Tonga

Tonga
Location
Region	Oceania
Subregion	Polynesia
BioRegion	Indo-Australian Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	4
Genera	25
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	48
Endemic Species	4
% Endemic Species	8.3%
Introduced Species	0

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

Adelomyrmex

• Adelomyrmex species

Anochetus

• Anochetus graeffei (Mayr, 1870)

Anoplolepis

• Anoplolepis gracilipes (Smith, F., 1857)

Camponotus

• Camponotus chloroticus Emery, 1897

Cardiocondyla

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

Carebara

• Carebara atoma (Emery, 1900)

Colobopsis

• Colobopsis conica Mayr, 1876
• Colobopsis nigrifrons Mayr, 1870

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera confinis (Roger, 1860)
• Hypoponera opaciceps (Mayr, 1887)
• Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)

Monomorium

• Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)
• Monomorium liliuokalanii Forel, 1899

Nylanderia

• Nylanderia bourbonica (Forel, 1886)
• Nylanderia vaga (Forel, 1901)

Ochetellus

• Ochetellus species

Odontomachus

• Odontomachus simillimus Smith, F., 1858

Paratrechina

• Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)

Pheidole

• Pheidole fervens Smith, F. 1858
• Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)
• Pheidole oceanica Mayr, 1866
• Pheidole umbonata Mayr, 1870

Plagiolepis

• Plagiolepis alluaudi

Ponera

• Ponera incerta (Wheeler, W.M., 1933)
• Ponera tenuis (Emery, 1900)

Pristomyrmex

• Pristomyrmex minusculus Wang, 2003

Rogeria

• Rogeria stigmatica Emery, 1897

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 18040
• Solenopsis papuana Emery, 1900

Strumigenys

• Strumigenys emmae (Emery, 1890)
• Strumigenys godeffroyi Mayr, 1866
• Strumigenys karawajewi (Brown, 1948)
• Strumigenys membranifera (Emery, 1869)
• Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890
• Strumigenys zakharovi Dlussky, 1993

Syllophopsis

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

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)
• Tapinoma minutum Mayr, 1862

Technomyrmex

• Technomyrmex species

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

Vollenhovia

• Vollenhovia samoensis Mayr, 1876

References

• [1] James K. Wetterer, 2002. Ants of Tonga. Pacific Science. 56(2): 125-135.
• Dlussky, G. M. 1994a. Zoogeography of southwestern Oceania. Pages 48-93 in Y. G. Puzatchenko, S. 1. Golovatch, G. M. Dlussky, K. N. Diakonov, A. A. Zakharov, and G. A. Korganova, eds. Animal population of the islands of southwestern Oceania (ecogeographic studies). Nauka Publishers, Moscow (in Russian).