Borneo

The following 457 valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Borneo. The island is divided among three countries: Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia. Approximately 73% of the island is Indonesian territory (Kalimantan). The Malaysian states of Sarawak and Sabah (East Malaysia), in the north, occupy about 26% of the island. The sovereign state of Brunei, located on the north coast, comprises about 1% of Borneo's land area.

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 Borneo ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Borneo Ants web page.

A

 * Acanthomyrmex careoscrobis Moffett, 1986


 * Acanthomyrmex concavus Moffett, 1986


 * Acanthomyrmex dusun Wheeler, W.M. 1919


 * Acanthomyrmex foveolatus Moffett, 1986


 * Acropyga acutiventris Roger, 1862


 * Acropyga ambigua Emery, 1922


 * Acropyga butteli Forel, 1912


 * Acropyga dubia Karavaiev, 1933


 * Acropyga hystrix LaPolla, 2004


 * Acropyga inezae Forel, 1912


 * Acropyga nipponensis Terayama, 1985


 * Acropyga oceanica Emery, 1900


 * Acropyga pallida (Donisthorpe, 1938)


 * Aenictus aratus Forel, 1900


 * Aenictus camposi Wheeler & Chapman, 1925


 * Aenictus ceylonicus (Mayr, 1866)


 * Aenictus chapmani Wilson, 1964


 * Aenictus cornutus Forel, 1900


 * Aenictus dentatus Forel, 1911


 * Aenictus gracilis Emery, 1893


 * Aenictus inflatus Yamane & Hashimoto, 1999


 * Aenictus javanus Emery, 1896


 * Aenictus laeviceps (Smith, F. 1857)


 * Aenictus latifemoratus Terayama & Yamane, 1989


 * Aenictus levior Shattuck, 2008


 * Aenictus minutulus Terayama & Yamane, 1989


 * Aenictus pfeifferi Zettel & Sorger, 2010


 * Aenictus punctiventris Emery, 1901


 * Aenictus silvestrii Wheeler, 1929


 * Amblyopone species


 * Anillomyrma tridens Bolton, 1987


 * Anochetus agilis Emery, 1901


 * Anochetus modicus Brown, 1978


 * Anomalomyrma taylori Bolton, 1990


 * Anoplolepis gracilipes (Smith, F. 1857)

B

 * Bregmatomyrma carnosa Wheeler, W.M. 1929

C

 * Calyptomyrmex asper Shattuck, 2011


 * Calyptomyrmex danum Shattuck, 2011


 * Calyptomyrmex loweryi Shattuck, 2011


 * Calyptomyrmex retrostriatus Shattuck, 2011


 * Calyptomyrmex ryderae Shattuck, 2011


 * Calyptomyrmex sabahensis Shattuck, 2011


 * Camponotus anguliceps  Stitz, 1938


 * Camponotus angusticollis sanguinolentus Forel, 1895


 * Camponotus arrogans (Smith, F. 1858)


 * Camponotus auriventris Emery, 1889


 * Camponotus autrani Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus badius (Smith, F. 1857)


 * Camponotus badius saginatus Stitz, 1925


 * Camponotus barbatus Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus barbatus samarus Santschi, 1932


 * Camponotus bedoti Emery, 1893


 * Camponotus bellus leucodiscus Wheeler, W.M. 1919


 * Camponotus bruneiensis Viehmeyer, 1922


 * Camponotus camelinus (Smith, F. 1857)


 * Camponotus carin Emery, 1889


 * Camponotus clerodendri (Emery, 1887)


 * Camponotus compressus (Fabricius, 1787)


 * Camponotus contractus Mayr, 1872


 * Camponotus cylindricus (Fabricius, 1798)


 * Camponotus dolichoderoides (Forel, 1911)


 * Camponotus dracocephalus Stitz, 1938


 * Camponotus exsectus Emery, 1900


 * Camponotus fasciatus (Mayr, 1867)


 * Camponotus fervidus Donisthorpe, 1857


 * Camponotus festinus (Smith, F. 1857)


 * Camponotus festinus cetegus Forel, 1911


 * Camponotus festinus eximius Emery, 1900


 * Camponotus gigas (Latreille, 1802)


 * Camponotus gigas borneensis Emery, 1887


 * Camponotus gilviceps Roger, 1857


 * Camponotus hosei Forel, 1911


 * Camponotus hosei mimus Forel, 1911


 * Camponotus hospes (Emery, 1884)


 * Camponotus hypoclineoides Wheeler, W.M. 1919


 * Camponotus inconspicuus Mayr, 1872


 * Camponotus irritabilis (Smith, F. 1857)


 * Camponotus irritabilis winkleri Forel, 1911


 * Camponotus irritans (Smith, F. 1857)


 * Camponotus irritans inferior  Emery, 1925


 * Camponotus irritans pallidus Smith, F. 1857


 * Camponotus leonardi Emery, 1889


 * Camponotus macarangae Dumpert, 1996


 * Camponotus maschwitzi Dumpert, 2006


 * Camponotus megalonyx Wheeler, W.M. 1919


 * Camponotus melanus Dumpert, 1995


 * Camponotus misturus (Smith, F. 1857)


 * Camponotus misturus fornaronis Forel, 1892


 * Camponotus moeschi Forel, 1910


 * Camponotus pressipes Emery, 1893


 * Camponotus quadrisectus (Smith, F. 1858)


 * Camponotus reticulatus Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus rufifemur Emery, 1900


 * Camponotus rufoglaucus (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Camponotus satan Wheeler, W.M. 1919


 * Camponotus saundersi Emery, 1889


 * Camponotus schmitzi Stärcke, 1933


 * Camponotus sedulus (Smith, F. 1857)


 * Camponotus setitibia Forel, 1901


 * Camponotus severini Forel, 1909


 * Camponotus singularis (Smith, F. 1858)


 * Camponotus singularis rufomaculatus Donisthorpe, 1941


 * Camponotus smithianus Wheeler, W.M. 1919


 * Camponotus spenceri Clark, 1896


 * Camponotus striatipes Dumpert, 1995


 * Camponotus strictus (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Camponotus sucki Forel, 1901


 * Camponotus tenuipes (Smith, F. 1857)


 * Camponotus variegatus stenonotus Stitz, 1938


 * Camponotus vigilans (Smith, F. 1858)


 * Camponotus vitiensis Mann, 1921


 * Camponotus vitreus (Smith, F. 1860)


 * Camponotus vitreus latinotus Stitz, 1925


 * Camponotus vitreus praerufus Emery, 1900


 * Cardiocondyla nana Seifert, 2003


 * Cataulacus horridus (Smith, F. 1857)


 * Cataulacus praetextus Smith, F. 1867


 * Cataulacus reticulatus Smith, F. 1857


 * Cerapachys antennatus Smith, F. 1857


 * Cerapachys bryanti Wheeler, W.M. 1919


 * Cerapachys crawleyi Wheeler, W.M. 1924


 * Cerapachys dohertyi Emery, 1902


 * Cerapachys doryloides Borowiec, 2009


 * Cerapachys hewitti (Wheeler, W.M. 1919)


 * Cerapachys kodecorum Brown, 1975


 * Cerapachys paradoxus Borowiec, 2009


 * Cerapachys pubescens (Emery, 1902)


 * Cerapachys suscitatus (Viehmeyer, 1913)


 * Chimaeridris burckhardti Wilson, 1989


 * Cladomyrma andrei (Emery, 1894)


 * Cladomyrma aurochaetae Agosti, Moog & Maschwitz, 1999


 * Cladomyrma crypteroniae Agosti, Moog & Maschwitz, 1999


 * Cladomyrma dianeae Agosti, Moog & Maschwitz, 1999


 * Cladomyrma hewitti Wheeler, W.M. 1910


 * Cladomyrma hobbyi Donisthorpe, 1937


 * Cladomyrma maryatiae Agosti, Moog & Maschwitz, 1999


 * Cladomyrma maschwitzi Agosti, 1991


 * Cladomyrma nudidorsalis Agosti, Moog & Maschwitz, 1999


 * Cladomyrma petalae Agosti, 1991


 * Cladomyrma yongi Agosti, Moog & Maschwitz, 1999


 * Crematogaster angulosa André, 1896


 * Crematogaster biformis André, 1892


 * Crematogaster borneensis André, 1896


 * Crematogaster borneensis capax Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster borneensis harpyia Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster borneensis hosei Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster borneensis insulsa Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster borneensis novem Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster borneensis symbia Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster brunnea Smith, F. 1857


 * Crematogaster captiosa Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster cephalotes Smith, F. 1857


 * Crematogaster coriaria Mayr, 1872


 * Crematogaster daisyi Forel, 1901


 * Crematogaster decamera Forel, 1910


 * Crematogaster egidyi spinozai


 * Crematogaster fraxatrix Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster innocens Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster macracantha Creighton, 1945


 * Crematogaster masukoi Hosoishi, Yamane & Ogata, 2010


 * Crematogaster myops Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster obscura Smith, F. 1857


 * Crematogaster rogenhoferi fictrix Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster sewardi Forel, 1901


 * Crematogaster subcircularis Mayr, 1879


 * Crematogaster tanakai Hosoishi & Ogata, 2009

D

 * Dacetinops cirrosus Taylor, 1985


 * Dacetinops concinnus Taylor, 1965


 * Dacetinops solivagus Taylor, 1985


 * Dacetinops wilsoni Taylor, 1985


 * Diacamma intricatum (Smith, F. 1857)


 * Diacamma intricatum kershawi Wheeler, W.M. 1919


 * Diacamma rugosum Le Guillou, 1842


 * Dilobocondyla borneensis Wheeler, W.M. 1916


 * Dolichoderus affinis Emery, 1889


 * Dolichoderus beccarii Emery, 1887


 * Dolichoderus coniger Mayr, 1870


 * Dolichoderus cuspidatus (Smith, F. 1857)


 * Dolichoderus indrapurensis Forel, 1912


 * Dolichoderus indrapurensis nigrogaster Viehmeyer 1922


 * Dolichoderus kinabaluensis Dill, 2002


 * Dolichoderus magnipastor Dill, 2002


 * Dolichoderus maschwitzi Dill, 2002


 * Dolichoderus pastorulus Dill, 2002


 * Dolichoderus patens Mayr, 1870


 * Dolichoderus pilinomas Dill, 2002


 * Dolichoderus semirugosus Mayr, 1870


 * Dolichoderus sulcaticeps Mayr, 1870


 * Dolichoderus taprobanae (Smith, F. 1858)


 * Dolichoderus taprobanae borneensis Forel, 1911


 * Dolichoderus thoracicus (Smith, F. 1860)


 * Dolichoderus thoracicus borneonensis Roger, 1863


 * Dolichoderus thoracicus rufescens Stitz, 1925


 * Dorylus laevigatus (Smith, F. 1857)


 * Dorylus orientalis Westwood, 1835

E

 * Echinopla densistriata Stitz, 1938


 * Echinopla lineata Mayr, 1862


 * Echinopla melanarctos Smith, F. 1857


 * Echinopla pallipes Smith, F. 1857


 * Echinopla rugosa André, 1892


 * Echinopla striata Smith, F. 1857


 * Echinopla tritschleri Forel, 1901


 * Euprenolepis echinata LaPolla, 2009


 * Euprenolepis maschwitzi LaPolla, 2009


 * Euprenolepis negrosensis (Wheeler, W.M. 1930)


 * Euprenolepis procera (Emery, 1900)


 * Euprenolepis thrix LaPolla, 2009


 * Euprenolepis variegata LaPolla, 2009


 * Euprenolepis zeta LaPolla, 2009


 * Eurhopalothrix browni Taylor, 1990


 * Eurhopalothrix coronata Taylor, 1990


 * Eurhopalothrix dubia Taylor, 1990


 * Eurhopalothrix elke Mezger & Pfeiffer, 2010


 * Eurhopalothrix jennya Taylor, 1990


 * Eurhopalothrix procera Emery, 1897


 * Eurhopalothrix rothschildi Taylor, 1990


 * Eurhopalothrix seguensis Taylor, 1990

F

 * Forelophilus overbecki Kutter, 1931

G

 * Gesomyrmex chaperi André, 1892


 * Gnamptogenys biloba Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys binghamii (Forel, 1900)


 * Gnamptogenys chapmani Brown, 1958


 * Gnamptogenys costata (Emery, 1889)


 * Gnamptogenys coxalis (Roger, 1860)


 * Gnamptogenys cribrata (Emery, 1900)


 * Gnamptogenys fontana Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys gabata Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys helisa Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys lacunosa Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys laevior (Forel, 1905)


 * Gnamptogenys leiolabia Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys menadensis (Mayr, 1887)


 * Gnamptogenys ortostoma Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys palamala Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys pertusa Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys posteropsis (Gregg, 1951)


 * Gnamptogenys rugodens Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys scalpta Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys sila Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys toronates Lattke, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys treta Lattke, 2004

H

 * Harpegnathos hobbyi Donisthorpe, 1937

I

 * Iridomyrmex anceps (Roger, 1863)


 * Ishakidris ascitaspis Bolton, 1984

L

 * Lasiomyrma gracilinoda
 * Lasiomyrma maryatiae
 * Lepisiota rothneyi sundaica
 * Leptogenys borneensis
 * Leptogenys chalybaea
 * Leptogenys diminuta
 * Leptogenys diminuta laeviceps
 * Leptogenys iridescens
 * Leptogenys iridescens currens
 * Leptogenys kitteli transiens
 * Leptogenys pompiloides
 * Leptogenys processionalis distinguenda
 * Lophomyrmex longicornis
 * Lordomyrma reticulata
 * Loweriella boltoni

M

 * Meranoplus borneensis
 * Meranoplus castaneus
 * Meranoplus montanus
 * Metapone hewitti
 * Metapone quadridentata
 * Monomorium brocha
 * Monomorium latinode
 * Myopias breviloba


 * Myopopone castanea (Smith, F. 1860)


 * Myrmica emeryi
 * Myrmicaria arachnoides


 * Myrmicaria arachnoides adpressipilosa Santschi, 1928


 * Myrmicaria arachnoides latinoda


 * Myrmicaria birmana Forel, 1902


 * Myrmicaria brunnea subcarinata
 * Myrmicaria carinata
 * Myrmicaria carinata gagatina
 * Myrmicaria melanogaster
 * Myrmoteras arcoelinae
 * Myrmoteras bakeri
 * Myrmoteras chondrogastrum
 * Myrmoteras diastematum
 * Myrmoteras donisthorpei
 * Myrmoteras iriodum
 * Myrmoteras mjoebergi
 * Myrmoteras tonboli


 * Mystrium camillae Emery, 1889

O

 * Odontoponera transversa nitens

P

 * Pachycondyla insularis brevior


 * Pachycondyla obscurans (Walker, 1859)


 * Pachycondyla obtusa
 * Pachycondyla sandakana
 * Pachycondyla tridentata
 * Pachycondyla tridentata debilior
 * Pachycondyla vidua
 * Paraparatrechina butteli bryanti
 * Paratopula ankistra
 * Paratopula demeta
 * Paratopula longispina
 * Paratopula macta
 * Paratopula oculata
 * Pheidole acantha
 * Pheidole angulicollis
 * Pheidole annexa
 * Pheidole aristotelis
 * Pheidole cariniceps
 * Pheidole cingulata
 * Pheidole clypeocornis
 * Pheidole comata
 * Pheidole deltea
 * Pheidole havilandi
 * Pheidole inornata
 * Pheidole kikutai
 * Pheidole lucioccipitalis
 * Pheidole manukana
 * Pheidole montana
 * Pheidole parvicorpus
 * Pheidole planidorsum
 * Pheidole plinii
 * Pheidole poringensis
 * Pheidole quinata
 * Pheidole retivertex
 * Pheidole rugifera
 * Pheidole sabahna
 * Pheidole sarawakana
 * Pheidole sayapensis
 * Pheidole schoedli
 * Pheidole spinicornis
 * Pheidole submonticola
 * Pheidole tawauensis
 * Pheidole tenebricosa


 * Philidris cordata protensa (Forel, 1911)


 * Philidris myrmecodiae (Emery, 1887)


 * Polyrhachis achterbergi
 * Polyrhachis acuminata
 * Polyrhachis arcuata
 * Polyrhachis aspasia
 * Polyrhachis banghaasi
 * Polyrhachis beccarii
 * Polyrhachis bicolor aurinasis
 * Polyrhachis bruehli
 * Polyrhachis castaneiventris
 * Polyrhachis constructor


 * Polyrhachis craddocki Bingham, 1903


 * Polyrhachis cybele
 * Polyrhachis danum
 * Polyrhachis daphne
 * Polyrhachis diotima
 * Polyrhachis equina


 * Polyrhachis frauenfeldi sanguinea Forel, 1911


 * Polyrhachis gestroi Emery, 1900


 * Polyrhachis hashimotoi
 * Polyrhachis hosei
 * Polyrhachis lepida
 * Polyrhachis lugens
 * Polyrhachis maryatiae
 * Polyrhachis montana
 * Polyrhachis murina
 * Polyrhachis nigropilosa
 * Polyrhachis nitida


 * Polyrhachis ochracea Karavaiev, 1927


 * Polyrhachis oedacantha
 * Polyrhachis personata
 * Polyrhachis platynota
 * Polyrhachis pruinosa
 * Polyrhachis reidi
 * Polyrhachis ruficornis
 * Polyrhachis rufipes
 * Polyrhachis sukarmani
 * Polyrhachis sulang


 * Polyrhachis sumatrensis Smith, F. 1858


 * Polyrhachis triaena


 * Polyrhachis tubifex Karavaiev, 1926


 * Polyrhachis villipes
 * Polyrhachis vindex
 * Polyrhachis widodoi
 * Ponera borneensis


 * Prionopelta kraepelini Forel, 1905


 * Pristomyrmex modestus
 * Pristomyrmex occultus
 * Pristomyrmex profundus
 * Pristomyrmex trachylissus
 * Probolomyrmex maryatiae
 * Proceratium angulinode
 * Proceratium banjaranense
 * Proceratium dayak
 * Proceratium deelemani
 * Proceratium dusun
 * Proceratium foveolatum
 * Proceratium microsculptum
 * Proceratium striativenter
 * Pseudolasius leopoldi
 * Pseudolasius mayri sarawakanus
 * Pyramica acheron
 * Pyramica aello
 * Pyramica bubisnoda
 * Pyramica clotho
 * Pyramica daspleta
 * Pyramica deinognatha
 * Pyramica disjuncta
 * Pyramica dyschima
 * Pyramica euryale
 * Pyramica kempfi
 * Pyramica medusa
 * Pyramica megaera
 * Pyramica mnemosyne
 * Pyramica ocypete
 * Pyramica runa
 * Pyramica theia

R

 * Recurvidris browni
 * Rotastruma recava

S

 * Secostruma lethifera
 * Strumigenys aechme
 * Strumigenys akalles
 * Strumigenys amasara
 * Strumigenys arrogantia
 * Strumigenys baal
 * Strumigenys baladria
 * Strumigenys blanda
 * Strumigenys bryanti
 * Strumigenys chorosa
 * Strumigenys cygarix
 * Strumigenys diasphax
 * Strumigenys dromica
 * Strumigenys dyak
 * Strumigenys eumekes
 * Strumigenys forficata
 * Strumigenys fuarda
 * Strumigenys gloriosa
 * Strumigenys gyrogenys
 * Strumigenys halpas
 * Strumigenys hastur
 * Strumigenys hekate
 * Strumigenys ignota
 * Strumigenys indagatrix
 * Strumigenys kapryx
 * Strumigenys lebratyx
 * Strumigenys leptorhina
 * Strumigenys liophila
 * Strumigenys macerina
 * Strumigenys mjoebergi
 * Strumigenys mododonta
 * Strumigenys morphica
 * Strumigenys naberia
 * Strumigenys natynion
 * Strumigenys ochosa
 * Strumigenys offina
 * Strumigenys perturba
 * Strumigenys pliocera
 * Strumigenys propinqua
 * Strumigenys rhadina
 * Strumigenys rofocala


 * Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys rotogenys
 * Strumigenys seynoka
 * Strumigenys strenosa
 * Strumigenys sublaminata
 * Strumigenys superba
 * Strumigenys sytaria
 * Strumigenys tadynastes
 * Strumigenys taraxis
 * Strumigenys tomodonta
 * Strumigenys treptodens
 * Strumigenys trixodens
 * Strumigenys ulteria
 * Strumigenys vertigosa
 * Strumigenys vindala
 * Strumigenys zagan

T

 * Tapinoma flavidum Andre, 1892


 * Tapinoma indicum Forel, 1895


 * Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Technomyrmex albipes (Smith, F. 1861)


 * Technomyrmex brunneus Forel, 1895


 * Technomyrmex butteli Forel, 1913


 * Technomyrmex certus Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex difficilis Forel, 1892


 * Technomyrmex elatior Forel, 1902


 * Technomyrmex fornax Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex gaudens Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex grandis Emery, 1887


 * Technomyrmex horni Forel, 1912


 * Technomyrmex horrens Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex impressus Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex kraepilini Forel, 1905


 * Technomyrmex lisae Forel, 1913


 * Technomyrmex mandibularis Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex modiglianii Emery, 1900


 * Technomyrmex pratensis (Smith, F. 1860)


 * Technomyrmex reductus Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex rotundiceps Karavaiev, 1926


 * Technomyrmex schimmeri Viehmeyer, 1916


 * Technomyrmex strenuus Mayr, 1872


 * Technomyrmex subgracilis Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex sundaicus (Emery, 1900)


 * Technomyrmex tatius Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex textor Forel, 1909


 * Technomyrmex vitiensis Mann, 1921


 * Technomyrmex wheeleri (Emery, 1909)


 * Tetheamyrma subspongia
 * Tetramorium adelphon
 * Tetramorium chepocha
 * Tetramorium flagellatum


 * Tetramorium lucyae Sorger, 2011


 * Tetramorium ocothrum
 * Tetramorium palaense
 * Tetramorium parvispinum
 * Tetramorium scabrum
 * Tetramorium tylinum
 * Tetraponera apiculata
 * Tetraponera attenuata
 * Tetraponera bita
 * Tetraponera buops
 * Tetraponera conica
 * Tetraponera inversinodis
 * Tetraponera nodosa
 * Tetraponera pilosa
 * Tetraponera polita

V

 * Vollenhovia banksi kuchingensis
 * Vollenhovia hewitti
 * Vollenhovia oblonga rufescens
 * Vollenhovia penetrans
 * Vollenhovia rufiventris
 * Vombisidris dryas
 * Vombisidris harpeza
 * Vombisidris regina
 * Vombisidris xylochos