Laos

Laos
Location
Region	Asia
Subregion	South-Eastern Asia
BioRegion	Oriental Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	9
Genera	49
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	133
Endemic Species	12
% Endemic Species	9.0%
Introduced Species	0

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

You might also be interested in:

• Key to Aenictus of Laos

Acropyga

• Acropyga butteli Forel, 1912

Aenictus

• Aenictus binghamii Forel, 1900
• Aenictus doydeei Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011
• Aenictus fuchuanensis Zhou, 2001
• Aenictus hodgsoni Forel, 1901
• Aenictus nishimurai Terayama & Kubota, 1993
• Aenictus paradentatus Jaitrong & Yamane, 2012
• Aenictus parahuonicus Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011

Anochetus

• Anochetus graeffei Mayr, 1870

Anoplolepis

• Anoplolepis gracilipes (F. Smith, 1857)

Brachyponera

• Brachyponera chinensis (Emery, 1895)
• Brachyponera luteipes Mayr, 1862

Calyptomyrmex

• Calyptomyrmex laotius Jaitrong & Yamane, 2018

Camponotus

• Camponotus camelinus (F. Smith, 1857)
• Camponotus carin Emery, 1889
• Camponotus dolendus Forel, 1892
• Camponotus nicobarensis Mayr, 1865
• Camponotus parius Emery, 1889
• Camponotus rufoglaucus (Jerdon, 1851)
• Camponotus singularis (F. Smith, 1858)
• Camponotus variegatus fuscithorax Dalla Torre, 1893
• Camponotus variegatus proles Emery, 1925

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla wroughtonii (Forel, 1890)

Carebara

• Carebara affinis (Jerdon, 1851)
• Carebara castanea F. Smith, 1858
• Carebara castanea augustata Santschi, 1920
• Carebara diversa (Jerdon, 1851)
• Carebara diversa laotina (Santschi, 1920)
• Carebara petulens (Santschi, 1920)
• Carebara pygmaea (Emery, 1887)

Cataulacus

• Cataulacus granulatus (Latreille, 1802)

Centromyrmex

• Centromyrmex feae (Emery, 1889)

Cerapachys

• Cerapachys sulcinodis Emery, 1889

Colobopsis

• Colobopsis leonardi Emery, 1889

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster aurita Karavaiev, 1935
• Crematogaster bouvardi Santschi, 1920
• Crematogaster ferrarii Emery, 1888
• Crematogaster modiglianii Emery, 1900
• Crematogaster quadriruga Forel, 1911
• Crematogaster rogenhoferi Mayr, 1879
• Crematogaster treubi Emery, 1896

Diacamma

• Diacamma holzschuhi Laciny, Pal & Zettel, 2015
• Diacamma longitudinale Emery, 1889
• Diacamma orbiculatum Santschi, 1932
• Diacamma rugosum (Le Guillou, 1842)

Dolichoderus

• Dolichoderus affinis Emery, 1889
• Dolichoderus brevis Santschi, 1920
• Dolichoderus laotius Santschi, 1920
• Dolichoderus taprobanae Smith, F., 1858
• Dolichoderus thoracicus Smith, F., 1860
• Dolichoderus thoracicus emarginatus Santschi, 1920

Dorylus

• Dorylus laevigatus F. Smith, 1857
• Dorylus orientalis Westwood, 1835

Echinopla

• Echinopla cherapunjiensis Bharti & Gul, 2012

Ectomomyrmex

• Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki (Forel, 1886)

Harpegnathos

• Harpegnathos venator F. Smith, 1858

Iridomyrmex

• Iridomyrmex anceps (Roger, 1863)

Leptogenys

• Leptogenys cyanicatena Arimoto and Yamane, 2018
• Leptogenys diminuta (F. Smith, 1857)
• Leptogenys hysterica Forel, 1900
• Leptogenys khammouanensis Roncin & Deharveng, 2003
• Leptogenys kraepelini Forel, 1905

Liomyrmex

• Liomyrmex gestroi (Emery, 1887)

Lophomyrmex

• Lophomyrmex lucidus Menozzi, 1930

Mayriella

• Mayriella transfugaBaroni Urbani, 1977

Meranoplus

• Meranoplus bicolor (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
• Meranoplus laeviventris Emery, 1889

Monomorium

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

Myopopone

• Myopopone castanea (F. Smith, 1860)

Odontomachus

• Odontomachus monticola Emery, 1892
• Odontomachus rixosus Smith, F., 1857
• Odontomachus simillimus F. Smith, 1858

Odontoponera

• Odontoponera denticulata (F. Smith, 1858)

Oecophylla

• Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775)

Paratopula

• Paratopula macta Bolton, 1988

Paratrechina

• Paratrechina longicornis(Latreille, 1802)

Pheidole

• Pheidole dugasi Forel, 1911
• Pheidole hongkongensis Wheeler, 1928
• Pheidole plagiaria F. Smith, 1860
• Pheidole tumida Eguchi, 2008
• Pheidole yeensis Forel, 1902

Plagiolepis

• Plagiolepis chomphuphuangi Phosrithong & Jaitrong, 2024
• Plagiolepis silpaarchai Phosrithong & Jaitrong, 2024

Platythyrea

• Platythyrea clypeata Forel, 1911
• Platythyrea parallela (F. Smith, 1859)

Polyrhachis

• Polyrhachis abdominalis F. Smith, 1858
• Polyrhachis armata (Le Guilou, 1842)
• Polyrhachis bellicosa F. Smith, 1859
• Polyrhachis bicolor F. Smith, 1858
• Polyrhachis bihamata (Drury, 1773)
• Polyrhachis cryptoceroides Emery, 1887
• Polyrhachis dives F. Smith, 1857
• Polyrhachis emmae Santschi, 1920
• Polyrhachis flavicornis F. Smith, 1857
• Polyrhachis halidayi Emery, 1889
• Polyrhachis hemiopticoides Mukerjee, 1930
• Polyrhachis illaudata Walker, 1859
• Polyrhachis kubani Zettel & Ockermuller, 2023
• Polyrhachis laevissima F. Smith, 1858
• Polyrhachis lao Jaitrong & Yamane, 2023
• Polyrhachis phalerata Menozzi, 1926
• Polyrhachis proxima Roger, 1863
• Polyrhachis rufipes F. Smith, 1858
• Polyrhachis tibialis F. Smith, 1858
• Polyrhachis vitalisi Santschi, 1920

Pristomyrmex

• Pristomyrmex punctatus (F. Smith, 1860)

Proatta

• Proatta butteli (Forel, 1912)

Probolomyrmex

• Probolomyrmex longiscapus Xu et Zeng, 2000

Pseudoneoponera

• Pseudoneoponera rufipes (Jerdon, 1851)

Recurvidris

• Recurvidris recurvispinosa (Forel, 1890)

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 19=804)

Stictoponera

• Stictoponera bicolor (Emery, 1889)
• Stictoponera binghamii (Forel,1900)

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma indicum Forel, 1895
• Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)

Technomyrmex

• Technomyrmex albipes (F. Smith, 1861)
• Technomyrmex brunneus Forel, 1895
• Technomyrmex champasakensis Jaitrong & Yamane, 2024
• Technomyrmex difficilis Forel, 1892
• Technomyrmex kraepelini Forel, 1905
• Technomyrmex modiglianii Emery, 1900
• Technomyrmex yamanei Bolton, 2007

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium flavipes Emery, 1893
• Tetramorium insolens (F. Smith, 1861)
• Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870
• Tetramorium polymorphum Yamane & Jaitrong, 2011
• Tetramorium smithi Mayr, 1879

Tetraponera

• Tetraponera allaborans (Walker, 1859)
• Tetraponera attenuata F. Smith, 1877
• Tetraponera binghami (Forel, 1902)
• Tetraponera nigra (Jerdon, 1851)
• Tetraponera nitida (F. Smith, 1860)
• Tetraponera rufonigra (Jerdon, 1851)

Trichomyrmex

• Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851)

References

• Jaitrong, W., Guenard, B., Economo, E.P., Buddhakala, N., Yamane, S. 2016. A checklist of known ant species of Laos (Hymenoptera:Formicidae). Asian Myrmecology. 8: 1-32.

• Jaitrong, W., Yamane, S. & Chanthalangsy, N. (2011) The ant genus Aenictus from Laos, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Aenictinae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 14, 317-322.
• Schödl, S. 1999. Description of Meranoplus birmanus sp. nov. from Myanmar, and the first record of M. bicolor from Laos (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomol. Probl. 30: 61-65.