Trinidad and Tobago



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

A

 * Acanthognathus ocellatus Mayr, 1887


 * Acanthoponera minor Brown, 1958


 * Acromyrmex octospinosus Reich, 1793


 * Acropyga fuhrmanni Forel, 1914


 * Acropyga goeldii Forel, 1893


 * Acropyga smithii Forel, 1893


 * Anochetus emarginatus Fabricius, 1804


 * Anochetus inermis André, 1889


 * Anochetus targionii Emery, 1894


 * Apterostigma auriculatum Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Apterostigma ierense Weber, 1937


 * Apterostigma mayri Forel, 1893


 * Apterostigma urichii Forel, 1893


 * Apterostigma wasmannii Forel, 1892


 * Atta cephalotes Linnaeus, 1758


 * Azteca alfari Emery, 1893


 * Azteca barbifex Forel, 1906


 * Azteca chartifex Forel, 1896


 * Azteca coeruleipennis Emery, 1893


 * Azteca constructor Emery, 1896


 * Azteca delpini trinidadensis Forel, 1908


 * Azteca forelii Emery, 1893

B

 * Basiceros militaris (Weber, 1950)

C

 * Camponotus apicalis Fernandez, 2002


 * Camponotus claviscapus Forel, 1899


 * Camponotus essigi Snelling, 2000


 * Camponotus godmani palliolatus Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Camponotus maculatus Kempf, 1952


 * Camponotus rectangularis setipes Forel, 1904


 * Camponotus urichi Forel, 1899


 * Camponotus weberi Wheeler, W.M., 1935


 * Carebara urichi (Wheeler, W.M., 1922)


 * Cerapachys biroi Brown, 1975


 * Cerapachys neotropicus Weber, 1939


 * Cyphomyrmex hamulatus Senlling & Longino, 1992

D

 * Discothyrea icta Weber, 1939


 * Dolichoderus diversus Emery, 1894


 * Dolichoderus spurius Forel, 1903


 * Dolichoderus diversus MacKay, 1993

E

 * Eciton burchelli urichi Forel, 1899


 * Ectatomma tuberculatum (Olivier, 1792)


 * Eurphopalothrix alopeciosa Brown & Kempf, 1960

L

 * Lachnomyrmex pilosus Weber, 1950


 * Leptogenys unistimulosa trinidadensis Forel, 1901

M

 * Mycetophylax conformis Kempf, 1962


 * Mycecepurus smithii Kempf, 1963


 * Myrmicocrypta urichi Weber, 1937

N

 * Neivamyrmex adnepos Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Neivamyrmex emersoni Borgmeier, 1955


 * Neivamyrmex spinolae (Weber, 1938)

O

 * Odontomachus bauri Brown, 1976

P

 * Pachycondyla unidentata Mayr, 1862


 * Pachycondyla laevigata Wheeler, W.M., 1936


 * Pheidole aripoensis Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole coveri Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole fracticeps Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole midas Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole perpusilla Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole tenerescens Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Pheidole transversostriata Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole trinitatis Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole triplex Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole vorax Longino, 2009


 * Platythyrea angusta Forel, 1901


 * Procryptocerus spiniperdus Forel, 1899


 * Pseudomyrmex tenuissimus Ward, 1989


 * Pseudomyrmex malignus Ward, 1989


 * Pseudomyrmex perboscii Ward, 1989


 * Pseudomyrmex maculatus Kempf, 1958


 * Pseudomyrmex termitarius Kempf, 1960


 * Pyramica hyphata Brown, 1953


 * Pyramica thaxteri Wheeler, W.M., 1916


 * Pyramica urrhobia Bolton, 2000

S

 * Sericomyrmex urichi Forel, 1912


 * Sericomyrmex urichi maracas Weber, 1937


 * Solenopsis basalis urichi Forel, 1912


 * Strumigenys perparva Brown, 1958


 * Strumigenys trinidadensis Wheeler, W.M., 1922

T

 * Talaridris mandibularis Weber, 1941


 * Tapinoma ramulorum saga Forel, 1912


 * Trachymyrmex bugnioni Weber, 1967


 * Trachymyrmex carib Weber, 1945


 * Trachymyrmex cornetzi Weber, 1958


 * Trachymyrmex relictus Mayhe-Nunes & Brandao, 2002


 * Trachymyrmex ruthae Weber, 1937


 * Trachymyrmex urichii Weber, 1958