Cameroun



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

A

 * Ankylomyrma coronacantha Bolton, 1973


 * Anochetus africanus 	Mayr, 1865


 * Anochetus pellucidus 	Emery, 1902


 * Anoplolepis carinata 	Emery, 1899


 * Aphomomyrmex afer Emery, 1899


 * Atopomyrmex calpocalycola Snelling, 1992


 * Atopomyrmex mocquerysi André, 1889


 * Axinidris murielae 	Shattuck, 1991

C

 * Calyptomyrmex nummuliticus 	Santschi, 1914


 * Camponotus conradti 	Forel, 1914


 * Camponotus buchholzi 	Mayr, 1902


 * Camponotus barbarossa 	Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus chrysurus acutisquamis 	Mayr, 1902


 * Camponotus olivieri pax Menozzi, 1942


 * Camponotus caesar imperator 	Emery, 1899


 * Camponotus ferreri 	Forel, 1913


 * Camponotus crawleyi 	Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus donisthorpei 	Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus guttatus 	Emery, 1899


 * Camponotus immigrans 	Santschi, 1914


 * Camponotus maculatus 	Fabricius, 1782


 * Camponotus pompeius marius 	Emery, 1899


 * Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881


 * Cardiocondyla neferka Bolton, 1981


 * Cardiocondyla shuckardi Forel, 1891


 * Cardiocondyla weserka Bolton, 1982


 * Carebara diabola 	Santschi, 1913


 * Cataulacus centrurus 	Bolton, 1982


 * Cataulacus erinaceus Stitz, 1910


 * Cataulacus guineensis 	Smith, F., 1853


 * Cataulacus huberi 	André, 1890


 * Cataulacus jacksoni 	Bolton, 1982


 * Cataulacus lobatus 	Mayr, 1895


 * Cataulacus mckeyi 	Snelling, 1979


 * Cataulacus pullus 	Santschi, 1910


 * Cataulacus satrap 	Bolton, 1982


 * Centromyrmex angolensis Bolton & Fisher, 2008


 * Centromyrmex bequaerti (Forel, 1913)


 * Centromyrmex decessor Bolton & Fisher, 2008


 * Centromyrmex longiventris 	Santschi, 1919


 * Centromyrmex sellaris Mayr, 1896


 * Cerapachys cribrinodis 	Emery, 1899


 * Crematogaster africana 	Mayr, 1895


 * Crematogaster depressa fuscipennis 	Emery, 1899


 * Crematogaster kohli winkleri 	Forel, 1909


 * Crematogaster homeri 	Forel, 1913


 * Crematogaster impressa 	Emery, 1899


 * Crematogaster inconspicua 	Mayr, 1896


 * Crematogaster trautweini 	Viehmeyer, 1914


 * Crematogaster breviventris 	Santschi, 1920


 * Crematogaster stadelmanni anguliceps 	Stitz, 1916


 * Crematogaster muralti 	Forel, 1910


 * Crematogaster pauciseta 	Emery, 1899


 * Crematogaster chlorotica 	Emery, 1899


 * Crematogaster concava 	Emery, 1899


 * Crematogaster kneri funerea 	Santschi, 1915


 * Crematogaster rugosa rugaticeps 	Santschi, 1919


 * Crematogaster wellmani luciae 	Forel, 1913


 * Cyphoidris exalta 	Bolton, 1981

D

 * Discothyrea oculata 	Emery, 1901


 * Dorylus emeryi 	Mayr, 1896


 * Dorylus funereus zumpti 	Santschi, 1937


 * Dorylus mayri 	Santschi, 1912


 * Dorylus nigricans pallidus 	Santschi, 1921


 * Dorylus rufescens 	Santschi, 1915


 * Dorylus wilverthi 	Emery, 1899


 * Dorylus depilis 	Emery, 1895


 * Dorylus fulvus dentifrons 	Wasmann, 1904


 * Dorylus mandibularis 	Mayr, 1896


 * Dorylus politus 	Emery, 1901


 * Dorylus spininodis 	Emery, 1901


 * Dorylus ocellatus 	Stitz, 1910

F

 * Feroponera ferox Bolton & Fisher, 2008

H

 * Hypoponera angustata (Santschi,, 1914)


 * Hypoponera camerunensis 	Santschi, 1914


 * Hypoponera coeca Santschi, 1914


 * Hypoponera defessa Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera dulcis 	(Forel, 1907)


 * Hypoponera inaudax 	Santschi, 1919


 * Hypoponera jeanneli Santschi, 1935


 * Hypoponera lepida Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera occidentalis (Bernard, 1953)


 * Hypoponera odiosa Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera producta Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera punctatissima 	(Roger, 1859)

L

 * Lepisiota nigriventris 	Emery, 1899


 * Leptogenys amon 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys bubastis 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys camerunensis 	Stitz, 1910


 * Leptogenys conradti 	Forel, 1913


 * Leptogenys crustosa Santschi, 1914


 * Leptogenys diatra 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys elegans Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys ergatogyna Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Leptogenys honoria 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys nebra 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys pavesii 	Emery, 1892


 * Leptogenys striatidens 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys terroni 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys titan 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys trilobata Santschi, 1924


 * Leptogenys vindicis 	Bolton, 1975


 * Loboponera basalis 	Bolton & Brown, 2002


 * Loboponera nasica (Santschi, 1920)


 * Loboponera subatra 	Bolton & Brown, 2002


 * Loboponera vigilans 	Bolton & Brown, 2002

M

 * Microdaceton tanyspinosum 	Bolton, 2000


 * Monomorium bicolor 	Emery, 1877


 * Monomorium cryptobium (Santschi, 1921)


 * Monomorium dolatu 	Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium draxocum 	Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium egens 	Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium exiguum Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium invidium 	Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Monomorium jacksoni 	Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium noxitum 	Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Myrmicaria exigua gracilis 	Stitz, 1910


 * Myrmicaria opaciventris congolensis 	Forel, 1909


 * Mystrium silvestrii 	Santschi, 1914

N

 * Nesomyrmex cataulacoides 	Snelling, 1992


 * Nylanderia lepida Santschi, 1915

O

 * Oecophylla longinoda fusca 	Emery, 1899

P

 * Pachycondyla pachyderma 	Emery, 1901


 * Pachycondyla scolopax 	Emery, 1899


 * Pachycondyla sennaarensis ruginota 	Stitz, 1916


 * Pachycondyla sjostedti 	Mayr, 1896


 * Pachycondyla soror 	Emery, 1899


 * Pachycondyla zumpti 	Santschi, 1937


 * Paraparatrechina albipes (Emery, 1899)


 * Paraparatrechina oreias LaPolla & Cheng, 2010


 * Paraparatrechina subtilis 	Santschi, 1920


 * Petalomyrmex phylax 	Snelling, 1979


 * Phasmomyrmex buchneri 	Forel, 1886


 * Phasmomyrmex buchneri griseus Santschi, 1937


 * Phasmomyrmex wolfi 	Emery, 1920


 * Pheidole aurivillii 	Mayr, 1896


 * Pheidole buchholzi 	Mayr, 1901


 * Pheidole minima 	Mayr, 1901


 * Pheidologeton volsellata 	Santschi, 1937


 * Platythyrea conradti 	Emery, 1899


 * Platythyrea frontalis 	Emery, 1899


 * Platythyrea modesta 	Emery, 1899


 * Platythyrea tenuis 	Emery, 1899


 * Plectroctena cristata 	Emery, 1899


 * Plectroctena latinodis Santschi, 1924


 * Plectroctena minor 	Emery, 1892


 * Plectroctena thaui Fisher, 2006


 * Polyrhachis aenescens 	Stitz, 1910


 * Polyrhachis andrei 	Emery, 1921


 * Polyrhachis concava 	André, 1889


 * Polyrhachis curta 	André, 1890


 * Polyrhachis decemdentata 	André, 1889


 * Polyrhachis fissa 	Mayr, 1902


 * Polyrhachis laboriosa Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis lanuginosa Santschi, 1909


 * Polyrhachis lauta 	Santschi, 1910


 * Polyrhachis militaris  (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Polyrhachis platyomma 	Emery, 1921


 * Polyrhachis schistacea (Gerstäcker, 1859)


 * Polyrhachis weissi 	Santschi, 1910


 * Prionopelta amieti 	Terron, 1974


 * Prionopelta humicola 	Terron, 1974


 * Pristomyrmex africanus Karavaiev, 1931


 * Pristomyrmex orbiceps 	Santschi, 1914


 * Proceratium lunatum 	Terron, 1981


 * Proceratium terroni 	Bolton, 1995


 * Promyopias silvestrii (Santschi, 1914)


 * Psalidomyrmex procerus 	Emery, 1901


 * Psalidomyrmex reichenspergeri Santschi, 1913


 * Psalidomyrmex wheeleri Santschi, 1923


 * Pyramica africana 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica arahana 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica behasyla 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica bequaerti 	Santschi, 1923


 * Pyramica cavinasis 	Brown, 1950


 * Pyramica concolor 	Santschi, 1914


 * Pyramica depilosa 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica dotaja 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica enkara 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica exunca 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica geoterra 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica hensekta Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica kerasma 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica laticeps Brown, 1962


 * Pyramica ludovici 	Forel, 1904


 * Pyramica lujae 	Forel, 1902


 * Pyramica malaplax 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica maynei 	Forel, 1916


 * Pyramica mekaha 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica membranifera (Emery, 1869)


 * Pyramica minima Bolton, 1972


 * Pyramica ninda 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica placora 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica ravidura 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica roomi 	Bolton, 1972


 * Pyramica serrula 	Santschi, 1910


 * Pyramica sharra Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica sistrura 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica sulumana 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica tacta Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica terroni 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica tethepa 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica tetragnatha 	Taylor, 1966


 * Pyramica tolomyla 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica truncatidens 	Brown, 1950


 * Pyramica trymala 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica vodensa 	Bolton, 1983

R

 * Rhoptromyrmex opacus 	Forel, 1909

S

 * Simopone annettae 	Kutter, 1976


 * Simopone conradti 	Emery, 1899


 * Simopone matthiasi 	Kutter, 1977


 * Strumigenys bernardi 	Brown, 1960


 * Strumigenys bitheria 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys dextra Brown, 1954


 * Strumigenys ettillax 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys hastyla 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys korahyla 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys paranax 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys petiolata 	Bernard, 1953


 * Strumigenys relahyla Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys rogeri 	Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys spathoda Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys stygia Santschi, 1913


 * Strumigenys tetraphanes 	Brown, 1954


 * Strumigenys totyla 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys xenohyla 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys zandala Bolton, 1983

T

 * Technomyrmex andrei Emery, 1899


 * Technomyrmex camerunensis Emery, 1899


 * Technomyrmex lasiops Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex laurenti (Emery, 1899)


 * Technomyrmex lujae (Forel, 1905)


 * Technomyrmex moerens 	Santschi, 1913


 * Technomyrmex nigriventris 	Santschi, 1910


 * Technomyrmex parviflavus Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex pilipes 	Emery, 1899


 * Technomyrmex semiruber 	Emery, 1899


 * Technomyrmex schoutedeni Forel, 1910


 * Technomyrmex senex Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex zumpti 	Santschi, 1937


 * Terataner luteus 	Emery, 1899


 * Terataner piceus Menozzi, 1942


 * Tetramorium aculeatum Mayr, 1866


 * Tetramorium angulinode Santschi, 1910


 * Tetramorium antrema 	Bolton, 1976


 * Tetramorium brevispinosum Stitz, 1910


 * Tetramorium camerunense Mayr, 1895


 * Tetramorium coloreum 	Mayr, 1901


 * Tetramorium gabonense 	André, 1892


 * Tetramorium ictidum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium minusculum 	Santschi, 1914


 * Tetramorium muralti 	Forel, 1910


 * Tetramorium nodiferum 	Emery, 1901


 * Tetramorium occidentale 	Santschi, 1916


 * Tetramorium quadridentatum 	Stitz, 1910


 * Tetramorium rubrum Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010


 * Tetramorium sericeiventre 	Emery, 1877


 * Tetramorium trirugosum Hita Garcia, Fishcer & Peters, 2010


 * Tetraponera ledouxi 	Terron, 1969


 * Tetraponera mayri 	Forel, 1901


 * Tetraponera ophthalmica 	Emery, 1912