Malaysia



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

A

 * Acanthomyrmex ferox 	Emery, 1893


 * Acanthomyrmex laevis 	Moffett, 1986


 * Acropyga ambigua 	Emery, 1922


 * Acropyga butteli 	Forel, 1912


 * Acropyga hystrix 	LaPolla, 2004


 * Acropyga oceanica 	Emery, 1900


 * Acropyga pallida 	Donisthorpe, 1938


 * Aenictus aratus 	Forel, 1900


 * Aenictus dentatus 	Forel, 1911


 * Aenictus glabratus Jaitrong & Nur-Zati, 2010


 * Aenictus glabrinotum Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011


 * Aenictus gracilis 	Emery, 1893


 * Aenictus montivagus Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011


 * Aenictus rotundicollis Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011


 * Aenictus silvestrii 	Wheeler, W.M., 1929


 * Aenictus yamanei Wiwatwitaya & Jaitrong, 2011


 * Amblyopone reclinata Mayr, 1879


 * Anochetus myops 	Emery, 1893


 * Anochetus strigatellus 	Brown, 1978


 * Anochetus tua 	Brown, 1978


 * Anomalomyrma boltoni  Borowiec, Schulz, Alpert & Banas, 2011
 * Anonychomyrma glabrata 	Smith, F., 1857

C

 * Camponotus asli 	Dumpert, 1989


 * Camponotus belumensis 	Dumpert, 1995


 * Camponotus calvus 	Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus contractus buttesi 	Forel, 1902


 * Camponotus gentingensis 	Dumpert, 1995


 * Camponotus gombaki 	Dumpert, 1986


 * Camponotus hospes adultus 	Viehmeyer, 1916


 * Camponotus impressilabris 	Stitz, 1938


 * Camponotus festinus diligens 	Smith, F., 1857


 * Camponotus irritans 	Smith, F., 1857


 * Camponotus maxwellensis 	Forel, 1913


 * Camponotus melanus 	Dumpert, 1995


 * Camponotus micragyne 	Dumpert, 1995


 * Camponotus orinus 	Dumpert, 1995


 * Camponotus striatipes 	Dumpert, 1995


 * Camponotus taipingensis 	Forel, 1913


 * Camponotus texens 	Dumpert, 1986


 * Camponotus weissflogi Dumpert, 2006


 * Cataulacus latissimus 	Emery, 1893


 * Cataulacus pompom 	Snelling, 1979


 * Cladomyrma maschwitzi 	Agosti, 1991


 * Cladomyrma nudidorsalis 	Agosti, Moog & Maschwitz, 1999


 * Cladomyrma petalae 	Agosti, 1991


 * Crematogaster ferrarii lumpurensis 	Forel, 1907


 * Crematogaster longiclava placens 	Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster pia 	Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster yappi 	Forel, 1901


 * Crematogaster borneensis sembilana 	Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster treubi 	Emery, 1896


 * Crematogaster longipilosa 	Forel, 1907


 * Crematogaster spengeli picata 	Emery, 1922


 * Crematogaster vacca 	Forel, 1911

D

 * Discothyrea bryanti 	Wheeler, W.M., 1917


 * Dolichoderus carbonarius 	Emery, 1895


 * Dolichoderus cuspidatus 	Smith, F., 1857

E

 * Echinopla striata 	Smith, F., 1857


 * Euprenolepis wittei LaPolla, 2009 [West Malaysia]


 * Eurhopalothrix omnivaga 	Taylor, 1990


 * Eurhopalothrix platisquama 	Taylor, 1990

G

 * Gnamptogenys bicolor 	Emery, 1889


 * Gnamptogenys binghamii 	Forel, 1900


 * Gnamptogenys chapmani 	Brown, 1958


 * Gnamptogenys costata 	Emery, 1889


 * Gnamptogenys crassicornis 	Forel, 1912


 * Gnamptogenys cribrata 	Emery, 1900


 * Gnamptogenys delta 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys fontana 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys gabata 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys helisa 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys lacunosa 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys laevior 	Forel, 1905


 * Gnamptogenys leiolabia 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys menadensis 	Mayr, 1887


 * Gnamptogenys ortostoma 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys palamala 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys paso 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys pertusa 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys polytreta 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys posteropsis 	Gregg, 1951


 * Gnamptogenys rugodens 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys scalpta 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys sila 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys toronates 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys treta 	Lattke, 2004

H

 * Hypoponera lamellosa 	Forel, 1907


 * Hypoponera lumpurensis 	Forel, 1907


 * Hypoponera malayana 	Wheeler, W.M., 1929


 * Hypoponera pygmaea 	Forel, 1907

I

 * Iridomyrmex anceps 	Roger, 1863

L

 * Leptanilla butteli 	Forel, 1913


 * Liomyrmex gestroi 	Emery, 1887


 * Lophomyrmex lucidus 	Menozzi, 1930

M

 * Mayriella transfuga 	Baroni Urbani, 1977


 * Meranoplus bicolor 	Guérin-Méneville, 1844


 * Meranoplus castaneus 	Smith, F., 1857


 * Meranoplus malaysianus 	Schödl, 1998


 * Meranoplus mucronatus 	Smith, F., 1857


 * Metapone quadridentata 	Eguchi, 1998


 * Myopopone castanea (Smith, F. 1860)


 * Myrmica emeryi Radchenko & Elmes, 2009


 * Myrmicaria brunnea flava 	Forel, 1913


 * Myrmoteras danieli 	Agosti, 1992

O

 * Odontomachus latidens 	Mayr, 1867

P

 * Pachycondyla malayana 	Wheeler, W.M., 1929


 * Pachycondyla pilidorsalis Yamane, 2007


 * Pachycondyla tridentata exasperans 	Forel, 1911


 * Paraparatrechina butteli malaccana 	(Viehmeyer, 1916)


 * Pheidole bugi 	Wheeler, W.M., 1919


 * Pheidole fervens 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Pheidole gombakensis 	Eguchi, 2001


 * Pheidole havilandi 	Forel, 1911


 * Pheidole huberi 	Forel, 1911


 * Pheidole inscrobiculata 	Viehmeyer, 1916


 * Pheidole magrettii 	Emery, 1887


 * Pheidole megacephala 	(Fabricius, 1793)


 * Philidris myrmecodiae 	Emery, 1887


 * Platythyrea parallela 	Smith, F., 1859


 * Platythyrea quadridenta Donisthorpe, 1941


 * Platythyrea tricuspidata 	Emery, 1900


 * Polyrhachis arcuata 	Le Guillou, 1842


 * Polyrhachis boltoni 	Dorow & Kohout, 1995


 * Polyrhachis carbonaria 	Smith, F., 1857


 * Polyrhachis obesior 	Viehmeyer, 1916


 * Polyrhachis calypso 	Forel, 1911


 * Polyrhachis furcata 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis laevigata 	Smith, F., 1857


 * Polyrhachis rufipes 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis schellerichae 	Dorow, 1996


 * Polyrhachis tibialis crassisquama 	Forel, 1913


 * Polyrhachis textor 	Smith, F., 1857


 * Polyrhachis thrinax lucida 	Emery, 1894


 * Ponera taipingensis 	Forel, 1913


 * Prenolepis jerdoni 	Emery, 1893


 * Pristomyrmex bicolor 	Emery, 1900


 * Pristomyrmex brevispinosus 	Emery, 1887


 * Pristomyrmex costatus 	Wang, 2003


 * Pristomyrmex modestus 	Wang, 2003


 * Pristomyrmex occultus 	Wang, 2003


 * Pristomyrmex picteti 	Emery, 1893


 * Pristomyrmex pollux 	Donisthorpe, 1944


 * Pristomyrmex profundus 	Wang, 2003


 * Pristomyrmex pulcher 	Wang, 2003


 * Pristomyrmex rigidus 	Wang, 2003


 * Pristomyrmex sulcatus 	Emery, 1895


 * Probolomyrmex watanabei 	Tanaka, 1974


 * Proceratium angulinode 	De Andrade, 2003


 * Proceratium banjaranense 	De Andrade, 2003


 * Proceratium deelemani 	Perrault, 1981


 * Proceratium dusun 	De Andrade, 2003


 * Proceratium foveolatum 	De Andrade, 2003


 * Proceratium malesianum 	De Andrade, 2003


 * Proceratium microsculptum 	De Andrade, 2003


 * Proceratium papuanum 	Emery, 1897


 * Proceratium striativenter 	De Andrade, 2003


 * Proceratium sulawense 	De Andrade, 2003


 * Proceratium terraealtae 	De Andrade, 2003


 * Propodilobus pingorum (DuBois, 2000)


 * Pseudolasius butteli 	Forel, 1913


 * Pseudolasius ludovici malaccanus 	Forel, 1913


 * Pseudolasius martini 	Forel, 1911


 * Pseudolasius pygmaeus 	Forel, 1913


 * Pseudolasius streesemanni 	Viehmeyer, 1914


 * Pyramica acheron 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica acubecca 	Brown, 1972


 * Pyramica aello 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica atropos 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica bubisnoda 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica clotho 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica daspleta 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica deinognatha 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica disjuncta 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica dohertyi 	Emery, 1897


 * Pyramica dyschima 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica euryale 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica extemena 	Taylor, 1968


 * Pyramica gyges 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica jacobsoni 	Menozzi, 1939


 * Pyramica karawajewi 	Brown, 1948


 * Pyramica kempfi 	Taylor & Brown, 1978


 * Pyramica medusa 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica megaera 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica mitis 	Brown, 2000


 * Pyramica mnemosyne 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica murphyi 	Taylor, 1968


 * Pyramica mutica 	Brown, 1949


 * Pyramica nepalensis 	De Andrade, 1994


 * Pyramica ocypete 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica pedunculata 	Brown, 1953


 * Pyramica rudinodis 	Stärcke, 1941


 * Pyramica runa 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica tarbosyne 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica theia 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica vescops 	Bolton, 2000

R

 * Rhoptromyrmex wroughtonii 	Forel, 1902


 * Rostromyrmex pasohensis 	Rosciszewski, 1994

S

 * Strumigenys aechme 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys akalles 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys amasara 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys amnesia 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys arrogantia 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys baal 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys baladria 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys blanda 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys bryanti 	Wheeler, W.M., 1919


 * Strumigenys chapmani 	Brown, 1954


 * Strumigenys chorosa 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys confusatrix 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys conturba 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys cygarix 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys datryx 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys diasphax 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys disturba 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys doriae 	Emery, 1887


 * Strumigenys dromica 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys dyak 	Brown, 1959


 * Strumigenys ebbae 	Forel, 1905


 * Strumigenys edaragona 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys eidechthes 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys emmae 	Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys epyna 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys eumekes 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys forficata 	Brown, 1959


 * Strumigenys fuarda 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys gabarys 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys geminata 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys gloriosa 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys gnathosphax 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys godeffroyi 	Mayr, 1866


 * Strumigenys gyrogenys 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys halpas 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys hastur 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys hekate 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys ignota 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys indagatrix 	Wheeler, W.M., 1919


 * Strumigenys inhonesta 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys izepara 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys juliae 	Forel, 1905


 * Strumigenys kapryx 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys koningsbergeri 	Forel, 1905


 * Strumigenys kraepelini 	Forel, 1905


 * Strumigenys lebratyx 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys leptodeira 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys leptorhina 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys liophila 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys macerina 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys magnifica 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys menueta 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys micrura 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys mjoebergi 	Brown, 1959


 * Strumigenys mododonta 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys morphica 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys naberia 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys nanzanensis 	Lin & Wu, 1996


 * Strumigenys natynion 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys nergala 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys nesteryx 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys ochosa 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys offina 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys panopla 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys perturba 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys phoenix 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys pliocera 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys propinqua 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys prosopis 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys rhadina 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys rofocala 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys roganas 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys rogeri 	Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys rotogenys 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys seynoka 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys signeae 	Forel, 1905


 * Strumigenys strenosa 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys strygax 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys sublaminata 	Brown, 1959


 * Strumigenys superba 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys sydorata 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys synchysis 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys sytaria 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys tadynastes 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys tantilla 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys taraxis 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys tomodonta 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys treptodens 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys trixodens 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys ulteria 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys vertigosa 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys vindala 	Bolton, 2000

T

 * Technomyrmex butteli 	Forel, 1913


 * Technomyrmex dubius Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex elatior Forel, 1902


 * Technomyrmex fornax Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex gaudens Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex horni Forel, 1912


 * Technomyrmex horrens Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex impressus Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex kraepelini Forel, 1905


 * Technomyrmex lisae 	Forel, 1913


 * Technomyrmex mandibularis Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex modiglianii Emery, 1900


 * Technomyrmex myops Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex pratensis (Smith, F., 1860)


 * Technomyrmex reductus Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex rotundiceps Karavaiev, 1926


 * Technomyrmex subgracilis Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex strenuus Mayr, 1872


 * Technomyrmex sundaicus (Emery, 1900)


 * Technomyrmex tatius Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex textor Forel, 1909


 * Technomyrmex vitiensis Mann, 1921


 * Technomyrmex wheeleri (Emery, 1909)


 * Tetramorium lucyae Sorger, 2011


 * Tetramorium meshena 	Bolton, 1976


 * Tetramorium noratum 	Bolton, 1977


 * Tetramorium pnyxis 	Bolton, 1976


 * Tetramorium seneb 	Bolton, 1977


 * Tetraponera avia 	Ward, 2001


 * Tetraponera brevis 	Ward, 2001


 * Tyrannomyrmex rex 	Fernández, 2003

V

 * Vollenhovia brevicornis minuta 	Viehmeyer, 1916


 * Vollenhovia butteli 	Forel, 1913


 * Vollenhovia piroskae taipingensis 	Forel, 1913