Cook Islands

Cook Islands
Location
Region	Oceania
Subregion	Polynesia
BioRegion	Indo-Australian Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	4
Genera	15
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	23
Endemic Species	0
% Endemic Species	0.0%
Introduced Species	9

Anochetus

• Anochetus graeffei Mayr, 1870 [Rarotonga]

Anoplolepis

• Anoplolepis gracilipes (Smith, F., 1857 ) (introduced)

Camponotus

• Camponotus chloroticus Emery

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel

Iridomyrmex

• Iridomyrmex anceps (Roger, 1863)

Monomorium

• Monomorium floricola (Jerdon) (introduced)

Nylanderia

• Nylanderia vaga (Forel)

Paratrechina

• Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille) (introduced)

Pheidole

• Pheidole fervens Smith, F.,
• Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius)
• Pheidole oceanica Mayr,
• Pheidole sexspinosa Mayr,
• Pheidole ululevu Fischer, Sarnat & Economo, 2016

Plagiolepis

• Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery (introduced)

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius) (introduced)

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793) (introduced)
• Tapinoma minutum Mayr

Technomyrmex

• Technomyrmex albipes (Smith F., 1861) (introduced)

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium guineense (Fabricius)
• Tetramorium pacificum Mayr
• Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, F.) (introduced)
• Tetramorium tonganum Mayr

Trichomyrmex

• Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851) (introduced)

References

• Taylor, R. W. 1967b. Entomological survey of the Cook Islands and Niue. 1 - Hymenoptera-Formicidae. N. Z. J. Sci. 1 10: 1092-1095.
• [1] Wilson, E.O. & Taylor, R.W., 1967. The Ants of Polynesia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae0. Pacific Insects Monograph 14: 1-109.