Singapore

Singapore
Location
Region	Asia
Subregion	South-Eastern Asia
BioRegion	Indo-Australian Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	10
Genera	97
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	411
Endemic Species	45
% Endemic Species	10.9%
Introduced Species	0

This list of species known from Singapore is based on Wang et al. (2022). Thanks to their efforts, this is one of the best known regional faunas anywhere. See their paper for extensive details concerning these species.

Acanthomyrmex

• Acanthomyrmex ferox Emery, 1893

Acropyga

• Acropyga acutiventris Roger, 1862
• Acropyga inezae Forel, 1912
• Acropyga oceanica Emery, 1900
• Acropyga rubescens Forel, 1894

Aenictus

• Aenictus camposi Wheeler & Chapman, 1925
• Aenictus cylindripetiolus Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
• Aenictus gracilis Emery, 1893
• Aenictus seletarius Wong & Guénard, 2016
• Aenictus shuckardi Forel, 1901
• Aenictus yamanei Wiwatwitaya & Jaitrong, 2011

Anochetus

• Anochetus agilis Emery, 1901
• Anochetus graeffei Mayr, 1870
• Anochetus incultus Brown, 1978
• Anochetus muzziolii Menozzi, 1932
• Anochetus rugosus (Smith, 1857)
• Anochetus tua Brown, 1978

Anoplolepis

• Anoplolepis gracilipes (Smith, 1857)

Aphaenogaster

• Aphaenogaster simulans Forel, 1915

Brachyponera

• Brachyponera luteipes (Mayr, 1862)
• Brachyponera obscurans (Walker, 1859)

Buniapone

• Buniapone amblyops (Emery, 1887)

Calyptomyrmex

• Calyptomyrmex beccarii Emery, 1887
• Calyptomyrmex loweryi Shattuck, 2011

Camponotus

• Camponotus adustus Viehmeyer, 1916
• Camponotus albosparsus Bingham, 1903
• Camponotus arrogans (Smith, 1858)
• Camponotus bedoti Emery, 1893
• Camponotus bellus Forel, 1908
• Camponotus camelinus (Smith, 1857)
• Camponotus carinifer Viehmeyer, 1916
• Camponotus ephippiatus Viehmeyer, 1916
• Camponotus festinus eximius Emery, 1900
• Camponotus festinus simaluranus Forel, 1915
• Camponotus gretae Forel, 1902
• Camponotus irritans (Smith, 1857)
• Camponotus maculatus obfuscatus Viehmeyer, 1916
• Camponotus maculatus subnudus Emery, 1889
• Camponotus maxwellensis Forel, 1913
• Camponotus mitis (Smith, 1858)
• Camponotus nigricans enganensis Forel, 1916
• Camponotus overbecki Viehmeyer, 1916
• Camponotus parius Emery, 1889
• Camponotus quadrisectus hians Forel, 1907
• Camponotus quadrisectus margaritae Forel, 1907
• Camponotus reticulatus sericellus Viehmeyer, 1916
• Camponotus reticulatus Roger, 1863
• Camponotus tinctus (Smith, 1858)
• Camponotus variegatus fuscithorax Dalla Torre, 1893
• Camponotus variegatus (Smith, 1858)

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla kagutsuchi Terayama, 1999
• Cardiocondyla latifrons Seifert, 2022
• Cardiocondyla micropila Seifert, 2022
• Cardiocondyla obscurior Wheeler, 1929
• Cardiocondyla strigifrons Viehmeyer, 1922
• Cardiocondyla tjibodana]] Karavaiev, 1935
• Cardiocondyla wroughtonii (Forel, 1890)

Carebara

• Carebara affinis (Jerdon, 1851)
• Carebara castanea]] Smith, 1858
• Carebara diversa (Jerdon, 1851)
• Carebara overbecki (Viehmeyer, 1916)
• Carebara silenus (Smith, 1858)

Cataulacus

• Cataulacus granulatus (Latreille, 1802)
• Cataulacus horridus]] Smith, 1857
• Cataulacus latissimus Emery, 1893
• Cataulacus praetextus Smith, 1867

Centromyrmex

• Centromyrmex feae greeni Forel, 1901
• Centromyrmex hamulatus (Karavaiev, 1925)

Chronoxenus

• Chronoxenus dalyi (Forel, 1895)
• Chronoxenus wroughtonii (Forel, 1895)

Colobopsis

• Colobopsis badia (Smith, 1857)
• Colobopsis leonardi gracilenta (Viehmeyer, 1916)
• Colobopsis leonardi (Emery, 1889)
• Colobopsis moeschi lygaea (Viehmeyer, 1916)
• Colobopsis rothneyi krafti (Forel, 1901)
• Colobopsis rothneyi (Forel, 1893)
• Colobopsis vitrea angustula (Emery, 1925)
• Colobopsis vitrea vittatula (Forel, 1913)
• Colobopsis vitrea (Smith, 1860)

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster anthracina Smith, 1857
• Crematogaster aurita Karavaiev, 1935
• Crematogaster bandarensis Forel, 1913
• Crematogaster borneensis Andre, 1896
• Crematogaster brunnea ruginota Santschi, 1928
• Crematogaster coriaria Mayr, 1872
• Crematogaster decamera Forel, 1910
• Crematogaster difformis Smith, 1857
• Crematogaster dohrni artifex Mayr, 1878
• Crematogaster egidyi szaboi Forel, 1913
• Crematogaster ferrarii Emery, 1888
• Crematogaster inflata Smith, 1857
• Crematogaster linsenmairi Feldhaar, Maschwitz & Fiala, 2016
• Crematogaster longipilosa Forel, 1907
• Crematogaster modiglianii Emery, 1900
• Crematogaster myops Forel, 1911
• Crematogaster overbecki Viehmeyer, 1916
• Crematogaster quadriruga Forel, 1911
• Crematogaster rogenhoferi Mayr, 1879
• Crematogaster sewardi Forel, 1901
• Crematogaster subnuda discinodis Emery, 1893
• Crematogaster treubi Emery, 1896
• Crematogaster yappi Forel, 1901

Cryptopone

• Cryptopone butteli Forel, 1913
• Cryptopone testacea Emery, 1893

Diacamma

• Diacamma geometricum (Smith, 1857)
• Diacamma pallidum (Smith, 1858)
• Diacamma rugosum Le Guillou, 1842
• Diacamma vagans (Smith, 1860)

Dilobocondyla

• Dilobocondyla fulva Viehmeyer, 1916

Dinomyrmex

• Dinomyrmex gigas (Latreille, 1802)

Discothyrea

• Discothyrea bryanti (Wheeler, 1917)
• Discothyrea sauteri Forel, 1912

Dolichoderus

• Dolichoderus affinis Emery, 1889
• Dolichoderus crawleyi Donisthorpe, 1917
• Dolichoderus indrapurensis Forel, 1912
• Dolichoderus sulcaticeps (Mayr, 1870)
• Dolichoderus thoracicus Smith, 1860

Dorylus

• Dorylus laevigatus (Smith, 1857)

Echinopla

• Echinopla lineata Mayr, 1862
• Echinopla melanarctos Smith, 1857
• Echinopla rugosa Andre, 1892

Ectomomyrmex

• Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki (Forel, 1896)
• Ectomomyrmex overbecki (Viehmeyer, 1916)

Emeryopone

• Emeryopone buttelreepeni Forel, 1912

Erromyrma

• Erromyrma latinodis (Mayr, 1872)

Euponera

• Euponera malayana (Wheeler, 1929)
• Euponera sharpi Forel, 1901

Euprenolepis

• Euprenolepis procera (Emery, 1900)

Eurhopalothrix

• Eurhopalothrix heliscata Wilson & Brown, 1985
• Eurhopalothrix omnivaga Taylor, 1990
• Eurhopalothrix procera (Emery, 1897)

Gauromyrmex

• Gauromyrmex acanthinus (Karavaiev, 1935)

Gesomyrmex

• Gesomyrmex spatulatus Cole, 1949

Harpegnathos

• Harpegnathos venator (Smith, 1858)

Holcoponera

• Holcoponera cribrata (Emery, 1900)

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera confinis epinotalis (Viehmeyer, 1916)
• Hypoponera confinis (Roger, 1860)
• Hypoponera javana (Forel, 1905)
• Hypoponera malayana (Wheeler, 1929)
• Hypoponera pygmaea (Forel, 1907)
• Hypoponera singaporensis (Viehmeyer, 1916)
• Hypoponera truncata (Smith, 1860)
• Hypoponera zwaluwenburgi (Wheeler, 1933)

Iridomyrmex

• Iridomyrmex anceps (Roger, 1863)

Lepisiota

• Lepisiota rothneyi splendida (Viehmeyer, 1916)

Leptanilla

• Leptanilla havilandi Forel, 1901
• Leptanilla hypodracos Wong & Guénard, 2016

Leptogenys

• Leptogenys borneensis Wheeler, 1919
• Leptogenys chinensis (Mayr, 1840)
• Leptogenys diminuta (Smith, 1857)
• Leptogenys hemioptica Forel, 1901
• Leptogenys iridescens (Smith, 1857)
• Leptogenys kraepelini Forel, 1905
• Leptogenys mutabilis (Smith, 1861)
• Leptogenys myops (Emery, 1887)
• Leptogenys pangui Xu, 2000
• Leptogenys peuqueti (Andre, 1887)
• Leptogenys pompiloides (Smith, 1857)
• Leptogenys processionalis (Jerdon, 1851)

Liomyrmex

• Liomyrmex gestroi (Emery, 1887)

Lioponera

• Lioponera hewitti (Wheeler, 1919)
• Lioponera singaporensis (Viehmeyer, 1916)

Lophomyrmex

• Lophomyrmex bedoti Emery, 1893

Mayriella

• Mayriella transfuga Baroni Urbani, 1977

Meranoplus

• Meranoplus bicolor (Guerin-Meneville, 1844)
• Meranoplus malaysianus Schoedl, 1998
• Meranoplus mucronatus Smith, 1857

Mesoponera

• Mesoponera javana (Forel, 1905)
• Mesoponera rubra (Smith, 1857)

Metapone

• Metapone murphyi Wang, Yamada & Eguchi, 2019

Monomorium

• Monomorium atomum procax Forel, 1911
• Monomorium butteli demochrum Viehmeyer, 1916
• Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)
• Monomorium hospitum Viehmeyer, 1916
• Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987
• Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Myopias

• Myopias mayri (Donisthorpe, 1932)

Myopopone

• Myopopone castanea (Smith, 1860)

Myrmecina

• Myrmecina bandarensis Forel, 1913
• Myrmecina magnificens Wong & Guenard, 2016
• Myrmecina maryatiae Okido, Ogata & Hosoishsi, 2020

Myrmicaria

• Myrmicaria adpressipilosa Santschi, 1928
• Myrmicaria arachnoides lutea Emery, 1900
• Myrmicaria arachnoides (Smith, 1857)
• Myrmicaria luteiventris Emery, 1900
• Myrmicaria melanogaster Emery, 1900

Myrmoteras

• Myrmoteras bakeri Wheeler, 1919
• Myrmoteras barbouri Creighton, 1930

Mystrium

• Mystrium camillae Emery, 1889

Nylanderia

• Nylanderia birmana (Forel, 1902)
• Nylanderia bourbonica (Forel, 1886)
• Nylanderia clandestina (Mayr, 1870)
• Nylanderia kraepelini (Forel, 1905)
• Nylanderia yerburyi (Forel, 1894)

Ochetellus

• Ochetellus glaber (Mayr, 1862)

Odontomachus

• Odontomachus litoralis Wang, Yamada & Yamane, 2020
• Odontomachus malignus Smith, 1859
• Odontomachus rixosus Smith, 1857
• Odontomachus simillimus Smith, 1858

Odontoponera

• Odontoponera denticulata (Smith, 1858)
• Odontoponera transversa (Smith, 1857)

Oecophylla

• Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775)

Ooceraea

• Ooceraea biroi (Forel, 1907)

Overbeckia

• Overbeckia subclavata Viehmeyer, 1916

Paraparatrechina

• Paraparatrechina malaccana (Viehmeyer, 1916)
• Paraparatrechina opaca (Emery, 1887)

Parasyscia

• Parasyscia dohertyi (Emery, 1902)

Paratopula

• Paratopula demeta Bolton, 1988
• Paratopula oculata Smith, 1857

Paratrechina

• Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)

Parvaponera

• Parvaponera darwinii (Forel, 1893)

Pheidole

• Pheidole aglae Forel, 1913
• Pheidole aristotelis Forel, 1911
• Pheidole binghamii Forel, 1902
• Pheidole cariniceps Eguchi, 2001
• Pheidole clypeocornis Eguchi, 2001
• Pheidole elisae Emery, 1900
• Pheidole fervens Smith, 1858
• Pheidole hortensis Forel, 1913
• Pheidole magrettii Emery, 1887
• Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)
• Pheidole nodgii verlatenensis Wheeler, 1937
• Pheidole nodgii Forel, 1905
• Pheidole parva Mayr, 1865
• Pheidole plagiaria Smith, 1860
• Pheidole plinii Forel, 1911
• Pheidole rinae Emery, 1900
• Pheidole rugifera Eguchi, 2001
• Pheidole sexspinosa Mayr, 1870
• Pheidole singaporensis conicollis (Emery, 1900)
• Pheidole singaporensis continentis (Forel, 1911)
• Pheidole singaporensis Ozdikmen, 2010
• Pheidole tandjongensis Forel, 1913
• Pheidole tjibodana Forel, 1905
• Pheidole umbonata Mayr, 1870

Philidris

• Philidris cordata (Smith, 1859)
• Philidris laevigata (Emery, 1895)
• Philidris myrmecodiae (Emery, 1887)

Plagiolepis

• Plagiolepis bicolor Forel, 1901
• Plagiolepis exigua Forel, 1894

Platythyrea

• Platythyrea parallela (Smith, 1859)
• Platythyrea sagei Forel, 1900

Polyrhachis

• Polyrhachis abdominalis Smith, 1858
• Polyrhachis arcuata (Le Guillou, 1842)
• Polyrhachis armata defensa Smith, 1857
• Polyrhachis armata (Le Guillou, 1842)
• Polyrhachis beccarii Mayr, 1872
• Polyrhachis bellicosa Smith, 1859
• Polyrhachis bicolor aurinasis Forel, 1901
• Polyrhachis bicolor Smith, 1858
• Polyrhachis carbonaria Smith, 1857
• Polyrhachis chalybea Smith, 1857
• Polyrhachis charaxa Smith, 1860
• Polyrhachis constructor Smith, F., 1857
• Polyrhachis creusa Emery, 1897
• Polyrhachis cryptoceroides Emery, 1887
• Polyrhachis dives Smith, 1857
• Polyrhachis flavicornis Smith, 1857
• Polyrhachis frauenfeldi Mayr, 1862
• Polyrhachis hector Smith, 1857
• Polyrhachis hippomanes ceylonensis Emery, 1893
• Polyrhachis hosei Donisthorpe, 1942
• Polyrhachis illaudata Walker, 1859
• Polyrhachis inermis Smith, 1858
• Polyrhachis laevissima Smith, 1858
• Polyrhachis lepida Kohout, 2006
• Polyrhachis leviuscula Viehmeyer, 1916
• Polyrhachis lucidula Emery, 1893
• Polyrhachis modesta Smith, 1857
• Polyrhachis muelleri Forel, 1893
• Polyrhachis nigropilosa Mayr, 1872
• Polyrhachis obesior Viehmeyer, 1916
• Polyrhachis olybria Forel, 1912
• Polyrhachis orsylla ritsemai Mayr, 1883
• Polyrhachis orsylla Smith, 1861
• Polyrhachis proxima Roger, 1863
• Polyrhachis pruinosa Mayr, 1872
• Polyrhachis saevissima Smith, 1860
• Polyrhachis saigonensis Forel, 1886
• Polyrhachis striata Mayr, 1862
• Polyrhachis striatorugosa Mayr, 1862
• Polyrhachis textor Smith, 1857
• Polyrhachis thailandica Kohout, 2006
• Polyrhachis thrinax inconstans Viehmeyer, 1916
• Polyrhachis thrinax overbecki Dorow, 1995
• Polyrhachis tibialis parsis Emery, 1900
• Polyrhachis varicolor Viehmeyer, 1916
• Polyrhachis villipes Smith, 1857
• Polyrhachis vindex Smith, 1857
• Polyrhachis ypsilon Emery, 1887

Ponera

• Ponera menglana Xu, 2001
• Ponera swezeyi (Wheeler, 1933)

Prenolepis

• Prenolepis jerdoni Emery, 1893
• Prenolepis subopaca Emery, 1900

Prionopelta

• Prionopelta kraepelini Forel, 1905

Pristomyrmex

• Pristomyrmex bicolor Emery, 1900
• Pristomyrmex brevispinosus Emery, 1887
• Pristomyrmex costatus Wang, 2003
• Pristomyrmex picteti Emery, 1893
• Pristomyrmex punctatus (Smith, 1860)

Proatta

• Proatta butteli Forel, 1912

Probolomyrmex

• Probolomyrmex vieti Eguchi, Yoshimura & Yamane, 2006
• Probolomyrmex watanabei Tanaka, 1974

Proceratium

• Proceratium deelemani Perrault, 1981
• Proceratium malesianum De Andrade, 2003
• Proceratium papuanum Emery, 1897

Protanilla

• Protanilla rafflesi Taylor, 1990

Pseudolasius

• Pseudolasius badius Viehmeyer, 1916
• Pseudolasius circularis Viehmeyer, 1916
• Pseudolasius ludovici Forel, 1913
• Pseudolasius martini Forel, 1911
• Pseudolasius mayri duplicatus Viehmeyer, 1916
• Pseudolasius trimorphus Karavaiev, 1929

Pseudoneoponera

• Pseudoneoponera havilandi (Forel, 1901)
• Pseudoneoponera insularis (Emery, 1889)
• Pseudoneoponera rufipes (Jerdon, 1851)
• Pseudoneoponera tridentata (Smith, 1858)

Rhopalomastix

• Rhopalomastix glabricephala Wang, Yong & Jaitrong, 2018
• Rhopalomastix javana Wheeler, 1929
• Rhopalomastix johorensis Wheeler, 1929
• Rhopalomastix murphyi Wang, Yong & Jaitrong, 2018
• Rhopalomastix striata Wang, Yong & Jaitrong, 2018
• Rhopalomastix tenebra Wang, Yong & Jaitrong, 2018

Rostromyrmex

• Rostromyrmex pasohensis Rosciszewski, 1994

Rotastruma

• Rotastruma recava Bolton, 1991

Simopone

• Simopone bakeri Menozzi, 1926

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)
• Solenopsis overbecki Viehmeyer, 1916

Stictoponera

• Stictoponera bicolor (Emery, 1889)
• Stictoponera binghamii (Forel, 1900)
• Stictoponera coxalis (Roger, 1860)
• Stictoponera gabata (Lattke, 2004)
• Stictoponera hyalina (Lattke, 2004)
• Stictoponera ortostoma (Lattke, 2004)
• Stictoponera posteropsis Gregg, 1951

Stigmatomma

• Stigmatomma besucheti (Baroni Urbani, 1978)
• Stigmatomma reclinatum (Mayr, 1879)

Strumigenys

• Strumigenys chapmani Brown, 1954
• Strumigenys eggersi Emery, 1890
• Strumigenys emmae (Emery, 1890)
• Strumigenys epyna Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys extemena (Taylor, 1968)
• Strumigenys godeffroyi Mayr, 1866
• Strumigenys juliae Forel, 1905
• Strumigenys koningsbergeri Forel, 1905
• Strumigenys kraepelini Forel, 1905
• Strumigenys membranifera Emery, 1869
• Strumigenys menueta Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys mitis (Brown, 2000)
• Strumigenys mutica Brown, 1949
• Strumigenys nanzanensis Lin & Wu, 1996
• Strumigenys nepalensis Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 1994
• Strumigenys roganas Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890
• Strumigenys signeae Forel, 1905
• Strumigenys sublaminata Brown, 1959
• Strumigenys sydorata Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys szalayi Emery, 1897

Syllophopsis

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

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma andamanense capsincola Forel, 1911
• Tapinoma glaucum (Viehmeyer, 1916)
• Tapinoma indicum Forel, 1895
• Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)

Technomyrmex

• Technomyrmex albipes (Smith, 1861)
• Technomyrmex difficilis Forel, 1892
• Technomyrmex elatior Forel, 1902
• Technomyrmex horni Forel, 1912
• Technomyrmex kraepelini Forel, 1905
• Technomyrmex pratensis (Smith, 1860)
• Technomyrmex schimmeri Viehmeyer, 1916
• Technomyrmex strenuus Mayr, 1872
• Technomyrmex textor Forel, 1909
• Technomyrmex vitiensis Mann, 1921

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium aptum Bolton, 1977
• Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846)
• Tetramorium curtulum Emery, 1895
• Tetramorium eleates Forel, 1913
• Tetramorium insolens (Smith, 1861)
• Tetramorium kheperra (Bolton, 1976)
• Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870
• Tetramorium meshena (Bolton, 1976)
• Tetramorium obtusidens Viehmeyer, 1916
• Tetramorium pacificum Mayr, 1870
• Tetramorium pulchellum Emery, 1897
• Tetramorium scabrum Mayr, 1879
• Tetramorium smithi Mayr, 1879
• Tetramorium tonganum Mayr, 1870
• Tetramorium walshi (Forel, 1890)

Tetraponera

• Tetraponera allaborans (Walker, 1859)
• Tetraponera attenuata Smith, 1877
• Tetraponera crassiuscula (Emery, 1900)
• Tetraponera difficilis (Emery, 1900)
• Tetraponera extenuata Ward, 2001
• Tetraponera inversinodis Ward, 2001
• Tetraponera modesta (Smith, 1860)
• Tetraponera nitida (Smith, 1860)
• Tetraponera pilosa (Smith, 1858)
• Tetraponera rufonigra (Jerdon, 1851)
• Tetraponera vivax Ward, 2001
• Tetraponera volucris Ward, 2001

Trichomyrmex

• Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851)
• Trichomyrmex mayri (Forel, 1902)

Tyrannomyrmex

• Tyrannomyrmex rex Fernandez, 2003

Vollenhovia

• Vollenhovia brevicornis (Emery, 1893)
• Vollenhovia escherichi Forel, 1911
• Vollenhovia minuta Viehmeyer, 1916
• Vollenhovia overbecki Viehmeyer, 1916
• Vollenhovia penetrans (Smith, 1857)
• Vollenhovia rufiventris Forel, 1901

References

• Wang, W.Y., Soh, E.J.Y., Yong, G.W.J., Wong, M.K.L., Benoit Guénard, Economo, E.P., Yamane, S. 2022. Remarkable diversity in a little red dot: a comprehensive checklist of known ant species in Singapore (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with notes on ecology and taxonomy. Asian Myrmecology 15: e015006 (doi:10.20362/am.015006).