United Republic of Tanzania



The following 147 valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Tanzania. 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 Tanzania ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Tanzania Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

Acropyga

 * Acropyga silvestrii 	Emery, 1915

Aenictogiton

 * Aenictogiton attenuatus Santschi, 1919

Aenictus

 * Aenictus species

Agraulomyrmex

 * Agraulomyrmex species

Anillomyrma

 * Anillomyrma species

Anochetus

 * Anochetus obscuratus Santschi, 1911


 * Anochetus bequaerti Forel, 1913


 * Anochetus katonae 	Forel, 1907


 * Anochetus obscuratus 	Santschi, 1911

Anoplolepis

 * Anoplolepis custodiens (Smith, F. 1858)

Asphinctopone

 * Asphinctopone pilosa Hawkes, 2010

Atopomyrmex

 * Atopomyrmex mocquerysi André, 1889

Axinidris

 * Axinidris stageri Snelling, R.R. 2007

Bothroponera

 * Bothroponera cariosa (Emery, 1895)


 * Bothroponera fugax 	Forel, 1907


 * Bothroponera kenyensis (Santschi, 1937)


 * Bothroponera kruegeri Forel, 1910


 * Bothroponera soror (Emery, 1899)

Brachymyrmex

 * Brachymyrmex cordemoyi Forel, 1895

Calyptomyrmex

 * Calyptomyrmex claviseta (Santschi, 1914)


 * Calyptomyrmex duhun Bolton, 1981


 * Calyptomyrmex piripilis Santschi, 1923


 * Calyptomyrmex shasu Bolton, 1981

Camponotus

 * Camponotus braunsi candidus 	Santschi, 1926


 * Camponotus cinctellus (Gerstäcker, 1859)


 * Camponotus druryi 	Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus erinaceus 	Gerstäcker, 1871


 * Camponotus foraminosus dorsalis 	Santschi, 1926


 * Camponotus guttatus minusculus 	Viehmeyer, 1914


 * Camponotus heros 	Santschi, 1926


 * Camponotus limbiventris 	Santschi, 1911


 * Camponotus olivieri moshianus 	Santschi, 1915


 * Camponotus maculatus 	Fabricius, 1782


 * Camponotus pulvinatus 	Mayr, 1907


 * Camponotus rufoglaucus controversus 	Santschi, 1916


 * Camponotus rufoglaucus zanzibaricus Forel, 1911

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881


 * Cardiocondyla longinoda 	Rigato, 2002


 * Cardiocondyla luciae 	Rigato, 2002


 * Cardiocondyla wroughtonii (Forel, 1890)

Carebara

 * Carebara perpusilla (Emery, 1895)


 * Carebara polita (Santschi, 1914)

Cataulacus

 * Cataulacus brevisetosus Forel, 1901


 * Cataulacus huberi André, 1890


 * Cataulacus intrudens 	Smith, F., 1876


 * Cataulacus jeanneli 	Santschi, 1914


 * Cataulacus pygmaeus André, 1890


 * Cataulacus wissmannii Forel, 1894

Centromyrmex

 * Centromyrmex bequaerti (Forel, 1913)


 * Centromyrmex sellaris Mayr, 1896

Cerapachys

 * Cerapachys afer Forel, 1907


 * Cerapachys wroughtoni Forel, 1910

Concoctio

 * Concoctio concenta Brown, 1974

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster amabilis Santschi, 1911


 * Crematogaster arnoldi loveridgei 	Santschi, 1926


 * Crematogaster castanea rufimembrum 	Santschi, 1914


 * Crematogaster chiarinii sellula 	Santschi, 1914


 * Crematogaster dolens 	Forel, 1910


 * Crematogaster gallicola rauana 	Forel, 1907


 * Crematogaster gerstaeckeri sjostedti 	Mayr, 1907


 * Crematogaster menilekii viehmeyeri 	Santschi, 1921


 * Crematogaster nigriceps prelli 	Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster phoenix 	Santschi, 1921


 * Crematogaster solenopsides


 * Crematogaster solenopsides flavida 	Mayr, 1907

Cyphoidris

 * Cyphoidris species

Dicroaspis

 * Dicroaspis laevidens (Santschi, 1919)

Discothyrea

 * Discothyrea species

Dorylus

 * Dorylus affinis exilis 	Santschi, 1914


 * Dorylus affinis loewyi Forel, 1907


 * Dorylus brevipennis 	Emery, 1895


 * Dorylus fulvus (Westwood, 1839)


 * Dorylus helvolus (Linnaeus, 1764)


 * Dorylus kohli


 * Dorylus montanus 	Santschi, 1910


 * Dorylus nigricans Illiger, 1802


 * Dorylus nigricans molestus (Gerstacker, 1859)


 * Dorylus spininodis longiceps 	Viehmeyer, 1914

Euponera

 * Euponera sjostedti (Mayr, 1896)


 * Euponera suspecta 	Santschi, 1914

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera aprora Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera bulawayensis 	(Forel, 1913)


 * Hypoponera coeca Santschi, 1914


 * Hypoponera comis Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera dis Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera dulcis Forel, 1907


 * Hypoponera ergatandria (Forel, 1893)


 * Hypoponera fatiga Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera jeanneli (Santschi, 1935)


 * Hypoponera hawkesi Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera occidentalis (Bernard, 1953)


 * Hypoponera perparva Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)


 * Hypoponera quaestio Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera regis Bolton & Fisher, 2011

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota deplanata 	Stitz, 1911

Leptanilla

 * Leptanilla species

Leptogenys

 * Leptogenys jeanneli 	Santschi, 1914


 * Leptogenys pavesii Emery, 1892


 * Leptogenys regis Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys stuhlmanni Mayr, 1893

Megaponera

 * Megaponera analis (Latreille, 1802)


 * Megaponera analis rapax Santschi, 1914

Melissotarsus

 * Melissotarsus beccarii Emery,, 1877

Meranoplus

 * Meranoplus glaber Arnold, 1926


 * Meranoplus inermis Emery, 1895


 * Meranoplus magrettii 	André, 1884


 * Meranoplus nanus 	André, 1892

Mesoponera

 * Mesoponera ambigua 	André, 1890


 * Mesoponera elisae (Forel, 1891)


 * Mesoponera ingesta (Wheeler, 1922)


 * Mesoponera subiridescens (Wheeler, 1922)

Messor

 * Messor cephalotes (Emery, 1895)


 * Messor luebberti Forel, 1910

Microdaceton

 * Microdaceton exornatum Santschi, 1913

Monomorium

 * Monomorium affabile Santschi, 1926


 * Monomorium afrum André, 1884


 * Monomorium arboreum Weber, 1943


 * Monomorium disoriente Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium exiguum Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Monomorium hanneli Forel, 1907


 * Monomorium iyenasu 	Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium latinode 	Mayr, 1872


 * Monomorium lene Santschi, 1920


 * Monomorium mirandum Arnold, 1955


 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Monomorium strangulatum Santschi, 1921


 * Monomorium trake Bolton, 1987

Myrmicaria

 * Myrmicaria natalensis navicula 	Santschi, 1925


 * Myrmicaria reichenspergeri 	Santschi, 1925


 * Myrmicaria rustica Santschi, 1925


 * Myrmicaria rustica angustior 	Santschi, 1925


 * Myrmicaria striata 	Stitz, 1911


 * Myrmicaria striatula 	Santschi, 1925

Nesomyrmex

 * Nesomyrmex angulatus 	Mayr, 1862


 * Nesomyrmex humerosus (Emery, 1896)

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia bourbonica (Forel, 1886)


 * Nylanderia usambarica LaPolla, Hawkes & Fisher, 2011

Ocymyrmex

 * Ocymyrmex flaviventris Santschi, 1914


 * Ocymyrmex nitidulus Emery, 1892


 * Ocymyrmex phraxus Bolton, 1981

Odontomachus

 * Odontomachus assiniensis Emery, 1892


 * Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi, 1914

Oecophylla

 * Oecophylla longinoda (Latreille, 1802)

Ophthalmopone

 * Ophthalmopone ilgii (Forel, 1894)

Oxyopomyrmex

 * Oxyopomyrmex species

Paltothyreus

 * Paltothyreus tarsatus (Fabricius, 1798)

Paraparatrechina

 * Paraparatrechina species

Paratrechina

 * Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)


 * Paratrechina zanjensis LaPolla, Hawkes & Fisher, 2013

Phasmomyrmex

 * Phasmomyrmex species

Pheidole

 * Pheidole areniphila aurora 	Santschi, 1928


 * Pheidole caffra Emery, 1895


 * Pheidole crassinoda sordidula 	Santschi, 1937


 * Pheidole katonae 	Forel, 1907


 * Pheidole megacephala speculifrons 	Stitz, 1911


 * Pheidole njassae Viehmeyer, 1914


 * Pheidole njassae legitima 	Santschi, 1916


 * Pheidole sculpturata particeps 	Santschi, 1921

Phrynoponera

 * Phrynoponera pulchella Bolton & Fisher, 2008


 * Phrynoponera sveni (Forel, 1916)

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis brunni Mayr, 1895

Platythyrea

 * Platythyrea cribrinodis  Gerstäcker, 1859


 * Platythyrea viehmeyeri 	Santschi, 1914

Plectroctena

 * Plectroctena laevior 	Santschi, 1924


 * Plectroctena mandibularis Smith, F., 1858


 * Plectroctena strigosa Emery, 1899

Polyrhachis

 * Polyrhachis cubaensis 	Mayr, 1862


 * Polyrhachis gagates Smith, F. 1858


 * Polyrhachis medusa 	Forel, 1897


 * Polyrhachis militaris (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Polyrhachis otleti Forel, 1916


 * Polyrhachis schistacea 	Gerstäcker, 1859


 * Polyrhachis schlueteri Forel, 1886


 * Polyrhachis viscosa Smith, F. 1858

Ponera

 * Ponera swezeyi (Wheeler, 1933)

Prionopelta

 * Prionopelta aethiopica Arnold, 1949

Pristomyrmex

 * Pristomyrmex africanus Karavaiev, 1931


 * Pristomyrmex cribrarius Arnold, 1926

Probolomyrmex

 * Probolomyrmex species

Proceratium

 * Proceratium nilo Hita Garcia, Hawkes & Alpert, 2014
 * Proceratium sali Hita Garcia, Hawkes & Alpert, 2014

Rhopalomastix

 * Rhopalomastix species

Simopone

 * Simopone rabula Bolton & Fisher, 2012


 * Simopone persculpta

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis punctaticeps Mayr, 1865

Stigmatomma

 * Stigmatomma species

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys adrasora Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys arnoldi 	Forel, 1913


 * Strumigenys didyma 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys dromoshaula 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys dyshaula Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys emmae (Emery, 1890)


 * Strumigenys faurei 	Arnold, 1948


 * Strumigenys karawajewi Brown, 1948


 * Strumigenys ludovici 	Forel, 1904


 * Strumigenys lujae 	Forel, 1902


 * Strumigenys mandibularis 	Szabó, 1909


 * Strumigenys marginata 	Santschi, 1914


 * Strumigenys maynei Forel, 1916


 * Strumigenys maxillaris Baroni Urbani, 2007


 * Strumigenys nykara (Bolton, 1983)


 * Strumigenys omalyx 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys percrypta 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys serrula Santschi, 1910


 * Strumigenys shaula Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys simoni 	Emery, 1895


 * Strumigenys thuvida 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys truncatidens 	Brown, 1950

Syllophopsis

 * Syllophopsis cryptobia (Santschi, 1921)
 * Syllophopsis modesta (Santschi, 1914)
 * Syllophopsis malamixta (Bolton, 1987)

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma demissum Bolton, 1995


 * Tapinoma emeryi (Ashmead, 1905)


 * Tapinoma minimum 	Mayr, 1895

Technomyrmex

 * Technomyrmex albipes (Smith 1861)


 * Technomyrmex arnoldinus Forel, 1913


 * Technomyrmex hostilis Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex moerens 	Santschi, 1913


 * Technomyrmex pallipes (Smith, F. 1876)


 * Technomyrmex vapidus Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex voeltzkowi (Forel, 1907)


 * Technomyrmex zimmeri 	(Forel, 1911)

Terataner

 * Terataner bottegoi (Emery, 1896)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium aculeatum (Mayr, 1866)


 * Tetramorium agile Arnold, 1960


 * Tetramorium altivagans Santschi, 1914


 * Tetramorium amatongae  Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium anxium Santschi, 1914


 * Tetramorium bequaerti 	Forel, 1913


 * Tetramorium caldarium (Roger, 1857)


 * Tetramorium chloe (Santschi, 1920)


 * Tetramorium constanciae Arnold, 1917


 * Tetramorium decem Forel, 1913


 * Tetramorium delagoense 	Forel, 1894


 * Tetramorium do Forel, 1914


 * Tetramorium eminii 	Forel, 1894


 * Tetramorium frenchi Forel, 1914


 * Tetramorium furtivum (Arnold, 1956)


 * Tetramorium humbloti 	Forel, 1891


 * Tetramorium inezulae (Forel, 1914)


 * Tetramorium jauresi Forel, 1914


 * Tetramorium mkomazi Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010


 * Tetramorium muscorum Arnold, 1926


 * Tetramorium nigrum Forel, 1907


 * Tetramorium phasias Forel, 1914


 * Tetramorium philippwagneri Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010


 * Tetramorium rhetidum Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium robertsoni Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010


 * Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877


 * Tetramorium setigerum 	Mayr, 1901


 * Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, F. 1851)


 * Tetramorium squaminode 	Santschi, 1911


 * Tetramorium tanaense Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010


 * Tetramorium trimeni (Emery, 1895)


 * Tetramorium tychadion 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium ultor Forel, 1913


 * Tetramorium venator Hita Garcia, 2014


 * Tetramorium weitzeckeri Emery, 1895

Tetraponera

 * Tetraponera ambigua 	(Emery, 1895)


 * Tetraponera gerdae 	Stitz, 1911


 * Tetraponera mocquerysi (André, 1890)


 * Tetraponera mocquerysi elongata 	Stitz, 1911


 * Tetraponera natalensis (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Tetraponera natalensis usambarensis 	Forel, 1911


 * Tetraponera parops Ward, 2006


 * Tetraponera penzigi 	Mayr, 1907


 * Tetraponera penzigi praestigiatrix Santschi, 1937


 * Tetraponera prelli 	Forel, 1911

Trichomyrmex

 * Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Trichomyrmex oscaris (Forel, 1894)

Vicinopone

 * Vicinopone conciliatrix