Uganda



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

Acropyga

 * Acropyga silvestrii Emery, 1915

Aenictus

 * Aenictus bayoni 	Menozzi, 1933

Anochetus

 * Anochetus africanus 	Mayr, 1865


 * Anochetus bequaerti Forel, 1913


 * Anochetus grandidieri Forel, 1891


 * Anochetus katonae Forel, 1907

Atopomyrmex

 * Atopomyrmex mocquerysi André, 1889

Axinidris

 * Axinidris bidens Shattuck, 1991


 * Axinidris ghanensis Shattuck, 1991


 * Axinidris hypoclinoides (Santschi, 1919)

Baracidris

 * Baracidris pilosa Fernández, 2003

Bothroponera

 * Bothroponera pachyderma Emery, 1901


 * Bothroponera soror (Emery, 1899)


 * Bothroponera talpa (André, 1890)

Calyptomyrmex

 * Calyptomyrmex barak Bolton, 1981


 * Calyptomyrmex duhun Bolton, 1981


 * Calyptomyrmex piripilis Santschi, 1923


 * Calyptomyrmex shasu Bolton, 1981


 * Calyptomyrmex tensus Bolton, 1981

Camponotus

 * Camponotus maculatus 	Fabricius, 1782


 * Camponotus maculatus ugandensis Santschi, 1923


 * Camponotus vividus (Smith, F. 1858)


 * Camponotus vividus cato Forel, 1913

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881


 * Cardiocondyla shuckardi Forel, 1891

Carebara

 * Carebara convexa Weber, 1950


 * Carebara madibai Fischer & Azorsa, 2014


 * Carebara perpusilla (Emery, 1895)


 * Carebara polita (Santschi, 1914)


 * Carebara silvestrii (Santschi, 1914)


 * Carebara thoracica Weber, 1950


 * Carebara ugandana Santschi, 1923

Cataulacus

 * Cataulacus brevisetosus Forel, 1901


 * Cataulacus egenus Santschi, 1911


 * Cataulacus guineensis Smith, F. 1853


 * Cataulacus huberi André, 1890


 * Cataulacus impressus Bolton, 1974


 * Cataulacus kohli Mayr, 1895


 * Cataulacus striativentris Santschi, 1924


 * Cataulacus traegaordhi Santschi, 1914


 * Cataulacus vorticus Bolton, 1974

Centromyrmex

 * Centromyrmex sellaris Mayr, 1896

Cerapachys

 * Cerapachys kenyensis Consani, 1951


 * Cerapachys sylvicola Arnold, 1955


 * Cerapachys vespula (Weber, 1949)

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster bequaerti modica 	Santschi, 1926


 * Crematogaster castanea Smith, F., 1858


 * Crematogaster muralti ugandensis 	Santschi, 1914


 * Crematogaster solenopsides mandonbii 	Santschi, 1926


 * Crematogaster werneri 	Mayr, 1907

Cyphoidris

 * Cyphoidris species

Discothyrea

 * Discothyrea mixta Brown, 1958

Dorylus

 * Dorylus affinis ugandensis 	Santschi, 1914


 * Dorylus alluaudi 	Santschi, 1914


 * Dorylus conradti Emery, 1895


 * Dorylus kohli Wasmann, 1904


 * Dorylus kohli victoriae 	Santschi, 1921


 * Dorylus nigricans terrificus Santschi, 1923


 * Dorylus wilverthi 	Emery, 1899

Euponera

 * Euponera brunoi Forel, 1913


 * Euponera sjostedti (Mayr, 1896)

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera angustata (Santschi,, 1914)


 * Hypoponera blanda Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera camerunensis 	Santschi, 1914


 * Hypoponera coeca Santschi, 1914


 * Hypoponera dema Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera dulcis (Forel, 1907)


 * Hypoponera fatiga Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera jeanneli (Santschi, 1935)


 * Hypoponera occidentalis (Bernard, 1953)


 * Hypoponera punctatissima 	(Roger, 1859)


 * Hypoponera rigida Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera tristis Bolton & Fisher, 2011

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota species

Leptanilla

 * Leptanilla species

Leptogenys

 * Leptogenys elegans Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys ergatogyna Wheeler, W.M., 1922

Megaponera

 * Megaponera analis (Latreille, 1802)

Meranoplus

 * Meranoplus magrettii 	André, 1884


 * Meranoplus nanus André, 1892

Mesoponera

 * Mesoponera ambigua André, 1890


 * Mesoponera caffraria (Smith, F. 1858)


 * Mesoponera subiridescens (Wheeler, 1922)

Microdaceton

 * Microdaceton tibialis Weber, 1952


 * Microdaceton viriosum Bolton, 2000

Monomorium

 * Monomorium draxocum Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium invidium Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium malatu Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium opacum Forel, 1913


 * Monomorium strangulatum Santschi, 1921


 * Monomorium trake Bolton, 1987

Myrmicaria

 * Myrmicaria distincta vorax Santschi, 1933


 * Myrmicaria natalensis (Smith, F. 1858)


 * Myrmicaria opaciventris Emery, 1893

Nesomyrmex

 * Nesomyrmex species

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia boltoni LaPolla, Hawkes & Fisher, 2011


 * Nylanderia jaegerskioeldi (Mayr, 1904)


 * Nylanderia lepida (Santschi, 1915)

Ocymyrmex

 * Ocymyrmex nitidulus 	Emery, 1892

Odontomachus

 * Odontomachus assiniensis Emery, 1892


 * Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi, 1914

Oecophylla

 * Oecophylla longinoda (Latreille, 1802)

Paltothyreus

 * Paltothyreus tarsatus (Fabricius, 1798)

Paraparatrechina

 * Paraparatrechina concinnata LaPolla, Cheng & Fisher, 2010


 * Paraparatrechina sordida (Santschi, 1914)


 * Paraparatrechina umbranatis LaPolla, Cheng & Fisher, 2010


 * Paraparatrechina weissi (Santschi, 1910)

Paratrechina

 * Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)

Phasmomyrmex

 * Phasmomyrmex aberrans (Mayr, 1895)


 * Phasmomyrmex wolfi (Emery, 1920)

Pheidole

 * Pheidole aurivillii Mayr, 1896


 * Pheidole christinae Fischer, Hita Garcia & Peters, 2012


 * Pheidole crassinoda Emery, 1895


 * Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Pheidole nigeriensis Santschi, 1914


 * Pheidole strator tabida 	Menozzi, 1933

Phrynoponera

 * Phrynoponera gabonensis (André, 1892)

Platythyrea

 * Platythyrea cribrinodis  Gerstäcker, 1859


 * Platythyrea frontalis 	Emery, 1899


 * Platythyrea gracillima Wheeler, 1922


 * Platythyrea modesta Emery, 1899


 * Platythyrea occidentalis 	André, 1890


 * Platythyrea schultzei Forel, 1910


 * Platythyrea tenuis Emery, 1899

Plectroctena

 * Plectroctena cristata Emery, 1899


 * Plectroctena dentata 	Santschi, 1912


 * Plectroctena mandibularis Smith, F., 1858


 * Plectroctena ugandensis Menozzi, 1933

Polyrhachis

 * Polyrhachis decemdentata André, 1889


 * Polyrhachis fissa Mayr, 1902


 * Polyrhachis gagates Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis laboriosa Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis latispina Emery, 1925


 * Polyrhachis lauta Santschi, 1909


 * Polyrhachis militaris  (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Polyrhachis monista Santschi, 1909


 * Polyrhachis nigrita Mayr, 1895


 * Polyrhachis rufipalpis Santschi, 1910


 * Polyrhachis schistacea (Gerstäcker, 1859)


 * Polyrhachis transiens Bolton, 1973


 * Polyrhachis viscosa Smith, F., 1858

Ponera

 * Ponera pennsylvanica Buckley, 1866 ??

Prionopelta

 * Prionopelta amieti Terron, 1974

Pristomyrmex

 * Pristomyrmex africanus Karavaiev, 1931


 * Pristomyrmex orbiceps (Santschi, 1914)

Probolomyrmex

 * Probolomyrmex brevirostris (Forel, 1910)


 * Probolomyrmex guineensis Taylor, 1965

Psalidomyrmex

 * Psalidomyrmex procerus Emery, 1901


 * Psalidomyrmex reichenspergeri Santschi, 1913


 * Psalidomyrmex sallyae Bolton, 1975

Simopone

 * Simopone conradti


 * Simopone laevissima Arnold, 1954

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis insinuans Santschi, 1933


 * Solenopsis ugandensis 	Santschi, 1933

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys adrasora Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys bernardi Brown, 1960


 * Strumigenys cavinasis 	Brown, 1950


 * Strumigenys concolor Santschi, 1914


 * Strumigenys dextra Brown, 1954


 * Strumigenys fenkara Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys hastyla Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys hensekta Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys katapelta Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys lexex Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys ludovici Forel, 1904


 * Strumigenys lujae Forel, 1902


 * Strumigenys malaplax Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys miccata (Bolton, 1983)


 * Strumigenys minima Bolton, 1972


 * Strumigenys maynei Forel, 1916


 * Strumigenys petiolata Bernard, 1953


 * Strumigenys pulchella Emery, 1895


 * Strumigenys rukha Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys sarissa Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys semicrypta Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys serrula Santschi, 1910


 * Strumigenys simoni (Emery, 1895)


 * Strumigenys tacta Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys tetraphanes Brown, 1954


 * Strumigenys thuvida Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys truncatidens Brown, 1950


 * Strumigenys ultromalyx Bolton, 2000

Syllophopsis

 * Syllophopsis cryptobia Santschi, 1921

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma species

Technomyrmex

 * Technomyrmex andrei Emery, 1899


 * Technomyrmex camerunensis Emery, 1899


 * Technomyrmex ilgi (Forel, 1910)


 * Technomyrmex lasiops Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex moerens 	Santschi, 1913


 * Technomyrmex nigriventris 	Santschi, 1910


 * Technomyrmex parviflavus Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex semiruber Emery, 1899

Terataner

 * Terataner elegans Bernard, 1952


 * Terataner luteus (Emery, 1899)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium aculeatum (Mayr, 1866)


 * Tetramorium boltoni Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010


 * Tetramorium capillosum Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium caritum (Bolton, 1986)


 * Tetramorium crypticum Bolton, 1976


 * Tetramorium dumezi Menozzi, 1942


 * Tetramorium furtivum (Arnold, 1956)


 * Tetramorium gabonense 	(André, 1892)


 * Tetramorium gegaimi Forel, 1916


 * Tetramorium gestroi Menozzi, 1933


 * Tetramorium ictidum Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium kestrum Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium muralti Santschi, 1914


 * Tetramorium muscorum Arnold, 1926


 * Tetramorium nodiferum (Emery, 1901)


 * Tetramorium occidentale (Santschi, 1916)


 * Tetramorium peutli Forel, 1916


 * Tetramorium postpetiolatum Santschi, 1919


 * Tetramorium pulcherrimum Donisthorpe, 1945


 * Tetramorium pullulum Santschi, 1924


 * Tetramorium quadridentatum Stitz, 1910


 * Tetramorium reptana Bolton, 1976


 * Tetramorium saginatum Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium setigerum Mayr, 1901


 * Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, F. 1851)


 * Tetramorium termitobium Emery, 1908


 * Tetramorium ubangense Santschi, 1937


 * Tetramorium venator Hita Garcia, 2014

Tetraponera

 * Tetraponera aethiops Smith, F. 1877


 * Tetraponera emacerata Santschi, 1911


 * Tetraponera mocquerysi (André, 1890)


 * Tetraponera ophthalmica 	Emery, 1912


 * Tetraponera poultoni Donisthorpe, 1931

Trichomyrmex

 * Trichomyrmex oscaris (Forel, 1894)

Vicinopone

 * Vicinopone conciliatrix Bolton & Fisher, 2012

Xymmer

 * Xymmer species