India

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India
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Location
Region Asia
Subregion Southern Asia
BioRegion Oriental Region
Diversity
Subfamilies 10
Genera 109
Endemic Genera 0
% Endemic Genera 0.0%
Species/Subspecies 881
Endemic Species 321
% Endemic Species 36.4%
Introduced Species 0

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

An index of information about the Ants of India is found at the India Regional Project page.

Acropyga

Aenictus

Agraulomyrmex

Anillomyrma

Anochetus

Anoplolepis

Aphaenogaster

Bothroponera

Brachyponera

Buniapone

Calyptomyrmex

Camponotus

Cardiocondyla

Carebara

Cataglyphis

Cataulacus

Centromyrmex

Cerapachys

Chronoxenus

Chrysapace

Colobopsis

Crematogaster

Cryptopone

Diacamma

Dilobocondyla

Discothyrea

Dolichoderus

Dorylus

Echinopla

Ectomomyrmex

Emeryopone

Erromyrma

Eusphinctus

Formica

Gauromyrmex

Gesomyrmex

Harpegnathos

Hypoponera

Indomyrma

Iridomyrmex

Kartidris

Lasius

Lepisiota

Leptanilla

Leptogenys

Leptothorax

Liometopum

Liomyrmex

Lioponera

Lophomyrmex

Lordomyrma

Mayriella

Meranoplus

Mesoponera

Messor

Metapone

Monomorium

Myopias

Myopopone

Myrmecina

Myrmica

Myrmicaria

Myrmoteras

Mystrium

Nylanderia

Ochetellus

Odontomachus

Odontoponera

Oecophylla

Ooceraea

Paraparatrechina

Parasyscia

Paratopula

Paratrechina

Parvaponera

Perissomyrmex

Pheidole

Philidris

Plagiolepis

Platythyrea

Polyrhachis

Ponera

Prenolepis

Prionopelta

Pristomyrmex

Probolomyrmex

Proceratium

Protanilla

Pseudolasius

Pseudoneoponera

Recurvidris

Rhopalomastix

Solenopsis

Stenamma

Stictoponera

Distribution of Stictoponera species across India (Dhadwal & Bharti, 2023)
Species Distribution in India
Stictoponera bicolor Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, West Bengal
Stictoponera binghamii Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
Stictoponera coxalis Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Karnataka
Stictoponera lattkei Sikkim
Stictoponera meghalaya Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
Stictoponera menadensis Assam, West Bengal

Stigmatomma

Strumigenys

Syllophopsis

Syscia

  • Syscia indica Aswaj, Sahanashree, Udayakantha, Aniruddha & Priyadarsanan, 2021

Tapinoma

Technomyrmex

Temnothorax

Tetramorium

Further details

Tetraponera

Trichomyrmex

Tyrannomyrmex

Vollenhovia

Vombisidris

Zasphinctus

Uncertain species

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

Previous Records

  • Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758): Not reported as present by Agavekar et al. (2017).
  • Tetramorium tonganum Mayr, 1870: The Indian records of this species reported by Bharti & Kumar (2012) and Bharti et al. (2016) are based on a misidentification in Bharti & Kumar (2012). The species presented in that study is actually T. salvatum (Agavekar et al., 2017).

References