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The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Vollenhovia. Synonyms are listed under their senior names. For valid names only see Vollenhovia species and for distribution information see Vollenhovia species by Country.

A

amamiana Terayama & Kinomura, 1997 (Japan)
ambitiosa Menozzi, 1925 (Philippines)

B

banksi Forel, 1910 (Philippines)
banksi kuchingensis Wheeler, W.M., 1919 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)
benzai Terayama & Kinomura, 1997 (Japan)
brachycera Emery, 1914 (New Guinea)
   • Vollenhovia ambigua Santschi, 1916
   • Vollenhovia brevicornis Emery Emery, 1897
   • Vollenhovia fridae Forel, 1913

brevicornis (Emery, 1893) (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore)
brunnea Donisthorpe, 1947 (New Guinea)
butteli Forel, 1913 (Malaysia)
butteli jacobsoni Forel, 1915 (Indonesia, New Guinea)
butteli seeliebi Forel, 1913 (Malaysia)

C

cristata (Stitz, 1938) (Philippines)

D

dentata Mann, 1919 (Solomon Islands)
dentata marginata Mann, 1919 (Solomon Islands)
denticulata Emery, 1914 (Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu)
duodecimalis Donisthorpe, 1948 (New Guinea)

E

elysii Mann, 1919 (Solomon Islands)
emeryi Wheeler, W.M., 1906 (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Japan, Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United States)
• Vollenhovia emeryi chosenica Wheeler, W.M., 1928

escherichi Forel, 1911 (Singapore, Sri Lanka)

F

foveaceps Mann, 1919 (Solomon Islands)

G

gastropunctata Bharti & Kumar, 2013 (India)

H

hewitti Wheeler, W.M., 1919 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)

I

irenea (Donisthorpe, 1947) (New Guinea)

K

karimalaensis Dhadwal, Rilta & Bharti, 2023 (India)
kaselela Clouse, 2007 (Micronesia (Federated States of))
keralensis Kripakaran & Sadasivan, 2022 (India)

L

loboii Mann, 1919 (Solomon Islands)
longicephala (Terayama & Yamane, 1991) (Indonesia)
longiceps Emery, 1893 (Indonesia)
lucimandibula Wang, W., Zhou & Huang, 2005 (China)
luctuosa (Stitz, 1938) (New Guinea, Philippines)
luctuosa major (Stitz, 1938) (Philippines)

M

mawrapensis Dhadwal, Rilta & Bharti, 2023 (India)
menshen Terayama, 2009 (Taiwan)
minuta Viehmeyer, 1916 (Malaysia, Singapore)
modiglianii Emery, 1900 (Indonesia)
moesta (Smith, F., 1863) (Indonesia)
mwereka Clouse, 2007 (Micronesia (Federated States of))

N

nipponica Kinomura & Yamauchi, 1992 (Japan, Republic of Korea, United States)
nitida (Smith, F., 1860) (New Guinea)
novobritainae (Donisthorpe, 1948) (New Guinea)

O

oblonga (Smith, F., 1860) (Australia, Guam, India, Indonesia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), New Guinea, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu)
• Myrmica poneroides Smith, F., 1860

oblonga alluaudi Emery, 1894 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Seychelles)
oblonga bandarensis Forel, 1913 (Indonesia)
oblonga dispar Forel, 1910 (Philippines)
oblonga laevithorax Emery, 1889 (Borneo, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nicobar Island, Pakistan)
oblonga pedestris (Smith, F., 1861) (Indonesia, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi)
oblonga rufescens Emery, 1894 (Borneo, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia)
okinawana Terayama & Kinomura, 1997 (Japan)
opacinoda Forel, 1913 (Indonesia)
overbecki Viehmeyer, 1916 (Singapore)

P

pacifica Wilson & Taylor, 1967 (Samoa)
papuana Viehmeyer, 1914 (New Guinea)
penetrans (Smith, F., 1857) (Borneo, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore)
pertinax (Smith, F., 1861) (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sulawesi)
pfeifferi Bharti, Dhadwal & Rilta, 2023 (India)
piroskae Forel, 1912 (Seychelles)
piroskae ngoko Forel, 1912 (Indonesia)
piroskae taipingensis Forel, 1913 (Malaysia)
punctata Viehmeyer, 1914 (New Guinea)
punctatostriata Mayr, 1865 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)
pwidikidika Clouse, 2007 (Micronesia (Federated States of))
pyrrhoria Wu, J. & Xiao, 1989 (China)

R

rufipes Donisthorpe, 1949 (New Guinea)
rufiventris Forel, 1901 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore)
rufiventris simalurana Forel, 1915 (Indonesia)

S

sakishimana Terayama & Kinomura, 1997 (Japan)
samoensis Mayr, 1876 (Niue, Samoa, Tonga)
• Vollenhovia agilis Santschi, 1928

satoi Santschi, 1937 (Taiwan)
shunfenger Terayama, 2009 (Taiwan)
simoides Emery, 1897 (New Guinea)
soleaferrea Donisthorpe, 1942 (Philippines)
subtilis Emery, 1887 (Indonesia, Solomon Islands)
subtilis affinis Emery, 1887 (New Guinea)
subtilis magna Viehmeyer, 1914 (New Guinea)
subtilis nigrescens Forel, 1913 (Indonesia)

T

taylori Rilta, Dhadwal & Bharti, 2023 (India)
terayamai Rilta, Dhadwal & Bharti, 2023 (India)

U

umbilicata Donisthorpe, 1941 (New Guinea)
undecimalis Donisthorpe, 1948 (New Guinea)

X

xingjun Terayama, 2009 (Taiwan)

Y

yambaru Terayama, 1999 (Japan)
yasmeenae Akbar, Bharti, Schifani & Wachkoo, 2023 (India)

Fossil Species

Vollenhovia
	Myrmicinae
	; Vollenhovia emeryi
	; Distribution
	; Species Richness
Statistics
Valid Species	83
Invalid Species	6
Fossils	3
Countries Occupied	38
Year Described	1865
First Species Described	1857
Last Species Described	2023

B

beyrichi (Mayr, 1868) (Baltic amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene))

K

kipyatkovi Radchenko & Dlussky, 2013 (Rovno amber (Priabonian, Late Eocene))

P

prisca (André, 1895) (Baltic amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene))