List of locales in Britain where ant species have become locally extinct
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There are many locations in Britain where rare ants have been historically present, but for which no modern records exist. These are listed by species:
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- Holnest (Dale)
- Porlock (Dale)
- Exmouth (Dale)
- Stoke Wood (nr. Exeter) (Parfitt)
- Bloxworth Heath (O. P.-Cambridge)
- Bournemouth (F. Smith)
- Corbridge (Donisthorpe)
- Rannoch (Foxcroft, Donisthorpe, and others)
- Nethy Bridge (King, Donisthorpe, Crawley, &ct.)
N.b. The last recorded colony of this species was at Morden near Bloxworth in the early 1990s.
Also see Formica pratensis.
- Land's End (Isabell)
- Lyme Regis (Nevison)
- Poole (F. Smith)
- Parkhurst forest, Isle of Wight (Donisthorpe &ct.)
- Bournemouth (F. Smith)
- Boscombe (Farren-White)
- Ringwood (Farren-White)
- Parkstone (Saunders)
- New forest (Bradley, Donisthorpe, et al.)
- Bewdley (Blatch)
- Braemar (Donisthorpe)
- Boat of Garten (Beare)
Also see Formica exsecta.
Also see Formica sanguinea
Also see Formica rufibarbis.
- Parkhurst forest, Isle of Wight (E. A. Bulter)
- Weybridge (Donisthorpe)
- Dunfries (Service)
Also see Tapinoma erraticum.