Mozambique

• Identification resources for Afrotropical Ants
• Afrotropical Region Species List

Mozambique
Location
Region	Africa
Subregion	Eastern Africa
BioRegion	Afrotropical Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	8
Genera	80
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	291
Endemic Species	40
% Endemic Species	13.7%
Introduced Species	0

The following 56 genera and 250 species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Mozambique. 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 Mozambique ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Mozambique Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

The Afrotropical Region has 99 genera and 2,501 species of ants. Mozambique in southern Africa is adjacent to the following countries: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Lesotho, and Eswatini.

Mozambique has been the focus of attention by various ant collectors, including Brian Fisher's studies of a larger region of Africa that includes the country. MCZ researchers and a recent ant course have also collected in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Acropyga

• Acropyga species

Aenictus

• Aenictus eugenii Emery, 1895
• Aenictus fuscovarius Gerstäcker, 1859 (male described)
• Aenictus hitai Gomez, 2022
• Aenictus jacki Gomez, 2022

Agraulomyrmex

• Agraulomyrmex species

Anillomyrma

• Anillomyrma species

Anochetus

• Anochetus africanus Mayr, 1865

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• Anochetus levaillanti Emery, 1895

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• Anochetus traegaordhi Mayr, 1904

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• Anochetus species 1

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• Anochetus species 2

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Anoplolepis

• Anoplolepis custodiens (Smith, F. 1858)

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• Anoplolepis steingroeveri

• Anoplolepis steingroeveri parsonsi

Aphomomyrmex

• Aphomomyrmex afer Emery, 1899

Asphinctopone

• Asphinctopone species

Atopomyrmex

• Atopomyrmex mocquerysi Andre, 1889

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Axinidris

• Axinidris species

Bondroitia

• Bondroitia species

Bothroponera

• Bothroponera ancilla Emery, 1899

• Bothroponera cariosa Emery, 1895

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• Bothroponera kruegeri (Forel, 1910)

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• Bothroponera pachyderma Emery, 1901

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• Bothroponera soror (Emery, 1899)

• Bothroponera cf. pachyderma

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• Bothroponera species 2

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• Bothroponera species 7

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• Bothroponera species 8

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Brachymyrmex

• Brachymyrmex species

Calyptomyrmex

• Calyptomyrmex kaurus

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Camponotus

• Camponotus arminius Forel, 1910

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• Camponotus auropubens Forel, 1894

Major Worker

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Minor Worker

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• Camponotus auropubens jacob Santschi, 1915

• Camponotus braunsi Mayr, 1895

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• Camponotus cinctellus Gerstäcker, 1859

• Camponotus compressus probativus Santschi, 1921

• Camponotus cosmicus (Smith, 1858)

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• Camponotus etiolipes Bolton, 1995

• Camponotus eugeniae

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• Camponotus foraminosus Forel, 1879

• Camponotus fornasinii Emery, 1895

• Camponotus grandidieri Forel, 1886

• Camponotus hova Forel, 1891

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• Camponotus importunus Forel, 1911

• Camponotus maculatus Fabricius, 1782

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• Camponotus mayri Forel, 1879

• Camponotus olivieri delagoensis Forel, 1894

• Camponotus petersii Emery, 1895

• Camponotus robecchii troglodytes Forel, 1894

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• Camponotus sexpunctatus Forel, 1894

• Camponotus tauricollis Forel, 1894

• Camponotus vividus (Smith, F., 1858)

• Camponotus species 1

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• Camponotus species 2

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  Worker

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• Camponotus species 3

Major

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Minor

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• Camponotus species 5

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• Camponotus species 6

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• Camponotus species 8

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  Major

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• Camponotus species 9

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• Camponotus species 10

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• Camponotus species 12

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• Camponotus species 13

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  Minor

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• Camponotus species 14

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• Camponotus species 15

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• Camponotus species 16

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• Camponotus species 18

Worker

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Queen

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Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881

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• Cardiocondyla shuckardi Forel, 1891

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• Cardiocondyla venustula Wheeler, 1908

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Carebara

• Carebara pumilia Fischer, Azorsa & Fisher, 2014

• Carebara vidua Smith, F., 1858

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• Carebara species 1

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Cataulacus

• Cataulacus intrudens Smith, F., 1876

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• Cataulacus jeanneli Santschi, 1914

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• Cataulacus wissmannii Forel, 1894

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• Cataulacus species 1

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• Cataulacus species 2

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• Cataulacus species 4

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• Cataulacus species 5

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Centromyrmex

• Centromyrmex longiventris

• Centromyrmex sellaris Mayr, 1896

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Cerapachys

• Cerapachys species 1

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• Cerapachys species 2

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Crematogaster

• Crematogaster arthurimuelleri Forel, 1894

• Crematogaster capensis calens Forel, 1910

• Crematogaster capensis tropicorum Forel, 1910

• Crematogaster delagoensis Forel, 1894

• Crematogaster gallicola Forel, 1894

• Crematogaster liengmei Forel, 1894

• Crematogaster sjostedti Mayr, 1907

• Crematogaster tricolor Gerstäcker, 1859

• Crematogaster species 1

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• Crematogaster species 2

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• Crematogaster species 3

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• Crematogaster species 4

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• Crematogaster species 5

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• Crematogaster species 6

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• Crematogaster species 7

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• Crematogaster species 8

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• Crematogaster species 9

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Cryptopone

• Cryptopone species

Cyphoidris

• Cyphoidris species

Discothyrea

• Discothyrea athene Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019

• Discothyrea mixta

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• Discothyrea oculata Emery, 1901

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• Discothyrea traegaordhi Santschi, 1914

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Dorylus

• Dorylus bequaerti Forel 1913

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• Dorylus diadema Gerstäcker, 1859

• Dorylus fulvus Westwood, 1839

• Dorylus fulvus badius Gerstäcker, 1859

• Dorylus helvolus Linnaeus, 1764

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• Dorylus nigricans burmeisteri (Shuckard, 1840)

• Dorylus nigricans molestus Gerstäcker, 1859

• Dorylus species 2

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• Dorylus species 3

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• Dorylus species 4

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• Dorylus species 5

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Eburopone

• Eburopone wroughtoni (Forel, 1910)

Erromyrma

• Erromyrma latinodis (Mayr, 1872)

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Euponera

• Euponera species

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera spei

• Hypoponera species 1

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• Hypoponera species 2

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• Hypoponera species 3

Lepisiota

• Lepisiota capensis (Mayr, 1862)

• Lepisiota silvicola Arnold, 1920

• Lepisiota spinosior Arnold, 1920

• Lepisiota submetallica aspera Arnold, 1920

• Lepisiota species 1

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• Lepisiota species 2

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• Lepisiota species 3

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Leptogenys

• Leptogenys incisa Forel, 1891

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• Leptogenys intermedia Emery, 1902

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• Leptogenys leiothorax Prins, 1985

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• Leptogenys stuhlmanni Mayr, 1893

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• Leptogenys species 1

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• Leptogenys species 2 (cf. furtiva)

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• Leptogenys species 3

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Linepithema

• Linepithema humile

Lioponera

• Lioponera species

Megaponera

• Megaponera analis (Megaponera analis)

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• Megaponera analis crassicornis Gerstäcker, 1859

• Megaponera species 9

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• Megaponera species 4

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Melissotarsus

• Melissotarsus emeryi Forel, 1907

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Meranoplus

• Meranoplus glaber Arnold, 1926

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• Meranoplus inermis Emery, 1895

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• Meranoplus magrettii André, 1884

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• Meranoplus nanus André, 1892

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Mesoponera

• Mesoponera ambigua André, 1890

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• Mesoponera subiridescens Wheeler, W.M. 1922

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• Mesoponera species 3

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• Mesoponera species 11

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Messor

• Messor species

Microdaceton

• Microdaceton exornatum Santschi, 1913

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Monomorium

• Monomorium albopilosum Emery, 1895

• Monomorium delagoense Forel, 1894

• Monomorium junodi Forel, 1910

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• Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

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• Monomorium species 1

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• Monomorium species 2

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• Monomorium species 3

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• Monomorium species 4

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• Monomorium species 5

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• Monomorium species 6

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Myrmicaria

• Myrmicaria fusca Stitz, 1911

• Myrmicaria irregularis Santschi, 1925

• Myrmicaria natalensis eumenoides Gerstäcker, 1859

• Myrmicaria striata pilosa Arnold, 1926

• Myrmicaria species 1

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• Myrmicaria species 2

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Mystrium

• Mystrium species

Nesomyrmex

• Nesomyrmex angulatus Mayr, 1862

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• Nesomyrmex inhaca Hita Garcia, Mbanyana, Audisco & Alpert, 2017
• Nesomyrmex latinodis (Mayr, 1895)

Nylanderia

• Nylanderia natalensis (Forel, 1915)

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Ocymyrmex

• Ocymyrmex phraxus Bolton, 1981

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Odontomachus

• Odontomachus assiniensis Emery, 1892

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• Odontomachus simillimus

• Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi, 1914

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Oecophylla

• Oecophylla longinoda Latreille, 1802

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Ophthalmopone

• Ophthalmopone species

Paltothyreus

• Paltothyreus tarsatus (Fabricius, 1798)

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• Paltothyreus tarsatus delagoensis Emery, 1899

• Paltothyreus species 10

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Parasyscia

• Parasyscia species

Paratrechina

• Paratrechina longicornis Motschoulsky, 1863

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• Paratrechina zanjensis LaPolla, Hawkes & Fisher, 2013

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Parvaponera

• Parvaponera species

Phasmomyrmex

• Phasmomyrmex species

Pheidole

• Pheidole capensis Mayr, 1862

• Pheidole crassinoda pluto Arnold, 1920

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• Pheidole komori Fischer & Fisher, 2013

• Pheidole liengmei Forel, 1894

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• Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)

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• Pheidole megacephala rotundata Forel, 1894

• Pheidole prelli redbankensis Forel, 1913

• Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866

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• Pheidole strator fugax Arnold, 1920

• Pheidole species 8

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Phrynoponera

• Phrynoponera gabonensis (André, 1892)

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Plagiolepis

• Plagiolepis brunni Mayr, 1895

• Plagiolepis fuscula Emery, 1895

• Plagiolepis species 2

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Platythyrea

• Platythyrea arnoldi Forel, 1913

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• Platythyrea cribrinodis Gerstäcker, 1859

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• Platythyrea modesta Emery, 1899

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• Platythyrea schultzei Forel, 1910

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Plectroctena

• Plectroctena mandibularis Smith, F., 1858

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• Plectroctena subterranea Arnold, 1915

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Polyrhachis

• Polyrhachis cubaensis Mayr, 1862

• Polyrhachis gagates Smith, F., 1858

• Polyrhachis medusa Forel, 1897

• Polyrhachis militaris (Fabricius, 1782)

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• Polyrhachis schistacea (Gerstäcker, 1859)

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• Polyrhachis schlueteri Forel, 1886

• Polyrhachis spinicola Forel, 1894

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• Polyrhachis wilmsi Forel, 1910

• Polyrhachis species 1

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• Polyrhachis species 2

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• Polyrhachis species 3

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• Polyrhachis species 4

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• Polyrhachis species 5

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Ponera

• Ponera swezeyi (Wheeler, W.M., 1933)

Prionopelta

• Prionopelta species

Pristomyrmex

• Pristomyrmex cribrarius Arnold, 1926

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Probolomyrmex

• Probolomyrmex species

Proceratium

• Proceratium carri

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Promyopias

• Promyopias silvestrii (Santschi, 1914)

Pseudoponera

• Pseudoponera species 6

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Simopone

• Simopone persculpta Bolton & Fisher 2012

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Solenopsis

• Solenopsis punctaticeps Mayr 1865

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• Solenopsis saevissima itinerans Forel, 1911

Stigmatomma

• Stigmatomma species 1

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Strumigenys

• Strumigenys faurei Arnold, 1948

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• Strumigenys ludovici (Forel, 1904)

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• Strumigenys lujae Forel, 1902

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• Strumigenys maxillaris Baroni Urbani, 2007

• Strumigenys simoni (Emery, 1895)

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Syllophopsis

• Syllophopsis cryptobia cf.

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Tapinolepis

• Tapinolepis species 1

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Tapinoma

• Tapinoma species 1

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Technomyrmex

• Technomyrmex albipes (Smith, F., 1861)

• Technomyrmex ilgi (Forel, 1910)

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• Technomyrmex pallipes (Smith, F., 1876)

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• Technomyrmex sycorax Bolton, 2007

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• Technomyrmex taylori Santschi, 1930

• Technomyrmex voeltzkowi (Forel, 1907)

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• Technomyrmex species 1

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• Technomyrmex species 2

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Terataner

• Terataner species

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium amatongae Bolton, 1980

• Tetramorium buthrum Bolton, 1980

• Tetramorium chloe cf.

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• Tetramorium constanciae cf

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• Tetramorium delagoense Forel, 1894

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• Tetramorium do

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• Tetramorium flaviceps Arnold, 1960

• Tetramorium gladstonei

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• Tetramorium humbloti

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• Tetramorium longicorne Forel, 1907

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• Tetramorium muscorum Arnold, 1926

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• Tetramorium notiale Bolton, 1980

• Tetramorium oculatum

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• Tetramorium phasias Forel, 1914

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• Tetramorium rufescens Stitz, 1923

• Tetramorium sepositum Santschi, 1918

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• Tetramorium sepultum

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• Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877

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• Tetramorium setigerum Mayr, 1901

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• Tetramorium setuliferum Emery, 1895

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• Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, F., 1851)

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• Tetramorium simillimum cf

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• Tetramorium somniculosum Arnold, 1926

• Tetramorium tenebrosum Arnold, 1926

• Tetramorium ultor Forel, 1913

• Tetramorium weitzeckeri

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• Tetramorium zambezium

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• Tetramorium species 2

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• Tetramorium species 7 (solidum group sp. n.)

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Tetraponera

• Tetraponera ambigua (Emery, 1895)

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• Tetraponera andrei Mayr, 1895

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• Tetraponera emeryi Forel, 1911

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• Tetraponera liengmei (Forel, 1894)

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• Tetraponera natalensis Smith, F. 1858

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• Tetraponera schulthessi Santschi, 1915

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Trichomyrmex

• Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851)

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• Trichomyrmex emeryi (Mayr, 1895)

Vicinopone

• Vicinopone conciliatrix (Brown, 1975)

Zasphinctus

• Zasphinctus wilsoni Hita García, 2107

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