Solomon Islands



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

A

 * Acropyga acutiventris 	Roger, 1862


 * Acropyga lauta 	Mann, 1919


 * Amblyopone celata 	Mann, 1919


 * Amblyopone gnoma 	Taylor, 1979


 * Anochetus isolatus 	Mann, 1919

C

 * Camponotus chloroticus 	Emery, 1897


 * Camponotus elysii 	Mann, 1919


 * Camponotus guppyi 	Mann, 1919


 * Camponotus loa belli 	Mann, 1919


 * Camponotus pallens (Le Guillou, 1842)


 * Cardiocondyla nivalis 	Mann, 1919


 * Carebara viehmeyeri 	Mann, 1919


 * Cerapachys pawa 	Mann, 1919


 * Cerapachys terricola 	Mann, 1919


 * Colobostruma foliacea 	Emery, 1897


 * Crematogaster abrupta 	Mann, 1919


 * Crematogaster elysii 	Mann, 1919


 * Crematogaster foxi 	Mann, 1919


 * Crematogaster nesiotis 	Mann, 1919


 * Crematogaster obnigra 	Mann, 1919


 * Crematogaster wheeleri 	Mann, 1919

E

 * Eurhopalothrix greensladei 	Taylor, 1968


 * Eurhopalothrix isabellae 	Mann, 1919


 * Eurhopalothrix procera 	Emery, 1897

G

 * Gnamptogenys albiclava 	Mann, 1919


 * Gnamptogenys crenaticeps 	Mann, 1919


 * Gnamptogenys lucida 	Mann, 1919


 * Gnamptogenys malaensis 	Mann, 1919


 * Gnamptogenys preciosa 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys solomonensis 	Lattke, 2004

L

 * Leptogenys diminuta 	Smith, F., 1857


 * Leptogenys foreli 	Mann, 1919


 * Leptogenys oresbia 	Wilson, 1958


 * Leptogenys truncata 	Mann, 1919


 * Lordomyrma epinotalis 	Mann, 1919

M

 * Myopopone castanea (Smith,F. 1860)


 * Myrmecina modesta 	Mann, 1919


 * Myrmecina modesta subarmata  Mann, 1919

N

 * Nylanderia consuta 	Wheeler, W.M., 1935


 * Nylanderia manni 	Donisthorpe, 1941


 * Nylanderia stigmatica (Mann, 1919)

O

 * Odontomachus rufithorax 	Emery, 1911


 * Opisthopsis manni 	Wheeler, W.M., 1918

P

 * Pachycondyla aequalis 	Mann, 1919


 * Pachycondyla manni 	Viehmeyer, 1924


 * Pachycondyla sheldoni 	Mann, 1919


 * Pachycondyla stigma 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Pheidole belli 	Mann, 1919


 * Pheidole erato 	Mann, 1919


 * Pheidole isis 	Mann, 1919


 * Pheidole mendanai 	Mann, 1919


 * Pheidole nindi 	Mann, 1919


 * Pheidole philemon 	Forel, 1910


 * Podomyrma basalis salomo 	Mann, 1919


 * Polyrhachis annae 	Mann, 1919


 * Polyrhachis campbelli 	Mann, 1919


 * Polyrhachis johnsoni 	Mann, 1919


 * Polyrhachis emeryana 	Mann, 1919


 * Polyrhachis fulakora 	Mann, 1919


 * Polyrhachis geminata 	Mann, 1919


 * Polyrhachis greensladei 	Kohout, 1990


 * Polyrhachis johnsoni Mann, 1919


 * Polyrhachis kaipi 	Mann, 1919


 * Polyrhachis labella brunneipes 	Wheeler, W.M., 1934


 * Polyrhachis malaensis 	Mann, 1919


 * Polyrhachis nofra 	Bolton, 1975


 * Polyrhachis obliqua 	Stitz, 1911


 * Polyrhachis osae 	Mann, 1919


 * Polyrhachis rere 	Mann, 1919


 * Polyrhachis salomo hiram 	Forel, 1912


 * Polyrhachis santschii 	Mann, 1919


 * Polyrhachis setosa Kohout, 2006


 * Polyrhachis ugiensis 	Mann, 1919


 * Polyrhachis ulysses 	Forel, 1910


 * Polyrhachis undulata Kohout, 2006


 * Polyrhachis wheeleri 	Mann, 1919


 * Pristomyrmex levigatus 	Emery, 1897


 * Pristomyrmex obesus 	Mann, 1919


 * Probolomyrmex salomonis 	Taylor, 1965


 * Proceratium austronesicum 	De Andrade, 2003


 * Proceratium papuanum 	Emery, 1897


 * Pyramica karawajewi 	Brown, 1948


 * Pyramica membranifera 	Emery, 1869

R

 * Rhytidoponera araneoides 	Le Guillou, 1842


 * Rogeria megastigmatica 	Kugler, C., 1994


 * Rogeria stigmatica 	Emery, 1897


 * Romblonella elysii 	Mann, 1919

S

 * Solenopsis papuana 	Emery, 1900


 * Solenopsis pawaensis 	Mann, 1919


 * Stereomyrmex dispar 	Wheeler, W.M., 1934


 * Strumigenys chyzeri 	Emery, 1897


 * Strumigenys decollata 	Mann, 1919


 * Strumigenys emmae 	Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys eurycera 	Emery, 1897


 * Strumigenys godeffroyi 	Mayr, 1866


 * Strumigenys mocsaryi 	Emery, 1897


 * Strumigenys rogeri 	Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys undras 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys yaleopleura 	Brown, 1988

T

 * Tetramorium antennatum 	Mann, 1919


 * Tetramorium aspersum 	Smith, F., 1865


 * Tetramorium insolens 	Smith, F., 1861


 * Tetramorium mayri 	Mann, 1919


 * Tetramorium melanogyna 	Mann, 1919


 * Tetramorium mutatum 	Bolton, 1985


 * Tetramorium salomo 	Mann, 1919


 * Tetramorium vombis 	Bolton, 1976


 * Turneria pacifica 	Mann, 1919

V

 * Vollenhovia dentata 	Mann, 1919


 * Vollenhovia elysii 	Mann, 1919


 * Vollenhovia foveaceps 	Mann, 1919


 * Vollenhovia loboii 	Mann, 1919