Samoa

Samoa
Location
Region	Oceania
Subregion	Polynesia
BioRegion	Indo-Australian Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	7
Genera	33
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	67
Endemic Species	11
% Endemic Species	16.4%
Introduced Species	1

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

Adelomyrmex

• Adelomyrmex samoanus Wilson & Taylor, 1967

Anochetus

• Anochetus graeffei Mayr, 1870

Anoplolepis

• Anoplolepis gracilipes (Smith, F., 1857)

Brachymyrmex

• Brachymyrmex obscurior Forel, 1893

Camponotus

• Camponotus chloroticus Emery, 1897

• Camponotus navigator Wilson & Taylor, 1967

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881
• Cardiocondyla nuda (Mayr, 1866)

Carebara

• Carebara atoma Emery, 1900

Colobopsis

• Colobopsis flavolimbata (Viehmeyer, 1922)

Cryptopone

• Cryptopone testacea, 1893

Ectomomyrmex

• Ectomomyrmex insulanus Mayr, 1876

Eurhopalothrix

• Eurhopalothrix procera Emery, 1897

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera confinis Roger, 1860

• Hypoponera opaciceps (Mayr, 1887)

• Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)

Monomorium

• Monomorium floricola Jerdon, 1851

• Monomorium liliuokalanii Forel, 1899

• Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nylanderia

• Nylanderia bourbonica (Forel, 1886)

• Nylanderia vaga (Forel, 1901)

Odontomachus

• Odontomachus simillimus Smith, F., 1858

Ooceraea

• Ooceraea biroi Forel, 1907

Paraparatrechina

• Paraparatrechina minutula (Forel, 1901)

Paratrechina

• Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)

Pheidole

• Pheidole aana Wilson & Taylor, 1967

• Pheidole atua Wilson & Taylor, 1967

• Pheidole fervens Smith, F., 1858

• Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)

• Pheidole oceanica Mayr, 1866

• Pheidole sexspinosa Mayr, 1870

• Pheidole umbonata Mayr, 1870

Platythyrea

• Platythyrea parallela Smith, F., 1859

Ponera

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

• Ponera loi Taylor, 1967

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

• Ponera tenuis (Emery, 1900)

• Ponera woodwardi Taylor, 1967

Prionopelta

• Prionopelta kraepelini Forel, 1905

Proceratium

• Proceratium silisili Liu, Fischer & Economo, 2015

Pseudoponera

• Pseudoponera stigma (Fabricius, 1804)

Rogeria

• Rogeria exsulans Wilson & Taylor, 1967

• Rogeria stigmatica Emery, 1897

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)

• Solenopsis papuana Emery, 1900

Strumigenys

• Strumigenys emmae Emery, 1890

• Strumigenys epipola Bolton, 2000

• Strumigenys godeffroyi Mayr, 1866

• Strumigenys mailei Wilson & Taylor, 1967

• Strumigenys membranifera Emery, 1869

• Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890

• Strumigenys szalayi Emery, 1897

Syllophopsis

• Syllophopsis australica (Forel 1907)
• Syllophopsis sechellensis (Emery, 1894)

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793

• Tapinoma minutum Mayr, 1862

• Tapinoma wheeleri (Mann, 1935)

Technomyrmex

• Technomyrmex vitiensis Mann, 1921

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846)

• Tetramorium insolens (Smith, F., 1861)

• Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870

• Tetramorium pacificum Mayr, 1870

• Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, F., 1851)

• Tetramorium tonganum Mayr, 1870

Trichomyrmex

• Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851) (introduced)

Vollenhovia

• Vollenhovia pacifica Wilson & Taylor, 1967

• Vollenhovia samoensis Mayr, 1876

References

James K. Wetterer & Donald L. Vargo, 2003. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Samoa. Pacific Science 57 (4): 409-419