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.

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Acanthognathus ocellatus 	Mayr, 1887 Acanthognathus teledectus 	Brown & Kempf, 1969 Acromyrmex (A.) coronatus panamensis	Forel, 1899 Acromyrmex (A.) 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 instabilis major	Forel, 1899 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 Azteca velox nigriventris	Forel, 1899 Azteca velox velox	Forel, 1899
 * Acanthognathus brevicornis Smith, M.R., 1944

B

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

C
Camponotus (Dendromyrmex) chartifex 	Smith, F., 1860 Camponotus (Dendromyrmex) nitidior 	Santschi, 1921 Camponotus (Dendromyrmex) panamensis 	Fernández, 2002 Camponotus (Dendromyrmex) traili 	Mayr, 1878 Camponotus (M.) blandus pronotalis	Santschi, 1936 Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) championi 	Forel, 1899 Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) salvini 	Forel, 1899 Camponotus (M.) sericeiventris otoquensis	Wheeler, W.M., 1931 Camponotus (M.) sericeiventris satrapus	Wheeler, W.M., 1931 Camponotus (Myrmeurynota) christopherseni 	Forel, 1912 Camponotus (Myrmeurynota) linnaei linnaei	Forel, 1886 Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) abscisus 	Roger, 1863 Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) arboreus 	Smith, F., 1858 Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) brettesi canalis	Forel, 1912 Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) brevis brevis	Forel, 1899 Camponotus (M.) brevis obscurifrons	Santschi, 1936 Camponotus (M.) canescens canescens	Mayr, 1870 Camponotus (M.) canescens stomatus	Santschi, 1925 Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) excisus 	Mayr, 1870 Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) godmani godmani	Forel, 1899 Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) lindigi 	Mayr, 1870 Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) senex senex	Smith, F., 1858 Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) striatus 	Smith, F., 1862 Camponotus (Myrmocladoecus) bidens bidens	Mayr, 1870 Camponotus (M.) rectangularis rectangularis	Emery, 1890 Camponotus (M.) sanctaefidei sanctaefidei	Dalla Torre, 1892 Camponotus (Myrmosphincta) constructor 	Forel, 1899 Camponotus (M.) sexguttatus sexguttatus	Fabricius, 1793 Camponotus (Myrmothrix) atriceps atriceps	Smith, F., 1858 Camponotus (P.) claviscapus claviscapus	Forel, 1899 Camponotus (T.) conspicuus conspicuus	Smith, F., 1858 Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) coruscus coruscus	Smith, F., 1862 Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) landolti 	Forel, 1879 Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) lespesii lespesii	Forel, 1886 Camponotus (T.) simillimus simillimus	Smith, F., 1862 Camponotus (T.) substitutus 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 (C.) ampla 	Forel, 1912 Crematogaster (C.) bryophilia 	Longino, 2003 Crematogaster (C.) flavomicrops 	Longino, 2003 Crematogaster (C.) flavosensitiva 	Longino, 2003 Crematogaster (C.) obscurata 	Emery, 1895 Crematogaster (C.) rochai 	Forel, 1903 Crematogaster (C.) sotobosque 	Longino, 2003 Crematogaster (C.) tenuicula 	Forel, 1904 Crematogaster (Eucrema) acuta 	Fabricius, 1804 Crematogaster (Neocrema) arcuata arcuata	Forel, 1899 Crematogaster (Neocrema) distans 	Mayr, 1870 Crematogaster (Neocrema) montezumia 	Smith, F., 1858 Crematogaster (O.) abstinens abstinens	Forel, 1899 Crematogaster (O.) brasiliensis brasiliensis	Mayr, 1878 Crematogaster (Orthocrema) carinata 	Mayr, 1862 Crematogaster (Orthocrema) crinosa 	Mayr, 1862 Crematogaster (O.) curvispinosa curvispinosa	Mayr, 1862 Crematogaster (Orthocrema) erecta 	Mayr, 1866 Crematogaster (Orthocrema) limata limata	Smith, F., 1858 Crematogaster (Orthocrema) nigropilosa 	Mayr, 1870 Crematogaster (Orthocrema) stollii stollii	Forel, 1885 Crematogaster (Orthocrema) 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
 * Camponotus cordincola Wheeler, W.M., 1934

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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
 * Discothyrea humilis Weber, 1939

E
Eciton burchellii foreli	Mayr, 1886 Eciton burchellii parvispinum	Forel, 1899 Eciton dulcium crassinode	Borgmeier, 1955 Eciton hamatum 	Fabricius, 1782 Eciton jansoni 	Forel, 1912 Eciton lucanoides conquistador	Weber, 1949 Eciton lucanoides lucanoides	Emery, 1894 Eciton mexicanum mexicanum	Roger, 1863 Eciton mexicanum panamense	Borgmeier, 1955 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
 * Eciton burchellii Westwood, 1842

G
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
 * Gnamptogenys annulata Mayr, 1887

H

 * Heteroponera panamensis Forel, 1899


 * Hylomyrma dentiloba Santschi, 1931


 * Hypoponera perplexa Mann, 1922

L
Labidus praedator 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 d. dispertitum	Forel, 1885
 * Labidus coecus Latreille, 1802

M
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 d. dilacerata	Forel, 1885 Myrmicocrypta ednaella 	Mann, 1922 Myrmicocrypta subnitida 	Forel, 1899
 * Megalomyrmex drifti Kempf, 1961

N
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
 * Neivamyrmex foveolatus Borgmeier, 1953

O
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
 * Octostruma balzani Emery, 1894

P
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 theresiae theresiae	Forel, 1899 Pachycondyla unidentata unidentata	Mayr, 1862 Pachycondyla verenae 	Forel, 1922 Pachycondyla villosa 	Fabricius, 1804 Paraponera clavata 	Fabricius, 1775 Paratrechina l. 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 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 megacephala	Fabricius, 1793 Pheidole melastomae 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole mendicula 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925 Pheidole minutula 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 e. elongatulus	Dalla Torre, 1892 Pseudomyrmex elongatus 	Mayr, 1870 Pseudomyrmex faber 	Smith, F., 1858 Pseudomyrmex filiformis 	Fabricius, 1804 Pseudomyrmex flavidulus 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 alberti 	Forel, 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
 * Pachycondyla apicalis Latreille, 1802

R
Rogeria alzatei 	Kugler, C., 1994 Rogeria leptonana 	Kugler, C., 1994
 * Rhopalothrix isthmica Weber, 1941

S
Solenopsis conjurata 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925 Solenopsis corticalis corticalis	Forel, 1881 Solenopsis geminata 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
 * Sericomyrmex amabilis Wheeler, W.M., 1925

T
Tapinoma ramulorum inrectum	Forel, 1908 Technomyrmex fulvus fulvus	Wheeler, W.M., 1934 Technomyrmex fulvus sublucidus	Wheeler, W.M., 1934 Temnothorax salvini 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
 * Tapinoma panamense Wheeler, W.M., 1934

W
Wasmannia auropunctata pulla	Santschi, 1931 Wasmannia rochai 	Forel, 1912
 * Wasmannia auropunctata Roger, 1863

X

 * Xenomyrmex panamanus Wheeler, W.M., 1922