Colombia



The following valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Colombia. 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 Colombian ants.

Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Colombian Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

A

 * Acanthognathus laevigatus Galvis & Fernandez, 2009


 * Acanthognathus ocellatus Mayr, 1887


 * Acanthognathus teledectus Brown & Kempf, 1969


 * Acanthoponera minor Forel, 1899


 * Acanthostichus sanchezorum Mackay, 1985


 * Acanthostichus truncatus MacKay, 1996


 * Acromyrmex aspersus fuhrmanni Forel, 1914


 * Acromyrmex coronatus panamensis Forel, 1899


 * Acromyrmex rugosus Smith, F., 1858


 * Acromyrmex rugosus santschii Forel, 1912


 * Acromyrmex (Moellerius) landolti Forel, 1885


 * Acropyga exsanguis Wheeler, W.M., 1909


 * Acropyga fuhrmanni Forel, 1914


 * Acropyga goeldii Forel, 1893


 * Acropyga guianensis Weber, 1944


 * Acropyga smithii Forel, 1893


 * Adelomyrmex costatus Fernández, 2003


 * Adelomyrmex cristiani Fernández, 2003


 * Adelomyrmex grandis Fernández, 2003


 * Adelomyrmex myops Wheeler, W.M., 1910


 * Adelomyrmex tristani Menozzi, 1931


 * Adelomyrmex vaderi Fernández, 2003


 * Anochetus bispinosus Smith, F., 1858


 * Anochetus chocoensis Zabala, 2008


 * Anochetus diegensis Forel, 1912


 * Anochetus elegans Lattke, 1987


 * Anochetus emarginatus Fabricius, 1804


 * Anochetus inermis André, 1889


 * Anochetus neglectus Emery, 1894


 * Anochetus simoni Emery, 1890


 * Anochetus vallensis Lattke, 1987


 * Aphaenogaster phalangium Emery, 1890


 * Apterostigma ancilonodum Lattke, 1997


 * Apterostigma auriculatum Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Apterostigma callipygium Lattke, 1997


 * Apterostigma carinatum Lattke, 1997


 * Apterostigma chocoense Lattke, 1997


 * Apterostigma collare Emery, 1896


 * Apterostigma dentigerum Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Apterostigma ierense Weber, 1937


 * Apterostigma manni Weber, 1938


 * Apterostigma megacephala Lattke, 1999


 * Apterostigma reburrum Lattke, 1997


 * Apterostigma turgidum Lattke, 1997


 * Atta cephalotes Linnaeus, 1758


 * Atta columbica Guérin-Méneville, 1844


 * Atta laevigata Smith, F., 1858


 * Atta sexdens Linnaeus, 1758


 * Azteca alfari Emery, 1893


 * Azteca aurita Emery, 1893


 * Azteca chartifex multinida Forel, 1899


 * Azteca delpini antillana Forel, 1899


 * Azteca forelii championi Forel, 1899


 * Azteca forelii raptrix Forel, 1912


 * Azteca forelii xysticola Forel, 1899


 * Azteca hypophylla Forel, 1899


 * Azteca instabilis Smith, F., 1862


 * Azteca instabilis major Forel, 1899


 * Azteca lallemandi Forel, 1899


 * Azteca polymorpha Forel, 1899


 * Azteca salti Wheeler, W.M., 1930


 * Azteca schumannii Emery, 1893


 * Azteca theresiae Forel, 1899


 * Azteca tonduzi columbica Forel, 1912


 * Azteca trigona gaigei Forel, 1914


 * Azteca trigona Emery, 1893


 * Azteca velox nigriventris Forel, 1899


 * Azteca velox Forel, 1899

C

 * Camponotus ager Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus apicalis Mann, 1916


 * Camponotus arhuacus Forel, 1902


 * Camponotus atriceps Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus auricomus Roger, 1862


 * Camponotus bidens Mayr, 1870


 * Camponotus bispinosus Mayr, 1870


 * Camponotus brevis Forel, 1899


 * Camponotus bugnioni Forel, 1899


 * Camponotus canescens Mayr, 1870


 * Camponotus chartifex Smith, F., 1860


 * Camponotus cheesmanae Donisthorpe, 1932


 * Camponotus circularis Mayr, 1870


 * Camponotus coloratus Forel, 1904


 * Camponotus conulus Mayr, 1870


 * Camponotus coruscus Smith, F., 1862


 * Camponotus dalmasi Forel, 1899


 * Camponotus excisus Mayr, 1870


 * Camponotus falco Forel, 1902


 * Camponotus fasciatellus Dalla Torre, 1892


 * Camponotus fastigatus Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus improprius Forel, 1879


 * Camponotus integellus Forel, 1899


 * Camponotus landolti Forel, 1879


 * Camponotus lespesii Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus lindigi Mayr, 1870


 * Camponotus linnaei Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus mucronatus santschii Forel, 1899


 * Camponotus nidulans Smith, F., 1860


 * Camponotus nitens Mayr, 1870


 * Camponotus nitens fuhrmanni Forel, 1921


 * Camponotus nitidior Santschi, 1921


 * Camponotus novogranadensis Mayr, 1870


 * Camponotus planatus Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus planatus colombicus Forel, 1899


 * Camponotus polymorphicus MacKay, López-Castro & Fernández, 2002


 * Camponotus rufipes Fabricius, 1775


 * Camponotus sanctaefidei Dalla Torre, 1892


 * Camponotus senex Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus sexguttatus Fabricius, 1793


 * Camponotus sexguttatus perturbans Kutter, 1931


 * Camponotus silvicola Forel, 1902


 * Camponotus simillimus Smith, F., 1862


 * Camponotus simillimus indianus Forel, 1879


 * Camponotus sphenoidalis Mayr, 1870


 * Camponotus substitutus Emery, 1894


 * Camponotus traili Mayr, 1878


 * Camponotus trapezoideus Mayr, 1870


 * Camponotus ustus Forel, 1879


 * Camponotus zoc Forel, 1879


 * Carebara angulata Fernández, 2004


 * Carebara arabara Fernández, 2010


 * Carebara audita Fernández, 2004


 * Carebara brevipilosa Fernández, 2004


 * Carebara coeca Fernández, 2004


 * Carebara coqueta Fernandez, 2006


 * Carebara elongata Fernández, 2004


 * Carebara globularia Fernández, 2004


 * Carebara kofana Fernández, 2004


 * Carebara paya Fernández, 2004


 * Carebara reina Fernández, 2004


 * Carebara reticulata Fernández, 2004


 * Carebara urichi Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Centromyrmex brachycola Roger, 1861


 * Cephalotes atratus Linnaeus, 1758


 * Cephalotes basalis Smith, F., 1876


 * Cephalotes christopherseni Forel, 1912


 * Cephalotes clypeatus Fabricius, 1804


 * Cephalotes coffeae Kempf, 1953


 * Cephalotes columbicus Forel, 1912


 * Cephalotes complanatus Guérin-Méneville, 1844


 * Cephalotes cordatus Smith, F., 1853


 * Cephalotes crenaticeps Mayr, 1866


 * Cephalotes cristatus Emery, 1890


 * Cephalotes decolor De Andrade, 1999


 * Cephalotes duckei Forel, 1906


 * Cephalotes femoralis Smith, F., 1853


 * Cephalotes foliaceus Emery, 1906


 * Cephalotes grandinosus Smith, F., 1860


 * Cephalotes inaequalis Mann, 1916


 * Cephalotes maculatus Smith, F., 1876


 * Cephalotes manni Kempf, 1951


 * Cephalotes marginatus Fabricius, 1804


 * Cephalotes minutus Fabricius, 1804


 * Cephalotes mompox De Andrade, 1999


 * Cephalotes opacus Santschi, 1920


 * Cephalotes pallens Klug, 1824


 * Cephalotes palta De Andrade, 1999


 * Cephalotes patei Kempf, 1951


 * Cephalotes pavonii Latreille, 1809


 * Cephalotes placidus Smith, F., 1860


 * Cephalotes porrasi Wheeler, W.M., 1942


 * Cephalotes pusillus Klug, 1824


 * Cephalotes ramiphilus Forel, 1904


 * Cephalotes scutulatus Smith, F., 1867


 * Cephalotes serraticeps Smith, F., 1858


 * Cephalotes setulifer Emery, 1894


 * Cephalotes simillimus Kempf, 1951


 * Cephalotes spinosus Mayr, 1862


 * Cephalotes umbraculatus Fabricius, 1804


 * Cheliomyrmex andicola Emery, 1894


 * Cheliomyrmex audax Santschi, 1921


 * Crematogaster ampla Forel, 1912


 * Crematogaster bryophilia Longino, 2003


 * Crematogaster crucis Forel, 1912


 * Crematogaster flavomicrops Longino, 2003


 * Crematogaster flavosensitiva Longino, 2003


 * Crematogaster levior Longino, 2003


 * Crematogaster obscurata Emery, 1895


 * Crematogaster rochai Forel, 1903


 * Crematogaster sotobosque Longino, 2003


 * Crematogaster tenuicula Forel, 1904


 * Crematogaster acuta Fabricius, 1804


 * Crematogaster evallans Forel, 1907


 * Crematogaster arcuata Forel, 1899


 * Crematogaster distans Mayr, 1870


 * Crematogaster montezumia Smith, F., 1858


 * Crematogaster abstinens Forel, 1899


 * Crematogaster brasiliensis Mayr, 1878


 * Crematogaster carinata Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster crinosa Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster curvispinosa Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster erecta Mayr, 1866


 * Crematogaster limata Smith, F., 1858


 * Crematogaster longispina Emery, 1890


 * Crematogaster nigropilosa Mayr, 1870


 * Crematogaster quadriformis Roger, 1863


 * Crematogaster stollii Forel, 1885


 * Crematogaster torosa Mayr, 1870


 * Cylindromyrmex boliviae Wheeler, W.M., 1924


 * Cylindromyrmex escobari De Andrade, 1998


 * Cylindromyrmex godmani Forel, 1899


 * Cylindromyrmex whymperi Cameron, 1891


 * Cyphomyrmex bicarinatus Snelling & Longino, 1992


 * Cyphomyrmex castagnei MacKay & Baena, 1993


 * Cyphomyrmex cornutus Kempf, 1968


 * Cyphomyrmex costatus Mann, 1922


 * Cyphomyrmex hamulatus Weber, 1938


 * Cyphomyrmex kirbyi Mayr, 1887


 * Cyphomyrmex longiscapus Weber, 1940


 * Cyphomyrmex minutus Mayr, 1862


 * Cyphomyrmex muelleri Schultz & Solomon, 2002


 * Cyphomyrmex rimosus Spinola, 1851


 * Cyphomyrmex salvini Forel, 1899

F

 * Forelius damiani Guerro & Fernandez, 2008

K

 * Kalathomyrmex emeryi (Forel, 1907)

L

 * Labidus coecus Latreille, 1802


 * Labidus praedator Smith, F., 1858


 * Labidus praedator sedulus Menozzi, 1926


 * Labidus spininodis Emery, 1890


 * Lachnomyrmex fernandezi Feitosa & Brandao, 2008


 * Lachnomyrmex grandis Fernández & Baena, 1997


 * Lachnomyrmex longinodus Fernández & Baena, 1997


 * Lenomyrmex foveolatus Fernández & Palacio, 1999


 * Lenomyrmex inusitatus Fernández, 2001


 * Lenomyrmex mandibularis Fernández & Palacio, 1999


 * Lenomyrmex wardi Fernández & Palacio, 1999


 * Leptanilloides legionaria Brandão, Diniz, Agosti & Delabie, 1999


 * Leptanilloides sculpturata Brandão, Diniz, Agosti & Delabie, 1999


 * Leptogenys ingens Mayr, 1866


 * Leptogenys mucronata columbica Forel, 1901


 * Leptogenys pubiceps Emery, 1890


 * Leptogenys pusilla Emery, 1890


 * Linepithema dispertitum Forel, 1885


 * Linepithema humile Mayr, 1868


 * Linepithema iniquum Mayr, 1870


 * Linepithema piliferum Mayr, 1870

T

 * Talaridris mandibularis Weber, 1941


 * Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793


 * Tatuidris tatusia Brown & Kempf, 1968


 * Technomyrmex gorgona Fernandez & Guerreo, 2008


 * Tetramorium caldarium Roger, 1857


 * Thaumatomyrmex atrox Weber, 1939


 * Trachymyrmex bugnioni Forel, 1912


 * Trachymyrmex cornetzi Forel, 1912


 * Trachymyrmex gaigei Forel, 1914


 * Trachymyrmex irmgardae Forel, 1912


 * Trachymyrmex urichii Forel, 1893


 * Tranopelta gilva Mayr, 1866


 * Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi Mayr, 1862

W

 * Wasmannia auropunctata obscura Forel, 1912