Ecuador



The following valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Ecuador. 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 Ecuadorian ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Ecuador Ants web page.

L

 * Labidus coecus (Latreille, 1802)


 * Labidus curvipes (Emery, 1900)


 * Labidus praedator (Mann, 1916)


 * Labidus spininodis (Emery, 1890)


 * Lachnomyrmex scrobiculatus Wheeler, W.M., 1910


 * Lenomyrmex wardi  Fernández & Palacio, 1999


 * Leptanilloides caracola Donoso, Vieira & Wild, 2006


 * Leptanilloides improvisa Brandão, Diniz, Agosti & Delabie, 1999


 * Leptanilloides nomada Donoso, Vieira & Wild, 2006


 * Leptanilloides nubecula Donoso, Vieira & Wild, 2006


 * Leptogenys gaigei Wheeler, W.M., 1923


 * Leptogenys imperatrix Mann, 1922


 * Leptogenys ritae Forel, 1899


 * Linepithema tsachila Wild, 2007

P

 * Pachycondyla aenescens Mayr, 1870


 * Pachycondyla apicalis (Latreille, 1802)


 * Pachycondyla arhuaca (Forel, 1901)


 * Pachycondyla atrovirens Mayr, 1866


 * Pachycondyla atrovirens splendida (Forel, 1901)


 * Pachycondyla becculata MacKay & MacKay, 2010


 * Pachycondyla bugabensis Forel, 1899


 * Pachycondyla carbonaria (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Pachycondyla carinulata (Roger, 1861)


 * Pachycondyla cavinodis (Mann, 1916)


 * Pachycondyla cernua MacKay & MacKay, 2010


 * Pachycondyla commutata (Roger, 1860)


 * Pachycondyla constricta (Mayr, 1884)


 * Pachycondyla crassinoda(Latreille, 1802)


 * Pachycondyla crenata (Roger, 1861)


 * Pachycondyla eleonorae(Forel, 1921)


 * Pachycondyla fauveli Emery, 1896


 * Pachycondyla foetida (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Pachycondyla fuscoatra (Roger, 1861)


 * Pachycondyla gilberti (Kempf, 1960)


 * Pachycondyla harpax (Fabricius, 1804)


 * Pachycondyla impressa (Roger, 1861)


 * Pachycondyla inversa (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Pachycondyla laevigata (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Pachycondyla lunaris (Emery, 1896)


 * Pachycondyla marginata (Roger, 1861)


 * Pachycondyla oberthueri Emery, 1890


 * Pachycondyla obscuricornis Emery, 1890


 * Pachycondyla rostrata Emery, 1890


 * Pachycondyla schoedli MacKay & MacKay, 2006


 * Pachycondyla stigma stigma (Fabricius, 1804)


 * Pachycondyla striatinodis (Andre, 1902)


 * Pachycondyla unidentata unidentata Mayr, 1862


 * Pachycondyla verenae (Forel, 1922)


 * Pachycondyla vieiraiMacKay & MacKay, 2010


 * Pachycondyla villosa (Fabricius, 1804)


 * Paraponera clavata (Fabricius, 1775)


 * Paratrechina fulva nesiotis (Wheeler, W.M., 1919)


 * Paratrechina guatemalensis (Forel, 1885)


 * Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)


 * Pheidole ademonia Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole allarmata Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole alpestris Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole amazonica Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole araneoides Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole astur Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole biconstricta Mayr, 1870


 * Pheidole bufo Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole bulliceps Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole cameroni Mayr, 1887


 * Pheidole camilla Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole caracalla Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole cardiella Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole cephalica Smith, F., 1858


 * Pheidole chalcoides Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole cramptoni Wheeler, W.M., 1916


 * Pheidole crinita Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole cursor Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole deima Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole ectatommoides Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole ecuadorana Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole embolopyx Brown, 1968


 * Pheidole epetrion Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole exigua Mayr, 1884


 * Pheidole exquisitaWilson, 2003


 * Pheidole fimbriata Roger, 1863


 * Pheidole floricola Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole fracticeps Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole fullerae Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole gagates Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole geminata Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole gilva Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole globularia Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole gnomus Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole guayasana Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole haskinsorum Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole hazenae Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole horribilis Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole huacana Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole jivaro Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole laelaps Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole laidlowiMann, 1916


 * Pheidole laselva Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole lemnisca Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole lupus Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole meinerti Forel, 1905


 * Pheidole melastomae Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole mendicula Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Pheidole metana Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole micridrisWilson, 2003


 * Pheidole midas Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole minutula Mayr, 1878


 * Pheidole napoensis Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole nitella Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole palenquensisWilson, 2003


 * Pheidole peckorum Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole peruviana Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole pholeops Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole plato Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole pubiventris Mayr, 1887


 * Pheidole riveti inflexa Santschi, 1923


 * Pheidole riveti riveti Santschi, 1911


 * Pheidole rotundiceps Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole sabella Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole sagax Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole sarcina Forel, 1912


 * Pheidole sarpedon Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole scalaris Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole scolioceps Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole sospes Forel, 1908


 * Pheidole stigma Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole tobini Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole triplex Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole tristicula Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole unicornis Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole viriosa Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole williamsi Wheeler, W.M., 1919


 * Pheidole xanthogaster Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole zeteki Smith, M.R., 1947


 * Platythyrea angusta Forel, 1901


 * Platythyrea zodion Brown, 1975


 * Pogonomyrmex theresiae Forel, 1899


 * Prinopelta amabilis Borgmeier, 1949


 * Probolommyrmex petiolatus Weber, 1940


 * Proceratium ecuadoriense De Andrade, 2003


 * Procryptocerus belti Forel, 1899


 * Procryptocerus coriarius (Mayr, 1870)


 * Procryptocerus hylaeus Kempf, 1951


 * Procryptocerus imressus Forel, 1899


 * Procryptocerus nalini Longino & Snelling, 2002


 * Procryptocerus paleatus Emery, 1896


 * Procryptocerus pictipes Emery, 1896


 * Procryptocerus spiniperdus Forel, 1899


 * Procryptocerus subpilosus (Smith, F., 1860)


 * Procryptocerus virgatus Kempf, 1964


 * Protalaridris armata Brown, 1980


 * Pseudomyrmex atripes(Smith, F., 1860)


 * Pseudomyrmex boopis (Roger, 1863)


 * Pseudomyrmex colei(Enzmann, E.V., 1944)


 * Pseudomyrmex duckei (Forel, 1906)


 * Pseudomyrmex eculeus Ward, 1999


 * Pseudomyrmex eduardi(Forel, 1912)


 * Pseudomyrmex elongatus(Mayr, 1870)


 * Pseudomyrmex ethicus(Forel, 1911)


 * Pseudomyrmex faber (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Pseudomyrmex filiformis(Fabricius, 1804)


 * Pseudomyrmex gracilis (Fabricius, 1804)


 * Pseudomyrmex laevifrons Ward, 1989


 * Pseudomyrmex oculatus (Smith, F., 1855)


 * Pseudomyrmex pupa (Forel, 1911)


 * Pseudomyrmex rochai (Forel, 1912)


 * Pseudomyrmex sericeus (Mayr, 1870)


 * Pseudomyrmex simplex (Smith, F., 1877)


 * Pseudomyrmex spiculus Ward, 1989


 * Pseudomyrmex subater (Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914)


 * Pseudomyrmex tenuis(Favricius, 1804)


 * Pseudomyrmex tenuissimus (Emery, 1906)


 * Pseudomyrmex terminalis (Smith, F., 1877)


 * Pseudomyrmex triplarinus (Weddell, 1850)


 * Pseudomyrmex ultrix Ward, 1999


 * Pseudomyrmex unicolor (Smith, F., 1855)


 * Pseudomyrmex urbanus (Smith, F., 1877)


 * Pseudomyrmex viduus (Smith, 1858)


 * Pyramica aequinoctialis De Andrade, 2007


 * Pyramica alberti (Forel, 1893)


 * Pyramica beebei (Wheeler, W.M., 1915)


 * Pyramica connectens (Kempf, 1958)


 * Pyramica decipula Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica denticulata(Mayr, 1887)


 * Pyramica depressiceps (Weber, 1934)


 * Pyramica dorycepsBolton, 2000


 * Pyramica eggersi(Emery, 1890)


 * Pyramica epinotalis (Weber, 1934)


 * Pyramica glenognatha Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica gundlachi Roger, 1862


 * Pyramica heterodonta Rigato & Scupola, 2008


 * Pyramica lalassa Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica metopia (Brown, 1959)


 * Pyramica necopina Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica onorei Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007


 * Pyramica osellai Rigato & Scupola, 2008


 * Pyramica schulzi(Emery, 1894)


 * Pyramica subedentata (Mayr, 1887)


 * Pyramica urrhobia Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica vartana Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica villiersi (Perrault, 1986)


 * Pyramica zeteki (Brown, 1959)

S

 * Sericomyrmex species


 * Simopelta manni Wheeler, W.M., 1935


 * Simopelta vieirai MacKay & MacKay, 2008


 * Simopelta williamsi Wheeler, W.M., 1935


 * Solenopsis globularia pacifica Wheeler, W.M., 1919


 * Solenopsis gnoma Pacheco, Herrera & Mackay, 2007


 * Solenopsis saevissima saevissima (Smith, F., 1855)


 * Solenopsis virulens (Smith, F., 1858(


 * Stegomyrmex connectens Emery, 1912


 * Stegomyrmex manni Smith, M.R., 1946


 * Strumigenys biolleyi Forel, 1908


 * Strumigenys cosmostela Kempf, 1975


 * Strumigenys dolichognatha Weber, 1934


 * Strumigenys elongata Roger, 1863


 * Strumigenys formicosa Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys godmani Forel, 1899


 * Strumigenys incuba Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys longimala De Andrade, 2007


 * Strumigenys longispinosa Brown, 1952


 * Strumigenys louisianae Roger, 1863


 * Strumigenys moera Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys nageli De Andrade, 2007


 * Strumigenys obliqua Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys perparva Brown, 1958


 * Strumigenys precava Brown, 1954


 * Strumigenys skia Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys smithii Forel, 1886


 * Strumigenys tococae Wheeler, W.M., & Bequaert, 1929


 * Strumigenys trinidadensis Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Strumigenys trudifera Kempf & Brown, 1969


 * Strumigenys vilhenai Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys vivax Bolton, 2000