Mozambique



The following 46 genera and 131 valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Mozambique. 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 Mozambique ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Mozambique Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

The Afrotropical Region has 98 genera and 2,501 species of ants. Mozambique in southern Africa is adjacent to the following countries: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Lesotho, and Swaziland.

A

 * Aenictus fuscovarius 	Gerstäcker, 1859 (male described)


 * Anochetus africanus 	Mayr, 1865

C

 * Calyptomyrmex species


 * Cataulacus wissmannii  Forel, 1894 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


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


 * Cerapachys species


 * Crematogaster arthurimuelleri 	Forel, 1894


 * Crematogaster capensis calens Forel, 1910


 * Crematogaster capensis tropicorum Forel, 1910


 * Crematogaster castanea tricolor Gerstäcker, 1859


 * Crematogaster delagoensis Forel, 1894


 * Crematogaster gallicola 	Forel, 1894


 * Crematogaster liengmei 	Forel, 1894

D

 * Decamorium decem (Forel, 1913) [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Discothyrea oculata 	Emery, 1901 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Dorylus bequaerti Forel 1913 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Dorylus diadema 	Gerstäcker, 1859


 * Dorylus fulvus Westwood, 1839


 * Dorylus fulvus badius 	Gerstäcker, 1859


 * Dorylus helvolus 	Linnaeus, 1764 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Dorylus nigricans burmeisteri (Shuckard, 1840)


 * Dorylus nigricans molestus 	Gerstäcker, 1859

H

 * Hypoponera spei (Forel, 1910)


 * Hypoponera species 2


 * Hypoponera species 3

L

 * Lepisiota silvicola 	Arnold, 1920


 * Lepisiota spinosior Arnold, 1920


 * Lepisiota submetallica aspera 	Arnold, 1920


 * Lepisiota species #1


 * Leptogenys incisa 	Forel, 1891 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Leptogenys intermedia 	Emery, 1902 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Leptogenys leiothorax Prins, 1965 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Leptogenys stuhlmanni Mayr, 1893 [[File:Camera.jpg]]

M

 * Melissotarsus emeryi Forel, 1907 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Meranoplus glaber 	Arnold, 1926  [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Meranoplus inermis Emery, 1895  [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Meranoplus nanus 	André, 1892 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Monomorium albopilosum Emery, 1895


 * Monomorium delagoense Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium destructor Jerdon, 1851 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Monomorium emeryi Mayr, 1895


 * Monomorium junodi 	Forel, 1910  [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Monomorium latinode Mayr, 1872 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758) [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Myrmicaria natalensis eumenoides Gerstäcker, 1859


 * Myrmicaria striata pilosa 	Arnold, 1926

N

 * Nesomyrmex angulatus 	Mayr, 1862 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Nylanderia species

O

 * Ocymyrmex phraxus Bolton, 1981 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Odontomachus assiniensis Emery, 1892 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi, 1914 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Oecophylla longinoda Latreille, 1802 [[File:Camera.jpg]]

P

 * Pachycondyla ambigua André, 1890 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Pachycondyla analis (Latreille, 1802) [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Pachycondyla analis crassicornis 	Gerstäcker, 1859


 * Pachycondyla cariosa 	Emery, 1895 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Pachycondyla strigulosa (Emery, 1895) [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Pachycondyla tarsata delagoensis 	Emery, 1899


 * Paratrechina longicornis Motschoulsky, 1863 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Pheidole crassinoda pluto 	Arnold, 1920


 * Pheidole liengmei 	Forel, 1894


 * Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Pheidole megacephala rotundata 	Forel, 1894


 * Pheidole prelli redbankensis Forel, 1913


 * Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Pheidole strator fugax Arnold, 1920


 * Phrynoponera gabonensis (André, 1892) [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Plagiolepis brunni 	Mayr, 1895


 * Plagiolepis fuscula Emery, 1895


 * Platythyrea arnoldi 	Forel, 1913  [[File:Camera.jpg]]


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


 * Platythyrea modesta Emery, 1899


 * Platythyrea schultzei Forel, 1910 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Plectroctena mandibularis 	Smith, F., 1858 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Plectroctena subterranea 	Arnold, 1915 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Polyrhachis cubaensis 	Mayr, 1862


 * Polyrhachis gagates Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis militaris (Fabricius, 1782) [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Polyrhachis schistacea (Gerstäcker, 1859) [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Polyrhachis schlueteri Forel, 1886


 * Polyrhachis spinicola 	Forel, 1894  [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Prionopelta species


 * Pristomyrmex cribrarius 	Arnold, 1926

S

 * Simopone persculpta Bolton & Fisher 2012


 * Solenopsis species


 * Sphinctomyrmex species


 * Stigmatomma species


 * ''Strumigenys faurei Arnold, 1948 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Strumigenys ludovici (Forel, 1904) [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Strumigenys lujae 	Forel, 1902 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Strumigenys simoni (Emery, 1895) [[File:Camera.jpg]]

T

 * Tapinolepis species


 * Technomyrmex pallipes (Smith, F., 1876) [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Technomyrmex sycorax Bolton, 2007 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Technomyrmex taylori 	Santschi, 1930


 * Technomyrmex voeltzkowi (Forel, 1907) [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Tetramorium amatongae  Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium delagoense 	Forel, 1894 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Tetramorium muscorum 	Arnold, 1926 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Tetramorium sericeiventre 	Emery, 1877 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Tetramorium setuliferum Emery, 1895 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Tetramorium somniculosum 	Arnold, 1926


 * Tetramorium tenebrosum 	Arnold, 1926


 * Tetraponera ambigua 	(Emery, 1895) [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Tetraponera andrei 	Mayr, 1895 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Tetraponera emeryi 	Forel, 1911 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Tetraponera liengmei 	(Forel, 1894) [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Tetraponera natalensis Smith, F. 1858 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Tetraponera schulthessi 	Santschi, 1915 [[File:Camera.jpg]]