Panama



Gary D. Alpert: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

The following 409 valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Panama. 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 Panamanian ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Panamanian Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

A
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 * Acanthognathus brevicornis Smith, M.R., 1944
 * Acanthognathus brevicornis Smith, M.R., 1944


 * Acanthognathus ocellatus Mayr, 1887


 * Acanthognathus teledectus Brown & Kempf, 1969


 * Acromyrmex coronatus panamensis Forel, 1899


 * Acromyrmex insinuator Schultz, Bekkevold & Boomsma, 1998


 * Acropyga exsanguis Wheeler, W.M., 1909


 * Acropyga goeldii Forel, 1893


 * Acropyga panamensis Weber, 1944


 * Acropyga smithii Forel, 1893


 * Adelomyrmex laevigatus MacKay, 2003


 * Adelomyrmex myops Wheeler, W.M., 1910


 * Amblyopone orizabana Brown, 1960


 * Anochetus diegensis Forel, 1912


 * Apterostigma auriculatum Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Apterostigma chocoense Lattke, 1997


 * Apterostigma dentigerum Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Apterostigma tramitis Weber, 1940


 * Apterostigma turgidum Lattke, 1997


 * Atta cephalotes Linnaeus, 1758


 * Atta columbica Guérin-Méneville, 1844


 * Atta sexdens Linnaeus, 1758


 * Azteca alfari Emery, 1893


 * Azteca aurita aurita  Emery, 1893


 * Azteca beltii Emery, 1893


 * Azteca christopherseni Forel, 1912


 * Azteca coeruleipennis Emery, 1893


 * Azteca constructor Emery, 1896


 * Azteca forelii xysticola Forel, 1899


 * Azteca gnava surubrensis Forel, 1912


 * Azteca godmani Forel, 1899


 * Azteca instabilis instabilis Smith, F., 1862


 * Azteca isthmica Wheeler, W.M., 1942


 * Azteca longiceps Emery, 1893


 * Azteca nigricans Forel, 1899


 * Azteca pittieri Forel, 1899


 * Azteca subopaca Forel, 1899


 * Azteca theresiae menceps Forel, 1912


 * Azteca trigona trigona Emery, 1893


 * Azteca velox nigra Forel, 1912

B

 * Brachymyrmex pictus balboae Wheeler, W.M., 1942

C

 * Camponotus cordincola Wheeler, W.M., 1934


 * Camponotus chartifex Smith, F., 1860


 * Camponotus nitidior Santschi, 1921


 * Camponotus panamensis Fernández, 2002


 * Camponotus traili Mayr, 1878


 * Camponotus blandus pronotalis Santschi, 1936


 * Camponotus championi Forel, 1899


 * Camponotus salvini Forel, 1899


 * Camponotus sericeiventris otoquensis Wheeler, W.M., 1931


 * Camponotus christopherseni Forel, 1912


 * Camponotus linnaei Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus abscisus Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus arboreus Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus brettesi canalis Forel, 1912


 * Camponotus brevis Forel, 1899


 * Camponotus canescens Mayr, 1870


 * Camponotus excisus Mayr, 1870


 * Camponotus godmani Forel, 1899


 * Camponotus lindigi Mayr, 1870


 * Camponotus senex Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus striatus Smith, F., 1862


 * Camponotus bidens Mayr, 1870


 * Camponotus rectangularis Emery, 1890


 * Camponotus sanctaefidei Dalla Torre, 1892


 * Camponotus constructor Forel, 1899


 * Camponotus sexguttatus Fabricius, 1793


 * Camponotus atriceps Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus claviscapus Forel, 1899


 * Camponotus conspicuus Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus coruscus Smith, F., 1862


 * Camponotus landolti Forel, 1879


 * Camponotus lespesii Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus simillimus Smith, F., 1862


 * Camponotus substitutus Emery, 1894


 * Carebara panamensis Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Carebara urichi Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Cephalotes alfaroi Emery, 1890


 * Cephalotes atratus Linnaeus, 1758


 * Cephalotes basalis Smith, F., 1876


 * Cephalotes christopherseni Forel, 1912


 * Cephalotes cordiventris Santschi, 1931


 * Cephalotes foliaceus Emery, 1906


 * Cephalotes grandinosus Smith, F., 1860


 * Cephalotes maculatus Smith, F., 1876


 * Cephalotes minutus Fabricius, 1804


 * Cephalotes multispinosus Norton, 1868


 * Cephalotes pallens Klug, 1824


 * Cephalotes porrasi Wheeler, W.M., 1942


 * Cephalotes scutulatus Smith, F., 1867


 * Cephalotes setulifer Emery, 1894


 * Cephalotes umbraculatus Fabricius, 1804


 * Crematogaster ampla Forel, 1912


 * Crematogaster bryophilia Longino, 2003


 * Crematogaster flavomicrops Longino, 2003


 * Crematogaster flavosensitiva Longino, 2003


 * Crematogaster obscurata Emery, 1895


 * Crematogaster rochai Forel, 1903


 * Crematogaster sotobosque Longino, 2003


 * Crematogaster tenuicula Forel, 1904


 * Crematogaster acuta Fabricius, 1804


 * Crematogaster arcuata Forel, 1899


 * Crematogaster distans Mayr, 1870


 * Crematogaster montezumia Smith, F., 1858


 * Crematogaster abstinens Forel, 1899


 * Crematogaster brasiliensis Mayr, 1878


 * Crematogaster carinata Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster crinosa Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster curvispinosa Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster erecta Mayr, 1866


 * Crematogaster limata Smith, F., 1858


 * Crematogaster nigropilosa Mayr, 1870


 * Crematogaster stollii Forel, 1885


 * Crematogaster torosa Mayr, 1870


 * Cylindromyrmex godmani Forel, 1899


 * Cylindromyrmex meinerti Forel, 1905


 * Cyphomyrmex castagnei MacKay & Baena, 1993


 * Cyphomyrmex costatus Mann, 1922


 * Cyphomyrmex hamulatus Weber, 1938


 * Cyphomyrmex longiscapus Weber, 1940


 * Cyphomyrmex minutus Mayr, 1862


 * Cyphomyrmex muelleri Schultz & Solomon, 2002


 * Cyphomyrmex rimosus Spinola, 1851


 * Cyphomyrmex salvini Forel, 1899

D

 * Discothyrea humilis Weber, 1939


 * Discothyrea isthmica Weber, 1940


 * Dolichoderus bispinosus Olivier, 1792


 * Dolichoderus debilis Emery, 1890


 * Dolichoderus laminatus Mayr, 1870


 * Dolichoderus lutosus Smith, F., 1858


 * Dolichoderus shattucki MacKay, 1993


 * Dolichoderus validus Kempf, 1959


 * Dorymyrmex pyramicus mesonotalis Forel, 1912

E

 * Eciton burchellii Westwood, 1842


 * Eciton dulcium crassinode Borgmeier, 1955


 * Eciton hamatum Fabricius, 1782


 * Eciton jansoni Forel, 1912


 * Eciton lucanoides conquistador Weber, 1949


 * Eciton mexicanum Roger, 1863


 * Ectatomma brunneum Smith, F., 1858


 * Ectatomma confine Mayr, 1870


 * Ectatomma edentatum Roger, 1863


 * Ectatomma ruidum Roger, 1860


 * Ectatomma tuberculatum Olivier, 1792


 * Eurhopalothrix bolaui Mayr, 1870

G

 * Gnamptogenys annulata Mayr, 1887


 * Gnamptogenys banksi Wheeler, W.M., 1930


 * Gnamptogenys biquetra Lattke, 2002


 * Gnamptogenys bispinosa Emery, 1890


 * Gnamptogenys concinna Smith, F., 1858


 * Gnamptogenys continua Mayr, 1887


 * Gnamptogenys cuneiforma Lattke, 1995


 * Gnamptogenys hartmani Wheeler, W.M., 1915


 * Gnamptogenys horni Santschi, 1929


 * Gnamptogenys minuta Emery, 1896


 * Gnamptogenys mordax Smith, F., 1858


 * Gnamptogenys regularis Mayr, 1870


 * Gnamptogenys striatula Mayr, 1884


 * Gnamptogenys strigata Norton, 1868


 * Gnamptogenys sulcata Smith, F., 1858


 * Gnamptogenys transversa Lattke, 1995

H

 * Heteroponera panamensis Forel, 1899


 * Hylomyrma dentiloba Santschi, 1931


 * Hypoponera perplexa Mann, 1922

L

 * Labidus coecus Latreille, 1802


 * Labidus praedator Smith, F., 1858


 * Lachnomyrmex haskinsi Smith, M.R., 1944


 * Lenomyrmex costatus Fernández & Palacio, 1999


 * Leptogenys ambigua Santschi, 1931


 * Leptogenys pusilla panamana Wheeler, W.M., 1923


 * Leptogenys ritae Forel, 1899


 * Leptogenys venatrix Forel, 1899


 * Linepithema dispertitum Forel, 1885

M

 * Megalomyrmex drifti Kempf, 1961


 * Megalomyrmex foreli Emery, 1890


 * Megalomyrmex incisus Smith, M.R., 1947


 * Megalomyrmex modestus Emery, 1896


 * Megalomyrmex silvestrii Wheeler, W.M., 1909


 * Megalomyrmex symmetochus Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Megalomyrmex wetterei Brandão, 2003


 * Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758


 * Mycocepurus curvispinosus MacKay, 1998


 * Mycocepurus smithii Forel, 1893


 * Mycocepurus tardus Weber, 1940


 * Myrmelachista longinoda Forel, 1899


 * Myrmicocrypta dilacerata Forel, 1885


 * Myrmicocrypta ednaella Mann, 1922


 * Myrmicocrypta subnitida Forel, 1899

N

 * Neivamyrmex foveolatus Borgmeier, 1953


 * Neivamyrmex gibbatus Borgmeier, 1953


 * Neivamyrmex guyanensis Santschi, 1916


 * Neivamyrmex halidaii Shuckard, 1840


 * Neivamyrmex longiscapus Borgmeier, 1953


 * Neivamyrmex pilosus mexicanus Smith, F., 1859


 * Neivamyrmex postcarinatus Borgmeier, 1953


 * Neivamyrmex puerulus Borgmeier, 1955


 * Neivamyrmex pulchellus Borgmeier, 1955


 * Neivamyrmex pullus Borgmeier, 1953


 * Neivamyrmex rosenbergi Forel, 1911


 * Neivamyrmex scutellaris Borgmeier, 1953


 * Neivamyrmex spatulatus Borgmeier, 1939


 * Neivamyrmex spoliator Forel, 1899


 * Neivamyrmex swainsonii Shuckard, 1840


 * Nesomyrmex echinatinodis Forel, 1886


 * Nesomyrmex pittieri Forel, 1899


 * Nesomyrmex tonsuratus Kempf, 1959


 * Nomamyrmex esenbeckii crassicornis Smith, F., 1855


 * Nomamyrmex hartigii Westwood, 1842

O

 * Octostruma balzani Emery, 1894


 * Octostruma iheringi Emery, 1888


 * Odontomachus bauri Emery, 1892


 * Odontomachus chelifer Latreille, 1802


 * Odontomachus erythrocephalus Emery, 1890


 * Odontomachus haematodus Linnaeus, 1758


 * Odontomachus hastatus Fabricius, 1804


 * Odontomachus opaciventris Forel, 1899


 * Odontomachus panamensis Forel, 1899

P

 * Pachycondyla apicalis Latreille, 1802


 * Pachycondyla arhuaca Forel, 1901


 * Pachycondyla carinulata azteca Forel, 1899


 * Pachycondyla constricta Mayr, 1884


 * Pachycondyla crenata Roger, 1861


 * Pachycondyla ferruginea panamensis Forel, 1899


 * Pachycondyla foetida Linnaeus, 1758


 * Pachycondyla harpax Fabricius, 1804


 * Pachycondyla haskinsi Weber, 1939


 * Pachycondyla laevigata Smith, F., 1858


 * Pachycondyla lineaticeps Mayr, 1866


 * Pachycondyla obscuricornis Emery, 1890


 * Pachycondyla stigma stigma Fabricius, 1804


 * Pachycondyla s. striatinodis Emery, 1890


 * Pachycondyla theresiae bugabensis Forel, 1899


 * Pachycondyla unidentata unidentata Mayr, 1862


 * Pachycondyla verenae Forel, 1922


 * Pachycondyla villosa Fabricius, 1804


 * Paraponera clavata Fabricius, 1775


 * Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802


 * Pheidole aculifera Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole alfaroi Emery, 1896


 * Pheidole biconstricta Mayr, 1870


 * Pheidole bicornis Forel, 1899


 * Pheidole bilimeki Mayr, 1870


 * Pheidole calens Forel, 1901


 * Pheidole caltrop Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole carapuna Mann, 1916


 * Pheidole cephalica Smith, F., 1858


 * Pheidole christopherseni Forel, 1912


 * Pheidole cramptoni Wheeler, W.M., 1916


 * Pheidole dasypyx Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole dossena Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole ectatommoides Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole exigua Mayr, 1884


 * Pheidole fimbriata Roger, 1863


 * Pheidole flavens Roger, 1863


 * Pheidole gauthieri Forel, 1901


 * Pheidole hierax Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole jivaro Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole kuna Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole laselva Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole macracantha Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole mallota Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole megacephala Fabricius, 1793


 * Pheidole melastomae Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole mendicula Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Pheidole minutula Mayr, 1878


 * Pheidole multispina Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole olsoni Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole perdiligens Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole perpusilla Emery, 1894


 * Pheidole pilispina Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole pugnax Dalla Torre, 1892


 * Pheidole punctatissima Mayr, 1870


 * Pheidole radoszkowskii Mayr, 1884


 * Pheidole rhinoceros Forel, 1899


 * Pheidole rugiceps Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole ruida Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole sensitiva Borgmeier, 1959


 * Pheidole stulta Forel, 1886


 * Pheidole subarmata Mayr, 1884


 * Pheidole superba Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole tennantae Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole thrasys Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole traini Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole umphreyi Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole vafra Santschi, 1923


 * Pheidole veletis Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole zeteki Smith, M.R., 1947


 * Platythyrea punctata Smith, F., 1858


 * Prionopelta antillana Forel, 1909


 * Probolomyrmex boliviensis Mann, 1923


 * Probolomyrmex petiolatus Weber, 1940


 * Proceratium convexiceps Borgmeier, 1957


 * Proceratium micronmatum Roger, 1863


 * Proceratium panamense De Andrade, 2003


 * Procryptocerus attenuatus Smith, F., 1876


 * Procryptocerus balzani Emery, 1894


 * Procryptocerus belti Forel, 1899


 * Procryptocerus carbonarius Mayr, 1870


 * Procryptocerus coriarius Mayr, 1870


 * Procryptocerus hylaeus Kempf, 1951


 * Procryptocerus impressus Forel, 1899


 * Procryptocerus kempfi Longino & Snelling, 2002


 * Procryptocerus mayri Forel, 1899


 * Procryptocerus paleatus Emery, 1896


 * Procryptocerus pictipes Emery, 1896


 * Procryptocerus scabriusculus Forel, 1899


 * Procryptocerus subpilosus Smith, F., 1860


 * Pseudomyrmex boopis Roger, 1863


 * Pseudomyrmex browni Kempf, 1967


 * Pseudomyrmex caeciliae Forel, 1913


 * Pseudomyrmex cubaensis Forel, 1901


 * Pseudomyrmex curacaensis Forel, 1912


 * Pseudomyrmex eduardi Forel, 1912


 * Pseudomyrmex elongatulus Dalla Torre, 1892


 * Pseudomyrmex elongatus Mayr, 1870


 * Pseudomyrmex faber Smith, F., 1858


 * Pseudomyrmex filiformis Fabricius, 1804


 * Pseudomyrmex flavidulus Smith, F., 1858


 * Pseudomyrmex gebellii Forel, 1899


 * Pseudomyrmex godmani Forel, 1899


 * Pseudomyrmex gracilis gracilis Fabricius, 1804


 * Pseudomyrmex ita Forel, 1906


 * Pseudomyrmex kuenckeli Emery, 1890


 * Pseudomyrmex mordax Warming, 1894


 * Pseudomyrmex oculatus Smith, F., 1855


 * Pseudomyrmex oki Forel, 1906


 * Pseudomyrmex osurus Forel, 1911


 * Pseudomyrmex satanicus Wheeler, W.M., 1942


 * Pseudomyrmex sericeus sericeus Mayr, 1870


 * Pseudomyrmex simplex Smith, F., 1877


 * Pseudomyrmex simulans Kempf, 1958


 * Pseudomyrmex spiculus Ward, 1989


 * Pseudomyrmex spinicola Emery, 1890


 * Pseudomyrmex tenuissimus Emery, 1906


 * Pseudomyrmex termitarius Smith, F., 1855


 * Pseudomyrmex triplaridis Forel, 1904


 * Pseudomyrmex urbanus Smith, F., 1877


 * Pseudomyrmex venustus Smith, F., 1858


 * Pyramica albertiForel, 1893


 * Pyramica brevicornis Mann, 1922


 * Pyramica crementa Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica depressiceps Weber, 1934


 * Pyramica fridericimuelleri Forel, 1886


 * Pyramica gundlachi Roger, 1862


 * Pyramica lalassa Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica margaritae Forel, 1893


 * Pyramica metopia Brown, 1959


 * Pyramica microthrix Kempf, 1975


 * Pyramica myllorhapha Brown, 1959


 * Pyramica probatrix Brown, 1964


 * Pyramica schulzi Emery, 1894


 * Pyramica subedentata Mayr, 1887


 * Pyramica trieces Brown, 1960


 * Pyramica wheeleri Smith, M.R., 1944


 * Pyramica zeteki Brown, 1959

R

 * Rhopalothrix isthmica Weber, 1941


 * Rogeria alzatei Kugler, C., 1994


 * Rogeria leptonana Kugler, C., 1994

S

 * Sericomyrmex amabilis Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Solenopsis conjurata Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Solenopsis corticalis Forel, 1881


 * Solenopsis geminata Fabricius, 1804


 * Solenopsis zeteki Wheeler, W.M., 1942


 * Stegomyrmex manni Smith, M.R., 1946


 * Strumigenys biolleyi Forel, 1908


 * Strumigenys borgmeieri Brown, 1954


 * Strumigenys cordovensis Mayr, 1887


 * Strumigenys deltisquama Brown, 1957


 * Strumigenys elongata Roger, 1863


 * Strumigenys extirpa Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys fairchildi Brown, 1961


 * Strumigenys godmani Forel, 1899


 * Strumigenys humata Lattke & Goitia, 1997


 * Strumigenys lacacoca Brown, 1959


 * Strumigenys lanuginosa Wheeler, W.M., 1905


 * Strumigenys longispinosa Brown, 1952


 * Strumigenys marginiventris Santschi, 1931


 * Strumigenys precava Brown, 1954


 * Strumigenys saliens Mayr, 1887


 * Strumigenys smithii Forel, 1886


 * Strumigenys spathula Lattke & Goitia, 1997


 * Strumigenys trinidadensis Wheeler, W.M., 1922

T

 * Tapinoma panamense Wheeler, W.M., 1934


 * Tapinoma ramulorum inrectum Forel, 1908


 * Technomyrmex fulvus Wheeler, W.M., 1934


 * Temnothorax salvini Forel, 1899


 * Tetramorium bicarinatum Nylander, 1846


 * Thaumatomyrmex atrox Weber, 1939


 * Trachymyrmex bugnioni Forel, 1912


 * Trachymyrmex isthmicus Santschi, 1931


 * Trachymyrmex urichii Forel, 1893


 * Trachymyrmex zeteki Weber, 1940


 * Tranopelta gilva Mayr, 1866


 * Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi Mayr, 1862

W

 * Wasmannia a. auropunctata Roger, 1863


 * Wasmannia rochai Forel, 1912

X

 * Xenomyrmex panamanus Wheeler, W.M., 1922