Hispaniola



The following 141 valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur on the island of Hispaniola. 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 Hispaniola ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Hispaniola Ants web page.

A

 * Acropyga dubitata Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914


 * Acropyga parvidens Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914


 * Anochetus haytianus Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914


 * Anochetus longispinus Wheeler, W.M. 1936


 * Anochetus mayri Emery, 1884


 * Aphaenogaster relicta epinotalis Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914

B

 * Brachymyrmex heeri Forel, 1874


 * Brachymyrmex obscurior Forel, 1893

C

 * Camponotus albistramineus Wheeler, W.M. 1936


 * Camponotus altivagans Wheeler, W.M. 1936


 * Camponotus augustei Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914


 * Camponotus claviscapus occultus Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914


 * Camponotus christophei Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914


 * Camponotus fumidus fraterculus Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914


 * Camponotus picipes (Olivier, 1792)


 * Camponotus ramulorum vernulus Wheeler, W.M. 1936


 * Camponotus sexguttatus Fabricius, 1793


 * Camponotus toussainti Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914


 * Camponotus ustus Forel, 1879


 * Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881


 * Cardiocondyla minutior Forel, 1899


 * Cardiocondyla nuda (Mayr, 1866)


 * Cardiocondyla venustula Wheeler, W.M. 1908


 * Cephalotes argentiventris De Andrade, 1999


 * Cephalotes auricomus Wheeler, W.M., 1936


 * Cephalotes decoloratus De Andrade, 1999


 * Cephalotes fiebrigi Forel, 1906


 * Cephalotes flavigaster De Andrade, 1999


 * Cephalotes hamulus Roger, 1863


 * Cephalotes jamaicensis (Forel, 1922)


 * Cephalotes pallens  (Klug, 1824)


 * Cephalotes taino De Andrade, 1999


 * Cephalotes unimaculatus Smith, F., 1853


 * Cephalotes varians (Smith, F. 1876)


 * Cephalotes vinosus  Wheeler, W.M. 1936)


 * Crematogaster russoi Menozzi, 1930


 * Crematogaster steinheili Forel, 1881


 * Cyphomyrmex minutus Mayr, 1862


 * Cyphomyrmex rimosus Spinola, 1851

D

 * Discothyrea testacea Roger, 1863


 * Dolichoderus primitivus Wilson, 1985 [fossil]


 * Dolichoderus prolaminatus Wilson, 1985 [fossil]


 * Dorymyrex species

G

 * Gnamptogenys falcaria Lattke, 2002


 * Gnamptogenys haytiana  (Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914)


 * Gnamptogenys insularis Lattke, 2002


 * Gnamptogenys schmitti  (Forel, 1901)


 * Gnamptogenys semiferox Brown, 1958


 * Gnamptogenys striatula Mayr, 1884

H

 * Hypoponera ergatandria Forel, 1893


 * Hypoponera foeda Forel, 1893


 * Hypoponera opaciceps Mayr, 1887


 * Hypoponera opacior Forel, 1893


 * Hypoponera punctatissima Roger, 1859


 * Hypoponera salomonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

I

 * Iridomyrmex species

L

 * Linepithema dispertitum


 * Linepithema flavescens (Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914)


 * Linepithema keiteli (Forel, 1907)


 * Liometopum species

M

 * Monomorium bicolor Emery, 1877


 * Monomorium destructor Jerdon, 1851


 * Monomorium ebeninum Forel, 1891


 * Monomorium floricola


 * Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758


 * Monomorium salomonis Linnaeus, 1758


 * Mycocepurus smithii Forel, 1893


 * Myrmelachista gagates


 * Myrmelachista ramulorum Wheeler, W.M., 1908


 * Mycocepurus smithii


 * Myrmelachista ramulorum

N

 * Nylanderia darlingtoni


 * Nylanderia fulva Mayr, 1862


 * Nylanderia guatemalensis itinerans


 * Nylanderia steinheili Forel, 1893


 * Nylanderia vividula antillana Forel, 1893

O

 * Octostruma balzani Emery, 1894


 * Odontomachus bauri

P

 * Pachycondyla stigma rufescens


 * Pheidole bilimeki


 * Pheidole darlingtoni


 * Pheidole flavens


 * Pheidole harlequina Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole hispaniolae Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole jelskii Mayr, 1884


 * Pheidole megacephala Fabricius, 1793


 * Pheidole moerens


 * Pheidole noar Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole subarmata Mayr, 1884


 * Pheidole teneriffana Forel, 1893


 * Pheidole terresi Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914


 * Platythyrea pumilio De Andrade, 2004


 * Platythyrea punctata


 * Platythyrea strenua


 * Pogonomyrmex saucius


 * Pogonomyrmex schmitti Forel, 1901


 * Pogonomyrmex schmitti aterrimus


 * Proceratium gibberum De Andrade, 2003


 * Proceratium longiscapus De Andrade, 2003


 * Proceratium taino De Andrade, 2003


 * Pseudomyrmex cubaensis Forel, 1901


 * Pseudomyrmex gracilis Fabricius, 1804


 * Pseudomyrmex haytianus Forel, 1901


 * Pseudomyrmex simplex Smith, F., 1877


 * Pyramica alberti


 * Pyramica eggersi Emery, 1890


 * Pyramica gundlachi Roger, 1862


 * Pyramica membranifera Emery, 1869


 * Pyramica nigrescens Wheeler, W.M., 1911

R

 * Rogeria alzatei Kugler, C., 1994


 * Rogeria brunnea Santschi, 1930


 * Rogeria carinata Kugler, C., 1994


 * Rogeria curvipubens Emery, 1894

S

 * Solenopsis geminata Fabricius, 1804


 * Solenopsis globularia Smith, F., 1858


 * Solenopsis globularia steinheili


 * Solenopsis pollux Forel, 1893


 * Solenopsis succinea


 * Strumigenys emmae Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys louisianae Roger, 1863


 * Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys silvestrii Emery, 1906

T

 * Tapinoma litorale cubaense Wheeler, W.M., 1913


 * Tapinoma melanocephalum


 * Tapinoma melanocephalum coronatum Forel, 1908


 * Tapinoma opacum


 * Technomyrmex caritatis Brandao & Baroni Urbani, 1998 [fossil]


 * Technomyrmex hispaniolae (Wilson, 1985) [fossil]


 * Temnothorax ciferrii Menozzi & Russo, 1930


 * Temnothorax creolus Baroni Urbani, 1978


 * Temnothorax flavidulus


 * Temnothorax hispaniolae Baroni Urbani, 1978


 * Temnothorax pastinifer


 * Temnothorax sallei Guérin-Méneville, 1852


 * Tetramorium bicarinatum Nylander, 1846


 * Tetramorium caldarium


 * Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870


 * Tetramorium simillimum Smith, F., 1851


 * Thaumatomyrmex species


 * Trachymyrmex jamaicensis André, 1893

W

 * Wasmannia auropunctata