French Guiana



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

A

 * Acanthostichus brevicornis 	Emery, 1894


 * Acromyrmex coronatus globoculis 	Kempf, 1972


 * Acromyrmex hystrix 	Latreille, 1802


 * Acromyrmex octospinosus 	Reich, 1793


 * Anochetus bispinosus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Anochetus emarginatus 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Anochetus mayri 	Emery, 1884


 * Anochetus simoni 	Emery, 1890


 * Apterostigma auriculatum 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Apterostigma robustum 	Emery, 1896


 * Apterostigma urichii 	Forel, 1893


 * Apterostigma wasmannii 	Forel, 1892


 * Azteca andreae Guerrero, et al., 2010


 * Atta cephalotes 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Atta laevigata 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Atta sexdens 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Azteca chartifex laticeps 	Forel, 1899


 * Azteca constructor 	Emery, 1896


 * Azteca delpini 	Emery, 1893


 * Azteca instabilis 	Smith, F., 1862


 * Azteca jelskii 	Emery, 1893


 * Azteca schimperi 	Emery, 1893


 * Azteca sericea 	Mayr, 1866


 * Azteca trailii 	Emery, 1893


 * Azteca trigona mediops 	Forel, 1904


 * Azteca ulei cordiae 	Forel, 1904


 * Azteca velox 	Forel, 1899

B

 * Basiceros singularis 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Brachymyrmex brevicornis 	Emery, 1906


 * Brachymyrmex cordemoyi 	Forel, 1895


 * Brachymyrmex heeri 	Forel, 1874

C

 * Camponotus chartifex 	Smith, F., 1860


 * Camponotus nidulans 	Smith, F., 1860


 * Camponotus blandus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus fastigatus 	Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus leydigi 	Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus novogranadensis 	Mayr, 1870


 * Camponotus sericeiventris 	Guérin-Méneville, 1838


 * Camponotus linnaei maccus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1934


 * Camponotus auricomus 	Roger, 1862


 * Camponotus beebei 	Wheeler, W.M., 1918


 * Camponotus zoc 	Forel, 1879


 * Camponotus bidens 	Mayr, 1870


 * Camponotus latangulus 	Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus rectangularis 	Emery, 1890


 * Camponotus mocsaryi 	Forel, 1902


 * Camponotus platytarsus 	Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus plutus 	Santschi, 1922


 * Camponotus sexguttatus 	Fabricius, 1793


 * Camponotus atriceps 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus femoratus 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Camponotus renggeri 	Emery, 1894


 * Camponotus rufipes 	Fabricius, 1775


 * Camponotus geayi 	Santschi, 1922


 * Camponotus ager 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus casicus 	Santschi, 1920


 * Camponotus fasciatellus 	Dalla Torre, 1892


 * Camponotus flavescens 	Fabricius, 1793


 * Camponotus indicatus 	Santschi, 1922


 * Camponotus picipes 	Olivier, 1792


 * Camponotus rapax 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Camponotus simillimus 	Smith, F., 1862


 * Camponotus substitutus 	Emery, 1894


 * Carebara bicarinata 	Santschi, 1912


 * Carebara mayri 	Forel, 1901


 * Cephalotes atratus 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Cephalotes clypeatus 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Cephalotes complanatus 	Guérin-Méneville, 1844


 * Cephalotes cordatus 	Smith, F., 1853


 * Cephalotes marginatus 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Cephalotes opacus 	Santschi, 1920


 * Cephalotes pallens 	Klug, 1824


 * Cephalotes pavonii 	Latreille, 1809


 * Cephalotes pusillus 	Klug, 1824


 * Cephalotes simillimus 	Kempf, 1951


 * Cephalotes spinosus 	Mayr, 1862


 * Cephalotes umbraculatus 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Cheliomyrmex megalonyx 	Wheeler, W.M., 1921


 * Cheliomyrmex morosus 	Smith, F., 1859


 * Crematogaster levior 	Longino, 2003


 * Crematogaster abstinens 	Forel, 1899


 * Crematogaster crinosa 	Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster curvispinosa 	Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster delitescens 	Wheeler, W.M., 1921


 * Crematogaster erecta 	Mayr, 1866


 * Crematogaster longispina 	Emery, 1890


 * Crematogaster quadriformis 	Roger, 1863


 * Cylindromyrmex striatus 	Mayr, 1870


 * Cyphomyrmex bigibbosus 	Emery, 1894


 * Cyphomyrmex faunulus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Cyphomyrmex laevigatus 	Weber, 1938


 * Cyphomyrmex minutus 	Mayr, 1862


 * Cyphomyrmex rimosus 	Spinola, 1851

D

 * Daceton armigerum 	Latreille, 1802


 * Discothyrea denticulata 	Weber, 1939


 * Dolichoderus attelaboides 	Fabricius, 1775


 * Dolichoderus bidens 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Dolichoderus bispinosus 	Olivier, 1792


 * Dolichoderus debilis 	Emery, 1890


 * Dolichoderus decollatus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Dolichoderus gagates 	Emery, 1890


 * Dolichoderus lamellosus 	Mayr, 1870


 * Dolichoderus laminatus 	Mayr, 1870


 * Dolichoderus lugens 	Emery, 1894


 * Dolichoderus lutosus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Dolichoderus mucronifer 	Roger, 1862


 * Dolichoderus rugosus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Dolichoderus septemspinosus 	Emery, 1894


 * Dolichoderus spurius 	Forel, 1903


 * Dorymyrmex brunneus 	Forel, 1908


 * Dorymyrmex pyramicus guyanensis 	Santschi, 1922

E

 * Eciton burchellii cupiens 	Santschi, 1923


 * Eciton drepanophorum 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Eciton hamatum 	Fabricius, 1782


 * Eciton mexicanum latidens 	Santschi, 1911


 * Eciton vagans 	Olivier, 1792


 * Ectatomma brunneum 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Ectatomma edentatum 	Roger, 1863


 * Ectatomma lugens 	Emery, 1894


 * Ectatomma ruidum 	Roger, 1860


 * Ectatomma tuberculatum 	Olivier, 1792


 * Eurhopalothrix bolaui 	Mayr, 1870

G

 * Gigantiops destructor 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Gnamptogenys acuminata 	Emery, 1896


 * Gnamptogenys annulata 	Mayr, 1887


 * Gnamptogenys gracilis 	Santschi, 1929


 * Gnamptogenys horni 	Santschi, 1929


 * Gnamptogenys minuta 	Emery, 1896


 * Gnamptogenys mordax 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Gnamptogenys regularis 	Mayr, 1870


 * Gnamptogenys striatula 	Mayr, 1884


 * Gnamptogenys strigata 	Norton, 1868


 * Gnamptogenys sulcata 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Gnamptogenys tortuolosa 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Gnamptogenys triangularis 	Mayr, 1887


 * Heteroponera georgesi 	Perrault, 1999

H

 * Hylomyrma blandiens 	Kempf, 1961


 * Hylomyrma longiscapa 	Kempf, 1961

L

 * Labidus auropubens 	Santschi, 1920


 * Labidus coecus 	Latreille, 1802


 * Labidus truncatidens 	Santschi, 1920


 * Leptogenys arcuata 	Roger, 1861


 * Leptogenys dasygyna 	Wheeler, W.M., 1923


 * Leptogenys gaigei defuga 	Wheeler, W.M., 1923


 * Leptogenys langi 	Wheeler, W.M., 1923


 * Leptogenys unistimulosa 	Roger, 1863


 * Linepithema humile


 * Linepithema iniquum 	(Mayr, 1870)

N

 * Neivamyrmex angustinodis 	Emery, 1888


 * Neivamyrmex bohlsi 	Emery, 1896


 * Neivamyrmex emersoni 	Wheeler, W.M., 1921


 * Neivamyrmex falcifer 	Emery, 1900


 * Neivamyrmex gibbatus 	Borgmeier, 1953


 * Neivamyrmex guerinii 	Shuckard, 1840


 * Neivamyrmex guyanensis 	Santschi, 1916


 * Neivamyrmex halidaii 	Shuckard, 1840


 * Neivamyrmex iridescens 	Borgmeier, 1950


 * Neivamyrmex maxillosus 	Emery, 1900


 * Neivamyrmex megathrix 	Kempf, 1961


 * Neivamyrmex pilosus 	(Smith, F. 1858)


 * Neivamyrmex postangustatus 	Borgmeier, 1934


 * Neivamyrmex punctaticeps 	Emery, 1894


 * Neivamyrmex walkerii 	Westwood, 1842


 * Nesomyrmex anduzei 	Weber, 1943


 * Nesomyrmex echinatinodis 	Forel, 1886


 * Nesomyrmex pleuriticus 	Kempf, 1959


 * Nesomyrmex rutilans 	Kempf, 1958


 * Nesomyrmex spininodis 	Mayr, 1887


 * Nomamyrmex esenbeckii 	Westwood, 1842


 * Nomamyrmex hartigii 	Westwood, 1842

R

 * Rogeria blanda 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Rogeria micromma 	Kempf, 1961

T

 * Tapinoma melanocephalum 	Fabricius, 1793


 * Technomyrmex vitiensis


 * Tetramorium bicarinatum


 * Trachymyrmex bugnioni 	Forel, 1912


 * Trachymyrmex cornetzi 	Forel, 1912


 * Trachymyrmex diversus 	Mann, 1916


 * Trachymyrmex relictus 	Borgmeier, 1934


 * Trachymyrmex urichii 	Forel, 1893


 * Typhlomyrmex clavicornis 	Emery, 1906


 * Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi 	Mayr, 1862