French Guiana



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

The following 288 valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in French Guiana. 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 French Guiana ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the French Guiana Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

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Acromyrmex (A.) coronatus globoculis	Kempf, 1972 Acromyrmex (A.) hystrix hystrix	Latreille, 1802 Acromyrmex (A.) octospinosus octospinosus	Reich, 1793 Anochetus bispinosus 	Smith, F., 1858 Anochetus emarginatus 	Fabricius, 1804 Anochetus mayri 	Emery, 1884 Anochetus simoni 	Emery, 1890 Apterostigma auriculatum 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925 Apterostigma robustum 	Emery, 1896 Apterostigma urichii 	Forel, 1893 Apterostigma wasmannii 	Forel, 1892 Atta cephalotes 	Linnaeus, 1758 Atta laevigata 	Smith, F., 1858 Atta sexdens 	Linnaeus, 1758 Azteca chartifex laticeps	Forel, 1899 Azteca constructor 	Emery, 1896 Azteca delpini delpini	Emery, 1893 Azteca instabilis instabilis	Smith, F., 1862 Azteca instabilis major	Forel, 1899 Azteca jelskii 	Emery, 1893 Azteca schimperi 	Emery, 1893 Azteca sericea 	Mayr, 1866 Azteca trailii trailii	Emery, 1893 Azteca trigona mediops	Forel, 1904 Azteca trigona subdentata	Forel, 1904 Azteca trigona trigona	Emery, 1893 Azteca ulei cordiae	Forel, 1904 Azteca velox velox	Forel, 1899
 * Acanthostichus brevicornis Emery, 1894

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Brachymyrmex brevicornis 	Emery, 1906 Brachymyrmex cordemoyi cordemoyi	Forel, 1895 Brachymyrmex heeri heeri	Forel, 1874
 * Basiceros singularis Smith, F., 1858

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Camponotus (Dendromyrmex) nidulans 	Smith, F., 1860 Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) blandus blandus	Smith, F., 1858 Camponotus (M.) fastigatus fastigatus	Roger, 1863 Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) leydigi 	Forel, 1886 Camponotus (M.) novogranadensis novogranadensis	Mayr, 1870 Camponotus (M.) sericeiventris sericeiventris	Guérin-Méneville, 1838 Camponotus (Myrmeurynota) linnaei maccus	Wheeler, W.M., 1934 Camponotus (M.) auricomus auricomus	Roger, 1862 Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) beebei 	Wheeler, W.M., 1918 Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) zoc 	Forel, 1879 Camponotus (Myrmocladoecus) bidens bidens	Mayr, 1870 Camponotus (Myrmocladoecus) latangulus 	Roger, 1863 Camponotus (M.) rectangularis rectangularis	Emery, 1890 Camponotus (M.) rectangularis setipes	Forel, 1904 Camponotus (Myrmoplatypus) mocsaryi 	Forel, 1902 Camponotus (Myrmoplatypus) platytarsus 	Roger, 1863 Camponotus (Myrmoplatypus) plutus 	Santschi, 1922 Camponotus (M.) sexguttatus sexguttatus	Fabricius, 1793 Camponotus (Myrmothrix) atriceps atriceps	Smith, F., 1858 Camponotus (Myrmothrix) femoratus 	Fabricius, 1804 Camponotus (Myrmothrix) renggeri 	Emery, 1894 Camponotus (Myrmothrix) rufipes 	Fabricius, 1775 Camponotus (Pseudocolobopsis) geayi 	Santschi, 1922 Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) ager 	Smith, F., 1858 Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) casicus 	Santschi, 1920 Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) fasciatellus 	Dalla Torre, 1892 Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) flavescens 	Fabricius, 1793 Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) indicatus 	Santschi, 1922 Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) picipes picipes	Olivier, 1792 Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) rapax 	Fabricius, 1804 Camponotus (T.) simillimus simillimus	Smith, F., 1862 Camponotus (T.) substitutus substitutus	Emery, 1894 Carebara bicarinata 	Santschi, 1912 Carebara mayri 	Forel, 1901 Cephalotes atratus 	Linnaeus, 1758 Cephalotes clypeatus 	Fabricius, 1804 Cephalotes complanatus 	Guérin-Méneville, 1844 Cephalotes cordatus 	Smith, F., 1853 Cephalotes marginatus 	Fabricius, 1804 Cephalotes opacus 	Santschi, 1920 Cephalotes pallens 	Klug, 1824 Cephalotes pavonii 	Latreille, 1809 Cephalotes pusillus 	Klug, 1824 Cephalotes simillimus 	Kempf, 1951 Cephalotes spinosus 	Mayr, 1862 Cephalotes umbraculatus 	Fabricius, 1804 Cheliomyrmex megalonyx 	Wheeler, W.M., 1921 Cheliomyrmex morosus 	Smith, F., 1859 Crematogaster (C.) levior 	Longino, 2003 Crematogaster (O.) abstinens abstinens	Forel, 1899 Crematogaster (Orthocrema) crinosa 	Mayr, 1862 Crematogaster (O.) curvispinosa curvispinosa	Mayr, 1862 Crematogaster (Orthocrema) delitescens 	Wheeler, W.M., 1921 Crematogaster (Orthocrema) erecta 	Mayr, 1866 Crematogaster (O.) longispina longispina	Emery, 1890 Crematogaster (O.) quadriformis quadriformis	Roger, 1863 Cylindromyrmex striatus 	Mayr, 1870 Cyphomyrmex bigibbosus 	Emery, 1894 Cyphomyrmex faunulus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925 Cyphomyrmex laevigatus 	Weber, 1938 Cyphomyrmex minutus 	Mayr, 1862 Cyphomyrmex rimosus 	Spinola, 1851
 * Camponotus chartifex Smith, F., 1860

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Discothyrea denticulata 	Weber, 1939 Dolichoderus attelaboides 	Fabricius, 1775 Dolichoderus bidens 	Linnaeus, 1758 Dolichoderus bispinosus 	Olivier, 1792 Dolichoderus debilis 	Emery, 1890 Dolichoderus decollatus 	Smith, F., 1858 Dolichoderus gagates 	Emery, 1890 Dolichoderus lamellosus 	Mayr, 1870 Dolichoderus laminatus 	Mayr, 1870 Dolichoderus lugens 	Emery, 1894 Dolichoderus lutosus 	Smith, F., 1858 Dolichoderus mucronifer 	Roger, 1862 Dolichoderus rugosus 	Smith, F., 1858 Dolichoderus septemspinosus 	Emery, 1894 Dolichoderus spurius 	Forel, 1903 Dorymyrmex brunneus 	Forel, 1908 Dorymyrmex pyramicus guyanensis	Santschi, 1922 Dorymyrmex pyramicus pyramicus	Roger, 1863
 * Daceton armigerum Latreille, 1802

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Eciton drepanophorum 	Smith, F., 1858 Eciton hamatum 	Fabricius, 1782 Eciton mexicanum latidens	Santschi, 1911 Eciton mexicanum moralum	Santschi, 1923 Eciton vagans vagans	Olivier, 1792 Ectatomma brunneum 	Smith, F., 1858 Ectatomma edentatum 	Roger, 1863 Ectatomma lugens 	Emery, 1894 Ectatomma ruidum 	Roger, 1860 Ectatomma tuberculatum 	Olivier, 1792 Eurhopalothrix bolaui 	Mayr, 1870
 * Eciton burchellii subsp. cupiens Santschi, 1923

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Gnamptogenys acuminata 	Emery, 1896 Gnamptogenys annulata 	Mayr, 1887 Gnamptogenys gracilis 	Santschi, 1929 Gnamptogenys horni 	Santschi, 1929 Gnamptogenys minuta 	Emery, 1896 Gnamptogenys mordax 	Smith, F., 1858 Gnamptogenys regularis 	Mayr, 1870 Gnamptogenys striatula 	Mayr, 1884 Gnamptogenys strigata 	Norton, 1868 Gnamptogenys sulcata 	Smith, F., 1858 Gnamptogenys tortuolosa 	Smith, F., 1858 Gnamptogenys triangularis 	Mayr, 1887
 * Gigantiops destructor Fabricius, 1804

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Hylomyrma blandiens 	Kempf, 1961 Hylomyrma longiscapa 	Kempf, 1961
 * Heteroponera georgesi Perrault, 1999

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Labidus coecus 	Latreille, 1802 Labidus truncatidens 	Santschi, 1920 Leptogenys arcuata arcuata	Roger, 1861 Leptogenys dasygyna 	Wheeler, W.M., 1923 Leptogenys gaigei defuga	Wheeler, W.M., 1923 Leptogenys gaigei gaigei	Wheeler, W.M., 1923 Leptogenys langi 	Wheeler, W.M., 1923 Leptogenys u. unistimulosa	Roger, 1863 Linepithema iniquum nigellum	Emery, 1890
 * Labidus auropubens Santschi, 1920

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Megalomyrmex drifti 	Kempf, 1961 Megalomyrmex emeryi 	Forel, 1904 Megalomyrmex leoninus 	Forel, 1885 Megalomyrmex silvestrii 	Wheeler, W.M., 1909 Monomorium floricola floricola	Jerdon, 1851 Monomorium pharaonis 	Linnaeus, 1758 Mycetophylax conformis 	Mayr, 1884 Mycocepurus smithii 	Forel, 1893 Myrmelachista guyanensis 	Wheeler, W.M., 1934 Myrmicocrypta buenzlii 	Borgmeier, 1934 Myrmicocrypta squamosa uncinata	Mayr, 1887
 * Megalomyrmex bituberculatus Fabricius, 1798

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Neivamyrmex bohlsi 	Emery, 1896 Neivamyrmex emersoni 	Wheeler, W.M., 1921 Neivamyrmex falcifer 	Emery, 1900 Neivamyrmex gibbatus 	Borgmeier, 1953 Neivamyrmex guerinii 	Shuckard, 1840 Neivamyrmex guyanensis 	Santschi, 1916 Neivamyrmex halidaii 	Shuckard, 1840 Neivamyrmex iridescens 	Borgmeier, 1950 Neivamyrmex maxillosus 	Emery, 1900 Neivamyrmex megathrix 	Kempf, 1961 Neivamyrmex pilosus beebei	Wheeler, W.M., 1921 Neivamyrmex postangustatus 	Borgmeier, 1934 Neivamyrmex punctaticeps 	Emery, 1894 Neivamyrmex walkerii 	Westwood, 1842 Nesomyrmex anduzei 	Weber, 1943 Nesomyrmex echinatinodis 	Forel, 1886 Nesomyrmex pleuriticus 	Kempf, 1959 Nesomyrmex rutilans 	Kempf, 1958 Nesomyrmex spininodis 	Mayr, 1887 Nomamyrmex esenbeckii esenbeckii	Westwood, 1842 Nomamyrmex hartigii 	Westwood, 1842
 * Neivamyrmex angustinodis Emery, 1888

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Ochetomyrmex semipolitus 	Mayr, 1878 Octostruma balzani 	Emery, 1894 Octostruma batesi 	Emery, 1894 Octostruma betschi 	Perrault, 1988 Odontomachus biumbonatus 	Brown, 1976 Odontomachus caelatus 	Brown, 1976 Odontomachus chelifer 	Latreille, 1802 Odontomachus haematodus 	Linnaeus, 1758 Odontomachus hastatus 	Fabricius, 1804 Odontomachus laticeps 	Roger, 1861 Odontomachus mayi 	Mann, 1912 Odontomachus scalptus 	Brown, 1978
 * Ochetomyrmex neopolitus Fernández, 2003

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Pachycondyla arhuaca 	Forel, 1901 Pachycondyla commutata 	Roger, 1860 Pachycondyla constricta 	Mayr, 1884 Pachycondyla crassinoda 	Latreille, 1802 Pachycondyla crenata 	Roger, 1861 Pachycondyla foetida 	Linnaeus, 1758 Pachycondyla harpax 	Fabricius, 1804 Pachycondyla holmgreni 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925 Pachycondyla impressa 	Roger, 1861 Pachycondyla laevigata 	Smith, F., 1858 Pachycondyla lydiae 	Santschi, 1920 Pachycondyla obscuricornis 	Emery, 1890 Pachycondyla procidua 	Emery, 1890 Pachycondyla stigma stigma	Fabricius, 1804 Pachycondyla unidentata unidentata	Mayr, 1862 Pachycondyla villosa 	Fabricius, 1804 Paraponera clavata 	Fabricius, 1775 Paratrechina caeciliae caeciliae	Forel, 1899 Paratrechina fulva fulva	Mayr, 1862 Paratrechina lietzi 	Forel, 1908 Paratrechina l. longicornis	Latreille, 1802 Pheidole astur 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole exigua 	Mayr, 1884 Pheidole fimbriata 	Roger, 1863 Pheidole jelskii 	Mayr, 1884 Pheidole megacephala megacephala	Fabricius, 1793 Pheidole minutula minutula	Mayr, 1878 Pheidole moffetti 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole radoszkowskii 	Mayr, 1884 Pheidole severini 	Forel, 1904 Pheidole socrates 	Forel, 1912 Pheidole subarmata 	Mayr, 1884 Pheidole tachigaliae 	Wheeler, W.M., 1921 Pheidole tristicula 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole vafra 	Santschi, 1923 Platythyrea angusta 	Forel, 1901 Platythyrea punctata 	Smith, F., 1858 Platythyrea sinuata 	Roger, 1860 Prionopelta antillana 	Forel, 1909 Procryptocerus attenuatus 	Smith, F., 1876 Pseudomyrmex alternans 	Santschi, 1936 Pseudomyrmex concolor 	Smith, F., 1860 Pseudomyrmex curacaensis 	Forel, 1912 Pseudomyrmex e. elongatulus	Dalla Torre, 1892 Pseudomyrmex elongatus 	Mayr, 1870 Pseudomyrmex faber 	Smith, F., 1858 Pseudomyrmex filiformis 	Fabricius, 1804 Pseudomyrmex gracilis gracilis	Fabricius, 1804 Pseudomyrmex laevigatus 	Smith, F., 1877 Pseudomyrmex malignus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1921 Pseudomyrmex nigrocinctus 	Emery, 1890 Pseudomyrmex oculatus 	Smith, F., 1855 Pseudomyrmex spiculus 	Ward, 1989 Pseudomyrmex tenuis 	Fabricius, 1804 Pseudomyrmex tenuissimus 	Emery, 1906 Pseudomyrmex termitarius 	Smith, F., 1855 Pseudomyrmex triplaridis 	Forel, 1904 Pseudomyrmex unicolor 	Smith, F., 1855 Pseudomyrmex urbanus 	Smith, F., 1877 Pseudomyrmex viduus 	Smith, F., 1858 Pyramica auctidens 	Bolton, 2000 Pyramica denticulata 	Mayr, 1887 Pyramica glenognatha 	Bolton, 2000 Pyramica subedentata 	Mayr, 1887 Pyramica villiersi 	Perrault, 1986
 * Pachycondyla apicalis Latreille, 1802

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 * Rogeria blanda Smith, F., 1858


 * Rogeria micromma Kempf, 1961

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Solenopsis altinodis 	Forel, 1912 Solenopsis brevicornis brevicornis	Emery, 1888 Solenopsis corticalis amazonensis	Forel, 1904 Solenopsis geminata geminata	Fabricius, 1804 Solenopsis minutissima 	Emery, 1906 Solenopsis saevissima saevissima	Smith, F., 1855 Solenopsis sulfurea 	Roger, 1862 Strumigenys tococae 	Wheeler, W.M. & Bequaert, 1929
 * Sericomyrmex lutzi Wheeler, W.M., 1916

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Trachymyrmex bugnioni 	Forel, 1912 Trachymyrmex cornetzi 	Forel, 1912 Trachymyrmex diversus 	Mann, 1916 Trachymyrmex relictus 	Borgmeier, 1934 Trachymyrmex urichii 	Forel, 1893 Typhlomyrmex clavicornis 	Emery, 1906 Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi 	Mayr, 1862
 * Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793

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 * Wasmannia auropunctata Roger, 1863


 * Wasmannia rochai Forel, 1912


 * Wasmannia sigmoidea Mayr, 1884