Ethiopia



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

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

A

 * Aenictus anceps 	Forel, 1910


 * Aenictus bottegoi 	Emery, 1899


 * Aenictus eugenii caroli 	Forel, 1910


 * Aenictus fuscovarius laetior 	Forel, 1910


 * Anochetus pubescens 	Brown, 1978


 * Anochetus siphneus 	Brown, 1978

C

 * Calyptomyrmex clavatus Weber, 1952


 * Calyptomyrmex foreli 	Emery, 1915


 * Camponotus kollbrunneri 	Forel, 1910


 * Camponotus criniticeps 	Menozzi, 1939


 * Camponotus zimmermanni 	Forel, 1894


 * Camponotus carbo 	Emery, 1877


 * Camponotus diplopunctatus 	Emery, 1915


 * Camponotus foraminosus chrysogaster 	Emery, 1895


 * Camponotus galla 	Forel, 1894


 * Camponotus ilgii 	Forel, 1894


 * Camponotus rhamses completus 	Santschi, 1922


 * Camponotus robecchii abyssinicus 	Santschi, 1913


 * Camponotus moderatus 	Santschi, 1930


 * Camponotus ligeus 	Donisthorpe, 1931


 * Camponotus maculatus 	Fabricius, 1782


 * Camponotus somalinus curtior 	Forel, 1894


 * Camponotus thraso assabensis 	Emery, 1925


 * Carebara erythraea 	Emery, 1915


 * Cataglyphis abyssinicus 	Forel, 1904


 * Cataglyphis albicans franchettii 	Menozzi, 1931


 * Cataulacus intrudens 	Smith, F., 1876


 * Crematogaster acaciae 	Forel, 1892


 * Crematogaster aegyptiaca robusta 	Emery, 1877


 * Crematogaster alulai 	Emery, 1901


 * Crematogaster castanea hararica 	Forel, 1894


 * Crematogaster chiarinii 	Emery, 1881


 * Crematogaster ilgii 	Forel, 1910


 * Crematogaster menilekii 	Forel, 1894


 * Crematogaster neuvillei 	Forel, 1907


 * Crematogaster nigriceps saganensis 	Consani, 1952


 * Crematogaster rivai 	Emery, 1897


 * Crematogaster ruspolii 	Forel, 1892


 * Crematogaster pseudinermis muellerianus 	Finzi, 1939

D

 * Dorylus nigricans molestus 	Gerstäcker, 1859


 * Dorylus affinis aegyptiacus 	Mayr, 1865


 * Dorylus fulvus eurous 	Emery, 1915

H

 * Hypoponera abyssinica 	Santschi, 1938


 * Hypoponera aethiopica 	Forel, 1907


 * Hypoponera orba 	Emery, 1915

L

 * Lepisiota erythraea 	Forel, 1910


 * Lepisiota gracilicornis abdominalis 	Forel, 1894


 * Lepisiota obtusa 	Emery, 1901


 * Leptogenys bellii 	Emery, 1901


 * Leptogenys buyssoni 	Forel, 1907


 * Leptogenys erythraea 	Emery, 1902


 * Leptogenys piroskae 	Forel, 1910

M

 * Melissotarsus beccarii 	Emery, 1877


 * Melissotarsus emeryi 	Forel, 1907


 * Messor cephalotes 	Emery, 1895


 * Messor galla 	Mayr, 1904


 * Monomorium abyssinicum 	Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium afrum 	André, 1884


 * Monomorium bicolor 	Emery, 1877


 * Monomorium carbo 	Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium crawleyi 	Santschi, 1930


 * Monomorium exiguum 	Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium hirsutum 	Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium ilgii 	Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium mictile 	Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium ophthalmicum 	Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium oscaris 	Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium pallidipes 	Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium parvinode 	Forel, 1894


 * Myrmicaria distincta abyssinica 	Santschi, 1925


 * Myrmicaria tigreensis 	Guérin-Méneville, 1849

N

 * Nesomyrmex angulatus 	Mayr, 1862

O

 * Ocymyrmex nitidulus 	Emery, 1892

P

 * Pachycondyla analis amazon 	Santschi, 1935


 * Pachycondyla crassa 	Emery, 1877


 * Pachycondyla elisae divaricata 	Emery, 1915


 * Pachycondyla escherichi 	Forel, 1910


 * Pachycondyla ilgii 	Forel, 1894


 * Pachycondyla soror suturalis 	Forel, 1907


 * Pheidole aeberlii erythraea 	Emery, 1901


 * Pheidole caffra abyssinica 	Forel, 1910


 * Pheidole clavata 	Emery, 1877


 * Pheidole crassinoda ruspolii 	Emery, 1897


 * Pheidole escherichii 	Forel, 1910


 * Pheidole megacephala ilgi 	Forel, 1907


 * Pheidole philippi 	Forel, 1915


 * Pheidole rugaticeps 	Emery, 1877


 * Pheidole speculifera ascara 	Emery, 1901


 * Pheidole strator 	Forel, 1910


 * Plagiolepis abyssinica 	Forel, 1894


 * Plectroctena mandibularis Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis schistacea (Gerstäcker, 1859)


 * Polyrhachis viscosa 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Probolomyrmex brevirostris 	Forel, 1910

S

 * Solenopsis gnomula 	Emery, 1915


 * Solenopsis punctaticeps erythraea 	Emery, 1915


 * Strumigenys londianensis 	Patrizi, 1946


 * Strumigenys sarissa 	Bolton, 1983

T

 * Tapinolepis tumidula 	Emery, 1915


 * Technomyrmex ilgi ilgi 	Forel, 1910


 * Tetramorium doriae 	Emery, 1881


 * Tetramorium edouardi 	Forel, 1894


 * Tetramorium eminii 	Forel, 1894


 * Tetramorium ghindanum 	Forel, 1910


 * Tetramorium gracile 	Forel, 1894


 * Tetramorium imbelle 	Emery, 1915


 * Tetramorium nefassitense 	Forel, 1910


 * Tetramorium rothschildi 	Forel, 1907


 * Tetramorium sericeiventre 	Emery, 1877


 * Tetramorium simillimum 	Smith, F., 1851


 * Tetramorium surrogatum 	Bolton, 1985


 * Tetramorium weitzeckeri 	Emery, 1895


 * Tetraponera penzigi continua 	Forel, 1907


 * Tetraponera scotti 	Donisthorpe, 1931


 * Tetraponera zavattarii 	Menozzi, 1939