Kenya



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

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

B

 * Baracidris pilosa Fernández, 2003

C

 * Calyptomyrmex brunneus Arnold, 1948


 * Calyptomyrmex clavatus Weber, 1952


 * Calyptomyrmex duhun Bolton, 1981


 * Calyptomyrmex piripilis Santschi 1923


 * Calyptomyrmex tensus Bolton, 1981


 * Camponotus acvapimensis Mayr, 1862


 * Camponotus bayeri Forel, 1913


 * Camponotus brutus Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus chrysurus Gerstäcker, 1871


 * Camponotus ferreri cavisquamis Santschi, 1926


 * Camponotus flavomarginatus Mayr, 1862


 * Camponotus foraminosus Forel, 1879


 * Camponotus galla Forel, 1894


 * Camponotus jeanneli Santschi, 1914


 * Camponotus kersteni Gerstäcker, 1871


 * Camponotus maculatus (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Camponotus orinobates Santschi, 1919


 * Camponotus perrisii Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus pompeius Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus rufoglaucus Jerdon, 1851


 * Camponotus rubripes (Latreille, 1802)


 * Camponotus sericeus (Fabricius, 1798)


 * Camponotus solon Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus somalinus pattensis Forel, 1907


 * Camponotus viri Santschi, 1915


 * Camponotus vividus Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus zimmermanni pansus Santschi, 1926


 * Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1891


 * Cardiocondyla shuckardi Forel, 1891


 * Carebara alluaudi Santschi, 1913


 * Carebara distincta (Bolton & Belshaw, 1993)


 * Carebara elmenteitae (Patrizi, 1948)


 * Carebara jeanneli Santschi, 1913


 * Carebara octata Bolton & Belshaw, 1993


 * Carebara perpusilla concedens Santschi, 1914


 * Carebara pisinna Bolton & Belshaw, 1993


 * Carebara polita (Santschi, 1914)


 * Carebara punctata Karavaiev, 1931


 * Carebara rara (Bolton & Belshaw, 1993)


 * Carebara thoracica (Weber, 1950)


 * Carebara vidua Smith, F., 1858


 * Cataulacus brevisetosus Forel, 1901


 * Cataulacus egenus Santschi, 1911


 * Cataulacus intrudens (Smith, F., 1876)


 * Cataulacus jeanneli Santschi, 1914


 * Cataulacus kenyensis Santschi, 1935


 * Cataulacus lujae Forel, 1911


 * Cataulacus pullus Santschi, 1910


 * Cataulacus striativentris Santschi, 1924


 * Cataulacus traegaordhi Santchi, 1914


 * Cataulacus vorticus Bolton, 1974


 * Cataulacus wissmannii Forel, 1894


 * Centromyrmex sellaris Mayr, 1896


 * Cerapachys braytoni Weber, 1949


 * Cerapachys foreli (Santschi, 1914)


 * Cerapachys kenyensis Consani, 1951


 * Cerapachys niger Santschi, 1914


 * Cerapachys nkomensis (Forel, 1916)


 * Cerapachys nitidulus Brown, 1975


 * Cerapachys vespula (Weber, 1949)


 * Crematogaster aegyptiaca turkanensis Santschi, 1935


 * Crematogaster africana Mayr, 1895


 * Crematogaster amabilis retiaria Santschi, 1933


 * Crematogaster bequaerti modica Santschi, 1926


 * Crematogaster buchneri uasina Santschi, 1935


 * Crematogaster castanea aquila Forel, 1907


 * Crematogaster chiarinii bayeri Santschi, 1926


 * Crematogaster clariventris Mayr, 1895


 * Crematogaster concava Emery, 1899


 * Crematogaster excisa lacustris Santschi, 1914


 * Crematogaster foraminiceps Santschi, 1913


 * Crematogaster gaboniensis Andre, 1889


 * Crematogaster gambiensis André, 1889


 * Crematogaster gerstaeckeri Dalla Torre, 1892


 * Crematogaster jeanneli Santschi, 1914


 * Crematogaster kachelibae Arnold, 1954


 * Crematogaster litoralis Arnold, 1955


 * Crematogaster luctans Forel, 1907


 * Crematogaster mimosae Santschi, 1914


 * Crematogaster pseudinermis Viehmeyer, 1923


 * Crematogaster rugosa Andre, 1895


 * Crematogaster stadelmanni Mayr, 1895


 * Crematogaster striatula Emery, 1892


 * Crematogaster striatula horatii Santschi, 1937


 * Crematogaster vulcania Santschi, 1913


 * Crematogaster wellmani Forel, 1909


 * Cyphoidris spinosa Weber, 1952

D

 *  Decamorium decem (Forel, 1913)


 * Discothyrea patrizii Weber, 1949


 * Dorylus affinis Shuckard, 1840


 * Dorylus braunsi Emery, 1895


 * Dorylus buyssoni Santschi, 1910


 * Dorylus fimbriatus (Shuckard, 1840)


 * Dorylus fimbriatus laevipodex  Santschi, 1919


 * Dorylus fulvus (Westwood, 1839)


 * Dorylus helvolus Linnaeus, 1764


 * Dorylus kohli Wasmann, 1904


 * Dorylus nigricans molestus (Gerstacker, 1859)


 * Dorylus wilverthi Emery, 1899

H

 * Hypoponera jeanneli Santschi, 1935


 * Hypoponera ragusai sordida Santschi, 1914

L

 * Lepisiota affinis Santschi, 1937


 * Lepisiota canescens (Emery, 1897)


 * Lepisiota capensis (Mayr, 1862)


 * Lepisiota capensis anceps Forel, 1916


 * Lepisiota capensis guineensis (Mayr, 1902)


 * Lepisiota crinita (Mayr, 1895)


 * Lepisiota depressa Santschi, 1914


 * Lepisiota hirsuta Santschi, 1914


 * Leptanilla species FHG 1


 * Leptogenys elegans Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys regis Bolton, 1975

M

 * Melissotarsus emeryi Forel, 1907


 * Melissotarsus weissi Santschi, 1910


 * Meranoplus inermis Emery, 1895


 * Messor angularis Santschi, 1928


 * Messor cephalotes Emery, 1895


 * Messor ferreri Collingwood, 1993


 * Microdaceton tibialis Weber, 1952


 * Monomorium afrum Andre, 1884


 * Monomorium arborum Weber, 1943


 * Monomorium bicolor Emery, 1877


 * Monomorium cryptobium (Santschi, 1921)


 * Monomorium draxocum Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium elgonense (Santschi, 1935)


 * Monomorium fasciatum Santschi, 1920


 * Monomorium hanneli Forel, 1907


 * Monomorium holothir Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium iyenasu Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium madecassum Forel, 1892


 * Monomorium malatu Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium manir Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium mictile Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium mirandum Arnold, 1955


 * Monomorium osiridis Santschi, 1915


 * Monomorium paternum Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Monomorium rastractum Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium robustior Forel, 1892


 * Monomorium rosae Santschi, 1920


 * Monomorium spectrum Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium speluncarum Santschi, 1914


 * Monomorium sutu Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium valtinum Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium westi Bolton, 1987


 * Myrmicaria distincta Santschi, 1925


 * Myrmicaria fusca consanguinea Santschi, 1925


 *  Myrmicaria natalensis eumenoides (Gerstacker, 1859)


 * Myrmicaria opaciventris Emery, 1893

N

 * Nesomyrmex angulatus Mayr, 1862


 * Nesomyrmex cataulacoides Snelling, 1992


 * Nesomyrmex evelynae (Forel, 1916)


 * Nylanderia zelotypa Santschi, 1915

O

 * Odontomachus assinensis Emery, 1892


 * Odontomachus troglodytes  Santschi, 1914


 * Oecophylla leakeyi Wilson & Taylor, 1964

P

 * Pachycondyla crassa  crassior Santschi, 1930


 * Pachycondyla kenyensis Santschi, 1937


 * Pachycondyla kruegeri asina Santschi, 1912


 * Phasmomyrmex wolfi (Emery, 1920)


 * Pheidole aurivilli Mayr, 1896


 * Pheidole crassinoda Emery, 1895


 * Pheidole kohli Mayr, 1901


 * Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Pheidole megacephala talpa Gerstäcker, 1871


 * Pheidole prelli Forel, 1911


 * Pheidole pulchella Santschi, 1910


 * Pheidole scabriuscula Gerstäcker, 1871


 * Pheidole sculpturata Mayr, 1886


 * Pheidole speculifera Emery, 1877


 * Plagiolepis decora Santschi, 1914


 * Plagiolepis pictipes Santschi, 1914


 * Platythyrea cribrinodis Gerstäcker, 1859


 * Plectroctena mandibularis Smith, F., 1858


 * Plectroctena subterranea Arnold, 1915


 * Polyrhachis latispina Emery, 1925


 * Polyrhachis lestoni Bolton, 1973


 * Polyrhachis militaris (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Polyrhachis schistacea Gerstäcker, 1859


 * Polyrhachis schlueteri Forel, 1886


 * Pristomyrmex africanus Karavaiev, 1931


 * Proceratium toschii Consani, 1951


 * Pseudolasius weissi Santschi, 1910


 * Pyramica bellatrix Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica cavinasis (Brown, 1950)


 * Pyramica concolor (Santschi, 1914)


 * Pyramica geoterra (Bolton, 1983)


 * Pyramica hensekta (Bolton, 1983)


 * Pyramica ludovici (Forel, 1904)


 * Pyramica lujae (Forel, 1902)


 * Pyramica marginata Santschi, 1914


 * Pyramica maynei Forel, 1916


 * Pyramica minkara (Bolton, 1983)


 * Pyramica serrula (Santschi, 1910)


 * Pyramica sulumana (Bolton, 1983)


 * Pyramica tetragnatha Taylor, 1966


 * Pyramica thuvida (Bolton, 1983)

R

 * Rhoptromyrmex opacus Forel, 1909


 * Rhoptromyrmex transversinodis Mayr, 1901

T

 * Tapinolepis bothae Forel, 1907


 * Tapinoma acuminatum Forel, 1907


 * Tapinoma luridum connexum Santschi, 1914


 * Technomyrmex andrei Emery, 1899


 * Technomyrmex atrichosus Viehmeyer, 1922


 * Technomyrmex camerunensis Emery, 1899


 * Technomyrmex foreli Santschi, 1930


 * Technomyrmex ilgi (Forel, 1910)


 * Technomyrmex ilgi stygius Santschi, 1911


 * Technomyrmex moerens Santschi, 1913


 * Technomyrmex nigriventris Santschi, 1910


 * Technomyrmex pallipes (Smith, F., 1876)


 * Technomyrmex voeltzkowi (Forel, 1907)


 * Temnothorax cenatus Bolton, 1982


 * Terataner bottegoi Emery, 1896


 * Tetramorium aculeatum (Mayr, 1866)


 * Tetramorium altivagans Santschi, 1914


 * Tetramorium brevispinosum (Stitz, 1910)


 * Tetramorium caldarium (Roger, 1857)


 * Tetramorium camerunense Mayr, 1895


 * Tetramorium candidum Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium cristatum Stitz, 1910


 * Tetramorium delagoense Forel, 1894


 * Tetramorium dogieli Karavaiev, 1931


 * Tetramorium dumezi Menozzi, 1942


 * Tetramorium edouardi Forel, 1894


 * Tetramorium eminii (Forel, 1894)


 * Tetramorium gazense Arnold, 1958


 * Tetramorium intextum Santschi, 1914


 * Tetramorium kestrum Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium laevithorax Emery, 1895


 * Tetramorium longicorne Forel, 1907


 * Tetramorium lucayanum Wheeler, W.M., 1905


 * Tetramorium metactum Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium miserabile Santschi, 1918


 * Tetramorium nigrum Forel, 1907


 * Tetramorium nodiferum (Emery, 1901)


 * Tetramorium pauper Forel, 1907


 * Tetramorium pinnipilum Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium pullulum Santschi, 1924


 * Tetramorium quadridentatum Stitz, 1910


 * Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877


 * Tetramorium setigerum Mayr, 1901


 * Tetramorium subcoecum Forel, 1907


 * Tetramorium tersum Santschi, 1911


 * Tetramorium viticola Weber, 1943


 * Tetramorium weitzeckeri Emery, 1895


 * Tetramorium zapyrum Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium zonacaciae (Weber, 1943)


 * Tetraponera emacerata Santschi, 1911


 * Tetraponera mocquerysi biozellata Karavaiev, 1931