Peru



The following 392 valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Peru. 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 Peruvian ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Peruvian Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

A

 * Acanthognathus ocellatus 	Mayr, 1887


 * Acanthoponera mucronata 	Roger, 1860


 * Acanthoponera peruviana 	Brown, 1958


 * Acanthostichus concavinodis 	MacKay, 1996


 * Acanthostichus kirbyi 	Emery, 1895


 * Acanthostichus quadratus 	Emery, 1895


 * Acromyrmex aspersus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Acromyrmex coronatus andicola 	Emery, 1924


 * Acromyrmex octospinosus inti 	Wheeler, W.M., 1937


 * Acromyrmex rugosus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Acromyrmex subterraneus peruvianus 	Borgmeier, 1940


 * Acropyga donisthorpei 	Weber, 1944


 * Acropyga fuhrmanni 	Forel, 1914


 * Acropyga hirsutula 	LaPolla, 2004


 * Acropyga smithii 	Forel, 1893


 * Adelomyrmex striatus Fernández, 2003


 * Adelomyrmex laevigatus MacKay, 2003


 * Adelomyrmex myops (W.M. Wheeler, 1910)


 * Anochetus inca 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Apterostigma andense 	Lattke, 1997


 * Apterostigma bolivianum 	Weber, 1938


 * Apterostigma depressum 	Lattke, 1997


 * Apterostigma ierense 	Weber, 1937


 * Apterostigma madidiense 	Weber, 1938


 * Apterostigma megacephala 	Lattke, 1999


 * Apterostigma peruvianum 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Apterostigma spiculum 	Lattke, 1997


 * Apterostigma tropicoxa 	Lattke, 1997


 * Atta cephalotes 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Atta sexdens 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Azteca alfari 	Emery, 1893


 * Azteca australis 	Wheeler, W.M., 1942


 * Azteca instabilis 	Smith, F., 1862


 * Azteca lanuginosa clariceps 	Santschi, 1933


 * Azteca ovaticeps 	Forel, 1904


 * Azteca tachigaliae 	Forel, 1904


 * Azteca trailii filicis 	Forel, 1904

C

 * Camponotus apicalis 	Mann, 1916


 * Camponotus atriceps (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Camponotus banghaasi 	Emery, 1903


 * Camponotus bruchi titicacensis 	Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus cacicus 	Emery, 1903


 * Camponotus callistus bradleyi 	Wheeler, W.M., 1934


 * Camponotus chilensis 	Spinola, 1851


 * Camponotus circularis rufitibia 	Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus convexiclypeus 	MacKay, 1997


 * Camponotus cuneidorsus 	Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus distinguendus 	Spinola, 1851


 * Camponotus femoratus 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Camponotus haematocephalus 	Emery, 1903


 * Camponotus helleri 	Emery, 1903


 * Camponotus humeralis 	Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus inca 	Emery, 1903


 * Camponotus integellus 	Forel, 1899


 * Camponotus linnaei 	Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus longipilis 	Emery, 1911


 * Camponotus medeus Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus medeus fulvulus 	Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus minozzii 	Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus mirabilis 	Emery, 1903


 * Camponotus mocsaryi 	Forel, 1902


 * Camponotus novogranadensis 	Mayr, 1870


 * Camponotus obtritus 	Emery, 1911


 * Camponotus orthocephalus 	Emery, 1894


 * Camponotus pachylepis 	Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus pittieri fuscogaster 	Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus postangulatus 	Emery, 1911


 * Camponotus propinquellus 	Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus punctulatus andigenus 	Emery, 1903


 * Camponotus rectangularis 	Emery, 1890


 * Camponotus rectangularis sordidatus Wheeler, W.M., 1934


 * Camponotus renggeri 	Emery, 1894


 * Camponotus sanctaefidei 	Dalla Torre, 1892


 * Camponotus senex Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus sericeiventris 	Guérin-Méneville, 183


 * Camponotus sexguttatus 	Fabricius, 1793


 * Camponotus sexguttatus unitaeniatus Wheeler, W.M., 1923


 * Camponotus sphenocephalus 	Emery, 1911


 * Camponotus ulei 	Forel, 1904


 * Carebara anophthalma 	Emery, 1906


 * Carebara arabara  Fernández, 2010


 * Carebara inca 	Fernández, 2004


 * Carebara peruviana 	Emery, 1906


 * Carebara urichi 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Cephalotes atratus 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Cephalotes clypeatus 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Cephalotes complanatus 	Guérin-Méneville, 1844


 * Cephalotes cordatus 	Smith, F., 1853


 * Cephalotes cordiae 	Stitz, 1913


 * Cephalotes dentidorsum 	De Andrade, 1999


 * Cephalotes foliaceus 	Emery, 1906


 * Cephalotes inca 	Santschi, 1911


 * Cephalotes maculatus 	Smith, F., 1876


 * Cephalotes manni 	Kempf, 1951


 * Cephalotes minutus 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Cephalotes opacus 	Santschi, 1920


 * Cephalotes pallidus 	De Andrade, 1999


 * Cephalotes pavonii 	Latreille, 1809


 * Cephalotes peruviensis 	De Andrade, 1999


 * Cephalotes placidus 	Smith, F., 1860


 * Cephalotes pusillus 	Klug, 1824


 * Cephalotes ramiphilus 	Forel, 1904


 * Cephalotes serraticeps 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Cephalotes simillimus 	Kempf, 1951


 * Cephalotes spinosus 	Mayr, 1862


 * Cephalotes trichophorus 	De Andrade, 1999


 * Cheliomyrmex andicola 	Emery, 1894


 * Crematogaster levior 	Longino, 2003


 * 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 brasiliensis 	Mayr, 1878


 * Crematogaster crinosa 	Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster curvispinosa 	Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster erecta 	Mayr, 1866


 * Crematogaster limata 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Crematogaster longispina 	Emery, 1890


 * Crematogaster nigropilosa 	Mayr, 1870


 * Crematogaster peruviana 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Crematogaster quadriformis 	Roger, 1863


 * Crematogaster stollii 	Forel, 1885


 * Cylindromyrmex boliviae 	Wheeler, W.M., 1924


 * Cylindromyrmex brevitarsus 	Santschi, 1925


 * Cylindromyrmex whymperi 	Cameron, 1891


 * Cyphomyrmex laevigatus 	Weber, 1938


 * Cyphomyrmex rimosus 	Spinola, 1851

D

 * Daceton armigerum 	Latreille, 1802


 * Daceton boltoni Azorsa & Sosa-Calvo, 2008


 * Dinoponera gigantea 	Perty, 1833


 * Dinoponera longipes 	Emery, 1901


 * Dolichoderus abruptus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Dolichoderus andinus 	Kempf, 1962


 * Dolichoderus attelaboides 	Fabricius, 1775


 * Dolichoderus bispinosus 	Olivier, 1792


 * Dolichoderus decollatus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Dolichoderus germaini 	Emery, 1894


 * Dolichoderus ghilianii 	Emery, 1894


 * Dolichoderus mesonotalis 	Forel, 1907


 * Dolichoderus quadridenticulatus 	Roger, 1862


 * Dolichoderus rugosus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Dolichoderus septemspinosus 	Emery, 1894


 * Dolichoderus spurius 	Forel, 1903


 * Dolichoderus tristis 	Mann, 1916


 * Dorymyrmex pyramicus peruvianus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1919

E

 * Eciton burchellii cupiens 	Santschi, 1923


 * Eciton drepanophorum 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Eciton hamatum 	Fabricius, 1782


 * Eciton lucanoides 	Emery, 1894


 * Eciton mexicanum 	Roger, 1863


 * Eciton quadriglume 	Haliday, 1836


 * Eciton rapax 	Smith, F., 1855


 * Ectatomma brunneum 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Ectatomma edentatum 	Roger, 1863

G

 * Gigantiops destructor 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Gnamptogenys acuminata (Emery, 1896)


 * Gnamptogenys acuta 	Brown, 1956


 * Gnamptogenys annulata 	Mayr, 1887


 * Gnamptogenys concinna 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Gnamptogenys continua 	Mayr, 1887


 * Gnamptogenys falcifera 	Kempf, 1967


 * Gnamptogenys haenschi 	Emery, 1902


 * Gnamptogenys hartmani 	Wheeler, W.M., 1915


 * Gnamptogenys mina 	Brown, 1956


 * Gnamptogenys pleurodon 	Emery, 1896


 * Gnamptogenys regularis 	Mayr, 1870


 * Gnamptogenys tortuolosa 	Smith, F., 1858

H

 * Hylomyrma blandiens 	Kempf, 1961


 * Hylomyrma transversa 	Kempf, 1973


 * Hypoponera opaciceps 	Mayr, 1887

L

 * Labidus coecus 	Latreille, 1802


 * Labidus praedator 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Leptogenys cuneata Lattke, 2011


 * Leptogenys langi 	Wheeler, W.M., 1923


 * Leptogenys peruana Lattke, 2011


 * Linepithema fuscum 	Mayr, 1866

M

 * Megalomyrmex balzani 	Emery, 1894


 * Megalomyrmex drifti 	Kempf, 1961


 * Megalomyrmex glaesarius 	Kempf, 1970


 * Megalomyrmex incisus 	Smith, M.R., 1947


 * Megalomyrmex silvestrii 	Wheeler, W.M., 1909


 * Megalomyrmex staudingeri 	Emery, 1890


 * Megalomyrmex symmetochus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Megalomyrmex weyrauchi 	Kempf, 1970


 * Mycocepurus smithii 	Forel, 1893


 * Myrmelachista brevicornis 	Wheeler, W.M., 1934


 * Myrmelachista ulei 	Forel, 1904


 * Myrmelachista zeledoni thiemei 	Emery, 1906


 * Myrmicocrypta bucki Sosa-Calvo & Schultz, 2010


 * Myrmicocrypta collaris 	Emery, 1913


 * Myrmicocrypta microphthalma 	Borgmeier, 1948


 * Myrmicocrypta triangulata peruviana 	Emery, 1913


 * Myrmicocrypta weyrauchi 	Borgmeier, 1948

N

 * Neivamyrmex bohlsi 	Emery, 1896


 * Neivamyrmex clavifemur 	Borgmeier, 1953


 * Neivamyrmex curvinotus 	Watkins, 1994


 * Neivamyrmex emeryi 	Santschi, 1921


 * Neivamyrmex falcifer 	Emery, 1900


 * Neivamyrmex imbellis 	Emery, 1900


 * Neivamyrmex inca 	Santschi, 1921


 * Neivamyrmex nordenskioldii 	Holmgren, 1908


 * Neivamyrmex pacificus 	Borgmeier, 1955


 * Neivamyrmex pilosus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Neivamyrmex radoszkowskii 	Emery, 1900


 * Neivamyrmex walkerii 	Westwood, 1842


 * Nesomyrmex echinatinodis 	Forel, 1886


 * Nesomyrmex tonsuratus 	Kempf, 1959


 * Nylanderia burgesi (Trager, 1984)


 * Nylanderia caeciliae elevata Forel, 1908


 * Nylanderia staudingeri Forel, 1912

O

 * Ochetomyrmex neopolitus 	Fernández, 2003


 * Octostruma amrishi (Makhan, 2007)


 * Octostruma balzani (Emery, 1894)


 * Octostruma betschi Perrault, 1988


 * Octostruma inca 	Brown & Kempf, 1960


 * Octostruma megabalzani Longino, 2013


 * Odontomachus bauri 	Emery, 1892


 * Odontomachus biumbonatus 	Brown, 1976


 * Odontomachus bradleyi 	Brown, 1976


 * Odontomachus caelatus 	Brown, 1976


 * Odontomachus chelifer 	Latreille, 1802


 * Odontomachus haematodus 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Odontomachus hastatus 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Odontomachus peruanus 	Stitz, 1933

P

 * Pachycondyla aenescens Mayr, 1870


 * Pachycondyla antecurvata MacKay & MacKay, 2010


 * Pachycondyla apicalis 	Latreille, 1802


 * Pachycondyla arhuaca (Forel, 1901)
 * Pachycondyla carinulata (Roger, 1861)


 * Pachycondyla cavinodis (Mann, 1916)


 * Pachycondyla commutata 	Roger, 1860


 * Pachycondyla constricta 	Mayr, 1884


 * Pachycondyla coveri MacKay & MacKay, 2010


 * Pachycondyla fauveli 	Emery, 1896


 * Pachycondyla harpax 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Pachycondyla holmgreni 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Pachycondyla impressa 	Roger, 1861


 * Pachycondyla inca Emery, 1901


 * Pachycondyla inversa 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Pachycondyla rugosula (Emery, 1902)


 * Pachycondyla stigma 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Pachycondyla striatinodis 	Emery, 1890


 * Pachycondyla theresiae 	Forel, 1899


 * Pachycondyla unidentata 	Mayr, 1862


 * Pachycondyla villosa 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Pachycondyla zuparkoi MacKay & MacKay, 2010


 * Paraponera clavata 	Fabricius, 1775


 * Paratrechina longicornis 	Latreille, 1802


 * Pheidole aberrans 	Mayr, 1868


 * Pheidole accinota 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Pheidole aciculata 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole ademonia 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole allarmata 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole amazonica 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole asperithorax 	Emery, 1894


 * Pheidole astur 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole biconstricta 	Mayr, 1870


 * Pheidole calens 	Forel, 1901


 * Pheidole capillata 	Emery, 1906


 * Pheidole caracalla 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole carapuna 	Mann, 1916


 * Pheidole cardiella 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole cataractae 	Wheeler, W.M., 1916


 * Pheidole chilensis 	Mayr, 1862


 * Pheidole colobopsis 	Mann, 1916


 * Pheidole cramptoni 	Wheeler, W.M., 1916


 * Pheidole crozieri 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole cuevasi 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole cuprina 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole cursor 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole davidsonae 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole demeter 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole diligens 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Pheidole dolon 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole embolopyx 	Brown, 1968


 * Pheidole exigua 	Mayr, 1884


 * Pheidole fimbriata 	Roger, 1863


 * Pheidole fissiceps 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole flavens 	Roger, 1863


 * Pheidole flavifrons 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole fracticeps 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole gagates 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole galba 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole gemmula 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole gilva 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole horribilis 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole huacana 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole inca 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole kugleri 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole laidlowi 	Mann, 1916


 * Pheidole lancifera 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole lanigera 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole leonina 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole leptina 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole longiseta 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole lupus 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole machetula 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole mamore 	Mann, 1916


 * Pheidole manuana 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole megacephala 	Fabricius, 1793


 * Pheidole meinerti 	Forel, 1905


 * Pheidole meinertopsis 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole mendicula 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Pheidole micridris 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole microps 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole minax 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole minutula 	Mayr, 1878


 * Pheidole nasifera 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole nigella 	Emery, 1894


 * Pheidole pedana 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole peruviana 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole pholeops 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole polita 	Emery, 1894


 * Pheidole radoszkowskii 	Mayr, 1884


 * Pheidole rugiceps 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole sabella 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole scimitara 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole scolioceps 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole simplex 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Pheidole sospes 	Forel, 1908


 * Pheidole tambopatae 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole teneriffana 	Forel, 1893


 * Pheidole tennantae 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole tobini 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole tristicula 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole xanthogaster 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole zeteki 	Smith, M.R., 1947


 * Pheidole zoster 	Wilson, 2003


 * Platythyrea angusta 	Forel, 1901


 * Platythyrea sinuata 	Roger, 1860


 * Probolomyrmex boliviensis 	Mann, 1923


 * Procryptocerus hylaeus 	Kempf, 1951


 * Procryptocerus kempfi 	Longino & Snelling, 2002


 * Procryptocerus mayri 	Forel, 1899


 * Procryptocerus nalini 	Longino & Snelling, 2002


 * Procryptocerus pictipes 	Emery, 1896


 * Procryptocerus spiniperdus 	Forel, 1899


 * Procryptocerus subpilosus 	Smith, F., 1860


 * Pseudomyrmex alustratus 	Ward, 1989


 * Pseudomyrmex colei 	Enzmann, E.V., 1944


 * Pseudomyrmex colei vistanus Enzmann, E.V., 1944


 * Pseudomyrmex crudelis 	Ward, 1999


 * Pseudomyrmex cubaensis 	Forel, 1901


 * Pseudomyrmex eculeus 	Ward, 1999


 * Pseudomyrmex elongatulus 	Dalla Torre, 1892


 * Pseudomyrmex elongatus 	Mayr, 1870


 * Pseudomyrmex ferox 	Ward, 1999


 * Pseudomyrmex gracilis 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Pseudomyrmex holmgreni 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Pseudomyrmex hospitalis 	Ward, 1999


 * Pseudomyrmex kuenckeli 	Emery, 1890


 * Pseudomyrmex lisus Enzmann, E.V. 1944


 * Pseudomyrmex maculatus 	Smith, F., 1855


 * Pseudomyrmex oculatus 	Smith, F., 1855


 * Pseudomyrmex pallens 	Mayr, 1870


 * Pseudomyrmex perboscii 	Guérin-Méneville, 1844


 * Pseudomyrmex peruvianus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Pseudomyrmex pictus (Stitz, 1913)


 * Pseudomyrmex pisinnus 	Ward, 1989


 * Pseudomyrmex rubiginosus (Stitz, 1913)


 * Pseudomyrmex santschii 	Enzmann, E.V., 1944


 * Pseudomyrmex sericeus cordiae 	Forel, 1904


 * Pseudomyrmex sericeus longior Forel, 1904


 * Pseudomyrmex simplex 	Smith, F., 1877


 * Pseudomyrmex spiculus 	Ward, 1989


 * Pseudomyrmex tachigaliae 	Forel, 1904


 * Pseudomyrmex tenuis 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Pseudomyrmex tenuissimus 	Emery, 1906


 * Pseudomyrmex termitarius 	Smith, F., 1855


 * Pseudomyrmex triplarinus 	Weddell, 1850


 * Pseudomyrmex unicolor 	Smith, F., 1855


 * Pseudomyrmex urbanus 	Smith, F., 1877


 * Pseudomyrmex venustus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Pseudomyrmex vinneni (Forel, 1906)


 * Pseudomyrmex voytowskii 	Enzmann, E.V., 1944


 * Pseudomyrmex wheeleri 	Enzmann, E.V., 1944

R

 * Rogeria lirata Kugler, 1994


 * Rogeria scobinata 	Kugler, C., 1994

S

 * Simopelta laticeps 	Gotwald & Brown, 1967


 * Solenopsis bruesi 	Creighton, 1930


 * Solenopsis corticalis amazonensis 	Forel, 1904


 * Solenopsis gayi 	Spinola, 1851


 * Solenopsis parabiotica 	Weber, 1943


 * Solenopsis weyrauchi 	Trager, 1991


 * Stegomyrmex connectens 	Emery, 1912


 * Stigmatomma lurilabes


 * Strumigenys alberti Forel, 1893


 * Strumigenys cordovensis 	Mayr, 1887


 * Strumigenys cosmostela 	Kempf, 1975


 * Strumigenys decipula 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys denticulata 	Mayr, 1887


 * Strumigenys depressiceps 	Weber, 1934


 * Strumigenys eggersi 	Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys fridericimuelleri 	Forel, 1886


 * Strumigenys gundlachi 	Roger, 1862


 * Strumigenys interfectiva 	Lattke & Goitia, 1997


 * Strumigenys metopia 	Brown, 1959


 * Strumigenys perparva 	Brown, 1958


 * Strumigenys pholidota 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys planeti 	Brown, 1953


 * Strumigenys precava 	Brown, 1954


 * Strumigenys prospiciens 	Emery, 1906


 * Strumigenys schmalzi 	Emery, 1906


 * Strumigenys schulzi 	Emery, 1894


 * Strumigenys subedentata 	Mayr, 1887


 * Strumigenys zeteki (Brown, 1959)

T

 * Tetramorium caldarium 	Roger, 1857


 * Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi 	Mayr, 1862

W

 * Wasmannia auropunctata 	Roger, 1863
 * Wasmannia iheringi

Uncertain species
The following species were described from Peru but their true identities are currently unknown.
 * Neivamyrmex bureni (Enzmann, E.V., 1952)
 * Neivamyrmex kuertii (Enzmann, E.V., 1952)