Solomon Islands



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

A

 * Acropyga acutiventris
 * Acropyga lauta
 * Acropyga oceanica
 * Acropyga pallida
 * Amblyopone australis
 * Anochetus cato
 * Anochetus graeffei
 * Anochetus isolatus
 * Anonychomyrma dimorpha
 * Anoplolepis gracilipes (introduced)
 * Arnoldius pusillus

B

 * Brachymyrmex obscurior (introduced)

C

 * Camponotus bedoti
 * Camponotus chloroticus
 * Camponotus elysii
 * Camponotus guppyi
 * Camponotus loa belli
 * Camponotus loa
 * Camponotus novaehollandiae
 * Cardiocondyla kagutsuchi (introduced)
 * Cardiocondyla nivalis
 * Cardiocondyla nuda
 * Carebara atoma
 * Carebara viehmeyeri
 * Cerapachys inconspicuus
 * Cerapachys pawa
 * Cerapachys terricola
 * Colobostruma foliacea
 * Crematogaster abrupta
 * Crematogaster elysii
 * Crematogaster foxi
 * Crematogaster nesiotis
 * Crematogaster obnigra
 * Crematogaster scita
 * Crematogaster wheeleri

D

 * Discothyrea clavicornis

E

 * Eurhopalothrix brevicornis
 * Eurhopalothrix greensladei
 * Eurhopalothrix isabellae
 * Eurhopalothrix procera

G

 * Gnamptogenys albiclava
 * Gnamptogenys crenaticeps
 * Gnamptogenys lucida
 * Gnamptogenys malaensis
 * Gnamptogenys preciosa
 * Gnamptogenys solomonensis

H

 * Hypoponera biroi
 * Hypoponera confinis
 * Hypoponera papuana
 * Hypoponera pruinosa
 * Hypoponera punctatissima (introduced)
 * Hypoponera ragusai (introduced)
 * Hypoponera sororcula

I

 * Iridomyrmex anceps
 * Iridomyrmex pallidus
 * Iridomyrmex rufoniger

L

 * Leptogenys diminuta
 * Leptogenys foreli
 * Leptogenys oresbia
 * Leptogenys truncata
 * Lordomyrma epinotalis

M

 * Monomorium australicum


 * Monomorium destructor (introduced)


 * Monomorium floricola (introduced)


 * Monomorium pharaonis (introduced)


 * Myopopone castanea (Smith, F. 1860)


 * Myrmecina modesta subarmata


 * Myrmecina modesta


 * Myrmecina transversa

N

 * Nylanderia bourbonica (introduced)
 * Nylanderia glabrior
 * Nylanderia dichroa
 * Nylanderia manni
 * Nylanderia obscura bismarckensis
 * Nylanderia stigmatica
 * Nylanderia vaga (introduced)
 * Nylanderia vividula (introduced)

O

 * Ochetellus glaber (introduced)
 * Odontomachus malignus
 * Odontomachus rufithorax
 * Odontomachus saevissimus
 * Odontomachus simillimus
 * Oecophylla smaragdina subnitida
 * Opisthopsis manni

P

 * Pachycondyla butteli
 * Pachycondyla acuta
 * Pachycondyla aequalis
 * Pachycondyla crassicornis
 * Pachycondyla croceicornis
 * Pachycondyla darwinii
 * Pachycondyla exarata
 * Pachycondyla fusciceps
 * Pachycondyla manni
 * Pachycondyla melancholica
 * Pachycondyla papuana
 * Pachycondyla sheldoni
 * Pachycondyla stigma (introduced)
 * Pachycondyla testacea Emery
 * Paraparatrechina minutula
 * Paratrechina longicornis (introduced)
 * Pheidole belli
 * Pheidole erato
 * Pheidole isis taki
 * Pheidole isis
 * Pheidole megacephala (introduced)
 * Pheidole mendanai
 * Pheidole nindi
 * Pheidole oceanica
 * Pheidole philemon
 * Pheidole sexspinosa fuscescens
 * Pheidole sexspinosa
 * Pheidole umbonata
 * Philidris myrmecodiae
 * Plagiolepis alluaudi (introduced)
 * Platythyrea parallela
 * Podomyrma basalis salomo
 * Podomyrma basalis woodfordi
 * Polyrhachis andromache
 * Polyrhachis annae
 * Polyrhachis arcuata acutinota
 * Polyrhachis campbelli
 * Polyrhachis dahlii
 * Polyrhachis emeryana
 * Polyrhachis fulakora
 * Polyrhachis geminata
 * Polyrhachis greensladei
 * Polyrhachis ithona
 * Polyrhachis johnsoni
 * Polyrhachis kaipi
 * Polyrhachis labella brunneipes
 * Polyrhachis litigiosa
 * Polyrhachis malaensis
 * Polyrhachis nofra
 * Polyrhachis obliqua Stitz, 1911
 * Polyrhachis osae
 * Polyrhachis pacifica
 * Polyrhachis rere
 * Polyrhachis saevissima argentea
 * Polyrhachis salomo
 * Polyrhachis salomo hiram Forel, 1912
 * Polyrhachis santschii
 * Polyrhachis setosa
 * Polyrhachis similis
 * Polyrhachis ugiensis
 * Polyrhachis ulysses
 * Polyrhachis undulata
 * Polyrhachis wheeleri
 * Ponera clavicornis
 * Ponera incerta
 * Ponera swezeyi
 * Ponera szaboi
 * Ponera tenuis
 * Prionopelta majuscula
 * Prionopelta opaca
 * Pristomyrmex levigatus
 * Pristomyrmex obesus
 * Probolomyrmex salomonis
 * Proceratium austronesicum
 * Proceratium papuanum

R

 * Rhytidoponera araneoides
 * Rhytidoponera chalybaea
 * Rogeria megastigmatica
 * Rogeria stigmatica
 * Romblonella elysii

S

 * Solenopsis geminata (introduced)
 * Solenopsis papuana
 * Solenopsis pawaensis
 * Stereomyrmex dispar
 * Stigmatomma celata
 * Stigmatomma gnoma
 * Strumigenys chyzeri
 * Strumigenys decollata
 * Strumigenys emmae (introduced)
 * Strumigenys eurycera
 * Strumigenys frivaldszkyi
 * Strumigenys godeffroyi (introduced)
 * Strumigenys karawajewi
 * Strumigenys membranifera (introduced)
 * Strumigenys mocsaryi
 * Strumigenys rogeri (introduced)
 * Strumigenys szalayi
 * Strumigenys undras
 * Strumigenys yaleopleura

T

 * Tapinoma indicum timidum
 * Tapinoma melanocephalum (introduced)
 * Tapinoma minutum
 * Technomyrmex albipes (introduced)
 * Technomyrmex vitiensis
 * Tetramorium antennatum
 * Tetramorium aspersum
 * Tetramorium bicarinatum (introduced)
 * Tetramorium carinatum
 * Tetramorium insolens
 * Tetramorium lanuginosum (introduced)
 * Tetramorium mayri
 * Tetramorium melanogyna
 * Tetramorium mutatum
 * Tetramorium pacificum
 * Tetramorium salomo
 * Tetramorium simillimum (introduced)
 * Tetramorium tonganum
 * Tetramorium vombis
 * Tetraponera laeviceps
 * Turneria dahlii
 * Turneria pacifica

V

 * Vollenhovia dentata marginata
 * Vollenhovia dentata
 * Vollenhovia elysii
 * Vollenhovia foveaceps
 * Vollenhovia loboii
 * Vollenhovia oblonga pedestris
 * Vollenhovia oblonga
 * Vollenhovia subtilis

W

 * Wasmannia auropunctata