Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago
Location
Region	Americas
Subregion	Caribbean
BioRegion	Neotropical Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	9
Genera	68
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	273
Endemic Species	12
% Endemic Species	4.4%
Introduced Species	3

Trinidad is a continental island of about 4800 km2 off the northern coast of South America. Together with Tobago (about 300 km2) and some associated very small islands, it forms the national territory of Trinidad & Tobago. Biotically, the two islands are set apart from the oceanic Lesser and Greater Antilles to the north, having a greater affinity to northern South America. The climate and seasonality of Trinidad & Tobago are typical of the humid tropics north of the Equator. Topography is slight, with no hill reaching 1000 m, and the predominant native vegetation is rain forest

The following valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Trinidad & Tobago. 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 Trinidad & Tobago ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Trinidad & Tobago Ants web page.

Acanthognathus

• Acanthognathus ocellatus Mayr, 1887

Acanthoponera

• Acanthoponera minor Brown, 1958

Acromyrmex

• Acromyrmex octospinosus (Reich, 1793)

Acropyga

• Acropyga fuhrmanni Forel, 1914
• Acropyga goeldii Forel, 1893
• Acropyga smithii Forel, 1893

Anochetus

• Anochetus emarginatus (Fabricius, 1804)
• Anochetus inermis André, 1889
• Anochetus targionii Emery, 1894

Apterostigma

• Apterostigma auriculatum Wheeler, W.M., 1925
• Apterostigma ierense Weber, 1937
• Apterostigma mayri Forel, 1893
• Apterostigma urichii Forel, 1893
• Apterostigma wasmannii Forel, 1892

Atta

• Atta cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758)

Azteca

• Azteca alfari Emery, 1893
• Azteca angusticeps Emery, 1893
• Azteca barbifex Forel, 1906
• Azteca chartifex Forel, 1896
• Azteca coeruleipennis Emery, 1893
• Azteca constructor Emery, 1896
• Azteca delpini Emery, 1893
• Azteca delpini trinidadensis Forel, 1899
• Azteca forelii Emery, 1893
• Azteca jelskii Emery, 1893
• Azteca ovaticeps Forel, 1904
• Azteca trigona Emery, 1893
• Azteca trigona mediops Forel, 1904
• Azteca velox Forel, 1899
• Azteca xanthochroa (Roger, 1863)

Basiceros

• Basiceros conjugans Brown, 1974
• Basiceros militaris (Weber, 1950)
• Basiceros singularis Smith, F., 1858

Brachymyrmex

• Brachymyrmex degener Emery, 1906

Camponotus

• Camponotus ager (Smith, F., 1858)
• Camponotus apicalis Mann, 1916
• Camponotus atriceps (Smith, F. 1858)
• Camponotus auricomus Roger, 1862
• Camponotus beebei Wheeler, W.M., 1918
• Camponotus bidens Mayr, 1870
• Camponotus brettesi Forel, 1899
• Camponotus canescens Mayr, 1870
• Camponotus claviscapus Forel, 1899
• Camponotus crassus Mayr, 1862
• Camponotus excisus Mayr, 1870
• Camponotus fastigatus Roger, 1863
• Camponotus femoratus Fabricius, 1804
• Camponotus godmani Forel, 1899
• Camponotus godmani palliolatus Wheeler, W.M., 1922
• Camponotus latangulus Roger, 1863
• Camponotus lindigi Mayr, 1870
• Camponotus mus Roger, 1863
• Camponotus novogranadensis Mayr, 1870
• Camponotus rectangularis setipes Forel, 1904
• Camponotus sanctaefidei weberi Wheeler, W.M., 1935
• Camponotus senex Smith, F., 1858
• Camponotus urichi Forel, 1899
• Camponotus zoc Forel, 1879

Carebara

• Carebara arabara Fernández, 2010
• Carebara urichi (Wheeler, W.M., 1922)

Centromyrmex

• Centromyrmex brachycola (Roger, 1861)

Cephalotes

• Cephalotes atratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cephalotes clypeatus Fabricius, 1804
• Cephalotes conspersus (Smith, F. 1867)
• Cephalotes grandinosus Smith, F., 1860
• Cephalotes maculatus Smith, F., 1876
• Cephalotes minutus Fabricius, 1804
• Cephalotes pallens Klug, 1824
• Cephalotes pallidoides De Andrade, 1999
• Cephalotes pusillus Klug, 1824
• Cephalotes spinosus Mayr, 1862
• Cephalotes targionii Emery, 1894
• Cephalotes umbraculatus (Fabricius, 1804)

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster brasiliensis Mayr, 1878
• Crematogaster carinata Mayr, 1862
• Crematogaster crinosa Mayr, 1862
• Crematogaster limata Smith, F., 1858

Cyphomyrmex

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

Daceton

• Daceton armigerum Latreille, 1802

Discothyrea

• Discothyrea icta Weber, 1939

Dolichoderus

• Dolichoderus attelaboides (Fabricius, 1775)
• Dolichoderus bidens (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Dolichoderus bispinosus (Olivier, 1792)
• Dolichoderus debilis Emery, 1890
• Dolichoderus decollatus Smith, F., 1858
• Dolichoderus diversus Emery, 1894
• Dolichoderus lutosus (Smith, F., 1858)
• Dolichoderus spurius Forel, 1903

Eciton

• Eciton burchellii (Westwood, 1842)
• Eciton burchellii urichi Forel, 1899
• Eciton hamatum (Fabricius, 1782)
• Eciton vagans (Olivier, 1792)

Ectatomma

• Ectatomma ruidum (Roger, 1860)
• Ectatomma tuberculatum (Olivier, 1792)

Eurhopalothrix

• Eurhopalothrix alopeciosa Brown & Kempf, 1960

Fulakora

• Fulakora lurilabes (Lattke, 1991)

Gnamptogenys

• Gnamptogenys concinna (Smith, F., 1858)
• Gnamptogenys horni (Santschi, 1929)

Holcoponera

• Holcoponera pleurodon (Emery, 1896)
• Holcoponera relicta (Mann, 1916)
• Holcoponera striatula (Mayr, 1884)

Hylomyrma

• Hylomyrma blandiens Kempf, 1961
• Hylomyrma immanis Kempf, 1973

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera opaciceps (Mayr, 1887)
• Hypoponera opacior (Forel, 1893)

Lachnomyrmex

• Lachnomyrmex pilosus Weber, 1950

Lasiophanes

• Lasiophanes picinus (Roger, 186)

Leptogenys

• Leptogenys ritae Forel, 1899
• Leptogenys unistimulosa

Linepithema

• Linepithema dispertitum (Forel, 1885)

Mayaponera

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

Megalomyrmex

• Megalomyrmex bituberculatus (Fabricius, 1798)
• Megalomyrmex drifti Kempf, 1961
• Megalomyrmex incisus Smith, M.R., 1947
• Megalomyrmex leoninus Forel, 1885
• Megalomyrmex silvestrii Wheeler, W.M., 1909

Monomorium

• Monomorium ebeninum Forel, 1891
• Monomorium floricola Jerdon, 1851
• Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758

Mycetomoellerius

• Mycetomoellerius relictus (Borgmeier, 1934)
• Mycetomoellerius ruthae (Weber, 1937)
• Mycetomoellerius urichii (Forel, 1893)

Mycetophylax

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

Mycocepurus

• Mycocepurus smithii (Forel, 1893)

Myrmicocrypta

• Myrmicocrypta buenzlii Borgmeier, 1934
• Myrmicocrypta squamosa Smith, F., 1860
• Myrmicocrypta urichi Weber, 1937

Neivamyrmex

• Neivamyrmex adnepos (Wheeler, W.M., 1922)
• Neivamyrmex emersoni (Wheeler, W.M., 1921)
• Neivamyrmex halidaii Shuckard, 1840
• Neivamyrmex klugii (Shuckard, 1840)
• Neivamyrmex pilosus (Smith, F. 1858)
• Neivamyrmex punctaticeps Emery, 1894
• Neivamyrmex swainsonii (Shuckard, 1840)

Neocerapachys

• Neocerapachys neotropicus Weber, 1939

Neoponera

• Neoponera apicalis Latreille, 1802
• Neoponera foetida (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Neoponera laevigata (Smith, F., 1858)
• Neoponera unidentata Mayr, 1862
• Neoponera villosa (Fabricius, 1804)

Nesomyrmex

• Nesomyrmex asper Mayr, 1887
• Nesomyrmex spininodis Mayr, 1887
• Nesomyrmex tonsuratus Kempf, 1959

Nomamyrmex

• Nomamyrmex esenbeckii (Westwood, 1842
• Nomamyrmex hartigii (Westwood, 1842)

Nylanderia

• Nylanderia caeciliae (Forel, 1899)
• Nylanderia guatemalensis (Forel, 1885)
• Nylanderia steinheili (Forel, 1893)
• Nylanderia vividula (Nylander, 1846)
• Nylanderia zaminyops LaPolla & Kallal, 2019

Octostruma

• Octostruma balzani (Emery, 1894)
• Octostruma iheringi (Emery, 1888)

Odontomachus

• Odontomachus bauri Emery, 1892
• Odontomachus brunneus (Patton, 1894)
• Odontomachus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Odontomachus insularis Guerin-Meneville, 1844
• Odontomachus meinerti Forel, 1905

Ooceraea

• Ooceraea biroi Forel, 1907

Pachycondyla

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

Paratrachymyrmex

• Paratrachymyrmex bugnioni (Forel, 1912)
• Paratrachymyrmex carib (Weber, 1945)
• Paratrachymyrmex cornetzi (Forel, 1912)

Paratrechina

• Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)

Pheidole

• Pheidole aripoensis Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole biconstricta Mayr, 1870
• Pheidole carapuna Mann, 1916
• Pheidole coveri Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole cramptoni Wheeler, W.M., 1916
• Pheidole exigua Mayr, 1884
• Pheidole fallax Mayr, 1870
• Pheidole fimbriata Roger, 1863
• Pheidole flavens Roger, 1863
• Pheidole fracticeps Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole jelskii Mayr, 1884
• Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius,
• Pheidole mendicula Wheeler, W.M., 1925
• Pheidole midas Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole obscurior Forel, 1886
• Pheidole perpusilla Emery, 1894
• Pheidole rugiceps Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole sculptior Forel, 1893
• Pheidole subarmata Mayr, 1884
• Pheidole susannae Forel, 1886
• Pheidole tenerescens Wheeler, W.M., 1922
• Pheidole transversostriata Mayr, 1887
• Pheidole trinitatis Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole triplex Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole vafra Santschi, 1923
• Pheidole vorax (Fabricius, 1804)
• Pheidole zeteki Smith, M.R., 1947

Platythyrea

• Platythyrea angusta Forel, 1901

Prionopelta

• Prionopelta antillana Forel, 1909

Procryptocerus

• Procryptocerus hirsutus Emery, 1896
• Procryptocerus hylaeus Kempf, 1951
• Procryptocerus pictipes Emery, 1896
• Procryptocerus regularis Emery, 1888
• Procryptocerus spiniperdus Forel, 1899
• Procryptocerus subpilosus Smith, F., 1860

Pseudomyrmex

• Pseudomyrmex boopis Roger, 1863
• Pseudomyrmex curacaensis Forel, 1912
• Pseudomyrmex elongatus Mayr, 1870
• Pseudomyrmex filiformis Fabricius, 1804
• Pseudomyrmex flavidulus Smith, F., 1858
• Pseudomyrmex gracilis Fabricius, 1804
• Pseudomyrmex holmgreni Wheeler, W.M. 1925
• Pseudomyrmex kuenckeli Emery, 1890
• Pseudomyrmex laevivertex (Forel, 1906)
• Pseudomyrmex maculatus Smith, F., 1855
• Pseudomyrmex malignus Wheeler, W.M., 1921
• Pseudomyrmex oculatus (Smith, F. 1855)
• Pseudomyrmex pallidus Smith, F., 1855
• Pseudomyrmex perboscii (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
• Pseudomyrmex phyllophilus Smith, F., 1858
• Pseudomyrmex sericeus (Mayr, 1870)
• Pseudomyrmex simplex Smith, F., 1877
• Pseudomyrmex subater (Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914)
• Pseudomyrmex tenuissimus (Emery, 1906)
• Pseudomyrmex termitarius (Smith, F., 1855)
• Pseudomyrmex triplaridis Forel, 1904
• Pseudomyrmex urbanus (Smith, F., 1877)
• Pseudomyrmex viduus (Smith, F., 1858)

Pseudoponera

• Pseudoponera stigma (Fabricius, 1804)

Rasopone

• Rasopone ferruginea (Smith, F. 1858)
• Rasopone lunaris (Emery, 1896)

Rogeria

• Rogeria blanda (Smith, F., 1858)
• Rogeria foreli Emery, 1894
• Rogeria lirata Kugler, 1994
• Rogeria scobinata Kugler, 1994

Sericomyrmex

• Sericomyrmex mayri Forel, 1912
• Sericomyrmex saussurei Emery, 1894

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis altinodis Forel, 1912
• Solenopsis basalis Forel, 1895
• Solenopsis geminata Fabricius, 1804 (introduced)
• Solenopsis invicta Buren, 1972 (introduced)
• Solenopsis minutissima Emery, 1906
• Solenopsis tenuis Mayr, 1878

Strumigenys

• Strumigenys cordovensis Mayr, 1887
• Strumigenys crassicornis Mayr, 1887
• Strumigenys denticulata Mayr, 1887
• Strumigenys eggersi Emery, 1890
• Strumigenys elongata Roger, 1863
• Strumigenys fridericimuelleri Forel, 1886
• Strumigenys gundlachi Roger, 1862
• Strumigenys hyphata (Brown, 1953)
• Strumigenys margaritae Forel, 1893
• Strumigenys nigrescens Wheeler, W.M., 1911
• Strumigenys perparva Brown, 1958
• Strumigenys planeti Brown, 1953
• Strumigenys schmalzi Emery, 1906
• Strumigenys schulzi Emery, 1894
• Strumigenys spathula Lattke & Goitia, 1997
• Strumigenys subedentata Mayr, 1887
• Strumigenys thaxteri (Wheeler, W.M., 1916)
• Strumigenys trinidadensis Wheeler, W.M., 1922
• Strumigenys urrhobia Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys villiersi Perrault, 1986

Syllophopsis

• Syllophopsis subcoeca (Emery, 1894)

Talaridris

• Talaridris mandibularis Weber, 1941

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma litorale Wheeler, W.M., 1905
• Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)
• Tapinoma ramulorum Emery, 1896
• Tapinoma ramulorum saga Forel, 1912

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846)

Tranopelta

• Tranopelta gilva Mayr, 1866

Trichomyrmex

• Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851) (introduced)

Wasmannia

• Wasmannia rochai Forel, 1912

References

• [1] Christopher K. Starr and Allan Hook. The Aculeate Hymneoptera of Trinidad, West Indies.
• Lattke, J.E. 1991. Studies of neotropical Amblyopone Erichson (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) (418):1-7.
• Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da Região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 15:3-344