Sudan



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

Aenictus

 * Aenictus anceps 	Forel, 1910


 * Aenictus furculatus andrieui 	Santschi, 1930


 * Aenictus fuscovarius magrettii 	Emery, 1892


 * Aenictus humeralis 	Santschi, 1910


 * Aenictus luteus moestus 	Santschi, 1930


 * Aenictus mentu 	Weber, 1942


 * Aenictus pharoa 	Santschi, 1924


 * Aenictus soudanicus 	Santschi, 1910

Anochetus

 * Anochetus traegaordhi Mayr, 1904

Atopomyrmex

 * Atopomyrmex mocquerysi André, 1889

Axinidris

 * Axinidris acholli 	Weber, 1941

Calyptomyrmex

 * Calyptomyrmex brevis Weber, 1943


 * Calyptomyrmex piripilis Santschi, 1923

Camponotus

 * Camponotus chapini ganzii 	Weber, 1943


 * Camponotus hapi 	Weber, 1943


 * Camponotus diplopunctatus subconvexus 	Viehmeyer, 1923


 * Camponotus sericeus euchrous 	Santschi, 1926


 * Camponotus maculatus 	Fabricius, 1782


 * Camponotus tameri Bolton, 1995

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881


 * Cardiocondyla fajumensis 	Forel, 1913

Carebara

 * Carebara bartrumi 	Weber, 1943


 * Carebara santschii 	Weber, 1943


 * Carebara sudanensis 	Weber, 1943


 * Carebara sudanica 	Santschi, 1933

Cataglyphis

 * Cataglyphis aurata 	Menozzi, 1932


 * Cataglyphis bicolor sudanica 	(Karavaiev, 1912)

Cataulacus

 * Cataulacus traegaordhi 	Santschi, 1914

Cerapachys

 * Cerapachys lamborni Crawley, 1923


 * Cerapachys sudanensis 	Weber, 1942

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster longiceps 	Santschi, 1910


 * Crematogaster africana polymorphica 	Weber, 1943


 * Crematogaster chiarinii subsulcata 	Santschi, 1914


 * Crematogaster latuka 	Weber, 1943


 * Crematogaster menilekii suddensis 	Weber, 1943


 * Crematogaster sewellii marnoi 	Mayr, 1895


 * Crematogaster lango 	Weber, 1943


 * Crematogaster sordidula molongori 	Weber, 1943


 * Crematogaster angusticeps 	Santschi, 1911


 * Crematogaster gambiensis transversiruga 	Santschi, 1914


 * Crematogaster lotti 	Weber, 1943


 * Crematogaster pseudinermis 	Viehmeyer, 1923


 * Crematogaster zonacaciae 	Weber, 1943

Dorylus

 * Dorylus aethiopicus 	Emery, 1895

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera jeanneli 	(Santschi, 1935)


 * Hypoponera dulcis 	(Forel, 1907)


 * Hypoponera punctatissima 	(Roger, 1857)

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota capensis acholli 	Weber, 1943


 * Lepisiota capensis issore Weber, 1943


 * Lepisiota capensis thoth Weber, 1943


 * Lepisiota megacephala 	Weber, 1943

Leptogenys

 * Leptogenys crustosa 	Santschi, 1914


 * Leptogenys pavesii 	Emery, 1892


 * Leptogenys stuhlmanni Mayr, 1893

Melissotarsus

 * Melissotarsus emeryi Forel, 1907

Meranoplus

 * Meranoplus inermis Emery, 1895


 * Meranoplus magrettii 	André, 1884

Messor

 * Messor galla 	Mayr, 1904

Microdaceton

 * Microdaceton tibialis Weber, 1952

Monomorium

 * Monomorium afrum André, 1884


 * Monomorium arboreum 	Weber, 1943


 * Monomorium areniphilum Santschi, 1911


 * Monomorium bicolor 	Emery, 1877


 * Monomorium hercules 	Viehmeyer, 1923


 * Monomorium kineti 	Weber, 1943


 * Monomorium madecassum Forel, 1892


 * Monomorium mictilis 	Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium parvinode Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nesomyrmex

 * Nesomyrmex angulatus 	Mayr, 1862

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia jaegerskioeldi (Mayr, 1904)

Ocymyrmex

 * Ocymyrmex celer 	Weber, 1943

Pachycondyla

 * Fisheropone ambigua


 * Ophthalmopone berthoudi pubescens 	Weber, 1942


 * Euponera brunoi Forel, 1913


 * Mesoponera flavopilosa 	Weber, 1942


 * Brachyponera sennaarensis 	Mayr, 1862

Paraparatrechina

 * Paraparatrechina weissi 	Santschi, 1910

Pheidole

 * Pheidole andrieui 	Santschi, 1930


 * Pheidole decarinata 	Santschi, 1929


 * Pheidole termitophila 	Forel, 1904

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis brunni nilotica 	Mayr, 1904


 * Plagiolepis sudanica 	Weber, 1943

Platythyrea

 * Platythyrea cribrinodis  Gerstäcker, 1859 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Platythyrea modesta Emery, 1899

Polyrhachis

 * Polyrhachis cubaensis 	Mayr, 1862


 * Polyrhachis militaris  (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Polyrhachis schistacea (Gerstäcker, 1859)


 * Polyrhachis viscosa Smith, F., 1858

Pristomyrmex

 * Pristomyrmex africanus 	Karavaiev, 1931

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis punctaticeps juba 	Weber, 1943

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys ludovici (Forel, 1904)


 * Strumigenys lujae (Forel, 1902)


 * Strumigenys petiolata Bernard, 1953


 * Strumigenys serrula (Santschi, 1910

Tapinolepis

 * Tapinolepis pernix 	Viehmeyer, 1923

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma carininotum 	Weber, 1943

Technomyrmex

 * Technomyrmex albipes 	(Smith, F. 1861)


 * Technomyrmex moerens 	Santschi, 1913


 * Technomyrmex pallipes  (Smith, F. 1876)

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax megalops 	Hamann & Klemm, 1967

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium aculeatum 	Mayr, 1866


 * Tetramorium altivagans 	Santschi, 1914


 * Tetramorium angulinode 	Santschi, 1910


 * Tetramorium delagoense 	Forel, 1894


 * Tetramorium eminii 	Forel, 1894


 * Tetramorium laevithorax 	Emery, 1895


 * Tetramorium minusculum 	Santschi, 1914


 * Tetramorium nigrum 	Forel, 1907


 * Tetramorium nube 	Weber, 1943


 * Tetramorium sericeiventre 	Emery, 1877


 * Tetramorium sudanense 	Weber, 1943


 * Tetramorium viticola 	Weber, 1943


 * Tetramorium weitzeckeri 	Emery, 1895


 * Tetramorium zonacaciae 	Weber, 1943

Tetraponera

 * Tetraponera ambigua 	(Emery, 1895)

Trichomyrmex

 * Trichomyrmex abyssinicus (Forel, 1894)


 * Trichomyrmex mayri (Forel, 1902)