Suriname



The following 288 valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Suriname. 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 Suriname ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Suriname Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

A
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 * Acanthostichus brevicornis Emery, 1894
 * Acanthostichus brevicornis Emery, 1894


 * Acromyrmex coronatus globoculis Kempf, 1972


 * Acromyrmex hystrix Latreille, 1802


 * Acromyrmex octospinosus Reich, 1793


 * Acropyga exsanguis Wheeler, W.M., 1909


 * Amblyopone degenerata Borgmeier, 1957


 * Anochetus bispinosus Smith, F., 1858


 * Anochetus emarginatus Fabricius, 1804


 * Anochetus simoni Emery, 1890


 * Apterostigma auriculatum Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Apterostigma fallax Borgmeier, 1934


 * Apterostigma robustum Emery, 1896


 * Apterostigma urichii Forel, 1893


 * Apterostigma wasmannii Forel, 1892


 * Atta cephalotes Linnaeus, 1758


 * Atta laevigata Smith, F., 1858


 * Atta sexdens Linnaeus, 1758


 * Azteca alfari Emery, 1893


 * Azteca chartifex laticeps Forel, 1899


 * Azteca constructor Emery, 1896


 * Azteca delpini Emery, 1893


 * Azteca instabilis Smith, F., 1862


 * Azteca jelskii Emery, 1893


 * Azteca schimperi Emery, 1893


 * Azteca sericea Mayr, 1866


 * Azteca trailii Emery, 1893


 * Azteca trigona mediops Forel, 1904


 * Azteca ulei cordiae Forel, 1904


 * Azteca velox Forel, 1899

B

 * Basiceros singularis Smith, F., 1858


 * Brachymyrmex brevicornis Emery, 1906


 * Brachymyrmex cordemoyi Forel, 1895


 * Brachymyrmex heeri Forel, 1874

C

 * Camponotus chartifex Smith, F., 1860


 * Camponotus nidulans Smith, F., 1860


 * Camponotus blandus Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus fastigatus Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus leydigi Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus novogranadensis Mayr, 1870


 * Camponotus sericeiventris Guérin-Méneville, 1838


 * Camponotus auricomus Roger, 1862


 * Camponotus beebei Wheeler, W.M., 1918


 * Camponotus zoc Forel, 1879


 * Camponotus bidens Mayr, 1870


 * Camponotus latangulus Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus rectangularis Emery, 1890


 * Camponotus mocsaryi Forel, 1902


 * Camponotus platytarsus Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus sexguttatus Fabricius, 1793


 * Camponotus atriceps Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus femoratus Fabricius, 1804


 * Camponotus renggeri Emery, 1894


 * Camponotus rufipes Fabricius, 1775


 * Camponotus ager Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus coruscus astilbus Stitz, 1938


 * Camponotus fasciatellus Dalla Torre, 1892


 * Camponotus picipes Olivier, 1792


 * Camponotus rapax Fabricius, 1804


 * Camponotus simillimus Smith, F., 1862


 * Camponotus substitutus Emery, 1894


 * Carebara mayri Forel, 1901


 * Carebara urichi Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Cephalotes atratus Linnaeus, 1758


 * Cephalotes clypeatus Fabricius, 1804


 * Cephalotes complanatus Guérin-Méneville, 1844


 * Cephalotes marginatus Fabricius, 1804


 * Cephalotes opacus Santschi, 1920


 * Cephalotes pallens Klug, 1824


 * Cephalotes pallidus De Andrade, 1999


 * Cephalotes pavonii Latreille, 1809


 * Cephalotes pusillus Klug, 1824


 * Cephalotes simillimus Kempf, 1951


 * Cephalotes spinosus Mayr, 1862


 * Cephalotes umbraculatus Fabricius, 1804


 * Cheliomyrmex megalonyx Wheeler, W.M., 1921


 * Cheliomyrmex morosus Smith, F., 1859


 * Crematogaster levior Longino, 2003


 * Crematogaster carinata Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster crinosa Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster curvispinosa Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster delitescens Wheeler, W.M., 1921


 * Crematogaster erecta Mayr, 1866


 * Crematogaster huberi Forel, 1907


 * Crematogaster longispina Emery, 1890


 * Crematogaster quadriformis Roger, 1863


 * Cylindromyrmex striatus Mayr, 1870


 * Cyphomyrmex bigibbosus Emery, 1894


 * Cyphomyrmex faunulus Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Cyphomyrmex laevigatus Weber, 1938


 * Cyphomyrmex minutus Mayr, 1862


 * Cyphomyrmex rimosus Spinola, 1851

D

 * Daceton armigerum Latreille, 1802


 * Discothyrea denticulata Weber, 1939


 * Discothyrea soesilae Makhan, 2007


 * Dolichoderus attelaboides Fabricius, 1775


 * Dolichoderus bidens Linnaeus, 1758


 * Dolichoderus bispinosus Olivier, 1792


 * Dolichoderus debilis Emery, 1890


 * Dolichoderus decollatus Smith, F., 1858


 * Dolichoderus gagates Emery, 1890


 * Dolichoderus lamellosus Mayr, 1870


 * Dolichoderus laminatus Mayr, 1870


 * Dolichoderus lugens Emery, 1894


 * Dolichoderus lutosus Smith, F., 1858


 * Dolichoderus mucronifer Roger, 1862


 * Dolichoderus rugosus Smith, F., 1858


 * Dolichoderus septemspinosus Emery, 1894


 * Dolichoderus spurius Forel, 1903


 * Dorymyrmex brunneus Forel, 1908


 * Dorymyrmex pyramicus Roger, 1863

E

 * Eciton burchellii cupiens Santschi, 1923


 * Eciton drepanophorum Smith, F., 1858


 * Eciton hamatum Fabricius, 1782


 * Eciton vagans Olivier, 1792


 * Ectatomma brunneum Smith, F., 1858


 * Ectatomma edentatum Roger, 1863


 * Ectatomma lugens Emery, 1894


 * Ectatomma ruidum Roger, 1860


 * Ectatomma tuberculatum Olivier, 1792


 * Eurhopalothrix bolaui Mayr, 1870

G

 * Gigantiops destructor Fabricius, 1804


 * Gnamptogenys acuminata Emery, 1896


 * Gnamptogenys annulata Mayr, 1887


 * Gnamptogenys gracilis Santschi, 1929


 * Gnamptogenys horni Santschi, 1929


 * Gnamptogenys minuta Emery, 1896


 * Gnamptogenys mordax Smith, F., 1858


 * Gnamptogenys regularis Mayr, 1870


 * Gnamptogenys striatula Mayr, 1884


 * Gnamptogenys strigata Norton, 1868


 * Gnamptogenys sulcata Smith, F., 1858


 * Gnamptogenys tortuolosa Smith, F., 1858

H

 * Hylomyrma blandiens Kempf, 1961


 * Hylomyrma longiscapa Kempf, 1961


 * Hypoponera agilis Borgmeier, 1934

L

 * Labidus coecus Latreille, 1802


 * Labidus truncatidens Santschi, 1920


 * Leptogenys arcuata Roger, 1861


 * Leptogenys dasygyna Wheeler, W.M., 1923


 * Leptogenys gaigei Wheeler, W.M., 1923


 * Leptogenys langi Wheeler, W.M., 1923


 * Leptogenys unistimulosa Roger, 1863


 * Linepithema iniquum (Mayr, 1870

M

 * Megalomyrmex bituberculatus Fabricius, 1798


 * Megalomyrmex drifti Kempf, 1961


 * Megalomyrmex emeryi Forel, 1904


 * Megalomyrmex leoninus Forel, 1885


 * Megalomyrmex silvestrii Wheeler, W.M., 1909


 * Monomorium floricola Jerdon, 1851


 * Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758


 * Mycetophylax conformis Mayr, 1884


 * Mycocepurus smithii Forel, 1893


 * Myrmelachista guyanensis Wheeler, W.M., 1934


 * Myrmicocrypta buenzlii Borgmeier, 1934


 * Myrmicocrypta squamosa uncinata Mayr, 1887

N

 * Neivamyrmex angustinodis Emery, 1888


 * Neivamyrmex bohlsi Emery, 1896


 * Neivamyrmex emersoni Wheeler, W.M., 1921


 * Neivamyrmex falcifer Emery, 1900


 * Neivamyrmex gibbatus Borgmeier, 1953


 * Neivamyrmex guerinii Shuckard, 1840


 * Neivamyrmex guyanensis Santschi, 1916


 * Neivamyrmex halidaii Shuckard, 1840


 * Neivamyrmex iridescens Borgmeier, 1950


 * Neivamyrmex maxillosus Emery, 1900


 * Neivamyrmex megathrix Kempf, 1961


 * Neivamyrmex pilosus (Smith, F. 1858)


 * Neivamyrmex postangustatus Borgmeier, 1934


 * Neivamyrmex punctaticeps Emery, 1894


 * Neivamyrmex walkerii Westwood, 1842


 * Nesomyrmex anduzei Weber, 1943


 * Nesomyrmex echinatinodis Forel, 1886


 * Nesomyrmex pleuriticus Kempf, 1959


 * Nesomyrmex rutilans Kempf, 1958


 * Nesomyrmex spininodis Mayr, 1887


 * Nomamyrmex esenbeckii Westwood, 1842


 * Nomamyrmex hartigii Westwood, 1842


 * Nylanderia caeciliae Forel, 1899


 * Nylanderia fulva Mayr, 1862


 * Nylanderia lietzi Forel, 1908

O

 * Ochetomyrmex neopolitus Fernández, 2003


 * Ochetomyrmex semipolitus Mayr, 1878


 * Octostruma balzani (Emery, 1894)


 * Octostruma batesi Emery, 1894


 * Odontomachus biumbonatus Brown, 1976


 * Odontomachus caelatus Brown, 1976


 * Odontomachus chelifer Latreille, 1802


 * Odontomachus haematodus Linnaeus, 1758


 * Odontomachus hastatus Fabricius, 1804


 * Odontomachus laticeps Roger, 1861


 * Odontomachus mayi Mann, 1912


 * Odontomachus scalptus Brown, 1978

P

 * Pachycondyla apicalis Latreille, 1802


 * Pachycondyla arhuaca Forel, 1901


 * Pachycondyla commutata Roger, 1860


 * Pachycondyla constricta Mayr, 1884


 * Pachycondyla crassinoda Latreille, 1802


 * Pachycondyla crenata Roger, 1861


 * Pachycondyla foetida Linnaeus, 1758


 * Pachycondyla gilberti Kempf, 1960


 * Pachycondyla harpax Fabricius, 1804


 * Pachycondyla holmgreni Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Pachycondyla impressa Roger, 1861


 * Pachycondyla inversa Smith, F., 1858


 * Pachycondyla obscuricornis Emery, 1890


 * Pachycondyla procidua Emery, 1890


 * Pachycondyla stigma Fabricius, 1804


 * Pachycondyla unidentata Mayr, 1862


 * Pachycondyla villosa Fabricius, 1804


 * Paraponera clavata Fabricius, 1775


 * Pheidole allarmata Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole astur Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole cocciphaga Borgmeier, 1934


 * Pheidole coffeicola Borgmeier, 1934


 * Pheidole fimbriata Roger, 1863


 * Pheidole gibbata Borgmeier, 1934


 * Pheidole mamore Mann, 1916


 * Pheidole megacephala Fabricius, 1793


 * Pheidole radoszkowskii Mayr, 1884


 * Pheidole sculptior Forel, 1893


 * Pheidole socrates Forel, 1912


 * Pheidole soesilae Makhan, 2007


 * Pheidole terribilis Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole transversostriata Mayr, 1887


 * Platythyrea angusta Forel, 1901


 * Platythyrea punctata Smith, F., 1858


 * Platythyrea sinuata Roger, 1860


 * Prionopelta antillana Forel, 1909


 * Procryptocerus attenuatus Smith, F., 1876


 * Pseudomyrmex concolor Smith, F., 1860


 * Pseudomyrmex curacaensis Forel, 1912


 * Pseudomyrmex elongatulus Dalla Torre, 1892


 * Pseudomyrmex elongatus Mayr, 1870


 * Pseudomyrmex faber Smith, F., 1858


 * Pseudomyrmex filiformis Fabricius, 1804


 * Pseudomyrmex gracilis Fabricius, 1804


 * Pseudomyrmex laevigatus Smith, F., 1877


 * Pseudomyrmex maculatus Smith, F., 1855


 * Pseudomyrmex malignus Wheeler, W.M., 1921


 * Pseudomyrmex nigrocinctus Emery, 1890


 * Pseudomyrmex oculatus Smith, F., 1855


 * Pseudomyrmex penetrator Smith, F., 1877


 * Pseudomyrmex spiculus Ward, 1989


 * Pseudomyrmex tenuis Fabricius, 1804


 * Pseudomyrmex tenuissimus Emery, 1906


 * Pseudomyrmex termitarius Smith, F., 1855


 * Pseudomyrmex triplaridis Forel, 1904


 * Pseudomyrmex unicolor Smith, F., 1855


 * Pseudomyrmex urbanus Smith, F., 1877


 * Pseudomyrmex viduus Smith, F., 1858

R

 * Rogeria blanda Smith, F., 1858


 * Rogeria micromma Kempf, 1961

S

 * Sericomyrmex lutzi Wheeler, W.M., 1916


 * Sericomyrmex myersi Weber, 1937


 * Solenopsis altinodis Forel, 1912


 * Solenopsis brevicornis Emery, 1888


 * Solenopsis corticalis amazonensis Forel, 1904


 * Solenopsis geminata Fabricius, 1804


 * Solenopsis minutissima Emery, 1906


 * Solenopsis saevissima Smith, F., 1855


 * Solenopsis sulfurea Roger, 1862


 * Strumigenys alberti Forel, 1893


 * Strumigenys carinithorax Borgmeier, 1934


 * Strumigenys cordovensis Mayr, 1887


 * Strumigenys denticulata (Mayr, 1887)


 * Strumigenys elongata Roger, 1863


 * Strumigenys emmae Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys subedentata Mayr, 1887

T

 * Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793


 * Thaumatomyrmex soesilae Makhan, 2007


 * Trachymyrmex bugnioni Forel, 1912


 * Trachymyrmex compactus Mayhé-Nunes & Brandão, 2002


 * Trachymyrmex cornetzi Forel, 1912


 * Trachymyrmex diversus Mann, 1916


 * Trachymyrmex relictus Borgmeier, 1934


 * Trachymyrmex urichii Forel, 1893


 * Trachymyrmex verrucosus Borgmeier, 1948


 * Tranopelta gilva Mayr, 1866


 * Typhlomyrmex clavicornis Emery, 1906


 * Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi Mayr, 1862

W

 * Wasmannia rochai Forel, 1912


 * Wasmannia scrobifera Kempf, 1961


 * Wasmannia sigmoidea Mayr, 1884