Taiwan



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

A

 * Acanthomyrmex crassispinus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1930


 * Acropyga butteli 	Forel, 1912


 * Acropyga nipponensis 	Terayama, 1985


 * Acropyga sauteri 	Forel, 1912


 * Acropyga yushi Terayama, 2009


 * Aenictus ceylonicus 	Mayr, 1866


 * Aenictus latiscapus sauteri 	Forel, 1913


 * Aenictus lifuiae 	Terayama, 1984


 * Aenictus longi taivanae 	Forel, 1913


 * Anochetus subcoecus 	Forel, 1912


 * Anochetus taiwaniensis 	Terayama, 1989


 * Aphaenogaster baogong Terayama, 2009


 * Aphaenogaster fengbo Terayama, 2009


 * Aphaenogaster lepida 	Wheeler, W.M., 1930


 * Aphaenogaster takahashii 	Wheeler, W.M., 1930


 * Aphaenogaster tipuna 	Forel, 1913


 * Aphaenogaster wangtian Terayama, 2009


 * Aphaenogaster wangye Terayama, 2009


 * Aphaenogaster xuatian Terayama, 2009

C

 * Camponotus formosensis 	Wheeler, W.M., 1927


 * Camponotus rothneyi taivanae 	Forel, 1913


 * Camponotus truebi arnoldi 	Forel, 1912


 * Camponotus carin tipunus 	Forel, 1913


 * Camponotus friedae 	Forel, 1912


 * Camponotus habereri 	Forel, 1911


 * Cardiocondyla obscurior 	Wheeler, W.M., 1929


 * Cardiocondyla wroughtonii 	Forel, 1890


 * Carebara amia 	Forel, 1913


 * Carebara qianliyan Terayama, 2009


 * Carebara sauteri 	Forel, 1912


 * Cerapachys huode (Terayama, 2009)


 * Cerapachys latus 	Brown, 1975


 * Cerapachys reticulatus 	Emery, 1923


 * Cerapachys sauteri 	Forel, 1913


 * Chronoxenus wroughtonii formosensis (Forel, 1913)


 * Crematogaster bison 	Forel, 1913


 * Crematogaster pia taivanae 	Forel, 1913


 * Crematogaster popohana amia 	Forel, 1913


 * Crematogaster schimmeri 	Forel, 1912


 * Crematogaster subnuda formosae 	Wheeler, W.M., 1909


 * Crematogaster treubi apilis 	Forel, 1913

D

 * Discothyrea sauteri 	Forel, 1912


 * Discothyrea yueshen Terayama, 2009

F

 * Formica candida formosae 	Emery, 1925


 * Formica obsidiana 	Emery, 1923


 * Formosimyrma lanuyensis Terayama, 2009

G

 * Gnamptogenys taivanensis 	Wheeler, W.M., 1929

H

 * Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894)


 * Hypoponera sauteri 	Onoyama, 1989

I

 * Iridomyrmex bicknelli formosae 	Forel, 1912

L

 * Lasius nipponensis 	Forel, 1912


 * Lasius coloratus 	Santschi, 1937


 * Lepisiota hexiangu Terayama, 2009


 * Lepisiota rothneyi taivanae 	Forel, 1913


 * Leptanilla taiwanensis 	Ogata, Terayama & Matsuko, 1995


 * Leptogenys confucii 	Forel, 1912


 * Lophomyrmex taivanae 	Forel, 1912

M

 * Meranoplus bicolor 	Guérin-Méneville, 1844


 * Metapone sauteri 	Forel, 1912


 * Monomorium zhinu Terayama, 2009


 * Myopias nops 	Willey & Brown, 1983


 * Myrmecina kaigong Terayama, 2009


 * Myrmecina sauteri 	Forel, 1912


 * Myrmecina strigis 	Lin & Wu, 1998


 * Myrmecina taiwana 	Terayama, 1985


 * Myrmica arisana 	Wheeler, W.M., 1930


 * Myrmica luteola 	Kupyanskaya, 1990


 * Myrmica mirabilis 	Elmes & Radchenko, 1998


 * Myrmica pulchella 	Santschi, 1937

N

 * Nylanderia amia 	Forel, 1913


 * Nylanderia formosae 	Forel, 1912


 * Nylanderia guanyin (Terayama, 2009)

O

 * Odontomachus monticola 	Emery, 1892

P

 * Pachycondyla chinensis 	Emery, 1895


 * Pachycondyla javana 	Mayr, 1867


 * Pachycondyla taivanae 	Forel, 1913


 * Pachycondyla tianzun Terayama, 2009


 * Paraparatrechina kongming Terayama, 2009


 * Paraparatrechina sauteri (Forel, 1913)


 * Pheidole ernsti 	Forel, 1912


 * Pheidole funkikoensis 	Wheeler, W.M., 1929


 * Pheidole noda  Smith, F. 1874


 * Pheidole parva Mayr, 1865


 * Pheidole taivanensis 	Forel, 1912


 * Pheidologeton dentiviris 	Forel, 1913


 * Pheidologeton yanoi 	Forel, 1912


 * Plagiolepis longwang Terayama, 2009


 * Polyrhachis latona 	Wheeler, W.M., 1909


 * Polyrhachis wolfi 	Forel, 1912


 * Polyrhachis lamellidens 	Smith, F., 1874


 * Ponera alisana 	Terayama, 1986


 * Ponera chiponensis 	Terayama, 1986


 * Ponera rishen Terayama, 2009


 * Ponera shennong Terayama, 2009


 * Ponera taiyangshen Terayama, 2009


 * Ponera yuhuang Terayama, 2009


 * Pristomyrmex brevispinosus 	Emery, 1887


 * Pristomyrmex formosae 	Lin & Wu, 1998


 * Pristomyrmex punctatus 	Smith, F., 1860


 * Proceratium japonicum 	Santschi, 1937


 * Protanilla lini Terayama, 2009


 * Pseudolasius binghami taivanae 	Forel, 1912


 * Pseudolasius sauteri 	Forel, 1913

R

 * Rhoptromyrmex wroughtonii 	Forel, 1902

S

 * Solenopsis tipuna 	Forel, 1912


 * Stigmatomma bruni 	(Forel, 1912)


 * Stigmatomma sakaii 	(Terayama, 1989)


 * Stigmatomma zaojun (Terayama, 2009)


 * Strumigenys benten 	Terayama, Lin & wu, 1996


 * Strumigenys chuchihensis 	Lin & Wu, 2001


 * Strumigenys elegantula 	Terayama & Kubota, 1989


 * Strumigenys formosa 	Terayama, Lin & Wu, 1995


 * Strumigenys formosensis 	Forel, 1912


 * Strumigenys formosimonticola 	Terayama, Lin & Wu, 1996


 * Strumigenys hispida 	Lin & Wu, 1996


 * Strumigenys japonica 	Ito, 1914


 * Strumigenys kichijo 	Terayama, Lin & Wu, 1996


 * Strumigenys konteiensis 	Lin & Wu, 2001


 * Strumigenys lacunosa 	Lin & wu, 1996


 * Strumigenys leptothrix 	Wheeler, W.M., 1929


 * Strumigenys lewisi 	Cameron, 1886


 * Strumigenys lichiaensis 	Lin & Wu, 1996


 * Strumigenys liukueiensis 	Terayama & Kubota, 1989


 * Strumigenys mazu 	Terayama, Lin & Wu, 1996


 * Strumigenys membranifera 	Emery, 1869


 * Strumigenys minutula 	Terayama & Kubota, 1989


 * Strumigenys nanzanensis 	Lin & Wu, 1996


 * Strumigenys orchidensis 	Lin & Wu, 2001


 * Strumigenys sauteri 	Forel, 1912


 * Strumigenys takasago 	Terayama, Lin & Wu, 1995


 * Strumigenys trada 	Lin & Wu, 1996

T

 * Technomyrmex horni 	Forel, 1912


 * Technomyrmex modiglianii angustior 	Forel, 1912


 * Temnothorax confucii 	Forel, 1912


 * Temnothorax huatuo Terayama, 2009


 * Temnothorax kuixing Terayama, 2009


 * Temnothorax leigong Terayama, 2009


 * Temnothorax leimu Terayama, 2009


 * Temnothorax taivanensis 	Wheeler, W.M., 1929


 * Temnothorax tianpeng Terayama, 2009


 * Temnothorax yanwan Terayama, 2009


 * Tetramorium amium 	Forel, 1912


 * Tetramorium parvispinum 	Emery, 1893


 * Tetraponera modesta 	Smith, F., 1860

V

 * Vollenhovia menshen Terayama, 2009


 * Vollenhovia satoi 	Santschi, 1937


 * Vollenhovia shunfenger Terayama, 2009


 * Vollenhovia xingjun Terayama, 2009