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any species of Phiedole.

there are some species of flies that are parasites and well, you know, kill queens. It's disgusting and sad.

Ants will eventually get used to the light. Usually ant keepers want there ants in the dark because it is more natural for them but, also one you get your ants accustomed to light, you lose a valuable way of moving them out of a old setup via shining a light on them.

according to antmaps.org
There are no species of the Crematogaster genus that lives in Sweden.

Also as long as there are not a ton of ants in there then the ants are going to be nothing more than extra gecko food.

Mites will usually come because of poor colony health and poor conditions, large healthy colonies have less of a chance to get mites.

I would suggest a Pheidole sp..

These ants grow at a mild to fast rate, nest underground, they are potentially polygenous and they also have majors/supermajors. I think that's everything on your list.

There is only one species of stigmatomma native to Washington. AntWeb.org 's description "Amblyopone oregonensis is found in shaded, mixed coniferous forest, where it nests in large rotten logs. Colonies are polygynous and often rather diffusely distributed throughout the log. The principal prey app...

ant queens can be shipped and do all the time but it is a really hard trip for the ant queens and some do die. Catching queens from the wild or buying through the GAN project is the best choice but, given your situation, there are tons of web sites that ship queens.

I would say that that looks like an amazing tank. Though watch out on those corners by making sure you add lots of barrier there.

Argentine ants are some of the coolest ants in the world. The only sad thing is that their coolness is what makes them one of the most invasive species of ant that is slowly taking over much of the western united states and also Australia. If you want to know more you can check out AntAustralia's vi...