofusca Karavaiev, 1929
• Formica clara Forel, 1886
• Formica clarissima Emery, 1925
• Formica clymene
• Formica cockerelli
• Formica coloradensis Creighton, 1940
• Formica comata Wheeler, W.M., 1909
• Formica conica Fabricius, 1798
• Formica connecticutensis Buckley, 1866
• Formica corsica Seifert, 2002
• Formica creightoni Buren, 1968
• Formica criniventris Wheeler, W.M., 1912
• Formica cunicularia glauca
• Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798 (Bruine baardmier)
• Formica curiosa Creighton, 1935
• Formica dachaidanensis Chang & He, 2002
• Formica dakotensis Emery, 1893
• Formica decipiens Bondroit, 1918
• Formica delinghaensis Chang & He, 2002
• Formica demersa
• Formica densiventris Viereck, 1903
• Formica didyma Fabricius, 1782
• Formica difficilis Emery, 1893
• Formica dirksi Wing, 1949
• Formica dislocata Say, 1836
• Formica dlusskyi
• Formica dolosa Buren, 1944
• Formica dryas
• Formica dusmeti Emery, 1909
• Formica elevata Fabricius, 1782
• Formica elongata Fabricius, 1787
• Formica emeryi Wheeler, W.M., 1913
• Formica eoptera
• Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846 (Gewone satermier)
• Formica exsectoides Forel, 1886
• Formica exsectorubens Ruzsky, 1905
• Formica fallax
• Formica fatale Christ, 1791
• Formica fennica Seifert, 2000
• Formica ferocula Wheeler, W.M., 1913
• Formica flori
• Formica foetens Olivier, 1792
• Formica foreli Bondroit, 1918
• Formica foreliana Wheeler, W.M., 1913
• Formica forsslundi Lohmander, 1949
• Formica fossaceps Buren, 1942
• Formica fossilabris
• Formica fragilis
• Formica francoeuri Bolton, 1995
• Formica frontalis Santschi, 1919
• Formica fukaii Wheeler, W.M., 1914
• Formica fuliginothorax Blacker, 1992
• Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758 (Grauwzwarte mier)
• Formica fuscescens Gmelin, 1790
• Formica fuscicauda Motschoulsky, 1863
• Formica fuscipes
• Formica fuscocinerea Forel, 1874
• Formica gagates Latreille, 1798
• Formica gagatoides Ruzsky, 1904
• Formica georgica Seifert, 2002
• Formica gerardi
• Formica gibbosa
• Formica glabra Gmelin, 1790
• Formica glabridorsis Santschi, 1925
• Formica glacialis Wheeler, W.M., 1908
• Formica glauca Ruzsky, 1896
• Formica globiventris
• Formica gnava Buckley, 1866
• Formica goesswaldi
• Formica gracilis
• Formica grandis
• Formica gravelyi Mukerjee, 1930
• Formica gravida
• Formica gynocrates Snelling, R.R. & Buren, 1985
• Formica hayashi Terayama & Hashimoto, 1996
• Formica hemipsila
• Formica herculanea
• Formica heteroptera
• Formica hewitti Wheeler, W.M., 1917
• Formica hirta Gravenhorst, 1807
• Formica horrida
• Formica imitans
• Formica immersa
• Formica impexa Wheeler, W.M., 1905
• Formica incerta Buren, 1944
• Formica incisa Smith, F., 1858
• Formica indianensis Cole, 1940
• Formica inequalis Lowne, 1865
• Formica insultans Forskål, 1775
• Formica integra Nylander, 1856
• Formica integroides Wheeler, W.M., 1913
• Formica intermedia
• Formica japonica Motschoulsky, 1866
• Formica kashmirica Stärcke, 1935
• Formica knighti Buren, 1944
• Formica kollari
• Formica kozlovi Dlussky, 1965
• Formica kupyanskayae Bolton, 1995
• Formica laeviceps Creighton, 1940
• Formica lasiodes
• Formica lasioides Emery, 1893
• Formica lateralis
• Formica latinodosa
• Formica lavateri
• Formica lefrancoisi
• Formica lemani Bondroit, 1917
• Formica lepida Wheeler, W.M., 1913
• Formica ligniperda
• Formica limata Wheeler, W.M., 1913
• Formica lincecumii Buckley, 1866
• Formica liogaster Chang & He, 2002
• Formica liopthalma Chang & He, 2002
• Formica litoralis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926
• Formica longicollis
• Formica longipes
• Formica longipilosa Francoeur, 1973
• Formica longiventris
• Formica lucida
• Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838
• Formica lusatica
• Formica lutea Duméril, 1860
• Formica luteola
• Formica macrocephala
• Formica macrognatha
• Formica macrophthalma
• Formica maculata Geoffroy, 1785
• Formica maculipennis
• Formica malabarica Schrank, 1837
• Formica maligna Forskål, 1775
• Formica manchu Wheeler, W.M., 1929
• Formica manni Wheeler, W.M., 1913
• Formica marcida
• Formica marginata
• Formica martynovi
• Formica maxillosa Fabricius, 1775
• Formica melanogastes
• Formica melanophthalma Reich, 1793
• Formica melanopis Gmelin, 1790
• Formica merula
• Formica mesasiatica Dlussky, 1964
• Formica microgyna Wheeler, W.M., 1903
• Formica microphthalma Francoeur, 1973
• Formica militaris
• Formica miniocca Chang & He, 2002
• Formica minuta Lowne, 1865
• Formica moki Wheeler, W.M., 1906
• Formica molestans Latreille, 1802
• Formica montana Wheeler, W.M., 1910
• Formica montaniformis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929
• Formica montivaga Santschi, 1928
• Formica morsei Wheeler, W.M., 1906
• Formica mucescens Wheeler, W.M., 1913
• Formica naefi
• Formica nana Latreille, 1802
• Formica nemoralis
• Formica neoclara Emery, 1893
• Formica neogagates Viereck, 1903
• Formica neorufibarbis Emery, 1893
• Formica nepticula Wheeler, W.M., 1905
• Formica nevadensis Wheeler, W.M., 1904
• Formica nigra
• Formica nigricans
• Formica nigrita
• Formica nigropratensis Betrem, 1962
• Formica nitida Razoumowsky, 1789
• Formica nitidiventris
• Formica nortonii Buckley, 1866
• Formica novaeanglae Buckley, 1866
• Formica novaeboracensis
• Formica oblita
• Formica obscuripes Forel, 1886
• Formica obscuriventris Mayr, 1870
• Formica obsidiana Emery, 1923
• Formica obsoleta Linnaeus, 1758
• Formica obtecta
• Formica obtusopilosa Emery, 1893
• Formica obvoluta
• Formica occidentalis Buckley, 1866
• Formica occulta Francoeur, 1973
• Formica ocella
• Formica oculata
• Formica omnivora Linnaeus, 1758
• Formica opaciventris Emery, 1893
• Formica ophthalmica
• Formica orangea Seifert & Schultz, 2009
• Formica orbata
• Formica oreas Wheeler, W.M., 1903
• Formica oregonensis Cole, 1938
• Formica ovata Reich, 1793
• Formica pachucana Francoeur, 1973
• Formica pacifica Francoeur, 1973
• Formica pallidefulva Latreille, 1802
• Formica pallidelutea Latreille, 1802
• Formica pallidifulva
• Formica pallidinervis
• Formica pallipes Latreille, 1787
• Formica pamirica Dlussky, 1965
• Formica paralugubris Seifert, 1996
• Formica parvula
• Formica pergandei Emery, 1893
• Formica perpilosa Wheeler, W.M., 1913
• Formica persica Seifert & Schultz, 2009
• Formica phaethusa
• Formica phyllophila Jerdon, 1851
• Formica picea Nylander, 1846 (Veenmier)
• Formica picipes Reich, 1793
• Formica pilicornis
• Formica pisarskii Dlussky, 1964
• Formica pitoni
• Formica planipilis Creighton, 1940
• Formica podzolica Francoeur, 1973
• Formica politurata Buckley, 1866
• Formica polyctena Förster, 1850 (Kale bosmier)
• Formica postoculata Kennedy & Dennis, 1937
• Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783 (Zwartrugbosmier)
• Formica pressilabris Nylander, 1846 (Deuklipsatermier)
• Formica primitiva
• Formica primordialis
• Formica procera
• Formica prociliata Kennedy & Dennis, 1937
• Formica propatula Francoeur, 1973
• Formica propinqua Creighton, 1940
• Formica pruinosa
• Formica puberula Emery, 1893
• Formica pubescens
• Formica pulchella
• Formica pulla Francoeur, 1973
• Formica pumila
• Formica pusilla De Geer, 1773
• Formica pyrenaea Bondroit, 1918
• Formica quadrata
• Formica quadrinotata Losana, 1834
• Formica querquetulana Kennedy & Dennis, 1937
• Formica ravida Creighton, 1940
• Formica rediana Leach, 1825
• Formica reflexa Buren, 1942
• Formica retecta Francoeur, 1973
• Formica robusta
• Formica rostrata Fabricius, 1787
• Formica rubescens Leach, 1825
• Formica rubicunda Emery, 1893
• Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761 (Behaarde bosmier)
• Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793 (Rode baardmier)
• Formica ruficeps Motschoulsky, 1863
• Formica ruficornis Gmelin, 1790
• Formica rufolucida Collingwood, 1962
• Formica rufomaculata
• Formica rupestris Leach, 1825
• Formica saccharivora Linnaeus, 1758
• Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798 (Bloedrode roofmier)
• Formica saxicola Buckley, 1866
• Formica schardj Forskål, 1775
• Formica schaufussi
• Formica scitula Wheeler, W.M., 1913
• Formica selysi Bondroit, 1918
• Formica sentschuensis Ruzsky, 1915
• Formica sepulta
• Formica serresi
• Formica seuberti
• Formica siamicarubra Christ, 1791
• Formica sibylla Wheeler, W.M., 1913
• Formica sinae
• Formica sinensis Wheeler, W.M., 1913
• Formica smaragdina
• Formica spatulata Buren, 1944
• Formica stenoptera Foerster, 1850
• Formica strangulata
• Formica strenua
• Formica subaenescens Emery, 1893
• Formica subcyanea Wheeler, W.M., 1913
• Formica subelongata Francoeur, 1973
• Formica subintegra Wheeler, W.M., 1908
• Formica subnitens Creighton, 1940
• Formica subnuda
• Formica subpicea Motschoulsky, 1863
• Formica subpilosa Ruzsky, 1902
• Formica subpolita Mayr, 1886
• Formica subrufa
• Formica subsericea Say, 1836
• Formica subspinosa Buckley, 1866
• Formica suecica Adlerz, 1902
• Formica surinamensis
• Formica talbotae Wilson, 1977
• Formica tarimica Seifert & Schultz, 2009
• Formica tenuissima Buckley, 1866
• Formica testacea Gmelin, 1790
• Formica testaceipes Leach, 1825
• Formica thoracica Olivier, 1792
• Formica tianshanica Seifert & Schultz, 2009
• Formica tomentosa Reich, 1793
• Formica torrentium
• Formica transkaucasica Nasonov, 1889
• Formica transmontanis Francoeur, 1973
• Formica triangularis Say, 1836
• Formica trigona
• Formica tripartita
• Formica truncata
• Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804 (Stronkmier)
• Formica ulkei Emery, 1893
• Formica ungeri
• Formica uralensis Ruzsky, 1895
• Formica uralensis Ruzsky, 1895
• Formica vaga
• Formica vagans Fabricius, 1793
• Formica venosa Gmelin, 1790
• Formica villiscapa Chang & He, 2002
• Formica vinculans Wheeler, W.M., 1913
• Formica virginiana Buckley, 1866
• Formica volgensis Ruzsky, 1914
• Formica wheeleri
• Formica wheeleri Creighton Creighton, 1935
• Formica wheeleri Stitz Stitz, 1939
• Formica whymperi
• Formica wongi Wu, 1990
• Formica xerophila Smith, M.R., 1939
• Formica yessensis Wheeler, W.M., 1913
• Formica yoshiokae Wheeler, W.M., 1933