Checklist of Myrmicaria species

The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Myrmicaria. Synonyms are listed under their senior names. For valid names only see Myrmicaria species and for distribution information see Myrmicaria species by Country.

A
anomala Arnold, 1960 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

aphidicola Calilung, 2000 (Philippines)

arachnoides (Smith, F., 1857) (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)

• Heptacondylus longipes Smith, F., 1858

arachnoides adpressipilosa Santschi, 1928 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)

arachnoides latinoda Stitz, 1938 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)

arachnoides lutea Emery, 1900 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)

arachnoides luteiventris Emery, 1900 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)

arnoldi Santschi, 1925 (Zimbabwe)

B
basutorum Arnold, 1960 (Lesotho, Zimbabwe)

baumi Forel, 1901 (Angola, Botswana, Ivory Coast, Namibia, Sierra Leone)

baumi occidentalis Santschi, 1920 (Ivory Coast)

birmana Forel, 1902 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand)

brunnea Saunders, W.W., 1842 (Bangladesh, China, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam)

brunnea flava Forel, 1913 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)

brunnea subcarinata (Smith, F., 1857) (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines)

• Physatta gibbosa Smith, F., 1858

C
carinata (Smith, F., 1857) (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)

• Physatta dromedarius Smith, F., 1857

carinata gagatina Wheeler, W.M., 1919 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)

carinata jacobsoni Stärcke, 1938 (Indonesia)

castanea Crawley, 1924 (Indonesia)

D
distincta Santschi, 1925 (Kenya)

distincta abyssinica Santschi, 1925 (Ethiopia)

distincta vorax Santschi, 1933 (Uganda)

E
exigua André, 1890 (Central African Republic, Sierra Leone)

exigua gracilis Stitz, 1910 (Cameroun)

exigua kisangani Wheeler, W.M., 1922 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

exigua obscura Santschi, 1920 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

exigua pulla Santschi, 1920 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

exigua rufiventris Forel, 1915 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

exigua simplex Stitz, 1925 (Cameroun)

F
faurei Arnold, 1947 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

fodiens (Jerdon, 1851) (India)

• Physatta crinita Smith, F., 1858

foreli Santschi, 1925 (South Africa)

foreli pallida Arnold, 1925 (South Africa)

fumata Santschi, 1916 (Gambia, Ivory Coast)

• Myrmicaria nitida brunnea Santschi, 1915

fumata linearis Santschi, 1925 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

fusca Stitz, 1911 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, South Africa)

fusca consanguinea Santschi, 1925 (Kenya)

fusca nigerrima Arnold, 1916 (Zimbabwe)

I
irregularis Santschi, 1925 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique)

L
laevior Forel, 1910 (South Africa)

M
melanogaster Emery, 1900 (Borneo, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia)

N
natalensis (Smith, F., 1858) (Guinea, Ivory Coast, Namibia, South Africa, Uganda)

• Heptacondylus sulcatus Mayr, 1862

natalensis eumenoides (Gerstäcker, 1859) (Kenya, Mozambique, Zimbabwe)

natalensis navicula Santschi, 1925 (United Republic of Tanzania)

natalensis nigriventris Santschi, 1930 (Angola)

natalensis obscuriceps Santschi, 1937 (South Africa)

natalensis taeniata Santschi, 1930 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

natalensis verticalis Santschi, 1920 (Zimbabwe)

nigra (Mayr, 1862) (South Africa)

O
opaciventris Emery, 1893 (Angola, Kenya, Uganda)

opaciventris congolensis Forel, 1909 (Cameroun, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya)

• Myrmicaria nitida Stitz, 1910

opaciventris crucheti Santschi, 1925 (Angola)

opaciventris mesonotalis Santschi, 1925 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

opaciventris obscuripes Santschi, 1937 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

R
reichenspergeri Santschi, 1925 (United Republic of Tanzania)

rhodesiae Arnold, 1958 (Zimbabwe)

rugosa (Smith, F., 1860) (Indonesia)

rustica Santschi, 1925 (United Republic of Tanzania)

rustica angustior Santschi, 1925 (United Republic of Tanzania)

S
salambo Wheeler, W.M., 1922 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

striata Stitz, 1911 (United Republic of Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

striata buttgenbachi Forel, 1913 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

striata insularis Santschi, 1920 (São Tomé & Principe)

striata pilosa Arnold, 1926 (Mozambique)

striatula Santschi, 1925 (United Republic of Tanzania)

T
tigreensis (Guérin-Méneville, 1849) (Ethiopia)

V
vidua Smith, F., 1858 (China, Indonesia, Vietnam)