Ivory Coast

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Ivory Coast
Location
Region	Africa
Subregion	Western Africa
BioRegion	Afrotropical Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	9
Genera	65
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	290
Endemic Species	30
% Endemic Species	10.3%
Introduced Species	0

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

Aenictus

• Aenictus asperivalvus Santschi, 1919
• Aenictus bidentatus Donisthorpe, 1942
• Aenictus boltoni Gomez, 2022
• Aenictus decolor (Mayr, 1879)
• Aenictus foreli Santschi, 1919
• Aenictus guineensis Santschi, 1924
• Aenictus koloi Gomez, 2022
• Aenictus luteus Emery, 1892
• Aenictus moebii Emery, 1895
• Aenictus moebii pudicus Santschi, 1919
• Aenictus mutatus Santschi, 1913
• Aenictus mvuvii Gomez, 2022
• Aenictus togoensis Santschi, 1915
• Aenictus weissi Santschi, 1910

Anochetus

• Anochetus africanus (Mayr, 1865)
• Anochetus bequaerti Forel, 1913
• Anochetus katonae
• Anochetus pellucidus Emery, 1902
• Anochetus siphneus Brown, 1978
• Anochetus traegaordhi Mayr, 1904

Apomyrma

• Apomyrma stygia Brown, Gotwald & Levieux, 1971

Asphinctopone

• Asphinctopone silvestrii Santschi, 1914

Atopomyrmex

• Atopomyrmex cryptoceroides Emery, 1892

Axinidris

• Axinidris species 1

Baracidris

• Baracidris meketra Bolton, 1981
• Baracidris sitra Bolton, 1981

Bothroponera

• Bothroponera pachyderma Emery, 1901
• Bothroponera silvestrii Santschi, 1914
• Bothroponera soror

Brachyponera

• Brachyponera sennaarensis (Mayr, 1862)

Calyptomyrmex

• Calyptomyrmex barak Bolton, 1981
• Calyptomyrmex kaurus Bolton, 1981
• Calyptomyrmex nummuliticus Santschi, 1914

Camponotus

• Camponotus acvapimensis
• Camponotus brutus Forel, 1886
• Camponotus congolensis Emery, 1899
• Camponotus maculatus Fabricius, 1782
• Camponotus orthodoxus Santschi, 1914
• Camponotus robertae Santschi, 1926
• Camponotus sericeus (Fabricius, 1798)
• Camponotus solon Forel, 1886
• Camponotus vestitus (Smith, F., 1858)
• Camponotus vestitus comptus Santschi, 1926
• Camponotus vividus (Smith, F., 1858)

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881
• Cardiocondyla heinzei Seifert, 2024
• Cardiocondyla neferka Bolton, 1982
• Cardiocondyla yoruba Rigato, 2002

Carebara

• Carebara diabola
• Carebara distincta (Bolton & Belshaw, 1993)
• Carebara elmenteitae
• Carebara lilith Fischer, Azorsa & Hita Garcia, 2015
• Carebara sarita
• Carebara silvestrii (Santschi, 1914)
• Carebara thoracica

Cataglyphis

• Cataglyphis bicolor seticornis (Emery, 1906)

Cataulacus

• Cataulacus guineensis Smith, F., 1853
• Cataulacus pygmaeus André, 1890
• Cataulacus traegaordhi
• Cataulacus weissi Santschi, 1913

Centromyrmex

• Centromyrmex angolensis Santschi, 1937
• Centromyrmex secutor Bolton & Fisher, 2008
• Centromyrmex sellaris Mayr, 1896

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster africana
• Crematogaster depressa (Latreille, 1802)
• Crematogaster gabonensis Emery, 1899
• Crematogaster impressa Emery, 1899
• Crematogaster mottazi Santschi, 1928
• Crematogaster rugosa André, 1895
• Crematogaster rugosa nigriventris Santschi, 1919
• Crematogaster solenopsides Emery, 1899
• Crematogaster solenopsides costeboriensis Santschi, 1919
• Crematogaster stadelmanni Mayr, 1895
• Crematogaster striatula Emery, 1892
• Crematogaster vidua Santschi, 1928

Cyphoidris

• Cyphoidris spinosa Weber, 1952

Discothyrea

• Discothyrea mixta Brown, 1958
• Discothyrea oculata Emery, 1901
• Discothyrea penthos Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019
• Discothyrea venus Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019

Dorylus

• Dorylus aethiopicus Emery, 1895
• Dorylus affinis Shuckard, 1840
• Dorylus affinis pulliceps Santschi, 1917
• Dorylus atriceps Shuckard, 1840
• Dorylus brevipennis Emery, 1895
• Dorylus conradti Emery, 1895
• Dorylus conradti berlandi Santschi, 1926
• Dorylus fulvus
• Dorylus fulvus mordax Santschi, 1931
• Dorylus fuscipennis (Emery, 1892)
• Dorylus fuscipennis lugubris Santschi, 1919
• Dorylus fuscipennis marginiventris Santschi, 1919
• Dorylus gribodoi Emery, 1892
• Dorylus leo Santschi, 1919
• Dorylus mandibularis Mayr, 1896
• Dorylus mandibularis pulchellus Santschi, 1920
• Dorylus moestus Emery, 1895
• Dorylus nigricans
• Dorylus nigricans arcens (Westwood, 1847)
• Dorylus nigricans burmeisteri (Shuckard, 1840)
• Dorylus nigricans terrificus Santschi, 1923
• Dorylus wilverthi Emery, 1899

Euponera

• Euponera brunoi

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera angustata (Santschi,, 1914)
• Hypoponera coeca Santschi, 1914
• Hypoponera defessa Bolton & Fisher, 2011
• Hypoponera dulcis (Forel, 1907)
• Hypoponera inaudax (Santschi, 1919)
• Hypoponera lassa Bolton & Fisher, 2011
• Hypoponera lepida Bolton & Fisher, 2011
• Hypoponera occidentalis (Bernard, 1953)
• Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1857)
• Hypoponera sinuosa (Bernard, 1953)

Lepisiota

• Lepisiota angolensis
• Lepisiota cacozela (Stitz, 1916)
• Lepisiota capensis
• Lepisiota capensis guineensis (Mayr, 1902)
• Lepisiota egregia

Leptogenys

• Leptogenys conradti Forel, 1913
• Leptogenys elegans Bolton, 1975
• Leptogenys mastax Bolton, 1975
• Leptogenys microps Bolton, 1975
• Leptogenys nuserra Bolton, 1975
• Leptogenys sterops Bolton, 1975

Lioponera

• Lioponera foreli (Santschi, 1914)
• Lioponera similis Santschi, 1930

Loboponera

• Loboponera basalis Bolton & Brown, 2002
• Loboponera nasica (Santschi, 1920)
• Loboponera obeliscata
• Loboponera politula Bolton & Brown, 2002
• Loboponera trica Bolton & Brown, 2002
• Loboponera vigilans Bolton & Brown, 2002

Megalomyrmex

• Megalomyrmex silvestrii

Megaponera

• Megaponera analis (Latreille, 1802)

Melissotarsus

• Melissotarsus beccarii Emery,, 1877
• Melissotarsus weissi Santschi, 1910

Mesoponera

• Mesoponera ambigua
• Mesoponera caffraria (Smith, F., 1858)

Messor

• Messor galla Mayr, 1904
• Messor regalis (Emery, 1892)

Microdaceton

• Microdaceton tibialis Weber, 1952

Monomorium

• Monomorium afrum André, 1884
• Monomorium bicolor Emery, 1877
• Monomorium dolatu Bolton, 1987
• Monomorium egens Forel, 1901
• Monomorium exiguum Forel, 1894
• Monomorium invidium Bolton, 1987
• Monomorium pharaonis

Myrmicaria

• Myrmicaria baumi Forel, 1901
• Myrmicaria baumi occidentalis Santschi, 1920
• Myrmicaria fumata Santschi, 1916
• Myrmicaria natalensis (Smith, F., 1858)
• Myrmicaria salambo Wheeler, W.M., 1922

Nylanderia

• Nylanderia brevisetula LaPolla & Fisher, 2011
• Nylanderia incallida (Santschi, 1915)
• Nylanderia lepida (Santschi, 1915)
• Nylanderia scintilla LaPolla & Fisher, 2011

Odontomachus

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

Oecophylla

• Oecophylla longinoda (Latreille, 1802)
• Oecophylla longinoda claridens Santschi, 1928

Paltothyreus

• Paltothyreus tarsatus (Fabricius, 1798)

Parasyscia

• Parasyscia kenyensis
• Parasyscia nitidulus

Paraparatrechina

• Paraparatrechina weissi

Parvaponera

• Parvaponera darwinii (Forel, 1893)

Pheidole

• Pheidole buchholzi Mayr, 1901
• Pheidole corticicola Santschi, 1910
• Pheidole excellens Mayr, 1862
• Pheidole heliosa Fischer, Hita Garcia & Peters, 2012
• Pheidole klaman Gómez, Kouakou, Fischer, Hita-Garcia, Katzke & Economo, 2022
• Pheidole megacephala Santschi, 1912
• Pheidole megacephala melancholica Santschi, 1912
• Pheidole minuscula
• Pheidole prelli ingenita Santschi, 1928
• Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866
• Pheidole rebeccae Fischer, Hita Garcia & Peters, 2012
• Pheidole sculpturata Mayr, 1866

Phrynoponera

• Phrynoponera gabonensis (André, 1892)

Plagiolepis

• Plagiolepis mediorufa

Platythyrea

• Platythyrea conradti Emery, 1899
• Platythyrea frontalis Emery, 1899
• Platythyrea modesta

Plectroctena

• Plectroctena anops
• Plectroctena cryptica Bolton, 1974
• Plectroctena lygaria Bolton Gotwald & Leroux, 1979
• Plectroctena minor Emery, 1892
• Plectroctena subterranea Arnold, 1915
• Plectroctena ugandensis Menozzi, 1933

Polyrhachis

• Polyrhachis alluaudi Emery, 1891
• Polyrhachis concava André, 1889
• Polyrhachis decemdentata André, 1889
• Polyrhachis laboriosa Smith, F., 1858
• Polyrhachis militaris (Fabricius, 1782)
• Polyrhachis schistacea (Gerstäcker, 1859)

Prionopelta

• Prionopelta amieti Terron, 1974

Pristomyrmex

• Pristomyrmex orbiceps Santschi, 1914

Probolomyrmex

• Probolomyrmex guineensis Taylor, 1965

Proceratium

• Proceratium species 1

Promyopias

• Promyopias silvestrii (Santschi, 1914)

Psalidomyrmex

• Psalidomyrmex foveolatus André, 1890

Simopone

• Simopone conradti Emery, 1899

Sphinctomyrmex

• Sphinctomyrmex species 1

Stigmatomma

• Stigmatomma pluto (Gotwald & Levieux, 1972)
• Stigmatomma santschii Menozzi, 1922

Strumigenys

• Strumigenys concolor Santschi, 1914
• Strumigenys cryptura Bolton, 1983
• Strumigenys emarginata (Mayr, 1901)
• Strumigenys enkara Bolton, 1983
• Strumigenys exunca Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys fulda Bolton, 1983
• Strumigenys hastyla Bolton, 1983
• Strumigenys hensekta Bolton, 1983
• Strumigenys impidora Bolton, 1983
• Strumigenys laticeps Brown, 1962
• Strumigenys ludovici (Forel, 1904)
• Strumigenys lujae (Forel, 1902)
• Strumigenys marginata (Santschi, 1914)
• Strumigenys maynei Forel, 1916
• Strumigenys minkara Bolton, 1983
• Strumigenys nimbrata Bolton, 1983
• Strumigenys ninda (Bolton, 1983)
• Strumigenys petiolata Bernard, 1953
• Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890
• Strumigenys roomi Bolton, 1972
• Strumigenys rufobrunea Santschi, 1914
• Strumigenys serrula (Santschi, 1910)
• Strumigenys sharra Bolton, 1983
• Strumigenys sistrura
• Strumigenys spathoda Bolton, 1983
• Strumigenys tacta Bolton, 1983
• Strumigenys tetragnatha
• Strumigenys tiglath Bolton, 1983
• Strumigenys tigrilla Brown, 1973
• Strumigenys truncatidens (Brown, 1950)
• Strumigenys tukulta Bolton, 1983
• Strumigenys vazerka Bolton, 1983

Syllophopsis

• Syllophopsis cryptobia (Santschi, 1921)
• Syllophopsis malamixta (Bolton, 1987)
• Syllophopsis modesta (Santschi, 1914)
• Syllophopsis thrascolepta (Bolton, 1987)

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma lugubre

Technomyrmex

• Technomyrmex albipes
• Technomyrmex andrei Emery, 1899
• Technomyrmex moerens Santschi, 1913
• Technomyrmex parviflavus Bolton, 2007

Terataner

• Terataner velatus Bolton, 1981

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium aculeatum
• Tetramorium amentete Bolton, 1980
• Tetramorium anxium
• Tetramorium ataxium Bolton, 1980
• Tetramorium brevispinosum (Stitz, 1910)
• Tetramorium caldarium (Roger, 1857)
• Tetramorium calinum
• Tetramorium camerunense Mayr, 1895
• Tetramorium cristatum Stitz, 1910
• Tetramorium decem
• Tetramorium diomandei Bolton, 1980
• Tetramorium distinctum
• Tetramorium edouardi Forel, 1894
• Tetramorium flabellum Bolton, 1980
• Tetramorium flavithorax (Santschi, 1914)
• Tetramorium guineense (Bernard, 1953)
• Tetramorium hapale Bolton, 1980
• Tetramorium intonsum Bolton, 1980
• Tetramorium invictum Bolton, 1980
• Tetramorium jugatum Bolton, 1980
• Tetramorium khyarum Bolton, 1980
• Tetramorium lucayanum Wheeler, W.M., 1905
• Tetramorium magnificum Bolton, 1980
• Tetramorium minimum (Bolton, 1976)
• Tetramorium minusculum Santschi, 1914
• Tetramorium muralti Forel, 1910
• Tetramorium muscorum Arnold, 1926
• Tetramorium occidentale (Santschi, 1916)
• Tetramorium peutli Forel, 1916
• Tetramorium pylacum Bolton, 1980
• Tetramorium rhetidum Bolton, 1980
• Tetramorium saginatum Bolton, 1980
• Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877
• Tetramorium sigillum Bolton, 1980
• Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, F., 1851)
• Tetramorium termitobium Emery, 1908
• Tetramorium typhlops Bolton, 1980
• Tetramorium versiculum Bolton, 1980
• Tetramorium zambezium Santschi, 1939
• Tetramorium zapyrum Bolton, 1980

Tetraponera

• Tetraponera mocquerysi

Xymmer

• Xymmer muticus (Santschi, 1914)

Zasphinctus

• Zasphinctus kouakoui Hita Garcia & Gómez, 2025

References

• [1] Bolton, B. 1975a. A revision of the ant genus Leptogenys Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian region with a review of the Malagasy species. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 31: 235-305
• Kolo Yeo, S. Konate, S. Tiho and S.K. Camara 2011. Impacts of land use types on ant communities in a tropical forest margin (Oume-Cote d'Ivoire). African Journal of Agricultural Research vo 6(2): 260-274.