Egypt

Egypt
Location
Region	Africa
Subregion	Northern Africa
BioRegion	Palaearctic Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	5
Genera	23
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	85
Endemic Species	20
% Endemic Species	23.5%
Introduced Species	0

The following valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Egypt. 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 Egyptian ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Egyptian Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

Aenictus

• Aenictus fuscovarius sagittarius Santschi, 1938

Aphaenogaster

• Aphaenogaster phillipsi Wheeler and Mann, 1916
• Aphaenogaster splendida (Roger, 1859)
• Aphaenogaster syriaca Emery, 1908

Camponotus

• Camponotus aegyptiacus Emery, 1915
• Camponotus fellah Dalla Torre, 1893
• Camponotus oasium Forel, 1890
• Camponotus rhamses Santschi, 1915
• Camponotus sericeus Fabricius, 1798
• Camponotus sericeus obtusus (Smith, F., 1858)
• Camponotus sinaiticus Ionescu-Hirsh, 2009
• Camponotus xerxes Forel, 1904

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla emeryi
• Cardiocondyla fajumensis Forel, 1913
• Cardiocondyla israelica Seifert, 2003
• Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel, 1890
• Cardiocondyla nigra Forel, 1905

Cataglyphis

• Cataglyphis adenensis bugnioni Santschi, 1929
• Cataglyphis agostii Sharaf, 2007
• Cataglyphis argentata Radoszkowsky, 1876
• Cataglyphis bicoloripes Walker, 1871
• Cataglyphis bombycina sinaitica Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1916
• Cataglyphis isis Forel, 1913
• Cataglyphis rubra (Forel, 1903)
• Cataglyphis sabulosa Kugler, 1981
• Cataglyphis savignyi Dufour, 1862
• Cataglyphis viatica (Fabricius, 1787)

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster aegyptiaca Mayr, 1862
• Crematogaster aegyptiaca pharaonis Santschi, 1914
• Crematogaster auberti Emery, 1869
• Crematogaster inermis Mayr, 1862

Dorylus

• Dorylus affinis aegyptiacus Mayr, 1865
• Dorylus affinis hirsutus Wheeler, W.M. 1922

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera abeillei (André, 1881)
• Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894)

Lepisiota

• Lepisiota frauenfeldi aegyptiaca Finzi, 1936
• Lepisiota nigra (Dalla Torre, 1893)
• Lepisiota opaciventris Finzi, 1936

Lioponera

• Lioponera collingwoodi Sharaf, 2007
• Lioponera longitarsus (Mayr, 1879)

Messor

• Messor aegyptiacus Emery, 1878
• Messor aegyptiacus felah Santschi, 1923
• Messor arenarius alfierii Santschi, 1938
• Messor arenarius diabolus Santschi, 1938
• Messor arenarius thebaicus Santschi, 1912
• Messor barbarus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Messor barbarus sahlbergi Forel, 1913
• Messor crawleyi Santschi, 1928
• Messor ebeninus Santschi, 1927
• Messor eglalae Sharaf, 2007
• Messor foreli Santschi, 1923
• Messor maculifrons Santschi, 1927
• Messor niloticus Santschi, 1938
• Messor rugosus (André, 1881)

Monomorium

• Monomorium areniphilum Santschi, 1911
• Monomorium atomum cooperi Donisthorpe, 1942
• Monomorium bicolor Emery, 1877
• Monomorium niloticum Emery, 1881
• Monomorium nitidiventre Emery, 1893
• Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758
• Monomorium salomonis Linnaeus, 1758

Nesomyrmex

• Nesomyrmex angulatus (Mayr, 1862)

Nylanderia

• Nylanderia jaegerskioeldi Mayr, 1904

Oxyopomyrmex

• Oxyopomyrmex nitidior Santschi, 1910

Pheidole

• Pheidole cicatricosa
• Pheidole fadli Sharaf, 2007
• Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879
• Pheidole jordanica Saulcy, 1874
• Pheidole megacephala
• Pheidole sinaitica Mayr, 1862

Plagiolepis

• Plagiolepis pallescens isis Santschi, 1938
• Plagiolepis barbara Santschi, 1911

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis cooperi Donisthorpe, 1947
• Solenopsis kochi Finzi, 1936
• Solenopsis occipitalis Santschi, 1911

Strumigenys

• Strumigenys membranifera (Emery, 1869)

Syllophopsis

• Syllophopsis dentata (Sharaf, 2007)

Tapinolepis

• Tapinolepis mediterranea Mayr, 1866

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium caldarium Roger, 1857
• Tetramorium depressiceps Menozzi, 1933
• Tetramorium sahlbergi Finzi, 1936
• Tetramorium salwae Mohamed, Zalat, Fadl, Gadalla, & Sharaf, 2001
• Tetramorium shirlae Sharaf, 2007
• Tetramorium taueret Bolton, 1995

Tetraponera

• Tetraponera ambigua (Emery, 1895)

Uncertain species

The following species were described from Egypt but their true identities are currently unknown.

• Aphaenogaster pallescens Walker, 1871
• Formica aegyptiaca Fabricius, 1775
• Formica animosa Forskål, 1775
• Formica insultans Forskål, 1775
• Formica maligna Forskål, 1775

References

• Alfieri, A. 1931. Contribution à l'étude de la faune myrmécologique de l'Egypte. Bulletin. Société Entomologique d'Egypte 15:42-48. [1931]

• Fadl, H.H., Bakr, R.F., Badawy, R.M. & Sharaf, M.R. 2007. Six new species of ants from Egypt. Proceedings of the Second International Conference of the Entomological Society of Egypt 1: 235-249.

• Forel, A. 1908a. Fourmis de Ceylan et d'Egypte, récoltées par le Prof. E. Bugnion. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 44: 1-22.

• Mayr, G. 1904b. Formiciden aus Ägypten und dem Sudan. In Jägerskiöld, L.A. Results of the Swedish Zoological Expedition to Egypt and the White Nile, 1901 1 (no. 9): 11 pp. Uppsala.

• Mohamed, S., Zalat, S., Fadl, H., Gadalla, S. & Sharaf, M. 2001. Taxonomy of ant species collected by pitfall traps from Sinai and Delta regions, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Natural History 3: 40-61.

• Orabi, G.M., Semida, F.M., Abdel-Dayem, M.S., Sharaf, M.R. & Zalat, S.M. 2011. Diversity patterns of ants along an elevation gradient at St. Catherine Protectorate, South Sinai, Egypt (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoology in the Middle East 54:101-112.

• Radoszkowsky, O. 1876. Compte-rendu des hyménoptères recueilles en Egypte et Abyssinie en 1873. Trudy Russkago Entomologicheskago Obshchestva 12: 111-150.

• Santschi, F. 1908. Nouvelles fourmis de l'Afrique du Nord (Egypte, Canaries, Tunisie). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 77: 517-534.

• Santschi, F. 1938a. Quelques nouvelles fourmis d'Égypte. Bulletin de la Société Royale Entomologique d'Égypte 21 (1937): 28-44.

• Sharaf, M.R. 2007. Monomorium dentatum sp. n., a new ant species from Egypt related to the fossulatum-group. Zoology in the Middle East 41: 93-98.

• Sharaf, M.R., Taylor, B. & Klingenberg, C. 2009. Ants of the genus Solenopsis Westwood, 1840 in Egypt with a description of the worker caste of S. cooperi Donisthorpe, 1947. Zootaxa 2004: 49-58.

• Walker, F. 1871. A list of Hymenoptera collected by J.K. Lord, esq. in Egypt, in the neighbourhood of the Red Sea, and in Arabia: 59 pp. London.