Philippines



Gary D. Alpert Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

David M. General University of Arkansas at Monticello

The following 420 species of ants are known to occur in the Philippines. All species group names including subspecies are valid. Synonyms and original combinations are listed under each species page. Unidentified and undescribed species will be added to this list as identifications are verified and taxonomic revisions are published.

A

 * Acanthomyrmex mindanao Moffett, 1986


 * Acropyga acutiventris Roger, 1862


 * Acropyga nipponensis Terayama, 1985


 * Acropyga pallida (Donisthorpe, 1938)


 * Aenictus alticola Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1930


 * Aenictus aratus Forel, 1900


 * Aenictus bakeri Menozzi, 1925


 * Aenictus camposi Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925


 * Aenictus ceylonicus (Mayr, 1866)


 * Aenictus gracilis Emery, 1893


 * Aenictus laeviceps Smith, F. 1857


 * Aenictus luzoni Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925


 * Aenictus philippinensis Chapman, 1963


 * Aenictus piercei Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1930


 * Aenictus powersi Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1930


 * Aenictus rabori Chapman, 1963


 * Aenictus reyesi Chapman, 1963


 * Amblyopone luzonica Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925


 * Amblyopone reclinata (Mayr, 1879)


 * Amblyopone rothneyi Forel, 1900


 * Anillomyrma decamera (Emery, 1901)


 * Anochetus brevis Brown, 1978


 * Anochetus cato Forel, 1901


 * Anochetus graeffei (Mayr, 1870)


 * Anochetus incultus Brown, 1978


 * Anochetus isolatus Mann, 1919


 * Anochetus modicus (Brown, 1978)


 * Anochetus princeps Emery, 1884


 * Anochetus turneri Forel, 1900


 * Anoplolepis gracilipes (F. Smith, 1857)

B

 * Bothriomyrmex sp_phi1 unidentified

C

 * Calyptomyrmex beccarii (Emery, 1887)


 * Calyptomyrmex glabratus Viehmeyer, 1916


 * Camponotus albocinctus Ashmead, 1905


 * Camponotus barbatus Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus barbosus Baroni Urbani, 1971


 * Camponotus bellus Wheeler, W. M., 1919


 * Camponotus carin Emery, 1889


 * Camponotus castanicola Donisthorpe, 1943


 * Camponotus cinerascens Fabricius, 1787


 * Camponotus compressus Fabricius, 1787


 * Camponotus corallinus Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus gigas Latreille, 1802


 * Camponotus horrens Forel, 1910


 * Camponotus irritans Smith, F. 1857


 * Camponotus japonicus Mayr, 1866


 * Camponotus karawaiewi Menozzi, 1926


 * Camponotus leonardi Emery, 1889


 * Camponotus maculatus Stitz, 1925


 * Camponotus nicobarensis Bingham, 1903


 * Camponotus nigricans Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus platypus Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus pressipes Emery, 1893


 * Camponotus quadrisectus Smith, F. 1858


 * Camponotus reticulatus Stitz. 1925


 * Camponotus rothneyi Forel, 1893


 * Camponotus rufifemur Emery, 1900


 * Camponotus solenobius Menozzi, 1926


 * Camponotus trietericus Menozzi, 1926


 * Camponotus variegatus Forel, 1892


 * Camponotus vitreus Smith, F. 1860


 * Cardiocondyla kagutsuchi Terayama, 1999


 * Cardiocondyla mauritanica (Forel, 1890)


 * Cardiocondyla sima Wheeler, W. M., 1935


 * Cardiocondyla tjibodana Karavaiev, 1935


 * Cardiocondyla wroughtonii (Forel, 1890)


 * Carebara sp_phi1 unidentified


 * Cataulacus catuvolcus Bolton, 1974


 * Cataulacus chapmani Bolton, 1974


 * Cataulacus setosus F. Smith, 1860


 * Centromyrmex feae (Emery, 1889)


 * Cerapachys bakeri Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925


 * Cerapachys crawleyi Wheeler, W.M. 1924


 * Cerapachys jacobsoni Forel, 1912


 * Cerapachys longitarsus Mayr, 1879


 * Cerapachys luzuriagae Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925


 * Cerapachys muiri Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925


 * Cerapachys pruinosus Brown, 1975


 * Cerapachys rufithorax Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925


 * Cerapachys sulcinodis Emery, 1899


 * Cerapachys suscitatus Viehmyer, 1913


 * Crematogaster ampullaris F. Smith, 1861


 * Crematogaster bakeri Menozzi, 1925


 * Crematogaster bicolor Emery, 1893


 * Crematogaster brunnea Santschi, 1928


 * Crematogaster crassicornis Emery, 1893


 * Crematogaster cylindriceps Wheeler, W. M. 1927


 * Crematogaster difformis (F. Smith, 1857)


 * Crematogaster inflata Smith, F., 1857


 * Crematogaster longiclava Emery, 1893


 * Crematogaster modiglianii Forel, 1910


 * Crematogaster ochracea Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster onusta Stitz, 1925


 * Crematogaster rogenhoferi Mayr, 1879


 * Crematogaster semperi Emery, 1893


 * Crematogaster simoni Emery, 1893


 * Crematogaster sordidula Nylander, 1849


 * Crematogaster vitalisi Menozzi, 1925


 * Cryptopone testacea Emery, 1893

D

 * Dacetinops cirrosus Taylor, 1985


 * Diacamma baguiense Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925


 * Diacamma palawanicum Emery, 1900


 * Diacamma panayense Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925


 * Diacamma rugosum Le Guillou, 1842


 * Diacamma sericeiventre Stitz, 1925


 * Dilobocondyla chapmani Wheeler, W. M., 1924


 * Discothyrea bryanti (Wheeler, 1917)


 * Discothyrea clavicornis Emery, 1897


 * Dolichoderus affinis Emery, 1889


 * Dolichoderus patens Emery, 1900


 * Dolichoderus thoracicus Smith, F. 1860

E

 * Echinopla pallipes Smith, F. 1857


 * Echinopla pseudostriata (Donisthorpe, 1943)


 * Echinopla striata Smith, F. 1857


 * Echinopla vermiculata Emery, 1898


 * Euprenolepis negrosensis Wheeler, W. M. 1930


 * Eurhopalothrix chapmani Taylor, 1990


 * Eurhopalothrix philippina Brown & Kempf, 1960


 * Eurhopalothrix procera Emery, 1897

F

 * Forelophilus philippinensis Zettel & Zimmermann, 2007


 * Forelophilus stefanschoedli Zettel & Zimmermann, 2007

G

 * Gauromyrmex acanthina Karavaiev, 1935


 * Gesomyrmex luzonensis Wheeler, W. M. 1916


 * Gnamptogenys binghamii Forel, 1900


 * Gnamptogenys bulbopila Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys chapmani Brown, 1958


 * Gnamptogenys costata Emery, 1889


 * Gnamptogenys cribrata (Emery, 1900)


 * Gnamptogenys fistulosa Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys laevior Forel, 1905


 * Gnamptogenys leiolabia Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys luzonensis Wheeler, W. M. 1929


 * Gnamptogenys menadensis Mayr, 1887


 * Gnamptogenys posteropsis Gregg, 1951

H

 * Harpegnathos empesoi Chapman, 1963


 * Harpegnathos macgregori Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925


 * Harpegnathos medioniger Donisthorpe, 1942


 * Harpegnathos venator Donisthorpe, 1937


 * Hypoponera confinis Roger, 1860


 * Hypoponera gleadowi Forel, 1895


 * Hypoponera opaciceps Mayr, 1887


 * Hypoponera pruinosa (Emery, 1900)


 * Hypoponera punctatissima Roger, 1859


 * Hypoponera sabronae (Donisthorpe, 1941)

I

 * Iridomyrmex anceps (Roger, 1863)


 * Iridommyrmex angusticeps Forel, 1901

L

 * Lepisiota aurea Wheeler, W. M. 1935


 * Lepisiota chapmani Wheeler, W. M. 1935


 * Leptanilla astylina Petersen, 1968


 * Leptogenys chinensis Mayr, 1870


 * Leptogenys diminuta Smith, F. 1857


 * Leptogenys falcigera Roger 1861


 * Leptogenys iridescens Smith, F. 1857


 * Leptogenys maxillosa (F. Smith, 1858)


 * Leptogenys mutabilis Smith, F. 1861


 * Leptogenys peugueti Andre, 1887


 * Leptogenys pruinosa Forel, 1900


 * Leptogenys punctiventris Mayr, 1879


 * Leptogenys varicosa Stitz, 1925


 * Leptogenys watsoni Forel, 1900


 * Leptomyrmex fragilis Smith, F. 1859


 * Liomyrmex gestroi (Emery, 1887)


 * Lordomyrma sp_phi1 unidentified

M

 * Mayriella transfuga Baroni Urbani, 1977


 * Meranoplus biliran Schodl, 1998


 * Metapone bakeri Wheeler, W. M., 1916


 * Metapone gracilis Wheeler, W. M., 1935


 * Monomorium banksi Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium destructor Jerdon, 1851


 * Monomorium floricola Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium orientale Mayr, 1879


 * Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758


 * Myopias bidens Stitz, 1925


 * Myopias breviloba Wheeler, W. M., 1919


 * Myopias lobosa Willey & Brown, 1983


 * Myopias modiglianii Emery, 1900


 * Myopias philippinensis Menozzi, 1925


 * Myopopone castanea Smith, F., 1860


 * Myrmecina sp_phi1 unidentified


 * Myrmicaria aphidicola Calilung, 2000


 * Myrmicaria brunnea Saunders, W.W., 1842


 * Myrmoteras insulcatum Moffett, 1985


 * Myrmoteras williamsi Wheeler, W. M. 1919


 * Mystrium camillae Emery, 1889

N

 * Noonilla copiosa Petersen, 1968

O

 * Ochetellus glaber Mayr, 1862


 * Odontomachus banksi Forel, 1910


 * Odontomachus infandus Smith, F., 1858


 * Odontomachus malignus (F. Smith, 1859)


 * Odontomachus papuanus (Emery, 1887)


 * Odontomachus rixosus Smith, F., 1857


 * Odontomachus saevissimus Smith, F., 1858


 * Odontomachus simillimus (F. Smith, 1858)


 * Odontoponera transversa Smith, F., 1857


 * Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius, 1775


 * Overbeckia subclavata Viehmeyer, 1916

P

 * Pachycondyla annamita Andre, 1892


 * Pachycondyla chinensis Emery, 1895


 * Pachycondyla claudata Menozzi, 1926


 * Pachycondyla croceicornis (Emery, 1900)


 * Pachycondyla darwinii (Emery, 1899)


 * Pachycondyla glabripes Emery, 1893


 * Pachycondyla javana (Mayr, 1867)


 * Pachycondyla leeuwenhoeki Forel, 1886


 * Pachycondyla luteipes Mayr, 1862


 * Pachycondyla melancholica Smith, F., 1865


 * Pachycondyla myropola Menozzi, 1925


 * Pachycondyla obscurans Walker, 1859


 * Pachycondyla stigma Fabricius, 1804


 * Pachycondyla tridentata Smith, F. 1858


 * Pachycondyla williamsi Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925


 * Paraparatrechina iridescens (Donisthorpe, 1942)


 * Paratopula ceylonica Emery, 1901


 * Paratopula macta Bolton, 1988


 * Paratopula sumatrensis Forel, 1913


 * Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802


 * Pheidole aglae Forel, 1913


 * Pheidole aristotelis (Forel, 1911)


 * Pheidole cariniceps Eguchi, 2001


 * Pheidole clypeocornis Eguchi, 2001


 * Pheidole fantasia Chapman, 1963


 * Pheidole fervens Smith, F., 1858


 * Pheidole hortensis Forel, 1913


 * Pheidole jacobsoni Forel, 1911


 * Pheidole maculifrons Wheeler, W. M., 1929


 * Pheidole makilingi Viehmeyer, 1916


 * Pheidole megacephala Fabricius, 1793


 * Pheidole plagiaria Stitz, 1925


 * Pheidole quadricuspis Emery, 1900


 * Pheidole sarawakana (Forel, 1911)


 * Pheidole sauberi Forel, 1905


 * Pheidole sayapensis Euguchi, 2001


 * Pheidole simoni Emery, 1893


 * Pheidole tjibodana Forel, 1905


 * Pheidologeton affinis Jerdon, 1851


 * Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851


 * Pheidologeton maccus Wheeler, W. M., 1929


 * Pheidologeton pygmaeus Emery, 1887


 * Pheidologeton silvestrii Wheeler, W. M., 1929


 * Philidris myrmecodiae (Emery, 1887)


 * Platythyrea bidentata Brown, 1975


 * Platythyrea inermis Forel, 1910


 * Platythyrea parallela Smith, F. 1859


 * Polyrhachis abdominalis Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis aculeata Wheeler, W.M., 1919


 * Polyrhachis aequalis Forel, 1910


 * Polyrhachis arcuata Le Guillou, 1842


 * Polyrhachis armata (Le Guillou, 1842)


 * Polyrhachis baca Sorger & Zettel, 2010


 * Polyrhachis bakeri Viehmeyer, 1916


 * Polyrhachis banghaasi Viehmeyer, 1922


 * Polyrhachis bellicosa Smith, F., 1859


 * Polyrhachis bicolor Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis bihamata Drury, 1773


 * Polyrhachis carbonaria Smith,F., 1857


 * Polyrhachis creusa Emery, 1897


 * Polyrhachis cryptoceroides Emery, 1887


 * Polyrhachis cyaniventris Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis diana Wheeler, W. M., 1909


 * Polyrhachis dives (F. Smith, 1857)


 * Polyrhachis esuriens (Emery, 1897)


 * Polyrhachis etheli Chapman, 1963


 * Polyrhachis exotica Kohout, 1987


 * Polyrhachis follicula Menozzi, 1926


 * Polyrhachis hector Smith, F., 1857


 * Polyrhachis hippomanes Stitz, 1925


 * Polyrhachis ignota Kohout, 1987


 * Polyrhachis illaudata Walker, 1859


 * Polyrhachis inermis Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis javanica (Mayr, 1867)


 * Polyrhachis lama Kohout, 1994


 * Polyrhachis magnifica Menozzi, 1926


 * Polyrhachis marginata Smith, F., 1859


 * Polyrhachis mindanaensis Emery, 1923


 * Polyrhachis mitrata Menozzi, 1932


 * Polyrhachis mucronata  Smith, F., 1859


 * Polyrhachis murina Emery, 1893


 * Polyrhachis nigropilosa Mayr, 1872


 * Polyrhachis noesaensis Forel, 1915


 * Polyrhachis obesior Viehmeyer, 1916


 * Polyrhachis oedocantha Wheeler, W.M., 1919


 * Polyrhachis olybria Forel, 1912


 * Polyrhachis orpheus Forel, 1911


 * Polyrhachis osiris Bolton, 1975


 * Polyrhachis parabiotica Chapman, 1963


 * Polyrhachis pellita Menozzi, 1922


 * Polyrhachis phalerata Menozzi, 1926


 * Polyrhachis pirata Sorger & Zettel, 2009


 * Polyrhachis philippinensis Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis pressa Mayr, 1862


 * Polyrhachis pubescens Mayr, 1879


 * Polyrhachis rastellata Latreille, 1802


 * Polyrhachis rufipes (F. Smith, 1858)


 * Polyrhachis saevissima Smith, F. 1860


 * Polyrhachis saigonensis Forel, 1886


 * Polyrhachis scabra Kohout, 1987


 * Polyrhachis sculpturata Smith, F., 1860


 * Polyrhachis sexspinosa Latreille, 1802


 * Polyrhachis solivaga Menozzi, 1926


 * Polyrhachis striata Mayr, 1862


 * Polyrhachis thrinax Roger, 1863


 * Polyrhachis tragos Stitz, 1925


 * Polyrhachis tubifex Karavaiev, 1926


 * Polyrhachis venus Forel, 1893


 * Polyrhachis villipes Smith, F., 1857


 * Polyrhachis vindex Smith, F., 1857


 * Polyrhachis ypsilon Emery, 1887


 * Polyrhachis zopyra Smith, F., 1861


 * Ponera chapmani Taylor, 1967


 * Ponera oreas Wheeler, W. M., 1933


 * Prionopelta kraepelini Forel, 1905


 * Pristomyrmex bicolor Emery, 1900


 * Pristomyrmex brevispinosus Emery, 1887


 * Pristomyrmex cebuensis Zettel, 2007


 * Pristomyrmex collinus Wang, M., 2003


 * Pristomyrmex costatus Wang, M., 2003


 * Pristomyrmex curvulus Wang, M., 2003


 * Pristomyrmex distinguendus Zettel, 2006


 * Pristomyrmex divisus Wang, M., 2003


 * Pristomyrmex flatus Wang, M., 2003


 * Pristomyrmex hirsutus Wang, M., 2003


 * Pristomyrmex levigatus Emery, 1897


 * Pristomyrmex longispinus Wang, M., 2003


 * Pristomyrmex picteti Emery, 1893


 * Pristomyrmex punctatus Smith, F., 1860


 * Pristomyrmex quadridens Wang, M., 2003


 * Pristomyrmex rugosus Zettel, 2006


 * Pristomyrmex schoedli Zettel, 2006


 * Pristomyrmex simplex (Wang, M., 2003)


 * Probolomyrmex dammermani Wheeler, W.M., 1928


 * Proceratium papuanum Emery, 1897


 * Pseudolasius typhlops Wheeler, W. M., 1935


 * Pyramica dohertyi Emery, 1897


 * Pyramica jacobsoni Menozzi, 1939


 * Pyramica karawajewi Brown, 1948


 * Pyramica mitis Brown, 2000


 * Pyramica pedunculata Brown, 1953


 * Pyramica scylla Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica serradens Bolton, 2000

R

 * Recurvidris nigrans Zettel, 2008


 * Rhoptromyrmex wroughtonii Forel, 1902


 * Rhytidoponera araneoides Le Guillou, 1842


 * Romblonella opaca (F. Smith, 1861)

S

 * Simopone chapmani Taylor, 1966


 * Solenopsis geminata Fabricius, 1804


 * Strumigenys arrogantia Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys chapmani Brown, 1954


 * Strumigenys emmae Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys esrossi Brown, 1957


 * Strumigenys godeffroyi Mayr, 1866


 * Strumigenys imantodes Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys indigatrix W.M. Wheeler, 1919


 * Strumigenys inhonesta Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys juliae Forel, 1905


 * Strumigenys koningsbergeri Forel, 1905


 * Strumigenys lewisi (Cameron, 1886)


 * Strumigenys mirifica Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys mododonta Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys morphica Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys perplexa Smith, F., 1876


 * Strumigenys phytibia Brown, 1957


 * Strumigenys rantan Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys signeae Forel, 1905


 * Strumigenys synchysis Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys szalayi Emery, 1897


 * Strumigenys tenitecta Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys uichancoi Brown, 1957

T

 * Tapinoma emeryi (Ashmead, 1905)


 * Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793


 * Tapinoma philippinense Donisthorpe, 1942


 * Tapinoma williamsi Wheeler, W. M., 1935


 * Technomyrmex albipes (F. Smith, 1861)


 * Technomyrmex difficilis Forel, 1892


 * Technomyrmex elatior Forel, 1902


 * Technomyrmex grandis Emery, 1887


 * Technomyrmex kraepelini Forel, 1905


 * Technomyrmex sundaicus (Emery, 1900)


 * Technomyrmex textor Forel, 1909


 * Technomyrmex vitiensis Mann, 1921


 * Technomyrmex wheeleri Emery, 1913


 * Tetramorium aspersum (Smith, F., 1865)


 * Tetramorium bicarinatum Nylander, 1846


 * Tetramorium chapmani Bolton, 1977


 * Tetramorium cynicum Bolton, 1977


 * Tetramorium eleates Forel, 1913


 * Tetramorium guineense Bernard, 1953


 * Tetramorium insolens Smith, F., 1861


 * Tetramorium katypum Bolton, 1976


 * Tetramorium kheperra Bolton, 1976


 * Tetramorium khnum Bolton, 1977


 * Tetramorium kraepelini Forel, 1905


 * Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870


 * Tetramorium laparum Bolton, 1977


 * Tetramorium manobo Calilung, 2000


 * Tetramorium obtusidens Viehmeyer, 1916


 * Tetramorium pacificum Mayr, 1870


 * Tetramorium parvispinum Emery, 1893


 * Tetramorium rinatum Bolton, 1977


 * Tetramorium simillimum Smith, F., 1851


 * Tetramorium smithi (Mayr, 1879)


 * Tetramorium tonganum (Mayr, 1870)


 * Tetramorium tortuosum Roger, 1863


 * Tetramorium walshi Forel, 1890


 * Tetramorium zypidum Bolton, 1977


 * Tetraponera allaborans Walker, 1859


 * Tetraponera attenuata Smith, F., 1877


 * Tetraponera difficilis Emery, 1900


 * Tetraponera extenuata Ward, 2001


 * Tetraponera inversinodis Ward, 2001


 * Tetraponera modesta Smith, F., 1860


 * Tetraponera nigra Jerdon, 1851


 * Tetraponera nitida Smith, F., 1860


 * Tetraponera pilosa (F. Smith, 1858)


 * Tyrannomyrmex species Fernandez, 2003

V

 * Vollenhovia ambitiosa Menozzi, 1925


 * Vollenhovia banksi Forel, 1910


 * Vollenhovia cristata Stitz, 1938


 * Vollenhovia luctuosa Stitz, 1938


 * Vollenhovia oblonga Forel, 1910


 * Vollenhovia soleaferrea Donisthorpe, 1942


 * Vombisidris philippina Zettel & Sorger, 2010