Eritrea


 * Identification resources for Afrotropical Ants
 * Afrotropical Region Species List

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

Acropyga

 * Acropyga silvestrii Emery, 1915

Aenictus

 * Aenictus anceps Forel, 1910
 * Aenictus eugenii Emery, 1895
 * Aenictus fuscovarius Gerstacker, 1859
 * Aenictus fuscovarius laetior Forel, 1910
 * Aenictus hamifer Emery, 1896

Anochetus

 * Anochetus levaillanti Emery, 1895
 * Anochetus sedilloti Emery, 1884
 * Anochetus traegaordhi Mayr, 1904

Bothroponera

 * Bothroponera crassa (Emery, 1877)
 * Bothroponera escherichi Forel, 1910
 * Bothroponera ilgii Forel, 1910

Brachyponera

 * Brachyponera sennaarensis (Mayr, 1862)

Calyptomyrmex

 * Calyptomyrmex foreli Emery, 1915

Camponotus

 * Camponotus acvapimensis Mayr, 1862
 * Camponotus aegyptiacus (Emery, 1878)
 * Camponotus carbo Emery, 1877
 * Camponotus cinctellus (Gerstacker, 1859)
 * Camponotus diplopunctatus Emery, 1915
 * Camponotus fellah Dalla Torre, 1893
 * Camponotus flavomarginatus Mayr, 1862
 * Camponotus galla Forel, 1894
 * Camponotus maculatus (Fabricius, 1782)
 * Camponotus puberulus Emery, 1897
 * Camponotus robecchii Emery, 1892
 * Camponotus sericeus (Fabricius, 1798)
 * Camponotus somalinus André, 1887
 * Camponotus vestitus intuens Santschi, 1926

Carebara

 * Carebara erythraea (Emery, 1915)


 * Carebara jeanneli (Santschi, 1913)


 * Carebara vidua Smith, F., 1858

Cataglyphis

 * Cataglyphis abyssinica (Forel, 1904)


 * Cataglyphis bicolor (Fabricius, 1793)

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster aegyptiaca Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster aegyptiaca robusta Emery, 1877


 * Crematogaster alulai Emery, 1901


 * Crematogaster castanea Smith, F., 1858


 * Crematogaster castanea ferruginea Forel, 1892


 * Crematogaster castanea hararica Forel, 1894


 * Crematogaster chiarinii Emery, 1881


 * Crematogaster chiarinii taediosa Forel, 1894


 * Crematogaster luctans Forel, 1907


 * Crematogaster pseudinermis muellerianus Finzi, 1939

Dorylus

 * Dorylus aethiopicus Emery, 1895


 * Dorylus affinis aegyptiacus Mayr, 1865


 * Dorylus affinis loewyi Forel, 1907


 * Dorylus fulvus eurous Emery, 1915

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera dulcis (Forel, 1907)


 * Hypoponera orba (Emery, 1915)

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota capensis (Mayr, 1862)


 * Lepisiota erythraea (Forel, 1910)


 * Lepisiota gracilicornis (Forel, 1892)


 * Lepisiota obtusa (Emery, 1901)

Leptogenys

 * Leptogenys bellii Emery, 1901


 * Leptogenys erythraea Emery, 1902


 * Leptogenys piroskae Forel, 1910


 * Leptogenys stuhlmanni Mayr, 1893

Megaponera

 * Megaponera analis (Latreille, 1802)

Melissotarsus

 * Melissotarsus beccarii Emery, 1877

Meranoplus

 * Meranoplus inermis Emery, 1895

Mesoponera

 * Mesoponera elisae divaricata (Emery, 1915)

Messor

 * Messor galla (Mayr, 1904)

Monomorium

 * Monomorium afrum André, 1884


 * Monomorium bicolor Emery, 1877


 * Monomorium carbo Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium hirsutum Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium mictilis Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium pallidipes Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Monomorium salomonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nesomyrmex

 * Nesomyrmex angulatus (Mayr, 1862)

Odontomachus

 * Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi, 1914

Paratrechina

 * Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)

Pheidole

 * Pheidole aeberlii erythraea Emery, 1901


 * Pheidole caffra abyssinica Forel, 1910


 * Pheidole caffra amoena Forel, 1911


 * Pheidole clavata (Emery, 1877)


 * Pheidole escherichii Forel, 1910


 * Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879


 * Pheidole megacephala impressifrons Wasmann, 1905


 * Pheidole philippi Forel, 1915


 * Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866


 * Pheidole rugaticeps Emery, 1877


 * Pheidole rugaticeps arabs Emery, 1881


 * Pheidole sinaitica Mayr, 1862


 * Pheidole speculifera Emery, 1877


 * Pheidole speculifera ascara Emery, 1901


 * Pheidole strator Forel, 1910


 * Pheidole variolosa Emery, 1892

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis abyssinica Forel, 1894


 * Plagiolepis brunni nilotica Mayr, 1904

Polyrhachis

 * Polyrhachis viscosa Smith, F., 1858

Probolomyrmex

 * Probolomyrmex brevirostris (Forel, 1910)

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis gnomula Emery, 1915


 * Solenopsis punctaticeps erythraea Emery, 1915

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys simoni (Emery, 1895)


 * Strumigenys traegaordhi Santschi, 1913

Tapinolepis

 * Tapinolepis tumidula (Emery, 1915)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846)


 * Tetramorium doriae Emery, 1881


 * Tetramorium ghindanum Forel, 1910


 * Tetramorium imbelle (Emery, 1915)


 * Tetramorium nefassitense Forel, 1910


 * Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877


 * Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, F., 1851)


 * Tetramorium subcoecum Forel, 1907


 * Tetramorium surrogatum Bolton, 1985


 * Tetramorium weitzeckeri Emery, 1895

Trichomyrmex

 * Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Trichomyrmex oscaris (Forel, 1894)


 * Trichomyrmex robustior (Forel, 1892)