Malaysia



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

Acanthomyrmex

 * Acanthomyrmex ferox 	Emery, 1893


 * Acanthomyrmex laevis 	Moffett, 1986


 * Acanthomyrmex mindanao Moffett, 1986

Acropyga

 * Acropyga ambigua 	Emery, 1922


 * Acropyga butteli 	Forel, 1912


 * Acropyga hystrix 	LaPolla, 2004


 * Acropyga oceanica 	Emery, 1900


 * Acropyga pallida 	Donisthorpe, 1938

Aenictus

 * Aenictus appressipilosus Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013


 * Aenictus aratus 	Forel, 1900


 * Aenictus cornutus Forel, 1900


 * Aenictus dentatus 	Forel, 1911


 * Aenictus fulvus Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011


 * Aenictus glabratus Jaitrong & Nur-Zati, 2010


 * Aenictus glabrinotum Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011


 * Aenictus gracilis 	Emery, 1893


 * Aenictus javanus Emery, 1896


 * Aenictus jawadwipa Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013


 * Aenictus montivagus Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011


 * Aenictus punctatus Jaitrong & Yamane, 2012


 * Aenictus rotundicollis Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011


 * Aenictus silvestrii 	Wheeler, W.M., 1929


 * Aenictus subterraneus Jaitrong & Hashimoto, 2012


 * Aenictus sundalandensis Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013


 * Aenictus yamanei Wiwatwitaya & Jaitrong, 2011

Anochetus

 * Anochetus maryatiae Nurul Aida & Idris, 2011


 * Anochetus myops 	Emery, 1893


 * Anochetus strigatellus 	Brown, 1978


 * Anochetus tua 	Brown, 1978

Anomalomyrma

 * Anomalomyrma boltoni  Borowiec, Schulz, Alpert & Banas, 2011

Anonychomyrma

 * Anonychomyrma glabrata 	Smith, F., 1857

Brachyponera

 * Brachyponera obscurans


 * Brachyponera pilidorsalis Yamane, 2007

Camponotus

 * Camponotus asli 	Dumpert, 1989


 * Camponotus belumensis 	Dumpert, 1995


 * Camponotus calvus 	Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus contractus buttesi 	Forel, 1902


 * Camponotus contractus scortechinii Emery, 1888


 * Camponotus gentingensis 	Dumpert, 1995


 * Camponotus gombaki 	Dumpert, 1986


 * Camponotus hospes adultus 	Viehmeyer, 1916


 * Camponotus impressilabris 	Stitz, 1938


 * Camponotus festinus diligens 	Smith, F., 1857


 * Camponotus festinus inezae Forel, 1913


 * Camponotus irritans 	Smith, F., 1857


 * Camponotus maxwellensis 	Forel, 1913


 * Camponotus melanus 	Dumpert, 1995


 * Camponotus micragyne 	Dumpert, 1995


 * Camponotus orinus 	Dumpert, 1995


 * Camponotus striatipes 	Dumpert, 1995


 * Camponotus taipingensis 	Forel, 1913


 * Camponotus texens 	Dumpert, 1986


 * Camponotus weissflogi Dumpert, 2006

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla tjibodana

Cataulacus

 * Cataulacus latissimus 	Emery, 1893


 * Cataulacus muticus


 * Cataulacus pompom 	Snelling, 1979

Cerapachys

 * Cerapachys paradoxus Borowiec, 2009

Cladomyrma

 * Cladomyrma maschwitzi 	Agosti, 1991


 * Cladomyrma nudidorsalis 	Agosti, Moog & Maschwitz, 1999


 * Cladomyrma petalae 	Agosti, 1991

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster kojimai Hosoishi & Ogata, 2012


 * Crematogaster ferrarii lumpurensis 	Forel, 1907


 * Crematogaster fraxatrix Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster hashimi Hosoishi, 2015


 * Crematogaster imperfecta Hosoishi, 2015


 * Crematogaster longiclava placens 	Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster pia Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster yappi 	Forel, 1901


 * Crematogaster borneensis sembilana 	Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster treubi 	Emery, 1896


 * Crematogaster longipilosa 	Forel, 1907


 * Crematogaster reticulata


 * Crematogaster sewardi Forel, 1891


 * Crematogaster spengeli picata 	Emery, 1922


 * Crematogaster spengeli taipingensis Forel, 1913


 * Crematogaster vacca 	Forel, 1911

Discothyrea

 * Discothyrea bryanti 	Wheeler, W.M., 1917

Dilobocondyla

 * Dilobocondyla yamanei Bharti & Kumar, 2013

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus carbonarius 	Emery, 1895


 * Dolichoderus cuspidatus 	Smith, F., 1857

Echinopla

 * Echinopla cherapunjiensis Bharti & Gul, 2012


 * Echinopla circulus Zettel & Laciny, 2015


 * Echinopla fisheri Zettel & Laciny, 2015


 * Echinopla lineata Mayr, 1862


 * Echinopla madli Zettel & Laciny, 2015


 * Echinopla melanarctos Smith, F., 1857


 * Echinopla mezgeri Zettel & Laciny, 2015


 * Echinopla striata Smith, F., 1857


 * Echinopla subtilis Zettel & Laciny, 2015


 * Echinopla tritschleri Forel, 1901


 * Echinopla wardi Zettel & Laciny, 2015

Euponera

 * Euponera malayana 	Wheeler, W.M., 1929

Euprenolepis

 * Euprenolepis wittei LaPolla, 2009 [West Malaysia]

Eurhopalothrix

 * Eurhopalothrix omnivaga 	Taylor, 1990


 * Eurhopalothrix platisquama 	Taylor, 1990

Gnamptogenys

 * Gnamptogenys bicolor 	Emery, 1889


 * Gnamptogenys binghamii 	Forel, 1900


 * Gnamptogenys chapmani 	Brown, 1958


 * Gnamptogenys costata 	Emery, 1889


 * Gnamptogenys crassicornis 	Forel, 1912


 * Gnamptogenys cribrata 	Emery, 1900


 * Gnamptogenys delta 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys fontana 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys gabata 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys helisa 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys lacunosa 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys laevior 	Forel, 1905


 * Gnamptogenys leiolabia 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys menadensis 	Mayr, 1887


 * Gnamptogenys ortostoma 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys palamala 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys paso 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys pertusa 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys polytreta 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys posteropsis 	Gregg, 1951


 * Gnamptogenys rugodens 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys scalpta 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys sila 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys toronates 	Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys treta 	Lattke, 2004

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera lamellosa 	Forel, 1907


 * Hypoponera lumpurensis 	Forel, 1907


 * Hypoponera malayana 	Wheeler, W.M., 1929


 * Hypoponera pygmaea 	Forel, 1907

Iridomyrmex

 * Iridomyrmex anceps 	Roger, 1863

Leptanilla

 * Leptanilla butteli 	Forel, 1913

Liomyrmex

 * Liomyrmex gestroi 	Emery, 1887

Lophomyrmex

 * Lophomyrmex lucidus 	Menozzi, 1930

Mayriella

 * Mayriella transfuga 	Baroni Urbani, 1977

Meranoplus

 * Meranoplus bicolor 	Guérin-Méneville, 1844


 * Meranoplus castaneus 	Smith, F., 1857


 * Meranoplus malaysianus 	Schödl, 1998


 * Meranoplus mucronatus 	Smith, F., 1857

Metapone

 * Metapone quadridentata 	Eguchi, 1998

Myopopone

 * Myopopone castanea (Smith, F. 1860)

Myrmica

 * Myrmica emeryi Radchenko & Elmes, 2009

Myrmicaria

 * Myrmicaria brunnea flava 	Forel, 1913


 * Myrmicaria brunnea subcarinata (Smith, F., 1857)

Myrmoteras

 * Myrmoteras arcoelinae


 * Myrmoteras danieli 	Agosti, 1992


 * Myrmoteras jaitrongi Bui, Eguchi & Yamane, 2013

Mystrium

 * Mystrium camillae Emery, 1889

Odontomachus

 * Odontomachus latidens 	Mayr, 1867

Paraparatrechina

 * Paraparatrechina butteli malaccana 	(Viehmeyer, 1916)

Paratopula

 * Paratopula macta Bolton, 1988

Pheidole

 * Pheidole fervens 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Pheidole gombakensis 	Eguchi, 2001


 * Pheidole havilandi 	Forel, 1911


 * Pheidole huberi 	Forel, 1911


 * Pheidole inscrobiculata 	Viehmeyer, 1916


 * Pheidole magrettii 	Emery, 1887


 * Pheidole megacephala 	(Fabricius, 1793)


 * Pheidole parva Mayr, 1865

Philidris

 * Philidris myrmecodiae 	Emery, 1887

Platythyrea

 * Platythyrea parallela 	Smith, F., 1859


 * Platythyrea quadridenta Donisthorpe, 1941


 * Platythyrea tricuspidata 	Emery, 1900

Polyrhachis

 * Polyrhachis arcuata 	Le Guillou, 1842


 * Polyrhachis bellicosa


 * Polyrhachis bihamata (Drury, 1773)


 * Polyrhachis boltoni 	Dorow & Kohout, 1995


 * Polyrhachis calypso 	Forel, 1911


 * Polyrhachis carbonaria Smith, F., 1857


 * Polyrhachis cybele Wheeler


 * Polyrhachis dimoculata Kohout, 2013


 * Polyrhachis furcata 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis laevigata Smith, F., 1857


 * Polyrhachis maliau Kohout, 2014


 * Polyrhachis maryatiae Kohout, 2007


 * Polyrhachis muara Kohout, 2009


 * Polyrhachis muelleri  Forel, 1893


 * Polyrhachis murina Emery


 * Polyrhachis nepenthicola Kohout, 2013


 * Polyrhachis obesior 	Viehmeyer, 1916


 * Polyrhachis olybria Forel, 1912


 * Polyrhachis pubescens Mayr


 * Polyrhachis rufipes 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis schellerichae 	Dorow, 1996


 * Polyrhachis tibialis crassisquama 	Forel, 1913


 * Polyrhachis textor 	Smith, F., 1857


 * Polyrhachis thrinax lucida 	Emery, 1894


 * Polyrhachis ypsilon Emery, 1887

Ponera

 * Ponera selenophora Emery, 1900


 * Ponera taipingensis 	Forel, 1913

Prenolepis

 * Prenolepis jerdoni 	Emery, 1893

Prionopelta

 * Prionopelta kraepelini

Pristomyrmex

 * Pristomyrmex bicolor 	Emery, 1900


 * Pristomyrmex brevispinosus 	Emery, 1887


 * Pristomyrmex costatus 	Wang, 2003


 * Pristomyrmex modestus 	Wang, 2003


 * Pristomyrmex occultus 	Wang, 2003


 * Pristomyrmex picteti 	Emery, 1893


 * Pristomyrmex pollux 	Donisthorpe, 1944


 * Pristomyrmex profundus 	Wang, 2003


 * Pristomyrmex pulcher 	Wang, 2003


 * Pristomyrmex rigidus 	Wang, 2003


 * Pristomyrmex sulcatus 	Emery, 1895

Probolomyrmex

 * Probolomyrmex longinodus Terayama & Ogata, 1988


 * Probolomyrmex watanabei 	Tanaka, 1974

Proceratium

 * Proceratium angulinode 	De Andrade, 2003


 * Proceratium banjaranense 	De Andrade, 2003


 * Proceratium deelemani 	Perrault, 1981


 * Proceratium dusun 	De Andrade, 2003


 * Proceratium foveolatum 	De Andrade, 2003


 * Proceratium malesianum 	De Andrade, 2003


 * Proceratium microsculptum 	De Andrade, 2003


 * Proceratium papuanum 	Emery, 1897


 * Proceratium striativenter 	De Andrade, 2003


 * Proceratium sulawense 	De Andrade, 2003


 * Proceratium terraealtae 	De Andrade, 2003

Propodilobus

 * Propodilobus pingorum (DuBois, 2000)

Pseudolasius

 * Pseudolasius butteli 	Forel, 1913


 * Pseudolasius ludovici malaccanus 	Forel, 1913


 * Pseudolasius martini 	Forel, 1911


 * Pseudolasius pygmaeus 	Forel, 1913


 * Pseudolasius streesemanni 	Viehmeyer, 1914

Pseudoneoponera

 * Pseudoneoponera tridentata exasperans 	Forel, 1911

Rostromyrmex

 * Rostromyrmex pasohensis 	Rosciszewski, 1994

Rotastruma

 * Rotastruma recava Bolton, 1991

Stigmatomma

 * Stigmatomma reclinatum (Mayr, 1879)

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys acheron 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys acubecca 	Brown, 1972


 * Strumigenys aechme 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys aello 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys akalles 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys amasara 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys amnesia 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys arrogantia 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys atropos 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys baal 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys baladria 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys blanda 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys bryanti 	Wheeler, W.M., 1919


 * Strumigenys bubisnoda 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys chapmani 	Brown, 1954


 * Strumigenys chorosa 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys clotho 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys confusatrix 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys conturba 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys cygarix 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys daspleta 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys datryx 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys deinognatha 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys diasphax 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys disjuncta 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys disturba 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys dohertyi 	Emery, 1897


 * Strumigenys doriae 	Emery, 1887


 * Strumigenys dromica 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys dyak 	Brown, 1959


 * Strumigenys dyschima 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys ebbae 	Forel, 1905


 * Strumigenys edaragona 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys eidechthes 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys emmae 	Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys epyna 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys eumekes 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys euryale 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys extemena 	Taylor, 1968


 * Strumigenys forficata 	Brown, 1959


 * Strumigenys fuarda 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys gabarys 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys geminata 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys gloriosa 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys gnathosphax 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys godeffroyi 	Mayr, 1866


 * Strumigenys gyges 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys gyrogenys 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys halpas 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys hastur 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys hekate 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys ignota 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys indagatrix 	Wheeler, W.M., 1919


 * Strumigenys inhonesta 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys izepara 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys jacobsoni 	Menozzi, 1939


 * Strumigenys juliae 	Forel, 1905


 * Strumigenys kapryx 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys karawajewi 	Brown, 1948


 * Strumigenys kempfi 	Taylor & Brown, 1978


 * Strumigenys koningsbergeri 	Forel, 1905


 * Strumigenys kraepelini 	Forel, 1905


 * Strumigenys lebratyx 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys leptodeira 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys leptorhina 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys liophila 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys macerina 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys magnifica 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys medusa 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys megaera 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys menueta 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys micrura 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys mitis 	Brown, 2000


 * Strumigenys mjoebergi 	Brown, 1959


 * Strumigenys mododonta 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys morphica 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys mnemosyne 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys murphyi 	Taylor, 1968


 * Strumigenys mutica 	Brown, 1949


 * Strumigenys naberia 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys nanzanensis 	Lin & Wu, 1996


 * Strumigenys natynion 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys nepalensis 	De Andrade, 1994


 * Strumigenys nergala 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys nesteryx 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys ochosa 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys ocypete 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys offina 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys panopla 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys pedunculata 	Brown, 1953


 * Strumigenys perturba 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys phoenix 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys pliocera 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys propinqua 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys prosopis 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys rhadina 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys rofocala 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys roganas 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys rogeri 	Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys rotogenys 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys rudinodis 	Stärcke, 1941


 * Strumigenys runa 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys seynoka 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys signeae 	Forel, 1905


 * Strumigenys strenosa 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys strygax 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys sublaminata 	Brown, 1959


 * Strumigenys superba 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys sydorata 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys synchysis 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys sytaria 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys tadynastes 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys tantilla 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys taraxis 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys tarbosyne 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys theia 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys tomodonta 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys treptodens 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys trixodens 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys ulteria 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys vertigosa 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys vescops 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys vindala 	Bolton, 2000

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma williamsi (Wheeler, W. M., 1935)

Technomyrmex

 * Technomyrmex butteli 	Forel, 1913


 * Technomyrmex difficilis Forel, 1892


 * Technomyrmex dubius Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex elatior Forel, 1902


 * Technomyrmex fornax Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex gaudens Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex horni Forel, 1912


 * Technomyrmex horrens Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex impressus Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex kraepelini Forel, 1905


 * Technomyrmex lisae 	Forel, 1913


 * Technomyrmex mandibularis Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex modiglianii Emery, 1900


 * Technomyrmex myops Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex pratensis (Smith, F., 1860)


 * Technomyrmex reductus Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex rotundiceps Karavaiev, 1926


 * Technomyrmex subgracilis Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex strenuus Mayr, 1872


 * Technomyrmex sundaicus (Emery, 1900)


 * Technomyrmex tatius Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex textor Forel, 1909


 * Technomyrmex vitiensis Mann, 1921


 * Technomyrmex wheeleri (Emery, 1909)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium lucyae Sorger, 2011


 * Tetramorium meshena 	Bolton, 1976


 * Tetramorium noratum 	Bolton, 1977


 * Tetramorium pnyxis 	Bolton, 1976


 * Tetramorium seneb 	Bolton, 1977


 * Tetramorium wroughtonii (Forel, 1902)

Tetraponera

 * Tetraponera avia 	Ward, 2001


 * Tetraponera brevis 	Ward, 2001


 * Tetraponera rufonigra (Jerdon, 1851)

Tyrannomyrmex

 * Tyrannomyrmex rex 	Fernández, 2003

Vollenhovia

 * Vollenhovia brevicornis minuta 	Viehmeyer, 1916


 * Vollenhovia butteli 	Forel, 1913


 * Vollenhovia butteli seeliebi Forel, 1913


 * Vollenhovia piroskae taipingensis 	Forel, 1913