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.

Acanthomyrmex

 * Acanthomyrmex crassispinus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1930

Acropyga

 * Acropyga butteli 	Forel, 1912


 * Acropyga nipponensis 	Terayama, 1985


 * Acropyga sauteri 	Forel, 1912


 * Acropyga yushi Terayama, 2009

Aenictus

 * Aenictus formosensis Forel, 1913


 * Aenictus latiscapus sauteri 	Forel, 1913


 * Aenictus lifuiae 	Terayama, 1984


 * Aenictus longi taivanae 	Forel, 1913

Anillomyrma

 * Anillomyrma decamera (Emery, 1901)

Anochetus

 * Anochetus subcoecus 	Forel, 1912


 * Anochetus taiwaniensis 	Terayama, 1989

Aphaenogaster

 * 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 xuantian Terayama, 2009

Brachyponera

 * Brachyponera chinensis 	Emery, 1895


 * Brachyponera tianzun Terayama, 2009

Camponotus

 * Camponotus formosensis 	Wheeler, W.M., 1927


 * Camponotus carin tipunus 	Forel, 1913


 * Camponotus friedae 	Forel, 1912


 * Camponotus habereri 	Forel, 1911


 * Camponotus rothneyi taivanae 	Forel, 1913


 * Camponotus truebi Forel, 1910


 * Camponotus truebi arnoldi 	Forel, 1912


 * Camponotus truebi genaiai Santschi, 1928

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla obscurior 	Wheeler, W.M., 1929


 * Cardiocondyla wroughtonii 	Forel, 1890

Carebara

 * Carebara amia 	Forel, 1913


 * Carebara qianliyan Terayama, 2009


 * Carebara sakamotoi Terayama, Lin & Eguchi, 2012


 * Carebara sauteri 	Forel, 1912

Centromyrmex

 * Centromyrmex feae (Emery, 1889)

Cerapachys

 * Cerapachys huode (Terayama, 2009)


 * Cerapachys latus 	Brown, 1975


 * Cerapachys longitarsus (Mayr, 1879)


 * Cerapachys reticulatus 	Emery, 1923


 * Cerapachys sauteri 	Forel, 1913

Chronoxenus

 * Chronoxenus wroughtonii formosensis (Forel, 1913)

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster bison 	Forel, 1913


 * Crematogaster pia taivanae 	Forel, 1913


 * Crematogaster popohana Forel, 1912


 * Crematogaster popohana amia 	Forel, 1913


 * Crematogaster schimmeri 	Forel, 1912


 * Crematogaster subnuda nigrosubnuda Özdikmen, 2010


 * Crematogaster treubi apilis 	Forel, 1913

Cryptopone

 * Cryptopone taivanae 	Forel, 1913

Discothyrea

 * Discothyrea sauteri 	Forel, 1912


 * Discothyrea yueshen Terayama, 2009

Ectomomyrmex

 * Ectomomyrmex javanus 	Mayr, 1867


 * Ectomomyrmex sauteri Forel, 1912

Formica

 * Formica candida formosae 	Emery, 1925


 * Formica obsidiana 	Emery, 1923

Formosimyrma

 * Formosimyrma lanuyensis Terayama, 2009

Gnamptogenys

 * Gnamptogenys taivanensis 	(Wheeler, W.M., 1929)

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894)


 * Hypoponera sauteri 	Onoyama, 1989

Iridomyrmex

 * Iridomyrmex anceps (Roger, 1863)

Lasius

 * Lasius nipponensis 	Forel, 1912


 * Lasius coloratus 	Santschi, 1937

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota hexiangu Terayama, 2009


 * Lepisiota rothneyi taivanae 	Forel, 1913

Leptanilla

 * Leptanilla taiwanensis 	Ogata, Terayama & Matsuko, 1995

Leptogenys

 * Leptogenys confucii 	Forel, 1912

Lophomyrmex

 * Lophomyrmex taivanae 	Forel, 1912

Meranoplus

 * Meranoplus bicolor 	Guérin-Méneville, 1844

Metapone

 * Metapone sauteri 	Forel, 1912

Monomorium

 * Monomorium zhinu Terayama, 2009

Myopias

 * Myopias nops 	Willey & Brown, 1983

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina kaigong Terayama, 2009


 * Myrmecina sauteri 	Forel, 1912


 * Myrmecina strigis 	Lin & Wu, 1998


 * Myrmecina taiwana 	Terayama, 1985

Myrmica

 * Myrmica arisana 	Wheeler, W.M., 1930


 * Myrmica luteola 	Kupyanskaya, 1990


 * Myrmica mirabilis 	Elmes & Radchenko, 1998


 * Myrmica pulchella 	Santschi, 1937


 * Myrmica serica Wheeler, W.M., 1928

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia amia 	Forel, 1913


 * Nylanderia formosae 	Forel, 1912


 * Nylanderia guanyin (Terayama, 2009)

Odontomachus

 * Odontomachus monticola 	Emery, 1892

Paraparatrechina

 * Paraparatrechina kongming Terayama, 2009


 * Paraparatrechina sauteri (Forel, 1913)

Pheidole

 * Pheidole ernsti 	Forel, 1912


 * Pheidole fervens Smith, F., 1858


 * Pheidole funkikoensis 	Wheeler, W.M., 1929


 * Pheidole noda  Smith, F. 1874


 * Pheidole parva Mayr, 1865


 * Pheidole taivanensis 	Forel, 1912

Pheidologeton

 * Pheidologeton dentiviris 	Forel, 1913


 * Pheidologeton yanoi 	Forel, 1912

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis longwang Terayama, 2009

Polyrhachis

 * Polyrhachis latona 	Wheeler, W.M., 1909


 * Polyrhachis wolfi 	Forel, 1912


 * Polyrhachis lamellidens 	Smith, F., 1874

Ponera

 * Ponera alisana 	Terayama, 1986


 * Ponera chiponensis 	Terayama, 1986


 * Ponera rishen Terayama, 2009


 * Ponera shennong Terayama, 2009


 * Ponera taiyangshen Terayama, 2009


 * Ponera yuhuang Terayama, 2009

Prionopelta

 * Prionopelta kraepelini Forel, 1905

Pristomyrmex

 * Pristomyrmex brevispinosus 	Emery, 1887


 * Pristomyrmex punctatus 	Smith, F., 1860

Probolomyrmex

 * Probolomyrmex longinodus Terayama & Ogata, 1988

Proceratium

 * Proceratium itoi (Forel, 1917)


 * Proceratium japonicum 	Santschi, 1937

Protanilla

 * Protanilla lini Terayama, 2009

Pseudolasius

 * Pseudolasius binghami taivanae 	Forel, 1912


 * Pseudolasius sauteri 	Forel, 1913

Rhopalomastix

 * Rhopalomastix mazu Terayama, 2009

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis tipuna 	Forel, 1912

Stigmatomma

 * Stigmatomma bruni 	(Forel, 1912)


 * Stigmatomma sakaii 	(Terayama, 1989)


 * Stigmatomma silvestrii (Wheeler, W.M., 1928)


 * Stigmatomma zaojun (Terayama, 2009)

Strumigenys

 * 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 solifontis Brown, 1949


 * Strumigenys takasago 	Terayama, Lin & Wu, 1995


 * Strumigenys trada 	Lin & Wu, 1996

Technomyrmex

 * Technomyrmex brunneus


 * Technomyrmex horni 	Forel, 1912

Temnothorax

 * 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

 * Tetramorium amium 	Forel, 1912


 * Tetramorium parvispinum 	Emery, 1893


 * Tetramorium wroughtonii (Forel, 1902)

Tetraponera

 * Tetraponera modesta 	Smith, F., 1860

Vollenhovia

 * Vollenhovia menshen Terayama, 2009


 * Vollenhovia satoi 	Santschi, 1937


 * Vollenhovia shunfenger Terayama, 2009


 * Vollenhovia xingjun Terayama, 2009