Ghana


 * Identification resources for Afrotropical Ants
 * Afrotropical Region Species List

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

Acropyga

 * Acropyga silvestrii 	Emery, 1915

Aenictus

 * Aenictus asantei 	Campione, Novak & Gotwald, 1983
 * Aenictus decolor (Mayr, 1879)

Ankylomyrma

 * Ankylomyrma coronacantha Bolton, 1973

Anochetus

 * Anochetus africanus 	Mayr, 1865

Asphinctopone

 * Asphinctopone silvestrii Santschi, 1914

Atopomyrmex

 * Atopomyrmex cryptoceroides Emery, 1892


 * Atopomyrmex mocquerysi André, 1889

Axinidris

 * Axinidris bidens Shattuck, 1991
 * Axinidris ghanensis Shattuck, 1991
 * Axinidris hylekoites Shattuck, 1991
 * Axinidris murielae Shattuck, 1991
 * Axinidris nigripes Shattuck, 1991
 * Axinidris palligastrion Shattuck, 1991

Baracidris

 * Baracidris meketra 	Bolton, 1981

Bothroponera

 * Bothroponera silvestrii 	Santschi, 1914
 * Bothroponera soror (Emery, 1899)

Calyptomyrmex

 * Calyptomyrmex barak 	Bolton, 1981
 * Calyptomyrmex brevis Weber, 1943
 * Calyptomyrmex nummuliticus 	Santschi, 1914
 * Calyptomyrmex kaurus 	Bolton, 1981

Camponotus

 * Camponotus aberrans Mayr, 1895
 * Camponotus flavomarginatus Mayr, 1862
 * Camponotus carbo occidentalis Mayr, 1902
 * Camponotus acvapimensis Mayr, 1862

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881
 * Cardiocondyla neferka 	Bolton, 1982
 * Cardiocondyla sekhemka 	Bolton, 1982
 * Cardiocondyla shuckardi Forel, 1891

Carebara

 * Carebara crigensis 	Belshaw & Bolton, 1994
 * Carebara distincta 	Bolton & Belshaw, 1993
 * Carebara sarita 	Bolton & Belshaw, 1993
 * Carebara silvestrii 	Santschi, 1914
 * Carebara vorax 	Santschi, 1914

Cataglyphis

 * Cataglyphis bicolor seticornis 	Emery, 1906

Cataulacus

 * Cataulacus adpressus 	Bolton, 1974
 * Cataulacus egenus Santschi, 1910
 * Cataulacus elongatus Santschi, 1924
 * Cataulacus erinaceus Stitz, 1910
 * Cataulacus guineensis Smith, F., 1853
 * Cataulacus huberi André, 1890
 * Cataulacus mocquerysi André, 1889
 * Cataulacus moloch 	Bolton, 1982
 * Cataulacus pygmaeus André, 1890
 * Cataulacus weissi Santschi, 1913

Centromyrmex

 * Centromyrmex angolensis 	Santschi, 1937

Cerapachys

 * Lioponera foreli 	Santschi, 1914

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster buchneri 	Forel, 1894
 * Crematogaster cuvierae 	Donisthorpe, 1945
 * Crematogaster painei 	Donisthorpe, 1945
 * Crematogaster gambiensis 	André, 1889
 * Crematogaster kneri 	Mayr, 1862
 * Crematogaster wellmani 	Forel, 1909

Discothyrea

 * Discothyrea mixta Brown, 1958
 * Discothyrea oculata Emery, 1901
 * Discothyrea venus Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019

Dorylus

 * Dorylus affinis 	Shuckard, 1840
 * Dorylus funereus 	Emery, 1895
 * Dorylus ghanensis 	Boven, 1975
 * Dorylus gribodoi
 * Dorylus fuscipennis 	Emery, 1892

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera angustata (Santschi,, 1914)
 * Hypoponera coeca Santschi, 1914
 * Hypoponera defessa Bolton & Fisher, 2011
 * Hypoponera dulcis (Forel, 1907)
 * Hypoponera fatiga Bolton & Fisher, 2011
 * Hypoponera inaudax (Santschi, 1919)
 * Hypoponera lassa Bolton & Fisher, 2011
 * Hypoponera lepida Bolton & Fisher, 2011
 * Hypoponera occidentalis (Bernard, 1953)
 * Hypoponera punctatissima 	(Roger, 1857)

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota capensis guineensis 	Mayr, 1902

Leptanilla

 * Leptanilla boltoni 	Baroni Urbani, 1977

Leptogenys

 * Leptogenys conradti 	Forel, 1913
 * Leptogenys cryptica 	Bolton, 1975
 * Leptogenys ergatogyna Wheeler, W.M., 1922
 * Leptogenys guineensis Santschi, 1914
 * Leptogenys longiceps Santschi, 1914
 * Leptogenys mastax 	Bolton, 1975
 * Leptogenys nuserra 	Bolton, 1975
 * Leptogenys princeps 	Bolton, 1975
 * Leptogenys spandax 	Bolton, 1975
 * Leptogenys testacea 	Donisthorpe, 1948
 * Leptogenys zapyxis 	Bolton, 1975

Loboponera

 * Loboponera basalis 	Bolton & Brown, 2002
 * Loboponera nasica (Santschi, 1920)
 * Loboponera obeliscata Bolton & Brown, 2002
 * Loboponera politula 	Bolton & Brown, 2002

Megaponera

 * Megaponera analis

Melissotarsus

 * Melissotarsus emeryi Forel, 1907
 * Melissotarsus weissi Santschi, 1910

Meranoplus

 * Meranoplus inermis Emery, 1895
 * Meranoplus magrettii 	André, 1884

Messor

 * Messor galla 	Mayr, 1904

Microdaceton

 * Microdaceton tibialis Weber, 1952

Monomorium

 * Monomorium afrum André, 1884
 * Monomorium bicolor 	Emery, 1877
 * Monomorium dolatu Bolton, 1987
 * Monomorium egens Forel, 1901
 * Monomorium exiguum Forel, 1894
 * Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)
 * Monomorium invidium 	Bolton, 1987
 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Monomorium rosae 	Santschi, 1920
 * Monomorium tanysum 	Bolton, 1987
 * Monomorium trake 	Bolton, 1987
 * Monomorium vonatu 	Bolton, 1987

Nesomyrmex

 * Nesomyrmex angulatus 	Mayr, 1862
 * Nesomyrmex evelynae 	Forel, 1916
 * Nesomyrmex grisoni 	Forel, 1916

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia boltoni LaPolla, Hawkes & Fisher, 2011
 * Nylanderia impolita LaPolla & Fisher, 2011
 * Nylanderia incallida (Santschi, 1915)
 * Nylanderia lepida (Santschi, 1915)

Paraparatrechina

 * Paraparatrechina albipes (Emery, 1899)
 * Paraparatrechina brunnella LaPolla & Cheng, 2010
 * Paraparatrechina concinnata LaPolla, Cheng & Fisher, 2010
 * Paraparatrechina gnoma LaPolla & Cheng, 2010
 * Paraparatrechina sordida (Santschi, 1914)

Pheidole

 * Pheidole excellens 	Mayr, 1862
 * Pheidole megacephala costauriensis 	Santschi, 1914

Platythyrea

 * Platythyrea conradti 	Emery, 1899
 * Platythyrea frontalis 	Emery, 1899
 * Platythyrea gracillima Wheeler, W.M., 1922
 * Platythyrea modesta Emery, 1899
 * Platythyrea occidentalis 	André, 1890

Plectroctena

 * Plectroctena anops 	Bolton, 1974
 * Plectroctena cryptica 	Bolton, 1974
 * Plectroctena hastifera Santschi, 1914
 * Plectroctena macgeei Bolton, 1974
 * Plectroctena minor Emery, 1891

Polyrhachis

 * Polyrhachis andrei Emery, 1921
 * Polyrhachis asomaningi Bolton, 1973
 * Polyrhachis braxa Bolton, 1973
 * Polyrhachis concava 	André, 1889
 * Polyrhachis curta André, 1890
 * Polyrhachis decellei 	Bolton, 1973
 * Polyrhachis decemdentata André, 1889
 * Polyrhachis esarata 	Bolton, 1973
 * Polyrhachis fissa Mayr, 1902
 * Polyrhachis khepra 	Bolton, 1973
 * Polyrhachis laboriosa Smith, F., 1858
 * Polyrhachis latharis 	Bolton, 1973
 * Polyrhachis lauta Santschi, 1909
 * Polyrhachis lestoni 	Bolton, 1973
 * Polyrhachis militaris (Fabricius, 1782)
 * Polyrhachis monista Santschi, 1909
 * Polyrhachis nigrita 	Mayr, 1895
 * Polyrhachis otleti Forel, 1916
 * Polyrhachis regesa 	Bolton, 1973
 * Polyrhachis rufipalpis Santschi, 1909
 * Polyrhachis spitteleri Forel, 1916
 * Polyrhachis sulcata André,
 * Polyrhachis viscosa Smith, F., 1858
 * Polyrhachis weissi Santschi, 1909

Pristomyrmex

 * Pristomyrmex africanus Karavaiev, 1931
 * Pristomyrmex orbiceps 	Santschi, 1914

Probolomyrmex

 * Probolomyrmex guineensis Taylor, 1965

Proceratium

 * Proceratium boltoni 	Leston, 1971

Psalidomyrmex

 * Psalidomyrmex foveolatus André, 1890
 * Psalidomyrmex procerus Emery, 1901
 * Psalidomyrmex sallyae 	Bolton, 1975

Simopone

 * Simopone annettae
 * Simopone latiscapa Bolton & Fisher, 2012
 * Simopone vepres Bolton & Fisher, 2012

Stigmatomma

 * Stigmatomma santschii 	(Menozzi, 1922)

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys cacaoensis Bolton, 1971
 * Strumigenys cavinasis 	Brown, 1950
 * Strumigenys chyatha 	Bolton, 1983
 * Strumigenys concolor 	(Santschi, 1914)
 * Strumigenys cryptura 	Bolton, 1983
 * Strumigenys emarginata (Mayr, 1901)
 * Strumigenys emmae 	(Emery, 1890)
 * Strumigenys enkara 	Bolton, 1983
 * Strumigenys exunca 	Bolton, 2000
 * Strumigenys fulda 	Bolton, 1983
 * Strumigenys hensekta 	Bolton, 1983
 * Strumigenys korahyla 	Bolton, 1983
 * Strumigenys laticeps 	Brown, 1962
 * Strumigenys ludovici 	Forel, 1904
 * Strumigenys lujae 	Forel, 1902
 * Strumigenys malaplax 	Bolton, 1983
 * Strumigenys marginata 	Santschi, 1914
 * Strumigenys maynei Forel, 1916
 * Strumigenys miccata 	Bolton, 1983
 * Strumigenys minima 	Bolton, 1972
 * Strumigenys minkara 	Bolton, 1983
 * Strumigenys nimbrata 	Bolton, 1983
 * Strumigenys ninda (Bolton, 1983)
 * Strumigenys pallestes 	Bolton, 1971
 * Strumigenys petiolata 	Bernard, 1953
 * Strumigenys rogeri 	Emery, 1890
 * Strumigenys roomi 	Bolton, 1972
 * Strumigenys rufobrunea 	Santschi, 1914
 * Strumigenys serrula 	Santschi, 1910
 * Strumigenys sharra 	Bolton, 1983
 * Strumigenys sistrura 	Bolton, 1983
 * Strumigenys spathoda 	Bolton, 1983
 * Strumigenys tacta 	Bolton, 1983
 * Strumigenys tetragnatha 	Taylor, 1966
 * Strumigenys tiglath 	Bolton, 1983
 * Strumigenys tigrilla 	Brown, 1973
 * Strumigenys tukulta 	Bolton, 1983
 * Strumigenys vazerka 	Bolton, 1983

Syllophopsis

 * Syllophopsis cryptobia Santschi, 1921

Technomyrmex

 * Technomyrmex andrei Emery, 1899
 * Technomyrmex moerens 	Santschi, 1913
 * Technomyrmex nigriventris 	Santschi, 1910
 * Technomyrmex parviflavus Bolton, 2007
 * Technomyrmex senex Bolton, 2007

Terataner

 * Terataner elegans Bernard, 1952
 * Terataner luteus (Emery, 1899)
 * Terataner piceus Menozzi, 1942
 * Terataner velatus 	Bolton, 1981

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium aculeatum 	Mayr, 1866
 * Tetramorium africanum 	Mayr, 1866
 * Tetramorium amentete 	Bolton, 1980
 * Tetramorium anxium Santschi, 1914
 * Tetramorium ataxium Bolton, 1980
 * Tetramorium browni 	Bolton, 1980
 * Tetramorium calinum 	Bolton, 1980
 * Tetramorium camerunense Mayr, 1895
 * Tetramorium convexum 	Bolton, 1980
 * Tetramorium cristatum Stitz, 1910
 * Tetramorium crypticum 	Bolton, 1976
 * Tetramorium distinctum 	Bolton, 1976
 * Tetramorium dumezi 	Menozzi, 1942
 * Tetramorium elidisum 	Bolton, 1980
 * Tetramorium flabellum 	Bolton, 1980
 * Tetramorium flavithorax 	Santschi, 1914
 * Tetramorium guineense
 * Tetramorium ictidum 	Bolton, 1980
 * Tetramorium intermedium Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010
 * Tetramorium intonsum 	Bolton, 1980
 * Tetramorium invictum 	Bolton, 1980
 * Tetramorium jugatum 	Bolton, 1980
 * Tetramorium legone 	Bolton, 1980
 * Tetramorium lucayanum Wheeler, W.M., 1905
 * Tetramorium menkaura 	Bolton, 1976
 * Tetramorium meressei 	Forel, 1916
 * Tetramorium minimum 	Bolton, 1976
 * Tetramorium minusculum 	Santschi, 1914
 * Tetramorium muralti 	Forel, 1910
 * Tetramorium nodiferum 	Emery, 1901
 * Tetramorium nube 	Weber, 1943
 * Tetramorium occidentale
 * Tetramorium osiris 	Bolton, 1976
 * Tetramorium peutli 	Forel, 1916
 * Tetramorium pialtum 	Bolton, 1980
 * Tetramorium psymanum 	Bolton, 1980
 * Tetramorium pylacum Bolton, 1980
 * Tetramorium quadridentatum 	Stitz, 1910
 * Tetramorium qualarum 	Bolton, 1980
 * Tetramorium rhetidum 	Bolton, 1980
 * Tetramorium rimytyum 	Bolton, 1980
 * Tetramorium sitefrum 	Bolton, 1980
 * Tetramorium susannae Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010
 * Tetramorium uelense Santschi, 1923
 * Tetramorium venator Hita Garcia, 2014
 * Tetramorium versiculum 	Bolton, 1980
 * Tetramorium wadje 	Bolton, 1980
 * Tetramorium xuthum 	Bolton, 1980
 * Tetramorium youngi Bolton, 1980
 * Tetramorium zapyrum 	Bolton, 1980

Tetraponera

 * Tetraponera anthracina 	Santschi, 1910
 * Tetraponera mocquerysi (André, 1890)
 * Tetraponera ophthalmica 	Emery, 1912
 * Tetraponera pumila Ward, 2022

Trichomyrmex

 * Trichomyrmex abyssinicus (Forel, 1894)
 * Trichomyrmex oscaris (Forel, 1894)

Vicinopone

 * Vicinopone conciliatrix (Brown, 1975)

Xymmer

 * Xymmer muticus (Santschi, 1914)

Zasphinctus

 * Zasphinctus sarowiwai Hita García, 2107