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.

Acanthoponera

 * Acanthoponera mucronata Roger, 1860

Acanthostichus

 * Acanthostichus concavinodis MacKay, 1996
 * Acanthostichus kirbyi Emery, 1895
 * Acanthostichus quadratus Emery, 1895

Acromyrmex

 * Acromyrmex balzani multituber
 * 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 rugosus Smith, F., 1858
 * Acromyrmex striatus Roger, 1863
 * Acromyrmex subterraneus Forel, 1893
 * Acromyrmex balzani multituber Santschi, 1922
 * Acromyrmex landolti Forel, 1885

Acropyga

 * Acropyga donisthorpei Weber, 1944
 * Acropyga fuhrmanni Forel, 1914
 * Acropyga guianensis Weber, 1944

Allomerus

 * Allomerus octoarticulatus Mayr, 1878

Anochetus

 * Anochetus bispinosus Smith, F., 1858


 * Anochetus chocoensis Zabala, 2008


 * Anochetus targionii Emery, 1894

Apterostigma

 * 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

 * Atta cephalotes Linnaeus, 1758
 * Atta laevigata Smith, F., 1858
 * Atta saltensis Forel, 1913
 * Atta sexdens Linnaeus, 1758
 * Atta vollenweideri Forel, 1893

Azteca

 * 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 lattke 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

Brachymyrmex

 * Brachymyrmex constrictus Santschi, 1923
 * Brachymyrmex heeri Forel, 1874

Camponotus

 * 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

 * Centromyrmex alfaroi Emery, 1890
 * Centromyrmex brachycola Roger, 1861

Cephalotes

 * 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

 * 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

Cryptopone

 * Cryptopone mirabilis Mackay & Mackay, 2010

Cylindromyrmex

 * Cylindromyrmex boliviae Wheeler, W.M., 1924
 * Cylindromyrmex whymperi Cameron, 1891

Cyphomyrmex

 * Cyphomyrmex faunulus Wheeler, W.M., 1925
 * Cyphomyrmex hamulatus Weber, 1938
 * Cyphomyrmex laevigatus Weber, 1938
 * Cyphomyrmex rimosus Spinola, 1851
 * Cyphomyrmex vorticis Weber, 1940

Daceton

 * Daceton armigerum Latreille, 1802

Dinoponera

 * Dinoponera australis Emery, 1901
 * Dinoponera mutica Emery, 1901

Dolichoderus

 * 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 ferrugineus Forel, 1903
 * 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

 * Dorymyrmex brunneus Forel, 1908


 * Dorymyrmex goeldii Forel, 1904


 * Dorymyrmex emmaericaellus Kusnezov, 1951

Eciton

 * 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

 * Ectatomma brunneum Smith, F., 1858
 * Ectatomma edentatum Roger, 1863
 * Ectatomma permagnum Forel, 1908

Forelius

 * Forelius brasiliensis Forel, 1908
 * Forelius nigriventris Forel, 1912
 * Forelius rufus Gallardo, 1916

Gnamptogenys

 * 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

Heteroponera

 * Heteroponera dentinodis Mayr, 1887

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera distinguenda Emery, 1890
 * Hypoponera trigona Mayr, 1887

Kalathomyrmex

 * Kalathomyrmex emeryi (Forel, 1907)

Labidus

 * Labidus coecus Latreille, 1802
 * Labidus praedator Smith, F., 1858

Lachnomyrmex

 * Lachnomyrmex pilosus Weber, 1950

Leptanilloides

 * Leptanilloides biconstricta Mann, 1923

Leptogenys

 * Leptogenys arcuata Roger, 1861
 * Leptogenys famelica Emery, 1896
 * Leptogenys langi 	Wheeler, W.M., 1923

Linepithema

 * Linepithema angulatum Emery, 1894
 * Linepithema cerradense Wild, 2007
 * Linepithema dispertitum Forel, 1885
 * Linepithema gallardoi Brethes, 1914
 * Linepithema neotropicum Wild, 2007
 * Linepithema oblongum (Santschi, 1929)

Megalomyrmex

 * Megalomyrmex balzaniEmery, 1894
 * Megalomyrmex emeryi Forel, 1904
 * Megalomyrmex silvestrii Wheeler, W.M., 1909
 * Megalomyrmex symmetochus Wheeler, W.M., 1925

Monomorium

 * Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758

Mycocepurus

 * Mycocepurus smithii Forel, 1893

Myrmelachista

 * Myrmelachista guyanensis Wheeler, W.M. 1934
 * Myrmelachista nodigera Mayr, 1887
 * Myrmelachista schumanni Emery, 1890
 * Myrmelachista schumanni cordincola Wheeler, W.M., 1934

Myrmicocrypta

 * 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

Neivamyrmex

 * Neivamyrmex balzani Emery, 1894
 * Neivamyrmex diversinodis Borgmeier, 1933
 * Neivamyrmex dorbignii Shuckard, 1840
 * Neivamyrmex emeryi Santschi, 1921
 * Neivamyrmex falciferus 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 nordenskioldii 	(Holmgren, 1908)
 * 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

Neoponera

 * Neoponera aenescens Mayr, 1870
 * Neoponera apicalis (Latreille, 1802)
 * Neoponera carinulata (Roger, 1861)
 * Neoponera crenata Roger, 1861
 * Neoponera fauveli Emery, 1896
 * Neoponera foetida (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Neoponera globularia MacKay & MacKay, 2010
 * Neoponera inversa Smith, F., 1858
 * Neoponera luteola Roger, 1861
 * Neoponera oberthueri Emery, 1890
 * Neoponera obscuricornis Emery, 1890
 * Neoponera rugosula Emery, 1902
 * Neoponera striatinodis Emery, 1890
 * Neoponera unidentata Mayr, 1862
 * Neoponera verenae (Forel, 1922)
 * Neoponera villosa Fabricius, 1804

Nesomyrmex

 * Nesomyrmex pulcher Emery, 1917
 * Nesomyrmex spininodis Mayr, 1887

Nomamyrmex

 * Nomamyrmex esenbeckii (Westwood, 1842)

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia fulva Mayr, 1862
 * Nylanderia nodifera Mayr, 1870

Ochetomyrmex

 * Ochetomyrmex neopolitus Fernandez, 2003
 * Ochetomyrmex semipolitus Mayr, 1878

Octostruma

 * Octostruma balzani (Emery, 1894)
 * Octostruma batesi (Emery, 1894)
 * Octostruma iheringi (Emery, 1888)
 * Octostruma inca Brown & Kempf, 1960
 * Octostruma megabalzani Longino, 2013

Odontomachus

 * Odontomachus bauri Emery, 1892
 * Odontomachus chelifer Latreille, 1802
 * Odontomachus haematodus Linnaeus, 1758
 * Odontomachus laticeps Roger, 1861

Oxyepoecus

 * Oxyepoecus mandibularis Emery, 1913

Pachycondyla

 * Pachycondyla fuscoatra Roger, 1861
 * Pachycondyla harpax Fabricius, 1804
 * Pachycondyla impressa Roger, 1861

Paraponera

 * Paraponera clavata Fabricius, 1775

Pheidole

 * 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 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 vorax
 * Pheidole zelata Wilson, 2003

Platythyrea

 * Platythyrea sinuata Roger, 1860

Pogonomyrmex

 * Pogonomyrmex abdominalis Santschi 1929
 * Pogonomyrmex longibarbis Gallardo, 1931
 * Pogonomyrmex marcusi Kusnezov, 1951
 * Pogonomyrmex naegelii Emery 1878
 * Pogonomyrmex serpens Santschi, 1922

Prionopelta

 * Prionopelta antillana Forel, 1909

Probolomyrmex

 * Probolomyrmex boliviensis Mann, 1923

Procryptocerus

 * Procryptocerus attenuatus (Smith, F. 1876)
 * Procryptocerus balzani Emery, 1894
 * Procryptocerus hylaeus Kempf, 1951
 * Procryptocerus pictipes Emery, 1896

Pseudomyrmex

 * 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 elongatus (Mayr, 1870)
 * 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
 * Pseudomyrmex viduus (Smith, F., 1858)

Pseudoponera

 * Pseudoponera stigma Fabricius, 1804

Rasopone

 * Rasopone arhuaca (Forel, 1901)
 * Rasopone breviscapa MacKay & MacKay, 2010

Rogeria

 * Rogeria scobinata Kugler, C., 1994

Sericomyrmex

 * Sericomyrmex beniensis Weber, 1938

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis basalis Forel, 1895
 * Solenopsis bicolor (Emery, 1906)
 * Solenopsis castor Forel, 1893
 * Solenopsis clytemnestra Emery, 1896
 * Solenopsis electra Forel, 1914
 * Solenopsis geminata Fabricius, 1804
 * Solenopsis interrupta Santschi, 1916
 * Solenopsis metanotalis Emery, 1896
 * Solenopsis picea Emery, 1896
 * Solenopsis saevissima Smith, F., 1855
 * Solenopsis shiptoni Forel, 1914
 * Solenopsis stricta Emery, 1896
 * Solenopsis subtilis Emery, 1896
 * Solenopsis wasmannii Emery, 1894

Stegomyrmex

 * Stegomyrmex connectens Emery, 1912

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys alberti Forel, 1893
 * Strumigenys denticulata Mayr, 1887
 * Strumigenys eggersi Emery, 1890
 * Strumigenys elongata Roger, 1863
 * Strumigenys hyphata (Brown, 1953)
 * 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

Thaumatomyrmex

 * Thaumatomyrmex manni Weber, 1939

Trachymyrmex

 * Trachymyrmex echinus Weber, 1938
 * Trachymyrmex holmgreni Wheeler, W.M., 1925
 * Trachymyrmex levis Weber, 1938
 * Trachymyrmex mandibularis Weber, 1938

Tranopelta

 * Tranopelta gilva Mayr, 1866
 * Tranopelta subterranea Mann, 1916

Typhlomyrmex

 * Typhlomyrmex clavicornis Emery, 1906
 * Typhlomyrmex pusillus Emery, 1894
 * Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi Mayr, 1862

Wasmannia

 * Wasmannia auropunctata