Peru



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

The following 392 valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Peru. 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 Peruvian ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Peruvian Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

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Acanthognathus ocellatus 	Mayr, 1887 Acanthoponera mucronata 	Roger, 1860 Acanthoponera peruviana 	Brown, 1958 Acanthostichus concavinodis 	MacKay, 1996 Acanthostichus kirbyi 	Emery, 1895 Acanthostichus quadratus 	Emery, 1895 Acromyrmex (A.) aspersus aspersus	Smith, F., 1858 Acromyrmex (A.) coronatus andicola	Emery, 1924 Acromyrmex (A.) octospinosus inti	Wheeler, W.M., 1937 Acromyrmex (A.) rugosus rugosus	Smith, F., 1858 Acromyrmex (A.) subterraneus peruvianus	Borgmeier, 1940 Acropyga donisthorpei 	Weber, 1944 Acropyga fuhrmanni 	Forel, 1914 Acropyga hirsutula 	LaPolla, 2004 Acropyga smithii 	Forel, 1893 Anochetus inca 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925 Apterostigma andense 	Lattke, 1997 Apterostigma bolivianum 	Weber, 1938 Apterostigma depressum 	Lattke, 1997 Apterostigma ierense 	Weber, 1937 Apterostigma madidiense 	Weber, 1938 Apterostigma megacephala 	Lattke, 1999 Apterostigma peruvianum 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925 Apterostigma spiculum 	Lattke, 1997 Apterostigma tropicoxa 	Lattke, 1997 Atta cephalotes 	Linnaeus, 1758 Atta sexdens 	Linnaeus, 1758 Azteca alfari 	Emery, 1893 Azteca australis 	Wheeler, W.M., 1942 Azteca instabilis instabilis	Smith, F., 1862 Azteca lanuginosa clariceps	Santschi, 1933 Azteca ovaticeps 	Forel, 1904 Azteca tachigaliae 	Forel, 1904 Azteca trailii filicis	Forel, 1904

C
Camponotus (Dendromyrmex) apicalis 	Mann, 1916 Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) helleri 	Emery, 1903 Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) inca inca	Emery, 1903 Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) integellus 	Forel, 1899 Camponotus (M.) novogranadensis novogranadensis	Mayr, 1870 Camponotus (M.) sericeiventris sericeiventris	Guérin-Méneville, 1838 Camponotus (Myrmeurynota) humeralis 	Emery, 1920 Camponotus (Myrmeurynota) linnaei linnaei	Forel, 1886 Camponotus (M.) circularis rufitibia	Emery, 1920 Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) cuneidorsus 	Emery, 1920 Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) pachylepis 	Emery, 1920 Camponotus (M.) pittieri fuscogaster	Emery, 1920 Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) propinquellus 	Emery, 1920 Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) senex senex	Smith, F., 1858 Camponotus (M.) callistus bradleyi	Wheeler, W.M., 1934 Camponotus (M.) rectangularis rectangularis	Emery, 1890 Camponotus (M.) sanctaefidei sanctaefidei	Dalla Torre, 1892 Camponotus (Myrmomalis) obtritus 	Emery, 1911 Camponotus (Myrmoplatypus) banghaasi 	Emery, 1903 Camponotus (Myrmoplatypus) mocsaryi 	Forel, 1902 Camponotus (M.) sexguttatus sexguttatus	Fabricius, 1793 Camponotus (Myrmostenus) convexiclypeus 	MacKay, 1997 Camponotus (Myrmostenus) longipilis 	Emery, 1911 Camponotus (Myrmostenus) mirabilis 	Emery, 1903 Camponotus (Myrmostenus) postangulatus 	Emery, 1911 Camponotus (Myrmostenus) sphenocephalus 	Emery, 1911 Camponotus (Myrmothrix) femoratus 	Fabricius, 1804 Camponotus (Myrmothrix) renggeri 	Emery, 1894 Camponotus (P.) medeus fulvulus	Emery, 1920 Camponotus (P.) orthocephalus 	Emery, 1894 Camponotus (Pseudocolobopsis) ulei 	Forel, 1904 Camponotus (T.) bruchi titicacensis	Emery, 1920 Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) cacicus 	Emery, 1903 Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) chilensis 	Spinola, 1851 Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) distinguendus 	Spinola, 1851 Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) haematocephalus 	Emery, 1903 Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) minozzii 	Emery, 1920 Camponotus (T.) punctulatus andigenus	Emery, 1903 Carebara anophthalma 	Emery, 1906 Carebara inca 	Fernández, 2004 Carebara peruviana 	Emery, 1906 Carebara striata 	Fernández, 2004 Carebara urichi 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922 Cephalotes atratus 	Linnaeus, 1758 Cephalotes clypeatus 	Fabricius, 1804 Cephalotes complanatus 	Guérin-Méneville, 1844 Cephalotes cordatus 	Smith, F., 1853 Cephalotes cordiae 	Stitz, 1913 Cephalotes dentidorsum 	De Andrade, 1999 Cephalotes foliaceus 	Emery, 1906 Cephalotes inca 	Santschi, 1911 Cephalotes maculatus 	Smith, F., 1876 Cephalotes manni 	Kempf, 1951 Cephalotes minutus 	Fabricius, 1804 Cephalotes opacus 	Santschi, 1920 Cephalotes pallidus 	De Andrade, 1999 Cephalotes pavonii 	Latreille, 1809 Cephalotes peruviensis 	De Andrade, 1999 Cephalotes placidus 	Smith, F., 1860 Cephalotes pusillus 	Klug, 1824 Cephalotes ramiphilus 	Forel, 1904 Cephalotes serraticeps 	Smith, F., 1858 Cephalotes simillimus 	Kempf, 1951 Cephalotes spinosus 	Mayr, 1862 Cephalotes trichophorus 	De Andrade, 1999 Cheliomyrmex andicola 	Emery, 1894 Crematogaster (C.) levior 	Longino, 2003 Crematogaster (C.) rochai 	Forel, 1903 Crematogaster (C.) sotobosque 	Longino, 2003 Crematogaster (C.) tenuicula 	Forel, 1904 Crematogaster (Eucrema) acuta 	Fabricius, 1804 Crematogaster (Neocrema) arcuata arcuata	Forel, 1899 Crematogaster (Neocrema) distans 	Mayr, 1870 Crematogaster (Neocrema) montezumia 	Smith, F., 1858 Crematogaster (O.) brasiliensis brasiliensis	Mayr, 1878 Crematogaster (Orthocrema) crinosa 	Mayr, 1862 Crematogaster (O.) curvispinosa curvispinosa	Mayr, 1862 Crematogaster (Orthocrema) erecta 	Mayr, 1866 Crematogaster (Orthocrema) limata limata	Smith, F., 1858 Crematogaster (O.) longispina longispina	Emery, 1890 Crematogaster (Orthocrema) nigropilosa 	Mayr, 1870 Crematogaster (Orthocrema) peruviana 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922 Crematogaster (O.) quadriformis quadriformis	Roger, 1863 Crematogaster (Orthocrema) stollii stollii	Forel, 1885 Cylindromyrmex boliviae 	Wheeler, W.M., 1924 Cylindromyrmex brevitarsus 	Santschi, 1925 Cylindromyrmex whymperi 	Cameron, 1891 Cyphomyrmex laevigatus 	Weber, 1938 Cyphomyrmex rimosus 	Spinola, 1851

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Daceton armigerum 	Latreille, 1802 Dinoponera gigantea 	Perty, 1833 Dinoponera longipes 	Emery, 1901 Dolichoderus abruptus 	Smith, F., 1858 Dolichoderus andinus 	Kempf, 1962 Dolichoderus attelaboides 	Fabricius, 1775 Dolichoderus bispinosus 	Olivier, 1792 Dolichoderus decollatus 	Smith, F., 1858 Dolichoderus germaini 	Emery, 1894 Dolichoderus ghilianii 	Emery, 1894 Dolichoderus mesonotalis 	Forel, 1907 Dolichoderus quadridenticulatus 	Roger, 1862 Dolichoderus rugosus 	Smith, F., 1858 Dolichoderus septemspinosus 	Emery, 1894 Dolichoderus spurius 	Forel, 1903 Dolichoderus tristis 	Mann, 1916 Dorymyrmex pyramicus peruvianus	Wheeler, W.M., 1919

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Eciton burchellii cupiens	Santschi, 1923 Eciton drepanophorum 	Smith, F., 1858 Eciton hamatum 	Fabricius, 1782 Eciton lucanoides lucanoides	Emery, 1894 Eciton mexicanum mexicanum	Roger, 1863 Eciton quadriglume 	Haliday, 1836 Eciton rapax 	Smith, F., 1855 Ectatomma brunneum 	Smith, F., 1858 Ectatomma edentatum 	Roger, 1863

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Gigantiops destructor 	Fabricius, 1804 Gnamptogenys acuta 	Brown, 1956 Gnamptogenys annulata 	Mayr, 1887 Gnamptogenys concinna 	Smith, F., 1858 Gnamptogenys continua 	Mayr, 1887 Gnamptogenys falcifera 	Kempf, 1967 Gnamptogenys haenschei 	Emery, 1902 Gnamptogenys hartmani 	Wheeler, W.M., 1915 Gnamptogenys mina 	Brown, 1956 Gnamptogenys pleurodon 	Emery, 1896 Gnamptogenys regularis 	Mayr, 1870 Gnamptogenys tortuolosa 	Smith, F., 1858

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Hylomyrma blandiens 	Kempf, 1961 Hylomyrma transversa 	Kempf, 1973 Hypoponera opaciceps opaciceps	Mayr, 1887

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Labidus coecus 	Latreille, 1802 Labidus praedator praedator	Smith, F., 1858 Linepithema fuscum 	Mayr, 1866

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Megalomyrmex balzani 	Emery, 1894 Megalomyrmex drifti 	Kempf, 1961 Megalomyrmex glaesarius 	Kempf, 1970 Megalomyrmex incisus 	Smith, M.R., 1947 Megalomyrmex silvestrii 	Wheeler, W.M., 1909 Megalomyrmex staudingeri 	Emery, 1890 Megalomyrmex symmetochus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925 Megalomyrmex weyrauchi 	Kempf, 1970 Mycocepurus smithii 	Forel, 1893 Myrmelachista brevicornis 	Wheeler, W.M., 1934 Myrmelachista ulei ulei	Forel, 1904 Myrmelachista zeledoni thiemei	Emery, 1906 Myrmicocrypta collaris 	Emery, 1913 Myrmicocrypta microphthalma 	Borgmeier, 1948 Myrmicocrypta triangulata peruviana	Emery, 1913 Myrmicocrypta weyrauchi 	Borgmeier, 1948

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Neivamyrmex bohlsi 	Emery, 1896 Neivamyrmex clavifemur 	Borgmeier, 1953 Neivamyrmex curvinotus 	Watkins, 1994 Neivamyrmex emeryi 	Santschi, 1921 Neivamyrmex falcifer 	Emery, 1900 Neivamyrmex imbellis 	Emery, 1900 Neivamyrmex inca 	Santschi, 1921 Neivamyrmex nordenskioldii 	Holmgren, 1908 Neivamyrmex pacificus 	Borgmeier, 1955 Neivamyrmex pilosus pilosus	Smith, F., 1858 Neivamyrmex radoszkowskii 	Emery, 1900 Neivamyrmex walkerii 	Westwood, 1842 Nesomyrmex echinatinodis 	Forel, 1886 Nesomyrmex tonsuratus 	Kempf, 1959

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Ochetomyrmex neopolitus 	Fernández, 2003 Octostruma inca 	Brown & Kempf, 1960 Odontomachus bauri 	Emery, 1892 Odontomachus biumbonatus 	Brown, 1976 Odontomachus bradleyi 	Brown, 1976 Odontomachus caelatus 	Brown, 1976 Odontomachus chelifer 	Latreille, 1802 Odontomachus haematodus 	Linnaeus, 1758 Odontomachus hastatus 	Fabricius, 1804 Odontomachus peruanus 	Stitz, 1933

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Pachycondyla apicalis 	Latreille, 1802 Pachycondyla commutata 	Roger, 1860 Pachycondyla constricta 	Mayr, 1884 Pachycondyla fauveli 	Emery, 1896 Pachycondyla harpax 	Fabricius, 1804 Pachycondyla holmgreni 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925 Pachycondyla impressa 	Roger, 1861 Pachycondyla inversa 	Smith, F., 1858 Pachycondyla stigma stigma	Fabricius, 1804 Pachycondyla striatinodis rugosinodis	André, 1902 Pachycondyla theresiae theresiae	Forel, 1899 Pachycondyla unidentata unidentata	Mayr, 1862 Pachycondyla villosa 	Fabricius, 1804 Paraponera clavata 	Fabricius, 1775 Paratrechina burgesi 	Trager, 1984 Paratrechina caeciliae elevata	Forel, 1908 Paratrechina l. longicornis	Latreille, 1802 Paratrechina staudingeri 	Forel, 1912 Pheidole aberrans 	Mayr, 1868 Pheidole accinota 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925 Pheidole aciculata 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole ademonia 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole allarmata 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole amazonica 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole asperithorax 	Emery, 1894 Pheidole astur 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole biconstricta 	Mayr, 1870 Pheidole calens 	Forel, 1901 Pheidole capillata 	Emery, 1906 Pheidole caracalla 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole carapuna 	Mann, 1916 Pheidole cardiella 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole cataractae 	Wheeler, W.M., 1916 Pheidole chilensis 	Mayr, 1862 Pheidole colobopsis 	Mann, 1916 Pheidole cramptoni 	Wheeler, W.M., 1916 Pheidole crozieri 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole cuevasi 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole cuprina 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole cursor 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole davidsonae 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole demeter 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole diligens 	Smith, F., 1858 Pheidole dolon 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole embolopyx 	Brown, 1968 Pheidole exigua 	Mayr, 1884 Pheidole fimbriata 	Roger, 1863 Pheidole fissiceps 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole flavens flavens	Roger, 1863 Pheidole flavifrons 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole fracticeps 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole gagates 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole galba 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole gemmula 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole gilva 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole horribilis 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole huacana 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole inca 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole kugleri 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole laidlowi 	Mann, 1916 Pheidole lancifer 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole laniger 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole leonina 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole leptina 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole longiseta 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole lupus 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole machetula 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole mamore 	Mann, 1916 Pheidole manuana 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole megacephala megacephala	Fabricius, 1793 Pheidole meinerti 	Forel, 1905 Pheidole meinertopsis 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole mendicula 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925 Pheidole micridris 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole microps 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole minax 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole minutula minutula	Mayr, 1878 Pheidole nasifer 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole nigella 	Emery, 1894 Pheidole pedana 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole peruviana 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole pholeops 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole polita 	Emery, 1894 Pheidole radoszkowskii 	Mayr, 1884 Pheidole rugiceps 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole sabella 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole scimitara 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole scolioceps 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole simplex 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925 Pheidole sospes 	Forel, 1908 Pheidole tambopatae 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole teneriffana 	Forel, 1893 Pheidole tennantae 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole tobini 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole tristicula 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole xanthogaster 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole zeteki 	Smith, M.R., 1947 Pheidole zoster 	Wilson, 2003 Platythyrea angusta 	Forel, 1901 Platythyrea sinuata 	Roger, 1860 Probolomyrmex boliviensis 	Mann, 1923 Procryptocerus hylaeus 	Kempf, 1951 Procryptocerus kempfi 	Longino & Snelling, 2002 Procryptocerus mayri 	Forel, 1899 Procryptocerus nalini 	Longino & Snelling, 2002 Procryptocerus pictipes 	Emery, 1896 Procryptocerus spiniperdus 	Forel, 1899 Procryptocerus subpilosus 	Smith, F., 1860 Pseudomyrmex alustratus 	Ward, 1989 Pseudomyrmex colei colei	Enzmann, E.V., 1944 Pseudomyrmex crudelis 	Ward, 1999 Pseudomyrmex cubaensis 	Forel, 1901 Pseudomyrmex eculeus 	Ward, 1999 Pseudomyrmex e. elongatulus	Dalla Torre, 1892 Pseudomyrmex elongatus 	Mayr, 1870 Pseudomyrmex ferox 	Ward, 1999 Pseudomyrmex gracilis gracilis	Fabricius, 1804 Pseudomyrmex holmgreni 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925 Pseudomyrmex hospitalis 	Ward, 1999 Pseudomyrmex kuenckeli 	Emery, 1890 Pseudomyrmex maculatus 	Smith, F., 1855 Pseudomyrmex oculatus 	Smith, F., 1855 Pseudomyrmex pallens pallens	Mayr, 1870 Pseudomyrmex perboscii 	Guérin-Méneville, 1844 Pseudomyrmex peruvianus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925 Pseudomyrmex pictus 	Stitz, 1913 Pseudomyrmex pisinnus 	Ward, 1989 Pseudomyrmex santschii 	Enzmann, E.V., 1944 Pseudomyrmex sericeus cordiae	Forel, 1904 Pseudomyrmex simplex 	Smith, F., 1877 Pseudomyrmex spiculus 	Ward, 1989 Pseudomyrmex tachigaliae 	Forel, 1904 Pseudomyrmex tenuis 	Fabricius, 1804 Pseudomyrmex tenuissimus 	Emery, 1906 Pseudomyrmex termitarius 	Smith, F., 1855 Pseudomyrmex triplarinus 	Weddell, 1850 Pseudomyrmex unicolor 	Smith, F., 1855 Pseudomyrmex urbanus 	Smith, F., 1877 Pseudomyrmex venustus 	Smith, F., 1858 Pseudomyrmex voytowskii voytowskii	Enzmann, E.V., 1944 Pseudomyrmex wheeleri 	Enzmann, E.V., 1944 Pyramica decipula 	Bolton, 2000 Pyramica denticulata 	Mayr, 1887 Pyramica depressiceps 	Weber, 1934 Pyramica eggersi 	Emery, 1890 Pyramica fridericimuelleri 	Forel, 1886 Pyramica gundlachi 	Roger, 1862 Pyramica metopia 	Brown, 1959 Pyramica pholidota 	Bolton, 2000 Pyramica schulzi 	Emery, 1894 Pyramica subedentata 	Mayr, 1887 Pyramica zeteki 	Brown, 1959

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 * Rogeria scobinata Kugler, C., 1994

S
Simopelta laticeps 	Gotwald & Brown, 1967 Solenopsis bruesi 	Creighton, 1930 Solenopsis corticalis amazonensis	Forel, 1904 Solenopsis gayi 	Spinola, 1851 Solenopsis parabiotica 	Weber, 1943 Solenopsis weyrauchi 	Trager, 1991 Stegomyrmex connectens 	Emery, 1912 Strumigenys cordovensis 	Mayr, 1887 Strumigenys cosmostela 	Kempf, 1975 Strumigenys interfectiva 	Lattke & Goitia, 1997 Strumigenys perparva 	Brown, 1958 Strumigenys planeti 	Brown, 1953 Strumigenys precava 	Brown, 1954 Strumigenys prospiciens 	Emery, 1906 Strumigenys schmalzi 	Emery, 1906

T
Tetramorium caldarium 	Roger, 1857 Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi 	Mayr, 1862

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 * Wasmannia auropunctata Roger, 1863