Lesser Antilles



The following valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in the Lesser Antilles. 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 Lesser Antilles ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Lesser Antilles Ants web page.

A

 * Acropyga smithii 	Forel, 1893


 * Anochetus emarginatus Fabricius, 1804


 * Anochetus inermis André, 1889


 * Anochetus testaceus Forel, 1893


 * Atta cephalotes Linnaeus, 1758


 * Azteca delpini antillana 	Forel, 1899

B

 * Brachymyrmex cordemoyi 	Forel, 1895


 * Brachymyrmex heeri 	Forel, 1874


 * Brachymyrmex minutus Forel, 1893


 * Brachymyrmex obscurior Forel, 1893

C

 * Camponotus chazaliei Forel, 1899


 * Camponotus saussurei Forel, 1879


 * Camponotus auricomus 	Roger, 1862


 * Camponotus pittieri 	Forel, 1899


 * Camponotus sexguttatus 	Fabricius, 1793


 * Camponotus conspicuus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus fumidus 	Roger, 1863


 * Cardiocondyla emeryi 	Forel, 1881


 * Cephalotes emeryi Forel, 1912


 * Cephalotes minutus Fabricius, 1804


 * Cephalotes pallens Klug, 1824


 * Cerapachys biroi Forel, 1907


 * Crematogaster carinata Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster crinosa Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster curvispinosa 	Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster delitescens Wheeler, W.M., 1921


 * Crematogaster laevis bruesi 	Wheeler, W.M., 1911


 * Crematogaster steinheili 	Forel, 1881


 * Cyphomyrmex minutus Mayr, 1862


 * Cyphomyrmex rimosus Spinola, 1851

D

 * Dolichoderus caribbaeus Wilson, 1985


 * Dolichoderus dibolius Wilson, 1985


 * Dolichoderus intermedius MacKay, 1993


 * Dorymyrmex pyramicus 	Roger, 1863

E

 * Eurhopalothrix gravis Mann, 1922

G

 * Gnamptogenys lineolata Brown, 1993


 * Gnamptogenys striatula Mayr, 1884

H

 * Hypoponera opaciceps 	Mayr, 1887


 * Hypoponera opacior Forel, 1893

L

 * Leptogenys arcuata Roger, 1861


 * Leptogenys maxillosa Smith, F., 1858


 * Leptogenys mucronata 	Forel, 1893


 * Leptogenys pubiceps vincentensis 	Forel, 1901


 * Leptogenys punctaticeps Emery, 1890


 * Linepithema iniquum 	(Mayr, 1870)

M

 * Monomorium ebeninum Forel, 1891


 * Monomorium floricola 	Jerdon, 1851


 * Monomorium subcoecum Emery, 1894


 * Mycetophylax conformis Mayr, 1884


 * Mycocepurus smithii Forel, 1893


 * Myrmelachista ambigua Forel, 1893


 * Myrmicocrypta urichi Weber, 1937

N

 * Neivamyrmex antillanus Forel, 1897


 * Neivamyrmex klugii 	Shuckard, 1840


 * Nylanderia pubens Forel, 1893


 * Nylanderia steinheili minuta 	Forel, 1893


 * Nylanderia vividula antillana 	Forel, 1893

O

 * Octostruma balzani Emery, 1894


 * Odontomachus haematodus Linnaeus, 1758


 * Odontomachus insularis Guérin-Méneville, 1844

P

 * Pachycondyla stigma 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Paratrechina longicornis 	Latreille, 1802


 * Pheidole antillana Forel, 1893


 * Pheidole bruesi Wheeler, W.M., 1911


 * Pheidole flavens 	Roger, 1863


 * Pheidole godmani Forel, 1893


 * Pheidole megacephala 	Fabricius, 1793


 * Pheidole perkinsi Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole radoszkowskii Mayr, 1884


 * Platythyrea punctata Smith, F., 1858


 * Prionopelta antillana Forel, 1909


 * Pseudomyrmex curacaensis Forel, 1912


 * Pseudomyrmex flavidulus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Pseudomyrmex termitarius Smith, F., 1855

S

 * Solenopsis azteca 	Forel, 1893


 * Solenopsis basalis urichi 	Forel, 1912


 * Solenopsis castor Forel, 1893


 * Solenopsis corticalis 	Forel, 1881


 * Solenopsis geminata 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Solenopsis pollux


 * Solenopsis succinea 	Emery, 1890


 * Stigmatomma falcatum Lattke, 1991 [[File:Camera.jpg]]  Saint Thomas (Red Hook)


 * Strumigenys alberti Forel, 1893


 * Strumigenys eggersi


 * Strumigenys gundlachi Roger, 1862


 * Strumigenys margaritae Forel, 1893


 * Strumigenys nigrescens Wheeler, W.M., 1911


 * Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys smithii Forel, 1886

T

 * Tapinoma melanocephalum 	Fabricius, 1793


 * Temnothorax ciferrii Menozzi & Russo, 1930


 * Temnothorax pulchellus (Emery, 1894)


 * Trachymyrmex jamaicensis Forel, 1893


 * Trachymyrmex jamaicensis antiguensis 	Weber, 1938

W

 * Wasmannia sigmoidea Mayr, 1884


 * Wasmannia auropunctata  (Roger, 1863)

Uncertain species
The following species was described Guadeloupe but its true identity is currently unknown.
 * Odontomachus unispinosa (Fabricius, 1793)