Kenya

Kenya
Location
Region	Africa
Subregion	Eastern Africa
BioRegion	Afrotropical Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	8
Genera	68
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	504
Endemic Species	79
% Endemic Species	15.7%
Introduced Species	0

The following 462 valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Kenya. 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 Kenys ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Kenya Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

Other information about the ants of Kenya can be found on the Kenya Regional Project page.

Acropyga

Acropyga silvestrii Emery, 1915

Aenictus

Aenictus alluaudi Santschi, 1910
Aenictus bidentatus Donisthorpe, 1942
Aenictus crucifer Santschi, 1914
Aenictus decolor (Mayr, 1879)
Aenictus eugenii Emery, 1895
Aenictus fuscovarius Gerstacker, 1859
Aenictus fuscovarius magrettii Emery, 1892
Aenictus guineensis Santschi, 1924
Aenictus hamifer Emery, 1896
Aenictus hitai Gomez, 2022
Aenictus rotundatus Mayr, 1901
Aenictus weissi Santschi, 1910

Aenictogiton

Aenictogiton species

Anochetus

Anochetus africanus (Mayr, 1865)
Anochetus bequaerti Forel, 1913
Anochetus katonae Forel, 1907
Anochetus obscuratus Santschi, 1911
Anochetus maynei Forel, 1913
Anochetus pellucidus Emery, 1902
Anochetus rothschildi Forel, 1907
Anochetus sedilloti Emery, 1884
Anochetus traegaordhi Mayr, 1904

Anoplolepis

Anoplolepis custodiens (Smith, F., 1858)

Atopomyrmex

Atopomyrmex mocquerysi André, 1889

Axinidris

Axinidris acholli Weber, 1941
Axinidris bidens Shattuck, 1991
Axinidris hypoclinoides (Santschi, 1919)
Axinidris icipe Snelling, 2007
Axinidris kakamegensis Shattuck, 1991
Axinidris luhya Snelling, 2007
Axinidris murielae Shattuck, 1991
Axinidris okekai Snelling, 2007

Baracidris

Baracidris pilosa Fernández, 2003

Bothroponera

Bothroponera ancilla Emery, 1899
Bothroponera crassa (Emery, 1877)
Bothroponera ilgii Forel, 1910
Bothroponera kruegeri (Forel, 1910)
Bothroponera notaula Joma & Mackay, 2017
Bothroponera pachyderma Emery, 1901
Bothroponera silvestrii Santschi, 1914
Bothroponera soror Emery, 1899
Bothroponera talpa (André, 1890)

Brachyponera

Brachyponera sennaarensis (Mayr, 1862)

Calyptomyrmex

Calyptomyrmex brunneus Arnold, 1948
Calyptomyrmex clavatus Weber, 1952
Calyptomyrmex duhun Bolton, 1981
Calyptomyrmex piripilis Santschi 1923
Calyptomyrmex tensus Bolton, 1981

Camponotus

Camponotus acvapimensis Mayr, 1862
Camponotus aegyptiacus Emery, 1915
Camponotus bayeri Forel, 1913
Camponotus bertolonii Emery, 1895
Camponotus bottegoi Emery, 1895
Camponotus braunsi Mayr, 1895
Camponotus braunsi erythromelus Emery, 1896
Camponotus brutus Forel, 1886
Camponotus chrysurus Gerstäcker, 1871
Camponotus cinctellus (Gerstäcker, 1859)
Camponotus erinaceus Gerstäcker, 1871
Camponotus etiolipes Bolton, 1995
Camponotus ferreri cavisquamis Santschi, 1926
Camponotus flavomarginatus Mayr, 1862
Camponotus foraminosus Forel, 1879
Camponotus foraminosus chrysogaster Emery, 1895
Camponotus galla Forel, 1894
Camponotus grandidieri Forel, 1886
Camponotus jeanneli Santschi, 1914
Camponotus kersteni Gerstäcker, 1871
Camponotus lilianae Forel,, 1913
Camponotus maculatus (Fabricius, 1782)
Camponotus mayri Forel, 1879
Camponotus mombassae Forel, 1886
Camponotus niveosetosus Mayr, 1862
Camponotus orinobates Santschi, 1919
Camponotus perrisii Forel, 1886
Camponotus pompeius Forel, 1886
Camponotus posticus Santschi, 1926
Camponotus robecchii Emery, 1892
Camponotus robecchii troglodytes Forel, 1894
Camponotus rufoglaucus Jerdon, 1851
Camponotus schoutedeni Forel, 1911
Camponotus sericeus (Fabricius,, 1798)
Camponotus rubripes (Latreille, 1802)
Camponotus sericeus (Fabricius, 1798)
Camponotus solon Forel, 1886
Camponotus somalinus André, 1887
Camponotus somalinus pattensis Forel, 1907
Camponotus thraso negus Forel, 1907
Camponotus viri Santschi, 1915
Camponotus vividus Smith, F., 1858
Camponotus wolfi Emery, 1920
Camponotus zimmermanni pansus Santschi, 1926

Cardiocondyla

Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1891
Cardiocondyla shuckardi Forel, 1891
Cardiocondyla wroughtonii (Forel, 1890)

Carebara

Carebara alluaudi Santschi, 1913
Carebara distincta (Bolton & Belshaw, 1993)
Carebara elmenteitae (Patrizi, 1948)
Carebara jeanneli Santschi, 1913
Carebara octata Bolton & Belshaw, 1993
Carebara perpusilla (Emery, 1895)
Carebara phragmotica Fischer, Azorsa & Hita Garcia, 2015
Carebara pisinna Bolton & Belshaw, 1993
Carebara polita (Santschi, 1914)
Carebara rara (Bolton & Belshaw, 1993)
Carebara silvestrii (Santschi, 1914)
Carebara thoracica (Weber, 1950)
Carebara vidua Smith, F., 1858

Cataulacus

Cataulacus brevisetosus Forel, 1901
Cataulacus egenus Santschi, 1911
Cataulacus elongatus Santschi, 1914
Cataulacus intrudens (Smith, F., 1876)
Cataulacus jeanneli Santschi, 1914
Cataulacus kenyensis Santschi, 1935
Cataulacus lujae Forel, 1911
Cataulacus moloch Bolton, 1982
Cataulacus pullus Santschi, 1910
Cataulacus pygmaeus André, 1890
Cataulacus striativentris Santschi, 1924
Cataulacus traegaordhi Santchi, 1914
Cataulacus vorticus Bolton, 1974
Cataulacus wissmannii Forel, 1894

Centromyrmex

Centromyrmex sellaris Mayr, 1896

Crematogaster

Crematogaster aegyptiaca turkanensis Santschi, 1935
Crematogaster africana Mayr, 1895
Crematogaster amabilis Santschi, 1911
Crematogaster amabilis retiaria Santschi, 1933
Crematogaster bequaerti modica Santschi, 1926
Crematogaster bequaerti mutabilis Santschi, 1914
Crematogaster buchneri uasina Santschi, 1935
Crematogaster castanea Smith, 1858
Crematogaster castanea aquila Forel, 1907
Crematogaster castanea bruta Santschi, 1926
Crematogaster castanea busschodtsi Emery,, 1899
Crematogaster castanea ferruginea Forel, 1892
Crematogaster castanea inversa Forel, 1907
Crematogaster castanea mediorufa Forel, 1907
Crematogaster castanea ulugurensis Forel, 1911
Crematogaster chiarinii Emery, 1881
Crematogaster chiarinii bayeri Santschi, 1926
Crematogaster clariventris Mayr, 1895
Crematogaster concava Emery, 1899
Crematogaster excisa lacustris Santschi, 1914
Crematogaster foraminiceps Santschi, 1913
Crematogaster foraminiceps mirmillo Santschi, 1935
Crematogaster gabonensis André, 1889
Crematogaster gambiensis André, 1889
Crematogaster gambiensis longiruga Forel, 1907
Crematogaster gerstaeckeri Dalla Torre, 1892
Crematogaster gerstaeckeri pulla Wheeler, W.M., 1922
Crematogaster jeanneli Santschi, 1914
Crematogaster kachelibae Arnold, 1954
Crematogaster litoralis Arnold, 1955
Crematogaster luctans Forel, 1907
Crematogaster mimosae Santschi, 1914
Crematogaster nigriceps Emery, 1897
Crematogaster phoenix Santschi, 1921
Crematogaster pseudinermis Viehmeyer, 1923
Crematogaster rectinota Forel, 1913
Crematogaster rugosa André, 1895
Crematogaster sjostedti Mayr, 1907
Crematogaster stadelmanni Mayr, 1895
Crematogaster striatula Emery, 1892
Crematogaster striatula horatii Santschi, 1937
Crematogaster tenuipilis Santschi, 1937
Crematogaster tricolor Gerstackker, 1859
Crematogaster vulcania Santschi, 1913
Crematogaster wellmani Forel, 1909

Cyphoidris

Cyphoidris spinosa Weber, 1952

Discothyrea

Discothyrea athene Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019
Discothyrea damato Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019
Discothyrea dryad Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019
Discothyrea mixta Brown, 1958
Discothyrea oculata Emery, 1901
Discothyrea patrizii Weber, 1949

Dorylus

Dorylus affinis Shuckard, 1840
Dorylus affinis exilis Santschi, 1914
Dorylus atriceps (Smith, F., 1858)
Dorylus braunsi Emery, 1895
Dorylus brevipennis Emery, 1895
Dorylus buyssoni Santschi, 1910
Dorylus buyssoni conjugens Santschi, 1910
Dorylus conradti Emery, 1895
Dorylus depilis Emery,, 1895
Dorylus fimbriatus (Shuckard, 1840)
Dorylus fimbriatus laevipodex Santschi, 1919
Dorylus fulvus (Westwood, 1839)
Dorylus fulvus badius Gerstacker, 1859
Dorylus helvolus Linnaeus, 1764
Dorylus kohli Wasmann, 1904
Dorylus moestus Emery, 1895
Dorylus nigricans burmeisteri (Shuckard, 1840)
Dorylus nigricans molestus (Gerstacker, 1859)
Dorylus stanleyi Forel, 1909
Dorylus wilverthi Emery, 1899

Euponera

Euponera brunoi Forel, 1913
Euponera sjostedti (Mayr, 1896)
Euponera wroughtonii (Forel, 1901)

Hypoponera

Hypoponera angustata (Santschi,, 1914)
Hypoponera camerunensis (Santschi, 1914)
Hypoponera coeca Santschi, 1914
Hypoponera dulcis (Forel, 1907)
Hypoponera fatiga Bolton & Fisher, 2011
Hypoponera importuna Bolton & Fisher, 2011
Hypoponera inaudax (Santschi, 1919)
Hypoponera jeanneli (Santschi, 1935)
Hypoponera mixta Bolton & Fisher, 2011
Hypoponera occidentalis (Bernard, 1953)
Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)
Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894)
Hypoponera segnis Bolton & Fisher, 2011
Hypoponera surda Bolton & Fisher, 2011
Hypoponera tecta Bolton & Fisher, 2011
Hypoponera ursa (Santschi, 1924)

Lepisiota

Lepisiota affinis Santschi, 1937
Lepisiota canescens (Emery, 1897)
Lepisiota capensis (Mayr, 1862)
Lepisiota capensis anceps Forel, 1916
Lepisiota capensis guineensis (Mayr, 1902)
Lepisiota crinita (Mayr, 1895)
Lepisiota depressa Santschi, 1914
Lepisiota hirsuta Santschi, 1914
Lepisiota incisa (Forel, 1913)
Lepisiota simplex (Forel, 1892)

Leptanilla

Leptanilla acherontia Griebenow, 2024

Leptogenys

Leptogenys elegans Bolton, 1975
Leptogenys intermedia Emery, 1902
Leptogenys maxillosa (Smith, F., 1858)
Leptogenys pavesii Emery, 1892
Leptogenys regis Bolton, 1975
Leptogenys stuhlmanni Mayr, 1893

Lioponera

Lioponera braytoni Weber, 1949
Lioponera foreli (Santschi, 1914)
Lioponera nigra Santschi, 1914
Lioponera nkomoensis (Forel, 1916)
Lioponera vespula (Weber, 1949)

Megaponera

Megaponera analis (Latreille, 1802)

Melissotarsus

Melissotarsus emeryi Forel, 1907

Melissotarsus weissi Santschi, 1910

Meranoplus

Meranoplus inermis Emery, 1895
Meranoplus magrettii André, 1884

Mesoponera

Mesoponera ambigua André, 1890
Mesoponera caffraria (Smith,F., 1858)
Mesoponera subiridescens Wheeler, W.M., 1922

Messor

Messor angularis Santschi, 1928
Messor cephalotes (Emery, 1895)
Messor ferreri Collingwood, 1993
Messor galla (Mayr, 1904)

Microdaceton

Microdaceton exornatum Santschi, 1913
Microdaceton tibialis Weber, 1952

Monomorium

Monomorium afrum André, 1884
Monomorium arboreum Weber, 1943
Monomorium bicolor Emery, 1877
Monomorium draxocum Bolton, 1987
Monomorium exiguum Forel, 1894
Monomorium fasciatum Santschi, 1920
Monomorium hanneli Forel, 1907
Monomorium holothir Bolton, 1987
Monomorium iyenasu Bolton, 1987
Monomorium madecassum Forel, 1892
Monomorium malatu Bolton, 1987
Monomorium manir Bolton, 1987
Monomorium mictilis Forel, 1910
Monomorium mirandum Arnold, 1955
Monomorium nitidiventre Emery, 1893
Monomorium osiridis Santschi, 1915
Monomorium pallidipes Forel, 1910
Monomorium paternum Bolton, 1987
Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Monomorium rastractum Bolton, 1987
Monomorium rosae Santschi, 1920
Monomorium rotundatum Santschi, 1920
Monomorium spectrum Bolton, 1987
Monomorium speluncarum Santschi, 1914
Monomorium sutu Bolton, 1987
Monomorium vaguum Santschi, 1930
Monomorium westi Bolton, 1987

Myrmicaria

Myrmicaria distincta Santschi, 1925
Myrmicaria fusca consanguinea Santschi, 1925
Myrmicaria natalensis eumenoides (Gerstacker, 1859)
Myrmicaria opaciventris Emery, 1893
Myrmicaria opaciventris congolensis Forel, 1909

Nesomyrmex

Nesomyrmex angulatus Mayr, 1862
Nesomyrmex cataulacoides Snelling, 1992
Nesomyrmex evelynae (Forel, 1916)
Nesomyrmex humerosus (Emery, 1896)
Nesomyrmex innocens (Forel, 1913)

Nylanderia

Nylanderia boltoni LaPolla, Hawkes & Fisher, 2011
Nylanderia bourbonica (Forel, 1886)
Nylanderia jaegerskioeldi (Mayr, 1904)
Nylanderia silvula LaPolla & Fisher, 2011

Ocymyrmex

Ocymyrmex nitidulus Emery, 1892
Ocymyrmex phraxus Bolton, 1981
Ocymyrmex robecchii Emery, 1892
Ocymyrmex weitzeckeri Emery, 1892

Odontomachus

Odontomachus assiniensis Emery, 1892
Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi, 1914

Oecophylla

Oecophylla leakeyi Wilson & Taylor, 1964
Oecophylla longinoda (Latreille, 1802)
Oecophylla longinoda textor Wheeler, W.M., 1922

Ophthalmopone

Ophthalmopone berthoudi (Forel, 1890)

Paltothyreus

Paltothyreus tarsatus (Fabricius, 1798)
Paltothyreus tarsatus delagoensis (Emery, 1899)
Paltothyreus tarsatus striatidens (Santschi, 1919)

Paraparatrechina

Paraparatrechina brunnella LaPolla & Cheng, 2010
Paraparatrechina concinnata LaPolla, Cheng & Fisher, 2010
Paraparatrechina umbranatis LaPolla & Cheng, 2010
Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)
Paraparatrechina weissi Santschi, 1910

Parasyscia

Parasyscia kenyensis Consani, 1951
Parasyscia lamborni Crawley, 1923
Parasyscia nitidulus Brown, 1975

Parvaponera

Parvaponera darwinii africana (Forel, 1909)
Parvaponera suspecta (Santschi, 1914)

Pheidole

Pheidole aurivillii Mayr, 1896
Pheidole crassinoda Emery, 1895
Pheidole crassinoda ruspolii Emery, 1897
Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879
Pheidole kitschneri Forel, 1910
Pheidole kohli Mayr, 1901
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)
Pheidole megacephala talpa Gerstäcker, 1871
Pheidole megacephala rotundata Forel, 1894
Pheidole nigeriensis Santschi, 1914
Pheidole prelli Forel, 1911
Pheidole pulchella Santschi, 1910
Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866
Pheidole scabriuscula Gerstäcker, 1871
Pheidole sculpturata Mayr, 1886
Pheidole sinaitica Mayr,, 1862
Pheidole speculifera Emery, 1877
Pheidole speculifera ascara Emery, 1901
Pheidole strator Bolton, 1975

Phrynoponera

Phrynoponera gabonensis (André, 1892)
Phrynoponera pulchella Bolton & Fisher, 2008

Plagiolepis

Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery, 1894
Plagiolepis brunni Mayr, 1895
Plagiolepis decora Santschi, 1914
Plagiolepis jouberti Forel, 1910
Plagiolepis pictipes Santschi, 1914

Platythyrea

Platythyrea cribrinodis Gerstäcker, 1859
Platythyrea gracillima Wheeler, W.M., 1922
Platythyrea modesta Emery, 1899
Platythyrea schultzei Forel, 1910

Plectroctena

Plectroctena cristata Emery, 1899
Plectroctena mandibularis Smith, F., 1858
Plectroctena strigosa Emery, 1899
Plectroctena subterranea Arnold, 1915

Polyrhachis

Polyrhachis cubaensis Mayr, 1862
Polyrhachis epinotalis Santschi, 1924
Polyrhachis gagates Smith, F., 1858
Polyrhachis gerstaeckeri Forel, 1886
Polyrhachis gibbula Rigato, 2016
Polyrhachis latispina Emery, 1925
Polyrhachis lestoni Bolton, 1973
Polyrhachis medusa Forel, 1897
Polyrhachis militaris (Fabricius, 1782)
Polyrhachis omissa Rigato, 2016
Polyrhachis schistacea Gerstäcker, 1859
Polyrhachis schlueteri Forel, 1886
Polyrhachis spinicola Forel, 1894
Polyrhachis viscosa Smith,F., 1858

Pristomyrmex

Pristomyrmex africanus Karavaiev, 1931
Pristomyrmex cribrarius Arnold, 1926

Probolomyrmex

Probolomyrmex guineensis Taylor, 1965

Proceratium

Proceratium sokoke Hita Garcia, Hawkes & Alpert, 2014
Proceratium toschii Consani, 1951

Psalidomyrmex

Psalidomyrmex procerus Emery, 1901

Simopone

Simopone conradti Emery, 1899
Simopone dryas Bolton & Fisher, 2012
Simopone grandis Santschi, 1923
Simopone persculpta
Simopone schoutedeni Santschi, 1923

Solenopsis

Solenopsis africana Santschi, 1914
Solenopsis punctaticeps Mayr, 1865
Solenopsis punctaticeps cleptomana Santschi, 1914

Strumigenys

Strumigenys arnoldi Forel, 1913
Strumigenys bellatrix Bolton, 2000
Strumigenys bequaerti (Santschi, 1923)
Strumigenys cacaoensis Bolton, 1983
Strumigenys cavinasis (Brown, 1950)
Strumigenys concolor (Santschi, 1914)
Strumigenys dextra Brown, 1954
Strumigenys geoterra (Bolton, 1983)
Strumigenys hensekta (Bolton, 1983)
Strumigenys katapelta Bolton, 1983
Strumigenys korahyla Bolton, 1983
Strumigenys londianensis (Patrizi, 1946)
Strumigenys ludovici (Forel, 1904)
Strumigenys lujae (Forel, 1902)
Strumigenys marginata (Santschi, 1914)
Strumigenys maxillaris Baroni Urbani, 2007
Strumigenys maynei Forel, 1916
Strumigenys minkara (Bolton, 1983)
Strumigenys omalyx Bolton, 1983
Strumigenys robertsoni Bolton, 2000
Strumigenys petiolata Bernard, 1953
Strumigenys rukha Bolton, 1983
Strumigenys serrula (Santschi, 1910)
Strumigenys simoni (Emery, 1895)
Strumigenys sulumana (Bolton, 1983)
Strumigenys stygia Santschi, 1913
Strumigenys tetragnatha Taylor, 1966
Strumigenys tetraphanes Brown, 1954
Strumigenys thuvida (Bolton, 1983)
Strumigenys truncatidens (Brown, 1950)

Syllophopsis

Syllophopsis cryptobia Santschi, 1921
Syllophopsis elgonensis Santschi, 1935
Syllophopsis modesta (Santschi, 1914)

Tapinolepis

Tapinolepis bothae Forel, 1907
Tapinolepis macrophthalma (Arnold, 1962)

Tapinoma

Tapinoma acuminatum Forel, 1907
Tapinoma luridum connexum Santschi, 1914
Tapinoma luridum sokolovi Karavaiev, 1931
Tapinoma luteum (Emery, 1895)
Tapinoma schultzei (Forel, 1910)

Technomyrmex

Technomyrmex andrei Emery, 1899
Technomyrmex camerunensis Emery, 1899
Technomyrmex ilgi (Forel, 1910)
Technomyrmex moerens Santschi, 1913
Technomyrmex nigriventris Santschi, 1910
Technomyrmex pallipes (Smith, F., 1876)
Technomyrmex vapidus Bolton, 2007
Technomyrmex vitiensis Mann, 1921
Technomyrmex voeltzkowi (Forel, 1907)

Temnothorax

Temnothorax brevidentis Prebus, 2015
Temnothorax cenatus Bolton, 1982
Temnothorax mpala Prebus, 2015
Temnothorax rufus Prebus, 2015
Temnothorax solidinodus Prebus, 2015

Terataner

Terataner bottegoi Emery, 1896

Tetramorium

Tetramorium aculeatum (Mayr, 1866)
Tetramorium altivagans Santschi, 1914
Tetramorium argenteopilosum Arnold, 1926
Tetramorium boehmei Hita Garcia & Fischer, 2010
Tetramorium boltoni Hita Garcia & Fischer, 2010
Tetramorium brevispinosum (Stitz, 1910)
Tetramorium bulawayense Forel, 1913
Tetramorium caldarium (Roger, 1857)
Tetramorium camerunense Mayr, 1895
Tetramorium candidum Bolton, 1980
Tetramorium cristatum Stitz, 1910
Tetramorium decem Forel, 1913
Tetramorium delagoense Forel, 1894
Tetramorium dogieli Karavaiev, 1931
Tetramorium dumezi Menozzi, 1942
Tetramorium edouardi Forel, 1894
Tetramorium eminii (Forel, 1894)
Tetramorium gazense Arnold, 1958
Tetramorium gegaimi Forel, 1916
Tetramorium humbloti Forel, 1891
Tetramorium intextum Santschi, 1914
Tetramorium kakamega Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010
Tetramorium kestrum Bolton, 1980
Tetramorium laevithorax Emery, 1895
Tetramorium longicorne Forel, 1907
Tetramorium lucayanum Wheeler, W.M., 1905
Tetramorium metactum Bolton, 1980
Tetramorium miserabile Santschi, 1918
Tetramorium mpala Hita Garcia & Fischer, 2014
Tetramorium nigrum Forel, 1907
Tetramorium nodiferum (Emery, 1901)
Tetramorium occidentale (Santschi,, 1916)
Tetramorium opacum (Emery, 1909)
Tetramorium pauper Forel, 1907
Tetramorium pialtum Bolton, 1980
Tetramorium pinnipilum Bolton, 1980
Tetramorium pullulum Santschi, 1924
Tetramorium quadridentatum Stitz, 1910
Tetramorium rothschildi (Forel, 1907)
Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877
Tetramorium setigerum Mayr, 1901
Tetramorium shilohense Forel, 1913
Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, F., 1851)
Tetramorium snellingi Hita-Garcia, 2010
Tetramorium squaminode Santschi, 1911
Tetramorium subcoecum Forel, 1907
Tetramorium tanaense Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010
Tetramorium tenebrosum Arnold, 1926
Tetramorium transformans Santschi, 1914
Tetramorium transversinode (Mayr, 1901)
Tetramorium ultor Forel, 1913
Tetramorium venator Hita Garcia, 2014
Tetramorium viticola Weber, 1943
Tetramorium weitzeckeri Emery, 1895
Tetramorium zambezium Santschi, 1939
Tetramorium zapyrum Bolton, 1980
Tetramorium zonacaciae (Weber, 1943)

Tetraponera

Tetraponera ambigua (Emery, 1895)
Tetraponera andrei (Mayr 1895
Tetraponera gerdae (Stitz 1911)
Tetraponera mocquerysi (André, 1890)
Tetraponera natalensis (Smith, F., 1858)
Tetraponera ophthalmica (Emery, 1912)
Tetraponera parops Ward, 2006
Tetraponera pedana Ward, 2022
Tetraponera penzigi (Mayr, 1907)
Tetraponera pumila Ward, 2022
Tetraponera redacta Ward, 2022
Tetraponera schulthessi (Santschi 1915)

Trichomyrmex

Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851
Trichomyrmex robustior (Forel, 1892)

Zasphinctus

Zasphinctus obamai Hita García 2017

Fossils known from Kenya

Epoch	Formation	Locality	Species
Miocene	Lake Victoria, Kenya Fossil	Lake Victoria	Oecophylla leakeyi

References

[1] Hita Garcia, F., Fischer, G., Kück, P., Thormann, B. & Peeters, M.K. 2010. Tetramorium boehmei sp. n. – a new ant species from the Kakamega Forest, Western Kenya. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 57: 359-366.
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