United Republic of Tanzania

Tanzania
Location
Region	Africa
Subregion	Eastern Africa
BioRegion	Afrotropical Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	9
Genera	76
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	305
Endemic Species	67
% Endemic Species	22.0%
Introduced Species	1

The following 305 valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Tanzania. 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 Tanzania ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Tanzania Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

Acropyga

Acropyga silvestrii Emery, 1915

Aenictogiton

Aenictogiton attenuatus Santschi, 1919

Aenictus

Aenictus species

Agraulomyrmex

Agraulomyrmex species

Anillomyrma

Anillomyrma species

Anochetus

Anochetus obscuratus Santschi, 1911
Anochetus bequaerti Forel, 1913
Anochetus katonae Forel, 1907
Anochetus obscuratus Santschi, 1911

Anoplolepis

Anoplolepis custodiens (Smith, F. 1858)

Asphinctopone

Asphinctopone pilosa Hawkes, 2010

Atopomyrmex

Atopomyrmex mocquerysi André, 1889

Axinidris

Axinidris stageri Snelling, R.R. 2007

Bothroponera

Bothroponera ancilla Emery, 1899
Bothroponera cariosa (Emery, 1895)
Bothroponera fugax Forel, 1907
Bothroponera kruegeri Forel, 1910
Bothroponera notaula Joma & Mackay, 2017
Bothroponera silvestrii Santschi, 1914
Bothroponera soror Emery, 1899

Brachymyrmex

Brachymyrmex cordemoyi Forel, 1895

Calyptomyrmex

Calyptomyrmex claviseta (Santschi, 1914)
Calyptomyrmex duhun Bolton, 1981
Calyptomyrmex piripilis Santschi, 1923
Calyptomyrmex shasu Bolton, 1981

Camponotus

Camponotus braunsi candidus Santschi, 1926
Camponotus cinctellus (Gerstäcker, 1859)
Camponotus druryi Forel, 1886
Camponotus erinaceus Gerstäcker, 1871
Camponotus foraminosus dorsalis Santschi, 1926
Camponotus guttatus minusculus Viehmeyer, 1914
Camponotus heros Santschi, 1926
Camponotus limbiventris Santschi, 1911
Camponotus mombassae Forel, 1886
Camponotus olivieri moshianus Santschi, 1915
Camponotus maculatus Fabricius, 1782
Camponotus pulvinatus Mayr, 1907
Camponotus rufoglaucus controversus Santschi, 1916
Camponotus rufoglaucus zanzibaricus Forel, 1911

Cardiocondyla

Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881
Cardiocondyla longinoda Rigato, 2002
Cardiocondyla luciae Rigato, 2002
Cardiocondyla wroughtonii (Forel, 1890)

Carebara

Carebara perpusilla (Emery, 1895)
Carebara polita (Santschi, 1914)

Cataulacus

Cataulacus brevisetosus Forel, 1901
Cataulacus huberi André, 1890
Cataulacus intrudens Smith, F., 1876
Cataulacus jeanneli Santschi, 1914
Cataulacus pygmaeus André, 1890
Cataulacus wissmannii Forel, 1894

Centromyrmex

Centromyrmex bequaerti (Forel, 1913)
Centromyrmex sellaris Mayr, 1896

Crematogaster

Crematogaster acaciae Forel, 1892
Crematogaster amabilis Santschi, 1911
Crematogaster arnoldi loveridgei Santschi, 1926
Crematogaster castanea rufimembrum Santschi, 1914
Crematogaster chiarinii sellula Santschi, 1914
Crematogaster dolens Forel, 1910
Crematogaster menilekii viehmeyeri Santschi, 1921
Crematogaster nigriceps prelli Forel, 1911
Crematogaster phoenix Santschi, 1921
Crematogaster rauana Forel, 1907
Crematogaster sjostedti Mayr, 1907
Crematogaster solenopsides
Crematogaster solenopsides flavida Mayr, 1907
Crematogaster tenuipilis Santschi, 1937

Cyphoidris

Cyphoidris species

Dicroaspis

Dicroaspis laevidens (Santschi, 1919)

Discothyrea

Discothyrea aisnetu Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019
Discothyrea athene Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019
Discothyrea chimera Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019
Discothyrea gryphon Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019
Discothyrea hawkesi Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019
Discothyrea kalypso Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019
Discothyrea michelae Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019
Discothyrea mixta Brown, 1958
Discothyrea oculata Emery, 1901
Discothyrea patrizii Weber, 1949

Dorylus

Dorylus affinis exilis Santschi, 1914
Dorylus affinis loewyi Forel, 1907
Dorylus brevipennis Emery, 1895
Dorylus fulvus (Westwood, 1839)
Dorylus helvolus (Linnaeus, 1764)
Dorylus kohli
Dorylus montanus Santschi, 1910
Dorylus nigricans Illiger, 1802
Dorylus nigricans molestus (Gerstacker, 1859)
Dorylus spininodis longiceps Viehmeyer, 1914

Eburopone

Eburopone wroughtoni Forel, 1910

Erromyrma

Erromyrma latinodis (Mayr, 1872)

Euponera

Euponera sjostedti (Mayr, 1896)

Fisheropone

Fisheropone ambigua

Hypoponera

Hypoponera aprora Bolton & Fisher, 2011
Hypoponera bulawayensis (Forel, 1913)
Hypoponera coeca Santschi, 1914
Hypoponera comis Bolton & Fisher, 2011
Hypoponera dis Bolton & Fisher, 2011
Hypoponera dulcis Forel, 1907
Hypoponera fatiga Bolton & Fisher, 2011
Hypoponera jeanneli (Santschi, 1935)
Hypoponera hawkesi Bolton & Fisher, 2011
Hypoponera occidentalis (Bernard, 1953)
Hypoponera perparva Bolton & Fisher, 2011
Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)
Hypoponera quaestio Bolton & Fisher, 2011
Hypoponera regis Bolton & Fisher, 2011

Lepisiota

Lepisiota deplanata Stitz, 1911

Leptanilla

Leptanilla species

Leptogenys

Leptogenys jeanneli Santschi, 1914
Leptogenys pavesii Emery, 1892
Leptogenys regis Bolton, 1975
Leptogenys stuhlmanni Mayr, 1893

Megaponera

Megaponera analis (Latreille, 1802)
Megaponera analis rapax Santschi, 1914

Melissotarsus

Melissotarsus beccarii Emery,, 1877

Meranoplus

Meranoplus glaber Arnold, 1926
Meranoplus inermis Emery, 1895
Meranoplus magrettii André, 1884
Meranoplus nanus André, 1892

Mesoponera

Mesoponera ambigua André, 1890
Mesoponera elisae (Forel, 1891)
Mesoponera ingesta (Wheeler, 1922)
Mesoponera subiridescens (Wheeler, 1922)

Messor

Messor cephalotes (Emery, 1895)
Messor luebberti Forel, 1910

Microdaceton

Microdaceton exornatum Santschi, 1913

Monomorium

Monomorium affabile Santschi, 1926
Monomorium afrum André, 1884
Monomorium arboreum Weber, 1943
Monomorium disoriente Bolton, 1987
Monomorium exiguum Forel, 1894
Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)
Monomorium hanneli Forel, 1907
Monomorium iyenasu Bolton, 1987
Monomorium lene Santschi, 1920
Monomorium mirandum Arnold, 1955
Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Monomorium strangulatum Santschi, 1921
Monomorium trake Bolton, 1987

Myrmicaria

Myrmicaria natalensis navicula Santschi, 1925
Myrmicaria reichenspergeri Santschi, 1925
Myrmicaria rustica Santschi, 1925
Myrmicaria rustica angustior Santschi, 1925
Myrmicaria striata Stitz, 1911
Myrmicaria striatula Santschi, 1925

Nesomyrmex

Nesomyrmex angulatus Mayr, 1862
Nesomyrmex humerosus (Emery, 1896)
Nesomyrmex latinodis (Mayr, 1895)

Nylanderia

Nylanderia boltoni LaPolla, Hawkes & Fisher, 2011
Nylanderia bourbonica (Forel, 1886)
Nylanderia usambarica LaPolla, Hawkes & Fisher, 2011

Ocymyrmex

Ocymyrmex flaviventris Santschi, 1914
Ocymyrmex nitidulus Emery, 1892
Ocymyrmex phraxus Bolton, 1981

Odontomachus

Odontomachus assiniensis Emery, 1892
Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi, 1914

Oecophylla

Oecophylla longinoda (Latreille, 1802)

Ophthalmopone

Ophthalmopone ilgii (Forel, 1894)

Oxyopomyrmex

Oxyopomyrmex species

Paltothyreus

Paltothyreus tarsatus (Fabricius, 1798)

Paraparatrechina

Paraparatrechina species

Parasyscia

Parasyscia afer Forel, 1907

Paratrechina

Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)
Paratrechina zanjensis LaPolla, Hawkes & Fisher, 2013

Parvaponera

Parvaponera suspecta (Santschi, 1914)

Pheidole

Pheidole areniphila aurora Santschi, 1928
Pheidole caffra Emery, 1895
Pheidole crassinoda sordidula Santschi, 1937
Pheidole katonae Forel, 1907
Pheidole megacephala speculifrons Stitz, 1911
Pheidole njassae Viehmeyer, 1914
Pheidole njassae legitima Santschi, 1916
Pheidole sculpturata particeps Santschi, 1921

Phrynoponera

Phrynoponera pulchella Bolton & Fisher, 2008
Phrynoponera sveni (Forel, 1916)

Plagiolepis

Plagiolepis brunni Mayr, 1895

Platythyrea

Platythyrea cribrinodis Gerstäcker, 1859
Platythyrea viehmeyeri Santschi, 1914

Plectroctena

Plectroctena laevior Santschi, 1924
Plectroctena mandibularis Smith, F., 1858
Plectroctena strigosa Emery, 1899

Polyrhachis

Polyrhachis andrei Emery, 1921
Polyrhachis cubaensis Mayr, 1862
Polyrhachis gagates Smith, F. 1858
Polyrhachis gerstaeckeri Forel, 1886
Polyrhachis gibbula Rigato, 2016
Polyrhachis latispina Emery, 1922
Polyrhachis limitis Santschi, 1939
Polyrhachis medusa Forel, 1897
Polyrhachis militaris (Fabricius, 1782)
Polyrhachis mkomaziae Taylor & McGavin, 2020
Polyrhachis otleti Forel, 1916
Polyrhachis phidias Forel, 1910
Polyrhachis schistacea Gerstäcker, 1859
Polyrhachis schlueteri Forel, 1886
Polyrhachis terminata Rigato, 2016
Polyrhachis viscosa Smith, F. 1858

Ponera

Ponera swezeyi (Wheeler, 1933)

Prionopelta

Prionopelta aethiopica Arnold, 1949
Prionopelta concenta (Brown, 1974)

Pristomyrmex

Pristomyrmex africanus Karavaiev, 1931
Pristomyrmex cribrarius Arnold, 1926

Probolomyrmex

Probolomyrmex species

Proceratium

Proceratium nilo Hita Garcia, Hawkes & Alpert, 2014
Proceratium sali Hita Garcia, Hawkes & Alpert, 2014

Rhopalomastix

Rhopalomastix species

Simopone

Simopone rabula Bolton & Fisher, 2012
Simopone persculpta

Solenopsis

Solenopsis punctaticeps Mayr, 1865
Solenopsis saevissima itinerans Forel, 1911

Stigmatomma

Stigmatomma species

Strumigenys

Strumigenys adrasora Bolton, 1983
Strumigenys arnoldi Forel, 1913
Strumigenys didyma Bolton, 2000
Strumigenys dromoshaula Bolton, 1983
Strumigenys dyshaula Bolton, 1983
Strumigenys emmae (Emery, 1890)
Strumigenys faurei Arnold, 1948
Strumigenys karawajewi Brown, 1948
Strumigenys ludovici Forel, 1904
Strumigenys lujae Forel, 1902
Strumigenys marginata Santschi, 1914
Strumigenys maynei Forel, 1916
Strumigenys maxillaris Baroni Urbani, 2007
Strumigenys nykara (Bolton, 1983)
Strumigenys omalyx Bolton, 1983
Strumigenys percrypta Bolton, 2000
Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890
Strumigenys serrula Santschi, 1910
Strumigenys shaula Bolton, 1983
Strumigenys simoni Emery, 1895
Strumigenys thuvida Bolton, 1983
Strumigenys truncatidens Brown, 1950

Syllophopsis

Syllophopsis cryptobia (Santschi, 1921)
Syllophopsis modesta (Santschi, 1914)
Syllophopsis malamixta (Bolton, 1987)

Tapinoma

Tapinoma demissum Bolton, 1995
Tapinoma minimum Mayr, 1895

Technomyrmex

Technomyrmex albipes (Smith 1861)
Technomyrmex arnoldinus Forel, 1913
Technomyrmex hostilis Bolton, 2007
Technomyrmex moerens Santschi, 1913
Technomyrmex pallipes (Smith, F. 1876)
Technomyrmex vapidus Bolton, 2007
Technomyrmex voeltzkowi (Forel, 1907)
Technomyrmex zimmeri (Forel, 1911)

Terataner

Terataner bottegoi (Emery, 1896)

Tetramorium

Tetramorium aculeatum (Mayr, 1866)
Tetramorium agile Arnold, 1960
Tetramorium altivagans Santschi, 1914
Tetramorium amatongae Bolton, 1980
Tetramorium anxium Santschi, 1914
Tetramorium argenteopilosum Arnold, 1926
Tetramorium bequaerti Forel, 1913
Tetramorium boltoni Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010
Tetramorium caldarium (Roger, 1857)
Tetramorium candidum Bolton, 1980
Tetramorium chloe (Santschi, 1920)
Tetramorium constanciae Arnold, 1917
Tetramorium cristatum Stitz, 1910
Tetramorium decem Forel, 1913
Tetramorium delagoense Forel, 1894
Tetramorium do Forel, 1914
Tetramorium dogieli Karavaiev, 1931
Tetramorium eminii Forel, 1894
Tetramorium frenchi Forel, 1914
Tetramorium furtivum (Arnold, 1956)
Tetramorium gazense Arnold, 1958
Tetramorium humbloti Forel, 1891
Tetramorium inezulae (Forel, 1914)
Tetramorium intonsum Bolton, 1980
Tetramorium jauresi Forel, 1914
Tetramorium longicorne Forel, 1907
Tetramorium miserabile Santschi, 1918
Tetramorium mkomazi Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010
Tetramorium mossamedense Forel, 1901
Tetramorium muscorum Arnold, 1926
Tetramorium nigrum Forel, 1907
Tetramorium pauper Forel, 1907
Tetramorium phasias Forel, 1914
Tetramorium philippwagneri Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010
Tetramorium rhetidum Bolton, 1980
Tetramorium robertsoni Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010
Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877
Tetramorium setigerum Mayr, 1901
Tetramorium setuliferum Emery, 1895
Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, F. 1851)
Tetramorium squaminode Santschi, 1911
Tetramorium subcoecum Forel, 1907
Tetramorium tanaense Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010
Tetramorium trimeni (Emery, 1895)
Tetramorium tychadion Bolton, 1980
Tetramorium ultor Forel, 1913
Tetramorium venator Hita Garcia, 2014
Tetramorium weitzeckeri Emery, 1895

Tetraponera

Tetraponera ambigua (Emery, 1895)
Tetraponera gerdae Stitz, 1911
Tetraponera mocquerysi (André, 1890)
Tetraponera natalensis (Smith, F., 1858)
Tetraponera parops Ward, 2006
Tetraponera penzigi Mayr, 1907

Trichomyrmex

Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851) (introduced)
Trichomyrmex oscaris (Forel, 1894)

Vicinopone

Vicinopone conciliatrix

References

[1] [Bolton, B. 1981a. A revision of the ant genera Meranoplus F. Smith, Dicroaspis Emery and Calyptomyrmex Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 42: 43-81