Madagascar



Gary D. Alpert: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

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

A

 * Adetomyrma venatrix 	Ward, 1994


 * Anochetus grandidieri 	Forel, 1891


 * Anochetus madagascarensis 	Forel, 1887


 * Aphaenogaster belti 	Forel, 1895


 * Aphaenogaster friederichsi 	Forel, 1918


 * Aphaenogaster gonacantha 	Emery, 1899


 * Aphaenogaster swammerdami clara 	Santschi, 1915

B

 * Brachymyrmex cordemoyi 	Forel, 1895

C

 * Camponotus strangulatus 	Santschi, 1911


 * Camponotus cambouei 	Forel, 1891


 * Camponotus christi ambustus 	Forel, 1892


 * Camponotus dromedarius 	Forel, 1891


 * Camponotus gibber 	Forel, 1891


 * Camponotus immaculatus 	Forel, 1892


 * Camponotus kelleri invalidus 	Forel, 1897


 * Camponotus lubbocki christoides 	Forel, 1891


 * Camponotus pictipes 	Forel, 1891


 * Camponotus quadrimaculatus opacatus 	Emery, 1925


 * Camponotus repens 	Forel, 1897


 * Camponotus echinoploides 	Forel, 1891


 * Camponotus edmondi 	André, 1887


 * Camponotus ethicus 	Forel, 1897


 * Camponotus robustus 	Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus sibreei 	Forel, 1891


 * Camponotus heteroclitus 	Forel, 1895


 * Camponotus leveillei 	Emery, 1895


 * Camponotus mocquerysi 	Emery, 1899


 * Camponotus putatus 	Forel, 1892


 * Camponotus reaumuri 	Forel, 1892


 * Camponotus sikorai 	Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus darwinii 	Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus descarpentriesi 	Santschi, 1926


 * Camponotus ellioti 	Forel, 1891


 * Camponotus niveosetosus madagascarensis 	Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus nossibeensis 	André, 1887


 * Camponotus radovae 	Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus ursus 	Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus voeltzkowii 	Forel, 1894


 * Camponotus imitator 	Forel, 1891


 * Camponotus batesii 	Forel, 1895


 * Camponotus grandidieri atrabilis 	Santschi, 1915


 * Camponotus olivieri fryeri 	Santschi, 1915


 * Camponotus butteli 	Forel, 1905


 * Camponotus cervicalis 	Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus concolor 	Forel, 1891


 * Camponotus dufouri 	Forel, 1891


 * Camponotus gerberti 	Donisthorpe, 1949


 * Camponotus gouldi 	Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus hagensii 	Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus hildebrandti dichromothrix Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus hova becki 	Santschi, 1923


 * Camponotus legionarium 	Santschi, 1911


 * Camponotus maculatus 	Fabricius, 1782


 * Camponotus nasicus 	Forel, 1891


 * Camponotus perroti aeschylus 	Forel, 1913


 * Camponotus roeseli 	Forel, 1910


 * Cardiocondyla cristata 	Santschi, 1912


 * Cardiocondyla emeryi emeryi 	Forel, 1881


 * Cardiocondyla nuda sculptinodis 	Santschi, 1913


 * Cardiocondyla shuckardi 	Forel, 1891


 * Carebara grandidieri 	Forel, 1891


 * Carebara nosindambo 	Forel, 1891


 * Carebara voeltzkowi 	Forel, 1907


 * Cataulacus ebrardi 	Forel, 1886


 * Cataulacus intrudens 	Smith, F., 1876


 * Cataulacus oberthueri 	Emery, 1891


 * Cataulacus porcatus 	Emery, 1899


 * Cataulacus regularis 	Forel, 1892


 * Cataulacus tenuis 	Emery, 1899


 * Cataulacus voeltzkowi 	Forel, 1907


 * Cataulacus wasmanni 	Forel, 1897


 * Cerapachys imerinensis 	Forel, 1891


 * Cerapachys kraepelinii 	Forel, 1895


 * Cerapachys lividus 	Brown, 1975


 * Cerapachys mayri 	Forel, 1892


 * Crematogaster adrepens 	Forel, 1897


 * Crematogaster castanea 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Crematogaster degeeri 	Forel, 1886


 * Crematogaster kelleri 	Forel, 1891


 * Crematogaster lobata 	Emery, 1895


 * Crematogaster madagascariensis 	André, 1887


 * Crematogaster schencki 	Forel, 1891


 * Crematogaster senegalensis senegalensis 	Roger, 1863


 * Crematogaster sewellii dentata 	Dalla Torre, 1893


 * Crematogaster ensifera 	Forel, 1910


 * Crematogaster grevei 	Forel, 1891


 * Crematogaster hova 	Forel, 1887


 * Crematogaster rasoherinae brunneola 	Emery, 1922


 * Crematogaster madecassa 	Emery, 1895


 * Crematogaster agnetis 	Forel, 1892


 * Crematogaster descarpentriesi 	Santschi, 1928


 * Crematogaster emmae 	Forel, 1891


 * Crematogaster inops 	Forel, 1892


 * Crematogaster marthae 	Forel, 1892


 * Crematogaster ranavalonae paulinae 	Forel, 1892

E

 * Eutetramorium mocquerysi 	Emery, 1899


 * Eutetramorium monticellii 	Emery, 1899

H

 * Hypoponera grandidieri 	Santschi, 1921


 * Hypoponera indifferens 	Forel, 1895


 * Hypoponera indigens bellicosa 	Forel, 1895


 * Hypoponera johannae 	Forel, 1891


 * Hypoponera ludovicae 	Forel, 1892


 * Hypoponera madecassa 	Santschi, 1938


 * Hypoponera sakalava excelsior 	Forel, 1892

L

 * Lepisiota capensis 	Mayr, 1862


 * Leptogenys acutirostris 	Santschi, 1912


 * Leptogenys alluaudi 	Emery, 1895


 * Leptogenys angusta 	Forel, 1892


 * Leptogenys antongilensis 	Emery, 1899


 * Leptogenys arcirostris 	Santschi, 1926


 * Leptogenys coerulescens 	Emery, 1895


 * Leptogenys falcigera 	Roger, 1861


 * Leptogenys gracilis 	Emery, 1899


 * Leptogenys grandidieri 	Forel, 1910


 * Leptogenys incisa 	Forel, 1891


 * Leptogenys maxillosa 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Leptogenys oswaldi 	Forel, 1891


 * Leptogenys ridens 	Forel, 1910


 * Leptogenys saussurei 	Forel, 1891


 * Leptogenys truncatirostris 	Forel, 1897


 * Leptogenys voeltzkowi 	Forel, 1897

M

 * Melissotarsus insularis 	Santschi, 1911


 * Meranoplus mayri 	Forel, 1910


 * Meranoplus radamae 	Forel, 1891


 * Metapone emersoni 	Gregg, 1958


 * Metapone madagascarica 	Gregg, 1958


 * Metapone vincinus Alpert, 2007


 * Monomorium destructor 	Jerdon, 1851


 * Monomorium hildebrandti 	Forel, 1892


 * Monomorium imerinense 	Forel, 1892


 * Monomorium latinode 	Mayr, 1872


 * Monomorium madecassum 	Forel, 1892


 * Monomorium robustior 	Forel, 1892


 * Monomorium sakalavum 	Santschi, 1928


 * Monomorium salomonis 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Monomorium shuckardi 	Forel, 1895


 * Monomorium subopacum subopacum 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Monomorium termitobium 	Forel, 1892


 * Mystrium fallax 	Forel, 1897


 * Mystrium mysticum 	Roger, 1862


 * Mystrium oberthueri 	Forel, 1897


 * Mystrium rogeri 	Forel, 1899


 * Mystrium stadelmanni 	Forel, 1895


 * Mystrium voeltzkowi 	Forel, 1897

N

 * Nesomyrmex madecassus 	Forel, 1892


 * Nesomyrmex retusispinosus 	Forel, 1892


 * Nesomyrmex sikorai 	Emery, 1896

O

 * Odontomachus coquereli 	Roger, 1861


 * Odontomachus troglodytes 	Santschi, 1914

P

 * Pachycondyla ambigua 	André, 1890


 * Pachycondyla cambouei 	Forel, 1891


 * Pachycondyla comorensis 	André, 1890


 * Pachycondyla darwinii madecassa 	Emery, 1899


 * Pachycondyla elisae elisae 	Forel, 1891


 * Pachycondyla jonesii 	Forel, 1891


 * Pachycondyla perroti admista 	Forel, 1892


 * Pachycondyla sikorae 	Forel, 1891


 * Pachycondyla testacea 	Bernard, 1953


 * Pachycondyla wasmannii 	Forel, 1887


 * Paratrechina amblyops 	Forel, 1892


 * Paratrechina bourbonica farquharensis 	Forel, 1907


 * Paratrechina glabra 	Forel, 1891


 * Paratrechina gracilis 	Forel, 1892


 * Paratrechina humbloti 	Forel, 1891


 * Paratrechina longicornis 	Latreille, 1802


 * Paratrechina madagascarensis ellisii 	Forel, 1891


 * Paratrechina sikorae 	Forel, 1892


 * Pheidole annemariae 	Forel, 1918


 * Pheidole bessonii 	Forel, 1891


 * Pheidole ensifera 	Forel, 1897


 * Pheidole flavens 	Roger, 1863


 * Pheidole grallatrix 	Emery, 1899


 * Pheidole longispinosa 	Forel, 1891


 * Pheidole lucida 	Forel, 1895


 * Pheidole madecassa 	Forel, 1892


 * Pheidole megacephala 	Fabricius, 1793


 * Pheidole nemoralis 	Forel, 1892


 * Pheidole oculata 	Emery, 1899


 * Pheidole oswaldi decollata 	Forel, 1892


 * Pheidole picata bernhardae 	Emery, 1915


 * Pheidole punctulata punctulata 	Mayr, 1866


 * Pheidole sikorae litigiosa 	Forel, 1892


 * Pheidole veteratrix angustinoda 	Forel, 1892


 * Pheidole voeltzkowii 	Forel, 1894


 * Pilotrochus besmerus 	Brown, 1978


 * Plagiolepis alluaudi 	Emery, 1894


 * Plagiolepis exigua exigua 	Forel, 1894


 * Plagiolepis madecassa 	Forel, 1892


 * Platythyrea arthuri 	Forel, 1910


 * Platythyrea bicuspis 	Emery, 1899


 * Platythyrea mocquerysi 	Emery, 1899


 * Prionopelta descarpentriesi 	Santschi, 1924


 * Proceratium diplopyx 	Brown, 1980


 * Proceratium google 	Fisher, 2005


 * Pyramica ambatrix 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica erynnes 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica fautrix 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica hathor 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica hoplites 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica khakaura 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica ludovici 	Forel, 1904


 * Pyramica mandibularis 	Szabó, 1909


 * Pyramica olsoni 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica serket 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica seti 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica symmetrix 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica tathula 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica victrix 	Bolton, 2000

S

 * Simopone emeryi 	Forel, 1892


 * Simopone grandidieri 	Forel, 1891


 * Simopone satagia 	Bolton, 1995


 * Solenopsis geminata 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Strumigenys abdera 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys actis 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys admixta 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys adsita 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys agetos 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys agra 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys alapa 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys alperti 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys ampyx 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys apios 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys balux 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys bathron 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys bibiolona 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys bola 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys cabira 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys carisa 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys carolinae 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys charino 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys chilo 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys chroa 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys coveri 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys covina 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys deverra 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys dexis 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys dicomas 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys diota 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys diux 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys dolabra 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys dora 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys doxa 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys ection 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys emmae 	Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys epulo 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys europs 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys fanano 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys finator 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys fronto 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys glycon 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys gorgon 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys grandidieri 	Forel, 1892


 * Strumigenys heliani 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys hilaris 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys inatos 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys ipsea 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys labaris 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys langrandi 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys levana 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys lexex 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys livens 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys luca 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys lucomo 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys lura 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys lutron 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys lysis 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys manga 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys micrans 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys milae 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys mola 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys nambao 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys norax 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys odacon 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys origo 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys peyrierasi 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys rabesoni 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys ravola 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys rogeri 	Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys rubigus 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys schuetzi 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys scotti 	Forel, 1912


 * Strumigenys sphera 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys sylvaini 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys tegar 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys toma 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys vazimba 	Fisher, 2000


 * Strumigenys wardi 	Fisher, 2000

T

 * Tapinoma melanocephalum 	Fabricius, 1793


 * Tapinoma subtile 	Santschi, 1911


 * Technomyrmex aberrans 	Santschi, 1911


 * Technomyrmex albipes 	Smith, F., 1861


 * Technomyrmex foreli 	Emery, 1893


 * Technomyrmex madecassus 	Forel, 1897


 * Technomyrmex mayri difficilis 	Forel, 1892


 * Terataner alluaudi 	Emery, 1895


 * Terataner foreli 	Emery, 1899


 * Terataner rufipes 	Emery, 1912


 * Terataner steinheili 	Forel, 1895


 * Terataner xaltus 	Bolton, 1981


 * Tetramorium andrei 	Forel, 1892


 * Tetramorium anodontion 	Bolton, 1979


 * Tetramorium bessonii 	Forel, 1891


 * Tetramorium bicarinatum 	Nylander, 1846


 * Tetramorium caldarium 	Roger, 1857


 * Tetramorium cognatum 	Bolton, 1979


 * Tetramorium coillum 	Bolton, 1979


 * Tetramorium degener 	Santschi, 1911


 * Tetramorium delagoense 	Forel, 1894


 * Tetramorium dysalum 	Bolton, 1979


 * Tetramorium electrum 	Bolton, 1979


 * Tetramorium ibycterum 	Bolton, 1979


 * Tetramorium isectum 	Bolton, 1979


 * Tetramorium kelleri 	Forel, 1887


 * Tetramorium latreillei 	Forel, 1895


 * Tetramorium marginatum 	Forel, 1895


 * Tetramorium naganum 	Bolton, 1979


 * Tetramorium pleganon 	Bolton, 1979


 * Tetramorium plesiarum 	Bolton, 1979


 * Tetramorium proximum 	Bolton, 1979


 * Tetramorium quadrispinosum 	Emery, 1886


 * Tetramorium quasirum 	Bolton, 1979


 * Tetramorium ranarum 	Forel, 1895


 * Tetramorium robustior 	Forel, 1892


 * Tetramorium schaufussii 	Forel, 1891


 * Tetramorium scytalum 	Bolton, 1979


 * Tetramorium sericeiventre 	Emery, 1877


 * Tetramorium severini 	Emery, 1895


 * Tetramorium sikorae 	Forel, 1892


 * Tetramorium simillimum 	Smith, F., 1851


 * Tetramorium steinheili 	Forel, 1892


 * Tetramorium tantillum 	Bolton, 1979


 * Tetramorium tosii 	Emery, 1899


 * Tetramorium xanthogaster 	Santschi, 1911


 * Tetramorium zenatum 	Bolton, 1979


 * Tetraponera arrogans 	Santschi, 1911


 * Tetraponera demens 	Santschi, 1911


 * Tetraponera diana 	Santschi, 1911


 * Tetraponera exasciata 	Forel, 1892


 * Tetraponera fictrix 	Forel, 1897


 * Tetraponera flexuosa 	Santschi, 1911


 * Tetraponera grandidieri 	Forel, 1891


 * Tetraponera hysterica dimidiata 	Forel, 1895


 * Tetraponera mandibularis 	Emery, 1895


 * Tetraponera morondaviensis 	Forel, 1891


 * Tetraponera perlonga 	Santschi, 1928


 * Tetraponera plicatidens 	Santschi, 1926


 * Tetraponera rakotonis 	Forel, 1891


 * Tetraponera sahlbergii deplanata 	Forel, 1904