Nicaragua



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

Acromyrmex

 * Acromyrmex echinatior (Forel, 1899)


 * Acromyrmex volcanus Wheeler, W.M. 1937

Adelomyrmex

 * Adelomyrmex longinoi Fernández, 2003


 * Adelomyrmex marginodus Longino, 2012


 * Adelomyrmex microps Fernández, 2003


 * Adelomyrmex myops (W.M. Wheeler, 1910)


 * Adelomyrmex silvestrii (Menozzi, 1931)


 * Adelomyrmex tristani (Menozzi, 1931)


 * Adelomyrmex paratristani Longino, 2012

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster araneoides Emery, 1890

Apterostigma

 * Apterostigma collare Emery, 1896

Atta

 * Atta colombica Guérin-Méneville, 1844

Azteca

 * Azteca alfari Emery, 1893


 * Azteca pittieri Forel, 1899


 * Azteca velox Forel, 1899

Basiceros

 * Basiceros manni Brown & Kempf, 1960

C

 * Camponotus atriceps Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus chartifex Smith, F., 1860


 * Camponotus claviscapus Forel, 1899


 * Camponotus claviscapus lehmanni Forel, 1911


 * Camponotus enigmaticus MacKay, MacKay & MacKay, 2004


 * Camponotus lindigi Mayr, 1870


 * Camponotus nitidior Santschi, 1921


 * Camponotus planatus Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus rectangularis Emery, 1890


 * Camponotus rectithorax Forel, 1895


 * Camponotus sexguttatus Fabricius, 1793


 * Carebara reina


 * Cephalotes basalis Smith, F., 1876


 * Cephalotes lenca De Andrade, 1999


 * Cephalotes maculatus Smith, F., 1876


 * Cephalotes minutus Fabricius, 1804


 * Cephalotes multispinosus (Norton, 1868)


 * Cephalotes pallens Klug, 1824


 * Cephalotes porrasi Wheeler, W.M., 1942


 * Crematogaster rochai Forel, 1903


 * Crematogaster acuta Fabricius, 1804


 * Crematogaster distans Mayr, 1870


 * Crematogaster brasiliensis Mayr, 1878


 * Crematogaster crinosa Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster curvispinosa Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster limata Smith, F., 1858


 * Crematogaster longispina Emery, 1890


 * Crematogaster nigropilosa Mayr, 1870


 * Crematogaster stollii Forel, 1885


 * Crematogaster sumichrasti Mayr, 1870


 * Crematogaster torosa Mayr, 1870


 * Cyphomyrmex rimosus Spinola, 1851

E

 * Eciton burchellii Westwood, 1842


 * Eciton burchellii parvispinum Forel, 1899


 * Eciton hamatum Fabricius, 1782


 * Eciton jansoni Forel, 1912


 * Eciton lucanoides Emery, 1894


 * Ectatomma gibbum Kugler, C. & Brown, 1982


 * Ectatomma ruidum Roger, 1860


 * Eurhopalothrix bolaui (Mayr, 1870)


 * Eurhopalothrix circumcapillum Longino, 2013


 * Eurhopalothrix gravis Mann, 1922


 * Eurhopalothrix oscillum Longino, 2013


 * Eurhopalothrix xibalba Longino, 2013

G

 * Gnamptogenys alfaroi (Emery, 1894)


 * Gnamptogenys porcata 	Emery, 1896

H

 * Hylomyrma dentiloba' Santschi, 1931

L

 * Labidus coecus Latreille, 1802

M

 * Megalomyrmex drifti Kempf, 1961 30


 * Megalomyrmex fungiraptor Boudinot, Sumnicht & Adams, 2013 35


 * Megalomyrmex megadrifti Boudinot, Sumnicht & Adams, 2013 41


 * Megalomyrmex silvestrii Wheeler, 1909 59


 * Megalomyrmex symmetochus Wheeler, 1925 63


 * Mycocepurus smithii Forel, 1893


 * Mycocepurus tardus Weber, 1940


 * Myrmelachista joycei Longino, 2006


 * Myrmelachista zeledoni Emery,, 1896


 * Myrmicocrypta dilacerata Forel, 1885


 * Myrmicocrypta godmani Forel, 1899

N

 * Neivamyrmex halidaii Shuckard, 1840


 * Neivamyrmex sumichrasti Norton, 1868


 * Nesomyrmex pittieri Forel, 1899

O

 * Octostruma amrishi (Makhan, 2007)


 * Octostruma ascrobis Longino, 2013


 * Octostruma balzani (Emery, 1894)


 * Octostruma cyrtinotum Longino, 2013


 * Octostruma gymnogon Longino, 2013


 * Octostruma iheringi (Emery, 1888)


 * Octostruma montanis Longino, 2013


 * Octostruma planities Longino, 2013


 * Octostruma wheeleri (Mann, 1922)


 * Odontomachus haematodus Linnaeus, 1758

P

 * Pachycondyla aenescens Mayr, 1870


 * Pachycondyla apicalis (Latreille, 1802)


 * Pachycondyla bugabensis Forel, 1899


 * Pachycondyla carbonaria (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Pachycondyla crenata Roger, 1861


 * Pachycondyla curvinodis Forel, 1899


 * Pachycondyla gilva (Roger, 1863)


 * Pachycondyla harpax Fabricius, 1804


 * 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 acamata Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole anastasii Emery, 1896


 * Pheidole arachnion	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole biconstricta Mayr, 1870


 * Pheidole bilimeki Mayr, 1870


 * Pheidole browni Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole celaena Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole cocciphaga Borgmeier, 1934


 * Pheidole eowilsoni Longino, 2009


 * Pheidole erratilis	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole exarata	Emery, 1896


 * Pheidole fimbriata Roger, 1863


 * Pheidole flavens Roger, 1863


 * Pheidole gulo Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole gymnoceras Longino, 2009


 * Pheidole harrisonfordi Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole inermis Mayr, 1870


 * Pheidole karolmorae Longino, 2009


 * Pheidole kukrana Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole laselva	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole megacephala Fabricius, 1793


 * Pheidole mooreorum Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole nebulosa	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole nitidicollis	Emery, 1896


 * Pheidole perpusilla Emery, 1894


 * Pheidole protensa Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole psilogaster Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole punctatissima Mayr, 1870


 * Pheidole radoszkowskii Mayr, 1884


 * Pheidole rectisentis Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole rhinoceros Forel, 1899


 * Pheidole rhinomontana Longino, 2009


 * Pheidole sagax Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole simonsi Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole susannae Forel, 1886


 * Pheidole synanthropica Longino, 2009


 * Pheidole texticeps	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole vafra Santschi, 1923


 * Pheidole vorax (Fabricius, 1804)


 * Pheidole walkeri Mann, 1922


 * Platythyrea punctata Smith, F., 1858


 * Prionopelta antillana Forel, 1909


 * Procryptocerus belti Forel, 1899


 * Procryptocerus scabriusculus Forel, 1899


 * Pseudomyrmex caeciliae Forel, 1913


 * Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus Smith, F., 1877


 * Pseudomyrmex flavicornis (Smith, F., 1877)


 * Pseudomyrmex gracilis Fabricius, 1804


 * Pseudomyrmex ita (Forel, 1906)


 * Pseudomyrmex nigrocinctus (Emery, 1890)


 * Pseudomyrmex oculatus Smith, F., 1855


 * Pseudomyrmex peperi (Forel, 1913)


 * Pseudomyrmex reconditus Ward, 1993


 * Pseudomyrmex spinicola (Emery, 1890)


 * Pseudomyrmex subtilissimus (Emery, 1890)


 * Pseudomyrmex tenuissimus Emery, 1906

R

 * Rhopalothrix isthmica (Weber, 1941)


 * Rhopalothrix subspatulata Longino & Boudinot, 2013


 * Rhopalothrix therion Longino & Boudinot, 2013


 * Rogeria belti Mann, 1922


 * Rogeria cuneola Kugler, C., 1994


 * Rogeria inermis Mann, 1922


 * Rogeria innotabilis Kugler, C., 1994


 * Rogeria scandens (Mann, 1922)


 * Rogeria tonduzi Forel, 1899

S

 * Solenopsis castor Forel, 1893


 * Solenopsis corticalis Forel, 1881


 * Solenopsis geminata Fabricius, 1804


 * Solenopsis globularia (Smith, F. 1858)


 * Solenopsis zeteki Wheeler, W.M., 1942


 * Stenamma diversum Mann, 1922


 * Stenamma expolitum Smith, M.R., 1962


 * Stenamma felixi Mann, 1922


 * Stenamma manni Wheeler, W.M., 1914


 * Stenamma megamanni Branstetter, 2013


 * Stenamma monstrosum Branstetter, 2013


 * Stenamma muralla Branstetter, 2013


 * Stenamma picopicucha Branstetter, 2013


 * Stenamma sandinista Branstetter, 2013


 * Stenamma schmidti Menozzi, 1931


 * Stenamma tico Branstetter, 2013


 * Stenamma zelum Branstetter, 2013


 * Strumigenys alberti Forel, 1893


 * Strumigenys brevicornis Mann, 1922


 * Strumigenys cordovensis Mayr, 1887


 * Strumigenys elongata Roger, 1863


 * Strumigenys excisa Weber, 1934


 * Strumigenys gundlachi Roger, 1862


 * Strumigenys louisianae Roger, 1863


 * Strumigenys nigrescens Wheeler, W.M., 1911


 * Strumigenys subedentata Mayr, 1887


 * Strumigenys timicala Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys trieces Brown, 1960

T

 * Tatuidris tatusia Brown & Kempf, 1968