Costa Rica



The following valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Costa Rica. 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 Costa Rican ants.

Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Costa Rican Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

B

 * Basiceros manni Brown & Kempf, 1960


 * Belonopelta deletrix Mann, 1922


 * Bothriomyrmex paradoxus Dubovikoff & Longino, 2004


 * Brachymyrmex cavernicola Wheeler, W.M., 1938


 * Brachymyrmex coactus nicitans	Emery, 1906


 * Brachymyrmex heeri Forel, 1874


 * Brachymyrmex longicornis Forel, 1907


 * Brachymyrmex obscurior Forel, 1893


 * Brachymyrmex musculus	Forel, 1899


 * Brachymyrmex nebulosus LaPolla & Longino, 2006


 * Brachymyrmex pictus balboae Wheeler, W.M., 1942


 * Brachymyrmex santschii Menozzi, 1927

P

 * Pachycondyla aenescens Mayr, 1870


 * Pachycondyla antecurvata MacKay & MacKay, 2010


 * Pachycondyla apicalis	Latreille, 1802


 * Pachycondyla arhuaca (Forel, 1901)


 * Pachycondyla bugabensis Forel, 1899


 * Pachycondyla carinulata (Roger, 1861)


 * Pachycondyla cognata	Emery, 1896


 * Pachycondyla constricta Mayr, 1884


 * Pachycondyla crenata	Roger, 1861


 * Pachycondyla dismarginata MacKay & MacKay, 2010


 * Pachycondyla ferruginea panamensis (Forel, 1899)


 * Pachycondyla foetida	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Pachycondyla fuscoatra Roger, 1861


 * Pachycondyla guianensis (Weber, 1939)


 * Pachycondyla harpax	Fabricius, 1804


 * Pachycondyla impressa	Roger, 1861


 * Pachycondyla insignis MacKay & MacKay, 2010


 * Pachycondyla laevigata Smith, F., 1858


 * Pachycondyla lineaticeps	Mayr, 1866


 * Pachycondyla obscuricornis	Emery, 1890


 * Pachycondyla pergandei (Forel, 1909)


 * Pachycondyla solisi MacKay & MacKay, 2010


 * Pachycondyla stigma	Fabricius, 1804


 * Pachycondyla striatinodis Emery, 1890


 * Pachycondyla theresiae Forel, 1899


 * Pachycondyla unidentata Mayr, 1862


 * Pachycondyla verenae (Forel, 1922)


 * Pachycondyla villosa	Fabricius, 1804


 * Paraponera clavata Fabricius, 1775


 * Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802


 * Pheidole absurda Forel, 1886


 * Pheidole ajax	Forel, 1899


 * Pheidole alfaroi	Emery, 1896


 * Pheidole amabilis	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole anastasii	Emery, 1896


 * Pheidole angulifera	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole angusticeps	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole arachnion	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole arboricola	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole beloceps	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole biconstricta	Mayr, 1870


 * Pheidole bicornis	Forel, 1899


 * Pheidole bilimeki	Mayr, 1870


 * Pheidole biolleyi	Forel, 1908


 * Pheidole boltoni	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole boruca	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole brachyops	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole browni	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole calens	Forel, 1901


 * Pheidole caltrop  Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole carapuna	Mann, 1916


 * Pheidole carinata	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole carinote Longino, 2009


 * Pheidole caulicola	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole celaena	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole cerina	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole chloe	Forel, 1908


 * Pheidole christopherseni	Forel, 1912


 * Pheidole citrina	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole cocciphaga	Borgmeier, 1934


 * Pheidole cramptoni	Wheeler, W.M., 1916


 * Pheidole daphne	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole dasypyx Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole debilis Longino, 2009


 * Pheidole diabolus Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole diana	Forel, 1908


 * Pheidole dossena	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole dryas	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole ectatommoides	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole eowilsoni Longino, 2009


 * Pheidole epiphyta Longino, 2009


 * Pheidole erratilis	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole exarata	Emery, 1896


 * Pheidole excubitor	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole exigua	Mayr, 1884


 * Pheidole fallax Mayr, 1870


 * Pheidole fimbriata	Roger, 1863


 * Pheidole fiorii	Emery, 1890


 * Pheidole flavens Roger, 1863


 * Pheidole fossimandibula Longino, 2009


 * Pheidole gauthieri	Forel, 1901


 * Pheidole glomericeps	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole gouldi	Forel, 1886


 * Pheidole gymnoceras Longino, 2009


 * Pheidole hasticeps	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole hector	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole hirsuta	Emery, 1896


 * Pheidole hizemops	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole hoelldobleri	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole indagatrix	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole innupta	Menozzi, 1931


 * Pheidole janzeni Longino, 2009


 * Pheidole karolmorae Longino, 2009


 * Pheidole karolsetosa Longino, 2009


 * Pheidole kukrana	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole laselva	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole laticornis	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole longinoi	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole lourothi	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole lustrata	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole mantilla	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole megacephala	Fabricius, 1793


 * Pheidole mendicula	Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Pheidole monteverdensis Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole multispina	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole nasutoides	Hölldobler & Wilson, 1992


 * Pheidole nebulosa	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole mesomantana Longino, 2009


 * Pheidole nebulosa Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole nigricula	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole nitella	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole nitidicollis	Emery, 1896


 * Pheidole olsoni	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole onyx	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole otisi	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole pararugiceps Longino, 2009


 * Pheidole perpusilla Emery, 1894


 * Pheidole picobarva Longino, 2009


 * Pheidole prattorum	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole prostrata	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole protensa Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole psilogaster Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole pugnax Dalla Torre, 1892


 * Pheidole punctatissima Mayr, 1870


 * Pheidole radoszkowskii	Mayr, 1884


 * Pheidole rectispina	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole rectitrudis	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole renae	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole rhinoceros	Forel, 1899


 * Pheidole rhinomontana Longino, 2009


 * Pheidole rogeri	Emery, 1896


 * Pheidole rugiceps	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole sagittaria	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole scalaris	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole scrobifera	Emery, 1896


 * Pheidole sebofila Longino, 2009


 * Pheidole sensitiva	Borgmeier, 1959


 * Pheidole sicaria	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole simonsi	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidolle sparsisculpta Longino, 2009


 * Pheidole spathipilosa	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole specularis	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole striaticeps Mayr, 1870


 * Pheidole stulta	Forel, 1886


 * Pheidole subarmata	Mayr, 1884


 * Pheidole susannae Forel, 1886


 * Pheidole synanthropica Longino, 2009


 * Pheidole tanyscapa	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole tennantae	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole tenuicephala Longino, 2009


 * Pheidole texticeps	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole traini	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole truncula	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole ulothrix	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole umphreyi Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole ursus Mayr, 1870


 * Pheidole vafra	Santschi, 1923


 * Pheidole vallifica	Forel, 1901


 * Pheidole verricula	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole vestita	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole violacea	Wilson, 2003


 * Platythyrea pilosula (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Platythyrea prizo	Kugler, C., 1977


 * Platythyrea punctata (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Prionopelta amabilis	Borgmeier, 1949


 * Prionopelta antillana	Forel, 1909


 * Prionopelta modesta Forel, 1909


 * Probolomyrmex boliviensis (Forel, 1909)


 * Probolomyrmex guanacastensis	O’Keefe & Agosti, 1998


 * Proceratium convexiceps	Borgmeier, 1957


 * Proceratium goliath	Kempf & Brown, 1968


 * Proceratium mancum	Mann, 1922


 * Proceratium micronmatum Roger, 1863


 * Proceratium panamense	De Andrade, 2003


 * Procryptocerus attenuatus (Smith, F., 1876)


 * Procryptocerus balzani Emery, 1894


 * Procryptocerus batesi Forel, 1899


 * Procryptocerus belti	Forel, 1899


 * Procryptocerus coriarius	Mayr, 1870


 * Procryptocerus eladio	Longino & Snelling, 2002


 * Procryptocerus impressus	Forel, 1899


 * Procryptocerus kempfi	Longino & Snelling, 2002


 * Procryptocerus mayri	Forel, 1899


 * Procryptocerus nalini	Longino & Snelling, 2002


 * Procryptocerus paleatus Emery, 1896


 * Procryptocerus pictipes Emery, 1896


 * Procryptocerus scabriusculus	Forel, 1899


 * Procryptocerus tortugero Longino & Snelling, 2002


 * Psuedomyrmex beccarii Menozzi, 1935


 * Pseudomyrmex boopis	Roger, 1863


 * Pseudomyrmex brunneus	Smith, F., 1877


 * Pseudomyrmex caeciliae Forel, 1913


 * Pseudomyrmex cretus	Ward, 1989


 * Pseudomyrmex cubaensis Forel, 1901


 * Psuedomyrmex duckei Forel,, 1906


 * Pseudomyrmex eduardi	Forel, 1912


 * Pseudomyrmex ejectus	Smith, F., 1858


 * Pseudomyrmex elongatulus	Dalla Torre, 1892


 * Pseudomyrmex elongatus Mayr, 1870


 * Pseudomyrmex euryblemma Forel, 1899


 * Pseudomyrmex faber	Smith, F., 1858


 * Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus Smith, F., 1877


 * Pseudomyrmex filiformis Fabricius, 1804


 * Pseudomyrmex flavicornis Smith, F., 1877


 * Pseudomyrmex flavidulus Smith, F., 1858


 * Pseudomyrmex fortis Forel, 1899


 * Pseudomyrmex godmani Forel, 1899


 * Pseudomyrmex gracilis	Fabricius, 1804


 * Pseudomyrmex ita Forel, 1906


 * Pseudomyrmex kuenckeli Emery, 1890


 * Pseudomyrmex laevifrons Ward, 1989


 * Pseudomyrmex laevigatus Smith, F., 1877


 * Pseudomyrmex lisus Enzmann, E.V., 1944


 * Pseudomyrmex nigrocinctus Emery, 1890


 * Pseudomyrmex nigropilosus Emery, 1890


 * Pseudomyrmex oculatus	Smith, F., 1855


 * Pseudomyrmex oki Forel, 1906


 * Pseudomyrmex osurus	Forel, 1911


 * Pseudomyrmex pallens Mayr, 1870


 * Pseudomyrmex pallidus	Smith, F., 1855


 * Pseudomyrmex particeps Ward, 1993


 * Pseudomyrmex perboscii Guérin-Méneville, 1844


 * Pseudomyrmex sericeus Mayr, 1870


 * Pseudomyrmex simplex	Smith, F., 1877


 * Pseudomyrmex spiculus	Ward, 1989


 * Pseudomyrmex spinicola Emery, 1890


 * Pseudomyrmex subtilissimus	Emery, 1890


 * Pseudomyrmex tenuis	Fabricius, 1804


 * Pseudomyrmex tenuissimus Emery, 1906


 * Pseudomyrmex triplaridis Forel, 1904


 * Pseudomyrmex urbanus Smith, F., 1877


 * Pseudomyrmex viduus	Smith, F., 1858


 * Pseudomyrmex voytowskii costaricensis	Enzmann, E.V., 1944


 * Pyramica aethegenys	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica alberti	Forel, 1893


 * Pyramica augustandrewi Longino, 2006


 * Pyramica auctidens	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica brevicornis	Mann, 1922


 * Pyramica cascanteae Longino, 2006


 * Pyramica cassicuspis	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica crementa	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica depressiceps	Weber, 1934


 * Pyramica dontopagis	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica eggersi	Emery, 1890


 * Pyramica epinotalis	Weber, 1934


 * Pyramica erikae Longino, 2006


 * Pyramica excisa	Weber, 1934


 * Pyramica fridericimuelleri	Forel, 1886


 * Pyramica gundlachi	Roger, 1862


 * Pyramica lalassa	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica longinoi	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica margaritae Forel, 1893


 * Pyramica microthrix	Kempf, 1975


 * Pyramica myllorhapha	Brown, 1959


 * Pyramica nigrescens	Wheeler, W.M., 1911


 * Pyramica oconitrilloae Longino, 2006


 * Pyramica paniaquae Longino, 2006


 * Pyramica paradoxa	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica parsauga	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica pasisops	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica probatrix	Brown, 1964


 * Pyramica rogata	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica schulzi	Emery, 1894


 * Pyramica stauroma	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica subedentata	Mayr, 1887


 * Pyramica trieces	Brown, 1960


 * Pyramica turpis Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica warditeras	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica wheeleri	Smith, M.R., 1944


 * Pyramica zeteki	Brown, 1959

X

 * Xenomyrmex panamanus (Wheeler, W.M., 1922)