Sudan



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

A

 * Aenictus furculatus andrieui 	Santschi, 1930


 * Aenictus fuscovarius magrettii 	Emery, 1892


 * Aenictus humeralis 	Santschi, 1910


 * Aenictus luteus moestus 	Santschi, 1930


 * Aenictus mentu 	Weber, 1942


 * Aenictus pharoa 	Santschi, 1924


 * Aenictus soudanicus 	Santschi, 1910


 * Anochetus traegaordhi  Mayr, 1904


 * Atopomyrmex mocquerysi Andre, 1889


 * Axinidris acholli 	Weber, 1941

C

 * Calyptomyrmex brevis  Weber, 1943


 * Calyptomyrmex piripilis Santschi, 1923


 * Camponotus chapini ganzii 	Weber, 1943


 * Camponotus hapi 	Weber, 1943


 * Camponotus diplopunctatus subconvexus 	Viehmeyer, 1923


 * Camponotus sericeus euchrous 	Santschi, 1926


 * Camponotus maculatus 	Fabricius, 1782


 * Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881


 * Cardiocondyla fajumensis  	Forel, 1913


 * Cardiocondyla nilotica Weber, 1952


 * Carebara bartrumi 	Weber, 1943


 * Carebara santschii 	Weber, 1943


 * Carebara sudanensis 	Weber, 1943


 * Carebara sudanica 	Santschi, 1933


 * Cataglyphis auratus 	Menozzi, 1932


 * Cataglyphis bicolor sudanicus 	Karavaiev, 1912


 * Cataulacus traegaordhi 	Santschi, 1914


 * Cerapachys sudanensis 	Weber, 1942


 * Crematogaster longiceps 	Santschi, 1910


 * Crematogaster africana polymorphica 	Weber, 1943


 * Crematogaster chiarinii subsulcata 	Santschi, 1914


 * Crematogaster latuka 	Weber, 1943


 * Crematogaster menilekii suddensis 	Weber, 1943


 * Crematogaster sewellii marnoi 	Mayr, 1895


 * Crematogaster lango 	Weber, 1943


 * Crematogaster sordidula molongori 	Weber, 1943


 * Crematogaster angusticeps 	Santschi, 1911


 * Crematogaster gambiensis transversiruga 	Santschi, 1914


 * Crematogaster lotti 	Weber, 1943


 * Crematogaster pseudinermis 	Viehmeyer, 1923


 * Crematogaster zonacaciae 	Weber, 1943

D

 * Dorylus aethiopicus 	Emery, 1895

H

 * Hypoponera imatongica 	Weber, 1942


 * Hypoponera lotti 	Weber, 1942


 * Hypoponera mesoepinotalis 	Weber, 1942


 * Hypoponera muscicola 	Weber, 1942

L

 * Lepisiota capensis acholli 	Weber, 1943


 * Lepisiota megacephala 	Weber, 1943


 * Leptogenys crustosa 	Santschi, 1914


 * Leptogenys pavesii 	Emery, 1892


 * Leptogenys stuhlmanni Mayr, 1893

M

 * Melissotarsis emeryi Forel, 1907


 * Meranoplus inermis Emery, 1895


 * Meranoplus magrettii 	André, 1884


 * Messor galla 	Mayr, 1904


 * Monomorium afrum 	André, 1884


 * Monomorium arboreum 	Weber, 1943


 * Monomorium abyssinicum (Forel, 1894)


 * Monomorium areniphilum 	Santschi, 1911


 * Monomorium hercules 	Viehmeyer, 1923


 * Monomorium kineti 	Weber, 1943


 * Monomorium leopoldinum 	Forel, 1905


 * Monomorium mayri 	Forel, 1902


 * Monomorium mictile 	Forel, 1910

N

 * Nesomyrmex angulatus 	Mayr, 1862

O

 * Ocymyrmex celer 	Weber, 1943

P

 * Pachycondyla berthoudi  pubescens 	Weber, 1942


 * Pachycondyla flavopilosa  	Weber, 1942


 * Pachycondyla sennaarensis 	Mayr, 1862


 * Paratrechina traegaordhi 	Forel, 1904


 * Pheidole andrieui 	Santschi, 1930


 * Pheidole decarinata 	Santschi, 1929


 * Pheidole termitophila 	Forel, 1904


 * Plagiolepis brunni nilotica 	Mayr, 1904


 * Plagiolepis sudanica 	Weber, 1943


 * Polyrhachis cubaensis 	Mayr, 1862


 * Polyrhachis militaris  (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Polyrhachis schistacea (Gerstäcker, 1859)


 * Polyrhachis viscosa Smith, F., 1858


 * Pristomyrmex africanus 	Karavaiev, 1931


 * Pseudolasius weissi 	Santschi, 1910


 * Pyramica ludovici (Forel, 1904)


 * Pyramica lujae (Forel, 1902)


 * Pyramica serrula (Santschi, 1910)

S

 * Solenopsis punctaticeps juba 	Weber, 1943


 * Strumigenys petiolata Bernard, 1953

T

 * Tapinolepis pernix 	Viehmeyer, 1923


 * Tapinoma carininotum 	Weber, 1943


 * Technomyrmex albipes truncicola 	Weber, 1943


 * Technomyrmex longiscapus 	Weber, 1943


 * Technomyrmex nequitus 	Bolton, 1995


 * Temnothorax megalops 	Hamann & Klemm, 1967


 * Tetramorium aculeatum 	Mayr, 1866


 * Tetramorium altivagans 	Santschi, 1914


 * Tetramorium angulinode 	Santschi, 1910


 * Tetramorium delagoense 	Forel, 1894


 * Tetramorium eminii 	Forel, 1894


 * Tetramorium laevithorax 	Emery, 1895


 * Tetramorium minusculum 	Santschi, 1914


 * Tetramorium nigrum 	Forel, 1907


 * Tetramorium nube 	Weber, 1943


 * Tetramorium sericeiventre 	Emery, 1877


 * Tetramorium sudanense 	Weber, 1943


 * Tetramorium viticola 	Weber, 1943


 * Tetramorium weitzeckeri 	Emery, 1895


 * Tetramorium zonacaciae 	Weber, 1943