Ethiopia



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

Acropyga

 * Acropyga silvestrii Emery, 1915

Aenictus

 * Aenictus bottegoi 	Emery, 1899


 * Aenictus bottegoi noctivagus Santschi, 1913


 * Aenictus eugenii caroli 	Forel, 1910


 * Aenictus fuscovarius laetior 	Forel, 1910

Anochetus

 * Anochetus pubescens 	Brown, 1978


 * Anochetus siphneus 	Brown, 1978

Bothroponera

 * Bothroponera crassa 	Emery, 1877


 * Bothroponera crassa ilgii (Forel, 1910)


 * Bothroponera soror suturalis 	Forel, 1907

Calyptomyrmex

 * Calyptomyrmex clavatus Weber, 1952


 * Calyptomyrmex foreli 	Emery, 1915

Camponotus

 * Camponotus carbo 	Emery, 1877


 * Camponotus criniticeps 	Menozzi, 1939


 * Camponotus diplopunctatus 	Emery, 1915


 * Camponotus foraminosus chrysogaster 	Emery, 1895


 * Camponotus foraminosus honorus Forel, 1910


 * Camponotus galla 	Forel, 1894


 * Camponotus ilgii 	Forel, 1894


 * Camponotus kollbrunneri 	Forel, 1910


 * Camponotus ligeus 	Donisthorpe, 1931


 * Camponotus maculatus 	Fabricius, 1782


 * Camponotus moderatus 	Santschi, 1930


 * Camponotus rhamses completus 	Santschi, 1922


 * Camponotus robecchii abyssinicus 	Santschi, 1913


 * Camponotus somalinus curtior 	Forel, 1894


 * Camponotus thraso assabensis 	Emery, 1925


 * Camponotus thraso nefasitensis Menozzi, 1931


 * Camponotus thraso negus Forel, 1907


 * Camponotus zimmermanni 	Forel, 1894

Carebara

 * Carebara erythraea 	Emery, 1915

Cataglyphis

 * Cataglyphis abyssinica 	Forel, 1904


 * Cataglyphis albicans franchettii 	Menozzi, 1931

Cataulacus

 * Cataulacus intrudens 	Smith, F., 1876

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster acaciae 	Forel, 1892


 * Crematogaster aegyptiaca robusta 	Emery, 1877


 * Crematogaster alulai 	Emery, 1901


 * Crematogaster alulai scrutans Forel, 1910


 * Crematogaster castanea hararica 	Forel, 1894


 * Crematogaster chiarinii 	Emery, 1881


 * Crematogaster chiarinii taediosa Forel, 1894


 * Crematogaster ilgii 	Forel, 1910


 * Crematogaster menilekii 	Forel, 1894


 * Crematogaster neuvillei 	Forel, 1907


 * Crematogaster nigriceps saganensis 	Consani, 1952


 * Crematogaster pseudinermis muellerianus 	Finzi, 1939


 * Crematogaster rivai 	Emery, 1897


 * Crematogaster ruspolii 	Forel, 1892

Dorylus

 * Dorylus affinis aegyptiacus 	Mayr, 1865


 * Dorylus affinis hirsutus Wheeler, W.M. 1922


 * Dorylus fulvus eurous 	Emery, 1915


 * Dorylus nigricans molestus 	Gerstäcker, 1859


 * Dorylus striatidens Santschi, 1910

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera exigua Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera faex Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera jeanneli (Santschi, 1935)


 * Hypoponera jocosa Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera juxta Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera orba 	Emery, 1915


 * Hypoponera punctatissima 	(Roger, 1859)


 * Hypoponera ragusai 	(Emery, 1894)

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota erythraea 	Forel, 1910


 * Lepisiota gracilicornis abdominalis 	Forel, 1894


 * Lepisiota obtusa 	Emery, 1901

Leptogenys

 * Leptogenys bellii 	Emery, 1901


 * Leptogenys buyssoni 	Forel, 1907


 * Leptogenys erythraea 	Emery, 1902


 * Leptogenys piroskae 	Forel, 1910

Megaponera

 * Megaponera analis (Latreille, 1802)


 * Megaponera analis amazon 	Santschi, 1935

Melissotarsus

 * Melissotarsus beccarii Emery, 1877


 * Melissotarsus emeryi 	Forel, 1907

Mesoponera

 * Mesoponera caffraria (Smith, F. 1858)


 * Mesoponera elisae divaricata 	Emery, 1915


 * Mesoponera escherichi 	Forel, 1910

Messor

 * Messor cephalotes (Emery, 1895)


 * Messor galla 	Mayr, 1904


 * Messor galla obscurus Menozzi & Consani, 1952

Monomorium

 * Monomorium afrum 	André, 1884


 * Monomorium bicolor 	Emery, 1877


 * Monomorium carbo 	Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium crawleyi 	Santschi, 1930


 * Monomorium exiguum 	Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium hirsutum 	Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium ilgii 	Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium mictilis 	Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium ophthalmicum Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium pallidipes Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium parvinode 	Forel, 1894

Myrmicaria

 * Myrmicaria distincta abyssinica Santschi, 1925


 * Myrmicaria tigreensis Guérin-Méneville, 1849

Nesomyrmex

 * Nesomyrmex angulatus 	Mayr, 1862

Ocymyrmex

 * Ocymyrmex nitidulus 	Emery, 1892

Ophthalmopone

 * Ophthalmopone ilgii 	Forel, 1894

Pheidole

 * Pheidole aeberlii erythraea 	Emery, 1901


 * Pheidole caffra abyssinica 	Forel, 1910


 * Pheidole caffra amoena Forel, 1911


 * Pheidole clavata 	Emery, 1877


 * Pheidole crassinoda ruspolii 	Emery, 1897


 * Pheidole escherichii 	Forel, 1910


 * Pheidole megacephala ilgi 	Forel, 1907


 * Pheidole philippi 	Forel, 1915


 * Pheidole rugaticeps 	Emery, 1877


 * Pheidole speculifera Emery, 1877


 * Pheidole speculifera ascara 	Emery, 1901


 * Pheidole strator 	Forel, 1910

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis abyssinica 	Forel, 1894

Platythyrea

 * Platythyrea cribrinodis Gerstäcker, 1859

Plectroctena

 * Plectroctena mandibularis Smith, F., 1858

Polyrhachis

 * Polyrhachis schistacea (Gerstäcker, 1859)


 * Polyrhachis viscosa 	Smith, F., 1858

Probolomyrmex

 * Probolomyrmex brevirostris 	Forel, 1910

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis gnomula 	Emery, 1915


 * Solenopsis punctaticeps erythraea 	Emery, 1915

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys alessandrae Rigato, 2006


 * Strumigenys bartolozzii Rigato, 2006


 * Strumigenys londianensis 	Patrizi, 1946


 * Strumigenys sarissa 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys simoni (Emery, 1895)

Tapinolepis

 * Tapinolepis tumidula 	Emery, 1915

Technomyrmex

 * Technomyrmex ilgi 	Forel, 1910

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium doriae 	Emery, 1881


 * Tetramorium edouardi 	Forel, 1894


 * Tetramorium eminii 	Forel, 1894


 * Tetramorium ghindanum Forel, 1910


 * Tetramorium gracile 	Forel, 1894


 * Tetramorium imbelle 	Emery, 1915


 * Tetramorium nefassitense 	Forel, 1910


 * Tetramorium rothschildi 	Forel, 1907


 * Tetramorium sericeiventre 	Emery, 1877


 * Tetramorium simillimum 	Smith, F., 1851


 * Tetramorium surrogatum 	Bolton, 1985


 * Tetramorium weitzeckeri 	Emery, 1895

Tetraponera

 * Tetraponera ambigua 	(Emery, 1895)


 * Tetraponera mocquerysi (André, 1890)


 * Tetraponera penzigi (Mayr, 1907)


 * Tetraponera penzigi continua 	Forel, 1907


 * Tetraponera scotti 	Donisthorpe, 1931


 * Tetraponera zavattarii Menozzi, 1939

Trichomyrmex

 * Trichomyrmex abyssinicus (Forel, 1894)


 * Trichomyrmex oscaris (Forel, 1894)