El Salvador



The following 14 valid genera, 21 valid species and 1 valid subspecies of ants are known to occur in El Salvador. 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 El Salvadoran ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the El Salvador Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

Acromyrmex

 * Acromyrmex echinatior (Forel, 1899)

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster araneoides Emery 1890

Apterostigma

 * Apterostigma trapeziforme Lattke, 1997

Atta

 * Atta mexicana Smith, F., 1858

Azteca

 * Azteca muelleri Emery, 1893
 * Azteca pittieri Forel, 1899

Camponotus

 * Camponotus abscisus Roger, 1863
 * Camponotus planatus Roger, 1863
 * Camponotus rectangularis rubroniger Forel, 1899

Carebara

 * Carebara brevipilosa (Fernández, 2004)

Cephalotes

 * Cephalotes basalis Smith, F., 1876
 * Cephalotes minutus Fabricius, 1804
 * Cephalotes scutulatus Smith, F., 1867
 * Cephalotes umbraculatus Fabricius, 1804

Dorymyrmex

 * Dorymyrmex bicolor Wheeler, 1906


 * Dorymyrmex insanus (Buckley, 1866)

Eurhopalothrix

 * Eurhopalothrix apharogonia Snelling, 1968
 * Eurhopalothrix pilulifera Brown & Kempf, 1960

Linepithema

 * Linepithema dispertitum (Forel, 1885)
 * Linepithema iniquum (Mayr, 1870)

Monomorium

 * Monomorium floricola Jerdon, 1851

Neivamyrmex

 * Neivamyrmex quadratoocciputus Watkins, 1975

Neoponera

 * Neoponera villosa (Fabricius, 1804)

Octostruma

 * Octostruma amrishi (Makhan, 2007)
 * Octostruma ascrobis Longino, 2013
 * Octostruma balzani (Emery, 1894)

Pheidole

 * Pheidole angusticeps Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole janzeni Longino, 2009
 * Pheidole pugnax Dalla Torre, 1892
 * Pheidole simonsi Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole susannae Forel, 1886

Pogonomyrmex

 * Pogonomyrmex guatemaltecus Wheeler, W.M., 1914

Procryptocerus

 * Procryptocerus scabriusculus Forel, 1899

Pseudomyrmex

 * Pseudomyrmex elongatus (Mayr, 1870)
 * Pseudomyrmex flavicornis (Smith, F., 1877)
 * Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus (Smith, F., 1877)
 * Pseudomyrmex gracilis (Fabricius, 1804)
 * Pseudomyrmex ita (Forel, 1906)
 * Pseudomyrmex nigrocinctus (Emery, 1890)
 * Pseudomyrmex opaciceps Ward, 1993
 * Pseudomyrmex peperi (Forel, 1913)
 * Pseudomyrmex simplex Smith, F., 1877
 * Pseudomyrmex spinicola (Emery, 1890)
 * Pseudomyrmex tenuissimus Emery, 1906

Rasopone

 * Rasopone ferruginea (Smith, F. 1858)

Stenamma

 * Stenamma manni Wheeler, W.M., 1914
 * Stenamma maximon Branstetter, 2013

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys alberti Forel, 1893
 * Strumigenys margaritae Forel, 1893
 * Strumigenys nigrescens Wheeler, W.M., 1911
 * Strumigenys smithii Forel, 1886
 * Strumigenys timicala Bolton, 2000

Tatuidris

 * Tatuidris tatusia Brown & Kempf, 1968