Vietnam

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

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Acanthomyrmex

 * Acanthomyrmex glabfemoralis 	Zhou & Zheng, 1997
 * Acanthomyrmex humilis Eguchi, Bui & Yamane, 2008

Acropyga

 * Acropyga acutiventris Roger, 1862
 * Acropyga butteli 	Forel, 1912

Aenictus

 * Aenictus artipus 	Wilson, 1964
 * Aenictus binghami 	Forel, 1900
 * Aenictus brevicornis
 * Aenictus brevipodus Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
 * Aenictus changmaianus Terayama & Kubota, 1993
 * Aenictus concavus Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
 * Aenictus doydeei Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011
 * Aenictus eguchii Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
 * Aenictus gracilis
 * Aenictus fergusoni 	Forel, 1901
 * Aenictus fuchuanensis Zhou, 2001
 * Aenictus hodgsoni Forel, 1901
 * Aenictus javanus 	Emery, 1896
 * Aenictus laeviceps
 * Aenictus maneerati Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
 * Aenictus minimus Jaitrong & Hashimoto, 2012
 * Aenictus nishimurai 	Terayama & Kubota, 1993
 * Aenictus paradentatus Jaitrong & Yamane, 2012
 * Aenictus parahuonicus Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011
 * Aenictus peguensis Emery, 1895
 * Aenictus thailandianus Terayama & Kubota, 1993
 * Aenictus vieti Jaitrong & Yamane, 2010
 * Aenictus watanasiti Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013
 * Aenictus wiwatwitayai Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013

Anillomyrma

 * Anillomyrma decamera (Emery, 1901)

Anochetus

 * Anochetus graeffei
 * Anochetus mixtus 	Radchenko, 1993
 * Anochetus orientalis 	André, 1887
 * Anochetus princeps
 * Anochetus risii 	Forel, 1900

Anoplolepis

 * Anoplolepis gracilipes Smith, F., 1857

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster exasperata Wheeler, W.M., 1921

Brachyponera

 * Brachyponera chinensis 	Emery, 1895
 * Brachyponera luteipes 	Mayr, 1862
 * Brachyponera mesoponeroides 	Radchenko, 1993
 * Brachyponera nigrita 	Emery, 1895

Buniapone

 * Buniapone amblyops 	Emery, 1887

Calyptomyrmex

 * Calyptomyrmex rectopilosus 	Dlussky & Radchenko, 1990

Camponotus

 * Camponotus auriventris Emery, 1889
 * Camponotus irritans Smith, F., 1857
 * Camponotus irritans procax Santschi, 1919
 * Camponotus nicobarensis Mayr, 1865
 * Camponotus rufoglaucus 	Jerdon, 1851
 * Camponotus singularis 	Smith, F., 1858

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla emeryi 	Forel, 1881
 * Cardiocondyla kagutsuchi Terayama, 1999
 * Cardiocondyla minutior Forel, 1899
 * Cardiocondyla nuda 	Mayr, 1866
 * Cardiocondyla wroughtonii (Forel, 1890)

Carebara

 * Carebara bouvardi 	Santschi, 1913
 * Carebara capreola 	Wheeler, W.M., 1927
 * Carebara cribriceps 	Wheeler, W.M., 1927
 * Carebara diversa (Jerdon, 1851)
 * Carebara sangi Eguchi & Bui, 2007
 * Carebara trechideros (Zhou & Zheng, 1997)
 * Carebara varia	(Santschi, 1920)
 * Carebara vespillo (Wheeler, W.M., 1921)

Cataulacus

 * Cataulacus granulatus 	Latreille, 1802

Centromyrmex

 * Centromyrmex feae 	Emery, 1889

Cerapachys

 * Cerapachys sulcinodis Emery, 1889

Cladomyrma

 * Cladomyrma scopulosa Eguchi & Bui, 2006

Colobopsis

 * Colobopsis aurata (Karavaiev, 1935)
 * Colobopsis brachycephala (Santschi, 1920)
 * Colobopsis pylora (Santschi, 1920)

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster agniae 	Karavaiev, 1935
 * Crematogaster aurita Karavaiev, 1935
 * ''Crematogaster binghamii Forel, 1904
 * Crematogaster bouvardi Santschi, 1920
 * Crematogaster brunnea latipetiolata 	Karavaiev, 1935
 * Crematogaster fumikoae Hosoishi & Ogata, 2015
 * Crematogaster ocellata Hosoishi & Ogata, 2016
 * Crematogaster rogenhoferi Mayr, 1879
 * Crematogaster sewardi Forel, 1901
 * Crematogaster vieti Hosoishi & Ogata, 2016
 * Crematogaster walshi Forel, 1902

Chrysapace

 * Chrysapace sauteri (Forel, 1913)

Cryptopone

 * Cryptopone testacea
 * Cryptopone typhlos (Karavaiev, 1935)

Dacatria

 * Dacatria templaris 	Rigato, 1994

Diacamma

 * Diacamma longitudinale 	Emery, 1889
 * Diacamma rugosum (Le Guillou, 1842)
 * Diacamma rugosum gibbosum 	Karavaiev, 1935
 * Diacamma rugosum longiceps Santschi, 1932
 * Diacamma rugosum ovale Karavaiev, 1935

Dilobocondyla

 * Dilobocondyla eguchii Bharti & Kumar, 2013
 * Dilobocondyla fouqueti 	Santschi, 1910
 * Dilobocondyla propotriangulata Bharti & Kumar, 2013

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus affinis Emery, 1899
 * Dolichoderus affinis mus 	Santschi, 1920
 * Dolichoderus erectilobus 	Santschi, 1920
 * Dolichoderus sulcaticeps 	Mayr, 1870
 * Dolichoderus taprobanae Smith, F., 1858
 * Dolichoderus taprobanae friedrichsi 	Forel, 1914
 * Dolichoderus thoracicus Smith, F., 1860

Dorylus

 * Dorylus laevigatus 	Smith, F., 1857
 * Dorylus orientalis 	Westwood, 1835

Ectomomyrmex

 * Ectomomyrmex annamitus 	André, 1892
 * Ectomomyrmex astutus 	Smith, F., 1858
 * Ectomomyrmex astutus obscurus Karavaiev, 1935
 * Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki 	Forel, 1886
 * Ectomomyrmex lobocarenus
 * Ectomomyrmex punctatus 	Karavaiev, 1935
 * Ectomomyrmex tonkinus 	Santschi, 1920

Euponera

 * Euponera grandis (Donisthorpe, 1947)
 * Euponera sharpi

Gauromyrmex

 * Gauromyrmex acanthinus	Karavaiev, 1935

Gesomyrmex

 * Gesomyrmex tobiasi 	Dubovikoff, 2004

Gnamptogenys

 * Gnamptogenys bicolor 	Emery, 1889
 * Gnamptogenys binghamii 	Forel, 1900
 * Gnamptogenys chapmani
 * Gnamptogenys coxalis (Roger, 1860)
 * Gnamptogenys taivanensis

Harpegnathos

 * Harpegnathos venator

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera silvestrii (Donisthorpe, 1947)

Indomyrma

 * Indomyrma bellae Zryanin, 2012

Iridomyrmex

 * Iridomyrmex anceps 	Roger, 1863

Kartidris

 * Kartidris species

Lasiomyrma

 * Lasiomyrma species

Leptogenys

 * Leptogenys aspera André, 1889
 * Leptogenys birmana
 * Leptogenys borneensis
 * Leptogenys chinensis
 * Leptogenys crassicornis
 * Leptogenys davydovi 	Karavaiev, 1935
 * Leptogenys diminuta 	Smith, F., 1857
 * Leptogenys kitteli 	Mayr, 1870
 * Leptogenys kraepelini Forel, 1905
 * Leptogenys kraepelini baccha 	Santschi, 1919
 * Leptogenys leleji Zryanin, 2016
 * Leptogenys lucidula
 * Leptogenys pangui
 * Leptogenys parvula 	Emery, 1900
 * Leptogenys peuqueti 	André, 1887
 * Leptogenys processionalis 	Jerdon, 1851

Liomyrmex

 * Liomyrmex gestroi (Emery, 1887)

Lioponera

 * Lioponera longitarsus
 * Lioponera suscitata

Lophomyrmex

 * Lophomyrmex birmanus Emery, 1893
 * Lophomyrmex indosinensis Yamane & Hosoishi, 2014

Lordomyrma

 * Lordomyrma hmong Taylor, 2012

Mayriella

 * Mayriella granulata 	Dlussky & Radchenko, 1990

Meranoplus

 * Meranoplus bicolor 	Guérin-Méneville, 1844

Mesoponera

 * Mesoponera melanaria

Monomorium

 * Monomorium annamense 	Donisthorpe, 1941
 * Monomorium chinense 	Santschi, 1925
 * Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)
 * Monomorium hiten 	Terayama, 1996
 * Monomorium pharaonis 	Linnaeus, 1758
 * Monomorium silvestrii 	Wheeler, W.M., 1927

Myopopone

 * Myopopone castanea 	Smith, F., 1860

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina species

Myrmica

 * Myrmica angulata Radchenko, Zhou & Elmes, 2001
 * Myrmica schoedli Radchenko, Elmes & Bui 2006
 * Myrmica serica Wheeler, W.M., 1928
 * Myrmica titanica 	Radchenko & Elmes, 2001
 * Myrmica yamanei 	Radchenko & Elmes, 2001

Myrmicaria

 * Myrmicaria brunnea 	Saunders, 1842
 * Myrmicaria vidua Smith, F., 1858

Myrmoteras

 * Myrmoteras cuneonodum Xu, 1998
 * Myrmoteras namphuong Bui, Eguchi & Yamane, 2013
 * Myrmoteras tomimasai Bui, Eguchi & Yamane, 2013

Mystrium

 * Mystrium camillae 	Emery, 1889

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia dugasi 	Forel, 1911
 * Nylanderia opisopthalmia (Zhou & Zheng, 1998)
 * Nylanderia picta 	Wheeler, W.M., 1927

Odontomachus

 * Odontomachus monticola 	Emery, 1892
 * Odontomachus rixosus Smith, F., 1857
 * Odontomachus silvestrii 	Wheeler, W.M., 1927
 * Odontomachus simillimus

Odontoponera

 * Odontoponera denticulata
 * Odontoponera transversa 	Smith, F., 1857

Ooceraea

 * Ooceraea biroi (Forel, 1907)

Opamyrma

 * Opamyrma hungvuong Yamane, Bui & Eguchi, 2008

Paratopula

 * Paratopula species

Parasyscia

 * Parasyscia dohertyi (Emery, 1902)
 * Parasyscia foveolata (Radchenko, 1993)

Paratrechina

 * Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)

Parvaponera

 * Parvaponera darwinii

Pheidole

 * Pheidole aspidata 	Eguchi & Viet Bui, 2005
 * Pheidole binghamii Forel,
 * Pheidole capellinii 	Emery, 1887
 * Pheidole colpigaleata Eguchi, 2006
 * Pheidole dugasi 	Forel, 1911
 * Pheidole elongicephala Eguchi, 2008
 * Pheidole fervens Smith, F.,
 * Pheidole fervida Smith, F.,
 * Pheidole fortis Eguchi, 2006
 * Pheidole foveolata Eguchi, 2006
 * Pheidole gatesi 	Wheeler, W.M., 1927
 * Pheidole hongkongensis Wheeler, W.M., 1928
 * Pheidole indosinensis 	Wheeler, W.M., 1928
 * Pheidole laevicolor Eguchi, 2006
 * Pheidole laevithorax Eguchi, 2008
 * Pheidole leloi Eguchi & Bui, 2016
 * Pheidole magna Eguchi, 2006
 * Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, )
 * Pheidole nodus 	Smith, F., 1874
 * Pheidole nodifera 	Smith, F., 1858
 * Pheidole ochracea Eguchi, 2008
 * Pheidole parva Mayr, 1865
 * Pheidole pieli Santschi, 1925
 * Pheidole plagiaria Smith, F.,
 * Pheidole plagiaria moica 	Forel, 1911
 * Pheidole planidorsum Eguchi, 2001
 * Pheidole planifrons 	Santschi, 1920
 * Pheidole rabo Forel, 1913
 * Pheidole rinae Emery,
 * Pheidole rugithorax Eguchi, 2008
 * Pheidole smythiesii 	Forel, 1902
 * Pheidole taipoana Wheeler, M.W.,
 * Pheidole tandjongensis Forel, 1913
 * Pheidole tjibodana Forel, 1905
 * Pheidole tumida Eguchi, 2008
 * Pheidole vieti Eguchi, 2008
 * Pheidole vulgaris Eguchi, 2006
 * Pheidole yeensis Forel, 1902
 * Pheidole zoceana Santschi, 1925

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis adynata 	Bolton, 1995
 * Plagiolepis demangei 	Santschi, 1920

Platythyrea

 * Platythyrea clypeata
 * Platythyrea parallela Smith, F., 1859

Polyrhachis

 * Polyrhachis bicolor Smith, F., 1858
 * Polyrhachis bihamata (Drury, 1773)
 * Polyrhachis demangei Santschi, 1910
 * Polyrhachis dives Smith, F., 1857
 * Polyrhachis halidayi 	Emery, 1889
 * Polyrhachis latona Wheeler
 * Polyrhachis proxima 	Roger, 1863
 * Polyrhachis saigonensis Forel, 1886
 * Polyrhachis vigilans 	Smith, F., 1858
 * Polyrhachis tibialis caligata Emery, 1895

Prenolepis

 * Prenolepis melanogaster Emery, 1893

Ponera

 * Ponera sp.

Pristomyrmex

 * Pristomyrmex profundus Wang, 2003
 * Pristomyrmex punctatus Smith, F., 1860
 * Pristomyrmex rigidus Wang, 2003
 * Pristomyrmex sulcatus Emery,

Proatta

 * Proatta butteli Forel, 1912

Probolomyrmex

 * Probolomyrmex vieti Eguchi, Yoshimura & Yamane, 2006

Proceratium

 * Proceratium longigaster Karavaiev, 1935

Pseudolasius

 * Pseudolasius lasioides Wheeler, W.M., 1927
 * Pseudolasius salvazai Santschi, 1920
 * Pseudolasius silvestrii Wheeler, W.M., 1927

Pseudoneoponera

 * Pseudoneoponera insularis
 * Pseudoneoponera rufipes 	Jerdon, 1851

Recurvidris

 * Recurvidris glabriceps Zhou,

Rhopalomastix

 * Rhopalomastix species 1

Simopone

 * Simopone oculata 	Radchenko, 1993

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis geminata 	Fabricius, 1804

Stigmatomma

 * Stigmatomma amblyops 	Karavaiev, 1935
 * Stigmatomma crypticum (Eguchi, Bui, Yamane & Terayama, 2015)
 * Stigmatomma quadratum 	Karavaiev, 1935

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys canina 	Brown & Boisvert, 1979
 * Strumigenys dohertyi 	Emery, 1897
 * Strumigenys emmae 	Emery, 1890
 * Strumigenys feae Emery,
 * Strumigenys kichijo (Terayama, Lin & Wu, 1996)
 * Strumigenys japonica (Ito, 1914)
 * Strumigenys lewisi Cameron,
 * Strumigenys mitis 	Brown, 2000
 * Strumigenys nepalensis De Andrade, 1994
 * Strumigenys rallarhina 	Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys sydorata Bolton, 2000

Syllophopsis

 * Syllophopsis sechellensis (Emery, 1894)

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma epinotale 	Karavaiev, 1935
 * Tapinoma funiculare Santschi, 1928
 * Tapinoma indicum 	Forel, 1895

Technomyrmex

 * Technomyrmex albipes 	Smith, F., 1861
 * Technomyrmex difficilis Forel, 1892
 * Technomyrmex elatior Forel, 1902
 * Technomyrmex pratensis (Smith, F., 1860)
 * Technomyrmex yamanei Bolton, 2007

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax species

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium aptum 	Bolton, 1977
 * Tetramorium bicarinatum 	Nylander, 1846
 * Tetramorium flavipes 	Emery, 1893
 * Tetramorium indosinense 	Wheeler, W.M., 1927
 * Tetramorium infraspinosum 	Karavaiev, 1935
 * Tetramorium kheperra 	Bolton, 1976
 * Tetramorium kieti 	Roncin, 2002
 * Tetramorium kraepelini 	Forel, 1905
 * Tetramorium lanuginosum 	Mayr, 1870
 * Tetramorium nipponense 	Wheeler, W.M., 1928
 * Tetramorium securis 	Roncin, 2002
 * Tetramorium smithi 	Mayr, 1879
 * Tetramorium wroughtonii (Forel, 1902)

Tetraponera

 * Tetraponera allaborans 	Walker, 1859
 * Tetraponera attenuata 	Smith, F., 1877
 * Tetraponera microcarpa Wu & Wang,
 * Tetraponera modesta Smith, F.,
 * Tetraponera nitida (Smith, F.,
 * Tetraponera pilosa (Smith, F., )
 * Tetraponera rufonigra Jerdon, 1851

Vollenhovia

 * Vollenhovia species

Vombisidris

 * Vombisidris species

Xymmer

 * Xymmer phungi Satria, Sasaki, Bui, Oguri, Syoji, Fisher, Yamane & Eguchi, 2016

Yunodorylus

 * Yunodorylus eguchii Borowiec, 2009