Uganda



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

A

 * Acropyga silvestrii Emery, 1915


 * Aenictus bayoni 	Menozzi, 1933


 * Anochetus africanus 	Mayr, 1865


 * Anochetus bequaerti Forel, 1913


 * Anochetus grandidieri Forel, 1891


 * Anochetus katonae Forel, 1907


 * Atopomyrmex mocquerysi André, 1889


 * Axinidris ghanensis Shattuck, 1991


 * Axinidris hypoclinoides (Santschi, 1919)

B

 * Baracidris pilosa Fernández, 2003

C

 * Calyptomyrmex barak Bolton, 1981


 * Calyptomyrmex duhun Bolton, 1981


 * Calyptomyrmex piripilis Santschi, 1923


 * Calyptomyrmex shasu Bolton, 1981


 * Calyptomyrmex tensus Bolton, 1981


 * Camponotus maculatus 	Fabricius, 1782


 * Camponotus maculatus ugandensis Santschi, 1923


 * Camponotus vividus (Smith, F. 1858)


 * Camponotus vividus cato Forel, 1913


 * Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881


 * Cardiocondyla shuckardi Forel, 1891


 * Carebara convexa Weber, 1950


 * Carebara thoracica Weber, 1950


 * Carebara ugandana Santschi, 1923


 * Cataulacus brevisetosus Forel, 1901


 * Cataulacus egenus Santschi, 1911


 * Cataulacus guineensis Smith, F. 1853


 * Cataulacus huberi André, 1890


 * Cataulacus impressus Bolton, 1974


 * Cataulacus kohli Mayr, 1895


 * Cataulacus striativentris Santschi, 1924


 * Cataulacus traegaordhi Santschi, 1914


 * Cataulacus vorticus Bolton, 1974


 * Centromyrmex sellaris Mayr, 1896 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Cerapachys kenyensis Consani, 1951


 * Cerapachys sylvicola Arnold, 1955


 * Cerapachys vespula (Weber, 1949)


 * Crematogaster bequaerti modica 	Santschi, 1926


 * Crematogaster castanea Smith, F., 1858


 * Crematogaster muralti ugandensis 	Santschi, 1914


 * Crematogaster solenopsides mandonbii 	Santschi, 1926


 * Crematogaster werneri 	Mayr, 1907


 * Cyphoidris species

D

 * Discothyrea mixta Brown, 1958


 * Dorylus affinis ugandensis 	Santschi, 1914


 * Dorylus alluaudi 	Santschi, 1914


 * Dorylus conradti Emery, 1895


 * Dorylus kohli Wasmann, 1904


 * Dorylus kohli victoriae 	Santschi, 1921


 * Dorylus nigricans terrificus Santschi, 1923


 * Dorylus wilverthi 	Emery, 1899

H

 * Hypoponera angustata (Santschi,, 1914)


 * Hypoponera blanda Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera camerunensis 	Santschi, 1914


 * Hypoponera coeca Santschi, 1914


 * Hypoponera dema Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera dulcis (Forel, 1907)


 * Hypoponera fatiga Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera jeanneli (Santschi, 1935)


 * Hypoponera occidentalis (Bernard, 1953)


 * Hypoponera punctatissima 	(Roger, 1859)


 * Hypoponera rigida Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera tristis Bolton & Fisher, 2011

L

 * Lepisiota species


 * Leptanilla species


 * Leptogenys elegans Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys ergatogyna Wheeler, W.M., 1922

M

 * Meranoplus magrettii 	André, 1884


 * Meranoplus nanus André, 1892


 * Microdaceton tibialis Weber, 1952


 * Microdaceton viriosum Bolton, 2000


 * Monomorium cryptobium (Santschi, 1921)


 * Monomorium draxocum Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium invidium Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium malatu Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium opacum Forel, 1913


 * Monomorium oscaris Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium strangulatum Santschi, 1921


 * Monomorium trake Bolton, 1987


 * ''Myrmicaria distincta vorax’’ Santschi, 1933


 * Myrmicaria natalensis (Smith, F. 1858)


 * Myrmicaria opaciventris Emery, 1893

N

 * Nesomyrmex species


 * Nylanderia boltoni LaPolla, Hawkes & Fisher, 2011


 * Nylanderia jaegerskioeldi (Mayr, 1904)


 * Nylanderia lepida (Santschi, 1915)

O

 * Ocymyrmex nitidulus 	Emery, 1892


 * Odontomachus assiniensis Emery, 1892


 * Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi, 1914


 * Oecophylla longinoda (Latreille, 1802)

P

 * Pachycondyla ambigua André, 1890


 * Pachycondyla analis (Latreille, 1802)


 * Pachycondyla brunoi Forel, 1913


 * Pachycondyla caffraria (Smith, F. 1858)


 * Pachycondyla pachyderma Emery, 1901


 * Pachycondyla sjostedti (Mayr, 1896)


 * Pachycondyla soror (Emery, 1899)


 * Pachycondyla subiridescens (Wheeler, 1922)


 * Pachycondyla talpa (André, 1890)


 * Pachycondyla tarsata (Fabricius, 1798)


 * Paraparatrechina concinnata LaPolla, Cheng & Fisher, 2010


 * Paraparatrechina umbranatis LaPolla, Cheng & Fisher, 2010


 * Paraparatrechina weissi (Santschi, 1910)


 * Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)


 * Phasmomyrmex aberrans (Mayr, 1895)


 * Phasmomyrmex wolfi (Emery, 1920)


 * Pheidole aurivillii Mayr, 1896


 * Pheidole christinae Fischer, Hita Garcia & Peters, 2012


 * Pheidole crassinoda Emery, 1895


 * Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Pheidole nigeriensis Santschi, 1914


 * Pheidole strator tabida 	Menozzi, 1933


 * Phrynoponera gabonensis (André, 1892)


 * Platythyrea cribrinodis  Gerstäcker, 1859 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Platythyrea frontalis 	Emery, 1899


 * Platythyrea gracillima Wheeler, 1922


 * Platythyrea modesta Emery, 1899


 * Platythyrea occidentalis 	André, 1890


 * Platythyrea schultzei Forel, 1910


 * Platythyrea tenuis Emery, 1899


 * Plectroctena cristata Emery, 1899


 * Plectroctena dentata 	Santschi, 1912


 * Plectroctena mandibularis Smith, F., 1858


 * Plectroctena ugandensis Menozzi, 1933


 * Polyrhachis decemdentata André, 1889


 * Polyrhachis fissa Mayr, 1902


 * Polyrhachis gagates Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis laboriosa Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis latispina Emery, 1925


 * Polyrhachis lauta Santschi, 1909


 * Polyrhachis militaris  (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Polyrhachis monista Santschi, 1909


 * Polyrhachis nigrita Mayr, 1895


 * Polyrhachis rufipalpis Santschi, 1910


 * Polyrhachis schistacea (Gerstäcker, 1859)


 * Polyrhachis transiens Bolton, 1973


 * Polyrhachis viscosa Smith, F., 1858


 * Ponera pennsylvanica Buckley, 1866


 * Prionopelta amieti Terron, 1974


 * Pristomyrmex africanus Karavaiev, 1931


 * Pristomyrmex orbiceps (Santschi, 1914)


 * Probolomyrmex brevirostris (Forel, 1910)


 * Probolomyrmex guineensis Taylor, 1965


 * Psalidomyrmex procerus Emery, 1901


 * Psalidomyrmex reichenspergeri Santschi, 1913


 * Psalidomyrmex sallyae Bolton, 1975

R

 * Rhoptromyrmex caritus Bolton, 1986

S

 * Simopone laevissima Arnold, 1954


 * Solenopsis insinuans Santschi, 1933


 * Solenopsis ugandensis 	Santschi, 1933


 * Strumigenys adrasora Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys bernardi Brown, 1960


 * Strumigenys  cavinasis 	Brown, 1950


 * Strumigenys concolor Santschi, 1914


 * Strumigenys dextra Brown, 1954


 * Strumigenys fenkara Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys hastyla Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys hensekta Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys katapelta Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys lexex Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys ludovici Forel, 1904


 * Strumigenys lujae Forel, 1902


 * Strumigenys malaplax Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys miccata (Bolton, 1983)


 * Strumigenys minima Bolton, 1972


 * Strumigenys maynei Forel, 1916


 * Strumigenys petiolata Bernard, 1953


 * Strumigenys pulchella Emery, 1895


 * Strumigenys rukha Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys sarissa Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys semicrypta Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys serrula Santschi, 1910


 * Strumigenys simoni (Emery, 1895)


 * Strumigenys tacta Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys tetraphanes Brown, 1954


 * Strumigenys thuvida Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys truncatidens Brown, 1950


 * Strumigenys ultromalyx Bolton, 2000

T

 * Tapinoma species


 * Technomyrmex andrei Emery, 1899


 * Technomyrmex camerunensis Emery, 1899


 * Technomyrmex ilgi (Forel, 1910)


 * Technomyrmex lasiops Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex moerens 	Santschi, 1913


 * Technomyrmex nigriventris 	Santschi, 1910


 * Technomyrmex parviflavus Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex semiruber Emery, 1899


 * Terataner luteus (Emery, 1899)


 * Tetramorium aculeatum (Mayr, 1866)


 * Tetramorium boltoni Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010


 * Tetramorium capillosum Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium crypticum 	Bolton, 1976


 * Tetramorium dumezi Menozzi, 1942


 * Tetramorium furtivum (Arnold, 1956)


 * Tetramorium gabonense 	(André, 1892)


 * Tetramorium gegaimi Forel, 1916


 * Tetramorium gestroi Menozzi, 1933


 * Tetramorium ictidum Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium kestrum Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium muralti Santschi, 1914


 * Tetramorium muscorum Arnold, 1926


 * Tetramorium nodiferum (Emery, 1901)


 * Tetramorium occidentale (Santschi, 1916)


 * Tetramorium peutli Forel, 1916


 * Tetramorium postpetiolatum Santschi, 1919


 * Tetramorium pulcherrimum Donisthorpe, 1945


 * Tetramorium pullulum Santschi, 1924


 * Tetramorium quadridentatum Stitz, 1910


 * Tetramorium reptana Bolton, 1976


 * Tetramorium saginatum Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium setigerum Mayr, 1901


 * Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, F. 1851)


 * Tetramorium termitobium Emery, 1908


 * Tetramorium ubangense Santschi, 1937


 * Tetraponera aethiops Smith, F. 1877


 * Tetraponera emacerata Santschi, 1911


 * Tetraponera mocquerysi (André, 1890)


 * Tetraponera ophthalmica 	Emery, 1912


 * Tetraponera poultoni Donisthorpe, 1931

V

 * Vicinopone conciliatrix Bolton & Fisher, 2012

X

 * Xymmer species