Venezuela



The following 70 valid genera, 405 valid species and 4 valid subspecies of ants are known to occur in Venezuela. 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 Venezuelan ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Venezuelan Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

A

 * Acanthognathus ocellatus 	Mayr, 1887


 * Acanthoponera mucronata 	Roger, 1860


 * Acanthostichus laevigatus MacKay, 1996


 * Acanthostichus lattkei 	MacKay, 1996


 * Acromyrmex nobilis 	Santschi, 1939


 * Acromyrmex octospinosus 	Reich, 1793


 * Acromyrmex landolti 	Forel, 1885


 * Acropyga goeldii 	Forel, 1893


 * Acropyga smithii 	Forel, 1893


 * Allomerus dentatus Fernández, 2007


 * Allomerus undecemarticulatus Fernández, 2007


 * Anochetus diegensis Forel, 1912


 * Anochetus emarginatus 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Anochetus inermis 	André, 1889


 * Anochetus mayri 	Emery, 1884


 * Anochetus simoni 	Emery, 1890


 * Anochetus striatulus 	Emery, 1890


 * Apterostigma andense 	Lattke, 1997


 * Apterostigma angustum 	Lattke, 1997


 * Apterostigma auriculatum 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Apterostigma avium 	Lattke, 1997


 * Apterostigma bolivianum 	Weber, 1938


 * Apterostigma convexum 	Lattke, 1997


 * Apterostigma pariense 	Lattke, 1997


 * Apterostigma tachirense 	Lattke, 1997


 * Atta cephalotes 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Atta laevigata 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Atta sexdens 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Azteca alfari 	Emery, 1893


 * Azteca aragua 	Longino, 1992


 * Azteca jelskii 	Emery, 1893


 * Azteca lattkei 	Longino, 1991


 * Azteca merida 	Longino, 1991


 * Azteca ovaticeps 	Forel, 1904


 * Azteca schumannii 	Emery, 1893

B

 * Bariamyrma hispidula 	Lattke, 1990


 * Basiceros disciger 	Mayr, 1887


 * Basiceros scambognathus 	Brown, 1949


 * Brachymyrmex cordemoyi 	Forel, 1895


 * Brachymyrmex heeri 	Forel, 1874


 * Brachymyrmex obscurior 	Forel, 1893

C

 * Camponotus ager 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus alboannulatus Mayr, 1887


 * Camponotus apicalis 	Mann, 1916


 * Camponotus atriceps 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus blandus Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus blandus aequinotus 	Forel, 1902


 * Camponotus claviscapus 	Forel, 1899


 * Camponotus coruscus 	Smith, F., 1862


 * Camponotus femoratus 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Camponotus fumidus 	Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus integellus 	Forel, 1899


 * Camponotus lindigi 	Mayr, 1870


 * Camponotus melanocephalus 	Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus nidulans 	Smith, F., 1860


 * Camponotus rufipes 	Fabricius, 1775


 * Camponotus semoni 	Forel, 1905


 * Camponotus substitutus 	Emery, 1894


 * Camponotus traili 	Mayr, 1878


 * Camponotus zoc 	Forel, 1879


 * Carebara brevipilosa Fernandez, 2004


 * Carebara urichi Wheeler, 1922


 * Centromyrmex brachycola 	Roger, 1861


 * Cephalotes atratus 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Cephalotes christopherseni 	Forel, 1912


 * Cephalotes clypeatus 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Cephalotes crenaticeps 	Mayr, 1866


 * Cephalotes decolor 	De Andrade, 1999


 * Cephalotes depressus 	Klug, 1824


 * Cephalotes femoralis 	Smith, F., 1853


 * Cephalotes maculatus 	Smith, F., 1876


 * Cephalotes minutus 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Cephalotes mompox 	De Andrade, 1999


 * Cephalotes opacus 	Santschi, 1920


 * Cephalotes pallens 	Klug, 1824


 * Cephalotes pallidoides 	De Andrade, 1999


 * Cephalotes pusillus 	Klug, 1824


 * Cephalotes scutulatus 	Smith, F., 1867


 * Cephalotes spinosus 	Mayr, 1862


 * Cephalotes targionii 	Emery, 1894


 * Cephalotes umbraculatus 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Cheliomyrmex megalonyx 	Wheeler, W.M., 1921


 * Crematogaster abstinens 	Forel, 1899


 * Crematogaster acuta 	(Fabricius, 1804)


 * Crematogaster arcuata 	Forel, 1899


 * Crematogaster atra Mayr, 1870


 * Crematogaster bryophilia 	Longino, 2003


 * Crematogaster carinata 	Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster crinosa 	Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster curvispinosa 	Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster distans 	Mayr, 1870


 * Crematogaster flavomicrops 	Longino, 2003


 * Crematogaster flavosensitiva 	Longino, 2003


 * Crematogaster levior 	Longino, 2003


 * Crematogaster limata 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Crematogaster nigropilosa 	Mayr, 1870


 * Crematogaster obscurata 	Emery, 1895


 * Crematogaster rochai 	Forel, 1903


 * Crematogaster sotobosque 	Longino, 2003


 * Crematogaster stollii 	Forel, 1885


 * Crematogaster tenuicula 	Forel, 1904


 * Crematogaster victima 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Cylindromyrmex boliviae 	Wheeler, W.M., 1924


 * Cylindromyrmex brasiliensis Emery, 1901


 * Cylindromyrmex brevitarsus 	Santschi, 1925


 * Cylindromyrmex meinerti 	Forel, 1905


 * Cyphomyrmex hamulatus 	Weber, 1938


 * Cyphomyrmex kirbyi 	Mayr, 1887


 * Cyphomyrmex minutus 	Mayr, 1862


 * Cyphomyrmex rimosus 	Spinola, 1851


 * Cyphomyrmex vorticis 	Weber, 1940

D

 * Daceton armigerum 	Latreille, 1802


 * Discothyrea denticulata Weber, 1939


 * Discothyrea horni Menozzi, 1927


 * Discothyrea humilis Weber, 1939


 * Dolichoderus bispinosus 	Olivier, 1792


 * Dolichoderus debilis 	Emery, 1890


 * Dolichoderus diversus Emery, 1894


 * Dolichoderus doloniger 	Roger, 1862


 * Dolichoderus epetreius 	Lattke, 1987


 * Dolichoderus gagates 	Emery, 1890


 * Dolichoderus lamellosus 	Mayr, 1870


 * Dolichoderus laminatus 	Mayr, 1870


 * Dolichoderus lutosus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Dolichoderus quadridenticulatus 	Roger, 1862


 * Dolichoderus septemspinosus 	Emery, 1894


 * Dolichoderus spinicollis 	Latreille, 1817


 * Dorymyrmex biconis 	Forel, 1912


 * Dorymyrmex insanus 	Buckley, 1866


 * Dorymyrmex thoracicus 	Gallardo, 1912

E

 * Eciton burchellii 	Westwood, 1842


 * Eciton hamatum 	Fabricius, 1782


 * Eciton mexicanum 	Roger, 1863a


 * Eciton rapax 	Smith, 1855c


 * Eciton setigaster 	Borgmeier, 1955


 * Eciton vagans allognathum 	Borgmeier, 1955


 * Ectatomma edentatum 	Roger, 1863


 * Ectatomma ruidum 	Roger, 1860


 * Ectatomma tuberculatum 	Olivier, 1792


 * Eurhopalothrix bolaui Mayr, 1870


 * Eurhopalothrix gravis 	Mann, 1922

G

 * Gigantiops destructor 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Gnamptogenys acuminata 	Emery, 1896


 * Gnamptogenys ammophila 	Lattke, 1990


 * Gnamptogenys annulata 	Mayr, 1887


 * Gnamptogenys concinna 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Gnamptogenys continua 	Mayr, 1887


 * Gnamptogenys curvoclypeata 	Lattke, 1990


 * Gnamptogenys falcifera 	Kempf, 1967


 * Gnamptogenys fernandezi 	Lattke, 1990


 * Gnamptogenys fieldi 	Lattke, 1990


 * Gnamptogenys gracilis 	Santschi, 1929


 * Gnamptogenys horni 	Santschi, 1929


 * Gnamptogenys interrupta 	Mayr, 1887


 * Gnamptogenys mina 	Brown, 1956


 * Gnamptogenys petiscapa 	Lattke, 1990


 * Gnamptogenys pittieri 	Lattke, 1990


 * Gnamptogenys pleurodon 	Emery, 1896


 * Gnamptogenys porcata 	Emery, 1896


 * Gnamptogenys regularis 	Mayr, 1870


 * Gnamptogenys relicta (Mann, 1916)


 * Gnamptogenys siapensis 	Lattke, 1995


 * Gnamptogenys striatula Mayr, 1884


 * Gnamptogenys sulcata 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Gnamptogenys tortuolosa 	Smith, F., 1858

H

 * Heteroponera microps 	Borgmeier, 1957


 * Hylomyrma blandiens Kempf, 1961


 * Hylomyrma reitteri 	Mayr, 1887


 * Hypoponera distinguenda 	Emery, 1890


 * Hypoponera foreli (Mayr, 1887)


 * Hypoponera parva (Forel, 1909)

K

 * Kalathomyrmex emeryi (Forel, 1907)

L

 * Labidus coecus 	(Latreille, 1802)


 * Labidus praedator 	Smith, 1858a


 * Lachnomyrmex lattkei Feitosa & Brandao, 2008


 * Leptanilloides femoralis Borowiec & Longino, 2011


 * Leptogenys deborae Lattke, 2011


 * Leptogenys erugata Lattke, 2011


 * Leptogenys foveonates Lattke, 2011


 * Leptogenys ingens Mayr, 1866a


 * Leptogenys langi 	Wheeler, W.M., 1923


 * Leptogenys mavaca Lattke, 2011


 * Leptogenys melena Lattke, 2011


 * Leptogenys pittieri Lattke, 2011


 * Leptogenys pubiceps 	Emery, 1890


 * Leptogenys ritae Forel, 1899


 * Leptogenys tiobil Lattke, 2011


 * Leptogenys unistimulosa


 * Linepithema angulatum (Emery, 1894)


 * Linepithema iniquum 	(Mayr, 1870)


 * Linepithema fuscum Mayr, 1866a


 * Linepithema neotropicum Wild, 2007


 * Linepithema piliferum (Mayr, 1870)

M

 * Megalomyrmex drifti Kempf, 1961


 * Megalomyrmex incisus 	Smith, M.R., 1947


 * Megalomyrmex leoninus 	Forel, 1885


 * Megalomyrmex modestus 	Emery, 1896


 * Megalomyrmex silvestrii 	Wheeler, W.M., 1909


 * Megalomyrmex timbira 	Brandão, 1990


 * Mycocepurus smithii Forel, 1893


 * Myrmelachista nigella 	Roger, 1863


 * Myrmelachista zeledoni 	Emery, 1896

N

 * Neivamyrmex balzani (Emery, 1894d)


 * Neivamyrmex bohlsi (Emery, 1896h)


 * Neivamyrmex diana (Forel, 1912h)


 * Neivamyrmex emersoni (Wheeler, 1921d)


 * Neivamyrmex gibbatus (Borgmeier, 1953)


 * Neivamyrmex guerinii (Shuckard, 1840d)


 * Neivamyrmex guyanensis 	(Santschi, 1916)


 * Neivamyrmex halidaii 	(Shuckard, 1840)


 * Neivamyrmex humilis (Borgmeier, 1939)


 * Neivamyrmex imbellis (Emery, 1900e)


 * Neivamyrmex iridescens Borgmeier, 1950c


 * Neivamyrmex klugii (Shuckard, 1840)


 * Neivamyrmex maxillosus Emery, 1900e


 * Neivamyrmex pilosus 	(Smith, F. 1858)


 * Neivamyrmex punctaticeps (Emery, 1894d)


 * Neivamyrmex swainsonii 	(Shuckard, 1840)


 * Nesomyrmex anduzei 	Weber, 1943


 * Nesomyrmex antoniensis Forel, 1912


 * Nesomyrmex asper 	Mayr, 1887


 * Nesomyrmex brimodus 	Bolton, 1995


 * Nesomyrmex echinatinodis 	Forel, 1886


 * Nesomyrmex itinerans 	Kempf, 1959


 * Nesomyrmex pleuriticus 	Kempf, 1959


 * Nesomyrmex spininodis 	Mayr, 1887


 * Nesomyrmex tonsuratus 	Kempf, 1959


 * Nomamyrmex esenbeckii  (Westwood, 1842)


 * Nomamyrmex hartigii  (Westwood, 1842)


 * Nylanderia steinheili 	Forel, 1893j


 * Nylanderia vividula 	Nylander, 1846

O

 * Ochetomyrmex neopolitus 	Fernández, 2003


 * Octostruma amrishi (Makhan, 2007)


 * Octostruma balzani 	(Emery, 1894)


 * Octostruma iheringi 	(Emery, 1888)


 * Octostruma rugifera (Mayr, 1877)


 * Odontomachus bauri 	Emery, 1892


 * Odontomachus chelifer (Latreille, 1802)


 * Odontomachus haematodus 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Odontomachus meinerti 	Forel, 1905

P

 * Pachycondyla apicalis 	Latreille, 1802


 * Pachycondyla arhuaca (Forel, 1901)


 * Pachycondyla becculata MacKay & MacKay, 2010


 * Pachycondyla bucki (Borgmeier, 1927)


 * Pachycondyla carbonaria (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Pachycondyla conicula MacKay & MacKay, 2010


 * Pachycondyla crassinoda 	Latreille, 1802


 * Pachycondyla crenata 	Roger, 1861


 * Pachycondyla emiliae 	Forel, 1901


 * Pachycondyla fuscoatra 	Roger, 1861


 * Pachycondyla gilberti (Kempf, 1960)


 * Pachycondyla harpax 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Pachycondyla impressa 	Roger, 1861


 * Pachycondyla inversa 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Pachycondyla lattkei MacKay & MacKay, 2010


 * Pachycondyla leveillei 	Emery, 1890


 * Pachycondyla pergandei 	Forel, 1809a


 * Pachycondyla rostrata 	Emery, 1890


 * Pachycondyla stigma (Fabricius, 1804)


 * Pachycondyla unidentata Mayr, 1862


 * Paratrechina longicornis 	Latreille, 1802


 * Pheidole balzani 	Emery, 1894


 * Pheidole biconstricta 	Mayr, 1870


 * Pheidole bilimeki 	Mayr, 1870


 * Pheidole calens 	Forel, 1901


 * Pheidole carapuna 	Mann, 1916


 * Pheidole cocciphaga	Borgmeier, 1934


 * Pheidole colobopsis Mann, 1916


 * Pheidole coveri 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole eparmata 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole exarata Emery, 1896


 * Pheidole exigua Mayr, 1884


 * Pheidole fabricator 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Pheidole fallax 	Mayr, 1870


 * Pheidole fimbriata 	Roger, 1863


 * Pheidole gravida 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole hedlundorum 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole hortonae 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole impressa detrita 	Emery, 1890


 * Pheidole kukrana 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole lanigera 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole laselva 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole laticornis Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole lattkei 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole longiscapa 	Forel, 1901


 * Pheidole megacephala 	Fabricius, 1793


 * Pheidole meinerti 	Forel, 1905


 * Pheidole micon Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole midas Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole obrima 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole pariana 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole radoszkowskii 	Mayr, 1884


 * Pheidole rhytifera 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole rubiceps 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole sagax Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole scalaris Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole schmalzi 	Emery, 1894


 * Pheidole sculptior 	Forel, 1893


 * Pheidole styrax 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole subnuda 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole susannae 	Forel, 1886


 * Pheidole synarmata Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole tachirana 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole tennantae 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole tepuicola 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole transversostriata 	Mayr, 1887


 * Pheidole vafra 	Santschi, 1923


 * Platythyrea angusta 	Forel, 1901


 * Platythyrea pilosula 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Platythyrea sinuata 	Roger, 1860


 * Pogonomyrmex naegelii Forel, 1878


 * Pogonomyrmex stefani Lattke, 2006


 * Pogonomyrmex sylvestris 	Lattke, 1991


 * Prionopelta antillana Forel, 1909


 * Prionopelta marthae 	Forel, 1909


 * Probolomyrmex petiolatus 	Weber, 1940


 * Proceratium catio De Andrade, in Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003


 * Proceratium lattkei 	De Andrade, 2003


 * Proceratium micrommatum 	Roger, 1863


 * Proceratium panamense Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2003


 * Procryptocerus convergens 	(Mayr, 1887)


 * Procryptocerus coriarius 	(Mayr, 1870)


 * Procryptocerus hylaeus 	Kempf, 1951


 * Procryptocerus mayri 	Forel, 1899


 * Procryptocerus pictipes 	Emery, 1896


 * Procryptocerus scabriusculus 	Forel, 1899


 * Procryptocerus schmitti 	Forel, 1901


 * Protalaridris armata Brown, 1980


 * Pseudomyrmex boopis 	Roger, 1863


 * Pseudomyrmex cubaensis 	Forel, 1901


 * Pseudomyrmex curacaensis 	Forel, 1912


 * Pseudomyrmex eduardi 	Forel, 1912


 * Pseudomyrmex elongatulus 	Dalla Torre, 1892


 * Pseudomyrmex elongatus 	Mayr, 1870


 * Pseudomyrmex filiformis 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Pseudomyrmex flavidulus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Pseudomyrmex fortis (Forel, 1899)


 * Pseudomyrmex gracilis 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Pseudomyrmex mordax 	Warming, 1894


 * Pseudomyrmex oculatus 	Smith, F., 1855


 * Pseudomyrmex pallens 	Mayr, 1870


 * Pseudomyrmex penetrator 	Smith, F., 1877


 * Pseudomyrmex simplex 	Smith, F., 1877


 * Pseudomyrmex tenuissimus 	Emery, 1906


 * Pseudomyrmex termitarius 	Smith, F., 1855


 * Pseudomyrmex triplaridis 	Forel, 1904


 * Pseudomyrmex urbanus 	Smith, F., 1877


 * Pseudomyrmex vinneni (Forel, 1906)

R

 * Rogeria belti Mann, 1922


 * Rogeria ciliosa Kugler, C., 1994


 * Rogeria curvipubens Emery, 1894


 * Rogeria foreli Emery, 1894


 * Rogeria nevadensis Kugler, C. 1994


 * Rogeria subarmata (Kempf, 1961)


 * Rogeria unguispina 	Kugler, C., 1994

S

 * Solenopsis altinodis 	Forel, 1912


 * Solenopsis azteca Forel, 1893


 * Solenopsis bicolor (Emery, 1906)


 * Solenopsis geminata 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Solenopsis globularia 	(Smith, 1859)


 * Solenopsis subterranea Mackay, W.P. & Vinson, 1989


 * Solenopsis subtilis 	Emery, 1896


 * Solenopsis sulfurea 	Roger, 1862


 * Solenopsis tenuis Mayr, 1878


 * Stigmatomma lurilabes 	(Lattke, 1991)


 * Strumigenys alberti 	Forel, 1893


 * Strumigenys anthocera 	Lattke & Goitia, 1997


 * Strumigenys castanea 	Brown, 1953


 * Strumigenys cordovensis 	Mayr, 1887


 * Strumigenys cosmostela 	Kempf, 1975


 * Strumigenys crassicornis 	Mayr, 1887


 * Strumigenys denticulata 	Mayr, 1887


 * Strumigenys eggersi 	Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys elongata 	Roger, 1863


 * Strumigenys fridericimuelleri 	Forel, 1886


 * Strumigenys glenognatha 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys godmani 	Forel, 1899


 * Strumigenys gundlachi 	Roger, 1862


 * Strumigenys halosis 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys hemidisca 	Brown, 1953


 * Strumigenys humata 	Lattke & Goitia, 1997


 * Strumigenys hyphata 	Brown, 1953


 * Strumigenys infidelis 	Santschi, 1919


 * Strumigenys interfectiva 	Lattke & Goitia, 1997


 * Strumigenys inusitata 	Lattke, 1992


 * Strumigenys lanuginosa 	Wheeler, W.M., 1905


 * Strumigenys louisianae 	Roger, 1863


 * Strumigenys marginiventris 	Santschi, 1931


 * Strumigenys nubila 	Lattke & Goitia, 1997


 * Strumigenys orchibia 	Brown, 1953


 * Strumigenys pariensis 	Lattke & Goitia, 1997


 * Strumigenys perparva 	Brown, 1958


 * Strumigenys planeti 	Brown, 1953


 * Strumigenys precava 	Brown, 1954


 * Strumigenys prospiciens 	Emery, 1906


 * Strumigenys schulzi 	Emery, 1894


 * Strumigenys skia Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys smithii 	Forel, 1886


 * Strumigenys spathula 	Lattke & Goitia, 1997


 * Strumigenys subedentata 	Mayr, 1887


 * Strumigenys tachirensis 	Lattke & Goitia, 1997


 * Strumigenys tanymastax 	Brown, 1964


 * Strumigenys trudifera 	Kempf & Brown, 1969


 * Strumigenys usbensis 	Lattke & Goitia, 1997


 * Strumigenys villiersi 	Perrault, 1986


 * Strumigenys wheeleriana 	Baroni Urbani, 2007

T

 * Temnothorax subditivus (Wheeler, 1903)


 * Thaumatomyrmex atrox Weber, 1939


 * Thaumatomyrmex ferox 	Mann, 1922


 * Thaumatomyrmex paludis Weber, 1942


 * Trachymyrmex bugnioni 	Forel, 1912


 * Trachymyrmex cornetzi 	Forel, 1912


 * Trachymyrmex diversus 	Mann, 1916


 * Trachymyrmex urichii 	Forel, 1893


 * Tranopelta gilva 	Mayr, 1866


 * Typhlomyrmex pusillus 	Emery, 1894d


 * Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi 	Mayr, 1862

W

 * Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863)


 * Wasmannia rochai Forel, 1912