Vietnam

Vietnam
Location
Region	Asia
Subregion	South-Eastern Asia
BioRegion	Oriental Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	10
Genera	89
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	330
Endemic Species	84
% Endemic Species	25.5%
Introduced Species	0

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

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Acanthomyrmex

• Acanthomyrmex glabfemoralis Zhou & Zheng, 1997
• Acanthomyrmex humilis Eguchi, Bui & Yamane, 2008

Acropyga

• Acropyga acutiventris Roger, 1862
• Acropyga butteli Forel, 1912

Aenictus

• Aenictus artipus Wilson, 1964
• Aenictus binghamii Forel, 1900
• Aenictus brevicornis
• Aenictus brevipodus Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
• Aenictus changmaianus Terayama & Kubota, 1993
• Aenictus concavus Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
• Aenictus doydeei Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011
• Aenictus eguchii Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
• Aenictus gracilis
• Aenictus fergusoni Forel, 1901
• Aenictus fuchuanensis Zhou, 2001
• Aenictus hodgsoni Forel, 1901
• Aenictus javanus Emery, 1896
• Aenictus laeviceps
• Aenictus maneerati Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
• Aenictus minimus Jaitrong & Hashimoto, 2012
• Aenictus nishimurai Terayama & Kubota, 1993
• Aenictus paradentatus Jaitrong & Yamane, 2012
• Aenictus parahuonicus Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011
• Aenictus peguensis Emery, 1895
• Aenictus thailandianus Terayama & Kubota, 1993
• Aenictus vieti Jaitrong & Yamane, 2010
• Aenictus watanasiti Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
• Aenictus wiwatwitayai Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013

Anillomyrma

• Anillomyrma decamera (Emery, 1901)

Anochetus

• Anochetus graeffei
• Anochetus mixtus Radchenko, 1993
• Anochetus orientalis André, 1887
• Anochetus princeps
• Anochetus risii Forel, 1900

Anoplolepis

• Anoplolepis gracilipes Smith, F., 1857

Aphaenogaster

• Aphaenogaster exasperata Wheeler, W.M., 1921

Brachyponera

• Brachyponera chinensis Emery, 1895
• Brachyponera luteipes Mayr, 1862
• Brachyponera nigrita Emery, 1895

Buniapone

• Buniapone amblyops Emery, 1887

Calyptomyrmex

• Calyptomyrmex rectopilosus Dlussky & Radchenko, 1990

Camponotus

• Camponotus auriventris Emery, 1889
• Camponotus irritans Smith, F., 1857
• Camponotus irritans procax Santschi, 1919
• Camponotus nicobarensis Mayr, 1865
• Camponotus rufoglaucus Jerdon, 1851
• Camponotus singularis Smith, F., 1858

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881
• Cardiocondyla kagutsuchi Terayama, 1999
• Cardiocondyla minutior Forel, 1899
• Cardiocondyla wroughtonii (Forel, 1890)

Carebara

• Carebara bouvardi Santschi, 1913
• Carebara capreola Wheeler, W.M., 1927
• Carebara cribriceps Wheeler, W.M., 1927
• Carebara diversa (Jerdon, 1851)
• Carebara sangi Eguchi & Bui, 2007
• Carebara trechideros (Zhou & Zheng, 1997)
• Carebara varia (Santschi, 1920)
• Carebara vespillo (Wheeler, W.M., 1921)

Cataulacus

• Cataulacus granulatus Latreille, 1802

Centromyrmex

• Centromyrmex feae Emery, 1889

Cerapachys

• Cerapachys sulcinodis Emery, 1889

Cladomyrma

• Cladomyrma scopulosa Eguchi & Bui, 2006

Colobopsis

• Colobopsis aurata (Karavaiev, 1935)
• Colobopsis brachycephala (Santschi, 1920)
• Colobopsis pylora (Santschi, 1920)

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster agniae Karavaiev, 1935
• Crematogaster aurita Karavaiev, 1935
• Crematogaster binghamii Forel, 1904
• Crematogaster bouvardi Santschi, 1920
• Crematogaster brunnea latipetiolata Karavaiev, 1935
• Crematogaster fumikoae Hosoishi & Ogata, 2015
• Crematogaster ocellata Hosoishi & Ogata, 2016
• Crematogaster ogatai Hosoishi, 2022
• Crematogaster rogenhoferi Mayr, 1879
• Crematogaster rothneyi Mayr, 1879
• Crematogaster sewardi Forel, 1901
• Crematogaster vieti Hosoishi & Ogata, 2016
• Crematogaster walshi Forel, 1902

Chrysapace

• Chrysapace sauteri (Forel, 1913)

Cryptopone

• Cryptopone testacea
• Cryptopone typhlos (Karavaiev, 1935)

Dacatria

• Dacatria templaris Rigato, 1994

Diacamma

• Diacamma longitudinale Emery, 1889
• Diacamma rugosum (Le Guillou, 1842)
• Diacamma rugosum gibbosum Karavaiev, 1935
• Diacamma rugosum longiceps Santschi, 1932
• Diacamma rugosum oblicum Chapman & Capco, 1951
• Diacamma rugosum ovale Karavaiev, 1935

Dilobocondyla

• Dilobocondyla eguchii Bharti & Kumar, 2013
• Dilobocondyla fouqueti Santschi, 1910
• Dilobocondyla propotriangulata Bharti & Kumar, 2013

Dolichoderus

• Dolichoderus affinis Emery, 1899
• Dolichoderus affinis mus Santschi, 1920
• Dolichoderus erectilobus Santschi, 1920
• Dolichoderus sulcaticeps Mayr, 1870
• Dolichoderus taprobanae Smith, F., 1858
• Dolichoderus taprobanae friedrichsi Forel, 1914
• Dolichoderus thoracicus Smith, F., 1860
• Dolichoderus thoracicus emarginatus Santschi, 1920

Dorylus

• Dorylus laevigatus Smith, F., 1857
• Dorylus orientalis Westwood, 1835

Eburopone

• Eburopone easoana Yamada, Nguyen & Eguchi, 2023

Ectomomyrmex

• Ectomomyrmex annamitus André, 1892
• Ectomomyrmex astutus Smith, F., 1858
• Ectomomyrmex astutus obscurus Karavaiev, 1935
• Ectomomyrmex javanus Mayr, 1867
• Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki Forel, 1886
• Ectomomyrmex lobocarenus
• Ectomomyrmex punctatus Karavaiev, 1935

Euponera

• Euponera grandis (Donisthorpe, 1947)
• Euponera sharpi

Gauromyrmex

• Gauromyrmex acanthinus Karavaiev, 1935

Gesomyrmex

• Gesomyrmex tobiasi Dubovikoff, 2004

Harpegnathos

• Harpegnathos venator

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera mesoponeroides (Radchenko, 1993)
• Hypoponera silvestrii (Donisthorpe, 1947)

Indomyrma

• Indomyrma bellae Zryanin, 2012

Iridomyrmex

• Iridomyrmex anceps Roger, 1863

Kartidris

• Kartidris species

Lasiomyrma

• Lasiomyrma species

Leptogenys

• Leptogenys aspera André, 1889
• Leptogenys atra Arimoto and Yamane, 2018
• Leptogenys binghamii Forel, 1900
• Leptogenys birmana
• Leptogenys borneensis
• Leptogenys chinensis
• Leptogenys crassicornis
• Leptogenys davydovi Karavaiev, 1935
• Leptogenys diminuta Smith, F., 1857
• Leptogenys kitteli Mayr, 1870
• Leptogenys kraepelini Forel, 1905
• Leptogenys leleji Zryanin, 2016
• Leptogenys lucidula
• Leptogenys pangui
• Leptogenys parvula Emery, 1900
• Leptogenys peuqueti André, 1887
• Leptogenys processionalis Jerdon, 1851

Liomyrmex

• Liomyrmex gestroi (Emery, 1887)

Lioponera

• Lioponera longitarsus
• Lioponera suscitata

Lophomyrmex

• Lophomyrmex birmanus Emery, 1893
• Lophomyrmex indosinensis Yamane & Hosoishi, 2014

Lordomyrma

• Lordomyrma hmong Taylor, 2012

Mayriella

• Mayriella granulata Dlussky & Radchenko, 1990

Meranoplus

• Meranoplus bicolor Guérin-Méneville, 1844
• Meranoplus dlusskyi Zryanin, 2015

Mesoponera

• Mesoponera melanaria

Monomorium

• Monomorium annamense Donisthorpe, 1941
• Monomorium chinense Santschi, 1925
• Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)
• Monomorium hiten Terayama, 1996
• Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758
• Monomorium silvestrii Wheeler, W.M., 1927

Myopopone

• Myopopone castanea Smith, F., 1860

Myrmecina

• Myrmecina asthena Okido, Ogata & Hosoishsi, 2020
• Myrmecina curvispina Zhou, Huang & Ma, 2008
• Myrmecina guangxiensis Zhou, 2001
• Myrmecina nigra Okido, Ogata & Hosoishsi, 2020
• Myrmecina nomurai Okido, Ogata & Hosoishsi, 2020
• Myrmecina vieti Okido, Ogata & Hosoishsi, 2020

Myrmica

• Myrmica angulata Radchenko, Zhou & Elmes, 2001
• Myrmica schoedli Radchenko, Elmes & Bui 2006
• Myrmica serica Wheeler, W.M., 1928
• Myrmica titanica Radchenko & Elmes, 2001
• Myrmica yamanei Radchenko & Elmes, 2001

Myrmicaria

• Myrmicaria brunnea Saunders, 1842
• Myrmicaria vidua Smith, F., 1858

Myrmoteras

• Myrmoteras cuneonodus Xu, 1998
• Myrmoteras namphuong Bui, Eguchi & Yamane, 2013
• Myrmoteras tomimasai Bui, Eguchi & Yamane, 2013

Mystrium

• Mystrium camillae Emery, 1889

Nylanderia

• Nylanderia opisopthalmia (Zhou & Zheng, 1998)
• Nylanderia picta Wheeler, W.M., 1927

Odontomachus

• Odontomachus monticola Emery, 1892
• Odontomachus rixosus Smith, F., 1857
• Odontomachus silvestrii Wheeler, W.M., 1927
• Odontomachus simillimus

Odontoponera

• Odontoponera denticulata
• Odontoponera transversa Smith, F., 1857

Ooceraea

• Ooceraea biroi (Forel, 1907)
• Ooceraea quadridentata Yamada, Luong & Eguchi, 2018

Opamyrma

• Opamyrma hungvuong Yamane, Bui & Eguchi, 2008

Paratopula

• Paratopula species

Parasyscia

• Parasyscia dohertyi (Emery, 1902)
• Parasyscia foveolata (Radchenko, 1993)

Paratrechina

• Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)

Parvaponera

• Parvaponera darwinii

Pheidole

• Pheidole aspidata Eguchi & Viet Bui, 2005
• Pheidole binghamii Forel,
• Pheidole capellinii Emery, 1887
• Pheidole colpigaleata Eguchi, 2006
• Pheidole dugasi Forel, 1911
• Pheidole elongicephala Eguchi, 2008
• Pheidole fervens Smith, F.,
• Pheidole fervida Smith, F.,
• Pheidole fortis Eguchi, 2006
• Pheidole foveolata Eguchi, 2006
• Pheidole gatesi Wheeler, W.M., 1927
• Pheidole hongkongensis Wheeler, W.M., 1928
• Pheidole indosinensis Wheeler, W.M., 1928
• Pheidole laevicolor Eguchi, 2006
• Pheidole laevithorax Eguchi, 2008
• Pheidole leloi Eguchi & Bui, 2016
• Pheidole magna Eguchi, 2006
• Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, )
• Pheidole nodus Smith, F., 1874
• Pheidole nodifera Smith, F., 1858
• Pheidole ochracea Eguchi, 2008
• Pheidole parva Mayr, 1865
• Pheidole pieli Santschi, 1925
• Pheidole plagiaria Smith, F.,
• Pheidole plagiaria moica Forel, 1911
• Pheidole planidorsum Eguchi, 2001
• Pheidole planifrons Santschi, 1920
• Pheidole rabo Forel, 1913
• Pheidole rinae Emery,
• Pheidole rugithorax Eguchi, 2008
• Pheidole smythiesii Forel, 1902
• Pheidole taipoana Wheeler, M.W.,
• Pheidole tandjongensis Forel, 1913
• Pheidole tjibodana Forel, 1905
• Pheidole tumida Eguchi, 2008
• Pheidole vieti Eguchi, 2008
• Pheidole vulgaris Eguchi, 2006
• Pheidole yeensis Forel, 1902
• Pheidole zoceana Santschi, 1925

Plagiolepis

• Plagiolepis adynata Bolton, 1995
• Plagiolepis demangei Santschi, 1920

Platythyrea

• Platythyrea clypeata
• Platythyrea parallela Smith, F., 1859

Polyrhachis

• Polyrhachis bicolor Smith, F., 1858
• Polyrhachis bihamata (Drury, 1773)
• Polyrhachis demangei Santschi, 1910
• Polyrhachis dives Smith, F., 1857
• Polyrhachis halidayi Emery, 1889
• Polyrhachis latona Wheeler
• Polyrhachis proxima Roger, 1863
• Polyrhachis saigonensis Forel, 1886
• Polyrhachis vigilans Smith, F., 1858
• Polyrhachis tibialis caligata Emery, 1895

Prenolepis

• Prenolepis dugasi Forel, 1911
• Prenolepis melanogaster Emery, 1893
• Prenolepis naoroji Forel, 1902
• Prenolepis shanialena Williams & LaPolla, 2016

Ponera

• Ponera sp.

Pristomyrmex

• Pristomyrmex profundus Wang, 2003
• Pristomyrmex punctatus Smith, F., 1860
• Pristomyrmex rigidus Wang, 2003
• Pristomyrmex sulcatus Emery,

Proatta

• Proatta butteli Forel, 1912

Probolomyrmex

• Probolomyrmex vieti Eguchi, Yoshimura & Yamane, 2006

Proceratium

• Proceratium longigaster Karavaiev, 1935

Pseudolasius

• Pseudolasius lasioides Wheeler, W.M., 1927
• Pseudolasius salvazai Santschi, 1920
• Pseudolasius silvestrii Wheeler, W.M., 1927

Pseudoneoponera

• Pseudoneoponera insularis
• Pseudoneoponera rufipes Jerdon, 1851

Recurvidris

• Recurvidris browni Bolton, 1992
• Recurvidris glabriceps Zhou,

Rhopalomastix

• Rhopalomastix species 1

Simopone

• Simopone oculata Radchenko, 1993

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis geminata Fabricius, 1804

Stictoponera

• Stictoponera bicolor Emery, 1889
• Stictoponera binghamii Forel, 1900
• Stictoponera chapmani
• Stictoponera coxalis (Roger, 1860)
• Stictoponera taivanensis

Stigmatomma

• Stigmatomma amblyops Karavaiev, 1935
• Stigmatomma crypticum (Eguchi, Bui, Yamane & Terayama, 2015)
• Stigmatomma quadratum Karavaiev, 1935

Strumigenys

• Strumigenys anhdaoae Tang & Guénard, 2023
• Strumigenys assamensis De Andrade, 1994
• Strumigenys canina Brown & Boisvert, 1979
• Strumigenys claviseta Tang & Guénard, 2023
• Strumigenys crinigera Tang & Guénard, 2023
• Strumigenys dohertyi Emery, 1897
• Strumigenys doydeei Tang & Guénard, 2023
• Strumigenys emmae Emery, 1890
• Strumigenys feae Emery,
• Strumigenys heteropha Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys hispida Lin & Wu, 1996
• Strumigenys jacobsoni Menozzi, 1939
• Strumigenys juliae Forel, 1905
• Strumigenys kichijo (Terayama, Lin & Wu, 1996)
• Strumigenys lewisi Cameron,
• Strumigenys longidens Tang & Guénard, 2023
• Strumigenys membranifera Emery, 1869
• Strumigenys mitis Brown, 2000
• Strumigenys mutica (Brown, 1949)
• Strumigenys natynion Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys nepalensis De Andrade, 1994
• Strumigenys rallarhina Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890
• Strumigenys rongi Tang & Guénard, 2023
• Strumigenys sauteri (Forel, 1912)
• Strumigenys strummeri Tang & Guénard, 2023
• Strumigenys sydorata Bolton, 2000

Syllophopsis

• Syllophopsis sechellensis (Emery, 1894)

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma epinotale Karavaiev, 1935
• Tapinoma funiculare Santschi, 1928
• Tapinoma indicum Forel, 1895

Technomyrmex

• Technomyrmex albipes Smith, F., 1861
• Technomyrmex brunneus Forel, 1895
• Technomyrmex difficilis Forel, 1892
• Technomyrmex elatior Forel, 1902
• Technomyrmex horni Forel, 1912
• Technomyrmex obscurior Wheeler, 1928
• Technomyrmex pratensis (Smith, F., 1860)
• Technomyrmex yamanei Bolton, 2007

Temnothorax

• Temnothorax species

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium aptum Bolton, 1977
• Tetramorium bicarinatum Nylander, 1846
• Tetramorium flavipes Emery, 1893
• Tetramorium indosinense Wheeler, W.M., 1927
• Tetramorium infraspinosum Karavaiev, 1935
• Tetramorium kheperra Bolton, 1976
• Tetramorium kieti Roncin, 2002
• Tetramorium kraepelini Forel, 1905
• Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870
• Tetramorium nipponense Wheeler, W.M., 1928
• Tetramorium securis Roncin, 2002
• Tetramorium smithi Mayr, 1879
• Tetramorium wroughtonii (Forel, 1902)

Tetraponera

• Tetraponera allaborans Walker, 1859
• Tetraponera attenuata Smith, F., 1877
• Tetraponera microcarpa Wu & Wang,
• Tetraponera modesta Smith, F.,
• Tetraponera nitida (Smith, F.,
• Tetraponera pilosa (Smith, F., )
• Tetraponera rufonigra Jerdon, 1851

Vollenhovia

• Vollenhovia species

Vombisidris

• Vombisidris species

Xymmer

• Xymmer phungi Satria, Sasaki, Bui, Oguri, Syoji, Fisher, Yamane & Eguchi, 2016

Yunodorylus

• Yunodorylus eguchii Borowiec, 2009

References

• Eguchi, K. 2006. Six new species of Pheidole Westwood from North Vietnam. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 113: 115-131.
• Eguchi, K. 2008. A revision of Northern Vietnamese species of the ant genus Pheidole (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Zootaxa 1902:1-118.
• Eguchi, K., Bui, T.V. & Yamane, S. 2011. Generic synopsis of the Formicidae of Vietnam. Part 1 – Myrmicinae and Pseudomyrmecinae. Zootaxa 2878: 1-61.