Yemen

Yemen
Location
Region	Asia
Subregion	Western Asia
BioRegion	Afrotropical Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	7
Genera	32
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	94
Endemic Species	16
% Endemic Species	17.0%
Introduced Species	15

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

There is a list of species from the Socotra Archipelago and a key to the Socotra ants.

Anochetus

• Anochetus traegaordhi Mayr, 1904

Bothriomyrmex

• Bothriomyrmex species

Brachyponera

• Brachyponera sennaarensis Mayr, 1862 (introduced)

Camponotus

• Camponotus acvapimensis Mayr, 1862
• Camponotus adenensis Emery, 1893
• Camponotus aegyptiacus Emery, 1915
• Camponotus arminius Forel, 1910
• Camponotus atlantis Forel, 1890
• Camponotus hova Forel, 1891
• Camponotus robecchii Emery, 1892
• Camponotus thoracicus (Fabricius, 1804)

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla bicoronata
• Cardiocondyla emeryi (introduced)
• Cardiocondyla fajumensis
• Cardiocondyla longiceps Seifert, 2003
• Cardiocondyla melana Seifert, 2003
• Cardiocondyla minutior Forel (introduced)
• Cardiocondyla nigra Forel, 1905
• Cardiocondyla rugulosa Seifert, 2003
• Cardiocondyla yemeni Collingwood & Agosti, 1996

Carebara

• Carebara arabica Collingwood & van Harten, 2001

Cataglyphis

• Cataglyphis acutinodis Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Cataglyphis adenensis Forel, 1904
• Cataglyphis harteni Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Cataglyphis opacior Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Cataglyphis shuaibensis Collingwood & Agosti, 1996

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster acaciae Forel, 1892
• Crematogaster antaris Forel, 1894
• Crematogaster chiarinii Emery, 1881
• Crematogaster flaviventris Santschi, 1910
• Crematogaster jehovae Forel, 1907
• Crematogaster laestrygon Emery, 1869
• Crematogaster mimosae Santschi, 1914
• Crematogaster mosis Forel, 1909
• Crematogaster senegalensis Roger, 1863

Cryptopone

• Cryptopone arabica (Collingwood & Agosti, 1996)

Dicroaspis

• Dicroaspis laevidens (Santschi, 1919)

Dolioponera

• Dolioponera species

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger) (introduced)

Lepisiota

• Lepisiota gracilicornis Forel, 1892
• Lepisiota harteni Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Lepisiota spinisquama (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929)

Leptanilla

• Leptanilla islamica Baroni Urbani, 1977

Mesoponera

• Mesoponera ambigua Weber, 1942
• Mesoponera flavopilosa Weber, 1942

Messor

• Messor galla (Mayr, 1904)
• Messor sanganus Collingwood & Agosti, 1996

Monomorium

• Monomorium atomum Forel
• Monomorium elghazalyi Sharaf & Aldawood, 2017
• Monomorium exiguum Forel, 1894 (introduced)
• Monomorium knappi Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Monomorium luteum Emery, 1881
• Monomorium mahyoubi Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Monomorium moathi Sharaf & Collingwood, 2010
• Monomorium nimihil Collingwood, 2004
• Monomorium rimae Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Monomorium sahlbergi Emery, 1898
• Monomorium subdenticorne Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Monomorium yemene Collingwood & Agosti, 1996

Nesomyrmex

• Nesomyrmex angulatus (Mayr, 1862)
• Nesomyrmex humerosus (Emery, 1896)
• Nesomyrmex zaheri Sharaf, Akbar & Hita Garcia, 2017

Paratrechina

• Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802) (introduced)

Pheidole

• Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879 (introduced)
• Pheidole lamellinoda Forel, 1902
• Pheidole pallidula (Nylander)
• Pheidole rugaticeps arabs Emery, 1881

Plagiolepis

• Plagiolepis breviscapa Collingwood & van Harten, 2005
• Plagiolepis juddi Sharaf & Aldawood, 2011

Polyrhachis

• Polyrhachis omissa Rigato, 2016

Probolomyrmex

• Probolomyrmex brevirostris (Forel, 1910)

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis sumara Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Solenopsis zingibara Collingwood & Agosti, 1996

Strumigenys

• Strumigenys emmae (Emery, 1890) (introduced)

Syllophopsis

• Syllophopsis cryptobia (Santschi) (introduced)

Tapinolepis

• Tapinolepis longitarsis Collingwood & Agosti, 1996

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793) (introduced)
• Tapinoma simrothi Krausse, 1911

Technomyrmex

• Technomyrmex albipes Smith, F., 1886
• Technomyrmex montaseri Sharaf, Collingwood & Aldawood, 2011
• Technomyrmex setosus Collingwood, 1985

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1946)
• Tetramorium caldarium Roger, 1857 (introduced)
• Tetramorium doriae Emery, 1881
• Tetramorium hirsutum Collingwood & van Harten, 2005
• Tetramorium khyarum Bolton, 1980
• Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870 (introduced)
• Tetramorium latinode Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Tetramorium simillimum Smith, F., 1851 (introduced)
• Tetramorium transformans Santschi
• Tetramorium yemene Collingwood & Agosti, 1996

Tetraponera

• Tetraponera ambigua (Emery, 1895)

Trichomyrmex

• Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon) (introduced)
• Trichomyrmex mayri (Forel) (introduced)

Uncertain species

The following species was described from Yemen but its true identity is currently unknown.

• Formica chufejif Forskål, 1775

References

• Aldawood, A.S. 2016. Ants of the genus Syllophopsis Santschi, 1915 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Saudi Arabia with description of a new species, Zoology in the Middle East, 62:2, 137-143, DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2016.1173898.
• [1] Cedric A. Collingwood & Antonius van Harten, 2005. Further additions to the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Yemen. Zoology in the Middle East 35: 73-78.
• Collingwood, C. A., Pohl, H., Guesten, R., Wranik, W. and van Harten, A. 2004. The ants (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago. Fauna of Arabia. 20:473-495.
• Sharaf, M.R., Fisher, B.L., Collingwood, C.A., Aldawood, A.S. 2017. Ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen): zoogeography, distribution and description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 51, 317–378 (DOI 10.1080/00222933.2016.1271157).