India



The following 652 valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in India. 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 Indian ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Indian Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

Acropyga

 * Acropyga acutiventris Roger, 1862


 * Acropyga rubescens Forel, 1894

Aenictus

 * Aenictus aitkenii Forel, 1901


 * Aenictus ambiguus Shuckard, 1840
 * Aenictus arya Forel, 1901


 * Aenictus binghami Forel, 1900


 * Aenictus brevicornis (Mayr, 1879)


 * Aenictus certus Westwood, 1842


 * Aenictus ceylonicus (Mayr, 1866)


 * Aenictus clavatus Forel, 1901


 * Aenictus clavatus kanariensis Forel, 1901


 * Aenictus clavitibia Forel, 1901


 * Aenictus doryloides Wilson, 1964


 * Aenictus dentatus Forel, 1911


 * Aenictus fergusoni (Forel, 1901)


 * Aenictus gleadowii Forel, 1901


 * Aenictus gracilis Emery, 1893


 * Aenictus indicus Bharti, Wachkoo, Kumar, 2012


 * Aenictus laeviceps (Smith, F. 1857)


 * Aenictus latiscapus Forel, 1901
 * Aenictus longi Forel, 1901


 * Aenictus pachycerus (Smith, F. 1858)


 * Aenictus peguensis Emery, 1895


 * Aenictus piercei Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1930


 * Aenictus pubescens Smith, F. 1859


 * Aenictus punensis Forel, 1901
 * Aenictus sagei Forel, 1901


 * Aenictus shillongensis Tiwari, 2000


 * Aenictus shuckardi Forel, 1901


 * Aenictus westwoodi Forel, 1901


 * Aenictus wilsoni Bharti, Wachkoo, Kumar, 2012


 * Aenictus wroughtonii Forel, 1890

Anillomyrma

 * Anillomyrma decamera (Emery, 1901)

Anochetus

 * Anochetus cryptus Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013


 * Anochetus graeffei Mayr, 1870


 * Anochetus kanariensis Forel, 1900


 * Anochetus madaraszi Mayr, 1870


 * Anochetus myops Emery, 1893


 * Anochetus obscurior Brown, 1978


 * Anochetus pupulatus Brown, 1978


 * Anochetus rufus (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Anochetus sedilloti Emery, 1884


 * Anochetus validus Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013


 * Anochetus yerburyi Forel, 1900

Anoplolepis

 * Anoplolepis gracilipes (Smith, F. 1857)

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster annandalei Mukerjee, 1930


 * Aphaenogaster beccarii Emery, 1887


 * Aphaenogaster beesoni Donisthorpe, 1933


 * Aphaenogaster cavernicola Donisthorpe, 1938


 * Aphaenogaster cristata (Forel, 1902)


 * Aphaenogaster feae Emery, 1899


 * Aphaenogaster longiceps (Smith, F. 1858)


 * Aphaenogaster rothneyi (Forel, 1902)


 * Aphaenogaster sagei (Forel, 1902)


 * Aphaenogaster sagei pachei (Forel, 1906)


 * Aphaenogaster schurri (Forel, 1902)


 * Aphaenogaster smythiesii (Forel, 1902)


 * Aphaenogaster smythiesii prudens (Forel, 1902)

Bothroponera

 * Bothroponera henryi Donisthorpe, 1942


 * Bothroponera sulcata (Mayr, 1867)


 * Bothroponera sulcata fossulata (Forel, 1900)


 * Bothroponera sulcata sulcatotesserinoda (Forel, 1900)


 * Bothroponera tesseronoda (Emery, 1877)

Brachyponera

 * Brachyponera jerdonii (Forel, 1900)


 * Brachyponera luteipes (Mayr, 1862)


 * Brachyponera luteipes continentalis (Karavaiev, 1925)


 * Brachyponera nigrita (Emery, 1895)

Buniapone

 * Buniapone amblyops (Emery, 1887)

Calyptomyrmex

 * Calyptomyrmex  sp.

Camponotus

 * Camponotus aethiops cachmiriensis Emery, 1925


 * Camponotus albosparsus Bingham, 1903


 * Camponotus angusticollis (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Camponotus angusticollis sanguinolentus Forel, 1895


 * Camponotus arrogans (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Camponotus ashokai Karmaly & Narendran, 2006


 * Camponotus badius (Smith, F. 1857)


 * Camponotus barbatus taylori Forel, 1892


 * Camponotus buddhae Forel, 1892


 * Camponotus camelinus (Smith, F. 1857)


 * Camponotus cinerascens (Fabricius, 1787)


 * Camponotus compressus (Fabricius, 1787)


 * Camponotus confucii Forel, 1894


 * Camponotus cotesii Forel, 1893


 * Camponotus crassisquamis Forel, 1902


 * Camponotus dolendus Forel, 1892


 * Camponotus exiguoguttatus Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus himalayanus Forel, 1893


 * Camponotus holosericeus Emery, 1889


 * Camponotus horseshoetus Datta & Raychaudhuri, 1985


 * Camponotus invidus Forel, 1892


 * Camponotus irritans (Smith, F. 1857)


 * Camponotus kattensis Bingham, 1903


 * Camponotus keralensis Karmaly & Narendran, 2006


 * Camponotus lamarckii Forel, 1892


 * Camponotus leonardi Emery, 1889


 * Camponotus longi Forel, 1902


 * Camponotus luteus (Smith, F. 1858)


 * Camponotus megalonyx Wheeler, W. M., 1919


 * Camponotus mendax Forel, 1895


 * Camponotus misturus fornaronis Forel, 1892


 * Camponotus mitis (Smith, F. 1858)


 * Camponotus nicobarensis Mayr, 1865


 * Camponotus nirvanae Forel, 1893


 * Camponotus oblongus binominatus Forel, 1916


 * Camponotus opaciventris Mayr, 1879


 * Camponotus parabarbatus Bharti & Wachkoo, 2014


 * Camponotus parius Emery, 1889


 * Camponotus phragmaticola Donisthorpe, 1943


 * Camponotus puniceps Donisthorpe, 1942


 * Camponotus radiatus Forel, 1892


 * Camponotus reticulatus latitans Forel, 1893


 * Camponotus rothneyi Forel, 1893


 * Camponotus rufifemur Emery, 1900


 * Camponotus rufoglaucus (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Camponotus rufoglaucus tenuis Forel, 1907


 * Camponotus selene (Emery, 1899)


 * Camponotus sericeus Fabricius, 1798


 * Camponotus siemsseni Forel, 1901


 * Camponotus socrates Forel, 1904


 * Camponotus strictus (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Camponotus sylvaticus basalis Smith, F. 1858


 * Camponotus sylvaticus paradichrous Emery, 1925


 * Camponotus timidus (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Camponotus variegatus fuscithorax Dalla Torre, 1893


 * Camponotus variegatus infuscus (Forel, 1892)


 * Camponotus variegatus somnificus Forel, 1902


 * Camponotus varius Donisthorpe, 1943


 * Camponotus velox (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Camponotus vitreus (Smith, F. 1860)


 * Camponotus wasmanni Emery, 1893


 * Camponotus wroughtonii Forel, 1893


 * Camponotus varians Emery, 1893

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla breviscapa Seifert, 2003


 * Cardiocondyla carbonaria Forel, 1907


 * Cardiocondyla goa Seifert, 2003


 * Cardiocondyla kagutsuchi Terayama, 1999


 * Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel, 1890


 * Cardiocondyla minutior


 * Cardiocondyla nuda (Mayr, 1866)


 * Cardiocondyla opaca Seifert, 2003


 * Cardiocondyla parvinoda Forel, 1902


 * Cardiocondyla shagrinata Seifert, 2003


 * Cardiocondyla tiwarii Gosh, Sheela & Kundu 2005


 * Cardiocondyla wroughtonii (Forel, 1890)

Carebara

 * Carebara aborensis (Wheeler, W.M. 1913)


 * Carebara asina (Forel, 1902)


 * Carebara bengalensis (Forel, 1902)


 * Carebara carinata Bharti & Kumar, 2013


 * Carebara dentata Bharti & Kumar, 2013


 * Carebara hornata Bharti & Kumar, 2013


 * Carebara lamellifrons (Forel, 1902)


 * Carebara leei (Forel, 1902)


 * Carebara lignata Westwood, 1840


 * Carebara nayana (Sheela & Narendran, 1997)


 * Carebara propomegata Bharti & Kumar, 2013


 * Carebara raja (Forel, 1902)


 * Carebara rectangulata Bharti & Kumar, 2013


 * Carebara rothneyi (Forel, 1902)


 * Carebara similis (Mayr, 1862)


 * Carebara spinataBharti & Kumar, 2013


 * Carebara wroughtonii (Forel, 1902)

Cataglyphis

 * Cataglyphis cugiai Menozzi, 1939


 * Cataglyphis indica Pisarski, 1961


 * Cataglyphis longipedem Eichwald, 1841

Cataulacus

 * Cataulacus granulatus (Latreille, 1802)


 * Cataulacus latus Forel, 1891


 * Cataulacus muticus Emery, 1889


 * Cataulacus simoni Emery, 1893


 * Cataulacus taprobanae Smith, F. 1853

Centromyrmex

 * Centromyrmex feae (Emery, 1889)

Cerapachys

 * Cerapachys aitkenii Forel, 1900


 * Cerapachys alii Bharti & Akbar, 2013


 * Cerapachys anokha  Bharti & Akbar, 2013


 * Cerapachys besucheti Brown, 1975


 * Cerapachys biroi Forel, 1907


 * Cerapachys browni Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013


 * Cerapachys costatus Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013


 * Cerapachys indicus Brown, 1975


 * Cerapachys keralensis Karmaly, Rabeesh & Sumesh,2012


 * Cerapachys longitarsus (Mayr, 1879)


 * Cerapachys nayana Bharti & Akbar, 2013


 * Cerapachys schoedli Bharti & Akbar, 2013


 * Cerapachys seema Bharti & Akbar, 2013


 * Cerapachys sulcinodis Emery, 1899


 * Cerapachys wighti Bharti & Akbar, 2013

Chronoxenus

 * Chronoxenus dalyi (Forel, 1895)


 * Chronoxenus myops (Forel, 1895)


 * Chronoxenus walshi (Forel, 1895)


 * Chronoxenus wroughtonii (Forel, 1895)

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster abdominalis Motschoulsky, 1863


 * Crematogaster aberrans Forel, 1892


 * Crematogaster aberrans assmuthi Forel, 1913


 * Crematogaster aberrans inglebyi Forel, 1902


 * Crematogaster aitkenii Forel, 1902


 * Crematogaster anthracina Smith, F. 1857


 * Crematogaster betapicalis Bolton, 1995


 * Crematogaster binghamii Forel, 1904


 * Crematogaster biroi Mayr, 1897


 * Crematogaster biroi smythiesii Forel, 1902


 * Crematogaster brunnea contemta Mayr, 1879


 * Crematogaster brunnea nicevillei Emery, 1922


 * Crematogaster brunnea nilgirica Emery, 1922
 * Crematogaster brunnea rabula Forel, 1902
 * Crematogaster brunnea ruginota Santschi, 1928


 * Crematogaster buddhae Forel, 1902


 * Crematogaster dalyi Forel, 1902


 * Crematogaster dalyi sikkimensis Forel, 1904


 * Crematogaster diffusa (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Crematogaster dohrni artifex Mayr, 1879


 * Crematogaster ebenina Forel, 1902


 * Crematogaster flava Forel, 1886


 * Crematogaster himalayana Forel, 1902


 * Crematogaster hogsoni Forel, 1902


 * Crematogaster kirbii (Sykes, 1835)


 * Crematogaster perelegans Forel, 1902


 * Crematogaster politula Forel, 1902


 * Crematogaster pradipi Tiwari, 1999


 * Crematogaster ransonneti Mayr, 1868


 * Crematogaster rogenhoferi Mayr, 1879


 * Crematogaster rothneyi Mayr, 1879


 * Crematogaster rothneyi civa Forel, 1902


 * Crematogaster rufa (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Crematogaster sagei Forel, 1902


 * Crematogaster sagei laevinota Forel, 1902


 * Crematogaster soror Forel, 1902


 * Crematogaster subnuda Mayr, 1879


 * Crematogaster travancorensis Forel, 1902


 * Crematogaster urvijae Bharti, 2003


 * Crematogaster walshi (Forel, 1902)


 * Crematogaster wroughtonii Forel, 1902

Cryptopone

 * Cryptopone nicobarensis Forel, 1905


 * Cryptopone subterranea (Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013)


 * Cryptopone testacea Emery

Diacamma

 * Diacamma assamense Forel, 1897


 * Diacamma ceylonense Emery, 1897


 * Diacamma cyaneiventre André, 1887


 * Diacamma indicum Santschi, 1920


 * Diacamma rugosum (Le Guillou, 1842)


 * Diacamma rugosum doveri Mukerjee, 1934


 * Diacamma rugosum jerdoni Forel, 1903
 * Diacamma rugosum rothneyi Forel, 1900


 * Diacamma rugosum sculptum (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Diacamma rugosum sikkimense Forel, 1903


 * Diacamma rugosum viridipurpureum Emery, 1893


 * Diacamma scalpratum (Smith, F. 1858)

Dilobocondyla

 * Dilobocondyla bangalorica Varghese, 2006


 * Dilobocondyla gasteroreticulatus Bharti & Kumar, 2013

Discothyrea

 * Discothyrea sringerensis Zacharias & Rajan, 2004

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus affinis glabripes Forel, 1895


 * Dolichoderus feae Emery, 1889


 * Dolichoderus moggridgei Forel, 1886


 * Dolichoderus moggridgei bicolor Santschi, 1920


 * Dolichoderus moggridgei lugubris Santschi, 1920


 * Dolichoderus sundari Tiwari, 2000


 * Dolichoderus taprobanae (Smith, F. 1858)


 * Dolichoderus taprobanae gracilipes


 * Dolichoderus thoracicus (Smith, F. 1860)

Dorylus

 * Dorylus labiatus Shuckard, 1840


 * Dorylus orientalis (Westwood, 1835)


 * Dorylus orientalis obscuriceps Santschi, 1920

Echinopla

 * Echinopla cherapunjiensis Bharti & Gul, 2012


 * Echinopla lineata Mayr, 1862

Ectomomyrmex

 * Ectomomyrmex annamitus arcuatus (Forel, 1900)


 * Ectomomyrmex astutus Smith, F. 1858


 * Ectomomyrmex javanus (Mayr, 1867)


 * Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki (Forel, 1886)


 * Ectomomyrmex striolatus Donisthorpe, 1933

Emeryopone

 * Emeryopone narendrani Varghese, 2006

Formica

 * Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758


 * Formica gagates Latreille, 1798


 * Formica gravelyi Mukerjee, 1930


 * Formica kashmirica Starcke, 1935


 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793


 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798


 * Formica truncorum Fabricius, 1804

Gauromyrmex

 * Gauromyrmex acanthinus (Karavaiev, 1935)

Gesomyrmex

 * Gesomyrmex spatulatus Cole, 1949

Gnamptogenys

 * Gnamptogenys bicolor (Emery, 1889)


 * Gnamptogenys binghamii (Forel, 1900)


 * Gnamptogenys coxalis (Roger, 1860)


 * Gnamptogenys meghalaya Lattke, 2004

Harpegnathos

 * Harpegnathos saltator Jerdon, 1851


 * Harpegnathos venator (Smith, F. 1858)

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera assmuthi (Forel, 1905)


 * Hypoponera confinis (Roger, 1860)


 * Hypoponera confinis aitkenii (Forel, 1900)


 * Hypoponera confinis wroughtonii (Forel, 1900)
 * Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894)

Indomyrma

 * Indomyrma dasypyx Brown, 1986

Iridomyrmex

 * Iridomyrmex anceps (Roger, 1863)

Kartidris

 * Kartidris nyos Bolton, 1991

Lasius

 * Lasius alienoflavus Bingham, 1903


 * Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850)


 * Lasius bicornis (Foerster, 1850)


 * Lasius breviscapus Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius crinitus (Smith, F. 1858)


 * Lasius draco Collingwood, 1982


 * Lasius elevatus Bharti & Gul, 2013


 * Lasius himalayanus Bingham, 1903


 * Lasius hirsutus Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius lawarai Seifert, 1992


 * Lasius magnus Seifert, 1992
 * Lasius mikir Collingwood, 1982


 * Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Lasius talpa Wilson, 1955


 * Lasius wittmeri Seifert, 1992

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota annandalei (Mukerjee, 1930)


 * Lepisiota bipartita (Smith, F. 1861)


 * Lepisiota capensis (Mayr, 1862)


 * Lepisiota capensis simplex (Forel, 1892)


 * Lepisiota fergusoni (Forel, 1895)


 * Lepisiota frauenfeldi integra (Forel, 1894)


 * Lepisiota modesta (Forel, 1894)


 * Lepisiota opaca (Forel, 1892)


 * Lepisiota opaca pulchella (Forel, 1892)


 * Lepisiota rothneyi Forel, 1894


 * Lepisiota rothneyi wroughtonii (Forel, 1902)


 * Lepisiota sericea (Forel, 1892)

Leptanilla

 * Leptanilla escheri (Kutter, 1948)


 * Leptanilla lamellata Bharti & Kumar, 2012

Leptogenys

 * Leptogenys assamensis Forel, 1900
 * Leptogenys binghamii Forel, 1900


 * Leptogenys birmana Forel, 1900


 * Leptogenys carinata Donisthorpe, 1943


 * Leptogenys chinensis (Mayr, 1870)


 * Leptogenys dalyi Forel, 1900


 * Leptogenys dentilobis Forel, 1900


 * Leptogenys diminuta (Smith, F. 1857)


 * Leptogenys diminuta deceptrix Forel, 1901


 * Leptogenys diminuta diminutolaeviceps Forel, 1900


 * Leptogenys diminuta laeviceps (Smith, F. 1857)


 * Leptogenys diminuta palliseri Forel, 1900


 * Leptogenys diminuta woodmasoni (Forel, 1886)
 * Leptogenys emiliae Forel, 1902


 * Leptogenys hysterica Forel, 1900
 * Leptogenys iridipennis (Smith, F. 1858)


 * Leptogenys jeanettei Mathew and Tiwari, 2000


 * Leptogenys kitteli (Mayr, 1870)


 * Leptogenys kitteli minor Forel, 1900


 * Leptogenys lattkei Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013


 * Leptogenys longiscapa Donisthorpe, 1943


 * Leptogenys lucidula Emery, 1895


 * Leptogenys minchinii Forel, 1900


 * Leptogenys moelleri (Bingham, 1903)


 * Leptogenys peuqueti (André, 1887)


 * Leptogenys processionalis (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Leptogenys punctiventris (Mayr, 1879)
 * Leptogenys roberti Forel, 1900


 * Leptogenys roberti coonoorensis Forel, 1900


 * Leptogenys stenocheilos (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Leptogenys transitionis Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013

Leptothorax

 * Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)

Liometopum

 * Liometopum lindgreeni Forel, 1902

Liomyrmex

 * Liomyrmex gestroi (Emery, 1887)

Lophomyrmex

 * Lophomyrmex ambiguus Rigato, 1994


 * Lophomyrmex bedoti Emery, 1893


 * Lophomyrmex birmanus Emery, 1893


 * Lophomyrmex changlangensis Sheela & Ghosh, 2008


 * Lophomyrmex kali Rigato, 1994


 * Lophomyrmex quadrispinosus (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Lophomyrmex terraceensis Bharti & Kumar, 2012

Lordomyrma

 * Lordomyrma lakshmi Taylor, 2012


 * Lordomyrma taylori Bharti & Ali, 2013

Mayriella

 * Mayriella transfuga Baroni Urbani 1977


 * Mayriella warchalowskii Borowiec, 2007

Meranoplus

 * Meranoplus bellii Forel, 1902


 * Meranoplus bicolor (Guerin-Meneville,1884)


 * Meranoplus laeviventris Emery, 1889


 * Meranoplus levis Donisthorpe, 1942


 * Meranoplus rothneyi Forel, 1902

Mesoponera

 * Mesoponera melanaria Emery, 1893

Messor

 * Messor himalayanus (Forel, 1902)


 * Messor instabilis (Smith,F. 1858)

Metapone

 * Metapone nicobarensis Tiwari & Jonathan, 1986

Monomorium

 * Monomorium atomum Forel, 1902


 * Monomorium atomum integrium Forel, 1902


 * Monomorium bidentata (Smith, F. 1858)


 * Monomorium biroi Forel, 1907


 * Monomorium dichroum Forel, 1902


 * Monomorium effractor Bolton, 1987
 * Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Monomorium glabrum (Andre, 1883)


 * Monomorium indicum Forel, 1902


 * Monomorium kempi Mukerjee, 1930


 * Monomorium latinode Mayr, 1872


 * Monomorium longi Forel, 1902


 * Monomorium luisae Forel, 1904


 * Monomorium monomorium


 * Monomorium orientale Mayr, 1879


 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Monomorium rugifrons (Smith, F. 1858)


 * Monomorium sagei Forel, 1902


 * Monomorium schurri Forel, 1902


 * Monomorium wroughtoni Forel, 1902

Myopias

 * Myopias shivalikensis Bharti & Wachkoo, 2012

Myopopone

 * Myopopone castanea (Smith, F. 1860)

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina pilicornis Smith, F. 1858


 * Myrmecina striata Emery, 1889


 * Myrmecina urbanii Tiwari, 1994


 * Myrmecina vidyae Tiwari, 1994

Myrmica

 * Myrmica adrijae Bharti, 2012


 * Myrmica afghanica Radchenko & Elmes, 2003


 * Myrmica aimonissabaudiae Menozzi, 1939


 * Myrmica boltoni Radchenko & Elmes, 1998


 * Myrmica brancuccii Radchenko & Elmes, 1999


 * Myrmica cachmiriensis Forel, 1904


 * Myrmica collingwoodi Radchenko & Elmes, 1998


 * Myrmica curvispinosa Bharti & Sharma, 2013


 * Myrmica elmesi Bharti & Sharma, 2011


 * Myrmica ereptrix Bolton, 1988


 * Myrmica foreliana Radchenko & Elmes, 2001


 * Myrmica fortior Forel, 1904


 * Myrmica hecate Weber, 1947


 * Myrmica indica Weber, 1950


 * Myrmica inezae Forel, 1902


 * Myrmica kothiensis Bharti & Sharma, 2013


 * Myrmica kozlovi Ruzsky, 1915


 * Myrmica longisculpta Bharti & Sharma, 2011


 * Myrmica martensi Radchenko & Elmes, 1998


 * Myrmica nefaria Bharti, 2012


 * Myrmica nitida Radchenko & Elmes, 1999


 * Myrmica ordinaria Radchenko & Elmes, 1999


 * Myrmica pachei Forel, 1906


 * Myrmica petita Radchenko & Elmes, 1999


 * Myrmica pseudorugosa Bharti, 2012


 * Myrmica radchenkoi Bharti & Sharm, 2011


 * Myrmica religiosa Bharti & Sharma, 2013


 * Myrmica rhytida Radchenko & Elmes, 1999


 * Myrmica rigatoi Radchenko & Elmes, 1998


 * Myrmica rugosa Mayr, 1865


 * Myrmica rupestris Forel, 1902


 * Myrmica smythiesii Forel, 1902


 * Myrmica tenuispina Ruzsky, 1905


 * Myrmica urbanii Radchenko & Elmes, 1998


 * Myrmica varisculpta Radchenko & Elmes, 2009


 * Myrmica villosa Radchenko & Elmes, 1999


 * Myrmica vittata Radchenko & Elmes, 1999


 * Myrmica wardi Radchenko & Elmes, 1999


 * Myrmica weberi Elmes & Radchenko, 2009


 * Myrmica williamsi Radchenko & Elmes, 1999


 * Myrmica wittmeri Radchenko & Elmes, 1999

Myrmicaria

 * Myrmicaria brunnea (Saunders, 1842)
 * Myrmicaria fodica Jerson, 1851

Myrmoteras

 * Myrmoteras brachygnathum Moffett, 1985


 * Myrmoteras indicum Moffett, 1985


 * Myrmoteras scabrum Moffett, 1985

Mystrium

 * Mystrium camillae Emery, 1889

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia aseta (Forel, 1902)


 * Nylanderia assimilis (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Nylanderia birmana (Forel, 1902)


 * Nylanderia bourbonica (Forel, 1886)


 * Nylanderia indica (Forel, 1894)


 * Nylanderia smythiesii (Forel, 1894)


 * Nylanderia taylori (Forel, 1894)


 * Nylanderia yerburyi (Forel, 1894)

Ochetellus

 * Ochetellus glaber (Mayr, 1862)

Odontomachus

 * Odontomachus monticola Emery, 1892
 * Odontomachus rixosus Smith, F. 1857


 * Odontomachus simillimus Smith, F. 1858

Odontoponera

 * Odontoponera transversa (F. Smith, 1857)

Oecophylla

 * Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775)

Paratopula

 * Paratopula andamanensis (Forel, 1903)


 * Paratopula ceylonica (Emery, 1901)


 * Paratopula intermedia Sheela & Narendran, 1998

Paratrechina

 * Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)

Parvaponera

 * Parvaponera darwinii (Forel, 1893)


 * Parvaponera darwinii indica (Emery, 1899)

Perissomyrmex

 * Perissomyrmex monticola 	De Andrade, 1993

Pheidole

 * Pheidole allani Bingham, 1903


 * Pheidole bandata Bharti, 2004


 * Pheidole binghamii Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole capellinii Emery, 1887


 * Pheidole constanciae Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole constanciae nigra Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole coonoorensis Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole diffusa (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Pheidole duneraensis Bharti, 2001


 * Pheidole feae Emery, 1895


 * Pheidole fergusoni Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole fervens Smith, F. 1858


 * Pheidole ghatica Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole grayi Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole hospita Bingham, 1903


 * Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879
 * Pheidole jucunda Forel, 1885


 * Pheidole jucunda fossulata Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole lamellinoda Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole lanuginosa Wilson, 1984


 * Pheidole latinoda angustior Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole latinoda major Forel, 1885


 * Pheidole longipes (Latreille, 1802)


 * Pheidole malabarica (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Pheidole malinsii Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Pheidole minor (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Pheidole multidens Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole mus Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole naoroji Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole noda Smith, F. 1874
 * Pheidole parasitica Wilson, 1984


 * Pheidole parva
 * Pheidole phipsoni Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole pronotalis Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole providens (Sykes, 1835)


 * Pheidole roberti Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole rogersi Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole rogersi taylori Forel, 1902
 * Pheidole sagei Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole sepulchralis Bingham, 1903


 * Pheidole sharpi Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole sharpi hoogwerfi Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole smythiesii Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole spathifera Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole spathifera aspatha Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole striaticeps Mayr, 1870


 * Pheidole sulcaticeps punensis Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole sykesii Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole templaria Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole terraceensis Bharti, 2001


 * Pheidole watsoni Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole woodmasoni Forel, 1885


 * Pheidole wroughtonii Forel, 1902

Pheidologeton

 * Pheidologeton affinis (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Pheidologeton diversus (Jerdon, 1851)

Philidris

 * Philidris laevigata (Emery, 1895)


 * Philidris myrmecodiae andamanensis (Forel, 1903)

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis balestrierii Menozzi, 1939


 * Plagiolepis dichroa Forel, 1902


 * Plagiolepis exigua Forel, 1894


 * Plagiolepis jerdonii Forel, 1894


 * Plagiolepis moelleri Bingham, 1903


 * Plagiolepis pontii Menozzi, 1939


 * Plagiolepis rogeri Forel, 1894

Platythyrea

 * Platythyrea nicobarensis Forel, 1905


 * Platythyrea parallela (Smith, F. 1859)


 * Platythyrea sagei Forel, 1900

Podomyrma

 * Podomyrma sp.

Polyrhachis

 * Polyrhachis abdominalis Smith, F. 1858


 * Polyrhachis aculeata Mayr, 1879


 * Polyrhachis alatisquamis Forel


 * Polyrhachis armata (Le Guillou, 1842)


 * Polyrhachis armata defensa Smith, F. 1857


 * Polyrhachis bicolor Smith, F. 1858


 * Polyrhachis binghamii Forel, 1893


 * Polyrhachis convexa Roger, 1863


 * Polyrhachis dives Smith, F. 1857


 * Polyrhachis dives belli Forel, 1912


 * Polyrhachis exercita (Walker, 1859)


 * Polyrhachis exercita lucidiventris Forel, 1907


 * Polyrhachis exercita obtusisquama Forel, 1902


 * Polyrhachis furcata Smith, F. 1858


 * Polyrhachis gracilior Forel, 1893


 * Polyrhachis hauxwelli Bingham, 1903


 * Polyrhachis hector Smith, 1857


 * Polyrhachis hemiopticoides Mukerjee, 1930


 * Polyrhachis hippomanes Smith, F. 1861


 * Polyrhachis hippomanes ceylonensis Emery, 1893


 * Polyrhachis horni Emery, 1901


 * Polyrhachis illaudata (Walker, 1859)


 * Polyrhachis illaudata intermedia Forel, 1886


 * Polyrhachis indificans (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Polyrhachis lacteipennis (F. Smith, 1858)


 * Polyrhachis lacteipennis obsoleta Forel, 1893


 * Polyrhachis laevissima dichroa Forel, 1893


 * Polyrhachis menelas Forel, 1904


 * Polyrhachis mutata Forel, 1893


 * Polyrhachis narendrani Karmaly, 2004


 * Polyrhachis pagana Santschi, 1928


 * Polyrhachis proxima Roger, 1863


 * Polyrhachis pubescens Mayr, 1879


 * Polyrhachis punctillata fergusoni Forel, 1902
 * Polyrhachis punctillata smythiesii Forel, 1895
 * Polyrhachis punjabi Bharti, 2003


 * Polyrhachis rastellata (Latreille, 1802)


 * Polyrhachis spinigera Mayr, 1879


 * Polyrhachis striata Mayr, 1862


 * Polyrhachis sylvicola (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Polyrhachis textor brunneogaster


 * Polyrhachis thrinax Roger, 1863


 * Polyrhachis thrinax lancearia Forel, 1893


 * Polyrhachis tibialis parsis Emery, 1900


 * Polyrhachis tubericeps Forel, 1893


 * Polyrhachis villipes Smith, F. 1857


 * Polyrhachis wroughtonii Forel, 1894

Ponera

 * Ponera indica Bharti & Wachkoo, 2012


 * Ponera taylori Bharti & Wachkoo, 2012

Prenolepis

 * Prenolepis fisheri Bharti & Wachkoo, 2011


 * Prenolepis naoroji Forel, 1902

Prionopelta

 * Prionopelta kraepelini Forel, 1905

Pristomyrmex

 * Pristomyrmex sulcatus Emery, 1895

Probolomyrmex

 * Probolomyrmex bidens Brown, 1975


 * Probolomyrmex procne Brown, 1975

Proceratium

 * Proceratium bhutanense de Andrade, 2003


 * Proceratium williamsi Tiwari, 2000

Protanilla

 * Protanilla sp.

Pseudolasius

 * Pseudolasius familiaris (Smith, F. 1860)


 * Pseudolasius machhediensis Bharti and Gul, 2012

Pseudoneoponera

 * Pseudoneoponera bispinosa Smith, F. 1858


 * Pseudoneoponera rufipes (Jerdon, 1851)

Recurvidris

 * Recurvidris recurvispinosa (Forel, 1890)

Rhopalomastix

 * Rhopalomastix rothneyi Forel, 1900

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)

Sphinctomyrmex

 * Sphinctomyrmex taylori Forel, 1900

Stenamma

 * Stenamma jhitingriense Bharti, Gul & Sharma, 2012


 * Stenamma kashmirense Baroni Urbani, 1977


 * Stenamma wilsoni Bharti, Gul & Sharma, 2012

Stigmatomma

 * Stigmatomma bellii (Forel, 1900)


 * Stigmatomma boltoni (Bharti & Aijaz, 2011)


 * Stigmatomma pertinax (Baroni Urbani, 1978)
 * Stigmatomma rothneyi (Forel, 1900)

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys aduncomala de Andrade, 2007


 * Strumigenys assamensis de Andrade, 1994


 * Strumigenys emmae (Emery, 1890)


 * Strumigenys exilirhina Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys fixata Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys godeffroyi Mayr, 1866


 * Strumigenys habropilosa Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys hemisobek (Bolton, 2000)


 * Strumigenys hostilis Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys hypoturba Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys lyroessa (Roger, 1859)


 * Strumigenys membranifera Emery, 1869


 * Strumigenys mitis (Brown, 2000)


 * Strumigenys mukkaliensis Bharti & Akbar, 2013


 * Strumigenys mutica (Brown, 1949)


 * Strumigenys nannosobek (Bolton, 2000)


 * Strumigenys nanzanensis Lin & Wu, 1996


 * Strumigenys nepalensis de Andrade, 1994


 * Strumigenys peraucta Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys podarge (Bolton, 2000)


 * Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys smythiesii Forel, 1902


 * Strumigenys thanikkudyensis Bharti & Akbar, 2013


 * Strumigenys virgila Bolton, 2000

Sphinctomyrmex

 * Sphinctomyrmex taylori Forel, 1900

Stenamma

 * Stenamma jhitingriense Bharti, Gul & Sharma, 2012


 * Stenamma kashmirense Baroni Urbani, 1977


 * Stenamma wilsoni Bharti, Gul & Sharma, 2012

Stigmatomma

 * Stigmatomma bellii (Forel, 1900)


 * Stigmatomma boltoni (Bharti & Aijaz, 2011)


 * Stigmatomma pertinax (Baroni Urbani, 1978)
 * Stigmatomma rothneyi (Forel, 1900)

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys aduncomala de Andrade, 2007


 * Strumigenys assamensis de Andrade, 1994


 * Strumigenys emmae (Emery, 1890)


 * Strumigenys exilirhina Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys fixata Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys godeffroyi Mayr, 1866


 * Strumigenys habropilosa Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys hemisobek (Bolton, 2000)


 * Strumigenys hostilis Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys hypoturba Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys lyroessa (Roger, 1859)


 * Strumigenys membranifera Emery, 1869


 * Strumigenys mitis (Brown, 2000)


 * Strumigenys mukkaliensis Bharti & Akbar, 2013


 * Strumigenys mutica (Brown, 1949)


 * Strumigenys nannosobek (Bolton, 2000)


 * Strumigenys nanzanensis Lin & Wu, 1996


 * Strumigenys nepalensis de Andrade, 1994


 * Strumigenys peraucta Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys podarge (Bolton, 2000)


 * Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys smythiesii Forel, 1902


 * Strumigenys thanikkudyensis Bharti & Akbar, 2013


 * Strumigenys virgila Bolton, 2000

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma andamanense Forel, 1903


 * Tapinoma annandalei (Wheeler, W.M. 1928)


 * Tapinoma himalaica Bharti, Kumar & Dubovikoff, 2013


 * Tapinoma indicum (Forel, 1895)
 * Tapinoma luffae (Kurian, 1955)


 * Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Tapinoma wroughtonii Forel, 1904

Technomyrmex

 * Technomyrmex albipes (Smith, F., 1861)


 * Technomyrmex brunneus Forel, 1895


 * Technomyrmex elatior Forel, 1902


 * Technomyrmex horni Forel, 1912


 * Technomyrmex incisus (Mukerjee, 1930)


 * Technomyrmex indicus Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex pratensis (Smith, F., 1860)


 * Technomyrmex rector Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex vitiensis Mann, 1921

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax desioi (Menozzi, 1939)


 * Temnothorax desioi melanicus (Menozzi, 1939)


 * Temnothorax fultonii (Forel, 1902)


 * Temnothorax himachalensis Bharti, Gul & Schulz, 2012


 * Temnothorax inermis (Forel, 1902)


 * Temnothorax kashmirensis Bharti, Gul & Schulz, 2012


 * Temnothorax microreticulatus Bharti, Gul & Schulz, 2012


 * Temnothorax nordmeyeri (Schulz, 1997)
 * Temnothorax rothneyi (Forel, 1902)


 * Temnothorax rothneyi simlensis (Forel, 1904)


 * Temnothorax schurri (Forel, 1902)


 * Temnothorax wroughtonii (Forel, 1904)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium barryi Mathew, 1981


 * Tetramorium beesoni (Mukerjee, 1934)


 * Tetramorium belgaense Forel, 1902


 * Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846)


 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Tetramorium caldarium (Roger, 1857)


 * Tetramorium christiei Forel, 1902


 * Tetramorium coonoorense Forel, 1902


 * Tetramorium cordatum Sheela & Narendran, 1998


 * Tetramorium decamerum (Forel, 1902)


 * Tetramorium elisabethae Forel, 1904


 * Tetramorium fergusoni Forel, 1902


 * Tetramorium indicum (Forel, 1913)


 * Tetramorium inglebyi Forel, 1902


 * Tetramorium keralense Sheela & Narendran, 1998


 * Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870


 * Tetramorium malabarense Sheela & Narendran, 1998


 * Tetramorium mayri (Forel, 1912)


 * Tetramorium meghalayense Bharti, 2011


 * Tetramorium mixtum Forel, 1902


 * Tetramorium myops Bolton, 1977


 * Tetramorium obesum André, 1887


 * Tetramorium pacificum (Mayr, 1870)


 * Tetramorium petiolatum Sheela & Narendran, 1998


 * Tetramorium rossi (Bolton, 1976)


 * Tetramorium rugigaster Bolton, 1977


 * Tetramorium salvatum Forel, 1902


 * Tetramorium sentosum Sheela & Narendran, 1998


 * Tetramorium shivalikense Bharti & Kumar, 2012


 * Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, F. 1851)


 * Tetramorium smithi Mayr, 1879


 * Tetramorium tonganum Mayr, 1870


 * Tetramorium tortuosum Roger, 1863


 * Tetramorium triangulatum Bharti & Kumar, 2012


 * Tetramorium urbanii Bolton, 1977


 * Tetramorium walshi (Forel, 1890)


 * Tetramorium wroughtonii (Forel, 1902)

Tetraponera

 * Tetraponera aitkenii (Forel, 1902)


 * Tetraponera allaborans (Walker, 1859)


 * Tetraponera attenuata Smith, F. 1877


 * Tetraponera binghami (Forel, 1902)


 * Tetraponera modesta (Smith, F. 1860)


 * Tetraponera nigra (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Tetraponera nitida (Smith, 1860)


 * Tetraponera periyarensis Bharti & Akbar, 2014


 * Tetraponera pilosa (Smith, F. 1858)


 * Tetraponera rufonigra (Jerdon, 1851)

Trichomyrmex

 * Trichomyrmex aberrans (Forel, 1902)


 * Trichomyrmex criniceps (Mayr, 1879)


 * Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851)
 * Trichomyrmex mayri (Forel, 1902)


 * Trichomyrmex scabriceps (Mayr, 1879)


 * Trichomyrmex wroughtoni Forel, 1911

Tyrannomyrmex

 * Tyrannomyrmex dux Borowiec, 2007

Vollenhovia

 * Vollenhovia gastropunctata Bharti & Kumar, 2013


 * Vollenhovia oblonga (Smith, F. 1860)

Vombisidris

 * Vombisidris humboldticola Zacharias & Rajan, 2004


 * Vombisidris occidua Bolton, 1991

Yavnella

 * Yavnella indica Kugler, 1987

Uncertain species
The following species were described from India but their true identities are currently unknown.
 * Atta dissimilis Jerdon, 1851
 * Atta domicola Jerdon, 1851
 * Cardiocondyla humilis (Smith, F., 1858)
 * Formica conica Fabricius, 1798
 * Formica elongata Fabricius, 1787
 * Formica fatale Christ, 1791
 * Formica malabarica Schrank, 1837
 * Formica maxillosa Fabricius, 1775
 * Formica phyllophila Jerdon, 1851
 * Lasius ruficornis (Fabricius, 1804)
 * Myrmica breviceps Smith, F., 1878
 * Myrmica caeca Jerdon, 1851
 * Myrmica cursor Smith, F., 1878
 * Myrmica luctuosa Smith, F., 1878
 * Ponera affinis Jerdon, 1851
 * Ponera pumila Jerdon, 1851