United Republic of Tanzania



The following 147 valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Tanzania. 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 Tanzania ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Tanzania Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

A

 * Acropyga silvestrii 	Emery, 1915


 * Aenictogiton attenuatus Santschi, 1919


 * Anochetus katonae 	Forel, 1907


 * Anochetus obscuratus 	Santschi, 1911


 * Asphinctopone pilosa Hawkes, 2010


 * Atopomyrmex mocquerysi André, 1889


 * Axinidris stageri Snelling, R.R. 2007

B

 * Brachymyrmex cordemoyi Forel, 1895

C

 * Calyptomyrmex shasu Bolton, 1981


 * Camponotus braunsi candidus 	Santschi, 1926


 * Camponotus druryi 	Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus erinaceus 	Gerstäcker, 1871


 * Camponotus foraminosus dorsalis 	Santschi, 1926


 * Camponotus guttatus minusculus 	Viehmeyer, 1914


 * Camponotus heros 	Santschi, 1926


 * Camponotus limbiventris 	Santschi, 1911


 * Camponotus olivieri moshianus 	Santschi, 1915


 * Camponotus maculatus 	Fabricius, 1782


 * Camponotus pulvinatus 	Mayr, 1907


 * Camponotus rufoglaucus controversus 	Santschi, 1916


 * Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881


 * Cardiocondyla longinoda 	Rigato, 2002


 * Cardiocondyla luciae 	Rigato, 2002


 * Cardiocondyla wroughtonii (Forel, 1890)


 * Carebara perpusilla spinosus Forel, 1907


 * Cataulacus intrudens 	Smith, F., 1876


 * Cataulacus jeanneli 	Santschi, 1914


 * Cerapachys afer 	Forel, 1907


 * Crematogaster amabilis 	Santschi, 1911


 * Crematogaster arnoldi loveridgei 	Santschi, 1926


 * Crematogaster castanea rufimembrum 	Santschi, 1914


 * Crematogaster chiarinii sellula 	Santschi, 1914


 * Crematogaster dolens 	Forel, 1910


 * Crematogaster gallicola rauana 	Forel, 1907


 * Crematogaster gerstaeckeri sjostedti 	Mayr, 1907


 * Crematogaster menilekii viehmeyeri 	Santschi, 1921


 * Crematogaster nigriceps prelli 	Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster phoenix 	Santschi, 1921


 * Crematogaster solenopsides flavida 	Mayr, 1907

D

 * Dorylus affinis exilis 	Santschi, 1914


 * Dorylus brevipennis 	Emery, 1895


 * Dorylus gerstaeckeri quadratus 	Santschi, 1914


 * Dorylus montanus 	Santschi, 1910


 * Dorylus spininodis longiceps 	Viehmeyer, 1914

H

 * Hypoponera aprora Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera bulawayensis 	(Forel, 1913)


 * Hypoponera coeca Santschi, 1914


 * Hypoponera comis Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera dis Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera dulcis Forel, 1907


 * Hypoponera fatiga Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera jeanneli (Santschi, 1935)


 * Hypoponera hawkesi Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera occidentalis (Bernard, 1953)


 * Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)


 * Hypoponera quaestio Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera regis Bolton & Fisher, 2011

L

 * Lepisiota deplanata 	Stitz, 1911


 * Leptogenys jeanneli 	Santschi, 1914


 * Leptogenys pavesii Emery, 1892


 * Leptogenys regis Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys stuhlmanni Mayr, 1893

M

 * Melissotarsus beccarii Emery,, 1877


 * Meranoplus inermis Emery, 1895


 * Meranoplus magrettii 	André, 1884


 * Meranoplus nanus 	André, 1892


 * Messor cephalotes (Emery, 1895)


 * Messor luebberti Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium afrum André, 1884


 * Monomorium disoriente Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Monomorium hanneli Forel, 1907


 * Monomorium iyenasu 	Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium latinode 	Mayr, 1872


 * Monomorium lene Santschi, 1920


 * Monomorium oscaris Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Monomorium strangulatum Santschi, 1921


 * Myrmicaria natalensis navicula 	Santschi, 1925


 * Myrmicaria reichenspergeri 	Santschi, 1925


 * Myrmicaria rustica angustior 	Santschi, 1925


 * Myrmicaria striata 	Stitz, 1911


 * Myrmicaria striatula 	Santschi, 1925

N

 * Nesomyrmex angulatus 	Mayr, 1862


 * Nylanderia usambarica LaPolla, Hawkes & Fisher, 2011

O

 * Ocymyrmex flaviventris Santschi, 1914


 * Ocymyrmex nitidulus Emery, 1892


 * Ocymyrmex phraxus Bolton, 1981


 * Odontomachus assiniensis Emery, 1892

P

 * Pachycondyla analis rapax Santschi, 1914


 * Pachycondyla fugax 	Forel, 1907


 * Pachycondyla ilgii (Forel, 1894)


 * Pachycondyla suspecta 	Santschi, 1914


 * Pheidole areniphila aurora 	Santschi, 1928


 * Pheidole crassinoda sordidula 	Santschi, 1937


 * Pheidole katonae 	Forel, 1907


 * Pheidole megacephala speculifrons 	Stitz, 1911


 * Pheidole njassae legitima 	Santschi, 1916


 * Pheidole sculpturata particeps 	Santschi, 1921


 * Phrynoponera pulchella Bolton & Fisher, 2008


 * Phrynoponera sveni (Forel, 1916)


 * Platythyrea viehmeyeri 	Santschi, 1914


 * Plectroctena laevior 	Santschi, 1924


 * Plectroctena mandibularis Smith, F., 1858


 * Plectroctena strigosa Emery, 1899


 * Polyrhachis cubaensis 	Mayr, 1862


 * Polyrhachis medusa 	Forel, 1897


 * Polyrhachis schistacea 	Gerstäcker, 1859


 * Prionopelta aethiopica Arnold, 1949


 * Pyramica ludovici 	Forel, 1904


 * Pyramica lujae 	Forel, 1902


 * Pyramica mandibularis 	Szabó, 1909


 * Pyramica marginata 	Santschi, 1914


 * Pyramica maynei Forel, 1916


 * Pyramica simoni 	Emery, 1895


 * Pyramica thuvida 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica truncatidens 	Brown, 1950

S

 * Strumigenys arnoldi 	Forel, 1913


 * Strumigenys didyma 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys dromoshaula 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys faurei 	Arnold, 1948


 * Strumigenys omalyx 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys percrypta 	Bolton, 2000

T

 * Tapinoma minimum 	Mayr, 1895


 * Technomyrmex albipes (Smith 1861)


 * Technomyrmex arnoldinus Forel, 1913


 * Technomyrmex hostilis Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex moerens 	Santschi, 1913


 * Technomyrmex vapidus Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex voeltzkowi (Forel, 1907)


 * Technomyrmex zimmeri 	(Forel, 1911)


 * Terataner bottegoi (Emery, 1896)


 * Tetramorium bequaerti 	Forel, 1913


 * Tetramorium delagoense 	Forel, 1894


 * Tetramorium eminii 	Forel, 1894


 * Tetramorium humbloti 	Forel, 1891


 * Tetramorium mkomazi Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010


 * Tetramorium robertsoni Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010


 * Tetramorium setigerum 	Mayr, 1901


 * Tetramorium squaminode 	Santschi, 1911


 * Tetramorium tychadion 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetraponera ambigua 	(Emery, 1895)


 * Tetraponera gerdae 	Stitz, 1911


 * Tetraponera mocquerysi elongata 	Stitz, 1911


 * Tetraponera natalensis (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Tetraponera natalensis usambarensis 	Forel, 1911


 * Tetraponera parops Ward, 2006


 * Tetraponera penzigi 	Mayr, 1907


 * Tetraponera prelli 	Forel, 1911