Seychelles

Seychelles
Location
Region	Africa
Subregion	Eastern Africa
BioRegion	Malagasy Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	7
Genera	35
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	85
Endemic Species	15
% Endemic Species	17.6%
Introduced Species	2

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

Anochetus

• Anochetus pattersoni Fischer, 2008

Anoplolepis

• Anoplolepis gracilipes (Smith, 1857)

Brachymyrmex

• Brachymyrmex cordemoyi Forel, 1895 (introduced)

Camponotus

• Camponotus auropubens Forel, 1894
• Camponotus boivini Forel, 1891
• Camponotus darwinii Forel, 1886
• Camponotus grandidieri Forel, 1886
• Camponotus hova Forel, 1879
• Camponotus hova fulvus Emery, 1894
• Camponotus mixtellus Dalla Torre, 1893
• Camponotus reticulatus Roger, 1863
• Camponotus robecchii assumptionis Crawley, 1921
• Camponotus strangulatus Santschi, 1911
• Camponotus thomasseti Forel, 1912

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881

Carebara

• Carebara creolei Azorsa & Fisher, 2018

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster kelleri
• Crematogaster rasoherinae Forel, 1891

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera eduardi Forel, 1894
• Hypoponera johannae Forel, 1891
• Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)
• Hypoponera ragusai Emery, 1894

Leptogenys

• Leptogenys maxillosa (Smith, F., 1858)

Mesoponera

• Mesoponera melanaria (Emery, 1893)
• Mesoponera melanaria macra Emery, 1894

Monomorium

• Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)
• Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987
• Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Myrmecina

• Myrmecina species

Nesomyrmex

• Nesomyrmex angulatus (Mayr, 1862)

Nylanderia

• Nylanderia bourbonica (Forel, 1886)
• Nylanderia bourbonica farquharensis Forel, 1907)
• Nylanderia madagascarensis (Emery, 1894)
• Nylanderia madagascarensis rufescens Wheeler, W.M., 1922
• Nylanderia madagascarensis sechellensis (Emery, 1894)
• Nylanderia mixta Forel, 1897
• Nylanderia steinheili (Forel, 1893)
• Nylanderia vividula (Nylander, 1846)

Odontomachus

• Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi, 1914

Ooceraea

• Ooceraea biroi Forel, 1907

Paraparatrechina

• Paraparatrechina illusio LaPolla & Fisher, 2014
• Paraparatrechina luminella LaPolla & Fisher, 2014

Paratrechina

• Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)

Pheidole

• Pheidole braueri Forel, 1897
• Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879
• Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)
• Pheidole parva Mayr, 1865
• Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866
• Pheidole spinosa Forel, 1891

Plagiolepis

• Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery, 1894
• Plagiolepis exigua Forel,
• Plagiolepis madecassa Forel, 1892
• Plagiolepis puncta Forel, 1910

Platythyrea

• Platythyrea parallela (Smith, F., 1859)

Ponera

• Ponera adumbrans Csősz & Fisher, 2023
• Ponera exotica Smith, M.R., 1962
• Ponera petila Wilson, 1957
• Ponera swezeyi Wheeler, 1933

Prenolepis

• Prenolepis species

Prionopelta

• Prionopelta seychelles Overson & Fisher, 1915

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis papuana Emery, 1900
• Solenopsis seychellensis Forel, 1909

Stigmatomma

• Stigmatomma besucheti Baroni Urbani, 1978
• Stigmatomma janovitsika Esteves & Fisher, 2016

Strumigenys

• Strumigenys emmae Emery, 1890
• Strumigenys godeffroyi Mayr, 1866
• Strumigenys membranifera Emery, 1869
• Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890
• Strumigenys scotti Forel, 1912

Syllophopsis

• Syllophopsis sechellensis (Emery, 1894)

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)

Technomyrmex

• Technomyrmex albipes (Smith 1861)
• Technomyrmex mayri Forel, 1891
• Technomyrmex difficilis Forel, 1892
• Technomyrmex pallipes (Smith, F. 1876)
• Technomyrmex vitiensis Mann, 1921

Terataner

• Terataner scotti Forel, 1912

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium bicarinatum Nylander, 1846
• Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870
• Tetramorium sericeiventre
• Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, F., 1851)

Tetraponera

• Tetraponera rufonigra (Jerdon, 1851)

Trichomyrmex

• Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851) (introduced)

Vollenhovia

• Vollenhovia oblonga alluaudi Emery, 1894
• Vollenhovia piroskae Forel, 1912

References

• [1] Dorow, W.H.O. 1996a. Review and bibliography of the ants of the Seychelles. Journal of African Zoology 110 (2): 73-96.
• Mühlenberg, M.; Leipold, D.; Mader, H. J.; Steinhauer, B. 1977. Island ecology of arthropods. II. Niches and relative abundances of Seychelles ants (Formicidae) in different habitats. Oecologia (Berlin) 29:135-144.