Ecuador

Ecuador
Location
Region	Americas
Subregion	South America
BioRegion	Neotropical Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	11
Genera	96
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	743
Endemic Species	81
% Endemic Species	10.9%
Introduced Species	6

The following valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Ecuador. 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 Ecuadorian ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Ecuador Ants web page.

Acanthognathus

• Acanthognathus brevicornis Smith, M.R., 1944
• Acanthognathus teledectus Brown & Kempf, 1969

Acanthoponera

• Acanthoponera minor (Forel, 1899)
• Acanthoponera mucronata (Roger, 1860)
• Acanthoponera peruviana Brown, 1958

Acanthostichus

• Acanthostichus fuscipennis Emery, 1895
• Acanthostichus quadratus Emery, 1895

Acromyrmex

• Acromyrmex coronatus (Fabricius, 1804)
• Acromyrmex coronatus andicola Emery, 1924
• Acromyrmex octospinosus (Reich, 1793)

Acropyga

• Acropyga decedens (Mayr, 1887)
• Acropyga donisthorpei Weber, 1944
• Acropyga fuhrmanni (Forel, 1914)
• Acropyga goeldii Forel, 1893
• Acropyga guianensis Weber, 1944
• Acropyga hirsutula LaPolla, 2004

Adelomyrmex

• Adelomyrmex cristiani Fernández, 2003
• Adelomyrmex myops (W.M. Wheeler, 1910)
• Adelomyrmex striatus Fernández, 2003

Alfaria

• Alfaria minuta (Emery, 1896)
• Alfaria simulans Emery, 1896
• Alfaria vriesi (Brandão & Lattke, 1990)

Allomerus

• Allomerus decemarticulatus Mayr, 1878
• Allomerus octoarticulatus Mayr, 1878

Anochetus

• Anochetus bispinosus (Smith, F., 1858)
• Anochetus diegensis Forel, 1912
• Anochetus mayri Emery, 1884
• Anochetus simoni Emery, 1890
• Anochetus targionii Emery, 1894

Apterostigma

• Apterostigma auriculatum Wheeler, W.M., 1925
• Apterostigma bolivianum Weber, 1938
• Apterostigma callipygium Lattke, 1997
• Apterostigma carinatum Lattke, 1997
• Apterostigma dentigerum Wheeler, W.M. 1925
• Apterostigma depressum Lattke, 1997
• Apterostigma epinotale Weber, 1937
• Apterostigma ierense Weber, 1937
• Apterostigma mayri Forel, 1893
• Apterostigma tholiforme Lattke, 1997
• Apterostigma urichii Forel, 1893

Atta

• Atta cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Atta sexdens Linnaeus, 1758

Azteca

• Azteca alfari Emery, 1893
• Azteca beltii Emery, 1893
• Azteca constructor Emery, 1896
• Azteca emeryi Forel, 1904
• Azteca flavigaster Longino, 2007
• Azteca forelii Emery, 1893
• Azteca gnava Forel, 1906
• Azteca lattke Longino, 1992
• Azteca merida Longino, 1992
• Azteca ovaticeps Forel, 1904
• Azteca trigona Emery, 1893
• Azteca velox Forel, 1899

Basiceros

• Basiceros browni Probst & Brandão, 2022
• Basiceros conjugans Brown, 1974
• Basiceros manni Brown & Kempf, 1960
• Basiceros militaris (Weber, 1950)

Blepharidatta

• Blepharidatta brasiliensis Wheeler, W.M., 1915

Brachymyrmex

• Brachymyrmex antennatus Santschi, 1929
• Brachymyrmex aphidicola Forel, 1909
• Brachymyrmex australis Forel, 1901
• Brachymyrmex brasiliensis Ortiz & Fernández, 2014
• Brachymyrmex bruchi Forel, 1912
• Brachymyrmex cavernicola Wheeler, 1938
• Brachymyrmex cordemoyi Forel, 1895
• Brachymyrmex donisthorpei Santschi, 1939
• Brachymyrmex heeri Forel, 1874
• Brachymyrmex minutus Forel, 1893
• Brachymyrmex modestus Santschi, 1923
• Brachymyrmex patagonicus Mayr, 1868
• Brachymyrmex pictus Mayr, 1887

Camponotus

• Camponotus abscisus Roger, 1863
• Camponotus ager (Smith, F., 1858)
• Camponotus apicalis (Mann, 1916)
• Camponotus arboreus (Smith, F., 1858)
• Camponotus atriceps (Smith, F., 1858)
• Camponotus balzani Emery, 1894
• Camponotus banghaasi Emery
• Camponotus beebei Wheeler, W.M., 1918
• Camponotus bidens Mayr, 1870
• Camponotus bispinosus Mayr, 1870
• Camponotus bradleyi Wheeler, W.M., 1934
• Camponotus branneri (Mann, 1916)
• Camponotus brettesi Forel, 1899
• Camponotus brevis Forel, 1899
• Camponotus cacicus Emery, 1903
• Camponotus callistus Emery, 1911
• Camponotus cameroni Forel, 1892
• Camponotus chartifex (Smith, F., 1860)
• Camponotus claviscapus Forel, 1899
• Camponotus constructor Forel, 1899
• Camponotus emeryodicatus Forel, 1901
• Camponotus eurynotus Forel, 1907
• Camponotus excisus Mayr, 1870
• Camponotus femoratus (Fabricius, 1804)
• Camponotus formiciformis Forel, 1885
• Camponotus heathi Mann
• Camponotus helleri Emery, 1903
• Camponotus hippocrepis Emery, 1920
• Camponotus holzi Forel, 1921
• Camponotus integellus Forel, 1899
• Camponotus latangulus Roger, 1863
• Camponotus linnaei Forel, 1866
• Camponotus macilentus Smith, F. 1877
• Camponotus macilentus albemarlensis Wheeler, W.M., 1919
• Camponotus macrochaeta Emery, 1903
• Camponotus melanoticus Emery, 1894
• Camponotus mocsaryi Forel, 1902
• Camponotus mus Roger, 1863
• Camponotus nidulans (Smith, F., 1860)
• Camponotus nitidior (Santschi, 1921)
• Camponotus novogranadensis Mayr, 1870
• Camponotus orthocephalus Emery, 1894
• Camponotus picipes (Olivier, 1792)
• Camponotus planatus Roger, 1863
• Camponotus planus Smith, F., 1877
• Camponotus planus fernandinensis Wheeler, W.M., 1919
• Camponotus planus fidelis Wheeler, W.M., 1919
• Camponotus planus hephaestus Wheeler, W.M., 1933
• Camponotus planus isabelensis Wheeler, W.M., 1919
• Camponotus planus peregrinus Emery, 1893
• Camponotus planus pinzonensis Wheeler, W.M., 1919
• Camponotus planus sansalvadorensis Wheeler, W.M., 1924
• Camponotus planus santacruzensis Wheeler, W.M., 1919
• Camponotus rapax (Fabricius, 1804)
• Camponotus reburrus Mackay, 2012
• Camponotus renggeri Emery, 1894
• Camponotus rufipes (Fabricius)
• Camponotus senex (Smith, F., 1858)
• Camponotus santschii Forel
• Camponotus sericeiventris (Guerin-Meneville, 1838)
• Camponotus sericeiventris satrapus Wheeler, W.M. 1931
• Camponotus sexguttatus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Camponotus sexguttatus albotaeniolatus Forel, 1921
• Camponotus silvicola Forel, 1793
• Camponotus simillimus (Smith, F., 1862)
• Camponotus traili Mayr
• Camponotus wheeleri Mann, 1916
• Camponotus wytsmani Emery, 1920
• Camponotus zonatus Emery, 1894

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881
• Cardiocondyla minutior Forel, 1899

Carebara

• Carebara angulata Fernández, 2004
• Carebara anophthalma (Emery, 1906)
• Carebara globularia Fernández, 2004
• Carebara panamensis (Wheeler, W.M., 1925)
• Carebara paya Fernández, 2004
• Carebara urichi (Wheeler, W.M., 1922)

Centromyrmex

• Centromyrmex alfaroi Emery, 1890

Cephalotes

• Cephalotes atratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cephalotes basalis (Smith, F., 1876)
• Cephalotes betoi De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999
• Cephalotes bohlsi (Emery, 1896)
• Cephalotes borgmeieri (Kempf, 1951)
• Cephalotes bruchi (Forel, 1912)
• Cephalotes conspersus (Smith, F., 1867)
• Cephalotes cordatus (Smith, F., 1853)
• Cephalotes dentidorsum De Andrade
• Cephalotes depressus (Klug, 1824)
• Cephalotes ecuadorialis De Andrade, 1999
• Cephalotes femoralis (Smith, F., 1853)
• Cephalotes grandinosus (Smith, F., 1860)
• Cephalotes inca (Santschi, 1911)
• Cephalotes laminatus (Smith, F., 1860)
• Cephalotes maculatus (Smith, F., 1876)
• Cephalotes manni (Kempf, 1951)
• Cephalotes minutus (Fabricius, 1804)
• Cephalotes opacus Santschi, 1920
• Cephalotes pallens (Klug, 1824)
• Cephalotes pallidoides De Andrade, 1999
• Cephalotes pallidus De Andrade, 1999
• Cephalotes pavonii (Latreille, 1809)
• Cephalotes peruviensis (De Andrade, 1999)
• Cephalotes porrasi (Wheeler, W.M., 1942)
• Cephalotes pusillus (Klug, 1824)
• Cephalotes ramiphilus (Forel, 1904)
• Cephalotes scutulatus (Smith, F., 1867)
• Cephalotes serraticeps (Smith)
• Cephalotes simillimus (Kempf)
• Cephalotes solidus (Kempf)
• Cephalotes spinosus (Mayr, 1862)
• Cephalotes supercilii De Andrade, 1999
• Cephalotes trichophorus De Andrade
• Cephalotes umbraculatus (Fabricius, 1804)

Cerapachys

• Neocerapachys neotropicus Weber, 1939

Cheliomyrmex

• Cheliomyrmex audax Santschi, 1921

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster acuta (Fabricius, 1804)
• Crematogaster brasiliensis Mayr, 1878
• Crematogaster bryophilia Longino, 2003
• Crematogaster carinata Mayr, 1862
• Crematogaster crinosa Mayr, 1862
• Crematogaster crucis Forel, 1912
• Crematogaster curvispinosa Mayr, 1862
• Crematogaster distans Mayr, 1870
• Crematogaster egregior Forel, 1912
• Crematogaster erecta Mayr, 1866
• Crematogaster flavomicrops Longino, 2003
• Crematogaster foliocrypta Longino, 2003
• Crematogaster jardinero Longino, 2003
• Crematogaster levior Longino, 2003
• Crematogaster limata Smith, F., 1858
• Crematogaster longispina Emery, 1890
• Crematogaster longispina naumannae Forel, 1921
• Crematogaster mancocapaci Santschi, 1911
• Crematogaster montezumia Smith, F., 1858
• Crematogaster nigropilosa Mayr, 1870
• Crematogaster rochai Forel, 1903
• Crematogaster sotobosque Longino, 2003
• Crematogaster stollii Forel, 1885
• Crematogaster tenuicula Forel, 1904

Cylindromyrmex

• Cylindromyrmex brevitarsus Santschi, 1925
• Cylindromyrmex godmani Forel, 1899
• Cylindromyrmex whymperi (Cameron, 1891)

Cyphomyrmex

• Cyphomyrmex costatus Mann, 1922
• Cyphomyrmex foxi André, 1892
• Cyphomyrmex kirbyi Mayr, 1887
• Cyphomyrmex laevigatus Weber, 1938
• Cyphomyrmex muelleri Schultz & Solomon, 2002
• Cyphomyrmex nesiotus Snelling, R.R. & Longino, 1992
• Cyphomyrmex peltatus Kempf, 1966
• Cyphomyrmex rimosus (Spinola, 1851)
• Cyphomyrmex salvini Forel, 1899
• Cyphomyrmex transversus Emery, 1894
• Cyphomyrmex vorticis Weber, 1940

Daceton

• Daceton armigerum (Latreille, 1802)

Dinoponera

• Dinoponera longipes Emery, 1901

Discothyrea

• Discothyrea denticulata Weber, 1939
• Discothyrea horni Menozzi, 1927
• Discothyrea sexarticulata Borgmeier, 1954

Dolichoderus

• Dolichoderus abruptus (Smith, F., 1858)
• Dolichoderus attelaboides (Fabricis, 1775)
• Dolichoderus baenae
• Dolichoderus bidens (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Dolichoderus bispinosus (Olivier, 1792)
• Dolichoderus decollatus Smith, F., 1858
• Dolichoderus diversus Emery, 1894
• Dolichoderus gagates Emery, 1890
• Dolichoderus germaini Emery, 1894
• Dolichoderus imitator Emery, 1894
• Dolichoderus inpai (Harada, 1987)
• Dolichoderus lamellosus (Mayr, 1870)
• Dolichoderus laminatus (Mayr, 1870)
• Dolichoderus lobicornis (Kempf, 1959)
• Dolichoderus lugens Emery, 1894
• Dolichoderus lutosus (Smith, F., 1858)
• Dolichoderus quadridenticulatus (Roger, 1862)
• Dolichoderus rosenbergi Forel, 1911
• Dolichoderus rugosus (Smith, F., 1858)
• Dolichoderus shattucki Mackay, 1993
• Dolichoderus septemspinosus Emery, 1894
• Dolichoderus utriensis Ortiz & Fernández, 2011
• Dolichoderus validus (Kempf, 1959)
• Dolichoderus varians Mann, 1916

Dorymyrmex

• Dorymyrmex pyramicus albemarlensis Wheeler, W.M., 1919

Eciton

• Eciton burchellii (Westwood, 1842)
• Eciton burchellii foreli Mayr, 1886
• Eciton drepanophorum Smith, F., 1858
• Eciton hamatum (Fabricius, 1782)
• Eciton jansoni Forel, 1912
• Eciton rapax Smith, F., 1855
• Eciton uncinatum Borgmeier, 1953
• Eciton vagans (Olivier, 1792)

Ectatomma

• Ectatomma brunneum Smith, F., 1858
• Ectatomma edentatum Roger, 1863
• Ectatomma goninion Kugler, C. & Brown, 1982
• Ectatomma lugens Emery, 1894
• Ectatomma ruidum (Roger, 1860)
• Ectatomma tuberculatum (Olivier, 1792)

Eurhopalothrix

• Eurhopalothrix alopeciosa (Brown & Kempf, 1960)
• Eurhopalothrix pilulifera Brown & Kempf, 1960

Fulakora

• Fulakora cleae (Delabie, 2002)
• Fulakora lurilabes (Lattke, 1991_

Gigantiops

• Gigantiops destructor (Fabricius, 1804)

Gnamptogenys

• Gnamptogenys acuminata (Emery, 1896)
• Gnamptogenys alfaroi (Emery, 1894)
• Gnamptogenys annulata (Mayr, 1887)
• Gnamptogenys concinna (Smith, F., 1858)
• Gnamptogenys continua (Mayr, 1887)
• Gnamptogenys fernandezi Lattke, 1990
• Gnamptogenys haenschi (Emery, 1902)
• Gnamptogenys horni (Santschi, 1929)
• Gnamptogenys kempfi Lenko, 1964
• Gnamptogenys mordax (Smith, F., 1858)
• Gnamptogenys regularis Mayr, 1870
• Gnamptogenys sulcata (Smith, F., 1858)
• Gnamptogenys tortuolosa (Smith, F., 1858)

Holcoponera

• Holcoponera acuta Brown, 1956
• Holcoponera andina (Lattke, 1995)
• Holcoponera bisulca (Kempf & Brown, 1968)
• Holcoponera extra (Lattke, 1995)
• Holcoponera mina Brown, 1956
• Holcoponera moelleri Forel, 1912
• Holcoponera pleurodon Emery, 1896
• Holcoponera porcata Emery, 1896
• Holcoponera striatula (Mayr, 1884)

Hylomyrma

• Hylomyrma balzani (Emery, 1894)
• Hylomyrma blandiens Kempf, 1961
• Hylomyrma dolichops Kempf, 1973
• Hylomyrma immanis Kempf, 1973
• Hylomyrma lispectorae Ulysséa, 2021
• Hylomyrma longiscapa Kempf, 1961
• Hylomyrma macielae Ulysséa, 2021
• Hylomyrma marielleae Ulysséa, 2021
• Hylomyrma montana Peirce, Branstetter & Longino, 2017
• Hylomyrma praepotens Kempf, 1973
• Hylomyrma virginiae Ulysséa, 2021

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera beebei (Wheeler, W.M., 1924)
• Hypoponera distinguenda (Emery, 1890)
• Hypoponera opaciceps (Mayr, 1887)
• Hypoponera opacior (Forel, 1893)
• Hypoponera perplexa (Mann, 1922)

Kempfidris

• Kempfidris inusualis (Fernández, 2007)

Labidus

• Labidus coecus (Latreille, 1802)
• Labidus curvipes (Emery, 1900)
• Labidus praedator (Mann, 1916)
• Labidus spininodis (Emery, 1890)

Lachnomyrmex

• Lachnomyrmex pilosus Weber, 1950
• Lachnomyrmex scrobiculatus Wheeler, W.M., 1910

Lenomyrmex

• Lenomyrmex foveolatus Fernández & Palacio, 1999
• Lenomyrmex hoelldobleri Rabeling, Sosa-Calvo, O'Connell, Coloma & Fernández, 2016
• Lenomyrmex inusitatus Fernández, 2001
• Lenomyrmex wardi Fernández & Palacio, 1999

Leptanilloides

• Leptanilloides caracola Donoso, Vieira & Wild, 2006
• Leptanilloides copalinga Delsinne & Donoso, 2015
• Leptanilloides erinys Borowiec & Longino, 2011
• Leptanilloides improvisus Brandão, Diniz, Agosti & Delabie, 1999
• Leptanilloides nomadus Donoso, Vieira & Wild, 2006
• Leptanilloides nubecula Donoso, Vieira & Wild, 2006
• Leptanilloides prometeus Delsinne & Donoso, 2015

Leptogenys

• Leptogenys amazonica Borgmeier, 1930
• Leptogenys ciliata Lattke, 2011
• Leptogenys cuneata Lattke, 2011
• Leptogenys gaigei Wheeler, W.M., 1923
• Leptogenys gorgona Lattke, 2011
• Leptogenys imperatrix Mann, 1922
• Leptogenys langi Wheeler, W.M., 1923
• Leptogenys nigricans Lattke, 2011
• Leptogenys phylloba Lattke, 2011
• Leptogenys pucuna Lattke, 2011
• Leptogenys quadrata Lattke, 2011
• Leptogenys rasila Lattke, 2011
• Leptogenys ritae Forel, 1899
• Leptogenys santacruzi Lattke, 2011
• Leptogenys unistimulosa Roger, 1863

Linepithema

• Linepithema angulatum (Emery, 1894)
• Linepithema fuscum Mayr, 1866
• Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868)
• Linepithema iniquum (Mayr, 1870)
• Linepithema neotropicum Wild, 2007
• Linepithema piliferum (Mayr, 1870)
• Linepithema tsachila Wild, 2007

Mayaponera

• Mayaponera arhuaca (Forel, 1901)
• Mayaponera becculata MacKay & Mackay, 2010
• Mayaponera cernua MacKay & Mackay, 2010
• Mayaponera constricta (Mayr, 1884)
• Mayaponera pergandei (Forel, 1909)

Megalomyrmex

• Megalomyrmex balzani Emery, 1894
• Megalomyrmex bidentatus Fernández & Baena, 1997
• Megalomyrmex brandaoi Boudinot, Sumnicht & Adams, 2013
• Megalomyrmex caete Brandão, 1990
• Megalomyrmex cuatiara Brandão, 1990
• Megalomyrmex cupecuara Brandão, 1990
• Megalomyrmex cyendyra Brandão, 1990
• Megalomyrmex drifti Kempf, 1961
• Megalomyrmex foreli Emery, 1890
• Megalomyrmex glaesarius Kempf, 1970
• Megalomyrmex incisus Smith, M.R., 1947
• Megalomyrmex leoninus Forel, 1885
• Megalomyrmex modestus Emery, 1896
• Megalomyrmex mondabora Brandao, 1990
• Megalomyrmex piriana Brandão, 1990
• Megalomyrmex silvestrii Wheeler, W.M., 1909
• Megalomyrmex staudingeri Emery, 1890
• Megalomyrmex tasyba Brandão, 1990
• Megalomyrmex timbira Brandao, 1990

Monomorium

• Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)
• Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Mycetarotes

• Mycetarotes acutus Mayhe-Nunes, 1995

Mycetomoellerius

• Mycetomoellerius farinosus (Emery, 1894)
• Mycetomoellerius isthmicus (Santschi, 1931)
• Mycetomoellerius ruthae (Weber, 1937)

Mycocepurus

• Mycocepurus smithii (Forel, 1893)

Myrmelachista

• Myrmelachista plebecula Menozzi, 1927

Myrmicocrypta

• Myrmicocrypta longinoda Weber, 1938

Neivamyrmex

• Neivamyrmex adnepos (Wheeler, W.M., 1922)
• Neivamyrmex cristatus (André, 1889)
• Neivamyrmex diana (Forel, 1912)
• Neivamyrmex emersoni (Wheeler, W.M., 1921)
• Neivamyrmex falcifer (Emery, 1900)
• Neivamyrmex gibbatus Borgmeier, 1953
• Neivamyrmex halidaii (Shuckard, 1840)
• Neivamyrmex megathrix Kempf, 1961
• Neivamyrmex planidens Borgmeier, 1953
• Neivamyrmex pseudops (Forel, 1909)
• Neivamyrmex punctaticeps (Emery, 1894)
• Neivamyrmex rosenbergi (Forel, 1911)
• Neivamyrmex swainsonii(Shuckard, 1840)

Nesomyrmex

• Nesomyrmex argentinus (Santschi, 1922)
• Nesomyrmex asper (Mayr, 1887)
• Nesomyrmex brasiliensis (Kempf, 1958)
• Nesomyrmex costatus (Emery, 1896)
• Nesomyrmex echinatinodis (Forel, 1886)
• Nesomyrmex pleuriticus (Kempf, 1959)
• Nesomyrmex rutilans (Kempf, 1958)
• Nesomyrmex spininodis (Mayr, 1887)

Neoponera

• Neoponera aenescens Mayr, 1870
• Neoponera antecurvata (Mackay & Mackay)
• Neoponera apicalis (Latreille, 1802)
• Neoponera bugabensis Forel, 1899
• Neoponera carbonaria (Smith, F., 1858)
• Neoponera carinulata (Roger, 1861)
• Neoponera cavinodis (Mann, 1916)
• Neoponera commutata (Roger, 1860)
• Neoponera crenata (Roger, 1861)
• Neoponera curvinodis Forel, 1899
• Neoponera donosoi Mackay & Mackay, 2010
• Neoponera eleonorae(Forel, 1921)
• Neoponera fauveli Emery, 1896
• Neoponera foetida (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Neoponera inversa (Smith, F., 1858)
• Neoponera laevigata (Smith, F., 1858)
• Neoponera marginata (Roger, 1861)
• Neoponera mashpi Troya & Lattke, 2022
• Neoponera moesta (Mayr)
• Neoponera oberthueri Emery, 1890
• Neoponera obscuricornis Emery, 1890
• Neoponera rostrata Emery, 1890
• Neoponera rugosula (Emery, 1902)
• Neoponera schoedli MacKay & Mackay, 2006
• Neoponera striatinodis (André, 1902)
• Neoponera unidentata Mayr, 1862
• Neoponera verenae (Forel, 1922)
• Neoponera villosa (Fabricius, 1804)

Nomamyrmex

• Nomamyrmex esenbeckii (Westwood, 1842)
• Nomamyrmex hartigii (Westwood)

Nylanderia

• Nylanderia fulva (Mayr, 1862)
• Nylanderia fulva nesiotis (Wheeler, W.M., 1919)
• Nylanderia guatemalensis (Forel, 1885)
• Nylanderia guatemalensis edenensis (Linsley & Usinger, 1966)
• Nylanderia guatemalensis itinerans (Forel, 1901)
• Nylanderia pubens (Forel, 1893)
• Nylanderia steinheili (Forel, 1893)

Ochetomyrmex

• Ochetomyrmex neopolitus Fernández, 2003
• Ochetomyrmex semipolitus Mayr, 1878

Octostruma

• Octostruma amrishi (Makhan, 2007)
• Octostruma ascrobicula Longino, 2013
• Octostruma balzani (Emery, 1894)
• Octostruma batesi (Emery, 1894)
• Octostruma excertirugis Longino, 2013
• Octostruma iheringi (Emery, 1888)
• Octostruma onorei (Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007)
• Octostruma stenoscapa Palacio, 1997

Odontomachus

• Odontomachus allolabis Kempf, 1974
• Odontomachus bauri Emery, 1892
• Odontomachus biumbonatus Brown, 1976
• Odontomachus bradleyi Brown, 1976
• Odontomachus brunneus (Patton, 1894)
• Odontomachus caelatus Brown, 1976
• Odontomachus cornutus Stitz, 1933
• Odontomachus davidsoni Hoenle, Lattke & Donoso, 2020
• Odontomachus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Odontomachus hastatus (Fabricius, 1804)
• Odontomachus laticeps Roger, 1861
• Odontomachus mayi Mann, 1912
• Odontomachus meinerti Forel, 1905
• Odontomachus mormo Brown, 1976
• Odontomachus opaciventris Forel, 1899
• Odontomachus panamensis Forel, 1899
• Odontomachus ruginodis Smith, M.R. 1937
• Odontomachus scalptus Brown, 1978
• Odontomachus yucatecus Brown, 1976

Oxyepoecus

• Oxyepoecus ephippiatus Albuquerqe, Lavor & Brandao, 2004
• Oxyepoecus quadratus de Albuquerque, Lavor & Brandão, 2004

Pachycondyla

• Pachycondyla crassinoda(Latreille, 1802)
• Pachycondyla fuscoatra (Roger, 1861)
• Pachycondyla harpax (Fabricius, 1804)
• Pachycondyla impressa (Roger, 1861)
• Pachycondyla vieirai MacKay & Mackay, 2010

Paraponera

• Paraponera clavata (Fabricius, 1775)

Paratrachymyrmex

• Paratrachymyrmex diversus (Mann, 1916)

Paratrechina

• Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)

Pheidole

• Pheidole ademonia Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole allarmata Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole alpestris Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole amazonica Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole araneoides Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole astur Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole biconstricta Mayr, 1870
• Pheidole bufo Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole bulliceps Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole cameroni Mayr, 1887
• Pheidole camilla Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole caracalla Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole carapuna Mann, 1916
• Pheidole cardiella Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole cramptoni Wheeler, W.M., 1916
• Pheidole crinita Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole cursor Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole deima Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole ectatommoides Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole ecuadorana Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole embolopyx Brown, 1968
• Pheidole epetrion Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole exigua Mayr, 1884
• Pheidole exquisita Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole fimbriata Roger, 1863
• Pheidole flavens Roger, 1863
• Pheidole floricola Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole fracticeps Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole fullerae Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole gagates Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole geminata Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole gilva Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole globularia Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole gnomus Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole guayasana Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole haskinsorum Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole hazenae Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole horribilis Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole huacana Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole jivaro Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole laelaps Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole laidlowi Mann, 1916
• Pheidole laselva Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole lemnisca Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole lupus Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)
• Pheidole meinerti Forel, 1905
• Pheidole melastomae Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole mendicula Wheeler, W.M., 1925
• Pheidole metana Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole micridris Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole microps Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole midas Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole minutula Mayr, 1878
• Pheidole napoensis Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole nitella Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole nitidicollis Emery, 1896
• Pheidole palenquensis Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole peckorum Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole peltastes Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole peruviana Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole pholeops Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole plato Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole pubiventris Mayr, 1887
• Pheidole riveti Santschi, 1911
• Pheidole rotundiceps Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole rugiceps Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole sabella Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole sagax Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole sarcina Forel, 1912
• Pheidole sarpedon Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole scolioceps Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole sospes Forel, 1908
• Pheidole stigma Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole tobini Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole transversostriata Mayr, 1887
• Pheidole triplex Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole unicornis Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole viriosa Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole vorax
• Pheidole williamsi Wheeler, W.M., 1919
• Pheidole xanthogaster Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole zeteki Smith, M.R., 1947

Platythyrea

• Platythyrea angusta Forel, 1901
• Platythyrea sinuata (Roger, 1860)
• Platythyrea zodion Brown, 1975

Pogonomyrmex

• Pogonomyrmex naegelii Emery
• Pogonomyrmex striatinodus Fernández & Palacio 1997
• Pogonomyrmex theresiae Forel, 1899

Poneracantha

• Poneracantha banksi (Wheeler, W.M., 1930)
• Poneracantha lanei Kempf, 1960
• Poneracantha laticephala Lattke, 1995
• Poneracantha mecotyle Brown, 1958
• Poneracantha mediatrix Brown, 1958
• Poneracantha perspicax Kempf & Brown, 1970
• Poneracantha triangularis (Mayr, 1887)

Prionopelta

• Prionopelta amabilis Borgmeier, 1949
• Prionopelta antillana Forel, 1909
• Prionopelta dubia Ladino & Feitosa, 2020

Probolomyrmex

• Probolomyrmex petiolatus Weber, 1940

Proceratium

• Proceratium ecuadoriense De Andrade, 2003
• Proceratium micrommatum (Roger, 1863)
• Procryptocerus adlerzi (Mayr, 1887)

Procryptocerus

• Procryptocerus attenuatus (Smith, F., 1876)
• Procryptocerus belti Forel, 1899
• Procryptocerus coriarius (Mayr, 1870)
• Procryptocerus hylaeus Kempf, 1951
• Procryptocerus impressus Forel, 1899
• Procryptocerus mayri Forel, 1899
• Procryptocerus nalini Longino & Snelling, 2002
• Procryptocerus paleatus Emery, 1896
• Procryptocerus pictipes Emery, 1896
• Procryptocerus spiniperdus Forel, 1899
• Procryptocerus subpilosus (Smith, F., 1860)
• Procryptocerus virgatus Kempf, 1964

Protalaridris

• Protalaridris armata Brown, 1980
• Protalaridris leponcei Delsinne & Lattke, 2018
• Protalaridris loxanensis Lattke, 2018

Pseudomyrmex

• Pseudomyrmex alustratus Ward, 1989
• Pseudomyrmex atripes(Smith, F., 1860)
• Pseudomyrmex boopis (Roger, 1863)
• Pseudomyrmex colei (Enzmann, E.V., 1944)
• Pseudomyrmex dendroicus Forel, 1904
• Pseudomyrmex duckei (Forel, 1906)
• Pseudomyrmex eculeus Ward, 1999
• Pseudomyrmex eduardi (Forel, 1912)
• Pseudomyrmex elongatus(Mayr, 1870)
• Pseudomyrmex ethicus(Forel, 1911)
• Pseudomyrmex faber (Smith, F., 1858)
• Pseudomyrmex filiformis(Fabricius, 1804)
• Pseudomyrmex flavidulus (Smith, F., 1858)
• Pseudomyrmex gracilis (Fabricius, 1804)
• Pseudomyrmex laevifrons Ward, 1989
• Pseudomyrmex oculatus (Smith, F., 1855)
• Pseudomyrmex penetrator (Smith)
• Pseudomyrmex peruvianus (Wheeler)
• Pseudomyrmex pupa (Forel, 1911)
• Pseudomyrmex rochai (Forel, 1912)
• Pseudomyrmex sericeus (Mayr, 1870)
• Pseudomyrmex simplex (Smith, F., 1877)
• Pseudomyrmex spiculus Ward, 1989
• Pseudomyrmex subater (Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914)
• Pseudomyrmex tenuis(Favricius, 1804)
• Pseudomyrmex tenuissimus (Emery, 1906)
• Pseudomyrmex terminalis (Smith, F., 1877)
• Pseudomyrmex triplarinus (Weddell, 1850)
• Pseudomyrmex ultrix Ward, 1999
• Pseudomyrmex unicolor (Smith, F., 1855)
• Pseudomyrmex urbanus (Smith, F., 1877)
• Pseudomyrmex viduus (Smith, 1858)

Pseudoponera

• Pseudoponera gilberti (Kempf, 1960)
• Pseudoponera stigma (Fabricius, 1804)
• Pseudoponera succedanea (Roger, 1863)

Rasopone

• Rasopone ferruginea (Smith, F. 1858)
• Rasopone lunaris (Emery, 1896)

Rhopalothrix

• Rhopalothrix ciliata Mayr, 1870

Rogeria

• Rogeria blanda (Smith, F., 1858)
• Rogeria ciliosa Kugler, C., 1994
• Rogeria curvipubens Emery, 1894
• Rogeria gibba Kugler, C., 1994
• Rogeria lirata Kugler, C., 1994
• Rogeria merenbergiana Kugler, C., 1994
• Rogeria micromma Kempf, 1951
• Rogeria scobinata Kugler, C., 1994
• Rogeria subarmata (Kempf, 1961)
• Rogeria tonduzi Forel, 1899
• Rogeria unguispina Kugler, C., 1994

Sericomyrmex

• Sericomyrmex amabilis Wheeler, W.M., 1925
• Sericomyrmex bondari Borgmeier, 1937
• Sericomyrmex mayri Forel, 1912
• Sericomyrmex saramama Ješovnik & Schultz, 2017

Simopelta

• Simopelta jeckylli Mann, 1916
• Simopelta laticeps Gotwald & Brown, 1967
• Simopelta longirostris MacKay & Mackay, 2008
• Simopelta manni Wheeler, W.M., 1935
• Simopelta vieirai MacKay & Mackay, 2008
• Simopelta williamsi Wheeler, W.M., 1935

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)
• Solenopsis globularia (Smith, F., 1858)
• Solenopsis gnoma Pacheco, Herrera & Mackay, 2007
• Solenopsis saevissima (Smith, F., 1855)
• Solenopsis stricta Emery, 1896
• Solenopsis virulens (Smith, F., 1858)

Stegomyrmex

• Stegomyrmex connectens Emery, 1912
• Stegomyrmex manni Smith, M.R., 1946

Stenamma

• Stenamma alas Longino, 2005
• Stenamma felixi Mann, 1922
• Stenamma schmidti Menozzi, 1931

Strumigenys

• Strumigenys aequinoctialis De Andrade, 2007
• Strumigenys alberti Forel, 1893
• Strumigenys ayersthey Booher & Hoenle, 2021
• Strumigenys beebei (Wheeler, W.M., 1915)
• Strumigenys biolleyi Forel, 1908
• Strumigenys connectens Kempf, 1958
• Strumigenys cosmostela Kempf, 1975
• Strumigenys decipula Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys denticulata Mayr, 1887
• Strumigenys depressiceps (Weber, 1934)
• Strumigenys dolichognatha Weber, 1934
• Strumigenys dorycepsBolton, 2000
• Strumigenys eggersi(Emery, 1890)
• Strumigenys elongata Roger, 1863
• Strumigenys emmae (Emery, 1890)
• Strumigenys epinotalis (Weber, 1934)
• Strumigenys fairchildi Brown, 1961
• Strumigenys formicosa Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys glenognatha Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys godmani Forel, 1899
• Strumigenys gundlachi Roger, 1862
• Strumigenys heterodonta Rigato & Scupola, 2008
• Strumigenys incuba Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys lalassa Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys longimala De Andrade, 2007
• Strumigenys longispinosa Brown, 1952
• Strumigenys louisianae Roger, 1863
• Strumigenys madrigalae Lattke & Aguirre, 2015
• Strumigenys membranifera (Emery, 1869)
• Strumigenys metopia (Brown, 1959)
• Strumigenys moera Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys nageli De Andrade, 2007
• Strumigenys necopina Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys obliqua Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys onorei Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007
• Strumigenys osellai Rigato & Scupola, 2008
• Strumigenys perparva Brown, 1958
• Strumigenys precava Brown, 1954
• Strumigenys schulzi(Emery, 1894)
• Strumigenys skia Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys smithii Forel, 1886
• Strumigenys subedentata (Mayr, 1887)
• Strumigenys thaxteri (Wheeler, W.M., 1916)
• Strumigenys tococae Wheeler, W.M., & Bequaert, 1929
• Strumigenys trinidadensis Wheeler, W.M., 1922
• Strumigenys trudifera Kempf & Brown, 1969
• Strumigenys umboceps (Bolton, 2000)
• Strumigenys urrhobia Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys vartana Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys vilhenai Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys villiersi (Perrault, 1986)
• Strumigenys vivax Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys zeteki (Brown, 1959)

Syscia

• Syscia austrella Longino & Branstetter, 2021
• Syscia benevidesae Longino & Branstetter, 2021

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)
• Tapinoma ramulorum inrectum Forel

Tatuidris

• Tatuidris tatusia Brown & Kempf, 1968

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846) (introduced)
• Tetramorium caldarium (Roger, 1857) (introduced)
• Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870 (introduced)
• Tetramorium lucayanum Wheeler, W.M., 1905 (introduced)
• Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, F. 1851) (introduced)

Thaumatomyrmex

• Thaumatomyrmex species

Tranopelta

• Tranopelta gilva Mayr, 1866
• Tranopelta subterranea (Mann, 1916)

Trichomyrmex

• Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851) (introduced)

Typhlomyrmex

• Typhlomyrmex pusillus Emery, 1894
• Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi Mayr, 1862

Wasmannia

• Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863)
• Wasmannia iheringi Forel, 1908
• Wasmannia rochai Forel, 1912
• Wasmannia scrobifera Kempf, 1961

Uncertain species

The following species was described from Ecuador but its true identity is currently unknown.

• Pheidole inflexa Santschi, 1923

Interceptions

• Notoncus ectatommoides (Forel, 1892) was intercepted in quarantine on scientific equipment from Australia, but it has not become established.

References

• Delsinne T. & Fernández, 2011. First record of Lenomyrmex inusitatus (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Ecuador and description of the queen. Psyche
• Ryder Wilkie, K. T.; Mertl, A. L.; Traniello, J. F. A. 2010. Species diversity and distribution patterns of the ants of Amazonian Ecuador. PLoS ONE 5(10):e13146 (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013146).
• Salazar, F. & Donoso, D.A. 2013. New ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) records for Ecuador deposited at the Carl Rettenmeyer ant collection in the QCAZ Museum. Boletín Tecnico 11, Serie Zoológica 8-9, 151-177.