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.

Acanthognathus

 * Acanthognathus brevicornis Smith, M.R., 1944
 * Acanthognathus teledectus Brown & Kempf, 1969

Acanthoponera

 * Acanthoponera minor (Forel, 1899)
 * Acanthoponera mucronata (Roger, 1860)
 * Acanthoponera peruviana Brown, 1958

Acanthostichus

 * Acanthostichus fuscipennis Emery, 1895
 * Acanthostichus quadratus Emery, 1895

Acromyrmex

 * Acromyrmex coronatus (Fabricius, 1804)
 * Acromyrmex coronatus andicola Emery, 1924
 * Acromyrmex octospinosus (Reich, 1793)

Acropyga

 * Acropyga decedens (Mayr, 1887)
 * Acropyga donisthorpei Weber, 1944
 * Acropyga fuhrmanni (Forel, 1914)
 * Acropyga goeldii Forel, 1893
 * Acropyga guianensis Weber, 1944
 * Acropyga hirsutula LaPolla, 2004

Adelomyrmex

 * Adelomyrmex cristiani Fernández, 2003
 * Adelomyrmex myops (W.M. Wheeler, 1910)
 * Adelomyrmex striatus Fernández, 2003

Allomerus

 * Allomerus decemarticulatus Mayr, 1878
 * Allomerus octoarticulatus Mayr, 1878

Anochetus

 * Anochetus bispinosus (Smith, F., 1858)
 * Anochetus diegensis Forel, 1912
 * Anochetus mayri Emery, 1884
 * Anochetus simoni Emery, 1890
 * Anochetus targionii Emery, 1894

Apterostigma

 * Apterostigma auriculatum Wheeler, W.M., 1925
 * Apterostigma bolivianum Weber, 1938
 * Apterostigma callipygium Lattke, 1997
 * Apterostigma depressum Lattke, 1997
 * Apterostigma epinotale Weber, 1937
 * Apterostigma ierense Weber, 1937
 * Apterostigma mayri Forel, 1893
 * Apterostigma tholiforme Lattke, 1997
 * Apterostigma urichii Forel, 1893

Atta

 * Atta cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Atta sexdens Linnaeus, 1758

Azteca

 * Azteca alfari Emery, 1893
 * Azteca beltii Emery, 1893
 * Azteca constructor Emery, 1896
 * Azteca emeryi Forel, 1904
 * Azteca flavigaster Longino, 2007
 * Azteca forelii Emery, 1893
 * Azteca gnava Forel, 1906
 * Azteca lattkei Longino, 1992
 * Azteca merida Longino, 1992
 * Azteca ovaticeps Forel, 1904
 * Azteca trigona Emery, 1893
 * Azteca velox Forel, 1899
 * Azteca velox nigriventris Forel, 1899

Basiceros

 * Basiceros conjugans Brown, 1974
 * Basiceros manni Brown & Kempf, 1960
 * Basiceros militaris (Weber, 1950)

Brachymyrmex

 * Brachymyrmex cavernicola Wheeler, W.M., 1938
 * Brachymyrmex heeri Forel, 1874

Camponotus

 * Camponotus abscisus Roger, 1863
 * Camponotus ager (Smith, F., 1858)
 * Camponotus apicalis (Mann, 1916)
 * Camponotus arboreus (Smith, F., 1858)
 * Camponotus atriceps (Smith, F., 1858)
 * Camponotus balzani Emery, 1894
 * Camponotus beebei Wheeler, W.M., 1918
 * Camponotus bidens Mayr, 1870
 * Camponotus bispinosus Mayr, 1870
 * Camponotus branneri (Mann, 1916)
 * Camponotus brettesi Forel, 1899
 * Camponotus brevis Forel, 1899
 * Camponotus cacicus Emery, 1903
 * Camponotus callistus Emery, 1911
 * Camponotus callistus bradleyi Wheeler, W.M., 1934
 * Camponotus cameroni Forel, 1892
 * Camponotus chartifex (Smith, F., 1860)
 * Camponotus claviscapus Forel, 1899
 * Camponotus conspicuus zonatus Emery, 1894
 * Camponotus constructor Forel, 1899
 * Camponotus emeryodicatus Forel, 1901
 * Camponotus eurynotus Forel, 1907
 * Camponotus excisus Mayr, 1870
 * Camponotus femoratus (Fabricius, 1804)
 * Camponotus formiciformis Forel, 1885
 * Camponotus helleri Emery, 1903
 * Camponotus hippocrepis Emery, 1920
 * Camponotus holzi Forel, 1921
 * Camponotus integellus Forel, 1899
 * Camponotus latangulus Roger, 1863
 * Camponotus linnaei Forel, 1866
 * Camponotus macilentus Smith, F. 1877
 * Camponotus macilentus albemarlensis Wheeler, W.M., 1919
 * Camponotus macrochaeta Emery, 1903
 * Camponotus melanoticus Emery, 1894
 * Camponotus mocsaryi Forel, 1902
 * Camponotus mus Roger, 1863
 * Camponotus nidulans (Smith, F., 1860)
 * Camponotus nitidior (Santschi, 1921)
 * Camponotus novogranadensis Mayr, 1870
 * Camponotus orthocephalus Emery, 1894
 * Camponotus picipes (Olivier, 1792)
 * Camponotus planatus Roger, 1863
 * Camponotus planus Smith, F., 1877
 * Camponotus planus fernandinensis Wheeler, W.M., 1919
 * Camponotus planus fidelis Wheeler, W.M., 1919
 * Camponotus planus hephaestus Wheeler, W.M., 1933
 * Camponotus planus isabelensis Wheeler, W.M., 1919
 * Camponotus planus peregrinus Emery, 1893
 * Camponotus planus pinzonensis Wheeler, W.M., 1919
 * Camponotus planus sansalvadorensis Wheeler, W.M., 1924
 * Camponotus planus santacruzensis Wheeler, W.M., 1919
 * Camponotus rapax (Fabricius, 1804)
 * Camponotus reburrus Mackay, 2012
 * Camponotus renggeri Emery, 1894
 * Camponotus senex (Smith, F., 1858)
 * Camponotus sericeiventris (Guerin-Meneville, 1838)
 * Camponotus sericeiventris satrapus Wheeler, W.M. 1931
 * Camponotus sexguttatus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Camponotus sexguttatus albotaeniolatus Forel, 1921
 * Camponotus silvicola Forel, 1793
 * Camponotus simillimus (Smith, F., 1862)
 * Camponotus wheeleri Mann, 1916
 * Camponotus wytsmani Emery, 1920

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881
 * Cardiocondyla minutior Forel, 1899

Carebara

 * Carebara angulata Fernández, 2004
 * Carebara anophthalma (Emery, 1906)
 * Carebara globularia Fernández, 2004
 * Carebara panamensis (Wheeler, W.M., 1925)
 * Carebara paya Fernández, 2004
 * Carebara urichi (Wheeler, W.M., 1922)

Centromyrmex

 * Centromyrmex alfaroi Emery, 1890

Cephalotes

 * Cephalotes atratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Cephalotes basalis (Smith, F., 1876)
 * Cephalotes betoi De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999
 * Cephalotes bohlsi (Emery, 1896)
 * Cephalotes borgmeieri (Kempf, 1951)
 * Cephalotes bruchi (Forel, 1912)
 * Cephalotes conspersus (Smith, F., 1867)
 * Cephalotes cordatus (Smith, F., 1853)
 * Cephalotes depressus (Klug, 1824)
 * Cephalotes ecuadorialis De Andrade, 1999
 * Cephalotes femoralis (Smith, F., 1853)
 * Cephalotes grandinosus (Smith, F., 1860)
 * Cephalotes inca (Santschi, 1911)
 * Cephalotes laminatus (Smith, F., 1860)
 * Cephalotes maculatus (Smith, F., 1876)
 * Cephalotes manni (Kempf, 1951)
 * Cephalotes marginatus (Fabricius, 1804)
 * Cephalotes minutus (Fabricius, 1804)
 * Cephalotes opacus Santschi, 1920
 * Cephalotes pallens (Klug, 1824)
 * Cephalotes pallidoides De Andrade, 1999
 * Cephalotes pallidus De Andrade, 1999
 * Cephalotes pavonii (Latreille, 1809)
 * Cephalotes peruviensis (De Andrade, 1999)
 * Cephalotes porrasi (Wheeler, W.M., 1942)
 * Cephalotes pusillus (Klug, 1824)
 * Cephalotes ramiphilus (Forel, 1904)
 * Cephalotes scutulatus (Smith, F., 1867)
 * Cephalotes spinosus (Mayr, 1862)
 * Cephalotes supercilii De Andrade, 1999
 * Cephalotes umbraculatus (Fabricius, 1804)

Cerapachys

 * Cerapachys neotropicus Weber, 1939

Cheliomyrmex

 * Cheliomyrmex audax Santschi, 1921

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster acuta (Fabricius, 1804)
 * 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 egregior Forel, 1912
 * Crematogaster erecta Mayr, 1866
 * Crematogaster flavomicrops Longino, 2003
 * Crematogaster foliocrypta Longino, 2003
 * Crematogaster jardinero Longino, 2003
 * Crematogaster levior Longino, 2003
 * Crematogaster limata Smith, F., 1858
 * Crematogaster longispina Emery, 1890
 * Crematogaster longispina naumannae Forel, 1921
 * Crematogaster mancocapaci Santschi, 1911
 * Crematogaster montezumia Smith, F., 1858
 * Crematogaster nigropilosa Mayr, 1870
 * Crematogaster rochai Forel, 1903
 * Crematogaster sotobosque Longino, 2003
 * Crematogaster stollii Forel, 1885
 * Crematogaster tenuicula Forel, 1904

Cylindromyrmex

 * Cylindromyrmex brevitarsus Santschi, 1925
 * Cylindromyrmex godmani Forel, 1899
 * Cylindromyrmex whymperi (Cameron, 1891)

Cyphomyrmex

 * Cyphomyrmex costatus Mann, 1922
 * Cyphomyrmex foxi André, 1892
 * Cyphomyrmex kirbyi Mayr, 1887
 * Cyphomyrmex laevigatus Weber, 1938
 * Cyphomyrmex muelleri Schultz & Solomon, 2002
 * Cyphomyrmex nesiotus Snelling, R.R. & Longino, 1992
 * Cyphomyrmex peltatus Kempf, 1966
 * Cyphomyrmex rimosus (Spinola, 1851)
 * Cyphomyrmex salvini Forel, 1899
 * Cyphomyrmex transversus Emery, 1894
 * Cyphomyrmex vorticis Weber, 1940

Daceton

 * Daceton armigerum (Latreille, 1802)

Dinoponera

 * Dinoponera longipes Emery, 1901

Discothyrea

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

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus abruptus (Smith, F., 1858)
 * Dolichoderus attelaboides (Fabricis, 1775)
 * Dolichoderus bidens (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Dolichoderus bispinosus (Olivier, 1792)
 * Dolichoderus decollatus Smith, F., 1858
 * Dolichoderus diversus Emery, 1894
 * Dolichoderus gagates Emery, 1890
 * Dolichoderus germaini Emery, 1894
 * Dolichoderus imitator Emery, 1894
 * Dolichoderus inpai (Harada, 1987)
 * Dolichoderus lamellosus (Mayr, 1870)
 * Dolichoderus laminatus (Mayr, 1870)
 * Dolichoderus lobicornis (Kempf, 1959)
 * Dolichoderus lugens Emery, 1894
 * Dolichoderus lutosus (Smith, F., 1858)
 * Dolichoderus quadridenticulatus (Roger, 1862)
 * Dolichoderus rosenbergi Forel, 1911
 * Dolichoderus rugosus (Smith, F., 1858)
 * Dolichoderus shattucki MacKay, 1993
 * Dolichoderus septemspinosus Emery, 1894
 * Dolichoderus validus (Kempf, 1959)
 * Dolichoderus varians Mann, 1916

Dorymyrmex

 * Dorymyrmex pyramicus albemarlensis Wheeler, W.M., 1919

Eciton

 * Eciton burchellii (Westwood, 1842)
 * Eciton burchellii foreli Mayr, 1886
 * Eciton drepanophorum Smith, F., 1858
 * Eciton hamatum (Fabricius, 1782)
 * Eciton jansoni Forel, 1912
 * Eciton rapax Smith, F., 1855
 * Eciton uncinatum Borgmeier, 1953
 * Eciton vagans (Olivier, 1792)

Ectatomma

 * Ectatomma brunneum Smith, F., 1858
 * Ectatomma edentatum Roger, 1863
 * Ectatomma goninion Kugler, C. & Brown, 1982
 * Ectatomma lugens Emery, 1894
 * Ectatomma ruidum (Roger, 1860)
 * Ectatomma tuberculatum (Olivier, 1792)

Eurhopalothrix

 * Eurhopalothrix alopeciosa (Brown & Kempf, 1960)
 * Eurhopalothrix pilulifera Brown & Kempf, 1960

Gigantiops

 * Gigantiops destructor (Fabricius, 1804)

Gnamptogenys

 * Gnamptogenys acuminata (Emery, 1896)
 * Gnamptogenys acuta (Brown, 1956)
 * Gnamptogenys alfaroi (Emery, 1894)
 * Gnamptogenys andina Lattke, 1995
 * Gnamptogenys annulata (Mayr, 1887)
 * Gnamptogenys banksi (Wheeler, W.M., 1930)
 * Gnamptogenys bisulca Kempf & Brown, 1968
 * Gnamptogenys concinna (Smith, F., 1858)
 * Gnamptogenys continua (Mayr, 1887)
 * Gnamptogenys extra Lattke, 1995
 * Gnamptogenys fernandezi Lattke, 1990
 * Gnamptogenys haenschi (Emery, 1902)
 * Gnamptogenys horni (Santschi, 1929)
 * Gnamptogenys kempfi Lenko, 1964
 * Gnamptogenys lanei Kempf, 1960
 * Gnamptogenys laticephala Lattke, 1995
 * Gnamptogenys mecotyle Brown, 1958
 * Gnamptogenys mediatrix Brown, 1958
 * Gnamptogenys mina (Brown, 1956)
 * Gnamptogenys minuta (Emery, 1896)
 * Gnamptogenys moelleri (Forel, 1912)
 * Gnamptogenys mordax (Smith, F., 1858)
 * Gnamptogenys perspicax Kempf & Brown, 1970
 * Gnamptogenys pleurodon (Emery, 1896)
 * Gnamptogenys porcata (Emery, 1896)
 * Gnamptogenys regularis Mayr, 1870
 * Gnamptogenys simulans (Emery, 1896)
 * Gnamptogenys striatula Mayr, 1884
 * Gnamptogenys sulcata (Smith, F., 1858)
 * Gnamptogenys tortuolosa (Smith, F., 1858)
 * Gnamptogenys triangularis (Mayr, 1887)
 * Gnamptogenys vriesi Brandão & Lattke, 1990

Hylomyrma

 * Hylomyrma blandiens Kempf, 1961
 * Hylomyrma dolichops Kempf, 1973
 * Hylomyrma immanis Kempf, 1973
 * Hylomyrma longiscapa Kempf, 1961
 * Hylomyrma praepotens Kempf, 1973
 * Hylomyrma sagax Kempf, 1973

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera beebei (Wheeler, W.M., 1924)
 * Hypoponera distinguenda (Emery, 1890)
 * Hypoponera opaciceps (Mayr, 1887)
 * Hypoponera opacior (Forel, 1893)
 * Hypoponera perplexa (Mann, 1922)

Kempfidris

 * Kempfidris inusualis (Fernández, 2007)

Labidus

 * Labidus coecus (Latreille, 1802)
 * Labidus curvipes (Emery, 1900)
 * Labidus praedator (Mann, 1916)
 * Labidus spininodis (Emery, 1890)

Lachnomyrmex

 * Lachnomyrmex pilosus Weber, 1950
 * Lachnomyrmex scrobiculatus Wheeler, W.M., 1910

Lenomyrmex

 * Lenomyrmex inusitatus Fernández, 2001
 * Lenomyrmex wardi Fernández & Palacio, 1999

Leptanilloides

 * Leptanilloides caracola Donoso, Vieira & Wild, 2006
 * Leptanilloides erinys Borowiec & Longino, 2011
 * Leptanilloides improvisa Brandão, Diniz, Agosti & Delabie, 1999
 * Leptanilloides nomada Donoso, Vieira & Wild, 2006
 * Leptanilloides nubecula Donoso, Vieira & Wild, 2006

Leptogenys

 * Leptogenys amazonica Borgmeier, 1930
 * Leptogenys ciliata Lattke, 2011
 * Leptogenys cuneata Lattke, 2011
 * Leptogenys gaigei Wheeler, W.M., 1923
 * Leptogenys gorgona Lattke, 2011
 * Leptogenys imperatrix Mann, 1922
 * Leptogenys langi 	Wheeler, W.M., 1923
 * Leptogenys nigricans Lattke, 2011
 * Leptogenys phylloba Lattke, 2011
 * Leptogenys pucuna Lattke, 2011
 * Leptogenys quadrata Lattke, 2011
 * Leptogenys rasila Lattke, 2011
 * Leptogenys ritae Forel, 1899
 * Leptogenys santacruzi Lattke, 2011
 * Leptogenys unistimulosa Roger, 1863

Linepithema

 * Linepithema angulatum (Emery, 1894)
 * Linepithema fuscum Mayr, 1866
 * Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868)
 * Linepithema iniquum (Mayr, 1870)
 * Linepithema neotropicum Wild, 2007
 * Linepithema piliferum (Mayr, 1870)
 * Linepithema tsachila Wild, 2007

Mayaponera

 * Mayaponera constricta (Mayr, 1884)

Megalomyrmex

 * Megalomyrmex balzani Emery, 1894
 * Megalomyrmex bidentatus Fernández & Baena, 1997
 * Megalomyrmex brandaoi Boudinot, Sumnicht & Adams, 2013
 * Megalomyrmex caete Brandão, 1990
 * Megalomyrmex cuatiara Brandão, 1990
 * Megalomyrmex cupecuara Brandão, 1990
 * Megalomyrmex cyendyra Brandão, 1990
 * Megalomyrmex drifti Kempf, 1961
 * Megalomyrmex foreli Emery, 1890
 * Megalomyrmex glaesarius Kempf, 1970
 * Megalomyrmex incisus Smith, M.R., 1947
 * Megalomyrmex leoninus Forel, 1885
 * Megalomyrmex modestus Emery, 1896
 * Megalomyrmex mondabora Brandao, 1990
 * Megalomyrmex piriana Brandão, 1990
 * Megalomyrmex silvestrii Wheeler, W.M., 1909
 * Megalomyrmex staudingeri Emery, 1890
 * Megalomyrmex tasyba Brandão, 1990
 * Megalomyrmex timbira Brandao, 1990

Monomorium

 * Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)
 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Mycetarotes

 * Mycetarotes acutus Mayhe-Nunes, 1995

Mycocepurus

 * Mycocepurus smithii (Forel, 1893)

Myrmelachista

 * Myrmelachista plebecula Menozzi, 1927

Myrmicocrypta

 * Myrmicocrypta longinoda Weber, 1938

Neivamyrmex

 * Neivamyrmex adnepos (Wheeler, W.M., 1922)
 * Neivamyrmex cristatus (André, 1889)
 * Neivamyrmex diana (Forel, 1912)
 * Neivamyrmex emersoni (Wheeler, W.M., 1921)
 * Neivamyrmex falcifer (Emery, 1900)
 * Neivamyrmex gibbatus Borgmeier, 1953
 * Neivamyrmex halidaii (Shuckard, 1840)
 * Neivamyrmex megathrix Kempf, 1961
 * Neivamyrmex planidens Borgmeier, 1953
 * Neivamyrmex pseudops (Forel, 1909)
 * Neivamyrmex punctaticeps (Emery, 1894)
 * Neivamyrmex rosenbergi (Forel, 1911)
 * Neivamyrmex swainsonii(Shuckard, 1840)

Nesomyrmex

 * Nesomyrmex argentinus (Santschi, 1922)
 * Nesomyrmex asper (Mayr, 1887)
 * Nesomyrmex brasiliensis (Kempf, 1958)
 * Nesomyrmex costatus (Emery, 1896)
 * Nesomyrmex echinatinodis (Forel, 1886)
 * Nesomyrmex pleuriticus (Kempf, 1959)
 * Nesomyrmex rutilans (Kempf, 1958)
 * Nesomyrmex spininodis (Mayr, 1887)

Neoponera

 * Neoponera aenescens Mayr, 1870
 * Neoponera apicalis (Latreille, 1802)
 * Neoponera bugabensis Forel, 1899
 * Neoponera carbonaria (Smith, F., 1858)
 * Neoponera carinulata (Roger, 1861)
 * Neoponera cavinodis (Mann, 1916)
 * Neoponera commutata (Roger, 1860)
 * Neoponera crenata (Roger, 1861)
 * Neoponera curvinodis Forel, 1899
 * Neoponera donosoi Mackay & Mackay, 2010
 * Neoponera eleonorae(Forel, 1921)
 * Neoponera fauveli Emery, 1896
 * Neoponera foetida (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Neoponera inversa (Smith, F., 1858)
 * Neoponera laevigata (Smith, F., 1858)
 * Neoponera marginata (Roger, 1861)
 * Neoponera oberthueri Emery, 1890
 * Neoponera obscuricornis Emery, 1890
 * Neoponera rostrata Emery, 1890
 * Neoponera rugosula (Emery, 1902)
 * Neoponera schoedli MacKay & MacKay, 2006
 * Neoponera striatinodis (André, 1902)
 * Neoponera unidentata Mayr, 1862
 * Neoponera verenae (Forel, 1922)
 * Neoponera villosa (Fabricius, 1804)

Nomamyrmex

 * Nomamyrmex esenbeckii (Westwood, 1842)

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia fulva (Mayr, 1862)
 * Nylanderia fulva nesiotis (Wheeler, W.M., 1919)
 * Nylanderia guatemalensis (Forel, 1885)
 * Nylanderia guatemalensis itinerans (Forel, 1901)
 * Nylanderia pubens (Forel, 1893)
 * Nylanderia steinheili (Forel, 1893)

Ochetomyrmex

 * Ochetomyrmex neopolitus Fernández, 2003
 * Ochetomyrmex semipolitus Mayr, 1878

Octostruma

 * Octostruma amrishi (Makhan, 2007)
 * Octostruma ascrobicula Longino, 2013
 * Octostruma balzani (Emery, 1894)
 * Octostruma batesi (Emery, 1894)
 * Octostruma excertirugis Longino, 2013
 * Octostruma iheringi (Emery, 1888)
 * Octostruma onorei (Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007)
 * Octostruma stenoscapa Palacio, 1997

Odontomachus

 * Odontomachus allolabis Kempf, 1974
 * Odontomachus bauri Emery, 1892
 * Odontomachus biumbonatus Brown, 1976
 * Odontomachus bradleyi Brown, 1976
 * Odontomachus brunneus (Patton, 1894)
 * Odontomachus caelatus Brown, 1976
 * Odontomachus cornutus Stitz, 1933
 * Odontomachus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Odontomachus hastatus (Fabricius, 1804)
 * Odontomachus laticeps Roger, 1861
 * Odontomachus mayi Mann, 1912
 * Odontomachus meinerti Forel, 1905
 * Odontomachus mormo Brown, 1976
 * Odontomachus opaciventris Forel, 1899
 * Odontomachus panamensis Forel, 1899
 * Odontomachus ruginodis Smith, M.R. 1937
 * Odontomachus scalptus Brown, 1978
 * Odontomachus yucatecus Brown, 1976

Oxyepoecus

 * Oxyepoecus ephippiatus Albuquerqe, Lavor & Brandao, 2004
 * Oxyepoecus quadratus de Albuquerque, Lavor & Brandão, 2004

Pachycondyla

 * Pachycondyla crassinoda(Latreille, 1802)
 * Pachycondyla fuscoatra (Roger, 1861)
 * Pachycondyla harpax (Fabricius, 1804)
 * Pachycondyla impressa (Roger, 1861)
 * Pachycondyla vieirai MacKay & MacKay, 2010

Paraponera

 * Paraponera clavata (Fabricius, 1775)

Paratrechina

 * Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)

Pheidole

 * 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 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 exquisita Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole fimbriata Roger, 1863
 * Pheidole flavens 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 laidlowi Mann, 1916
 * Pheidole laselva Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole lemnisca Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole lupus Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Pheidole meinerti Forel, 1905
 * Pheidole melastomae Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole mendicula Wheeler, W.M., 1925
 * Pheidole metana Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole micridris Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole microps Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole midas Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole minutula Mayr, 1878
 * Pheidole napoensis Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole nitella Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole palenquensis Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole peckorum Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole peltastes Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole peruviana Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole pholeops Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole plato Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole pubiventris Mayr, 1887
 * Pheidole riveti Santschi, 1911
 * Pheidole rotundiceps Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole rugiceps 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 vorax
 * Pheidole williamsi Wheeler, W.M., 1919
 * Pheidole xanthogaster Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole zeteki Smith, M.R., 1947

Platythyrea

 * Platythyrea angusta Forel, 1901
 * Platythyrea sinuata (Roger, 1860)
 * Platythyrea zodion Brown, 1975

Pogonomyrmex

 * Pogonomyrmex theresiae Forel, 1899

Prionopelta

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

Probolomyrmex

 * Probolomyrmex petiolatus Weber, 1940

Proceratium

 * Proceratium ecuadoriense De Andrade, 2003
 * Proceratium micrommatum (Roger, 1863)
 * Procryptocerus adlerzi (Mayr, 1887)

Procryptocerus

 * Procryptocerus attenuatus (Smith, F., 1876)
 * Procryptocerus belti Forel, 1899
 * Procryptocerus coriarius (Mayr, 1870)
 * Procryptocerus hylaeus Kempf, 1951
 * Procryptocerus impressus Forel, 1899
 * Procryptocerus mayri 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

 * Protalaridris armata Brown, 1980

Pseudomyrmex

 * Pseudomyrmex alustratus Ward, 1989
 * Pseudomyrmex atripes(Smith, F., 1860)
 * Pseudomyrmex boopis (Roger, 1863)
 * Pseudomyrmex colei (Enzmann, E.V., 1944)
 * Pseudomyrmex dendroicus Forel, 1904
 * 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 flavidulus (Smith, F., 1858)
 * 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)

Pseudoponera

 * Pseudoponera gilberti (Kempf, 1960)
 * Pseudoponera stigma (Fabricius, 1804)
 * Pseudoponera succedanea (Roger, 1863)

Rasopone

 * Rasopone arhuaca (Forel, 1901)
 * Rasopone becculata MacKay & MacKay, 2010
 * Rasopone cernua MacKay & MacKay, 2010
 * Rasopone ferruginea (Smith, F. 1858)
 * Rasopone lunaris (Emery, 1896)
 * Rasopone pergandei (Forel, 1909)

Rhopalothrix

 * Rhopalothrix ciliata Mayr, 1870

Rogeria

 * Rogeria blanda (Smith, F., 1858)
 * Rogeria ciliosa Kugler, C., 1994
 * Rogeria curvipubens Emery, 1894
 * Rogeria gibba Kugler, C., 1994
 * Rogeria lirata Kugler, C., 1994
 * Rogeria merenbergiana Kugler, C., 1994
 * Rogeria micromma Kempf, 1951
 * Rogeria scobinata Kugler, C., 1994
 * Rogeria subarmata (Kempf, 1961)
 * Rogeria tonduzi Forel, 1899
 * Rogeria unguispina Kugler, C., 1994

Sericomyrmex

 * Sericomyrmex species

Simopelta

 * Simopelta jeckylli Mann, 1916
 * Simopelta longirostris MacKay & MacKay, 2008
 * Simopelta manni Wheeler, W.M., 1935
 * Simopelta vieirai MacKay & MacKay, 2008
 * Simopelta williamsi Wheeler, W.M., 1935

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)
 * Solenopsis globularia (Smith, F., 1858)
 * Solenopsis gnoma Pacheco, Herrera & Mackay, 2007
 * Solenopsis saevissima (Smith, F., 1855)
 * Solenopsis stricta Emery, 1896
 * Solenopsis virulens (Smith, F., 1858)

Stegomyrmex

 * Stegomyrmex connectens Emery, 1912
 * Stegomyrmex manni Smith, M.R., 1946

Stenamma

 * Stenamma alas	Longino, 2005
 * Stenamma felixi Mann, 1922
 * Stenamma schmidti Menozzi, 1931

Stigmatomma

 * Stigmatomma cleae Delabie, 2002
 * Stigmatomma lurilabes Lattke, 1991

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys aequinoctialis De Andrade, 2007
 * Strumigenys alberti Forel, 1893
 * Strumigenys beebei (Wheeler, W.M., 1915)
 * Strumigenys biolleyi Forel, 1908
 * Strumigenys connectens Kempf, 1958
 * Strumigenys cosmostela Kempf, 1975
 * Strumigenys decipula Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys denticulata Mayr, 1887
 * Strumigenys depressiceps (Weber, 1934)
 * Strumigenys dolichognatha Weber, 1934
 * Strumigenys dorycepsBolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys eggersi(Emery, 1890)
 * Strumigenys elongata Roger, 1863
 * Strumigenys emmae (Emery, 1890)
 * Strumigenys epinotalis (Weber, 1934)
 * Strumigenys fairchildi Brown, 1961
 * Strumigenys formicosa Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys glenognatha Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys godmani Forel, 1899
 * Strumigenys gundlachi Roger, 1862
 * Strumigenys heterodonta Rigato & Scupola, 2008
 * Strumigenys incuba Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys lalassa Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys lojanensis Lattke & Aguirre, 2015
 * Strumigenys longimala De Andrade, 2007
 * Strumigenys longispinosa Brown, 1952
 * Strumigenys louisianae Roger, 1863
 * Strumigenys madrigalae Lattke & Aguirre, 2015
 * Strumigenys membranifera (Emery, 1869)
 * Strumigenys metopia (Brown, 1959)
 * Strumigenys moera Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys nageli De Andrade, 2007
 * Strumigenys necopina Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys obliqua Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys onorei Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007
 * Strumigenys osellai Rigato & Scupola, 2008
 * Strumigenys perparva Brown, 1958
 * Strumigenys precava Brown, 1954
 * Strumigenys schulzi(Emery, 1894)
 * Strumigenys skia Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys smithii Forel, 1886
 * Strumigenys subedentata (Mayr, 1887)
 * Strumigenys tococae Wheeler, W.M., & Bequaert, 1929
 * Strumigenys trinidadensis Wheeler, W.M., 1922
 * Strumigenys trudifera Kempf & Brown, 1969
 * Strumigenys umboceps (Bolton, 2000)
 * Strumigenys urrhobia Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys vartana Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys vilhenai Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys villiersi (Perrault, 1986)
 * Strumigenys vivax Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys zeteki (Brown, 1959)

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)

Tatuidris

 * Tatuidris tatusia Brown & Kempf, 1968

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846)
 * Tetramorium caldarium (Roger, 1857)
 * Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870
 * Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, F. 1851)

Thaumatomyrmex

 * Thaumatomyrmex species

Trachymyrmex

 * Trachymyrmex diversus Mann, 1916
 * Trachymyrmex farinosus (Emery, 1894)
 * Trachymyrmex ruthae Weber, 1937

Tranopelta

 * Tranopelta gilva Mayr, 1866
 * Tranopelta subterranea (Mann, 1916)

Trichomyrmex

 * Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851)

Typhlomyrmex

 * Typhlomyrmex pusillus Emery, 1894
 * Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi Mayr, 1862

Wasmannia

 * Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863)
 * Wasmannia iheringi Forel, 1908
 * Wasmannia rochai Forel, 1912
 * Wasmannia scrobifera Kempf, 1961

Uncertain species
The following species was described from Ecuador but its true identity is currently unknown.
 * Pheidole inflexa Santschi, 1923

Interceptions

 * Notoncus ectatommoides (Forel, 1892) was intercepted in quarantine on scientific equipment from Australia, but it has not become established.