Guinea

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Guinea
Location
Region	Africa
Subregion	Western Africa
BioRegion	Afrotropical Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	7
Genera	46
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	196
Endemic Species	25
% Endemic Species	12.8%
Introduced Species	0

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

Aenictus

• Aenictus decolor (Mayr, 1879)
• Aenictus guineensis Santschi, 1924
• Aenictus villiersi Bernard, 1953
• Aenictus weissi Santschi, 1910

Anochetus

• Anochetus africanus (Mayr, 1865)
• Anochetus bequaerti Forel, 1913
• Anochetus katonae Forel, 1907
• Anochetus obscuratus Santschi, 1911
• Anochetus pellucidus Emery, 1902
• Anochetus traegaordhi Mayr, 1904

Asphinctopone

• Asphinctopone silvestrii Santschi, 1914

Atopomyrmex

• Atopomyrmex cryptoceroides Emery, 1892

Bothroponera

• Bothroponera lamottei (Bernard, 1953)
• Bothroponera ryderae Joma & Mackay, 2017
• Bothroponera silvestrii Santschi, 1914
• Bothroponera soror (Emery, 1899)
• Bothroponera talpa (André, 1890)

Brachyponera

• Brachyponera sennaarensis (Mayr, 1862)

Camponotus

• Camponotus aegyptiacus Emery, 1915
• Camponotus aequatorialis Roger, 1863
• Camponotus agonius Santschi, 1915
• Camponotus bituberculatus André, 1889
• Camponotus caesar Forel, 1886
• Camponotus congolensis Emery, 1899
• Camponotus flavomarginatus Mayr, 1862
• Camponotus foraminosus Forel, 1879
• Camponotus guttatus Emery, 1899
• Camponotus maculatus (Fabricius, 1782)
• Camponotus orthodoxus Santschi, 1914
• Camponotus pompeius Forel, 1886
• Camponotus solon Forel, 1886
• Camponotus vividus (Smith, F., 1858)
• Camponotus wellmani Forel, 1909

Carebara

• Carebara debilis (Santschi, 1913)
• Carebara diversa (Jerdon, 1851)
• Carebara diversa standfussi Forel, 1911
• Carebara guineana Fernández, 2006
• Carebara infima (Santschi, 1913)
• Carebara polita (Santschi, 1914)
• Carebara silvestrii Santschi, 1914
• Carebara villiersi (Bernard, 1953)

Cataulacus

• Cataulacus erinaceus Stitz, 1910
• Cataulacus pullus Santschi, 1910
• Cataulacus tardus Santschi, 1914

Centromyrmex

• Centromyrmex sellaris Mayr, 1896

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster bequaerti Forel, 1913
• Crematogaster clariventris Mayr, 1895
• Crematogaster coelestis Santschi, 1911
• Crematogaster coelestis mercatori Santschi, 1939
• Crematogaster depressa (Latreille, 1802)
• Crematogaster edentula Santschi, 1914
• Crematogaster impressa Emery, 1899
• Crematogaster jullieni Santschi, 1910
• Crematogaster lamottei Bernard, 1953
• Crematogaster menilekii Forel, 1894
• Crematogaster pulchella Bernard, 1953
• Crematogaster senegalensis Roger, 1863
• Crematogaster stadelmanni Mayr, 1895
• Crematogaster wellmani Forel, 1909
• Crematogaster werneri Mayr, 1907
• Crematogaster werneri cacozela Santschi, 1914

Discothyrea

• Discothyrea oculata Emery, 1901

Dorylus

• Dorylus aethiopicus Emery, 1895
• Dorylus affinis Shuckard, 1840
• Dorylus atriceps Shuckard, 1840
• Dorylus brevipennis Emery, 1895
• Dorylus distinctus Santschi, 1910
• Dorylus fimbriatus (Shuckard, 1840)
• Dorylus fulvus (Westwood, 1839)
• Dorylus fulvus obscurior Wheeler, W.M., 1925
• Dorylus gribodoi Emery, 1892
• Dorylus kohli victoriae Santschi, 1921
• Dorylus moestus Emery, 1895
• Dorylus nigricans arcens (Westwood, 1847)
• Dorylus nigricans burmeisteri (Shuckard, 1840)
• Dorylus nigricans terrificus Santschi, 1923
• Dorylus savagei Emery, 1895
• Dorylus spininodis Emery, 1901
• Dorylus titan Santschi, 1923

Euponera

• Euponera brunoi Forel, 1913

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera angustata (Santschi, 1914)
• Hypoponera coeca Santschi, 1914
• Hypoponera dulcis (Forel, 1907)
• Hypoponera inaudax (Santschi, 1919)
• Hypoponera occidentalis (Bernard, 1953)
• Hypoponera petiolata (Bernard, 1953)
• Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)
• Hypoponera sinuosa (Bernard, 1953)

Lepisiota

• Lepisiota canescens (Emery, 1897)
• Lepisiota imperfecta (Santschi, 1926)
• Lepisiota monardi (Santschi, 1930)

Leptogenys

• Leptogenys crustosa Santschi, 1914
• Leptogenys guineensis Santschi, 1914
• Leptogenys microps Bolton, 1975
• Leptogenys occidentalis Bernard, 1953

Lioponera

• Lioponera foreli (Santschi, 1914)

Megaponera

• Megaponera analis (Latreille, 1802)

Meranoplus

• Meranoplus clypeatus Bernard, 1953

Mesoponera

• Mesoponera caffraria (Smith, F., 1858)
• Mesoponera caffraria caffra (Santschi, 1935)
• Mesoponera nimba (Bernard, 1953)
• Mesoponera novemdentata (Bernard, 1953)
• Mesoponera picea (Bernard, 1953)
• Mesoponera senegalensis Santschi, 1914)
• Mesoponera testacea Bernard, 1953
• Mesoponera villiersi (Bernard, 1953)
• Mesoponera weberi (Bernard, 1953)

Microdaceton

• Microdaceton species

Monomorium

• Monomorium bicolor Emery, 1877
• Monomorium exiguum Forel, 1894
• Monomorium guineense (Bernard, 1953)
• Monomorium invidium Bolton, 1987
• Monomorium mictilis Forel, 1910
• Monomorium occidentale Bernard, 1953
• Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Myrmicaria

• Myrmicaria natalensis (Smith, F., 1858)

Nylanderia

• Nylanderia incallida (Santschi, 1915)
• Nylanderia jaegerskioeldi (Mayr, 1904)

Odontomachus

• Odontomachus assiniensis Emery, 1892
• Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi, 1914

Oecophylla

• Oecophylla longinoda (Latreille, 1802)

Paltothyreus

• Paltothyreus tarsatus (Fabricius, 1798)

Paratrechina

• Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)

Parasyscia

• Parasyscia cribrinodis (Emery, 1899)
• Parasyscia villiersi Bernard, 1953

Pheidole

• Pheidole aurivillii Mayr, 1896
• Pheidole buchholzi Mayr, 1901
• Pheidole corticicola Santschi, 1910
• Pheidole excellens Mayr, 1862
• Pheidole guineensis (Fabricius, 1793)
• Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)
• Pheidole megacephala costauriensis Santschi, 1914
• Pheidole megacephala melancholica Santschi, 1912
• Pheidole mentita Santschi, 1914
• Pheidole mentita pullata Santschi, 1914
• Pheidole minima Mayr, 1901
• Pheidole minuscula Bernard, 1953
• Pheidole nigritella Bernard, 1953
• Pheidole nimba Bernard, 1953
• Pheidole occipitalis André, 1890
• Pheidole occipitalis adami Santschi, 1939
• Pheidole occipitalis neutralis Santschi, 1914
• Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866
• Pheidole sculpturata Mayr, 1866
• Pheidole speculifera Emery, 1877
• Pheidole termitophila Forel, 1904
• Pheidole tricarinata Santschi, 1914

Phrynoponera

• Phrynoponera gabonensis (André, 1892)

Plagiolepis

• Plagiolepis brunni Mayr, 1895

Platythyrea

• Platythyrea conradti Emery, 1899

Polyrhachis

• Polyrhachis decemdentata André, 1889
• Polyrhachis militaris (Fabricius, 1782)
• Polyrhachis schistacea (Gerstäcker, 1859)
• Polyrhachis weissi Santschi, 1910

Probolomyrmex

• Probolomyrmex guineensis Taylor, 1965

Psalidomyrmex

• Psalidomyrmex foveolatus André, 1890
• Psalidomyrmex procerus Emery, 1901

Promyopias

• Promyopias silvestrii (Santschi, 1914)

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)
• Solenopsis punctaticeps Mayr, 1865
• Solenopsis punctaticeps indocilis Santschi, 1914
• Solenopsis saevissima (Smith, F., 1855)
• Solenopsis saevissima itinerans Forel, 1911

Strumigenys

• Strumigenys bequaerti Santschi, 1923
• Strumigenys ludovici (Forel, 1904)
• Strumigenys lujae (Forel, 1902)
• Strumigenys maynei Forel, 1916
• Strumigenys petiolata Bernard, 1953
• Strumigenys rufobrunea Santschi, 1914
• Strumigenys simoni Emery, 1895

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma luridum Emery, 1908
• Tapinoma luridum longiceps Wheeler, W.M., 1922
• Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)

Technomyrmex

• Technomyrmex andrei Emery, 1899
• Technomyrmex camerunensis Emery, 1899
• Technomyrmex moerens Santschi, 1913
• Technomyrmex nigriventris Santschi, 1910

Terataner

• Terataner elegans Bernard, 1953

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium aculeatum (Mayr, 1866)
• Tetramorium africanum (Mayr, 1866)
• Tetramorium anxium Santschi, 1914
• Tetramorium ataxium Bolton, 1980
• Tetramorium brevispinosum (Stitz, 1910)
• Tetramorium camerunense Mayr, 1895
• Tetramorium coloreum Mayr, 1901
• Tetramorium cristatum Stitz, 1910
• Tetramorium guineense (Bernard, 1953)
• Tetramorium lucayanum Wheeler, W.M., 1905
• Tetramorium nodiferum Emery, 1901
• Tetramorium opacum (Emery, 1909)
• Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877
• Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, F., 1851)
• Tetramorium uelense Santschi, 1923

Tetraponera

• Tetraponera mocquerysi (André, 1890)
• Tetraponera ophthalmica Emery, 1912

Trichomyrmex

• Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851)