Eritrea



Gary D. Alpert: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

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

A

 * Acropyga silvestrii Emery, 1915


 * Aenictus eugenii caroli Forel, 1910


 * Aenictus fuscovarius Gerstacker, 1859


 * Aenictus fuscovarius laetior Forel, 1910


 * Aenictus hamifer Emery, 1896


 * Anochetus levaillanti Emery, 1895


 * Anochetus sedilloti Emery, 1884


 * Anochetus traegaordhi Mayr, 1904

C

 * Calyptomyrmex foreli Emery, 1915


 * Camponotus acvapimensis Mayr, 1862


 * Camponotus aegyptiacus (Emery, 1878)


 * Camponotus carbo Emery, 1877


 * Camponotus cinctellus (Gerstacker, 1859)


 * Camponotus diplopunctatus Emery, 1915


 * Camponotus fellah Dalla Torre, 1893


 * Camponotus flavomarginatus Mayr, 1862


 * Camponotus galla Forel, 1894


 * Camponotus maculatus (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Camponotus puberulus Emery, 1897


 * Camponotus robecchii Emery, 1892


 * Camponotus sericeus (Fabricius, 1798)


 * Camponotus somalinus Andre, 1887


 * Camponotus vistitus intuens Santschi, 1926


 * Carebara erythraeus (Emery, 1915)


 * Carebara jeanneli (Santschi, 1913)


 * Carebara vidua Smith, F., 1858


 * Cataglyphis abyssinicus (Forel, 1904)


 * Cataglyphis bicolor (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Crematogaster aegyptiaca Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster aegyptiaca robusta Emery, 1877


 * Crematogaster alulai Emery, 1901


 * Crematogaster castanea Smith, F., 1858


 * Crematogaster castanea ferruginea Forel, 1892


 * Crematogaster castanea harrarica Forel, 1894


 * Crematogaster chiarinii Emery, 1881


 * Crematogaster chiarinii taediosa Forel, 1894


 * Crematogaster luctans Forel, 1907


 * Crematogaster pseudinermis muellerianus Finzi, 1939

D

 * Dorylus aethiopicus Emery, 1895


 * Dorylus affinis aegyptiacus Mayr, 1865


 * Dorylus affinis loewyi Forel, 1907


 * Dorylus fulvus eurous Emery, 1915

H

 * Hypoponera dulcis (Forel, 1907)


 * Hypoponera orba (Emery, 1915)

L

 * Lepisiota capensis (Mayr, 1862)


 * Lepisiota erythraea (Forel, 1910)


 * Lepisiota gracilicornis (Forel, 1892)


 * Lepisiota obtusa (Emery, 1901)


 * Leptogenys bellii Emery, 1901


 * Leptogenys erythraea Emery, 1902


 * Leptogenys piroskae Forel, 1910


 * Leptogenys stulmanni Mayr, 1893

M

 * Melissotarsus beccarii Emery, 1877


 * Meranoplus inermis Emery, 1895


 * Messor galla (Mayr, 1904)


 * Monomorium afrum Andre, 1884


 * Monomorium bicolor Emery, 1877


 * Monomorium carbo Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Monomorium hirsutum Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium mictilis Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium oscaris Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium pallidipes Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Monomorium robustior Forel, 1892


 * Monomorium salomonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

N

 * Nesomyrmex angulatus (Mayr, 1862)

O

 * Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi, 1914

P

 * Pachycondyla analis (Latreille, 1802)


 * Pachycondyla crassa (Emery, 1877)


 * Pachycondyla elisae divaricata (Emery, 1915)


 * Pachycondyla escherichi Forel, 1910


 * Pachycondyla sennaarensis (Mayr, 1862)


 * Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)


 * Pheidole aeberlii erythreae Emery, 1901


 * Pheidole caffra abyssinica Forel, 1910


 * Pheidole caffra amoena Forel, 1911


 * Pheidole clavata (Emery, 1877)


 * Pheidole escherichii Forel, 1910


 * Pheidole megacephala impressifrons Wasmann, 1905


 * Pheidole philippi Forel, 1915


 * Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866


 * Pheidole rugaticeps Emery, 1877


 * Pheidole rugaticeps arabs Emery, 1881


 * Pheidole sinaitica Mayr, 1862


 * Pheidole speculifera Emery, 1877


 * Pheidole speculifera ascara Emery, 1901


 * Pheidole strator Forel, 1910


 * Pheidole teneriffana Forel, 1893


 * Pheidole variolosa Emery, 1892


 * Plagiolepis abyssinica Forel, 1894


 * Plagiolepis brunni nilotica Mayr, 1904


 * Polyrhachis viscosa Smith, F., 1858


 * Probolomyrmex brevirostris (Forel, 1910)


 * Pyramica simoni (Emery, 1895)

S

 * Solenopsis gnomula Emery, 1915


 * Solenopsis punctaticeps erythreae Emery, 1915


 * Strumigenys traegaordhi Santschi, 1913

T

 * Tapinolepis tumidula (Emery, 1915)


 * Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846)


 * Tetramorium doriae Emery, 1881


 * Tetramorium ghindanum Forel, 1910


 * Tetramorium imbelle (Emery, 1915)


 * Tetramorium nefassitense Forel, 1910


 * Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877


 * Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, F., 1851)


 * Tetramorium pygmaeum (Dufour, 1857)


 * Tetramorium subcoecum Forel, 1907


 * Tetramorium surrogatum Bolton, 1985


 * Tetramorium weitzeckeri Emery, 1895