Sri Lanka



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

Acanthomyrmex

 * Acanthomyrmex luciolae 	Emery, 1893

Acropyga

 * Acropyga acutiventris 	Roger, 1862


 * Acropyga rubescens 	Forel, 1894

Aenictus

 * Aenictus aitkenii Forel, 1901


 * Aenictus biroi 	Forel, 1907


 * Aenictus ceylonicus 	(Mayr, 1866)


 * Aenictus gracilis 	Emery, 1893


 * Aenictus pachycerus (Smith, F. 1858)


 * Aenictus porizonoides 	Walker, 1860

Aneuretus

 * Aneuretus simoni 	Emery, 1893

Anillomyrma

 * Anillomyrma decamera 	Emery, 1901

Anochetus

 * Anochetus consultans 	Walker, 1859


 * Anochetus longifossatus 	Mayr, 1897


 * Anochetus madaraszi 	Mayr, 1897


 * Anochetus nietneri 	Roger, 1861


 * Anochetus pangens 	Walker, 1859


 * Anochetus yerburyi 	Forel, 1900

Anoplolepis

 * Anoplolepis gracilipes

Bothroponera

 * Bothroponera tesseronoda (Emery)

Brachyponera

 * Brachyponera luteipes 	Mayr, 1862


 * Brachyponera obscurans 	Walker, 1859

Calyptomyrmex

 * Calyptomyrmex singalensis 	Baroni Urbani, 1975


 * Calyptomyrmex tamil 	Baroni Urbani, 1975


 * Calyptomyrmex vedda 	Baroni Urbani, 1975

Camponotus

 * Camponotus albipes 	Emery, 1893


 * Camponotus auriculatus 	Mayr, 1897


 * Camponotus barbatus 	Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus ceylonicus 	Emery, 1925


 * Camponotus greeni 	Forel, 1911


 * Camponotus indeflexus 	Walker, 1859


 * Camponotus irritans 	Smith, F., 1857


 * Camponotus isabellae 	Forel, 1909


 * Camponotus latebrosus 	Walker, 1859


 * Camponotus mendax integer 	Forel, 1895


 * Camponotus mitis 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus ominosus 	Forel, 1911


 * Camponotus rufoglaucus 	Jerdon, 1851


 * Camponotus sericeus 	Fabricius, 1798


 * Camponotus sesquipedalis 	Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus simoni 	Emery, 1893


 * Camponotus thraso diogenes 	Forel, 1909


 * Camponotus varians 	Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus variegatus bacchus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus wedda 	Forel, 1908


 * Camponotus barbatus infuscoides Bingham, 1903


 * Camponotus fletcheri 	Donisthorpe, 1942


 * Camponotus reticulatus yerburyi Forel, 1893


 * Camponotus reticulatus 	Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus thraso Forel, 1893


 * Camponotus variegatus intrans Forel, 1911

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla emeryi


 * Cardiocondyla minutior

Carebara

 * Carebara bruni 	Forel, 1913


 * Carebara butteli 	Forel, 1913


 * Carebara ceylonensis (Forel, 1911)


 * Carebara deponens 	Walker, 1859


 * Carebara diversa taprobanae (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Carebara escherichi 	Forel, 1911


 * Carebara nana (Roger, 1863)


 * Carebara pygmaea (Emery, 1887)


 * Carebara sinhala Fischer, Azorsa & Fisher, 2014

Cataulacus

 * Cataulacus granulatus (Latreille, 1802)


 * Cataulacus simoni 	Emery, 1893


 * Cataulacus taprobanae 	Smith, F., 1853

Centromyrmex

 * Centromyrmex feae ceylonicus 	Forel, 1900

Cerapachys

 * Cerapachys coecus 	Mayr, 1897


 * Cerapachys fossulatus 	Forel, 1895


 * Cerapachys fragosus 	Roger, 1862


 * Cerapachys luteoviger 	Brown, 1975


 * Cerapachys typhlus 	Roger, 1861

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster apicalis 	Motschoulsky, 1863


 * Crematogaster brunnescens 	Motschoulsky, 1863


 * Crematogaster consternens 	Walker, 1859


 * Crematogaster desecta 	Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster dohrni 	Mayr, 1879


 * Crematogaster dohrni gigas Forel, 1913


 * Crematogaster pellens 	Walker, 1859


 * Crematogaster ransonneti 	Mayr, 1868


 * Crematogaster rogeri 	Emery, 1922


 * Crematogaster rothneyi haputalensis 	Forel, 1913


 * Crematogaster biroi 	Mayr, 1897

Cryptopone

 * Cryptopone testacea Emery, 1893

Diacamma

 * Diacamma ceylonense 	Emery, 1897


 * Diacamma indicum Santschi


 * Diacamma rugosum 	Le Guillou, 1842

Dilobocondyla

 * Dilobocondyla didita 	Walker, 1859

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus taprobanae 	Smith, F., 1858

Dorylus

 * Dorylus orientalis 	Westwood, 1835

Gnamptogenys

 * Gnamptogenys coxalis 	Roger, 1860

Harpegnathos

 * Harpegnathos saltator taprobanae 	Forel, 1909

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera ceylonensis 	Mayr, 1897


 * Hypoponera confinis 	Roger, 1860


 * Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894)


 * Hypoponera taprobanae 	Forel, 1913

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota capensis lunaris 	Emery, 1893

Leptanilla

 * Leptanilla besucheti 	Baroni Urbani, 1977

Leptogenys

 * Leptogenys diminuta 	Smith, F., 1857


 * Leptogenys exudans 	Walker, 1859


 * Leptogenys falcigera 	Roger, 1861


 * Leptogenys hysterica 	Forel, 1900


 * Leptogenys meritans 	Walker, 1859


 * Leptogenys peuqueti André


 * Leptogenys processionalis 	Jerdon, 1851


 * Leptogenys pruinosa 	Forel, 1900


 * Leptogenys yerburyi 	Forel, 1900

Lophomyrmex

 * Lophomyrmex quadrispinosus (Jerdon, 1851)

Meranoplus

 * Meranoplus bicolor 	Guérin-Méneville, 1844


 * Meranoplus boltoni 	Schödl, 1998


 * Meranoplus levis 	Donisthorpe, 1942


 * Meranoplus loebli 	Schödl, 1998

Mesoponera

 * Mesoponera melanaria 	Emery, 1893

Metapone

 * Metapone greeni 	Forel, 1911


 * Metapone johni 	Karavaiev, 1933

Monomorium

 * Monomorium floricola 	(Jerdon, 1851)


 * Monomorium latinode 	Mayr, 1872


 * Monomorium pharaonis 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Monomorium subopacum 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Monomorium taprobanae 	Forel, 1913

Myopias

 * Myopias amblyops 	Roger, 1861

Myopopone

 * Myopopone castanea 	Smith, F., 1860

Myrmicaria

 * Myrmicaria brunnea Saunders

Myrmoteras

 * Myrmoteras ceylonicum 	Gregg, 1957

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia taylori levis 	(Forel, 1913)


 * Nylanderia vagabunda 	(Motschoulsky, 1863)


 * Nylanderia yerburyi 	(Forel, 1894)

Odontomachus

 * Odontomachus simillimus 	Smith, F., 1858

Oecophylla

 * Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775)

Paratopula

 * Paratopula ceylonica 	Emery, 1901

Paratrechina

 * Paratrechina longicornis 	Latreille, 1802

Pheidole

 * Pheidole barreleti 	Forel, 1903


 * Pheidole ceylonica 	Motschoulsky, 1863


 * Pheidole diffidens 	Walker, 1859


 * Pheidole gracilipes 	Motschoulsky, 1863


 * Pheidole horni 	Emery, 1901


 * Pheidole latinoda 	Roger, 1863


 * Pheidole latinoda angustior


 * Pheidole latinoda peradeniyae Forel, 1911


 * Pheidole malinsii 	Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole nietneri 	Emery, 1901


 * Pheidole nodus 	Smith, F., 1874


 * Pheidole parva 	Mayr, 1865


 * Pheidole pronotalis 	Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole rugosa Smith, F. 1858


 * Pheidole spathifera yerburyi 	Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole sulcaticeps 	Roger, 1863


 * Pheidole sulcaticeps vellicans Forel, 1911


 * Pheidole templaria euscrobata 	Forel, 1913

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis pissina 	Roger, 1863

Platythyrea

 * Platythyrea clypeata 	Forel, 1911


 * Platythyrea parallela 	Smith, F., 1859

Polyrhachis

 * Polyrhachis aedipus 	Forel, 1893


 * Polyrhachis bugnioni 	Forel, 1908


 * Polyrhachis convexa 	Roger, 1863


 * Polyrhachis convexa isabellae Forel, 1908


 * Polyrhachis curvispina Forel, 1908


 * Polyrhachis exercita 	Walker, 1859


 * Polyrhachis gibbosa 	Forel, 1908


 * Polyrhachis hippomanes ceylonensis 	Emery, 1893


 * Polyrhachis horni 	Emery, 1901


 * Polyrhachis illaudata 	Walker, 1859


 * Polyrhachis jerdonii 	Forel, 1892


 * Polyrhachis nigra 	Mayr, 1862


 * Polyrhachis rupicapra Roger, 1863


 * Polyrhachis scissa 	Roger, 1862


 * Polyrhachis thrinax Roger, 1863


 * Polyrhachis tibialis pectita 	Santschi, 1928


 * Polyrhachis xanthippe Forel, 1911


 * Polyrhachis yerburyi 	Forel, 1893


 * Polyrhachis convexa isabellae Forel, 1908


 * Polyrhachis punctillata 	Roger, 1863


 * Polyrhachis rastellata 	Latreille, 1802


 * Polyrhachis sophocles 	Forel, 1908

Prenolepis

 * Prenolepis naoroji Forel

Protanilla

 * Protanilla schoedli Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2006

Pseudolasius

 * Pseudolasius isabellae Forel, 1908

Pseudoneoponera

 * Pseudoneoponera rufipes ceylonensis Forel, 1911

Recurvidris

 * Recurvidris pickburni 	Bolton, 1992

Rhopalomastix

 * Rhopalomastix escherichi 	Forel, 1911

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis geminata


 * Solenopsis nitens 	Bingham, 1903

Stereomyrmex

 * Stereomyrmex horni 	Emery, 1901

Stigmatomma

 * Stigmatomma testaceum (Motschoulsky, 1863)

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys godeffroyi 	Mayr, 1866


 * Strumigenys inopinata (De Andrade, 1994)


 * Strumigenys lewisi 	Cameron, 1886


 * Strumigenys lyroessa 	Roger, 1859


 * Strumigenys veddha De Andrade, 2007

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma indicum


 * Tapinoma melanocephalum

Technomyrmex

 * Technomyrmex albipes 	Smith, F., 1861


 * Technomyrmex bicolor 	Emery, 1893


 * Technomyrmex elatior Forel, 1902


 * Technomyrmex horni Forel, 1912

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium curvispinosum 	Mayr, 1897


 * Tetramorium pacificum 	Mayr, 1870


 * Tetramorium pilosum 	Emery, 1893


 * Tetramorium simillimum 	Smith, F., 1851


 * Tetramorium tonganum 	Mayr, 1870


 * Tetramorium tortuosum 	Roger, 1863


 * Tetramorium transversarium 	Roger, 1863


 * Tetramorium yerburyi 	Forel, 1902

Tetraponera

 * Tetraponera allaborans 	Walker, 1859


 * Tetraponera nigra 	Jerdon, 1851


 * Tetraponera rufonigra 	Jerdon, 1851

Trichomyrmex

 * Trichomyrmex criniceps (Mayr, 1879)


 * Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Trichomyrmex emeryi laevior (Mayr, 1897)


 * Trichomyrmex rogeri Mayr, 1865

Tyrannomyrmex

 * Tyrannomyrmex legatus Alpert, 2013

Vollenhovia

 * Vollenhovia escherichi 	Forel, 1911

Uncertain species
The following species were described from Sri Lanka but their true identities are currently unknown.
 * Formica fuscicauda Motschoulsky, 1863
 * Formica subpicea Motschoulsky, 1863
 * Myrmica obscurata Motschoulsky, 1863
 * Myrmica pilinodis Motschoulsky, 1863