Egypt



Gary D. Alpert: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

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

A

 * Aenictus fuscovarius sagittarius Santschi, 1938

C

 * Camponotus rhamses 	Santschi, 1915


 * Camponotus sericeus 	Fabricius, 1798


 * Camponotus aegyptiacus Emery, 1915


 * Camponotus fellah 	Dalla Torre, 1893


 * Cardiocondyla fajumensis 	Forel, 1913


 * Cardiocondyla nigra 	Forel, 1905


 * Cataglyphis adenensis bugnioni 	Santschi, 1929


 * Cataglyphis argentatus 	Radoszkowsky, 1876


 * Cataglyphis bicoloripes 	Walker, 1871


 * Cataglyphis bombycinus sinaiticus 	Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1916


 * Cataglyphis isis 	Forel, 1913


 * Cataglyphis savignyi 	Dufour, 1862


 * Crematogaster aegyptiaca 	Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster inermis 	Mayr, 1862

D

 * Dorylus affinis aegyptiacus 	Mayr, 1865

L

 * Lepisiota frauenfeldi aegyptiaca 	Finzi, 1936


 * Lepisiota opaciventris 	Finzi, 1936

M

 * Messor aegyptiacus 	Emery, 1878


 * Messor arenarius alfierii 	Santschi, 1938


 * Messor barbarus sahlbergi 	Forel, 1913


 * Messor crawleyi 	Santschi, 1928


 * Messor niloticus 	Santschi, 1938


 * Monomorium atomum cooperi 	Donisthorpe, 1942


 * Monomorium bicolor 	Emery, 1877


 * Monomorium niloticum 	Emery, 1881


 * Monomorium nitidiventre 	Emery, 1893


 * Monomorium pharaonis 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Monomorium salomonis 	Linnaeus, 1758

N

 * Nesomyrmex angulatus 	Mayr, 1862

P

 * Paraparatrechina jaegerskioeldi 	Mayr, 1904


 * Pheidole pallidula recticeps 	Menozzi, 1932


 * Pheidole sinaitica 	Mayr, 1862


 * Pheidole teneriffana 	Forel, 1893


 * Plagiolepis pallescens isis 	Santschi, 1938

S

 * Solenopsis orbula kochi 	Finzi, 1936

T

 * Tapinolepis mediterranea 	Mayr, 1866


 * Tetramorium caldarium 	Roger, 1857


 * Tetramorium sahlbergi 	Finzi, 1936


 * Tetramorium salwae 	Mohamed,  Zalat, Fadl, Gadalla, & Sharaf, 2001


 * Tetramorium taueret 	Bolton, 1995


 * Tetraponera bifoveolata syriaca 	Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1916