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:
Formica pratensis
*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.
Formica exsecta
*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.
Formica sanguinea
*Westerham (Harwood)
*Brasted (Harwood)
Also see Formica sanguinea
Formica rufibarbis
*Reigate (Frisby)
*Weybridge (Donisthorpe)
Also see Formica rufibarbis.
Tapinoma erraticum
*Parkhurst forest, Isle of Wight (E. A. Bulter)
*Weybridge (Donisthorpe)
*Dunfries (Service)
Also see Tapinoma erraticum.
Ponera coarctata
*Sandown (Dale)
*Ventor (Dale)
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