Ethiopia



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

A

 * Acropyga silvestrii Emery, 1915


 * Aenictus anceps 	Forel, 1910


 * Aenictus bottegoi 	Emery, 1899


 * Aenictus bottegoi noctivagus Santschi, 1913


 * Aenictus eugenii caroli 	Forel, 1910


 * Aenictus fuscovarius laetior 	Forel, 1910


 * Anochetus pubescens 	Brown, 1978


 * Anochetus siphneus 	Brown, 1978

C

 * Camponotus carbo 	Emery, 1877


 * Calyptomyrmex clavatus Weber, 1952


 * Camponotus criniticeps 	Menozzi, 1939


 * Camponotus diplopunctatus 	Emery, 1915


 * Camponotus foraminosus chrysogaster 	Emery, 1895


 * Camponotus foraminosus honorus Forel, 1910


 * Calyptomyrmex foreli 	Emery, 1915


 * Camponotus galla 	Forel, 1894


 * Camponotus ilgii 	Forel, 1894


 * Camponotus kollbrunneri 	Forel, 1910


 * Camponotus ligeus 	Donisthorpe, 1931


 * Camponotus maculatus 	Fabricius, 1782


 * Camponotus moderatus 	Santschi, 1930


 * Camponotus rhamses completus 	Santschi, 1922


 * Camponotus robecchii abyssinicus 	Santschi, 1913


 * Camponotus somalinus curtior 	Forel, 1894


 * Camponotus thraso assabensis 	Emery, 1925


 * Camponotus thraso nefasitensis Menozzi, 1931


 * Camponotus thraso negus Forel, 1907


 * Camponotus zimmermanni 	Forel, 1894


 * Carebara erythraea 	Emery, 1915


 * Cataglyphis abyssinica 	Forel, 1904


 * Cataglyphis albicans franchettii 	Menozzi, 1931


 * Cataulacus intrudens 	Smith, F., 1876


 * Crematogaster acaciae 	Forel, 1892


 * Crematogaster aegyptiaca robusta 	Emery, 1877


 * Crematogaster alulai 	Emery, 1901


 * Crematogaster castanea hararica 	Forel, 1894


 * Crematogaster chiarinii 	Emery, 1881


 * Crematogaster ilgii 	Forel, 1910


 * Crematogaster menilekii 	Forel, 1894


 * Crematogaster neuvillei 	Forel, 1907


 * Crematogaster nigriceps saganensis 	Consani, 1952


 * Crematogaster rivai 	Emery, 1897


 * Crematogaster ruspolii 	Forel, 1892


 * Crematogaster pseudinermis muellerianus 	Finzi, 1939

D

 * Dorylus affinis aegyptiacus 	Mayr, 1865


 * Dorylus affinis hirsutus Wheeler, W.M. 1922


 * Dorylus fulvus eurous 	Emery, 1915


 * Dorylus nigricans molestus 	Gerstäcker, 1859

H

 * Hypoponera exigua Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera faex Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera jeanneli 	Santschi, 1935


 * Hypoponera jocosa Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera juxta Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera orba 	Emery, 1915


 * Hypoponera punctatissima 	(Roger, 1859)


 * Hypoponera ragusai 	(Emery, 1894)

L

 * Lepisiota erythraea 	Forel, 1910


 * Lepisiota gracilicornis abdominalis 	Forel, 1894


 * Lepisiota obtusa 	Emery, 1901


 * Leptogenys bellii 	Emery, 1901


 * Leptogenys buyssoni 	Forel, 1907


 * Leptogenys erythraea 	Emery, 1902


 * Leptogenys piroskae 	Forel, 1910

M

 * Melissotarsus beccarii Emery, 1877


 * Melissotarsus emeryi 	Forel, 1907


 * Messor cephalotes (Emery, 1895)


 * Messor galla 	Mayr, 1904


 * Messor galla obscurus Menozzi & Consani, 1952


 * Monomorium abyssinicum (Forel, 1894)


 * Monomorium afrum 	André, 1884


 * Monomorium bicolor 	Emery, 1877


 * Monomorium carbo 	Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium crawleyi 	Santschi, 1930


 * Monomorium exiguum 	Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium hirsutum 	Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium ilgii 	Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium mictilis 	Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium ophthalmicum Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium oscaris 	Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium pallidipes Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium parvinode 	Forel, 1894


 * Myrmicaria distincta abyssinica Santschi, 1925


 * Myrmicaria tigreensis Guérin-Méneville, 1849

N

 * Nesomyrmex angulatus 	Mayr, 1862

O

 * Ocymyrmex nitidulus 	Emery, 1892

P

 * Pachycondyla analis (Latreille, 1802)


 * Pachycondyla analis amazon 	Santschi, 1935


 * Pachycondyla caffraria (Smith, F. 1858)


 * Pachycondyla crassa 	Emery, 1877


 * Pachycondyla elisae divaricata 	Emery, 1915


 * Pachycondyla escherichi 	Forel, 1910


 * Pachycondyla ilgii 	Forel, 1894


 * Pachycondyla soror suturalis 	Forel, 1907


 * Pheidole aeberlii erythraea 	Emery, 1901


 * Pheidole caffra abyssinica 	Forel, 1910


 * Pheidole caffra amoena Forel, 1911


 * Pheidole clavata 	Emery, 1877


 * Pheidole crassinoda ruspolii 	Emery, 1897


 * Pheidole escherichii 	Forel, 1910


 * Pheidole megacephala ilgi 	Forel, 1907


 * Pheidole philippi 	Forel, 1915


 * Pheidole rugaticeps 	Emery, 1877


 * Pheidole speculifera Emery, 1877


 * Pheidole speculifera ascara 	Emery, 1901


 * Pheidole strator 	Forel, 1910


 * Plagiolepis abyssinica 	Forel, 1894


 * Plectroctena mandibularis Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis schistacea (Gerstäcker, 1859)


 * Polyrhachis viscosa 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Probolomyrmex brevirostris 	Forel, 1910

S

 * Solenopsis gnomula 	Emery, 1915


 * Solenopsis punctaticeps erythraea 	Emery, 1915


 * Strumigenys alessandrae Rigato, 2006


 * Strumigenys bartolozzii Rigato, 2006


 * Strumigenys londianensis 	Patrizi, 1946


 * Strumigenys sarissa 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys simoni (Emery, 1895)

T

 * Tapinolepis tumidula 	Emery, 1915


 * Technomyrmex ilgi 	Forel, 1910


 * Tetramorium doriae 	Emery, 1881


 * Tetramorium edouardi 	Forel, 1894


 * Tetramorium eminii 	Forel, 1894


 * Tetramorium ghindanum Forel, 1910


 * Tetramorium gracile 	Forel, 1894


 * Tetramorium imbelle 	Emery, 1915


 * Tetramorium nefassitense 	Forel, 1910


 * Tetramorium rothschildi 	Forel, 1907


 * Tetramorium sericeiventre 	Emery, 1877


 * Tetramorium simillimum 	Smith, F., 1851


 * Tetramorium surrogatum 	Bolton, 1985


 * Tetramorium weitzeckeri 	Emery, 1895


 * Tetraponera ambigua 	(Emery, 1895)


 * Tetraponera penzigi (Mayr, 1907)


 * Tetraponera penzigi continua 	Forel, 1907


 * Tetraponera scotti 	Donisthorpe, 1931


 * Tetraponera zavattarii Menozzi, 1939