Samoa



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

Adelomyrmex

 * Adelomyrmex samoanus 	Wilson & Taylor, 1967

Anochetus

 * Anochetus graeffei 	Mayr, 1870

Anoplolepis

 * Anoplolepis gracilipes (Smith, F., 1857)

Brachymyrmex

 * Brachymyrmex obscurior Forel, 1893

Camponotus

 * Camponotus chloroticus Emery, 1897


 * Camponotus flavolimbatus 	Viehmeyer, 1922


 * Camponotus navigator 	Wilson & Taylor, 1967

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881

Carebara

 * Carebara atoma Emery, 1900

Cerapachys

 * Cerapachys biroi Forel, 1907

Cryptopone

 * Cryptopone testacea, 1893

Ectomomyrmex

 * Ectomomyrmex insulanus Mayr, 1876

Eurhopalothrix

 * Eurhopalothrix procera 	Emery, 1897

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera confinis Roger, 1860


 * Hypoponera opaciceps (Mayr, 1887)


 * Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)

Monomorium

 * Monomorium floricola Jerdon, 1851


 * Monomorium liliuokalanii 	Forel, 1899


 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia bourbonica (Forel, 1886)


 * Nylanderia vaga 	(Forel, 1901)

Odontomachus

 * Odontomachus simillimus Smith, F., 1858

Paraparatrechina

 * Paraparatrechina minutula (Forel, 1901)

Paratrechina

 * Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)

Pheidole

 * Pheidole aana 	Wilson & Taylor, 1967


 * Pheidole atua 	Wilson & Taylor, 1967


 * Pheidole fervens Smith, F., 1858


 * Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Pheidole oceanica Mayr, 1866


 * Pheidole sexspinosa Mayr, 1870


 * Pheidole umbonata Mayr, 1870

Platythyrea

 * Platythyrea parallela 	Smith, F., 1859

Ponera

 * Ponera incerta (Wheeler, W.M., 1933)


 * Ponera loi 	Taylor, 1967


 * Ponera swezeyi (Wheeler, W.M., 1933)


 * Ponera tenuis (Emery, 1900)


 * Ponera woodwardi 	Taylor, 1967

Prionopelta

 * Prionopelta kraepelini Forel, 1905

Proceratium

 * Proceratium silisili Liu, Fischer & Economo, 2015

Pseudoponera

 * Pseudoponera stigma (Fabricius, 1804)

Rogeria

 * Rogeria exsulans 	Wilson & Taylor, 1967


 * Rogeria stigmatica Emery, 1897

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)


 * Solenopsis papuana Emery, 1900

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys emmae 	Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys epipola 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys godeffroyi 	Mayr, 1866


 * Strumigenys mailei 	Wilson & Taylor, 1967


 * Strumigenys membranifera 	Emery, 1869


 * Strumigenys rogeri 	Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys szalayi 	Emery, 1897

Syllophopsis

 * Syllophopsis australica (Forel 1907)
 * Syllophopsis sechellensis (Emery, 1894)

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793


 * Tapinoma minutum Mayr, 1862


 * Tapinoma wheeleri 	(Mann, 1935)

Technomyrmex

 * Technomyrmex vitiensis Mann, 1921

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846)


 * Tetramorium insolens (Smith, F., 1861)


 * Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870


 * Tetramorium pacificum Mayr, 1870


 * Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, F., 1851)


 * Tetramorium tonganum Mayr, 1870

Trichomyrmex

 * Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851)

Vollenhovia

 * Vollenhovia pacifica 	Wilson & Taylor, 1967


 * Vollenhovia samoensis 	Mayr, 1876