Bolivia



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

A

 * Acanthoponera mucronata Roger, 1860


 * Acanthostichus concavinodis MacKay, 1996


 * Acanthostichus kirbyi Emery, 1895


 * Acanthostichus quadratus Emery, 1895


 * Acromyrmex coronatus andicola Emery, 1924


 * ''Acromyrmex coronatus" (Fabricius, 1804)


 * Acromyrmex hispidus Santschi, 1925


 * Acromyrmex laticeps Emery, 1905


 * Acromyrmex lobicornis Emery, 1888


 * Acromyrmex lundii boliviensis Emery, 1905


 * Acromyrmex nigrosetosus (Forel, 1908)


 * Acromyrmex pampanus Weber, 1938


 * Acromyrmex rugosus Smith, F., 1858


 * Acromyrmex striatus Roger, 1863


 * Acromyrmex subterraneus Forel, 1893


 * Acromyrmex balzani multituber Santschi, 1922


 * Acromyrmex landolti Forel, 1885


 * Acropyga donisthorpei Weber, 1944


 * Acropyga fuhrmanni Forel, 1914


 * Acropyga guianensis Weber, 1944


 * Allomerus decemarticulatus novemarticulatus Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1942


 * Allomerus octoarticulatus Mayr, 1878


 * Anochetus bispinosus Smith, F., 1858


 * Anochetus targionii Emery, 1894


 * Apterostigma auriculatum Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Apterostigma bolivianum Weber, 1938


 * Apterostigma ierense Weber, 1937


 * Apterostigma madidiense Weber, 1938


 * Apterostigma manni Weber, 1938


 * Apterostigma mayri Forel, 1893


 * Apterostigma peruvianum Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Apterostigma robustum Emery, 1896


 * Apterostigma urichii Forel, 1893


 * Atta cephalotes Linnaeus, 1758


 * Atta laevigata Smith, F., 1858


 * Atta saltensis Forel, 1913


 * Atta sexdens Linnaeus, 1758


 * Atta vollenweideri Forel, 1893


 * Azteca alfari Emery, 1893


 * Azteca aurita Emery, 1893


 * Azteca australis Wheeler, W.M., 1942


 * Azteca beltii Emery, 1893


 * Azteca brevicornis boliviana Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1942


 * Azteca cordincola Forel, 1912


 * Azteca fasciata Emery, 1893


 * Azteca jelskii Emery, 1893


 * Azteca juruensis Forel, 1904


 * Azteca lattkei Longino, 1992


 * Azteca muelleri Emery, 1893


 * Azteca ovaticeps Forel, 1904


 * Azteca petalocephala Longino, 1991


 * Azteca trigona Emery, 1893


 * Azteca ulei cordiae Forel, 1904


 * Azteca ulei gagatina Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1942

B

 * Brachymyrmex constrictus Santschi, 1923


 * Brachymyrmex heeri Forel, 1874

C

 * Camponotus alboannulatus Mayr, 1887


 * Camponotus alboannulatus montanus Emery, 1894


 * Camponotus apicalis Mann, 1916


 * Camponotus atriceps Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus balzani Emery, 1894


 * Camponotus blandus Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus blandus denudatus Emery, 1903


 * Camponotus bocki Forel, 1907


 * Camponotus bruchi Forel, 1912


 * Camponotus callistus Emery, 1911


 * Camponotus canescens antennatus Santschi, 1920


 * Camponotus canescens Mayr, 1870


 * Camponotus cingulatus Mayr, 1862


 * Camponotus compositor Santschi, 1922


 * Camponotus crassicornis Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus cressoni Andre, 1887


 * Camponotus deletangi Santschi, 1920


 * Camponotus dimorphus Emery, 1894


 * Camponotus eurynotus Forel, 1907


 * Camponotus fasciatellus Dalla Torre, 1892


 * Camponotus fastigatus barbiculus Santschi, 1922


 * Camponotus fastigatus Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus geralensis Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus hippocrepis Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus koseritzi Emery, 1888


 * Camponotus kraepelini Forel, 1901


 * Camponotus latangulus Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus longipilis Emery, 1911


 * Camponotus melanoticus Emery, 1894


 * Camponotus mirabilis Emery, 1903


 * Camponotus mus Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus mus mustelus Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus nidulans Smith, F., 1860


 * Camponotus orthocephalus Emery, 1894


 * Camponotus pachylepis Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus picipes jason Forel, 1912


 * Camponotus punctulatus brevibarbis Santschi, 1939


 * Camponotus punctulatus lizeri Santschi, 1922


 * Camponotus punctulatus Mayr, 1868


 * Camponotus renggeri Emery, 1894


 * Camponotus rufipes Fabricius, 1775


 * Camponotus sanctaefidei Dalla Torre, 1892


 * Camponotus sanctaefidei leonhardi Forel, 1901


 * Camponotus sericeiventris holmgreni Wheeler, W.M., 1931


 * Camponotus sericeiventris Guérin-Méneville, 1838


 * Camponotus sexguttatus biguttatus Emery, 1894


 * Camponotus sexguttatus ornatus Emery, 1894


 * Camponotus sexguttatus Fabricius, 1793


 * Camponotus subcircularis Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus traili Mayr, 1878


 * Camponotus wytsmani Emery, 1920


 * Centromyrmex alfaroi Emery, 1890


 * Centromyrmex brachycola Roger, 1861


 * Cephalotes atratus Linnaeus, 1758


 * Cephalotes clypeatus Fabricius, 1804


 * Cephalotes complanatus Guérin-Méneville, 1844


 * Cephalotes cordatus Smith, F., 1853


 * Cephalotes cordiae Stitz, 1913


 * Cephalotes depressus Klug, 1824


 * Cephalotes eduarduli Forel, 1921


 * Cephalotes foliaceus Emery, 1906


 * Cephalotes maculatus Smith, F., 1876


 * Cephalotes minutus Fabricius, 1804


 * Cephalotes opacus Santschi, 1920


 * Cephalotes pallidoides De Andrade, 1999


 * Cephalotes pallidus De Andrade, 1999


 * Cephalotes pellans De Andrade, 1999


 * Cephalotes persimplex De Andrade, 1999


 * Cephalotes pusillus Klug, 1824


 * Cephalotes ramiphilus Forel, 1904


 * Cephalotes simillimus Kempf, 1951


 * Cephalotes spinosus Mayr, 1862


 * Cephalotes targionii Emery, 1894


 * Cephalotes umbraculatus Fabricius, 1804


 * Crematogaster abstinens Forel, 1899


 * Crematogaster arcuata Forel, 1899


 * Crematogaster acuta (Fabricius, 1804)


 * Crematogaster ampla Forel, 1912


 * Crematogaster boliviana Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Crematogaster brasiliensis Mayr, 1878


 * Crematogaster carinata Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster corticicola Mayr, 1887


 * Crematogaster crinosa Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster curvispinosa Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster egregior Forel, 1912


 * Crematogaster goeldii Forel, 1903


 * Crematogaster indefensa Kempf, 1968


 * Crematogaster laevis Mayr, 1878


 * Crematogaster levior Longino, 2003


 * Crematogaster limata Smith, F., 1858


 * Crematogaster longispina nura Ozdikmen, 2010


 * Crematogaster nigropilosa Mayr, 1870


 * Crematogaster quadriformis Roger, 1863


 * Crematogaster rochai Forel, 1903


 * Crematogaster rudis Emery, 1894


 * Crematogaster russata Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Crematogaster stollii Forel, 1885


 * Crematogaster tenuicula Forel, 1904


 * Crematogaster torosa Mayr, 1870


 * Crematogaster victima Smith, F. 1858


 * Cylindromyrmex boliviae Wheeler, W.M., 1924


 * Cylindromyrmex whymperi Cameron, 1891


 * Cyphomyrmex faunulus Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Cyphomyrmex hamulatus Weber, 1938


 * Cyphomyrmex laevigatus Weber, 1938


 * Cyphomyrmex rimosus Spinola, 1851


 * Cyphomyrmex vorticis Weber, 1940

D

 * Daceton armigerum Latreille, 1802


 * Dinoponera australis Emery, 1901


 * Dinoponera mutica Emery, 1901


 * Dolichoderus abruptus Smith, F., 1858


 * Dolichoderus attelaboides Fabricius, 1775


 * Dolichoderus cogitans Forel, 1912


 * Dolichoderus debilis Emery, 1890


 * Dolichoderus decollatus Smith, F., 1858


 * Dolichoderus doloniger Roger, 1862


 * Dolichoderus gagates Emery, 1890


 * Dolichoderus imitator Emery, 1894


 * Dolichoderus lamellosus Mayr, 1870


 * Dolichoderus lugens Emery, 1894


 * Dolichoderus quadridenticulatus Roger, 1862


 * Dolichoderus rugosus Smith, F., 1858


 * Dolichoderus septemspinosus Emery, 1894


 * Dolichoderus smithi MacKay, 1993


 * Dorymyrmex brunneus Forel, 1908


 * Dorymyrmex emmaericaellus Kusnezov, 1951

E

 * Eciton burchellii Westwood, 1842


 * Eciton burchellii cupiens Santschi, 1923


 * Eciton drepanophorum Smith, F., 1858


 * Eciton hamatum Fabricius, 1782


 * Eciton lucanoides Emery, 1894


 * Eciton mexicanum Roger, 1863


 * Eciton rapax Smith, F., 1855


 * Eciton setigaster Borgmeier, 1953


 * Ectatomma brunneum Smith, F., 1858


 * Ectatomma edentatum Roger, 1863


 * Ectatomma permagnum Forel, 1908

F

 * Forelius brasiliensis Forel, 1908


 * Forelius nigriventris Forel, 1912


 * Forelius rufus Gallardo, 1916

G

 * Gnamptogenys acuminata Emery, 1896


 * Gnamptogenys acuta Brown, 1956


 * Gnamptogenys annulata Mayr, 1887


 * Gnamptogenys aspera Morgan, MacKay & Pachero, 2003


 * Gnamptogenys boliviensis Lattke, 1995


 * Gnamptogenys concinna Smith, F., 1858


 * Gnamptogenys continua Mayr, 1887


 * Gnamptogenys flava Pacheco,  MacKay & Morgan, 2004


 * Gnamptogenys haenschi Emery, 1902


 * Gnamptogenys horni Santschi, 1929


 * Gnamptogenys ilimani Lattke, 1995


 * Gnamptogenys mecotyle Brown, 1958


 * Gnamptogenys mina Brown, 1956


 * Gnamptogenys minuta Emery, 1896


 * Gnamptogenys moelleri Forel, 1912


 * Gnamptogenys pleurodon Emery, 1896


 * Gnamptogenys striatula Mayr, 1884


 * Gnamptogenys triangularis Mayr, 1887

H

 * Heteroponera dentinodis Mayr, 1887


 * Hypoponera distinguenda Emery, 1890


 * Hypoponera trigona Mayr, 1887

K

 * Kalathomyrmex emeryi (Forel, 1907)

L

 * Labidus coecus Latreille, 1802


 * Labidus praedator Smith, F., 1858


 * Leptanilloides biconstricta Mann, 1923


 * Leptogenys arcuata Roger, 1861


 * Leptogenys famelica Emery, 1896


 * Leptogenys langi 	Wheeler, W.M., 1923


 * Linepithema angulatum Emery, 1894


 * Linepithema cerradense Wild, 2007


 * Linepithema dispertitum Forel, 1885


 * Linepithema gallardoi Brethes, 1914


 * Linepithema neotropicum Wild, 2007


 * Linepithema oblongum (Santschi, 1929)

M

 * Megalomyrmex balzaniEmery, 1894


 * Megalomyrmex silvestrii Wheeler, W.M., 1909


 * Megalomyrmex symmetochus Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758


 * Mycetophylax glaber Weber, 1948


 * Mycocepurus manni Weber, 1938


 * Mycocepurus smithii Forel, 1893


 * Myrmelachista guyanensis Wheeler, W.M. 1934


 * Myrmelachista nodigera Mayr, 1887


 * Myrmelachista schumanni Emery, 1890


 * Myrmelachista schumanni cordincola Wheeler, W.M., 1934


 * Myrmicocrypta boliviana Weber, 1938


 * Myrmicocrypta foreli surianensis Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Myrmicocrypta occipitalis Weber, 1938


 * Myrmicocrypta rudiscapa Emery, 1913


 * Myrmicocrypta triangulata peruviana Emery, 1913


 * Myrmicocrypta tuberculata Weber, 1938

N

 * Neivamyrmex balzani Emery, 1894


 * Neivamyrmex diversinodis Borgmeier, 1933


 * Neivamyrmex dorbignii Shuckard, 1840


 * Neivamyrmex emeryi Santschi, 1921


 * Neivamyrmex falcifer Emery, 1900


 * Neivamyrmex genalis Borgmeier, 1953


 * Neivamyrmex gradualis Borgmeier, 1953


 * Neivamyrmex halidaii Shuckard, 1840


 * Neivamyrmex hopei Shuckard, 1840


 * Neivamyrmex jerrmanni Forel, 1901


 * Neivamyrmex leptognathus Emery, 1900


 * Neivamyrmex pertii Shuckard, 1840


 * Neivamyrmex physognathus Emery, 1900


 * Neivamyrmex pseudops Forel, 1909


 * Neivamyrmex punctaticeps Emery, 1894


 * Neivamyrmex romandii Shuckard, 1840


 * Neivamyrmex shuckardi Emery, 1900


 * Neivamyrmex sulcatus Mayr, 1868


 * Neivamyrmex walkerii Westwood, 1842


 * Nesomyrmex pulcher Emery, 1917


 * Nesomyrmex spininodis Mayr, 1887


 * Nomamyrmex esenbeckii (Westwood, 1842)


 * Nylanderia fulva Mayr, 1862


 * Nylanderia nodifera Mayr, 1870

O

 * Ochetomyrmex neopolitus Fernandez, 2003


 * Ochetomyrmex semipolitus Mayr, 1878


 * Octostruma balzani Emery, 1894


 * Octostruma inca Brown & Kempf, 1960


 * Odontomachus bauri Emery, 1892


 * Odontomachus chelifer Latreille, 1802


 * Odontomachus haematodus Linnaeus, 1758


 * Odontomachus laticeps Roger, 1861


 * Oxyepoecus mandibularis Emery, 1913

P

 * Pachycondyla aenescens Mayr, 1870


 * Pachycondyla apicalis (Latreille, 1802)


 * Pachycondyla arhuaca (Forel, 1901)


 * Pachycondyla breviscapa MacKay & MacKay, 2010


 * Pachycondyla carinulata (Roger, 1861)


 * Pachycondyla crenata Roger, 1861


 * Pachycondyla fauveli Emery, 1896


 * Pachycondyla fuscoatra Roger, 1861


 * Pachycondyla globularia MacKay & MacKay, 2010


 * Pachycondyla harpax Fabricius, 1804


 * Pachycondyla impressa Roger, 1861


 * Pachycondyla inversa Smith, F., 1858


 * Pachycondyla luteola Roger, 1861


 * Pachycondyla mirabilis Mackay & Mackay, 2010


 * Pachycondyla oberthueri Emery, 1890


 * Pachycondyla obscuricornis Emery, 1890


 * Pachycondyla rugosula Emery, 1902


 * Pachycondyla stigma Fabricius, 1804


 * Pachycondyla striatinodis Emery, 1890


 * Pachycondyla unidentata Mayr, 1862


 * Pachycondyla verenae (Forel, 1922)


 * Pachycondyla villosa Fabricius, 1804


 * Paraponera clavata Fabricius, 1775


 * Pheidole aberrans Mayr, 1868


 * Pheidole aequiseta Santschi, 1923


 * Pheidole asperithorax Emery, 1894


 * Pheidole astur Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole balzani Emery, 1894


 * Pheidole biconstricta Mayr, 1870


 * Pheidole bison Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole boliviana Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole cephalica Smith, F., 1858


 * Pheidole claviscapa Santschi, 1925


 * Pheidole cornicula Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole delicata Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole dolon Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole exigua Mayr, 1884


 * Pheidole gertrudae Forel, 1886


 * Pheidole gigaflavens Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole haskinsorum Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole infernalis Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole mittermeieri Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole mosenopsis Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole nigella Emery, 1894


 * Pheidole polita Emery, 1894


 * Pheidole quiaccana Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Pheidole radoszkowskii Mayr, 1884


 * Pheidole scapulata Santschi, 1923


 * Pheidole schmalzi Emery, 1894


 * Pheidole seeldrayersi Forel, 1910


 * Pheidole terribilis Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole triconstricta Forel, 1886


 * Pheidole tristicula Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole vafella Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Pheidole veletis Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole zelata Wilson, 2003


 * Platythyrea sinuata Roger, 1860


 * Pogonomyrmex cunicularius Mayr, 1887


 * Pogonomyrmex longibarbis Gallardo, 1931


 * Pogonomyrmex marcusi Kusnezov, 1951


 * Prionopelta antillana Forel, 1909


 * Probolomyrmex boliviensis Mann, 1923


 * Procryptocerus attenuatus (Smith, F. 1876)


 * Procryptocerus balzani Emery, 1894


 * Procryptocerus hylaeus Kempf, 1951


 * Procryptocerus pictipes Emery, 1896


 * Pseudomyrmex acanthobius Emery, 1896


 * Pseudomyrmex atripes Smith, F. 1860


 * Pseudomyrmex cubaensis Forel, 1901


 * Pseudomyrmex curacaensis Forel, 1912


 * Pseudomyrmex eduardi Forel, 1912


 * Pseudomyrmex ejectus Smith, F., 1858


 * Pseudomyrmex ethicus Forel, 1911


 * Pseudomyrmex flavidulus Smith, F., 1858


 * Pseudomyrmex gracilis Fabricius, 1804


 * Pseudomyrmex kuenckeli Emery, 1890


 * Pseudomyrmex lizeri Santschi, 1922


 * Pseudomyrmex niger Donisthorpe, 1940


 * Pseudomyrmex oculatus Smith, F., 1855


 * Pseudomyrmex pallidus Smith, F., 1855


 * Pseudomyrmex pictus Stitz, 1913


 * Pseudomyrmex pupa Forel, 1911


 * Pseudomyrmex sericeus cordiae Forel, 1904


 * Pseudomyrmex tenuis Fabricius, 1804


 * Pseudomyrmex tenuissimus Emery, 1906


 * Pseudomyrmex termitarius Smith, F., 1855


 * Pseudomyrmex triplarinus Weddell, 1850


 * Pseudomyrmex unicolor Smith, F. 1855


 * Pseudomyrmex urbanus Smith, F., 1877


 * Pseudomyrmex venustus Smith, F. 1858

S

 * Sericomyrmex beniensis Weber, 1938


 * Solenopsis castor Forel, 1893


 * Solenopsis electra Forel, 1914


 * Solenopsis geminata Fabricius, 1804


 * Solenopsis interrupta Santschi, 1916


 * Solenopsis novemmaculata Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Solenopsis picea subadpressa Forel, 1903


 * Solenopsis saevissima Smith, F., 1855


 * Solenopsis stricta Emery, 1896


 * Solenopsis wasmannii Emery, 1894


 * Stegomyrmex connectens Emery, 1912


 * Strumigenys alberti Forel, 1893


 * Strumigenys denticulata Mayr, 1887


 * Strumigenys eggersi Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys elongata Roger, 1863


 * Strumigenys infidelis Santschi, 1919


 * Strumigenys interfectiva Lattke & Goitia, 1997


 * Strumigenys louisianae Roger, 1863


 * Strumigenys mirabilis Mann, 1926


 * Strumigenys perparva Brown, 1958


 * Strumigenys planeti Brown, 1953


 * Strumigenys precava Brown, 1954


 * Strumigenys prospiciens Emery, 1906


 * Strumigenys sublonga Brown, 1958


 * Strumigenys trinidadensis Wheeler, W.M., 1922

T

 * Thaumatomyrmex manni Weber, 1939


 * Trachymyrmex echinus Weber, 1938


 * Trachymyrmex holmgreni Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Trachymyrmex levis Weber, 1938


 * Trachymyrmex mandibularis Weber, 1938


 * Tranopelta gilva Mayr, 1866


 * Tranopelta subterranea Mann, 1916


 * Typhlomyrmex clavicornis Emery, 1906


 * Typhlomyrmex pusillus Emery, 1894


 * Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi Mayr, 1862

W

 * Wasmannia auropunctata laevifrons Emery, 1894