Zimbabwe



The following 234 valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Zimbabwe. 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 Zimbabwe ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Zimbabwe Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

Acropyga

 * Acropyga arnoldi Santschi, 1926

Aenictus

 * Aenictus alluaudi Santschi, 1910


 * Aenictus bottegoi Emery, 1899


 * Aenictus crucifer tuberculatus 	Arnold, 1915


 * Aenictus furibundus 	Arnold, 1959


 * Aenictus mariae Emery, 1895


 * Aenictus rotundatus Mayr, 1901

Agraulomyrmex

 * Agraulomyrmex wilsoni 	Prins, 1983

Anochetus

 * Anochetus bequaerti Forel, 1913


 * Anochetus levaillanti Emery, 1895


 * Anochetus pubescens 	Brown, 1978


 * Anochetus traegaordhi Mayr, 1904

Anoplolepis

 * Anoplolepis custodiens (Smith, F., 1858)

Atopomyrmex

 * Atopomyrmex cryptoceroides Emery, 1892


 * Atopomyrmex mocquerysi André, 1889

Bothroponera

 * Bothroponera crassa (Emery, 1877)


 * Bothroponera granosa (Roger, 1860)


 * Bothroponera kruegeri rhodesiana 	Forel, 1913


 * Bothroponera pumicosa sculpturata 	Santschi, 1912


 * Bothroponera soror (Emery, 1899)

Brachyponera

 * Brachyponera sennaarensis (Mayr, 1862)

Calyptomyrmex

 * Calyptomyrmex arnoldi Forel, 1913


 * Calyptomyrmex brunneus Arnold, 1948


 * Calyptomyrmex nedjem 	Bolton, 1981


 * Calyptomyrmex piripilis Santschi, 1923

Camponotus

 * Camponotus acvapimensis Mayr, 1862


 * Camponotus aequitas 	Santschi, 1920


 * Camponotus amphidus 	Santschi, 1926


 * Camponotus auropubens Forel, 1894


 * Camponotus avius 	Santschi, 1926


 * Camponotus braunsi Mayr, 1895


 * Camponotus braunsi epinotalis 	Santschi, 1916


 * Camponotus cinctellus (Gerstäcker, 1859)


 * Camponotus congolensis Emery, 1899


 * Camponotus cosmicus (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Camponotus crepusculi 	Arnold, 1922


 * Camponotus debellator 	Santschi, 1926


 * Camponotus emeryodicatus 	Forel, 1901


 * Camponotus empedocles 	Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus errabundus 	Arnold, 1949


 * Camponotus etiolipes Bolton, 1995


 * Camponotus eugeniae Forel, 1879


 * Camponotus favorabilis 	Santschi, 1919


 * Camponotus grandidieri Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus maculatus 	Fabricius, 1782


 * Camponotus mayri Forel, 1879


 * Camponotus mystaceus Emery, 1886


 * Camponotus nasutus Emery, 1895


 * Camponotus nasutus pretiosus 	Arnold, 1922


 * Camponotus natalensis (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Camponotus petersii Emery, 1895


 * Camponotus robecchii Emery, 1892


 * Camponotus robecchii rhodesianus 	Forel, 1913


 * Camponotus rufoglaucus (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Camponotus scabrinodis 	Arnold, 1924


 * Camponotus schoutedeni Forel, 1911


 * Camponotus sericeus (Fabricius, 1798)


 * Camponotus simulans Forel, 1910


 * Camponotus thraso montinanus 	Santschi, 1926


 * Camponotus thraso negus Forel, 1907


 * Camponotus traegaordhi fumeus 	Santschi, 1926


 * Camponotus transvaalensis prinsi Özdikmen, 2010


 * Camponotus valdeziae Forel, 1879


 * Camponotus vespertinus 	Arnold, 1960


 * Camponotus vestitus (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Camponotus vividus (Smith, F., 1858)

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881


 * Cardiocondyla fajumensis


 * Cardiocondyla shuckardi Forel, 1891


 * Cardiocondyla venustula

Carebara

 * Carebara alluaudi cataractae 	Santschi, 1919


 * Carebara arnoldi 	Forel, 1913


 * Carebara incerta 	Santschi, 1919


 * Carebara khamiensis 	Arnold, 1952


 * Carebara lucida 	Santschi, 1917


 * Carebara nicotianae Arnold, 1948


 * Carebara perpusilla (Emery, 1895)


 * Carebara vidua Smith, F., 1858

Cataulacus

 * Cataulacus brevisetosus Forel, 1901


 * Cataulacus intrudens 	Smith, F., 1876


 * Cataulacus lujae Forel, 1911

Centromyrmex

 * Centromyrmex bequaerti (Forel, 1913)


 * Centromyrmex raptor Bolton & Fisher, 2008


 * Centromyrmex sellaris Mayr, 1896

Cerapachys

 * Cerapachys centurio Brown, 1975


 * Cerapachys coxalis 	Arnold, 1926


 * Cerapachys sudanensis Weber, 1942


 * Cerapachys sylvicola 	Arnold, 1955


 * Cerapachys wroughtoni Forel, 1910

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster acaciae Forel, 1892


 * Crematogaster acaciae victoriosa 	Santschi, 1916


 * Crematogaster amita 	Forel, 1913


 * Crematogaster amita makololo Santschi, 1926


 * Crematogaster amita matabele Arnold, 1920


 * Crematogaster bequaerti semiclara 	Santschi, 1928


 * Crematogaster boera 	Santschi, 1926


 * Crematogaster castanea Smith, F., 1858


 * Crematogaster constructor Emery, 1895


 * Crematogaster delagoensis rhodesiana 	Arnold, 1920


 * Crematogaster donisthorpei 	Santschi, 1934


 * Crematogaster excisa Mayr, 1895


 * Crematogaster gallicola Forel, 1894


 * Crematogaster gerstaeckeri godefreyi 	Forel, 1914


 * Crematogaster gerstaeckeri infaceta Santschi, 1916


 * Crematogaster gerstaeckeri inquieta Santschi, 1928


 * Crematogaster gerstaeckeri maledicta Forel, 1914


 * Crematogaster gerstaeckeri pudica Santschi, 1930


 * Crematogaster gerstaeckeri sjostedti Mayr, 1907


 * Crematogaster hemiceros 	Santschi, 1926


 * Crematogaster hottentota Emery, 1899


 * Crematogaster kohli Forel, 1909


 * Crematogaster menilekii completa 	Santschi, 1928


 * Crematogaster misella 	Arnold, 1920


 * Crematogaster nigronitens 	Santschi, 1917


 * Crematogaster rectinota 	Forel, 1913


 * Crematogaster retifera 	Santschi, 1926


 * Crematogaster rufigena 	Arnold, 1958


 * Crematogaster transvaalensis hammi 	Arnold, 1920


 * Crematogaster vulcania Santschi, 1913


 * Crematogaster wellmani 	Forel, 1909

Discothyrea

 * Discothyrea oculata 	Emery, 1901


 * Discothyrea poweri 	Arnold, 1916

Dorylus

 * Dorylus affinis Shuckard, 1840


 * Dorylus diadema Gerstäcker, 1859


 * Dorylus diadema arnoldi 	Forel, 1914


 * Dorylus braunsi Emery, 1895


 * Dorylus braunsi anceps 	Forel, 1914


 * Dorylus brevipennis Emery, 1895


 * Dorylus brevipennis marshalli 	Emery, 1901


 * Dorylus depilis Emery, 1895


 * Dorylus fimbriatus (Shuckard, 1840)


 * Dorylus fulvus (Westwood, 1839)


 * Dorylus fulvus badius 	Gerstäcker, 1859


 * Dorylus nigricans burmeisteri (Shuckard, 1840)


 * Dorylus nigricans molestus (Gerstäcker, 1859)

Euponera

 * Euponera brunoi 	Forel, 1913

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera bulawayensis 	(Forel, 1913)


 * Hypoponera dulcis (Forel, 1907)


 * Hypoponera ignavia Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera jeanneli (Santschi, 1935)


 * Hypoponera obtunsa Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera occidentalis (Bernard, 1953)


 * Hypoponera punctatissima 	(Roger, 1859)

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota alexis 	Santschi, 1937


 * Lepisiota arenaria 	Arnold, 1920


 * Lepisiota arnoldi 	Forel, 1913


 * Lepisiota capensis simplex (Forel, 1892)


 * Lepisiota dendrophila 	Arnold, 1949


 * Lepisiota egregia 	Forel, 1913


 * Lepisiota egregia santschii (Arnold, 1920)


 * Lepisiota foreli (Arnold, 1920)


 * Lepisiota foreli convexa 	Arnold, 1920


 * Lepisiota foreli impressa (Arnold, 1920)


 * Lepisiota hirsuta (Santschi, 1914)


 * Lepisiota imperfecta 	Santschi, 1926


 * Lepisiota longinoda 	Arnold, 1920


 * Lepisiota quadraticeps 	Arnold, 1944


 * Lepisiota rubrovaria pilosa 	Forel, 1913


 * Lepisiota spinosior


 * Lepisiota spinosior ballaensis 	Arnold, 1920


 * Lepisiota submetallica 	Arnold, 1920


 * Lepisiota validiuscula (Emery, 1897)

Leptogenys

 * Leptogenys arnoldi 	Forel, 1913


 * Leptogenys attenuata (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Leptogenys castanea 	Mayr, 1862


 * Leptogenys crassinoda Arnold, 1926


 * Leptogenys ferrarii 	Forel, 1913


 * Leptogenys furtiva 	Arnold, 1926


 * Leptogenys intermedia Emery, 1902


 * Leptogenys maxillosa (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Leptogenys schwabi 	Forel, 1913

Megaponera

 * Megaponera analis (Latreille, 1802)

Meranoplus

 * Meranoplus glaber 	Arnold, 1926


 * Meranoplus inermis Emery, 1895


 * Meranoplus magrettii 	André, 1884


 * Meranoplus spininodis 	Arnold, 1917


 * Meranoplus sthenus 	Bolton, 1981

Mesoponera

 * Mesoponera caffraria (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Mesoponera elisae redbankensis 	Forel, 1913

Messor

 * Messor capensis (Mayr, 1862)


 * Messor decipiens Santschi, 1928


 * Messor luebberti Forel, 1910

Microdaceton

 * Microdaceton exornatum Santschi, 1913

Monomorium

 * Monomorium afrum André, 1884


 * Monomorium albopilosum 	Emery, 1895


 * Monomorium arnoldi 	Forel, 1913


 * Monomorium disertum 	Forel, 1913


 * Monomorium exiguum 	Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium firmum 	Santschi, 1926


 * Monomorium junodi Forel,, 1910


 * Monomorium lene 	Santschi, 1920


 * Monomorium mediocre Santschi, 1920


 * Monomorium mictilis 	Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium notulum 	Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium nuptualis 	Forel, 1913


 * Monomorium opacior 	Forel, 1913


 * Monomorium opacum Forel, 1913


 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Monomorium pulchrum 	Santschi, 1926


 * Monomorium rufulum Stitz,, 1923


 * Monomorium shilohense 	Forel, 1913


 * Monomorium springvalense 	Forel, 1913


 * Monomorium symmotu Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium termitobium Forel, 1892


 * Monomorium symmotu 	Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium vecte 	Bolton, 1987

Myrmicaria

 * Myrmicaria anomala Arnold, 1960


 * Myrmicaria arnoldi 	Santschi, 1925


 * Myrmicaria basutorum Arnold, 1960


 * Myrmicaria faurei Arnold, 1947


 * Myrmicaria fusca nigerrima 	Arnold, 1916


 * Myrmicaria natalensis eumenoides Gerstäcker, 1859


 * Myrmicaria natalensis verticalis 	Santschi, 1920


 * Myrmicaria rhodesiae 	Arnold, 1958


 * Myrmicaria striata Stitz, 1911

Nesomyrmex

 * Nesomyrmex angulatus 	Mayr, 1862

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia natalensis

Ocymyrmex

 * Ocymyrmex foreli 	Arnold, 1916


 * Ocymyrmex fortior 	Santschi, 1911


 * Ocymyrmex picardi 	Forel, 1901


 * Ocymyrmex sobek 	Bolton, 1981


 * Ocymyrmex velox Santschi, 1932

Odontomachus

 * Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi, 1914

Ophthalmopone

 * Ophthalmopone berthoudi (Forel, 1890)

Paltothyreus

 * Paltothyreus tarsatus (Fabricius, 1798)

Pheidole

 * Pheidole arnoldi 	Forel, 1913


 * Pheidole arnoldi ballaensis Arnold, 1920


 * Pheidole arnoldi rufescens Arnold, 1920


 * Pheidole caffra montivaga 	Santschi, 1939


 * Pheidole crassinoda ruspolii Emery, 1897


 * Pheidole liengmei malindana 	Forel, 1913


 * Pheidole liengmei micrartifex Forel, 1913


 * Pheidole maufei 	Arnold, 1920


 * Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Pheidole megacephala rotundata Forel, 1894


 * Pheidole prelli redbankensis 	Forel, 1913


 * Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866


 * Pheidole schultzei gwaaiensis 	Forel, 1913


 * Pheidole schultzei woodvalensis Arnold, 1960


 * Pheidole sculpturata rhodesiana 	Forel, 1913


 * Pheidole sculpturata zambesiana


 * Pheidole spinulosa Forel, 1910


 * Pheidole tenuinodis sipapomae 	Arnold, 1920


 * Pheidole victoris 	Forel, 1913


 * Pheidole xocensis Forel, 1913


 * Pheidole xocensis bulawayensis 	Forel, 1913

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis brunni Mayr, 1895


 * Plagiolepis brunni pubescens 	Forel, 1913


 * Plagiolepis chirindensis 	Arnold, 1949


 * Plagiolepis livingstonei Santschi, 1926


 * Plagiolepis montivaga Arnold, 1958


 * Plagiolepis pygmaea bulawayensis 	Arnold, 1922


 * Plagiolepis pygmaea mima Arnold, 1922

Platythyrea

 * Platythyrea arnoldi 	Forel, 1913


 * Platythyrea cribrinodis (Gerstacker, 1859)


 * Platythyrea lamellosa 	Roger, 1860


 * Platythyrea matopoensis 	Arnold, 1915


 * Platythyrea schultzei 	Forel, 1910

Plectroctena

 * Plectroctena mandibularis Smith, F., 1858


 * Plectroctena subterranea 	Arnold, 1915

Polyrhachis

 * Polyrhachis gagates Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis schistacea (Gerstäcker, 1859)


 * Polyrhachis schlueteri Forel, 1886


 * Polyrhachis viscosa Smith, F., 1858

Proceratium

 * Proceratium arnoldi 	Forel, 1913

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis punctaticeps fur 	Santschi, 1926


 * Solenopsis zambesiae 	Arnold, 1926

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys arnoldi 	Forel, 1913


 * Strumigenys dyshaula 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys emarginata (Mayr, 1901)


 * Strumigenys irrorata Santschi, 1913


 * Strumigenys ludovici (Forel, 1904)


 * Strumigenys lujae (Forel, 1902)


 * Strumigenys marginata (Santschi, 1914)


 * Strumigenys maynei 	Forel, 1916


 * Strumigenys mesahyla 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys nykara 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys robertsoni 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys rusta 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys shaula 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys simoni 	Emery, 1895


 * Strumigenys stygia Santschi, 1913

Syllophopsis

 * Syllophopsis subcoeca (Emery, 1894)

Tapinolepis

 * Tapinolepis deceptor 	Arnold, 1922


 * Tapinolepis litoralis 	Arnold, 1958


 * Tapinolepis macgregori 	Arnold, 1922


 * Tapinolepis macrophthalma 	Arnold, 1962


 * Tapinolepis melanaria 	Arnold, 1922


 * Tapinolepis melanaria ochraceotincta (Arnold, 1949)


 * Tapinolepis simulans (Santschi, 1908)

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma arnoldi 	Forel, 1913


 * Tapinoma demissum 	Bolton, 1995


 * Tapinoma lugubre 	Santschi, 1917


 * Tapinoma luteum (Emery, 1895)


 * Tapinoma modestum 	Santschi, 1932


 * Tapinoma schultzei (Forel, 1910)

Technomyrmex

 * Technomyrmex arnoldinus 	Forel, 1913


 * Technomyrmex camerunensis Emery, 1899


 * Technomyrmex ilgi (Forel, 1910)


 * Technomyrmex menozzii (Donisthorpe, 1936)


 * Technomyrmex voeltzkowi (Forel, 1907)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium agile 	Arnold, 1960


 * Tetramorium amaurum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium angulinode 	Santschi, 1910


 * Tetramorium argenteopilosum 	Arnold, 1926


 * Tetramorium arnoldi 	Forel, 1913


 * Tetramorium baufra 	Bolton, 1976


 * Tetramorium berbiculum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium bevisi Arnold, 1958


 * Tetramorium bulawayense 	Forel, 1913


 * Tetramorium capense Mayr, 1865


 * Tetramorium chloe 	Santschi, 1920


 * Tetramorium constanciae 	Arnold, 1917


 * Tetramorium cristatum Stitz, 1910


 * Tetramorium decem Forel, 1913


 * Tetramorium do 	Forel, 1914


 * Tetramorium ericae 	Arnold, 1917


 * Tetramorium flaviceps 	Arnold, 1960


 * Tetramorium frenchi Forel, 1914


 * Tetramorium furtivum 	Arnold, 1956


 * Tetramorium gazense 	Arnold, 1958


 * Tetramorium gladstonei 	Forel, 1913


 * Tetramorium globulinodis (Mayr, 1901)


 * Tetramorium hortorum 	Arnold, 1958


 * Tetramorium humbloti 	Forel, 1891


 * Tetramorium incruentatum 	Arnold, 1926


 * Tetramorium inezulae 	Forel, 1914


 * Tetramorium intextum 	Santschi, 1914


 * Tetramorium jauresi 	Forel, 1914


 * Tetramorium jejunum 	Arnold, 1926


 * Tetramorium lobulicorne 	Santschi, 1916


 * Tetramorium longicorne Forel, 1907


 * Tetramorium luteolum 	Arnold, 1926


 * Tetramorium matopoense 	Arnold, 1926


 * Tetramorium microgyna 	Santschi, 1918


 * Tetramorium microps 	Mayr, 1901


 * Tetramorium mossamedense Forel, 1901


 * Tetramorium notiale 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium oculatum 	Forel, 1913


 * Tetramorium repentinum 	Arnold, 1926


 * Tetramorium semireticulatum 	Arnold, 1917


 * Tetramorium sepositum 	Santschi, 1918


 * Tetramorium sericeiventre 	Emery, 1877


 * Tetramorium sericeum 	Arnold, 1926


 * Tetramorium setigerum 	Mayr, 1901


 * Tetramorium setuliferum Emery, 1895


 * Tetramorium shilohense 	Forel, 1913


 * Tetramorium simulator 	Arnold, 1917


 * Tetramorium subcoecum 	Forel, 1907


 * Tetramorium ultor Forel, 1913


 * Tetramorium umtaliense 	Arnold, 1926


 * Tetramorium weitzeckeri 	Emery, 1895


 * Tetramorium zambezium 	Santschi, 1939

Tetraponera

 * Tetraponera ambigua 	(Emery, 1895)


 * Tetraponera angusta 	Arnold, 1949


 * Tetraponera emeryi 	Forel, 1911


 * Tetraponera natalensis (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Tetraponera schulthessi 	Santschi, 1915

Trichomyrmex

 * Trichomyrmex emeryi (Mayr, 1895)


 * Trichomyrmex oscaris (Forel, 1894)