Chile

Chile
Location
Region	Americas
Subregion	South America
BioRegion	Neotropical Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	8
Genera	25
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	84
Endemic Species	35
% Endemic Species	41.7%
Introduced Species	1

The following valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Chile. Unidentified and undescribed species will be added to this list as identifications are verified and taxonomic revisions are published. This species list is based upon the effort of many ant collectors as well as myrmecologists who have published on the taxonomy of Chilean ants.

You can find more information about the ants of Chile at the country project page: Ants of Chile.

Anoplolepis

• Anoplolepis gracilipes Smith, F., 1857

Brachymyrmex

• Brachymyrmex bruchi Forel, 1912
• Brachymyrmex giardi Emery, 1895
• Brachymyrmex obscurior Forel, 1893
• Brachymyrmex patagonicus Mayr, 1868

Camponotus

• Camponotus chilensis Spinola, 1851
• Camponotus distinguendus Spinola, 1851
• Camponotus hellmichi Menozzi, 1935
• Camponotus morosus Smith, F., 1858
• Camponotus ovaticeps Spinola, 1851
• Camponotus spinolae Roger, 1863
• Camponotus substitutus Emery, 1894

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster crinosa Mayr, 1862

Cylindromyrmex

• Cylindromyrmex whymperi Cameron, 1891

Dorymyrmex

• Dorymyrmex agallardoi Snelling, 1975
• Dorymyrmex antarcticus Forel, 1904
• Dorymyrmex chilensis Forel, 1911
• Dorymyrmex goetschi Goetsch, 1933
• Dorymyrmex hunti Snelling, 1975
• Dorymyrmex hypocritus Snelling, 1975
• Dorymyrmex incomptus Snelling, 1975
• Dorymyrmex minutus Emery, 1895
• Dorymyrmex pappodes Snelling, 1975
• Dorymyrmex planidens Mayr, 1868
• Dorymyrmex pogonius Snelling, 1975
• Dorymyrmex tener donisthorpei Santschi, 1936
• Dorymyrmex tener Mayr, 1868

Forelius

• Forelius antarcticus (Forel, 1904)

Fulakora

• Fulakora chilensis (Mayr, 1887)
• Fulakora monrosi (Brown, 1960)

Heteroponera

• Heteroponera carinifrons Mayr, 1887

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)

Lasiophanes

• Lasiophanes atriventris Smith, F., 1858
• Lasiophanes hoffmanni Forel, 1903
• Lasiophanes perplexus Santschi, 1920
• Lasiophanes picinus Roger, 1863
• Lasiophanes strenua (Haliday, 1836)
• Lasiophanes valdiviensis Forel, 1904

Linepithema

• Linepithema oblongum Santschi, 1929

Monomorium

• Monomorium bidentatum Mayr, 1887
• Monomorium cekalovici (Snelling, R.R. 1975)
• Monomorium chilense Fernández, 2007
• Monomorium denticulatum Mayr, 1887
• Monomorium floricola Jerdon, 1851
• Monomorium latastei Emery, 1895
• Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758

Myrmelachista

• Myrmelachista chilensis Forel, 1904
• Myrmelachista goetschi Menozzi, 1935
• Myrmelachista hoffmanni Forel, 1903
• Myrmelachista mayri Forel, 1886

Neivamyrmex

• Neivamyrmex pertii Shuckard, 1840

Neoponera

• Neoponera inversa Smith, F., 1858

Nylanderia

• Nylanderia fulva (Mayr, 1862)

Oxyepoecus

• Oxyepoecus inquilinus Kusnezov, 1952

Paratrechina

• Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802

Patagonomyrmex

• Patagonomyrmex angustus (Mayr, 1870)
• Patagonomyrmex laevigatus (Santschi, 1921)
• Patagonomyrmex odoratus (Kusnezov, 1949)

Pheidole

• Pheidole chilensis Mayr, 1862

Pogonomyrmex

• Pogonomyrmex araucania Johnson, 2021
• Pogonomyrmex atacama Johnson, 2021
• Pogonomyrmex bispinosus Spinola, 1851
• Pogonomyrmex excelsior Johnson, 2021
• Pogonomyrmex intermedius Menozzi, 1935
• Pogonomyrmex loaensis Johnson, 2021
• Pogonomyrmex maulensis Johnson, 2021
• Pogonomyrmex pichachen Johnson, 2021
• Pogonomyrmex santschii Johnson, 2021
• Pogonomyrmex semistriata Emery, 1906
• Pogonomyrmex spinolae Emery, 1906
• Pogonomyrmex vermiculatus Emery, 1906
• Pogonomyrmex wilsoni Johnson, 2021

Pseudomyrmex

• Pseudomyrmex lynceus Spinola, 1851
• Pseudomyrmex macrops Ward, 1992

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis dysderces Snelling, 1975
• Solenopsis gayi Spinola, 1851
• Solenopsis germaini Emery, 1895
• Solenopsis helena Emery, 1895
• Solenopsis latastei Emery, 1895
• Solenopsis patagonica Emery, 1906
• Solenopsis richteri Forel, 1909
• Solenopsis thoracica Santschi, 1923
• Solenopsis wasmannii Emery, 1894

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium immigrans Santschi, 1927 (introduced)

References

• Cuezzo, Fabiana 2007. First record of the ant genus Oxyepoecus (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Solenopsidini) in Chile, with remarks on its geographical range. Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. 66 (1-2): 165-167
• Ettershank, G. 1965. A new species of Megalomyrmex from the Chilean Andes. Psyche 72: 55-58.
• Goetsch, W. 1933. Chilenische Wüsten-, Steppen- und Wald-Ameisen. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft für Morphologie und Physiologie in München 42: 27-35.
• Goetsch, W. & Menozzi, C. 1935. Die Ameisen Chiles. Konowia 14: 94-102.
• Menozzi, C. 1935c. Fauna Chilensis. 2 pars. Le formiche del Cile. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 67: 319-336.
• Snelling, R. R. and J.H. Hunt. 1975. The ants of Chile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Chilena de Entomología. 9:63-129.
• Spinola, M. 1851a. Insectos. Orden 7. Himenopteros (pp. 153-569). In Gay, C. Historia Fisica y Politica de Chile. Zoologia 6: 572 pp. Paris.