Philippines



The following 441 valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in the Philippines. 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 Philippine ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Philippine Ants web page.

A

 * Acanthomyrmex mindanao Moffett, 1986


 * Acropyga acutiventris Roger, 1862


 * Acropyga nipponensis Terayama, 1985


 * Acropyga pallida (Donisthorpe, 1938)


 * Aenictus alticola Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1930


 * Aenictus bakeri Menozzi, 1925


 * Aenictus camposi Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925


 * Aenictus carolianus Zettel & Sorger, 2010


 * Aenictus ceylonicus (Mayr, 1866)


 * Aenictus gracilis Emery, 1893


 * Aenictus laeviceps Smith, F. 1857


 * Aenictus luzoni Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925


 * Aenictus nesiotis Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1930


 * Aenictus pangantihoni Zettel & Sorger, 2010


 * Aenictus philippinensis Chapman, 1963


 * Aenictus piercei Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1930


 * Aenictus powersi Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1930


 * Aenictus rabori Chapman, 1963


 * Aenictus reyesi Chapman, 1963


 * Amblyopone luzonica (Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925)


 * Amblyopone reclinata Mayr, 1879


 * Amblyopone rothneyi Forel, 1900


 * Anillomyrma decamera (Emery, 1901)


 * Anochetus brevis Brown, 1978


 * Anochetus cato Forel, 1901


 * Anochetus graeffei (Mayr, 1870)


 * Anochetus incultus Brown, 1978


 * Anochetus isolatus Mann, 1919


 * Anochetus modicus Brown, 1978


 * Anochetus princeps Emery, 1884


 * Anochetus turneri Forel, 1900


 * Anoplolepis gracilipes (F. Smith, 1857)


 * Aphaenogaster species

B

 * Bothriomyrmex sp_phi1 unidentified

C

 * Calyptomyrmex beccarii Emery, 1887


 * Calyptomyrmex glabratus Viehmeyer, 1916


 * Camponotus albocinctus (Ashmead, 1905)


 * Camponotus barbatus Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus barbosus Baroni Urbani, 1972


 * Camponotus bellus leucodiscus Wheeler, W. M., 1919


 * Camponotus carin Emery, 1889


 * Camponotus castanicola Donisthorpe, 1943


 * Camponotus cinerascens (Fabricius, 1787)


 * Camponotus compressus (Fabricius, 1787)


 * Camponotus corallinus (Roger, 1863)


 * Camponotus gigas (Latreille, 1802)


 * Camponotus horrens Forel, 1910


 * Camponotus irritans pallidus (Smith, F. 1857)


 * Camponotus japonicus Mayr, 1866


 * Camponotus karawaiewi Menozzi, 1926


 * Camponotus leonardi Emery, 1889


 * Camponotus maculatus foveolatus Stitz, 1925


 * Camponotus nicobarensis monticola Bingham, 1903


 * Camponotus nigricans Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus platypus Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus pressipes Emery, 1893


 * Camponotus quadrisectus (Smith, F. 1858)


 * Camponotus reticulatus jagori Stitz. 1925


 * Camponotus rothneyi makilingi Viehmeyer, 1916


 * Camponotus rufifemur obscurus Stitz, 1925


 * Camponotus solenobius Menozzi, 1926


 * Camponotus trietericus Menozzi, 1926


 * Camponotus variegatus crassinodis Forel, 1892


 * Camponotus vitreus (Smith, F. 1860)


 * Cardiocondyla kagutsuchi Terayama, 1999


 * Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel, 1890


 * Cardiocondyla sima Wheeler, W. M., 1935


 * Cardiocondyla tjibodana Karavaiev, 1935


 * Cardiocondyla wroughtonii (Forel, 1890)


 * Carebara alperti Fernández, 2010


 * Cataulacus catuvolcus Bolton, 1974


 * Cataulacus chapmani Bolton, 1974


 * Cataulacus setosus F. Smith, 1860


 * Centromyrmex feae (Emery, 1889)


 * Cerapachys bakeri (Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925)


 * Cerapachys biroi Forel, 1907


 * Cerapachys crawleyi Wheeler, W.M. 1924


 * Cerapachys jacobsoni Forel, 1912


 * Cerapachys longitarsus (Mayr, 1879)


 * Cerapachys luzuriagae (Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925)


 * Cerapachys muiri Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925


 * Cerapachys pruinosus Brown, 1975


 * Cerapachys rufithorax Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925


 * Cerapachys sulcinodis Emery, 1899


 * Cerapachys suscitatus (Viehmyer, 1913)


 * Crematogaster ampullaris F. Smith, 1861


 * Crematogaster bakeri Menozzi, 1925


 * Crematogaster bicolor imbellis Emery, 1893


 * Crematogaster brunnea ruginota Santschi, 1928


 * Crematogaster crassicornis Emery, 1893


 * Crematogaster cylindriceps Wheeler, W. M. 1927


 * Crematogaster difformis F. Smith, 1857


 * Crematogaster inflata Smith, F., 1857


 * Crematogaster longiclava Emery, 1893


 * Crematogaster modiglianii Emery, 1900


 * Crematogaster ochracea Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster onusta Stitz, 1925


 * Crematogaster rogenhoferi Mayr, 1879


 * Crematogaster semperi Emery, 1893


 * Crematogaster simoni Emery, 1893


 * Crematogaster sordidula Nylander, 1849


 * Crematogaster vitalisi Menozzi, 1925


 * Cryptopone testacea Emery, 1893

D

 * Dacetinops cirrosus Taylor, 1985


 * Diacamma baguiense Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925


 * Diacamma palawanicum Emery, 1900


 * Diacamma palawanicum concentricum Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925


 * Diacamma panayense Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925


 * Diacamma rugosum (Le Guillou, 1842)


 * Diacamma sericeiventre Stitz, 1925


 * Dilobocondyla chapmani Wheeler, W. M., 1924


 * Dilobocondyla chapmani rufobrunnea Wheeler, W. M., 1935


 * Discothyrea bryanti (Wheeler, 1917)


 * Discothyrea clavicornis Emery, 1897


 * Dolichoderus affinis Emery, 1889


 * Dolichoderus patens pubiventris Emery, 1900


 * Dolichoderus thoracicus (Smith, F. 1860)

F

 * Forelophilus philippinensis Zettel & Zimmermann, 2007


 * Forelophilus stefanschoedli Zettel & Zimmermann, 2007

I

 * Iridomyrmex anceps (Roger, 1863)


 * Iridomyrmex angusticeps Forel, 1901

L

 * Lepisiota aurea punctaticeps (Wheeler, W. M., 1935)


 * Lepisiota chapmani (Wheeler, W. M. 1935)


 * Leptanilla astylina Petersen, 1968


 * Leptogenys chinensis (Mayr, 1870)


 * Leptogenys diminuta (Smith, F., 1857)


 * Leptogenys falcigera Roger, 1861


 * Leptogenys iridescens (Smith, F., 1857)


 * Leptogenys maxillosa (F. Smith, 1858)


 * Leptogenys mutabilis Smith, F. 1861


 * Leptogenys peugueti (Andre, 1887)


 * Leptogenys pruinosa Forel, 1900


 * Leptogenys punctiventris (Mayr, 1879)


 * Leptogenys varicosa Stitz, 1925


 * Leptogenys watsoni Forel, 1900


 * Leptomyrmex fragilis (Smith, F. 1859)


 * Liomyrmex gestroi (Emery, 1887)


 * Lophomyrmex bedoti Emery, 1893


 * Lordomyrma species

M

 * Mayriella transfuga Baroni Urbani, 1977


 * Meranoplus biliran Schodl, 1998


 * Metapone bakeri Wheeler, W. M., 1916


 * Metapone gracilis Wheeler, W. M., 1935


 * Monomorium banksi Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Monomorium floricola philippiensis Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium orientale Mayr, 1879


 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Myopias bidens polita (Stitz, 1925)


 * Myopias breviloba (Wheeler, W. M., 1919)


 * Myopias lobosa Willey & Brown, 1983


 * Myopias modiglianii (Emery, 1900)


 * Myopias philippinensis (Menozzi, 1925)


 * Myopopone castanea (Smith, F., 1860)


 * Myrmecina species


 * Myrmicaria aphidicola Calilung, 2000


 * Myrmicaria brunnea subcarinata (Smith, F., 1857)


 * Myrmoteras insulcatum Moffett, 1985


 * Myrmoteras williamsi Wheeler, W. M. 1919


 * Mystrium camillae Emery, 1889

N

 * Noonilla copiosa Petersen, 1968

P

 * Pachycondyla annamita (Andre, 1892)


 * Pachycondyla chinensis (Emery, 1895)


 * Pachycondyla claudata (Menozzi, 1926)


 * Pachycondyla croceicornis (Emery, 1900)


 * Pachycondyla darwinii indica(Emery, 1899)


 * Pachycondyla glabripes (Emery, 1893)


 * Pachycondyla javana (Mayr, 1867)


 * Pachycondyla leeuwenhoeki (Forel, 1886)


 * Pachycondyla luteipes (Mayr, 1862)


 * Pachycondyla melancholica Smith, F., 1865


 * Pachycondyla myropola (Menozzi, 1925)


 * Pachycondyla obscurans (Walker, 1859)


 * Pachycondyla stigma (Fabricius, 1804)


 * Pachycondyla tridentata Smith, F. 1858


 * Pachycondyla williamsi (Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925)


 * Paraparatrechina iridescens (Donisthorpe, 1942)


 * Paratopula ceylonica (Emery, 1901)


 * Paratopula macta Bolton, 1988


 * Paratopula sumatrensis (Forel, 1913)


 * Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)


 * Pheidole aglae Forel, 1913


 * Pheidole aristotelis Forel, 1911


 * Pheidole cariniceps Eguchi, 2001


 * Pheidole clypeocornis Eguchi, 2001


 * Pheidole fantasia Chapman, 1963


 * Pheidole fervens Smith, F., 1858


 * Pheidole hortensis Forel, 1913


 * Pheidole jacobsoni Forel, 1911


 * Pheidole maculifrons Wheeler, W. M., 1929


 * Pheidole makilingi Viehmeyer, 1916


 * Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Pheidole plagiaria Stitz, 1925


 * Pheidole quadricuspis Emery, 1900


 * Pheidole sarawakana Forel, 1911


 * Pheidole sauberi Forel, 1905


 * Pheidole sayapensis Euguchi, 2001


 * Pheidole simoni Emery, 1893


 * Pheidole tjibodana Forel, 1905


 * Pheidologeton affinis (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Pheidologeton diversus (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Pheidologeton diversus macgregori Wheeler, W.M., 1929


 * Pheidologeton diversus philippinus Wheeler, W.M., 1929


 * Pheidologeton diversus tenuirugosus Wheeler, W.M., 1929


 * Pheidologeton diversus williamsi Wheeler, W.M., 1929


 * Pheidologeton maccus Wheeler, W. M., 1929


 * Pheidologeton pygmaeus albipes Emery, 1893


 * Pheidologeton silvestrii Wheeler, W. M., 1929


 * Philidris myrmecodiae (Emery, 1887)


 * Platythyrea bidentata Brown, 1975


 * Platythyrea inermis Forel, 1910


 * Platythyrea parallela (Smith, F. 1859)


 * Polyrhachis abdominalis Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis aculeata subsp. cybele]] Wheeler, W.M., 1919


 * Polyrhachis aequalis Forel, 1910


 * Polyrhachis arcuata (Le Guillou, 1842)


 * Polyrhachis armata (Le Guillou, 1842)


 * Polyrhachis armata defensa Smith,, F., 1857


 * Polyrhachis baca Sorger & Zettel, 2010


 * Polyrhachis bakeri Viehmeyer, 1916


 * Polyrhachis banghaasi Viehmeyer, 1922


 * Polyrhachis bellicosa Smith, F., 1859


 * Polyrhachis bicolor Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis bicolor aurinasis Forel, 1901


 * Polyrhachis bicolor exflavicornis Baltazar, 1966


 * Polyrhachis bicolor fumata Stitz, 1925


 * Polyrhachis bicolor nigripes Emery, 1897


 * Polyrhachis bihamata (Drury, 1773)


 * Polyrhachis carbonaria Smith,F., 1857


 * Polyrhachis creusa Emery, 1897


 * Polyrhachis cryptoceroides Emery, 1887


 * Polyrhachis cyaniventris Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis diana Wheeler, W. M., 1909


 * Polyrhachis dives F. Smith, 1857


 * Polyrhachis esuriens Emery, 1897


 * Polyrhachis etheli Chapman, 1963


 * Polyrhachis exotica Kohout, 1987


 * Polyrhachis follicula Menozzi, 1926


 * Polyrhachis hector Smith, F., 1857


 * Polyrhachis hippomanes boettcheri Stitz, 1925


 * Polyrhachis ignota Kohout, 1987


 * Polyrhachis illaudata Walker, 1859


 * Polyrhachis inermis Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis javanica Mayr, 1867


 * Polyrhachis lama Kohout, 1994


 * Polyrhachis magnifica Menozzi, 1926


 * Polyrhachis manni Kohout, 2008


 * Polyrhachis marginata Smith, F., 1859


 * Polyrhachis mindanaensis Emery, 1923


 * Polyrhachis mitrata Menozzi, 1932


 * Polyrhachis mucronata  Smith, F., 1859


 * Polyrhachis muelleri Forel, 1893


 * Polyrhachis murina Emery, 1893


 * Polyrhachis nigropilosa Mayr, 1872


 * Polyrhachis nigropilosa polluta Menozzi, 1926


 * Polyrhachis noesaensis Forel, 1915


 * Polyrhachis obesior Viehmeyer, 1916


 * Polyrhachis oedocantha Wheeler, W.M., 1919


 * Polyrhachis olybria Forel, 1912


 * Polyrhachis orpheus Forel, 1911


 * Polyrhachis osiris Bolton, 1975


 * Polyrhachis parabiotica Chapman, 1963


 * Polyrhachis pellita Menozzi, 1922


 * Polyrhachis phalerata Menozzi, 1926


 * Polyrhachis pirata Sorger & Zettel, 2009


 * Polyrhachis philippinensis Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis pressa Mayr, 1862


 * Polyrhachis pubescens Mayr, 1879


 * Polyrhachis semiinermis Donisthorpe, 1941


 * Polyrhachis rufipes F. Smith, 1858


 * Polyrhachis saevissima Smith, F. 1860


 * Polyrhachis saigonensis Forel, 1886


 * Polyrhachis scabra Kohout, 1987


 * Polyrhachis sculpturata Smith, F., 1860


 * Polyrhachis sexspinosa (Latreille, 1802)


 * Polyrhachis solivaga Menozzi, 1926


 * Polyrhachis striata Mayr, 1862


 * Polyrhachis thrinax Roger, 1863


 * Polyrhachis thrinax castanea Stitz, 1925


 * Polyrhachis tragos Stitz, 1925


 * Polyrhachis tubifex Karavaiev, 1926


 * Polyrhachis venus Forel, 1893


 * Polyrhachis villipes Smith, F., 1857


 * Polyrhachis vindex Smith, F., 1857


 * Polyrhachis ypsilon Emery, 1887


 * Polyrhachis zopyra Smith, F., 1861


 * Ponera chapmani Taylor, 1967


 * Ponera oreas (Wheeler, W. M., 1933)


 * Prionopelta kraepelini Forel, 1905


 * Pristomyrmex bicolor Emery, 1900


 * Pristomyrmex brevispinosus Emery, 1887


 * Pristomyrmex cebuensis Zettel, 2007


 * Pristomyrmex collinus Wang, M., 2003


 * Pristomyrmex costatus Wang, M., 2003


 * Pristomyrmex curvulus Wang, M., 2003


 * Pristomyrmex distinguendus Zettel, 2006


 * Pristomyrmex divisus Wang, M., 2003


 * Pristomyrmex flatus Wang, M., 2003


 * Pristomyrmex hirsutus Wang, M., 2003


 * Pristomyrmex levigatus Emery, 1897


 * Pristomyrmex longispinus Wang, M., 2003


 * Pristomyrmex picteti Emery, 1893


 * Pristomyrmex punctatus (Smith, F., 1860)


 * Pristomyrmex quadridens Wang, M., 2003


 * Pristomyrmex rugosus Zettel, 2006


 * Pristomyrmex schoedli Zettel, 2006


 * Pristomyrmex simplex (Wang, M., 2003)


 * Probolomyrmex dammermani Wheeler, W.M., 1928


 * Proceratium papuanum Emery, 1897


 * Pseudolasius typhlops Wheeler, W. M., 1935


 * Pyramica dohertyi Emery, 1897


 * Pyramica jacobsoni (Menozzi, 1939)


 * Pyramica karawajewi (Brown, 1948)


 * Pyramica mitis Brown, 2000


 * Pyramica pedunculata (Brown, 1953)


 * Pyramica scylla Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica serradens Bolton, 2000

S

 * Simopone bakeri Menozzi, 1926


 * Simopone chapmani Taylor, 1966


 * Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)


 * Strumigenys arrogantia Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys chapmani Brown, 1954


 * Strumigenys emmae (Emery, 1890)


 * Strumigenys esrossi Brown, 1957


 * Strumigenys godeffroyi Mayr, 1866


 * Strumigenys godeffroyi geococci Calilung, 2000


 * Strumigenys imantodes Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys indigatrix W.M. Wheeler, 1919


 * Strumigenys inhonesta Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys juliae Forel, 1905


 * Strumigenys koningsbergeri Forel, 1905


 * Strumigenys lewisi Cameron, 1886


 * Strumigenys mirifica Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys mododonta Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys morphica Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys perplexa (Smith, F., 1876)


 * Strumigenys phytibia Brown, 1957


 * Strumigenys rantan Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys signeae Forel, 1905


 * Strumigenys synchysis Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys szalayi Emery, 1897


 * Strumigenys tenitecta Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys uichancoi Brown, 1957

T

 * Tapinoma emeryi (Ashmead, 1905)


 * Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Tapinoma philippinense Donisthorpe, 1942


 * Tapinoma williamsi (Wheeler, W. M., 1935)


 * Technomyrmex albipes (F. Smith, 1861)


 * Technomyrmex difficilis Forel, 1892


 * Technomyrmex elatior Forel, 1902


 * Technomyrmex grandis Emery, 1887


 * Technomyrmex kraepelini Forel, 1905


 * Technomyrmex pratensis (Smith, F., 1860)


 * Technomyrmex sundaicus (Emery, 1900)


 * Technomyrmex textor Forel, 1909


 * Technomyrmex vitiensis Mann, 1921


 * Technomyrmex wheeleri (Emery, 1913)


 * Tetramorium aspersum (Smith, F., 1865)


 * Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846)


 * Tetramorium chapmani Bolton, 1977


 * Tetramorium cynicum Bolton, 1977


 * Tetramorium eleates Forel, 1913


 * Tetramorium guineense (Bernard, 1953)


 * Tetramorium insolens (Smith, F., 1861)


 * Tetramorium katypum (Bolton, 1976)


 * Tetramorium kheperra (Bolton, 1976)


 * Tetramorium khnum Bolton, 1977


 * Tetramorium kraepelini Forel, 1905


 * Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870


 * Tetramorium laparum Bolton, 1977


 * Tetramorium manobo (Calilung, 2000)


 * Tetramorium obtusidens Viehmeyer, 1916


 * Tetramorium pacificum Mayr, 1870


 * Tetramorium parvispinum Emery, 1893


 * Tetramorium rinatum Bolton, 1977


 * Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, F., 1851)


 * Tetramorium smithi Mayr, 1879


 * Tetramorium tonganum Mayr, 1870


 * Tetramorium tortuosum Roger, 1863


 * Tetramorium walshi (Forel, 1890)


 * Tetramorium zypidum Bolton, 1977


 * Tetraponera allaborans (Walker, 1859)


 * Tetraponera attenuata Smith, F., 1877


 * Tetraponera difficilis (Emery, 1900)


 * Tetraponera extenuata Ward, 2001


 * Tetraponera inversinodis Ward, 2001


 * Tetraponera modesta (Smith, F., 1860)


 * Tetraponera nigra (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Tetraponera nitida (Smith, F., 1860)


 * Tetraponera pilosa (F. Smith, 1858)


 * Tyrannomyrmex species

V

 * Vollenhovia ambitiosa Menozzi, 1925


 * Vollenhovia banksi Forel, 1910


 * Vollenhovia cristata Stitz, 1938


 * Vollenhovia luctuosa (Stitz, 1938)


 * Vollehovia oblonga dispar Forel, 1910


 * Vollenhovia soleaferrea Donisthorpe, 1942


 * Vombisidris philippina Zettel & Sorger, 2010