French Guiana

French Guiana
Location
Region	Americas
Subregion	South America
BioRegion	Neotropical Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	11
Genera	74
Endemic Genera	1
% Endemic Genera	1.4%
Species/Subspecies	328
Endemic Species	16
% Endemic Species	4.9%
Introduced Species	0

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

Acanthostichus

• Acanthostichus brevicornis Emery, 1894

Acromyrmex

• Acromyrmex biscutatus (Fabricius, 1775)
• Acromyrmex coronatus globoculis Kempf, 1972
• Acromyrmex hystrix Latreille, 1802
• Acromyrmex octospinosus Reich, 1793

Alfaria

• Alfaria falcifera (Kempf, 1967)
• Alfaria minuta (Emery, 1896)

Allomerus

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

Anochetus

• Anochetus bispinosus Smith, F., 1858
• Anochetus emarginatus Fabricius, 1804
• Anochetus mayri Emery, 1884
• Anochetus simoni Emery, 1890

Apterostigma

• Apterostigma angustum Lattke, 1997
• Apterostigma auriculatum Wheeler, W.M., 1925
• Apterostigma chocoense Lattke, 1997
• Apterostigma robustum Emery, 1896
• Apterostigma urichii Forel, 1893
• Apterostigma wasmannii Forel, 1892

Atta

• Atta cephalotes Linnaeus, 1758
• Atta laevigata Smith, F., 1858
• Atta sexdens Linnaeus, 1758

Azteca

• Azteca andreae Guerrero, et al., 2010
• Azteca chartifex
• Azteca constructor Emery, 1896
• Azteca delpini Emery, 1893
• Azteca gnava cayennensis Forel, 1912
• Azteca instabilis Smith, F., 1862
• Azteca jelskii Emery, 1893
• Azteca schimperi Emery, 1893
• Azteca sericea Mayr, 1866
• Azteca trailii Emery, 1893
• Azteca trigona mediops Forel, 1904
• Azteca ulei cordiae Forel, 1904
• Azteca velox Forel, 1899

Basiceros

• Basiceros singularis Smith, F., 1858

Brachymyrmex

• Brachymyrmex antennatus Santschi, 1929
• Brachymyrmex australis Forel, 1901
• Brachymyrmex degener Emery, 1906
• Brachymyrmex heeri Forel, 1874
• Brachymyrmex minutus Forel, 1893
• Brachymyrmex pictus Mayr, 1887

Camponotus

• Camponotus ager Smith, F., 1858
• Camponotus atriceps Smith, F., 1858
• Camponotus auricomus Roger, 1862
• Camponotus beebei Wheeler, W.M., 1918
• Camponotus bidens Mayr, 1870
• Camponotus blandus Smith, F., 1858
• Camponotus casicus Santschi, 1920
• Camponotus chartifex Smith, F., 1860
• Camponotus fasciatellus Dalla Torre, 1892
• Camponotus fastigatus Roger, 1863
• Camponotus femoratus Fabricius, 1804
• Camponotus flavescens Fabricius, 1793
• Camponotus geayi Santschi, 1922
• Camponotus indicatus Santschi, 1922
• Camponotus latangulus Roger, 1863
• Camponotus leydigi Forel, 1886
• Camponotus linnaei maccus Wheeler, W.M., 1934
• Camponotus mocsaryi Forel, 1902
• Camponotus nidulans Smith, F., 1860
• Camponotus novogranadensis Mayr, 1870
• Camponotus picipes Olivier, 1792
• Camponotus platytarsus Roger, 1863
• Camponotus plutus Santschi, 1922
• Camponotus rapax Fabricius, 1804
• Camponotus rectangularis Emery, 1890
• Camponotus renggeri Emery, 1894
• Camponotus rufipes Fabricius, 1775
• Camponotus sericeiventris Guérin-Méneville, 1838
• Camponotus sexguttatus Fabricius, 1793
• Camponotus simillimus Smith, F., 1862
• Camponotus substitutus Emery, 1894
• Camponotus zoc Forel, 1879

Centromyrmex

• Centromyrmex alfaroi Emery, 1890
• Centromyrmex gigas Forel, 1911

Carebara

• Carebara bicarinata Santschi, 1912
• Carebara mayri Forel, 1901

Cephalotes

• Cephalotes atratus Linnaeus, 1758
• Cephalotes clypeatus Fabricius, 1804
• Cephalotes complanatus Guérin-Méneville, 1844
• Cephalotes cordatus Smith, F., 1853
• Cephalotes opacus Santschi, 1920
• Cephalotes pallens Klug, 1824
• Cephalotes pavonii Latreille, 1809
• Cephalotes pusillus Klug, 1824
• Cephalotes simillimus Kempf, 1951
• Cephalotes spinosus Mayr, 1862
• Cephalotes umbraculatus Fabricius, 1804

Cheliomyrmex

• Cheliomyrmex megalonyx Wheeler, W.M., 1921
• Cheliomyrmex morosus Smith, F., 1859

Corrieopone

• Corrieopone nouragues Esteves & Fisher, 2021

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster levior Longino, 2003
• Crematogaster abstinens Forel, 1899
• Crematogaster crinosa Mayr, 1862
• Crematogaster curvispinosa Mayr, 1862
• Crematogaster delitescens Wheeler, W.M., 1921
• Crematogaster erecta Mayr, 1866
• Crematogaster longispina Emery, 1890
• Crematogaster quadriformis Roger, 1863

Cylindromyrmex

• Cylindromyrmex striatus Mayr, 1870

Cyphomyrmex

• Cyphomyrmex laevigatus Weber, 1938
• Cyphomyrmex minutus Mayr, 1862
• Cyphomyrmex rimosus Spinola, 1851

Daceton

• Daceton armigerum Latreille, 1802

Discothyrea

• Discothyrea denticulata Weber, 1939

Dolichoderus

• Dolichoderus attelaboides Fabricius, 1775
• Dolichoderus bidens Linnaeus, 1758
• Dolichoderus bispinosus Olivier, 1792
• Dolichoderus debilis Emery, 1890
• Dolichoderus decollatus Smith, F., 1858
• Dolichoderus gagates Emery, 1890
• Dolichoderus lamellosus Mayr, 1870
• Dolichoderus laminatus Mayr, 1870
• Dolichoderus lugens Emery, 1894
• Dolichoderus lutosus Smith, F., 1858
• Dolichoderus mucronifer Roger, 1862
• Dolichoderus rugosus Smith, F., 1858
• Dolichoderus septemspinosus Emery, 1894
• Dolichoderus spurius Forel, 1903

Dorymyrmex

• Dorymyrmex brunneus Forel, 1908
• Dorymyrmex pyramicus guyanensis Santschi, 1922

Eciton

• Eciton burchellii cupiens Santschi, 1923
• Eciton drepanophorum Smith, F., 1858
• Eciton hamatum Fabricius, 1782
• Eciton mexicanum latidens Santschi, 1911
• Eciton mexicanum moralum Santschi, 1923
• Eciton vagans Olivier, 1792

Ectatomma

• Ectatomma brunneum Smith, F., 1858
• Ectatomma edentatum Roger, 1863
• Ectatomma lugens Emery, 1894
• Ectatomma ruidum Roger, 1860
• Ectatomma tuberculatum Olivier, 1792

Eurhopalothrix

• Eurhopalothrix bolaui Mayr, 1870

Fulakora

• Fulakora lurilabes (Lattke, 1991)

• Fulakora mystriops (Brown, 1960)

• Fulakora orizabana (Brown, 1960)

Gigantiops

• Gigantiops destructor Fabricius, 1804

Gnamptogenys

• Gnamptogenys acuminata Emery, 1896
• Gnamptogenys annulata Mayr, 1887
• Gnamptogenys horni Santschi, 1929
• Gnamptogenys mordax Smith, F., 1858
• Gnamptogenys regularis Mayr, 1870
• Gnamptogenys sulcata Smith, F., 1858
• Gnamptogenys tortuolosa Smith, F., 1858

Heteroponera

• Heteroponera georgesi Perrault, 1999

Holcoponera

• Holcoponera gracilis (Santschi, 1929)
• Holcoponera relicta (Mann, 1916)

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• Holcoponera striatula (Mayr, 1884)
• Holcoponera strigata (Norton, 1868)

Hylomyrma

• Hylomyrma balzani (Emery, 1894)
• Hylomyrma blandiens Kempf, 1961
• Hylomyrma immanis Kempf, 1973
• Hylomyrma longiscapa Kempf, 1961
• Hylomyrma margaridae Ulysséa, 2021
• Hylomyrma marielleae Ulysséa, 2021
• Hylomyrma mitiae Ulysséa, 2021
• Hylomyrma praepotens Kempf, 1973
• Hylomyrma reginae Kutter, 1977

Labidus

• Labidus auropubens Santschi, 1920
• Labidus coecus Latreille, 1802
• Labidus praedator (Smith, F., 1858)
• Labidus truncatidens Santschi, 1920

Leptogenys

• Leptogenys arcuata Roger, 1861
• Leptogenys gaigei Wheeler, W.M., 1923
• Leptogenys guianensis Wheeler, W.M., 1923
• Leptogenys langi Wheeler, W.M., 1923
• Leptogenys linearis
• Leptogenys panops Lattke, 2011
• Leptogenys paraensis Lattke, 2011
• Leptogenys unistimulosa Roger, 1863

Linepithema

• Linepithema humile
• Linepithema iniquum (Mayr, 1870)

Mayaponera

• Mayaponera arhuaca (Forel, 1901)
• Mayaponera constricta Mayr, 1884

Megalomyrmex

• Megalomyrmex bituberculatus Fabricius, 1798
• Megalomyrmex drifti Kempf, 1961
• Megalomyrmex emeryi Forel, 1904
• Megalomyrmex leoninus Forel, 1885
• Megalomyrmex modestus Emery, 1896
• Megalomyrmex silvestrii Wheeler, W.M., 1909

Monomorium

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

Mycetomoellerius

• Mycetomoellerius relictus (Borgmeier, 1934)
• Mycetomoellerius urichii (Forel, 1893)

Mycetophylax

• Mycetophylax bigibbosus (Emery, 1894)
• Mycetophylax conformis Mayr, 1884
• Mycetophylax faunulus (Wheeler, W.M., 1925)

Mycocepurus

• Mycocepurus smithii Forel, 1893

Myrmelachista

• Myrmelachista guyanensis Wheeler, W.M., 1934

Myrmicocrypta

• Myrmicocrypta buenzlii Borgmeier, 1934

• Myrmicocrypta squamosa uncinata Mayr, 1887

Neivamyrmex

• Neivamyrmex angustinodis Emery, 1888
• Neivamyrmex bohlsi Emery, 1896
• Neivamyrmex emersoni Wheeler, W.M., 1921
• Neivamyrmex falcifer Emery, 1900
• Neivamyrmex gibbatus Borgmeier, 1953
• Neivamyrmex guerinii Shuckard, 1840
• Neivamyrmex guyanensis Santschi, 1916
• Neivamyrmex halidaii Shuckard, 1840
• Neivamyrmex iridescens Borgmeier, 1950
• Neivamyrmex maxillosus Emery, 1900
• Neivamyrmex megathrix Kempf, 1961
• Neivamyrmex pilosus (Smith, F. 1858)
• Neivamyrmex postangustatus Borgmeier, 1934
• Neivamyrmex punctaticeps Emery, 1894
• Neivamyrmex walkerii Westwood, 1842

Neoponera

• Neoponera apicalis Latreille, 1802
• Neoponera bactronica Fernandes, De Oliveira & Delabie, 2014
• Neoponera carinulata (Roger, 1861)
• Neoponera commutata Roger, 1860
• Neoponera crenata Roger, 1861
• Neoponera foetida Linnaeus, 1758
• Neoponera goeldii (Forel, 1912)
• Neoponera inversa (Smith, F., 1858)
• Neoponera laevigata Smith, F., 1858
• Neoponera mashpi Troya & Lattke, 2022
• Neoponera obscuricornis Emery, 1890
• Neoponera unidentata Mayr, 1862
• Neoponera villosa Fabricius, 1804

Nesomyrmex

• Nesomyrmex anduzei Weber, 1943
• Nesomyrmex echinatinodis Forel, 1886
• Nesomyrmex pleuriticus Kempf, 1959
• Nesomyrmex rutilans Kempf, 1958
• Nesomyrmex spininodis Mayr, 1887

Nomamyrmex

• Nomamyrmex esenbeckii Westwood, 1842
• Nomamyrmex hartigii Westwood, 1842

Nylanderia

• Nylanderia caeciliae Forel, 1899
• Nylanderia fulva Mayr, 1862
• Nylanderia lietzi Forel, 1908

Ochetomyrmex

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

Octostruma

• Octostruma amrishi (Makhan, 2007)
• Octostruma balzani (Emery, 1894)
• Octostruma batesi (Emery, 1894)
• Octostruma betschi (Perrault, 1988)

Odontomachus

• Odontomachus biumbonatus Brown, 1976
• Odontomachus caelatus Brown, 1976
• Odontomachus chelifer Latreille, 1802
• Odontomachus haematodus Linnaeus, 1758
• Odontomachus hastatus Fabricius, 1804
• Odontomachus laticeps Roger, 1861
• Odontomachus mayi Mann, 1912
• Odontomachus scalptus Brown, 1978

Pachycondyla

• Pachycondyla crassinoda Latreille, 1802
• Pachycondyla harpax Fabricius, 1804
• Pachycondyla impressa Roger, 1861
• Pachycondyla procidua Emery, 1890

Paraponera

• Paraponera clavata Fabricius, 1775

Paratrachymyrmex

• Paratrachymyrmex bugnioni (Forel, 1912)
• Paratrachymyrmex cornetzi (Forel, 1912)
• Paratrachymyrmex diversus (Mann, 1916)

Paratrechina

• Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802

Pheidole

• Pheidole astur Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole carapuna Mann, 1916
• Pheidole exigua Mayr, 1884
• Pheidole fimbriata Roger, 1863
• Pheidole gauthieri Forel, 1901
• Pheidole jelskii Mayr, 1884
• Pheidole longipes (Latreille, 1802)
• Pheidole megacephala Fabricius, 1793
• Pheidole mendicula Wheeler, W.M., 1925
• Pheidole minutula Mayr, 1878
• Pheidole moffetti Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole obscurior Forel, 1886
• Pheidole radoszkowskii Mayr, 1884
• Pheidole severini Forel, 1904
• Pheidole socrates Forel, 1912
• Pheidole subarmata Mayr, 1884
• Pheidole tachigaliae Wheeler, W.M., 1921
• Pheidole vafra Santschi, 1923

Platythyrea

• Platythyrea angusta Forel, 1901
• Platythyrea punctata Smith, F., 1858
• Platythyrea sinuata Roger, 1860

Poneracantha

• Poneracantha triangularis Mayr, 1887

Prionopelta

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

Procryptocerus

• Procryptocerus attenuatus Smith, F., 1876

Pseudomyrmex

• Pseudomyrmex alternans Santschi, 1936
• Pseudomyrmex concolor Smith, F., 1860
• Pseudomyrmex curacaensis Forel, 1912
• Pseudomyrmex elongatus Mayr, 1870
• Pseudomyrmex faber Smith, F., 1858
• Pseudomyrmex filiformis Fabricius, 1804
• Pseudomyrmex gracilis Fabricius, 1804
• Pseudomyrmex laevigatus Smith, F., 1877
• Pseudomyrmex malignus Wheeler, W.M., 1921
• Pseudomyrmex nigrocinctus Emery, 1890
• Pseudomyrmex oculatus Smith, F., 1855
• Pseudomyrmex spiculus Ward, 1989
• Pseudomyrmex tenuis Fabricius, 1804
• Pseudomyrmex tenuissimus Emery, 1906
• Pseudomyrmex termitarius Smith, F., 1855
• Pseudomyrmex triplaridis Forel, 1904
• Pseudomyrmex unicolor Smith, F., 1855
• Pseudomyrmex urbanus Smith, F., 1877
• Pseudomyrmex viduus (Smith, F., 1858)

Pseudoponera

• Pseudoponera stigma Fabricius, 1804

Rasopone

• Rasopone lunaris (Emery, 1896)

Rogeria

• Rogeria blanda Smith, F., 1858
• Rogeria micromma Kempf, 1961

Sericomyrmex

• Sericomyrmex bondari Borgmeier, 1937
• Sericomyrmex lutzi Wheeler, W.M., 1916
• Sericomyrmex mayri Forel, 1912

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis altinodis Forel, 1912
• Solenopsis brevicornis Emery, 1888
• Solenopsis corticalis Forel, 1881
• Solenopsis geminata Fabricius, 1804
• Solenopsis minutissima Emery, 1906
• Solenopsis saevissima Smith, F., 1855
• Solenopsis sulfurea Roger, 1862

Strumigenys

• Strumigenys auctidens Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys denticulata Mayr, 1887
• Strumigenys glenognatha Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys margaritae Forel, 1893
• Strumigenys subedentata Mayr, 1887
• Strumigenys tococae Wheeler, W.M. & Bequaert, 1929
• Strumigenys urrhobia (Bolton, 2000)
• Strumigenys villiersi Perrault, 1986

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793

Tatuidris

• Tatuidris tatusia Brown & Kempf, 1968

Technomyrmex

• Technomyrmex vitiensis

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium bicarinatum

Typhlomyrmex

• Typhlomyrmex clavicornis Emery, 1906
• Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi Mayr, 1862

Wadeura

• Wadeura holmgreni Wheeler, W.M., 1925)

Wasmannia

• Wasmannia auropunctata Roger, 1863
• Wasmannia rochai Forel, 1912
• Wasmannia sigmoidea Mayr, 1884

Uncertain species

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

• Formica melanophthalma Reich, 1793
• Formica molestans Latreille, 1802
• Formica nana Latreille, 1802
• Formica ovata Reich, 1793
• Formica pallipes Latreille, 1787
• Formica picipes Reich, 1793
• Formica rostrata Fabricius, 1787
• Formica tomentosa Reich, 1793

References

• Weslly Franco Natalia Ladino Jacques Delabie 1 Alain Dejean 2 Jérôme Orivel 3 Mélanie Fichaux 4 Sarah Groc 2 Maurice Leponce 5 Rodrigo Feitosa 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674 (5): 509-543.

• Lacau, S., Groc, S., Dejean, A., de Oliviera, M.L. & Delabie, J.H.C. 2012. Tatuidris kapasi sp. nov.: a new armadillo ant from French Guiana. Psyche 2012.