Suriname

Suriname
Location
Region	Americas
Subregion	South America
BioRegion	Neotropical Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	10
Genera	67
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	298
Endemic Species	4
% Endemic Species	1.3%
Introduced Species	0

The following 288 valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Suriname. 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 Suriname ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Suriname Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

Acanthostichus

• Acanthostichus brevicornis Emery, 1894

Acromyrmex

• Acromyrmex coronatus globoculis Kempf, 1972
• Acromyrmex hystrix Latreille, 1802
• Acromyrmex octospinosus Reich, 1793

Acropyga

• Acropyga exsanguis Wheeler, W.M., 1909
• Acropyga goeldii Forel, 1893

Anochetus

• Anochetus bispinosus Smith, F., 1858
• Anochetus emarginatus Fabricius, 1804
• Anochetus simoni Emery, 1890

Apterostigma

• Apterostigma auriculatum Wheeler, W.M., 1925
• Apterostigma robustum Emery, 1896
• Apterostigma urichii Forel, 1893
• Apterostigma wasmannii Forel, 1892

Atta

• Atta cephalotes Linnaeus, 1758
• Atta laevigata Smith, F., 1858
• Atta sexdens Linnaeus, 1758

Azteca

• Azteca alfari Emery, 1893
• Azteca chartifex
• Azteca constructor Emery, 1896
• Azteca delpini Emery, 1893
• Azteca depilis Emery, 1893
• Azteca instabilis Smith, F., 1862
• Azteca jelskii Emery, 1893
• Azteca schimperi Emery, 1893
• Azteca sericea Mayr, 1866
• Azteca trailii Emery, 1893
• Azteca trigona mediops Forel, 1904
• Azteca ulei cordiae Forel, 1904
• Azteca velox Forel, 1899

Basiceros

• Basiceros singularis Smith, F., 1858

Brachymyrmex

• Brachymyrmex antennatus Santschi, 1929
• Brachymyrmex cordemoyi Forel, 1895
• Brachymyrmex fiebrigi Forel, 1908
• Brachymyrmex minutus Forel, 1893

Camponotus

• Camponotus ager Smith, F., 1858
• Camponotus atriceps Smith, F., 1858
• Camponotus auricomus Roger, 1862
• Camponotus beebei Wheeler, W.M., 1918
• Camponotus bidens Mayr, 1870
• Camponotus blandus Smith, F., 1858
• Camponotus chartifex Smith, F., 1860
• Camponotus coruscus astilbus Stitz, 1938
• Camponotus fasciatellus Dalla Torre, 1892
• Camponotus fastigatus Roger, 1863
• Camponotus femoratus Fabricius, 1804
• Camponotus latangulus Roger, 1863
• Camponotus leydigi Forel, 1886
• Camponotus mocsaryi Forel, 1902
• Camponotus nidulans Smith, F., 1860
• Camponotus novogranadensis Mayr, 1870
• Camponotus picipes Olivier, 1792
• Camponotus platytarsus Roger, 1863
• Camponotus rapax Fabricius, 1804
• Camponotus rectangularis Emery, 1890
• Camponotus renggeri Emery, 1894
• Camponotus rufipes Fabricius, 1775
• Camponotus sericeiventris Guérin-Méneville, 1838
• Camponotus sexguttatus Fabricius, 1793
• Camponotus simillimus Smith, F., 1862
• Camponotus substitutus Emery, 1894
• Camponotus zoc Forel, 1879

Carebara

• Carebara mayri Forel, 1901
• Carebara urichi Wheeler, W.M., 1922

Cephalotes

• Cephalotes atratus Linnaeus, 1758
• Cephalotes clypeatus Fabricius, 1804
• Cephalotes complanatus Guérin-Méneville, 1844
• Cephalotes marginatus Fabricius, 1804
• Cephalotes opacus Santschi, 1920
• Cephalotes pallens Klug, 1824
• Cephalotes pallidus De Andrade, 1999
• Cephalotes pavonii Latreille, 1809
• Cephalotes pusillus Klug, 1824
• Cephalotes simillimus Kempf, 1951
• Cephalotes spinosus Mayr, 1862
• Cephalotes umbraculatus Fabricius, 1804

Cheliomyrmex

• Cheliomyrmex megalonyx Wheeler, W.M., 1921
• Cheliomyrmex morosus Smith, F., 1859

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster levior Longino, 2003
• Crematogaster carinata Mayr, 1862
• Crematogaster crinosa Mayr, 1862
• Crematogaster curvispinosa Mayr, 1862
• Crematogaster delitescens Wheeler, W.M., 1921
• Crematogaster erecta Mayr, 1866
• Crematogaster huberi Forel, 1907
• Crematogaster longispina Emery, 1890
• Crematogaster quadriformis Roger, 1863

Cryptopone

• Cryptopone holmgreni Wheeler, W.M., 1925

Cylindromyrmex

• Cylindromyrmex striatus Mayr, 1870

Cyphomyrmex

• Cyphomyrmex laevigatus Weber, 1938
• Cyphomyrmex minutus Mayr, 1862
• Cyphomyrmex rimosus Spinola, 1851

Daceton

• Daceton armigerum Latreille, 1802

Discothyrea

• Discothyrea denticulata Weber, 1939
• Discothyrea soesilae Makhan, 2007

Dolichoderus

• Dolichoderus attelaboides Fabricius, 1775
• Dolichoderus bidens Linnaeus, 1758
• Dolichoderus bispinosus Olivier, 1792
• Dolichoderus debilis Emery, 1890
• Dolichoderus decollatus Smith, F., 1858
• Dolichoderus gagates Emery, 1890
• Dolichoderus lamellosus Mayr, 1870
• Dolichoderus laminatus Mayr, 1870
• Dolichoderus lugens Emery, 1894
• Dolichoderus lutosus Smith, F., 1858
• Dolichoderus mucronifer Roger, 1862
• Dolichoderus rugosus Smith, F., 1858
• Dolichoderus septemspinosus Emery, 1894
• Dolichoderus spurius Forel, 1903

Dorymyrmex

• Dorymyrmex brunneus Forel, 1908
• Dorymyrmex pyramicus Roger, 1863

Eciton

• Eciton burchellii cupiens Santschi, 1923
• Eciton drepanophorum Smith, F., 1858
• Eciton hamatum Fabricius, 1782
• Eciton vagans Olivier, 1792

Ectatomma

• Ectatomma brunneum Smith, F., 1858
• Ectatomma edentatum Roger, 1863
• Ectatomma lugens Emery, 1894
• Ectatomma ruidum Roger, 1860
• Ectatomma tuberculatum Olivier, 1792

Eurhopalothrix

• Eurhopalothrix bolaui (Mayr, 1870)

Fulakora

• Fulakora degenerata (Borgmeier, 1957)

Gigantiops

• Gigantiops destructor Fabricius, 1804

Gnamptogenys

• Gnamptogenys acuminata Emery, 1896
• Gnamptogenys annulata Mayr, 1887
• Gnamptogenys gracilis Santschi, 1929
• Gnamptogenys horni Santschi, 1929
• Gnamptogenys minuta Emery, 1896
• Gnamptogenys mordax Smith, F., 1858
• Gnamptogenys regularis Mayr, 1870
• Gnamptogenys relicta (Mann, 1916)
• Gnamptogenys striatula Mayr, 1884
• Gnamptogenys strigata Norton, 1868
• Gnamptogenys sulcata Smith, F., 1858
• Gnamptogenys tortuolosa Smith, F., 1858

Hylomyrma

• Hylomyrma blandiens Kempf, 1961
• Hylomyrma longiscapa Kempf, 1961

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera agilis Borgmeier, 1934

Labidus

• Labidus coecus Latreille, 1802
• Labidus truncatidens Santschi, 1920

Leptogenys

• Leptogenys arcuata Roger, 1861
• Leptogenys gaigei Wheeler, W.M., 1923
• Leptogenys langi Wheeler, W.M., 1923
• Leptogenys linearis
• Leptogenys unistimulosa Roger, 1863

Linepithema

• Linepithema iniquum (Mayr, 1870

Mayaponera

• Mayaponera arhuaca Forel, 1901
• Mayaponera constricta Mayr, 1884

Megalomyrmex

• Megalomyrmex bituberculatus Fabricius, 1798
• Megalomyrmex drifti Kempf, 1961
• Megalomyrmex emeryi Forel, 1904
• Megalomyrmex leoninus Forel, 1885
• Megalomyrmex silvestrii Wheeler, W.M., 1909

Monomorium

• Monomorium floricola Jerdon, 1851
• Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758

Mycetomoellerius

• Mycetomoellerius compactus (Mayhé-Nunes & Brandão, 2002)
• Mycetomoellerius ixyodus (Mayhe-Nunez & Brandao, 2007)
• Mycetomoellerius relictus (Borgmeier, 1934)
• Mycetomoellerius urichii (Forel, 1893)
• Mycetomoellerius verrucosus (Borgmeier, 1948)

Mycetophylax

• Mycetophylax bigibbosus (Emery, 1894)
• Mycetophylax conformis Mayr, 1884
• Mycetophylax faunulus (Wheeler, W.M., 1925)

Mycocepurus

• Mycocepurus smithii Forel, 1893

Myrmelachista

• Myrmelachista guyanensis Wheeler, W.M., 1934

Myrmicocrypta

• Myrmicocrypta buenzlii Borgmeier, 1934

• Myrmicocrypta squamosa uncinata Mayr, 1887

Neivamyrmex

• Neivamyrmex angustinodis Emery, 1888
• Neivamyrmex bohlsi Emery, 1896
• Neivamyrmex emersoni Wheeler, W.M., 1921
• Neivamyrmex falcifer Emery, 1900
• Neivamyrmex gibbatus Borgmeier, 1953
• Neivamyrmex guerinii Shuckard, 1840
• Neivamyrmex guyanensis Santschi, 1916
• Neivamyrmex halidaii Shuckard, 1840
• Neivamyrmex iridescens Borgmeier, 1950
• Neivamyrmex maxillosus Emery, 1900
• Neivamyrmex megathrix Kempf, 1961
• Neivamyrmex pilosus (Smith, F. 1858)
• Neivamyrmex postangustatus Borgmeier, 1934
• Neivamyrmex punctaticeps Emery, 1894
• Neivamyrmex walkerii Westwood, 1842

Nesomyrmex

• Nesomyrmex anduzei Weber, 1943
• Nesomyrmex echinatinodis Forel, 1886
• Nesomyrmex pleuriticus Kempf, 1959
• Nesomyrmex rutilans Kempf, 1958
• Nesomyrmex spininodis Mayr, 1887

Neoponera

• Neoponera apicalis Latreille, 1802
• Neoponera commutata Roger, 1860
• Neoponera crenata Roger, 1861
• Neoponera foetida Linnaeus, 1758
• Neoponera inversa Smith, F., 1858
• Neoponera obscuricornis Emery, 1890
• Neoponera procidua Emery, 1890
• Neoponera unidentata Mayr, 1862
• Neoponera villosa Fabricius, 1804

Nomamyrmex

• Nomamyrmex esenbeckii Westwood, 1842
• Nomamyrmex hartigii Westwood, 1842

Nylanderia

• Nylanderia caeciliae Forel, 1899
• Nylanderia fulva Mayr, 1862
• Nylanderia lietzi Forel, 1908

Ochetomyrmex

• Ochetomyrmex neopolitus Fernández, 2003
• Ochetomyrmex semipolitus Mayr, 1878

Octostruma

• Octostruma amrishi (Makhan, 2007)
• Octostruma balzani (Emery, 1894)
• Octostruma batesi Emery, 1894

Odontomachus

• Odontomachus biumbonatus Brown, 1976
• Odontomachus caelatus Brown, 1976
• Odontomachus chelifer Latreille, 1802
• Odontomachus haematodus Linnaeus, 1758
• Odontomachus hastatus Fabricius, 1804
• Odontomachus laticeps Roger, 1861
• Odontomachus mayi Mann, 1912
• Odontomachus scalptus Brown, 1978

Pachycondyla

• Pachycondyla crassinoda Latreille, 1802
• Pachycondyla harpax Fabricius, 1804
• Pachycondyla impressa Roger, 1861

Paraponera

• Paraponera clavata Fabricius, 1775

Paratrachymyrmex

• Paratrachymyrmex bugnioni (Forel, 1912)
• Paratrachymyrmex cornetzi (Forel, 1912)
• Paratrachymyrmex diversus (Mann, 1916)

Pheidole

• Pheidole allarmata Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole astur Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole coffeicola Borgmeier, 1934
• Pheidole fimbriata Roger, 1863
• Pheidole gibbata Borgmeier, 1934
• Pheidole longiscapa Forel, 1901
• Pheidole mamore Mann, 1916
• Pheidole megacephala Fabricius, 1793
• Pheidole radoszkowskii Mayr, 1884
• Pheidole sculptior Forel, 1893
• Pheidole severini Forel, 1904
• Pheidole socrates Forel, 1912
• Pheidole terribilis Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole transversostriata Mayr, 1887

Platythyrea

• Platythyrea angusta Forel, 1901
• Platythyrea punctata Smith, F., 1858
• Platythyrea sinuata Roger, 1860

Prionopelta

• Prionopelta amabilis Borgmeier, 1949
• Prionopelta antillana Forel, 1909
• Prionopelta dubia Ladino & Feitosa, 2020

Procryptocerus

• Procryptocerus attenuatus Smith, F., 1876

Pseudomyrmex

• Pseudomyrmex concolor Smith, F., 1860
• Pseudomyrmex curacaensis Forel, 1912
• Pseudomyrmex elongatulus Dalla Torre, 1892
• Pseudomyrmex elongatus Mayr, 1870
• Pseudomyrmex faber Smith, F., 1858
• Pseudomyrmex filiformis Fabricius, 1804
• Pseudomyrmex gracilis Fabricius, 1804
• Pseudomyrmex laevigatus Smith, F., 1877
• Pseudomyrmex maculatus Smith, F., 1855
• Pseudomyrmex malignus Wheeler, W.M., 1921
• Pseudomyrmex nigrocinctus Emery, 1890
• Pseudomyrmex obtusus Ward, 2017
• Pseudomyrmex oculatus Smith, F., 1855
• Pseudomyrmex penetrator Smith, F., 1877
• Pseudomyrmex spiculus Ward, 1989
• Pseudomyrmex tenuis Fabricius, 1804
• Pseudomyrmex tenuissimus Emery, 1906
• Pseudomyrmex termitarius Smith, F., 1855
• Pseudomyrmex triplaridis Forel, 1904
• Pseudomyrmex unicolor Smith, F., 1855
• Pseudomyrmex urbanus Smith, F., 1877
• Pseudomyrmex viduus (Smith, F., 1858)

Pseudoponera

• Pseudoponera gilberti Kempf, 1960
• Pseudoponera stigma Fabricius, 1804

Rasopone

• Rasopone ferruginea (Smith, F. 1858)

Rogeria

• Rogeria blanda (Smith, F., 1858)
• Rogeria curvipubens Emery, 1894
• Rogeria innotabilis Kugler, C., 1994
• Rogeria micromma Kempf, 1961

Sericomyrmex

• Sericomyrmex bondari Borgmeier, 1937
• Sericomyrmex lutzi Wheeler, W.M., 1916
• Sericomyrmex mayri Forel, 1912
• Sericomyrmex parvulus Forel, 1912

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis altinodis Forel, 1912
• Solenopsis brevicornis Emery, 1888
• Solenopsis corticalis Forel, 1881
• Solenopsis geminata Fabricius, 1804
• Solenopsis minutissima Emery, 1906
• Solenopsis saevissima Smith, F., 1855
• Solenopsis sulfurea Roger, 1862

Strumigenys

• Strumigenys alberti Forel, 1893
• Strumigenys carinithorax Borgmeier, 1934
• Strumigenys cordovensis Mayr, 1887
• Strumigenys denticulata Mayr, 1887
• Strumigenys elongata Roger, 1863
• Strumigenys emmae Emery, 1890
• Strumigenys louisianae Roger, 1863
• Strumigenys perparva Brown, 1958
• Strumigenys subedentata Mayr, 1887

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793

Thaumatomyrmex

• Thaumatomyrmex soesilae Makhan, 2007

Tranopelta

• Tranopelta gilva Mayr, 1866

Typhlomyrmex

• Typhlomyrmex clavicornis Emery, 1906
• Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi Mayr, 1862

Wasmannia

• Wasmannia rochai Forel, 1912
• Wasmannia scrobifera Kempf, 1961
• Wasmannia sigmoidea Mayr, 1884

Uncertain species

The following species were described from Australia but their true identities are currently unknown.

• Formica foetens Olivier, 1792
• Formica pusilla De Geer, 1773

References

• Bünzli, G.H. 1935. Untersuchungen über coccidophile Ameisen aus den Kaffeefelden von Surinam. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 16: 455-593.
• Kempf, W.W. 1961b. A survey of the ants of the soil fauna in Surinam. Studia Entomologica (N.S.)4: 481-524.
• Makhan, D. 2007a. Six new Pyramica species from Suriname. Calodema Supplementary Paper No. 24: 1-7. [5.viii.2007.]
• Makhan, D. 2007b. Discothyrea soesilae sp. nov. from Suriname. Calodema Supplementary Paper No. 27: 1-3.
• Makhan, D. 2007c. Thaumatomyrmex soesilae sp. nov. from Suriname. Calodema Supplementary Paper No. 58: 1-3.
• Makhan, D. 2007d. Pheidole soesilae sp. nov. from Suriname. Calodema Supplementary Paper No. 59: 1-2.