Canary Islands



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

A

 * Aphaenogaster hesperia Santschi, 1911


 * Aphaenogaster iberica Emery, 1908


 * Aphaenogaster pallida (Nylander, 1849)


 * Aphaenogaster senilis Mayr, 1853


 * Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa (Lucas, 1849)

C

 * Camponotus andrius Dalla Torre, 1893


 * Camponotus atlantis Forel, 1890


 * Camponotus atlantis hesperius Emery, 1893


 * Camponotus brullei (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Camponotus compressus (Fabricius, 1787)


 * Camponotus guanchus Santschi, 1908


 * Camponotus rufoglaucus (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Camponotus rufoglaucus feae Emery, 1882


 * Camponotus sicheli Mayr, 1866


 * Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881


 * Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel, 1890


 * Cardiocondyla obscurior Wheeler, W.M., 1929


 * Cataglyphis albicans (Roger, 1859)


 * Crematogaster alluaudi Emery, 1893


 * Crematogaster alluaudi noualhieri Emery, 1893


 * Crematogaster auberti levithorax Forel, 1902


 * Crematogaster laestrygon canariensis Barquin, 1981

H

 * Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)


 * Hypoponera nivariana (Santschi, 1908)


 * Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)


 * Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894)

L

 * Lasius grandis Forel, 1909


 * Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsama & Andrasfalvy, 1990


 * Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868)

M

 * Messor minor hesperius Santschi, 1927


 * Messor structor (Latreille, 1798)


 * Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Monomorium hesperium Emery, 1895


 * Monomorium hesperium lanzarotense Wheeler, W.M., 1927


 * Monomorium medinae Forel, 1892


 * Messor minor maurus Barquin, 1981


 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Monomorium subopacum (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Monomorium wilsoni Espadaler, 2007


 * Myrmoxenus birgitae (Schulz, 1994)

N

 * Nylanderia jaegerskioeldi (Mayr, 1904)

O

 * Oxyopomyrmex insularis Santschi, 1908

P

 * Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)


 * Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)


 * Pheidole teneriffana Forel, 1893


 * Plagiolepis pallescens maura Emery,, 1924


 * Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798)


 * Plagiolepis schmitzii Forel, 1895


 * Plagiolepis schmitzii canariensis Santschi, 1920

S

 * Solenopsis canariensis Forel, 1893


 * Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)

T

 * Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Tapinoma simrothi Krausse-Heldrungen, 1911


 * Temnothorax bimbache Espadaler, 2007


 * Temnothorax cabrerae (Forel, 1893)


 * Temnothorax canescens (Santschi, 1908)


 * Temnothorax gracilicornis (Emery, 1882)


 * Temnothorax gracilicornis nivarianus (Santschi, 1925)


 * Temnothorax hesperius (Santschi, 1909)


 * Temnothorax productus (Santschi, 1918)


 * Temnothorax risii (Forel, 1892)


 * Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846)


 * Tetramorium caldarium (Roger, 1857)


 * Tetramorium depressum Forel, 1892