New Caledonia

New Caledonia
Location
Region	Oceania
Subregion	Melanesia
BioRegion	Australasian Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	9
Genera	49
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	131
Endemic Species	76
% Endemic Species	58.0%
Introduced Species	20

The following species have been recorded as occurring in New Caledonia. For a list of all species, described as well as undescribed, along with images, see Ant Diversity of New Caledonia.

Adelomyrmex

• Adelomyrmex biroi Emery, 1897

Amblyopone

• Amblyopone australis (Erichson, 1842)

Anochetus

• Anochetus graeffei Mayr, 1870

Anoplolepis

• Anoplolepis gracilipes (Smith, 1857) (introduced)

Brachymyrmex

• Brachymyrmex cordemoyi Forel, 1895 (introduced)
• Brachymyrmex obscurior Forel, 1893 (introduced)

Calyptomyrmex

• Calyptomyrmex caledonicus Shattuck, 2011

Camponotus

• Camponotus chloroticus Emery, 1897
• Camponotus gambeyi Emery, 1883
• Camponotus gambeyi marthae Forel, 1894
• Camponotus hoplites Emery, 1914
• Camponotus irritans croceomaculatus Emery, 1914
• Camponotus novaehollandiae Mayr, 1870
• Camponotus pulchellus Forel, 1894

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881 (introduced)
• Cardiocondyla wroughtonii (introduced)

Carebara

• Carebara sodalis (Emery, 1914)

Chelaner

• Chelaner aper (Emery, 1914)
• Chelaner aper dubius (Emery, 1914)
• Chelaner croceiventris (Emery, 1914)
• Chelaner forcipatus (Emery, 1914)
• Chelaner longipes (Emery, 1914)
• Chelaner melleus (Emery, 1914)
• Chelaner tricolor (Emery, 1914)

Colobopsis

• Colobopsis camelus (Emery, 1883)
• Colobopsis rufifrons leucopa (Emery, 1914)
• Colobopsis sommeri (Forel, 1894)

Cryptopone

• Cryptopone rotundiceps (Emery, 1914)
• Cryptopone testacea Emery, 1893

Discothyrea

• Discothyrea remingtoni Brown, 1948

Dolichoderus

• Dolichoderus tricolor Emery, 1914

Eurhopalothrix

• Eurhopalothrix caledonica Brown & Kempf, 1960

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera elliptica (Forel, 1900)
• Hypoponera opaciceps (Mayr, 1887) (introduced)
• Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859) (introduced)
• Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894)

Iridomyrmex

• Iridomyrmex anceps (Roger, 1863)
• Iridomyrmex calvus Emery, 1914
• Iridomyrmex neocaledonica Heterick & Shattuck, 2011
• Iridomyrmex obsidianus Emery, 1914
• Iridomyrmex rufoniger (introduced)

Leptogenys

• Leptogenys acutangula Emery, 1914
• Leptogenys loarelae Ramage, 2019
• Leptogenys punctata Emery, 1914
• Leptogenys rouxi (Emery, 1914)
• Leptogenys sagaris Wilson, 1958

Leptomyrmex

• Leptomyrmex geniculatus Emery, 1914
• Leptomyrmex nigriceps Emery, 1914
• Leptomyrmex pallens Emery, 1883

Lioponera

• Lioponera cohici (Wilson, 1957)
• Lioponera dumbletoni (Wilson, 1957)
• Lioponera neocaledonica Jouault, Ramage & Perrichot, 2019

Lordomyrma

• Lordomyrma caledonica (André, 1889)
• Lordomyrma furcifera
• Lordomyrma rouxi (Emery, 1914)
• Lordomyrma sarasini (Emery, 1914)

Meranoplus

• Meranoplus leveillei Emery, 1883

Metapone

• Metapone kanak Taylor, 2018

Monomorium

• Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1852) (introduced)

Myrmecia

• Myrmecia apicalis Emery, 1883

Nylanderia

• Nylanderia bourbonica (Forel, 1886)
• Nylanderia obscura (Mayr, 1862)
• Nylanderia vaga (Forel, 1901)

Ochetellus

• Ochetellus glaber sommeri (Forel, 1902)

Odontomachus

• Odontomachus simillimus Smith, 1858

Orectognathus

• Orectognathus sarasini Emery, 1914

Paraparatrechina

• Paraparatrechina caledonica (Forel, 1902)
• Paraparatrechina foreli (Emery, 1914)
• Paraparatrechina foreli nigriventris (Emery, 1914)

Paratrechina

• Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802) (introduced)

Pheidole

• Pheidole fervens Smith, 1858
• Pheidole luteipes Emery, 1914
• Pheidole luteipes obvia Emery, 1914
• Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793) (introduced)
• Pheidole oceanica Mayr, 1866
• Pheidole umbonata Mayr, 1870
• Pheidole variabilis aliena Emery, 1914
• Pheidole variabilis croceithorax Emery, 1914
• Pheidole xanthocnemis Emery, 1914

Plagiolepis

• Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery, 1894 (introduced)
• Plagiolepis exigua quadrimaculata Forel, 1902

Platythyrea

• Platythyrea parallela (Smith, 1859)

Polyrhachis

• Polyrhachis carinata (Fabricius, 1804)
• Polyrhachis guerini Roger, 1863
• Polyrhachis sexspinosa (Latreille, 1802)
• Polyrhachis sokolova Forel

Ponera

• Ponera leae Forel, 1913

Prionopelta

• Prionopelta brocha Wilson, 1958

Proceratium

• Proceratium caledonicum de Andrade, 2003
• Proceratium politum de Andrade, 2003

Rhytidoponera

• Rhytidoponera acanthoponeroides Viehmeyer, 1924
• Rhytidoponera aquila Ward, 1984
• Rhytidoponera arborea Ward, 1984
• Rhytidoponera atropurpurea Emery, 1914
• Rhytidoponera depilis Ward, 1984
• Rhytidoponera fulgens (Emery, 1883)
• Rhytidoponera insularis Ward, 1984
• Rhytidoponera koumensis Ward, 1984
• Rhytidoponera litoralis Ward, 1984
• Rhytidoponera luteipes Ward, 1984
• Rhytidoponera mimica Ward, 1984
• Rhytidoponera nitidiventris Ward, 1984
• Rhytidoponera numeensis (André, 1889)
• Rhytidoponera opaciventris Ward, 1984
• Rhytidoponera pulchella (Emery, 1883)
• Rhytidoponera terrestris Ward, 1984
• Rhytidoponera versicolor Brown, 1958
• Rhytidoponera wilsoni Brown, 1958

Rogeria

• Rogeria stigmatica Emery, 1897

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804) (introduced)
• Solenopsis papuana Emery, 1900

Strumigenys

• Strumigenys aenigma Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys chareta Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys emmae (Emery, 1890) (introduced)
• Strumigenys godeffroyi Mayr, 1866
• Strumigenys lamia Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys mionova Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890 (introduced)

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1873) (introduced)

Technomyrmex

• Technomyrmex vitiensis Mann, 1921

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846) (introduced)
• Tetramorium insolens (Smith, 1861)
• Tetramorium pacificum Mayr, 1870
• Tetramorium simillimum Smith, 1851 (introduced)
• Tetramorium tenuicrine (Emery, 1914)
• Tetramorium tonganum (Mayr) (introduced)

Turneria

• Turneria species

Vollenhovia

Key to New Caledonian Vollenhovia species

• Vollenhovia denticulata Emery, 1914
• Vollenhovia oblonga pedestris (Smith, 1861)

Wasmannia

• Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863) (introduced)

Zasphinctus

• Zasphinctus caledonicus Wilson, 1957

References

• Jennings, J.T., Krogmann, L. & Burwell, C. 2013. Review of the hymenopteran fauna of New Caledonia with a checklist of species. Zootaxa 3736, 1–53.
• Taylor, R.W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand. CSIRO Division of Entomology Report No. 41: 1-92.
• Taylor, R.W. 1987b. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand. (Supplement.) CSIRO Division of Entomology Report No. 41 (supplement): 1-5. [(31).vii.1987.]