Eritrea



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

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

A

 * Acropyga silvestrii Emery, 1915


 * Aenictus eugenii caroli Forel, 1910


 * Aenictus fuscovarius Gerstacker, 1859


 * Aenictus fuscovarius laetior Forel, 1910


 * Aenictus hamifer Emery, 1896


 * Anochetus sedilloti Emery, 1884


 * Anochetus traegaordhi Mayr, 1904

C

 * Calyptomyrmex foreli Emery, 1915


 * Camponotus acvapimensis Mayr, 1862


 * Camponotus aegyptiacus (Emery, 1878)


 * Camponotus carbo Emery, 1877


 * Camponotus cinctellus (Gerstacker, 1859)


 * Camponotus diplopunctatus Emery, 1915


 * Camponotus fellah Dalla Torre, 1893


 * Camponotus flavomarginatus Mayr, 1862


 * Camponotus galla Forel, 1894


 * Camponotus maculatus (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Camponotus puberulus Emery, 1897


 * Camponotus robecchii Emery, 1892


 * Camponotus sericeus (Fabricius, 1798)


 * Camponotus somalinus Andre, 1887


 * Camponotus vistitus intuens Santschi, 1926


 * Carebara vidua Smith, F., 1858


 * Cataglyphis abyssinicus (Forel, 1904)


 * Cataglyphis bicolor (Fabricius, 1793)

D

 * Dorylus aethiopicus Emery, 1895


 * Dorylus affinis aegyptiacus Mayr, 1865


 * Dorylus affinis loewyi Forel, 1907


 * Dorylus fulvus eurous Emery, 1915

L

 * Lepisiota capensis (Mayr, 1862)


 * Lepisiota erythraea (Forel, 1910)


 * Lepisiota gracilicornis (Forel, 1892)


 * Lepisiota obtusa (Emery, 1901)


 * Leptogenys erythraea Emery, 1902

P

 * Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)


 * Pheidole sinaitica Mayr, 1862


 * Pheidole speculifera Emery, 1877


 * Pheidole speculifera ascara Emery, 1901


 * Plagiolepis abyssinica Forel, 1894


 * Plagiolepis brunni nilotica Mayr, 1904


 * Polyrhachis viscosa Smith, F., 1858

T

 * Tapinolepis tumidula (Emery, 1915)