Ivory Coast



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

A

 * Aenictus asperivalvus Santschi, 1919


 * Aenictus decolor (Mayr, 1879)


 * Aenictus foreli Santschi, 1919


 * Aenictus luteus Emery, 1892


 * Aenictus moebii Emery, 1895


 * Aenictus mutatus Santschi, 1913


 * Aenictus mutatus pudicus Santschi, 1919


 * Aenictus togoensis Santschi, 1915


 * Anochetus africanus (Mayr, 1865)


 * Anochetus bequaerti Forel, 1913


 * Anochetus pellucidus Emery, 1902


 * Anochetus siphneus Brown, 1978


 * Anochetus traegaordhi Mayr, 1904


 * Apomyrma stygia Brown, Gotwald & Levieux, 1971


 * Asphinctopone silvestrii 	Santschi, 1914


 * Atopomyrmex cryptoceroides Emery, 1892

B

 * Baracidris meketra 	Bolton, 1981


 * Baracidris sitra Bolton, 1981

C

 * Calyptomyrmex barak 	Bolton, 1981


 * Calyptomyrmex kaurus 	Bolton, 1981


 * Calyptomyrmex nummuliticus 	Santschi, 1914


 * Camponotus brutus Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus congolensis Emery, 1899


 * Camponotus maculatus 	Fabricius, 1782


 * Camponotus orthodoxus Santschi, 1914


 * Camponotus robertae 	Santschi, 1926


 * Camponotus sericeus (Fabricius, 1798)


 * Camponotus solon Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus vestitus (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Camponotus vestitus comptus 	Santschi, 1926


 * Camponotus vividus (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Carebara distincta (Bolton & Belshaw, 1993)


 * Cataglyphis bicolor seticornis (Emery, 1906)


 * Cataulacus pygmaeus André, 1890


 * Cataulacus guineensis 	Smith, F., 1853


 * Cataulacus weissi Santschi, 1913


 * Centromyrmex angolensis 	Santschi, 1937


 * Centromyrmex secutor Bolton & Fisher, 2008


 * Cerapachys foreli (Santschi, 1914)


 * Cerapachys similis 	Santschi, 1930


 * Crematogaster depressa (Latreille, 1802)


 * Crematogaster gabonensis Emery, 1899


 * Crematogaster impressa Emery, 1899


 * Crematogaster mottazi 	Santschi, 1928


 * Crematogaster rugosa André, 1895


 * Crematogaster rugosa nigriventris Santschi, 1919


 * Crematogaster solenopsides Emery, 1899


 * Crematogaster solenopsides costeboriensis Santschi, 1919


 * Crematogaster stadelmanni Mayr, 1895


 * Crematogaster striatula Emery, 1892


 * Crematogaster vidua 	Santschi, 1928


 * Cyphoidris spinosa Weber, 1952

D

 * Discothyrea oculata 	Emery, 1901 [[File:Camera.jpg]]


 * Dorylus aethiopicus Emery, 1895


 * Dorylus affinis Shuckard, 1840


 * Dorylus affinis  pulliceps 	Santschi, 1917


 * Dorylus atriceps Shuckard, 1840


 * Dorylus brevipennis Emery, 1895


 * Dorylus conradti Emery, 1895


 * Dorylus conradti berlandi 	Santschi, 1926


 * Dorylus fulvus mordax Santschi, 1931


 * Dorylus fuscipennis (Emery, 1892)


 * Dorylus fuscipennis lugubris 	Santschi, 1919


 * Dorylus gribodoi Emery, 1892


 * Dorylus leo 	Santschi, 1919


 * Dorylus mandibularis Mayr, 1896


 * Dorylus mandibularis pulchellus 	Santschi, 1920


 * Dorylus moestus Emery, 1895


 * Dorylus nigricans arcens (Westwood, 1847)


 * Dorylus nigricans burmeisteri (Shuckard, 1840)


 * Dorylus nigricans terrificus Santschi, 1923


 * Dorylus wilverthi Emery, 1899

H

 * Hypoponera angustata (Santschi,, 1914)


 * Hypoponera coeca Santschi, 1914


 * Hypoponera defessa Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera dulcis (Forel, 1907)


 * Hypoponera inaudax (Santschi, 1919)


 * Hypoponera lassa Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera lepida Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera occidentalis (Bernard, 1953)


 * Hypoponera punctatissima 	(Roger, 1857)


 * Hypoponera sinuosa (Bernard, 1953)

L

 * Lepisiota cacozela (Stitz, 1916)


 * Lepisiota capensis guineensis (Mayr, 1902)


 * Leptogenys conradti 	Forel, 1913


 * Leptogenys elegans Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys mastax Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys microps 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys nuserra 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys sterops 	Bolton, 1975


 * Loboponera basalis 	Bolton & Brown, 2002


 * Loboponera nasica (Santschi, 1920)


 * Loboponera politula 	Bolton & Brown, 2002


 * Loboponera trica 	Bolton & Brown, 2002


 * Loboponera vigilans 	Bolton & Brown, 2002

M

 * Melissotarsus beccarii Emery,, 1877


 * Melissotarsus weissi 	Santschi, 1910


 * Messor galla 	Mayr, 1904


 * Messor regalis (Emery, 1892)


 * Microdaceton tibialis Weber, 1952


 * Monomorium afrum André, 1884


 * Monomorium bicolor Emery, 1877


 * Monomorium cryptobium (Santschi, 1921)


 * Monomorium dolatu Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium egens Forel, 1901


 * Monomorium exiguum Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium invidium 	Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium malamixtum 	Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium modestum Santschi, 1914


 * Monomorium thrascoleptum 	Bolton, 1987


 * Myrmicaria baumi Forel, 1901


 * Myrmicaria baumi occidentalis 	Santschi, 1920


 * Myrmicaria fumata 	Santschi, 1916


 * Myrmicaria natalensis (Smith, F., 1858)

N

 * Nylanderia brevisetula LaPolla & Fisher, 2011


 * Nylanderia scintilla LaPolla & Fisher, 2011

O

 * Odontomachus assiniensis 	Emery, 1892


 * Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi, 1914


 * Oecophylla longinoda (Latreille, 1802)


 * Oecophylla longinoda claridens 	Santschi, 1928

P

 * Pachycondyla analis (Latreille, 1802)


 * Pachycondyla caffraria (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Pachycondyla darwinii (Forel, 1893)


 * Pachycondyla pachyderma Emery, 1901


 * Pachycondyla sennaarensis (Mayr, 1862)


 * Pachycondyla tarsata (Fabricius, 1798)


 * Paraparatrechina weissi Santschi, 1910


 * Pheidole corticicola Santschi, 1910


 * Pheidole heliosa Fischer, Hita Garcia & Peters, 2012


 * Pheidole megacephala 	Santschi, 1912


 * Pheidole megacephala melancholica Santschi, 1912


 * Pheidole picata Forel, 1891


 * Pheidole prelli ingenita 	Santschi, 1928


 * Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866


 * Pheidole rebeccae Fischer, Hita Garcia & Peters, 2012


 * Pheidole sculpturata Mayr, 1866


 * Phrynoponera gabonensis (André, 1892)


 * Platythyrea conradti 	Emery, 1899


 * Platythyrea frontalis 	Emery, 1899


 * Plectroctena cryptica 	Bolton, 1974


 * Plectroctena lygaria 	Bolton Gotwald & Leroux, 1979


 * Plectroctena minor 	Emery, 1892


 * Plectroctena subterranea Arnold, 1915


 * Plectroctena ugandensis Menozzi, 1933


 * Polyrhachis alluaudi 	Emery, 1891


 * Polyrhachis decemdentata André, 1889


 * Polyrhachis laboriosa Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis militaris  (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Polyrhachis schistacea (Gerstäcker, 1859)


 * Prionopelta amieti Terron, 1974


 * Pristomyrmex orbiceps 	Santschi, 1914


 * Probolomyrmex guineensis Taylor, 1965


 * Promyopias silvestrii (Santschi, 1914)


 * Psalidomyrmex foveolatus André, 1890

S

 * Simopone conradti Emery, 1899


 * Stigmatomma pluto (Gotwald & Levieux, 1972)


 * Stigmatomma santschii Menozzi, 1922


 * Strumigenys concolor Santschi, 1914


 * Strumigenys cryptura 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys emarginata (Mayr, 1901)


 * Strumigenys enkara 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys exunca 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys fulda 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys hastyla Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys hensekta Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys impidora 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys laticeps Brown, 1962


 * Strumigenys ludovici (Forel, 1904)


 * Strumigenys lujae (Forel, 1902)


 * Strumigenys marginata (Santschi, 1914)


 * Strumigenys maynei 	Forel, 1916


 * Strumigenys minkara 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys nimbrata 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys ninda (Bolton, 1983)


 * Strumigenys petiolata Bernard, 1953


 * Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys roomi 	Bolton, 1972


 * Strumigenys rufobrunea 	Santschi, 1914


 * Strumigenys serrula (Santschi, 1910)


 * Strumigenys sharra Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys spathoda Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys tacta 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys tiglath 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys tigrilla 	Brown, 1973


 * Strumigenys truncatidens (Brown, 1950)


 * Strumigenys tukulta 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys vazerka 	Bolton, 1983

T

 * Technomyrmex andrei Emery, 1899


 * Technomyrmex moerens 	Santschi, 1913


 * Technomyrmex parviflavus Bolton, 2007


 * Terataner velatus Bolton, 1981


 * Tetramorium brevispinosum (Stitz, 1910)


 * Tetramorium diomandei 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium hapale 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium invictum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium jugatum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium magnificum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium minimum


 * Tetramorium pylacum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium sericeiventre 	Emery, 1877


 * Tetramorium sigillum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium typhlops 	Bolton, 1980

X

 * Xymmer muticus (Santschi, 1914)