Argentina



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

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

D
Dinoponera australis australis	Emery, 1901 Discothyrea neotropica 	Bruch, 1919 Dolichoderus lamellosus 	Mayr, 1870 Dorymyrmex alboniger 	Forel, 1914 Dorymyrmex antarcticus 	Forel, 1904 Dorymyrmex baeri 	André, 1903 Dorymyrmex bituber bituber	Santschi, 1916 Dorymyrmex bituber laticeps	Santschi, 1919 Dorymyrmex breviscapis alvarezi	Santschi, 1922 Dorymyrmex breviscapis breviscapis	Forel, 1912 Dorymyrmex breviscapis elongatulus	Santschi, 1919 Dorymyrmex breviscapis speculiceps	Santschi, 1922 Dorymyrmex bruchi bruchi	Forel, 1912 Dorymyrmex brunneus 	Forel, 1908 Dorymyrmex carettei 	Forel, 1913 Dorymyrmex caretteoides 	Forel, 1914 Dorymyrmex confusus 	Kusnezov, 1952 Dorymyrmex coniculus 	Santschi, 1922 Dorymyrmex ebeninus 	Forel, 1914 Dorymyrmex ensifer ensifer	Forel, 1912 Dorymyrmex ensifer laevigatus	Gallardo, 1916 Dorymyrmex ensifer weiseri	Santschi, 1922 Dorymyrmex exsanguis anaemicus	Santschi, 1922 Dorymyrmex exsanguis carbonarius	Forel, 1913 Dorymyrmex exsanguis exsanguis	Forel, 1912 Dorymyrmex exsanguis sordidus	Santschi, 1919 Dorymyrmex flavescens flavescens	Mayr, 1866 Dorymyrmex flavescens jactans	Santschi, 1916 Dorymyrmex flavescens mandibularis	Santschi, 1925 Dorymyrmex fusculus 	Santschi, 1922 Dorymyrmex joergenseni 	Bruch, 1917 Dorymyrmex minutus 	Emery, 1895 Dorymyrmex morenoi morenoi	Bruch, 1921 Dorymyrmex morenoi patagon	Santschi, 1922 Dorymyrmex planidens 	Mayr, 1868 Dorymyrmex pulchellus 	Santschi, 1922 Dorymyrmex pyramicus garbei	Forel, 1911 Dorymyrmex pyramicus nigriventris	Santschi, 1922 Dorymyrmex pyramicus pyramicus	Roger, 1863 Dorymyrmex richteri 	Forel, 1911 Dorymyrmex santschii 	Gallardo, 1917 Dorymyrmex silvestrii 	Gallardo, 1916 Dorymyrmex spurius 	Santschi, 1929 Dorymyrmex steigeri platensis	Gallardo, 1916 Dorymyrmex steigeri steigeri	Santschi, 1912 Dorymyrmex tener donisthorpei	Santschi, 1936 Dorymyrmex tener tener	Mayr, 1868 Dorymyrmex thoracicus gracilis	Santschi, 1920 Dorymyrmex thoracicus thoracicus	Gallardo, 1916 Dorymyrmex thoracicus tigris	Santschi, 1925 Dorymyrmex wolffhuegeli 	Forel, 1911

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Eciton dulcium dulcium	Forel, 1912 Eciton mexicanum argentinum	Borgmeier, 1955 Eciton mexicanum mexicanum	Roger, 1863 Eciton quadriglume 	Haliday, 1836 Ectatomma brunneum 	Smith, F., 1858 Ectatomma edentatum 	Roger, 1863 Ectatomma opaciventre 	Roger, 1861 Ectatomma permagnum 	Forel, 1908 Ectatomma tuberculatum 	Olivier, 1792 Eurhopalothrix bruchi 	Santschi, 1922

F
Forelius albiventris 	Forel, 1912 Forelius andinus 	Kusnezov, 1957 Forelius brasiliensis 	Forel, 1908 Forelius breviscapus 	Forel, 1914 Forelius chalybaeus 	Emery, 1906 Forelius grandis 	Forel, 1912 Forelius lilloi 	Cuezzo, 2000 Forelius macrops 	Kusnezov, 1957 Forelius nigriventris 	Forel, 1912 Forelius pusillus 	Santschi, 1922 Forelius rubriceps 	Gallardo, 1916 Forelius rufus 	Gallardo, 1916

G
Gnamptogenys bruchi 	Santschi, 1922 Gnamptogenys mordax 	Smith, F., 1858 Gnamptogenys nana 	Kempf, 1960 Gnamptogenys striatula 	Mayr, 1884 Gnamptogenys triangularis 	Mayr, 1887

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Heteroponera dolo 	Roger, 1860 Hylomyrma balzani 	Emery, 1894 Hypoponera argentina 	Santschi, 1922 Hypoponera clavatula 	Emery, 1906 Hypoponera distinguenda histrio	Forel, 1912 Hypoponera fenestralis 	Gallardo, 1918 Hypoponera fiebrigi transiens	Santschi, 1925 Hypoponera opaciceps opaciceps	Mayr, 1887 Hypoponera opaciceps pampana	Santschi, 1925 Hypoponera opacior 	Forel, 1893 Hypoponera trigona trigona	Mayr, 1887

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Labidus coecus 	Latreille, 1802 Labidus praedator praedator	Smith, F., 1858 Lasiophanes atriventris 	Smith, F., 1858 Lasiophanes perplexus 	Santschi, 1920 Lasiophanes picinus 	Roger, 1863 Lasiophanes valdiviensis 	Forel, 1904 Leptogenys australis 	Emery, 1888 Leptogenys bohlsi weiseri	Santschi, 1925 Linepithema humile angulatum	Emery, 1894 Linepithema humile breviscapum	Santschi, 1929 Linepithema humile gallardoi	Brèthes, 1914 Linepithema humile humile	Mayr, 1868 Linepithema humile platense	Forel, 1912 Linepithema humile scotti	Santschi, 1919 Linepithema inacatum 	Bolton, 1995 Linepithema oblongum 	Santschi, 1929

M
Megalomyrmex silvestrii 	Wheeler, W.M., 1909 Monomorium denticulatum 	Mayr, 1887 Monomorium pharaonis 	Linnaeus, 1758 Mycetophylax bruchi bruchi	Santschi, 1916 Mycetophylax bruchi pauper	Santschi, 1923 Mycetophylax c. cristulatus	Santschi, 1922 Mycetophylax cristulatus emmae	Santschi, 1929 Mycetophylax emeryi arenicola	Forel, 1912 Mycetophylax emeryi argentina	Santschi, 1916 Mycetophylax emeryi fortis	Forel, 1912 Mycetophylax emeryi gallardoi	Santschi, 1922 Mycetophylax emeryi hubrichi	Santschi, 1925 Mycetophylax emeryi weiseri	Santschi, 1929 Mycetosoritis aspera 	Mayr, 1887 Mycetosoritis clorindae 	Kusnezov, 1949 Mycocepurus goeldii 	Forel, 1893 Mycocepurus smithii 	Forel, 1893 Myrmelachista arthuri arthuri	Forel, 1903 Myrmelachista bruchi 	Santschi, 1922 Myrmelachista chilensis 	Forel, 1904 Myrmelachista elongata 	Santschi, 1925 Myrmelachista gagatina 	Emery, 1894 Myrmelachista gallicola 	Mayr, 1887 Myrmelachista nigella ruficornis	Santschi, 1936 Myrmelachista nodigera pallida	Forel, 1909 Myrmelachista schachovskoi 	Kusnezov, 1951 Myrmelachista vicina 	Kusnezov, 1951 Myrmicocrypta bruchi 	Santschi, 1936 Myrmicocrypta ogloblini 	Santschi, 1936 Myrmicocrypta squamosa squamosa	Smith, F., 1860

N
Neivamyrmex angustinodis 	Emery, 1888 Neivamyrmex bohlsi 	Emery, 1896 Neivamyrmex bruchi 	Forel, 1912 Neivamyrmex carettei 	Forel, 1913 Neivamyrmex diversinodis 	Borgmeier, 1933 Neivamyrmex dorbignii 	Shuckard, 1840 Neivamyrmex goeldii 	Forel, 1901 Neivamyrmex halidaii 	Shuckard, 1840 Neivamyrmex hetschkoi 	Mayr, 1886 Neivamyrmex hopei 	Shuckard, 1840 Neivamyrmex jerrmanni 	Forel, 1901 Neivamyrmex laevigatus 	Borgmeier, 1948 Neivamyrmex legionis 	Smith, F., 1855 Neivamyrmex lieselae 	Forel, 1913 Neivamyrmex pertii 	Shuckard, 1840 Neivamyrmex pilosus pilosus	Smith, F., 1858 Neivamyrmex pseudops 	Forel, 1909 Neivamyrmex punctaticeps 	Emery, 1894 Neivamyrmex raptor 	Forel, 1911 Neivamyrmex romandii 	Shuckard, 1840 Neivamyrmex shuckardi 	Emery, 1900 Neivamyrmex sulcatus 	Mayr, 1868 Neivamyrmex swainsonii 	Shuckard, 1840 Neivamyrmex walkerii 	Westwood, 1842 Nesomyrmex argentinus 	Santschi, 1922 Nesomyrmex asper 	Mayr, 1887 Nesomyrmex echinatinodis 	Forel, 1886 Nesomyrmex spininodis 	Mayr, 1887 Nesomyrmex tristani 	Emery, 1896 Nomamyrmex esenbeckii esenbeckii	Westwood, 1842

O
Ochetomyrmex semipolitus 	Mayr, 1878 Octostruma balzani 	Emery, 1894 Octostruma rugifera 	Mayr, 1887 Odontomachus chelifer 	Latreille, 1802 Odontomachus haematodus 	Linnaeus, 1758 Oxyepoecus bruchi 	Santschi, 1926 Oxyepoecus daguerrei 	Santschi, 1933 Oxyepoecus inquilinus 	Kusnezov, 1952

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Pachycondyla crenata 	Roger, 1861 Pachycondyla goyana 	Borgmeier, 1937 Pachycondyla inversa 	Smith, F., 1858 Pachycondyla stigma stigma	Fabricius, 1804 Pachycondyla striata 	Smith, F., 1858 Pachycondyla unidentata rugatula	Santschi, 1919 Pachycondyla villosa 	Fabricius, 1804 Paraprionopelta minima 	Kusnezov, 1955 Paratrechina fulva fulva	Mayr, 1862 Paratrechina fulva fumata	Forel, 1909 Paratrechina fulva fumatipennis	Forel, 1915 Paratrechina silvestrii kuenzleri	Forel, 1909 Paratrechina silvestrii silvestrii	Emery, 1906 Pheidole aberrans 	Mayr, 1868 Pheidole acutidens 	Santschi, 1922 Pheidole alacris 	Santschi, 1923 Pheidole argentina 	Bruch, 1932 Pheidole atticola 	Forel, 1912 Pheidole auropilosa 	Mayr, 1887 Pheidole bambusarum 	Forel, 1908 Pheidole bergi 	Mayr, 1887 Pheidole breviseta 	Santschi, 1919 Pheidole bruchella 	Forel, 1915 Pheidole bruchi 	Forel, 1914 Pheidole carapunco 	Kusnezov, 1952 Pheidole cavifrons 	Emery, 1906 Pheidole cordiceps 	Mayr, 1868 Pheidole descolei 	Kusnezov, 1952 Pheidole dione 	Forel, 1913 Pheidole durionei 	Santschi, 1923 Pheidole fimbriata 	Roger, 1863 Pheidole flavens flavens	Roger, 1863 Pheidole gavrilovi 	Kusnezov, 1952 Pheidole gertrudae 	Forel, 1886 Pheidole gigaflavens 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole guilelmimuelleri 	Forel, 1886 Pheidole haywardi 	Kusnezov, 1952 Pheidole heterothrix 	Santschi, 1923 Pheidole humeridens 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole jelskii 	Mayr, 1884 Pheidole jujuyensis 	Forel, 1913 Pheidole kusnezovi 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole laevinota 	Forel, 1908 Pheidole laticrista 	Santschi, 1916 Pheidole lignicola 	Mayr, 1887 Pheidole lilloi 	Kusnezov, 1952 Pheidole longior 	Santschi, 1933 Pheidole nitidula 	Emery, 1888 Pheidole nubila 	Emery, 1906 Pheidole obnixa 	Forel, 1912 Pheidole obscurifrons 	Santschi, 1925 Pheidole obscurior 	Forel, 1886 Pheidole obscurithorax 	Naves, 1985 Pheidole obtusopilosa 	Mayr, 1887 Pheidole oxyops 	Forel, 1908 Pheidole pampana 	Santschi, 1929 Pheidole pullula 	Santschi, 1911 Pheidole radoszkowskii 	Mayr, 1884 Pheidole risii 	Forel, 1892 Pheidole rosae 	Forel, 1901 Pheidole rosula 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole rudigenis 	Emery, 1906 Pheidole rugatula 	Santschi, 1933 Pheidole scapulata 	Santschi, 1923 Pheidole schwarzmaieri 	Borgmeier, 1939 Pheidole seeldrayersi 	Forel, 1910 Pheidole sospes 	Forel, 1908 Pheidole spininodis 	Mayr, 1887 Pheidole subaberrans 	Kusnezov, 1952 Pheidole tarchon 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole taurus 	Emery, 1906 Pheidole trachyderma 	Emery, 1906 Pheidole triconstricta 	Forel, 1886 Pheidole tristis 	Smith, F., 1858 Pheidole vafra 	Santschi, 1923 Pheidole weiseri 	Santschi, 1923 Pogonomyrmex andinus 	Kusnezov, 1951 Pogonomyrmex atratus 	Santschi, 1922 Pogonomyrmex b. brevibarbis	Emery, 1906 Pogonomyrmex brevibarbis niger	Santschi, 1925 Pogonomyrmex brevibarbis silvestrii	Emery, 1906 Pogonomyrmex bruchi 	Forel, 1913 Pogonomyrmex c. carbonarius	Mayr, 1868 Pogonomyrmex carbonarius sanmartini	Kusnezov, 1953 Pogonomyrmex catanlilensis 	Gallardo, 1931 Pogonomyrmex coarctatus 	Mayr, 1868 Pogonomyrmex cunicularius 	Mayr, 1887 Pogonomyrmex inermis 	Forel, 1914 Pogonomyrmex laticeps 	Santschi, 1922 Pogonomyrmex lobatus 	Santschi, 1921 Pogonomyrmex l. longibarbis	Gallardo, 1931 Pogonomyrmex meridionalis leonis	Kusnezov, 1951 Pogonomyrmex m. meridionalis	Kusnezov, 1951 Pogonomyrmex micans 	Forel, 1914 Pogonomyrmex odoratus 	Kusnezov, 1949 Pogonomyrmex pronotalis 	Santschi, 1922 Pogonomyrmex rastratus pulchellus	Santschi, 1925 Pogonomyrmex rastratus rastratus	Mayr, 1868 Pogonomyrmex tenuipubens 	Santschi, 1936 Pogonomyrmex uruguayensis 	Mayr, 1887 Pogonomyrmex variabilis 	Santschi, 1916 Pogonomyrmex vermiculatus chubutensis	Forel, 1913 Pogonomyrmex v. vermiculatus	Emery, 1906 Prionopelta antillana 	Forel, 1909 Prionopelta punctulata 	Mayr, 1866 Probolomyrmex brujitae 	Agosti, 1995 Procryptocerus regularis 	Emery, 1888 Pseudoatta argentina argentina	Gallardo, 1916 Pseudoatta argentina platensis	Santschi, 1926 Pseudomyrmex a. acanthobius	Emery, 1896 Pseudomyrmex acanthobius cocae	Santschi, 1922 Pseudomyrmex acanthobius virgo	Santschi, 1922 Pseudomyrmex cubaensis 	Forel, 1901 Pseudomyrmex denticollis 	Emery, 1890 Pseudomyrmex fiebrigi 	Forel, 1908 Pseudomyrmex flavidulus flavidulus	Smith, F., 1858 Pseudomyrmex gracilis argentinus	Santschi, 1934 Pseudomyrmex gracilis atrinodus	Santschi, 1934 Pseudomyrmex gracilis gracilis	Fabricius, 1804 Pseudomyrmex inquilinus 	Ward, 1996 Pseudomyrmex kuenckeli 	Emery, 1890 Pseudomyrmex maculatus 	Smith, F., 1855 Pseudomyrmex pallidus 	Smith, F., 1855 Pseudomyrmex phyllophilus 	Smith, F., 1858 Pseudomyrmex solisi belgranoi	Santschi, 1916 Pseudomyrmex solisi solisi	Santschi, 1916 Pseudomyrmex triplarinus 	Weddell, 1850 Pseudomyrmex urbanus 	Smith, F., 1877 Pyramica conspersa 	Emery, 1906 Pyramica crassicornis 	Mayr, 1887 Pyramica denticulata 	Mayr, 1887 Pyramica kyidriformis 	Brown, 1964 Pyramica lilloana 	Brown, 1950 Pyramica lygatrix 	Bolton, 2000 Pyramica splendens 	Borgmeier, 1954 Pyramica subedentata 	Mayr, 1887 Rhopalothrix kusnezovi 	Brown & Kempf, 1960

R
Rogeria bruchi 	Santschi, 1922 Rogeria foreli 	Emery, 1894 Rogeria minima 	Kusnezov, 1958

S
Solenopsis albidula albidula	Emery, 1906 Solenopsis albidula flava	Santschi, 1929 Solenopsis andina 	Santschi, 1923 Solenopsis angulata angulata	Emery, 1894 Solenopsis angulata carettei	Forel, 1913 Solenopsis angulata dolichops	Emery, 1906 Solenopsis angulata huasanensis	Forel, 1912 Solenopsis angulata mendozensis	Forel, 1914 Solenopsis angulata nigelloides	Forel, 1913 Solenopsis basalis basalis	Forel, 1895 Solenopsis basalis major	Forel, 1913 Solenopsis basalis oculatior	Forel, 1913 Solenopsis basalis raptor	Santschi, 1919 Solenopsis brevipes 	Emery, 1906 Solenopsis bruchiella 	Emery, 1922 Solenopsis clytemnestra bruchi	Forel, 1912 Solenopsis c. clytemnestra	Emery, 1896 Solenopsis daguerrei 	Santschi, 1930 Solenopsis dalli 	Kusnezov, 1969 Solenopsis decipiens abjecta	Emery, 1906 Solenopsis decipiens decipiens	Emery, 1906 Solenopsis egregia 	Kusnezov, 1953 Solenopsis electra 	Forel, 1914 Solenopsis eximia 	Kusnezov, 1953 Solenopsis gallardoi 	Santschi, 1925 Solenopsis granivora 	Kusnezov, 1957 Solenopsis hammari carheunsis	Forel, 1912 Solenopsis interrupta 	Santschi, 1916 Solenopsis invicta 	Buren, 1972 Solenopsis joergenseni cuspisior	Santschi, 1923 Solenopsis joergenseni edentula	Santschi, 1933 Solenopsis joergenseni joergenseni	Santschi, 1919 Solenopsis leptanilloides 	Santschi, 1925 Solenopsis loretana 	Santschi, 1936 Solenopsis macdonaghi 	Santschi, 1916 Solenopsis macrops 	Santschi, 1917 Solenopsis metanotalis arga	Santschi, 1923 Solenopsis metanotalis emiliae	Santschi, 1912 Solenopsis metanotalis metanotalis	Emery, 1896 Solenopsis metanotalis pelotana	Forel, 1912 Solenopsis metanotalis picturata	Santschi, 1931 Solenopsis metanotalis shiptoni	Forel, 1914 Solenopsis metanotalis steigeri	Santschi, 1916 Solenopsis metatarsalis 	Kusnezov, 1957 Solenopsis minutissima 	Emery, 1906 Solenopsis nigella gensterblumi	Forel, 1901 Solenopsis nigella nigella	Emery, 1888 Solenopsis oculata 	Santschi, 1925 Solenopsis parva 	Mayr, 1868 Solenopsis patagonica medeis	Forel, 1912 Solenopsis patagonica patagonica	Emery, 1906 Solenopsis photophila 	Santschi, 1923 Solenopsis pythia 	Santschi, 1934 Solenopsis quinquecuspis 	Forel, 1913 Solenopsis richteri 	Forel, 1909 Solenopsis saevissima saevissima	Smith, F., 1855 Solenopsis schilleri 	Santschi, 1923 Solenopsis sea 	Kusnezov, 1953 Solenopsis solenopsidis 	Kusnezov, 1953 Solenopsis succinea nicai	Forel, 1913 Solenopsis tenuis delfinoi	Forel, 1913 Solenopsis tenuis tenuis	Mayr, 1878 Solenopsis tetracantha tetracantha	Emery, 1906 Solenopsis tetracantha videns	Forel, 1912 Solenopsis tridens lehmannitschei	Santschi, 1916 Solenopsis trihasta 	Santschi, 1923 Solenopsis wagneri 	Santschi, 1916 Solenopsis wasmannii transformis	Forel, 1911 Solenopsis wasmannii wasmannii	Emery, 1894 Solenopsis weiseri 	Forel, 1914 Solenopsis westwoodi atticola	Forel, 1912 Solenopsis westwoodi platensis	Emery, 1906 Strumigenys elongata 	Roger, 1863 Strumigenys hindenburgi 	Forel, 1915 Strumigenys infidelis 	Santschi, 1919 Strumigenys louisianae 	Roger, 1863 Strumigenys ogloblini 	Santschi, 1936 Strumigenys prospiciens 	Emery, 1906 Strumigenys saliens 	Mayr, 1887 Strumigenys silvestrii 	Emery, 1906

T
Tetramorium caespitum caespitum	Linnaeus, 1758 Trachymyrmex holmgreni 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925 Trachymyrmex kempfi 	Fowler, 1982 Trachymyrmex papulatus 	Santschi, 1922 Trachymyrmex pruinosus 	Emery, 1906 Trachymyrmex tucumanus 	Forel, 1914 Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi 	Mayr, 1862

W
Wasmannia sulcaticeps sulcaticeps	Emery, 1894 Wasmannia sulcaticeps weiseri	Forel, 1914 Wasmannia williamsoni 	Kusnezov, 1952