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.

Acanthognathus

 * Acanthognathus ocellatus Mayr, 1887
 * Acanthognathus teledectus Brown & Kempf, 1969

Acanthoponera

 * Acanthoponera minor Forel, 1899

Acromyrmex

 * Acromyrmex coronatus importunus Santschi, 1925
 * Acromyrmex coronatus panamensis Forel, 1899
 * Acromyrmex coronatus rectispinus Forel, 1908
 * Acromyrmex echinatior (Forel, 1899)
 * Acromyrmex volcanus Wheeler, W.M., 1937

Acropyga

 * Acropyga exsanguis Wheeler, W.M., 1909
 * Acropyga fuhrmanni Forel, 1914
 * Acropyga goeldii Forel, 1893
 * Acropyga keira LaPolla, 2004
 * Acropyga palaga LaPolla, 2004
 * Acropyga panamensis Weber, 1944
 * Acropyga smithii Forel, 1893

Adelomyrmex

 * Adelomyrmex bispeculum Longino, 2012
 * Adelomyrmex brenesi Longino, 2006
 * Adelomyrmex coco Longino, 2012
 * Adelomyrmex foveolatus Fernández, 2003
 * Adelomyrmex laevigatus MacKay, 2003
 * Adelomyrmex longinoi Fernández, 2003
 * Adelomyrmex microps Fernández, 2003
 * Adelomyrmex minimus Fernández, 2003
 * Adelomyrmex myops (W.M. Wheeler, 1910)
 * Adelomyrmex silvestrii (Menozzi, 1931)
 * Adelomyrmex tristani (Menozzi, 1931)

Anochetus

 * Anochetus bispinosus (Smith, F., 1858)
 * Anochetus chocoensis Zabala, 2008
 * Anochetus diegensis Forel, 1912
 * Anochetus mayri Emery, 1884
 * Anochetus micans Brown, 1978
 * Anochetus minans Mann, 1922
 * Anochetus orchidicola Brown, 1978
 * Anochetus striatulus Emery, 1890

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster araneoides Emery, 1890
 * Aphaenogaster inermis Forel, 1899
 * Aphaenogaster phalangium Emery, 1890

Apterostigma

 * Apterostigma calverti	Wheeler, W.M., 1911
 * Apterostigma chocoense Lattke, 1997
 * Apterostigma collare	Emery, 1896
 * Apterostigma dentigerum Wheeler, W.M., 1925
 * Apterostigma goniodes	Lattke, 1997
 * Apterostigma pilosum	Mayr, 1865
 * Apterostigma robustum	Emery, 1896

Atta

 * Atta cephalotes Linnaeus, 1758
 * Atta colombica Guérin-Méneville, 1844
 * Atta sexdens	Linnaeus, 1758

Azteca

 * Azteca alfari	Emery, 1893
 * Azteca aurita	Emery, 1893
 * Azteca beltii	Emery, 1893
 * Azteca brevis	Forel, 1899
 * Azteca chartifex
 * Azteca coeruleipennis	Emery, 1893
 * Azteca constructor Emery, 1896
 * Azteca flavigaster Longino, 2007
 * Azteca forelii Emery, 1893
 * Azteca gnava Forel, 1906
 * Azteca instabilis Smith, F., 1862
 * Azteca longiceps Emery, 1893
 * Azteca nanogyna Longino, 2007
 * Azteca nigra Forel, 1912
 * Azteca nigricans Forel, 1899
 * Azteca oecocordia Longino, 2007
 * Azteca ovaticeps Forel, 1904
 * Azteca pilosula Forel, 1899
 * Azteca pittieri Forel, 1899
 * Azteca quadraticeps Longino, 2007
 * Azteca schimperi Emery, 1893
 * Azteca sericea Mayr, 1866
 * Azteca sericeasur Longino, 2007
 * Azteca trigona Emery, 1893
 * Azteca tonduzi Forel, 1899
 * Azteca velox Forel, 1899
 * Azteca xanthochroa Roger, 1863

Bariamyrma

 * Bariamyrma hispidula Lattke, 1990

Basiceros

 * Basiceros manni Brown & Kempf, 1960

Belonopelta

 * Belonopelta deletrix Mann, 1922

Bothriomyrmex

 * Bothriomyrmex paradoxus Dubovikoff & Longino, 2004

Brachymyrmex

 * Brachymyrmex cavernicola Wheeler, W.M., 1938
 * Brachymyrmex coactus nictitans	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

Camponotus

 * Camponotus abscisus Roger, 1863
 * Camponotus ager Smith, F., 1858
 * Camponotus albicoxis Forel, 1899
 * Camponotus apostolus	Forel, 1901
 * Camponotus atriceps Smith, F., 1858
 * Camponotus bidens Mayr, 1870
 * Camponotus biolleyi Forel, 1902
 * Camponotus blandus Smith, F., 1858
 * Camponotus brasiliensis costaricanus Özdikmen, 2010
 * Camponotus brettesi Forel, 1899
 * Camponotus brevis Forel, 1899
 * Camponotus brevis pauli Forel, 1908
 * Camponotus canescens	Mayr, 1870
 * Camponotus championi Forel, 1899
 * Camponotus chartifex Smith, F., 1860
 * Camponotus claviscapus Forel, 1899
 * Camponotus coloratus Forel, 1904
 * Camponotus conspicuus	Smith, F., 1858
 * Camponotus conspicuus zonatus Emery, 1894
 * Camponotus constructor Forel, 1899
 * Camponotus coruscus	Smith, F., 1862
 * Camponotus cuneidorsus Emery, 1920
 * Camponotus curviscapus Emery, 1896
 * Camponotus dolabratus	Menozzi, 1927
 * Camponotus elevatus Forel, 1899
 * Camponotus excisus Mayr, 1870
 * Camponotus integellus	Forel, 1899
 * Camponotus juliae Emery, 1903
 * Camponotus landolti	Forel, 1879
 * Camponotus lindigi	Mayr, 1870
 * Camponotus linnaei Forel, 1886
 * Camponotus linnaei muticus Forel, 1899
 * Camponotus mucronatus	Emery, 1890
 * Camponotus nitidior	Santschi, 1921
 * Camponotus normatus	Forel, 1899
 * Camponotus novogranadensis Mayr, 1870
 * Camponotus novogranadensis modestior	Forel, 1904
 * Camponotus obreptivus	Forel, 1899
 * Camponotus orthocephalus Emery, 1894
 * Camponotus pittieri	Forel, 1899
 * Camponotus planatus Roger, 1863
 * Camponotus planatus acaciae	Emery, 1920
 * Camponotus raphaelis	Forel, 1899
 * Camponotus rectangularis Emery, 1890
 * Camponotus salvini Forel, 1899
 * Camponotus sanctaefidei Dalla Torre, 1892
 * Camponotus senex Smith, F., 1858
 * Camponotus sericeiventris rex Forel, 1907
 * Camponotus sericeiventris satrapus Wheeler, W.M. 1931
 * Camponotus sexguttatus Fabricius, 1793
 * Camponotus simillimus impatibilis Forel, 1899
 * Camponotus striatus	Smith, F., 1862
 * Camponotus textor Forel, 1899
 * Camponotus tonduzi Forel, 1899
 * Camponotus ulvarum Forel, 1899

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881
 * Cardiocondyla minutior Forel, 1899
 * Cardiocondyla obscurior Wheeler, W.M., 1929

Carebara

 * Carebara brevipilosa Fernández, 2004
 * Carebara inca	Fernández, 2004
 * Carebara reina Fernández, 2004
 * Carebara urichi Wheeler, W.M., 1922

Centromyrmex

 * Centromyrmex alfaroi	Emery, 1890

Cephalotes

 * Cephalotes alfaroi	Emery, 1890
 * Cephalotes atratus	Linnaeus, 1758
 * Cephalotes basalis	Smith, F., 1876
 * Cephalotes biguttatus	Emery, 1890
 * Cephalotes cordiventris Santschi, 1931
 * Cephalotes cristatus	Emery, 1890
 * Cephalotes curvistriatus Forel, 1899
 * Cephalotes grandinosus Smith, F., 1860
 * Cephalotes kukulcan	Snelling, 1999
 * Cephalotes maculatus	Smith, F., 1876
 * Cephalotes minutus Fabricius, 1804
 * Cephalotes multispinosus Norton, 1868
 * Cephalotes pallens Klug, 1824
 * Cephalotes peruviensis De Andrade, 1999
 * Cephalotes porrasi Wheeler, W.M., 1942
 * Cephalotes scutulatus	Smith, F., 1867
 * Cephalotes setulifer	Emery, 1894
 * Cephalotes umbraculatus Fabricius, 1804

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster abstinens Forel, 1899
 * Crematogaster acuta Fabricius, 1804
 * Crematogaster arcuata	Forel, 1899
 * Crematogaster brasiliensis Mayr, 1878
 * Crematogaster bryophilia Longino, 2003
 * Crematogaster carinata Mayr, 1862
 * Crematogaster crinosa Mayr, 1862
 * Crematogaster crucis Forel, 1912
 * Crematogaster curvispinosa Mayr, 1862
 * Crematogaster distans	Mayr, 1870
 * Crematogaster erecta Mayr, 1866
 * Crematogaster evallans	Forel, 1907
 * Crematogaster flavomicrops Longino, 2003
 * Crematogaster foliocrypta Longino, 2003
 * Crematogaster jardinero Longino, 2003
 * Crematogaster limata Smith, F., 1858
 * Crematogaster longispina Emery, 1890
 * Crematogaster minutissima Mayr, 1870
 * Crematogaster moelleri	Forel, 1912
 * Crematogaster monteverdensis	Longino, 2003
 * Crematogaster montezumia Smith, F., 1858
 * Crematogaster nigropilosa Mayr, 1870
 * Crematogaster obscurata Emery, 1895
 * Crematogaster raptor	Longino, 2003
 * Crematogaster rochai	Forel, 1903
 * Crematogaster snellingi Longino, 2003
 * Crematogaster sotobosque Longino, 2003
 * Crematogaster stollii	Forel, 1885
 * Crematogaster sumichrasti Mayr, 1870
 * Crematogaster tenuicula Forel, 1904
 * Crematogaster torosa Mayr, 1870
 * Crematogaster wardi Longino, 2003

Cryptopone

 * Cryptopone gilva Roger, 1863
 * Cryptopone guianensis (Weber, 1939)

Cylindromyrmex

 * Cylindromyrmex brevitarsus Santschi, 1925
 * Cylindromyrmex escobari De Andrade, 1998
 * Cylindromyrmex godmani Forel, 1899
 * Cylindromyrmex meinerti Forel, 1905
 * Cylindromyrmex whymperi Cameron, 1891

Cyphomyrmex

 * Cyphomyrmex cornutus Kempf, 1968
 * Cyphomyrmex costatus Mann, 1922
 * Cyphomyrmex dixus Snelling, R.R. & Longino, 1992
 * Cyphomyrmex longiscapus Weber, 1940
 * Cyphomyrmex major Forel, 1901
 * Cyphomyrmex minutus	Mayr, 1862
 * Cyphomyrmex peltatus Kempf, 1966
 * Cyphomyrmex rimosus	Spinola, 1851
 * Cyphomyrmex salvini	Forel, 1899

Discothyrea

 * Discothyrea denticulata Weber, 1939
 * Discothyrea horni Menozzi, 1927
 * Discothyrea humilis Weber, 1939
 * Discothyrea sexarticulata Borgmeier, 1954

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus bispinosus Olivier, 1792
 * Dolichoderus curvilobus Lattke 1987
 * Dolichoderus debilis Emery, 1890
 * Dolichoderus diversus Emery, 1894
 * Dolichoderus inermis	MacKay, 1993
 * Dolichoderus lamellosus Mayr, 1870
 * Dolichoderus laminatus Mayr, 1870
 * Dolichoderus lutosus	Smith, F., 1858
 * Dolichoderus schulzi	Emery, 1894
 * Dolichoderus validus	Kempf, 1959

Dorymyrmex

 * Dorymyrmex insanus	Buckley, 1866
 * Dorymyrmex pyramicus	Roger, 1863

Eciton

 * Eciton burchellii Westwood, 1842
 * Eciton burchellii parvispinum Forel, 1899
 * Eciton dulcium crassinode Borgmeier, 1955
 * Eciton hamatum Fabricius, 1782
 * Eciton jansoni Forel, 1912
 * Eciton lucanoides Emery, 1894
 * Eciton mexicanum Roger, 1863
 * Eciton vagans angustatum Roger, 1863
 * Eciton vagans mutatum	Borgmeier, 1955

Ectatomma

 * Ectatomma edentatum	Roger, 1863
 * Ectatomma gibbum Kugler, C. & Brown, 1982
 * Ectatomma ruidum Roger, 1860
 * Ectatomma tuberculatum Olivier, 1792

Eurhopalothrix

 * Eurhopalothrix bolaui (Mayr, 1870)
 * Eurhopalothrix circumcapillum Longino, 2013
 * Eurhopalothrix gravis	Mann, 1922
 * Eurhopalothrix megalops Longino, 2013
 * Eurhopalothrix ortizae Longino, 2013
 * Eurhopalothrix oscillum Longino, 2013
 * Eurhopalothrix pilulifera Brown & Kempf, 1960
 * Eurhopalothrix procera (Emery, 1897)
 * Eurhopalothrix schmidti (Menozzi, 1936)
 * Eurhopalothrix semicapillum Longino, 2013
 * Eurhopalothrix xibalba Longino, 2013

Fulakora

 * Fulakora degenerata (Borgmeier, 1957)
 * Fulakora minima (Kusnezov, 1955)
 * Fulakora mystriops (Brown, 1960)
 * Fulakora orizabana (Brown, 1960)

Gnamptogenys

 * Gnamptogenys alfaroi	Emery, 1894
 * Gnamptogenys annulata Mayr 1887
 * Gnamptogenys banksi (Wheeler, W.M., 1930)
 * Gnamptogenys bispinosa Emery, 1890
 * Gnamptogenys bisulca Kempf & Brown, 1968
 * Gnamptogenys concinna	Smith, F., 1858
 * Gnamptogenys haenschi Emery, 1902
 * Gnamptogenys hartmani (Wheeler, W.M., 1915)
 * Gnamptogenys mecotyle Brown, 1958
 * Gnamptogenys minuta	Emery, 1896
 * Gnamptogenys mordax	Smith, F., 1858
 * Gnamptogenys porcata	Emery, 1896
 * Gnamptogenys regularis Mayr, 1870
 * Gnamptogenys simulans	Emery, 1896
 * Gnamptogenys stellae	Lattke, 1995
 * Gnamptogenys striatula Mayr, 1884
 * Gnamptogenys strigata	Norton, 1868
 * Gnamptogenys sulcata	Smith, F., 1858
 * Gnamptogenys triangularis Mayr, 1887
 * Gnamptogenys volcano	Lattke, 1995

Heteroponera

 * Heteroponera panamensis (Forel, 1899)

Hylomyrma

 * Hylomyrma dentiloba (Santschi, 1931)
 * Hylomyrma montana Peirce, Branstetter & Longino, 2017
 * Hylomyrma plumosa Peirce, Branstetter & Longino, 2017
 * Hylomyrma versuta Kempf, 1973

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera creola Menozzi, 1931
 * Hypoponera distinguenda (Emery, 1890)
 * Hypoponera faceta Menozzi, 1931
 * Hypoponera gracilicornis (Menozzi, 1931)
 * Hypoponera ignigera (Menozzi, 1927)
 * Hypoponera inexorata Wheeler, W.M., 1903
 * Hypoponera menozzii Santschi, 1932
 * Hypoponera nitidula Emery, 1890
 * Hypoponera opaciceps (Mayr, 1887)
 * Hypoponera opacior (Forel, 1893)
 * Hypoponera parva (Forel, 1909)
 * Hypoponera perplexa Mann, 1922
 * Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)
 * Hypoponera trigona Mayr, 1887

Labidus

 * Labidus coecus Latreille, 1802
 * Labidus curvipes Emery, 1900
 * Labidus praedator Smith, F., 1858
 * Labidus spininodis Emery, 1890

Lachnomyrmex

 * Lachnomyrmex haskinsi Smith, 1944
 * Lachnomyrmex grandis Fernandez & Baena, 1997
 * Lachnomyrmex laticeps Feitosa & Brandao, 2008
 * Lachnomyrmex longinoi Feitosa & Brandao, 2008
 * Lachnomyrmex plaumanni Borgmeier, 1957
 * Lachnomyrmex regularis Feitosa & Brandao, 2008
 * Lachnomyrmex scrobiculatus Wheeler, W.M., 1910

Lenomyrmex

 * Lenomyrmex colwelli Longino, 2006

Leptanilloides

 * Leptanilloides gracilis Borowiec & Longino, 2011
 * Leptanilloides mckennae Longino, 2003

Leptogenys

 * Leptogenys famelica	Emery, 1896
 * Leptogenys foraminosa Lattke, 2011
 * Leptogenys gatu Lattke, 2011
 * Leptogenys imperatrix Mann, 1922
 * Leptogenys josephi MacKay & MacKay, 2004
 * Leptogenys montuosa Lattke, 2011
 * Leptogenys pinna Lattke, 2011
 * Leptogenys punctaticeps Emery, 1890
 * Leptogenys pusilla Emery, 1890
 * Leptogenys quadrata Lattke, 2011
 * Leptogenys toxeres Lattke, 2011
 * Leptogenys volcanica Lattke, 2011

Linepithema

 * Linepithema angulatum (Emery, 1894)
 * Linepithema dispertitum (Forel, 1885)
 * Linepithema iniquum (Mayr, 1870)
 * Linepithema neotropicum Wild, 2007
 * Linepithema piliferum (Mayr, 1870)

Mayaponera

 * Mayaponera constricta Mayr, 1884

Megalomyrmex

 * Megalomyrmex brandaoi Boudinot, Sumnicht & Adams, 2013
 * Megalomyrmex drifti Kempf, 1961
 * Megalomyrmex foreli Emery, 1890
 * Megalomyrmex fungiraptor Boudinot, Sumnicht & Adams, 2013 35
 * Megalomyrmex megadrifti Boudinot, Sumnicht & Adams, 2013 41
 * Megalomyrmex miri Brandão, 1990
 * Megalomyrmex modestus	Emery, 1896
 * Megalomyrmex mondabora Brandão, 1990
 * Megalomyrmex mondaboroides Longino, 2010 54
 * Megalomyrmex nocarina Longino, 2010
 * Megalomyrmex osadrifti Boudinot, Sumnicht & Adams, 2013 57
 * Megalomyrmex reina Longino, 2010
 * Megalomyrmex silvestrii Wheeler, W.M., 1909
 * Megalomyrmex symmetochus Wheeler, W.M., 1925
 * Megalomyrmex wallacei Mann, 1916
 * Megalomyrmex wettereri	Brandão, 2003

Monomorium

 * Monomorium ebeninum	Forel, 1891
 * Monomorium floricola	Jerdon, 1851
 * Monomorium pharaonis	Linnaeus, 1758

Mycetophylax

 * Mycetophylax andersoni (Mackay & Serna, 2010)
 * Mycetophylax snellingi (Mackay & Serna, 2010)

Mycetosoritis

 * Mycetosoritis vinsoni	MacKay, 1998

Mycocepurus

 * Mycocepurus curvispinosus MacKay, 1998
 * Mycocepurus smithii Forel, 1893
 * Mycocepurus tardus Weber, 1940

Myrmelachista

 * Myrmelachista cooperi	Gregg, 1951
 * Myrmelachista flavocotea Longino, 2006
 * Myrmelachista flavoguarea Longino, 2006
 * Myrmelachista haberi Longino, 2006
 * Myrmelachista joycei Longino, 2006
 * Myrmelachista lauroatlantica Longino, 2006
 * Myrmelachista lauropacifica Longino, 2006
 * Myrmelachista longiceps Longino, 2006
 * Myrmelachista meganaranja Longino, 2006
 * Myrmelachista mexicana Wheeler, W.M., 1934
 * Myrmelachista nigrocotea Longino, 2006
 * Myrmelachista osa Longino, 2006
 * Myrmelachista plebecula Menozzi, 1927
 * Myrmelachista zeledoni Emery, 1896

Myrmicocrypta

 * Myrmicocrypta dilacerata Forel, 1885
 * Myrmicocrypta ednaella Mann, 1922

Neivamyrmex

 * Neivamyrmex adnepos	Wheeler, W.M., 1922
 * Neivamyrmex alfaroi	Emery, 1890
 * Neivamyrmex asper Borgmeier, 1955
 * Neivamyrmex compressinodis Borgmeier, 1953
 * Neivamyrmex digitistipus Watkins, 1975
 * Neivamyrmex fumosus	Forel, 1913
 * Neivamyrmex gibbatus	Borgmeier, 1953
 * Neivamyrmex halidaii	Shuckard, 1840
 * Neivamyrmex humilis	Borgmeier, 1939
 * Neivamyrmex impudens (Mann, 1922)
 * Neivamyrmex iridescens Borgmeier, 1950
 * Neivamyrmex klugii distans	Borgmeier, 1953
 * Neivamyrmex longiscapus	Borgmeier, 1953
 * Neivamyrmex macrodentatus	Menozzi, 1931
 * Neivamyrmex melshaemeri	Haldeman, 1852
 * Neivamyrmex postcarinatus Borgmeier, 1953
 * Neivamyrmex punctaticeps Emery, 1894
 * Neivamyrmex rosenbergi (Forel, 1911)
 * Neivamyrmex spatulatus Borgmeier, 1939
 * Neivamyrmex spoliator	Forel, 1899
 * Neivamyrmex sumichrasti (Norton, 1868)
 * Neivamyrmex swainsonii Shuckard, 1840

Neocerapachys

 * Neocerapachys neotropicus Weber, 1939

Neoponera

 * Neoponera aenescens Mayr, 1870
 * Neoponera antecurvata MacKay & MacKay, 2010
 * Neoponera apicalis	Latreille, 1802
 * Neoponera bactronica Fernandes, De Oliveira & Delabie, 2014
 * Neoponera bugabensis Forel, 1899
 * Neoponera carinulata (Roger, 1861)
 * Neoponera crenata	Roger, 1861
 * Neoponera curvinodis Forel, 1899
 * Neoponera dismarginata MacKay & MacKay, 2010
 * Neoponera foetida	Linnaeus, 1758
 * Neoponera insignis MacKay & MacKay, 2010
 * Neoponera inversa (Smith, F., 1858)
 * Neoponera laevigata Smith, F., 1858
 * Neoponera lineaticeps	Mayr, 1866
 * Neoponera obscuricornis	Emery, 1890
 * Neoponera solisi MacKay & MacKay, 2010
 * Neoponera striatinodis Emery, 1890
 * Neoponera theresiae Forel, 1899
 * Neoponera unidentata Mayr, 1862
 * Neoponera verenae (Forel, 1922)
 * Neoponera villosa	Fabricius, 1804

Nesomyrmex

 * Nesomyrmex anduzei (Weber, 1943)
 * Nesomyrmex asper (Mayr, 1887)
 * Nesomyrmex echinatinodis Forel, 1886
 * Nesomyrmex pittieri	Forel, 1899
 * Nesomyrmex pleuriticus (Kempf, 1959)
 * Nesomyrmex tonsuratus	Kempf, 1959
 * Nesomyrmex vargasi Longino, 2006

Nomamyrmex

 * Nomamyrmex esenbeckii (Westwood, 1842)
 * Nomamyrmex hartigii (Westwood, 1842)

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia acuminata (Forel, 1911)
 * Nylanderia austroccidua (Trager, 1984)
 * Nylanderia caeciliae (Forel, 1899)
 * Nylanderia caeciliae elevata (Forel, 1908)
 * Nylanderia fulva biolleyi	Forel, 1908
 * Nylanderia fulva incisa (Forel, 1908)
 * Nylanderia fulva longiscapa (Forel, 1908)
 * Nylanderia guatemalensis (Forel, 1885)
 * Nylanderia guatemalensis cocoensis Forel, 1902
 * Nylanderia lietzi Forel, 1908
 * Nylanderia steinheili (Forel, 1893)

Octostruma

 * Octostruma amrishi (Makhan, 2007)
 * Octostruma ascrobis Longino, 2013
 * Octostruma balzani	(Emery, 1894)
 * Octostruma convallis Longino, 2013
 * Octostruma excertirugis Longino, 2013
 * Octostruma gymnogon Longino, 2013
 * Octostruma iheringi	(Emery, 1888)
 * Octostruma montanis Longino, 2013
 * Octostruma obtusidens Longino, 2013
 * Octostruma planities Longino, 2013
 * Octostruma triquetrilabrum Longino, 2013
 * Octostruma wheeleri (Mann, 1922)

Odontomachus

 * Odontomachus bauri	Emery, 1892
 * Odontomachus biolleyi	Forel, 1908
 * Odontomachus brunneus (Patton, 1894)
 * Odontomachus chelifer	Latreille, 1802
 * Odontomachus erythrocephalus	Emery, 1890
 * Odontomachus haematodus Linnaeus, 1758
 * Odontomachus hastatus	Fabricius, 1804
 * Odontomachus laticeps	Roger, 1861
 * Odontomachus meinerti Forel, 1905
 * Odontomachus opaciventris Forel, 1899
 * Odontomachus panamensis Forel, 1899
 * Odontomachus ruginodis Smith, M.R., 1937

Pachycondyla

 * Pachycondyla fuscoatra Roger, 1861
 * Pachycondyla harpax	Fabricius, 1804
 * Pachycondyla impressa	Roger, 1861
 * Pachycondyla purpurascens Forel, 1899

Paraponera

 * Paraponera clavata Fabricius, 1775

Paratrechina

 * Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802

Pheidole

 * 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 boliviana Wilson, 2003
 * 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 chocoensis Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole christopherseni	Forel, 1912
 * Pheidole citrina	Wilson, 2003
 * 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 floricola Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole fossimandibula Longino, 2009
 * Pheidole gauthieri	Forel, 1901
 * Pheidole glomericeps	Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole gouldi	Forel, 1886
 * Pheidole gulo Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole gymnoceras Longino, 2009
 * Pheidole harrisonfordi Wilson, 2003
 * 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 insipida Forel, 1899
 * 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 longiscapa Forel, 1901
 * Pheidole lourothi	Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole lucaris Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole lustrata	Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole mantilla	Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole megacephala	Fabricius, 1793
 * Pheidole mendicula	Wheeler, W.M., 1925
 * Pheidole mesomontana Longino, 2009
 * Pheidole monteverdensis Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole multispina	Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole nasutoides	Hölldobler & Wilson, 1992
 * 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 piceonigra Emery, 1922
 * Pheidole picobarva Longino, 2009
 * Pheidole potosiana Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole prattorum	Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole prostrata	Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole protensa Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole psilogaster Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole pubiventris Mayr, 1878
 * 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
 * Pheidole 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 synarmata Wilson, 2003
 * 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
 * Pheidole vorax (Fabricius, 1804)
 * Pheidole walkeri Mann, 1922

Platythyrea

 * Platythyrea pilosula (Smith, F., 1858)
 * Platythyrea prizo	Kugler, C., 1977
 * Platythyrea punctata (Smith, F., 1858)

Prionopelta

 * Prionopelta amabilis	Borgmeier, 1949
 * Prionopelta antillana	Forel, 1909
 * Prionopelta modesta Forel, 1909

Probolomyrmex

 * Probolomyrmex boliviensis (Forel, 1909)
 * Probolomyrmex guanacastensis	O’Keefe & Agosti, 1998

Proceratium

 * Proceratium convexiceps	Borgmeier, 1957
 * Proceratium goliath	Kempf & Brown, 1968
 * Proceratium mancum	Mann, 1922
 * Proceratium micrommatum Roger, 1863
 * Proceratium panamense	De Andrade, 2003

Procryptocerus

 * 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 tortuguero Longino & Snelling, 2002

Pseudomyrmex

 * Pseudomyrmex beccarii Menozzi, 1935
 * Pseudomyrmex boopis	Roger, 1863
 * Pseudomyrmex brunneus	Smith, F., 1877
 * Pseudomyrmex caeciliae Forel, 1913
 * Pseudomyrmex cretus	Ward, 1989
 * Pseudomyrmex cubaensis Forel, 1901
 * Pseudomyrmex duckei Forel,, 1906
 * Pseudomyrmex eduardi	Forel, 1912
 * Pseudomyrmex ejectus	Smith, F., 1858
 * Pseudomyrmex elongatulus	Dalla Torre, 1892
 * Pseudomyrmex elongatus Mayr, 1870
 * Pseudomyrmex evitus Ward, 2017
 * 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 obtusus Ward, 2017
 * 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 satanicus (Wheeler, W.M., 1942)
 * 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

Pseudoponera

 * Pseudoponera cognata	Emery, 1896
 * Pseudoponera stigma	Fabricius, 1804

Rasopone

 * Rasopone arhuaca (Forel, 1901)
 * Rasopone ferruginea (Smith, F. 1858)
 * Rasopone lunaris (Emery, 1896)
 * Rasopone pergandei (Forel, 1909)

Rhopalothrix

 * Rhopalothrix apertor Longino & Boudinot, 2013
 * Rhopalothrix isthmica (Weber, 1941)
 * Rhopalothrix nubilosa Longino & Boudinot, 2013
 * Rhopalothrix subspatulata Longino & Boudinot, 2013
 * Rhopalothrix therion Longino & Boudinot, 2013

Rogeria

 * Rogeria belti Mann, 1922
 * Rogeria blanda (Smith, F., 1858)
 * Rogeria cornuta Kugler, C. 1994
 * Rogeria creightoni Snelling, 1973
 * Rogeria cuneola Kugler, C. 1994
 * Rogeria foreli Emery, 1894
 * Rogeria gibba Kugler, C. 1994
 * Rogeria inermis Mann, 1922
 * Rogeria innotabilis Kugler, C. 1994
 * Rogeria leptonana Kugler, C. 1994
 * Rogeria neilyensis	Kugler, C., 1994
 * Rogeria terescandens	Kugler, C., 1994
 * Rogeria tonduzi	Forel, 1899

Sericomyrmex

 * Sericomyrmex amabilis Wheeler, W.M., 1925

Simopelta

 * Simopelta anomma Fernandes, Souza, et al., 2015
 * Simopelta andersoni MacKay & MacKay, 2008
 * Simopelta longinoda MacKay & MacKay, 2008
 * Simopelta oculata	Gotwald & Brown, 1967
 * Simopelta paeminosa	Snelling, 1971
 * Simopelta pentadentata MacKay & MacKay, 2008
 * Simopelta pergandei	Forel, 1909
 * Simopelta quadridentata MacKay & MacKay, 2008
 * Simopelta williamsi Wheeler, W.M., 1935

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis altinodis Forel, 1912
 * Solenopsis bicolor (Emery, 1906)
 * Solenopsis brevicornis Emery, 1888
 * Solenopsis castor	Forel, 1893
 * Solenopsis conjurata Wheeler, W.M., 1925
 * Solenopsis corticalis	Forel, 1881
 * Solenopsis geminata	Fabricius, 1804
 * Solenopsis globularia	Smith, F., 1858
 * Solenopsis hayemi	Forel, 1908
 * Solenopsis laeviceps Mayr, 1870
 * Solenopsis longinoi Pacheco & Mackay, 2013
 * Solenopsis major Forel, 1913
 * Solenopsis picea	Emery, 1896
 * Solenopsis pollux Forel, 1893
 * Solenopsis striata Pacheco & Mackay, 2013
 * Solenopsis stricta Emery, 1896
 * Solenopsis subterranea MacKay & Vinson, 1989
 * Solenopsis succinea	Emery, 1890
 * Solenopsis tenuis Mayr, 1878
 * Solenopsis terricola	Menozzi, 1931
 * Solenopsis texana Emery, 1895
 * Solenopsis vinsoni Pacheco & Mackay, 2013
 * Solenopsis zeteki Wheeler, W.M., 1942

Stegomyrmex

 * Stegomyrmex manni Smith, M.R., 1946

Stenamma

 * Stenamma alas	Longino, 2005
 * Stenamma expolitico Branstetter, 2013
 * Stenamma expolitum Smith, M.R., 1962
 * Stenamma felixi Mann, 1922
 * Stenamma schmidti Menozzi, 1931
 * Stenamma tico Branstetter, 2013
 * Stenamma zelum Branstetter, 2013

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys aethegenys	Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys alberti	Forel, 1893
 * Strumigenys augustandrewi Longino, 2006
 * Strumigenys auctidens	Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys biolleyi	Forel, 1908
 * Strumigenys borgmeieri	Brown, 1954
 * Strumigenys brevicornis	Mann, 1922
 * Strumigenys calamita	Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys cascanteae Longino, 2006
 * Strumigenys cassicuspis	Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys consanii	Brown, 1954
 * Strumigenys cordovensis	Mayr, 1887
 * Strumigenys cosmostela	Kempf, 1975
 * Strumigenys crementa	Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys deletrix	Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys deltisquama	Brown, 1957
 * Strumigenys depressiceps	Weber, 1934
 * Strumigenys diaptyxis	Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys dontopagis	Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys dubitata	Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys eggersi	Emery, 1890
 * Strumigenys elongata	Roger, 1863
 * Strumigenys emmae (Emery, 1890)
 * Strumigenys epinotalis	Weber, 1934
 * Strumigenys erikae Longino, 2006
 * Strumigenys excisa	Weber, 1934
 * Strumigenys extirpa	Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys fairchildi	Brown, 1961
 * Strumigenys fridericimuelleri	Forel, 1886
 * Strumigenys godmani	Forel, 1899
 * Strumigenys gundlachi	Roger, 1862
 * Strumigenys humata	Lattke & Goitia, 1997
 * Strumigenys idiogenes	Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys lacacoca Brown, 1959
 * Strumigenys lalassa	Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys lanuginosa Wheeler, W.M., 1905
 * Strumigenys longinoi	Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys longispinosa Brown, 1952
 * Strumigenys louisianae Roger, 1863
 * Strumigenys ludia	Mann, 1922
 * Strumigenys margaritae Forel, 1893
 * Strumigenys marginiventris	Santschi, 1931
 * Strumigenys micretes	Brown, 1959
 * Strumigenys microthrix	Kempf, 1975
 * Strumigenys myllorhapha	Brown, 1959
 * Strumigenys nastata	Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys nevermanni Brown, 1959
 * Strumigenys nigrescens	Wheeler, W.M., 1911
 * Strumigenys oconitrilloae Longino, 2006
 * Strumigenys paniaguae Longino, 2006
 * Strumigenys paradoxa	Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys pariensis	Lattke & Goitia, 1997
 * Strumigenys parsauga	Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys pasisops (Bolton, 2000)
 * Strumigenys perdita	Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys platyscapa Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys precava	Brown, 1954
 * Strumigenys probatrix	Brown, 1964
 * Strumigenys rogata	Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys rogeri	Emery, 1890
 * Strumigenys schulzi	Emery, 1894
 * Strumigenys sevesta	Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys smithii	Forel, 1886
 * Strumigenys spathula	Lattke & Goitia, 1997
 * Strumigenys stauroma	Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys subedentata	Mayr, 1887
 * Strumigenys trieces	Brown, 1960
 * Strumigenys trinidadensis	Wheeler, W.M., 1922
 * Strumigenys turpis Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys warditeras	Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys wheeleriana	Baroni Urbani, 2007
 * Strumigenys zeteki (Brown, 1959)

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma litorale Wheeler, W.M., 1905
 * Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Tapinoma ramulorum Emery, 1896
 * Tapinoma ramulorum annellatum	Wheeler, W.M., 1934
 * Tapinoma ramulorum inrectum Forel, 1908

Tatuidris

 * Tatuidris tatusia Brown & Kempf, 1968

Technomyrmex

 * Technomyrmex fulvus (Wheeler, W.M., 1934)
 * Temnothorax salvini Forel, 1899
 * Temnothorax subditivus (Wheeler, W.M., 1903)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846)
 * Tetramorium simillimum (Smith F., 1851)

Thaumatomyrmex

 * Thaumatomyrmex atroxWeber, 1939
 * Thaumatomyrmex ferox Mann, 1922

Trachymyrmex

 * Trachymyrmex bugnioni	Forel, 1912
 * Trachymyrmex cornetzi(Forel, 1912)
 * Trachymyrmex intermedius (Forel, 1909
 * Trachymyrmex isthmicus Santschi, 1931
 * Trachymyrmex opulentus (Mann, 1922)
 * Trachymyrmex squamulifer Emery, 1896
 * Trachymyrmex zeteki Weber, 1940

Tranopelta

 * Tranopelta gilva Mayr, 1866

Typhlomyrmex

 * Typhlomyrmex prolatus	Brown, 1965
 * Typhlomyrmex pusillus	Emery, 1894
 * Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi Mayr, 1862

Wasmannia

 * Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863)
 * Wasmannia iheringi
 * Wasmannia rochai Forel, 1912
 * Wasmannia scrobifera Kempf, 1961

Xenomyrmex

 * Xenomyrmex panamanus (Wheeler, W.M., 1922)
 * Xenomyrmex picquarti (Forel, 1899)

Uncertain species
The following species was described from but its true identity is currently unknown.
 * Pheidole plebecula Forel, 1899