Cameroun



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

Aenictus

 * Aenictus species

Ankylomyrma

 * Ankylomyrma coronacantha Bolton, 1973

Anochetus

 * Anochetus africanus 	Mayr, 1865


 * Anochetus katonae Forel, 1907


 * Anochetus pellucidus 	Emery, 1902

Anoplolepis

 * Anoplolepis carinata 	Emery, 1899


 * Anoplolepis tenella (Santschi, 1911)

Aphomomyrmex

 * Aphomomyrmex afer Emery, 1899

Apomyrma

 * Apomyrma stygia Brown, Gotwald & Levieux, 1971

Asphinctopone

 * Asphinctopone silvestrii Santschi, 1914

Atopomyrmex

 * Atopomyrmex calpocalycola Snelling, 1992


 * Atopomyrmex cryptoceroides Emery, 1892


 * Atopomyrmex mocquerysi André, 1889

Axinidris

 * Axinidris murielae 	Shattuck, 1991

Bothroponera

 * Bothroponera pachyderma 	Emery, 1901


 * Bothroponera soror 	Emery, 1899


 * Bothroponera zumpti 	Santschi, 1937

Brachyponera

 * Brachyponera sennaarensis ruginota 	Stitz, 1916

Calyptomyrmex

 * Calyptomyrmex nummuliticus 	Santschi, 1914

Camponotus

 * Camponotus acvapimensis Mayr, 1862


 * Camponotus barbarossa 	Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus brutus Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus buchholzi 	Mayr, 1902


 * Camponotus buchneri Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus buchneri camerounensis Ward, Blaimer & Fisher, 2016


 * Camponotus chrysurus acutisquamis 	Mayr, 1902


 * Camponotus chrysurus securifer Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus caesar imperator 	Emery, 1899


 * Camponotus conradti 	Forel, 1914


 * Camponotus conradti fimbriatipes Santschi, 1920


 * Camponotus crawleyi 	Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus donisthorpei 	Emery, 1920


 * Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881


 * Camponotus ferreri 	Forel, 1913


 * Camponotus guttatus 	Emery, 1899


 * Camponotus immigrans 	Santschi, 1914


 * Camponotus maculatus 	Fabricius, 1782


 * Camponotus olivieri pax Menozzi, 1942


 * Camponotus pompeius marius 	Emery, 1899


 * Camponotus tameri Bolton, 1995


 * Camponotus wolfi Emery, 1920

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla emeryi (introduced)


 * Cardiocondyla neferka Bolton, 1981


 * Cardiocondyla shuckardi Forel, 1891


 * Cardiocondyla weserka Bolton, 1982

Carebara

 * Carebara diabola 	Santschi, 1913


 * Carebara polita (Santschi, 1914)


 * Carebara silvestrii (Santschi, 1914)


 * Carebara villiersi (Bernard, 1953)


 * Carebara volsellata (Santschi, 1937)

Cataulacus

 * Cataulacus centrurus 	Bolton, 1982


 * Cataulacus erinaceus Stitz, 1910


 * Cataulacus guineensis 	Smith, F., 1853


 * Cataulacus huberi 	André, 1890


 * Cataulacus jacksoni 	Bolton, 1982


 * Cataulacus lobatus 	Mayr, 1895


 * Cataulacus mckeyi 	Snelling, 1979


 * Cataulacus pullus 	Santschi, 1910


 * Cataulacus satrap 	Bolton, 1982

Centromyrmex

 * Centromyrmex angolensis Bolton & Fisher, 2008


 * Centromyrmex bequaerti (Forel, 1913)


 * Centromyrmex decessor Bolton & Fisher, 2008


 * Centromyrmex longiventris 	Santschi, 1919


 * Centromyrmex sellaris Mayr, 1896

Cerapachys

 * Cerapachys cribrinodis 	Emery, 1899


 * Cerapachys foreli (Santschi, 1914)

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster africana 	Mayr, 1895


 * Crematogaster africana biemarginata Forel, 1910


 * Crematogaster africana schumanni Mayr, 1895


 * Crematogaster africana variegata Mayr, 1902


 * Crematogaster breviventris 	Santschi, 1920


 * Crematogaster chlorotica 	Emery, 1899


 * Crematogaster clariventris Mayr, 1895


 * Crematogaster concava 	Emery, 1899


 * Crematogaster depressa fuscipennis 	Emery, 1899


 * Crematogaster homeri 	Forel, 1913


 * Crematogaster impressa 	Emery, 1899


 * Crematogaster inconspicua 	Mayr, 1896


 * Crematogaster kohli winkleri 	Forel, 1909


 * Crematogaster kneri funerea 	Santschi, 1915


 * Crematogaster muralti 	Forel, 1910


 * Crematogaster pauciseta 	Emery, 1899


 * Crematogaster pulchella Bernard, 1953


 * Crematogaster rugosa rugaticeps 	Santschi, 1919


 * Crematogaster stadelmanni anguliceps 	Stitz, 1916


 * Crematogaster stadelmanni angustata Mayr, 1895


 * Crematogaster stadelmanni gracilenta Viehmeyer, 1922


 * Crematogaster stadelmanni intermedia Mayr, 1896


 * Crematogaster striatula Emery, 1892


 * Crematogaster trautweini 	Viehmeyer, 1914


 * Crematogaster wellmani luciae 	Forel, 1913

Cyphoidris

 * Cyphoidris exalta 	Bolton, 1981

Discothyrea

 * Discothyrea oculata 	Emery, 1901

Dorylus

 * Dorylus depilis 	Emery, 1895


 * Dorylus emeryi 	Mayr, 1896


 * Dorylus emeryi opacus Forel, 1909


 * Dorylus fulvus dentifrons 	Wasmann, 1904


 * Dorylus funereus zumpti 	Santschi, 1937


 * Dorylus kohli Wasmann, 1904


 * Dorylus mandibularis 	Mayr, 1896


 * Dorylus mayri 	Santschi, 1912


 * Dorylus nigricans pallidus 	Santschi, 1921


 * Dorylus nigricans sjoestedti Emery, 1899


 * Dorylus nigricans sjostedtiwilverthi Wasmann, 1917


 * Dorylus ocellatus 	Stitz, 1910


 * Dorylus politus 	Emery, 1901


 * Dorylus rufescens 	Santschi, 1915


 * Dorylus spininodis 	Emery, 1901


 * Dorylus wilverthi 	Emery, 1899

Euponera

 * Euponera brunoi Forel, 1913


 * Euponera sjostedti 	Mayr, 1896

Feroponera

 * Feroponera ferox Bolton & Fisher, 2008

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera angustata (Santschi, 1914)


 * Hypoponera camerunensis 	Santschi, 1914


 * Hypoponera coeca 	Santschi, 1914


 * Hypoponera defessa Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera dulcis 	(Forel, 1907)


 * Hypoponera inaudax (Santschi, 1919)


 * Hypoponera jeanneli (Santschi, 1935)


 * Hypoponera occidentalis (Bernard, 1953)


 * Hypoponera odiosa Bolton & Fisher, 2011

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota nigriventris 	Emery, 1899

Leptogenys

 * Leptogenys amon 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys bubastis 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys camerunensis 	Stitz, 1910


 * Leptogenys conradti 	Forel, 1913


 * Leptogenys crustosa Santschi, 1914


 * Leptogenys diatra 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys elegans Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys ergatogyna Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Leptogenys honoria 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys nebra 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys pavesii 	Emery, 1892


 * Leptogenys striatidens 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys terroni 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys titan 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys trilobata Santschi, 1924


 * Leptogenys vindicis 	Bolton, 1975

Loboponera

 * Loboponera basalis 	Bolton & Brown, 2002


 * Loboponera nasica (Santschi, 1920)


 * Loboponera subatra 	Bolton & Brown, 2002


 * Loboponera vigilans 	Bolton & Brown, 2002

Megaponera

 * Megaponera analis (Latreille, 1802)

Mesoponera

 * Mesoponera scolopax 	Emery, 1899


 * Mesoponera subiridescens (Wheeler, W.M., 1922)

Microdaceton

 * Microdaceton tanyspinosum 	Bolton, 2000

Monomorium

 * Monomorium bicolor 	Emery, 1877


 * Monomorium dolatu 	Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium draxocum 	Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium egens 	Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium exiguum Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium invidium 	Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Monomorium jacksoni 	Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium noxitum 	Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Myrmicaria

 * Myrmicaria exigua gracilis 	Stitz, 1910


 * Myrmicaria exigua simplex Stitz, 1925


 * Myrmicaria opaciventris congolensis 	Forel, 1909

Mystrium

 * Mystrium silvestrii 	Santschi, 1914

Nesomyrmex

 * Nesomyrmex cataulacoides 	Snelling, 1992

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia brevisetula LaPolla & Fisher, 2011


 * Nylanderia lepida 	Santschi, 1915


 * Nylanderia luteafra LaPolla & Fisher, 2011


 * Nylanderia umbella LaPolla & Fisher, 2011

Odontomachus

 * Odontomachus assiniensis Emery, 1892


 * Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi, 1914

Oecophylla

 * Oecophylla longinoda


 * Oecophylla longinoda fusca 	Emery, 1899

Paltothyreus

 * Paltothyreus tarsatus (Fabricius, 1798)

Paraparatrechina

 * Paraparatrechina albipes (Emery, 1899)


 * Paraparatrechina brunnella LaPolla & Chung, 2010


 * Paraparatrechina bufona (Wheeler, W.M. 1922)


 * Paraparatrechina oreias LaPolla & Cheng, 2010


 * Paraparatrechina subtilis 	Santschi, 1920

Petalomyrmex

 * Petalomyrmex phylax 	Snelling, 1979

Pheidole

 * Pheidole aurivillii 	Mayr, 1896


 * Pheidole buchholzi 	Mayr, 1901


 * Pheidole glabrella Fischer, Hita Garcia & Peters, 2012


 * Pheidole minima 	Mayr, 1901


 * Pheidole nimba Bernard, 1953


 * Pheidole pulchella Santschi, 1910


 * Pheidole speculifera Emery, 1877

Phrynoponera

 * Phrynoponera bequaerti Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Phrynoponera gabonensis André, 1892


 * Phrynoponera sveni 	(Forel, 1916)

Platythyrea

 * Platythyrea conradti 	Emery, 1899


 * Platythyrea frontalis 	Emery, 1899


 * Platythyrea gracillima Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Platythyrea modesta 	Emery, 1899


 * Platythyrea occidentalis André, 1890


 * Platythyrea tenuis 	Emery, 1899

Plectroctena

 * Plectroctena cristata 	Emery, 1899


 * Plectroctena latinodis Santschi, 1924


 * Plectroctena mandibularis Smith, F., 1858


 * Plectroctena minor 	Emery, 1892


 * Plectroctena thaui Fisher, 2006

Polyrhachis

 * Polyrhachis aenescens 	Stitz, 1910


 * Polyrhachis aerope Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Polyrhachis andrei 	Emery, 1921


 * Polyrhachis concava 	André, 1889


 * Polyrhachis curta 	André, 1890


 * Polyrhachis decemdentata 	André, 1889


 * Polyrhachis dubia Rigato, 2016


 * Polyrhachis fissa 	Mayr, 1902


 * Polyrhachis khepra 	Bolton, 1973


 * Polyrhachis laboriosa Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis lanuginosa Santschi, 1909


 * Polyrhachis lauta 	Santschi, 1910


 * Polyrhachis longiseta Rigato, 2016


 * Polyrhachis luteipes Rigato, 2016


 * Polyrhachis militaris  (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Polyrhachis platyomma 	Emery, 1921


 * Polyrhachis rufipalpis 	Santschi, 1910


 * Polyrhachis schistacea (Gerstäcker, 1859)


 * Polyrhachis weissi 	Santschi, 1910

Prionopelta

 * Prionopelta amieti 	Terron, 1974


 * Prionopelta humicola 	Terron, 1974

Pristomyrmex

 * Pristomyrmex africanus Karavaiev, 1931


 * Pristomyrmex orbiceps 	Santschi, 1914

Probolomyrmex

 * Probolomyrmex guineensis Taylor, 1965

Proceratium

 * Proceratium lunatum 	Terron, 1981


 * Proceratium terroni 	Bolton, 1995

Promyopias

 * Promyopias silvestrii (Santschi, 1914)

Psalidomyrmex

 * Psalidomyrmex feae Menozzi, 1922


 * Psalidomyrmex procerus 	Emery, 1901


 * Psalidomyrmex reichenspergeri Santschi, 1913


 * Psalidomyrmex wheeleri Santschi, 1923

Simopone

 * Simopone annettae 	Kutter, 1976


 * Simopone conradti 	Emery, 1899


 * Simopone grandis Santschi, 1923


 * Simopone matthiasi 	Kutter, 1977


 * Simopone wilburi Weber, 1949

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis species

Stigmatomma

 * Stigmatomma santschii 	(Menozzi, 1922)

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys africana 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys arahana 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys behasyla 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys bequaerti 	Santschi, 1923


 * Strumigenys bernardi 	Brown, 1960


 * Strumigenys bitheria 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys cavinasis 	Brown, 1950


 * Strumigenys concolor Santschi, 1914


 * Strumigenys depilosa 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys dextra Brown, 1954


 * Strumigenys dotaja 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys dyshaula Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys enkara 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys ettillax 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys exunca 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys geoterra 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys hastyla 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys hensekta Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys kerasma 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys korahyla 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys laticeps Brown, 1962


 * Strumigenys ludovici 	Forel, 1904


 * Strumigenys lujae 	Forel, 1902


 * Strumigenys malaplax 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys maynei 	Forel, 1916


 * Strumigenys mekaha 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys membranifera (Emery, 1869)


 * Strumigenys minima Bolton, 1972


 * Strumigenys ninda 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys paranax 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys petiolata 	Bernard, 1953


 * Strumigenys placora 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys ravidura 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys relahyla Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys rogeri 	Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys roomi 	Bolton, 1972


 * Strumigenys rufobrunea Santschi, 1914


 * Strumigenys serrula 	Santschi, 1910


 * Strumigenys sharra Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys sistrura 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys spathoda Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys stygia Santschi, 1913


 * Strumigenys sulumana 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys tacta Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys terroni 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys tethepa 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys tetragnatha 	Taylor, 1966


 * Strumigenys tetraphanes 	Brown, 1954


 * Strumigenys tigrilla (Brown, 1973)


 * Strumigenys tolomyla 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys totyla 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys truncatidens 	Brown, 1950


 * Strumigenys trymala 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys ultromalyx Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys vodensa 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys xenohyla 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys zandala Bolton, 1983

Syllophopsis

 * Syllophopsis cryptobia Santschi, 1921

Technomyrmex

 * Technomyrmex andrei Emery, 1899


 * Technomyrmex camerunensis Emery, 1899


 * Technomyrmex lasiops Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex laurenti (Emery, 1899)


 * Technomyrmex lujae (Forel, 1905)


 * Technomyrmex moerens 	Santschi, 1913


 * Technomyrmex nigriventris 	Santschi, 1910


 * Technomyrmex parviflavus Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex pilipes 	Emery, 1899


 * Technomyrmex semiruber 	Emery, 1899


 * Technomyrmex schoutedeni Forel, 1910


 * Technomyrmex senex Bolton, 2007

Terataner

 * Terataner luteus 	Emery, 1899


 * Terataner piceus Menozzi, 1942

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium aculeatum Mayr, 1866


 * Tetramorium angulinode Santschi, 1910


 * Tetramorium antrema 	Bolton, 1976


 * Tetramorium boltoni Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010


 * Tetramorium brevispinosum Stitz, 1910


 * Tetramorium camerunense Mayr, 1895


 * Tetramorium capillosum Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium coloreum 	Mayr, 1901


 * Tetramorium diomandei Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium flavithorax (Santschi, 1914)


 * Tetramorium gabonense André, 1892


 * Tetramorium guineense (Bernard, 1953)


 * Tetramorium ictidum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium minusculum 	Santschi, 1914


 * Tetramorium muralti 	Forel, 1910


 * Tetramorium nodiferum 	Emery, 1901


 * Tetramorium occidentale 	Santschi, 1916


 * Tetramorium opacum (Emery, 1909)


 * Tetramorium philippwagneri Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010


 * Tetramorium quadridentatum 	Stitz, 1910


 * Tetramorium raptor Hita Garcia, 2014


 * Tetramorium rubrum Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010


 * Tetramorium sericeiventre 	Emery, 1877


 * Tetramorium transversinode (Mayr, 1901)


 * Tetramorium trirugosum Hita Garcia, Fishcer & Peters, 2010


 * Tetramorium venator Hita Garcia, 2014

Tetraponera

 * Tetraponera aethiops 	Smith, F., 1877


 * Tetraponera ambigua (Emery, 1895)


 * Tetraponera anthracina 	Santschi, 1910


 * Tetraponera latifrons Emery, 1912


 * Tetraponera ledouxi 	Terron, 1969


 * Tetraponera mayri 	Forel, 1901


 * Tetraponera mocquerysi (André, 1890)


 * Tetraponera ophthalmica 	Emery, 1912


 * Tetraponera tessmanni (Stitz, 1910)

Wasmannia

 * Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863)

Xymmer

 * Xymmer muticus (Santschi, 1914)