Cameroun



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

A

 * Ankylomyrma coronacantha Bolton, 1973


 * Anochetus africanus 	Mayr, 1865


 * Anochetus katonae Forel, 1907


 * Anochetus pellucidus 	Emery, 1902


 * Anoplolepis carinata 	Emery, 1899


 * Aphomomyrmex afer Emery, 1899


 * Apomyrma stygia


 * Asphinctopone silvestrii


 * Atopomyrmex calpocalycola Snelling, 1992


 * Atopomyrmex mocquerysi André, 1889


 * Axinidris murielae 	Shattuck, 1991

C

 * Calyptomyrmex nummuliticus 	Santschi, 1914


 * Camponotus barbarossa 	Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus buchholzi 	Mayr, 1902


 * Camponotus chrysurus acutisquamis 	Mayr, 1902


 * Camponotus chrysurus securifer Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus caesar imperator 	Emery, 1899


 * Camponotus conradti 	Forel, 1914


 * Camponotus conradti fimbriatipes Santschi, 1920


 * Camponotus crawleyi 	Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus donisthorpei 	Emery, 1920


 * Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881


 * Camponotus ferreri 	Forel, 1913


 * Camponotus guttatus 	Emery, 1899


 * Camponotus immigrans 	Santschi, 1914


 * Camponotus maculatus 	Fabricius, 1782


 * Camponotus olivieri pax Menozzi, 1942


 * Camponotus pompeius marius 	Emery, 1899


 * Cardiocondyla emeryi (introduced)


 * Cardiocondyla neferka Bolton, 1981


 * Cardiocondyla shuckardi Forel, 1891


 * Cardiocondyla weserka Bolton, 1982


 * Carebara diabola 	Santschi, 1913


 * Cataulacus centrurus 	Bolton, 1982


 * Cataulacus erinaceus Stitz, 1910


 * Cataulacus guineensis 	Smith, F., 1853


 * Cataulacus huberi 	André, 1890


 * Cataulacus jacksoni 	Bolton, 1982


 * Cataulacus lobatus 	Mayr, 1895


 * Cataulacus mckeyi 	Snelling, 1979


 * Cataulacus pullus 	Santschi, 1910


 * Cataulacus satrap 	Bolton, 1982


 * Centromyrmex angolensis Bolton & Fisher, 2008


 * Centromyrmex bequaerti (Forel, 1913)


 * Centromyrmex decessor Bolton & Fisher, 2008


 * Centromyrmex longiventris 	Santschi, 1919


 * Centromyrmex sellaris Mayr, 1896


 * Cerapachys cribrinodis 	Emery, 1899


 * Crematogaster africana 	Mayr, 1895


 * Crematogaster africana biemarginata Forel, 1910


 * Crematogaster africana schumanni Mayr, 1895


 * Crematogaster africana variegata Mayr, 1902


 * Crematogaster breviventris 	Santschi, 1920


 * Crematogaster chlorotica 	Emery, 1899


 * Crematogaster concava 	Emery, 1899


 * Crematogaster depressa fuscipennis 	Emery, 1899


 * Crematogaster homeri 	Forel, 1913


 * Crematogaster impressa 	Emery, 1899


 * Crematogaster inconspicua 	Mayr, 1896


 * Crematogaster kohli winkleri 	Forel, 1909


 * Crematogaster kneri funerea 	Santschi, 1915


 * Crematogaster muralti 	Forel, 1910


 * Crematogaster pauciseta 	Emery, 1899


 * Crematogaster rugosa rugaticeps 	Santschi, 1919


 * Crematogaster stadelmanni anguliceps 	Stitz, 1916


 * Crematogaster stadelmanni angustata Mayr, 1895


 * Crematogaster stadelmanni gracilenta Viehmeyer, 1922


 * Crematogaster stadelmanni intermedia Mayr, 1896


 * Crematogaster trautweini 	Viehmeyer, 1914


 * Crematogaster wellmani luciae 	Forel, 1913


 * Cyphoidris exalta 	Bolton, 1981

D

 * Discothyrea oculata 	Emery, 1901


 * Dorylus depilis 	Emery, 1895


 * Dorylus emeryi 	Mayr, 1896


 * Dorylus fulvus dentifrons 	Wasmann, 1904


 * Dorylus funereus zumpti 	Santschi, 1937


 * Dorylus mandibularis 	Mayr, 1896


 * Dorylus mayri 	Santschi, 1912


 * Dorylus nigricans pallidus 	Santschi, 1921


 * Dorylus nigricans sjoestedti Emery, 1899


 * Dorylus nigricans sjostedtiwilverthi Wasmann, 1917


 * Dorylus ocellatus 	Stitz, 1910


 * Dorylus politus 	Emery, 1901


 * Dorylus rufescens 	Santschi, 1915


 * Dorylus spininodis 	Emery, 1901


 * Dorylus wilverthi 	Emery, 1899

F

 * Feroponera ferox Bolton & Fisher, 2008

H

 * Hypoponera angustata


 * Hypoponera camerunensis 	Santschi, 1914


 * Hypoponera coeca 	Santschi, 1914


 * Hypoponera defessa


 * Hypoponera dulcis 	(Forel, 1907)


 * Hypoponera inaudax (Santschi, 1919)


 * Hypoponera jeanneli (Santschi, 1935)


 * Hypoponera occidentalis (Bernard, 1953)


 * Hypoponera odiosa Bolton & Fisher, 2011

L

 * Lepisiota nigriventris 	Emery, 1899


 * Leptogenys amon 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys bubastis 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys camerunensis 	Stitz, 1910


 * Leptogenys conradti 	Forel, 1913


 * Leptogenys crustosa Santschi, 1914


 * Leptogenys diatra 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys elegans Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys ergatogyna Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Leptogenys honoria 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys nebra 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys pavesii 	Emery, 1892


 * Leptogenys striatidens 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys terroni 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys titan 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys trilobata Santschi, 1924


 * Leptogenys vindicis 	Bolton, 1975


 * Loboponera basalis 	Bolton & Brown, 2002


 * Loboponera nasica (Santschi, 1920)


 * Loboponera subatra 	Bolton & Brown, 2002


 * Loboponera vigilans 	Bolton & Brown, 2002

M

 * Microdaceton tanyspinosum 	Bolton, 2000


 * Monomorium bicolor 	Emery, 1877


 * Monomorium cryptobium (Santschi, 1921)


 * Monomorium dolatu 	Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium draxocum 	Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium egens 	Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium exiguum Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium invidium 	Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Monomorium jacksoni 	Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium noxitum 	Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Myrmicaria exigua gracilis 	Stitz, 1910


 * Myrmicaria exigua simplex Stitz, 1925


 * Myrmicaria opaciventris congolensis 	Forel, 1909


 * Mystrium silvestrii 	Santschi, 1914

N

 * Nesomyrmex cataulacoides 	Snelling, 1992


 * Nylanderia brevisetula


 * Nylanderia lepida 	Santschi, 1915


 * Nylanderia luteafra LaPolla & Fisher, 2011


 * Nylanderia umbella LaPolla & Fisher, 2011

O

 * Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi, 1914


 * Oecophylla longinoda fusca 	Emery, 1899

P

 * Pachycondyla pachyderma 	Emery, 1901


 * Pachycondyla scolopax 	Emery, 1899


 * Pachycondyla sennaarensis ruginota 	Stitz, 1916


 * Pachycondyla sjostedti 	Mayr, 1896


 * Pachycondyla soror 	Emery, 1899


 * Pachycondyla zumpti 	Santschi, 1937


 * Paraparatrechina albipes (Emery, 1899)


 * Paraparatrechina brunnella LaPolla & Chung, 2010


 * Paraparatrechina oreias LaPolla & Cheng, 2010


 * Paraparatrechina subtilis 	Santschi, 1920


 * Petalomyrmex phylax 	Snelling, 1979


 * Phasmomyrmex buchneri 	Forel, 1886


 * Phasmomyrmex buchneri griseus Santschi, 1937


 * Phasmomyrmex wolfi 	Emery, 1920


 * Pheidole aurivillii 	Mayr, 1896


 * Pheidole buchholzi 	Mayr, 1901


 * Pheidole glabrella Fischer, Hita Garcia & Peters, 2012


 * Pheidole minima 	Mayr, 1901


 * Pheidologeton volsellata 	Santschi, 1937


 * Phrynoponera gabonensis André, 1892


 * Phrynoponera sveni 	(Forel, 1916)


 * Platythyrea conradti 	Emery, 1899


 * Platythyrea frontalis 	Emery, 1899


 * Platythyrea modesta 	Emery, 1899


 * Platythyrea tenuis 	Emery, 1899


 * Plectroctena cristata 	Emery, 1899


 * Plectroctena latinodis Santschi, 1924


 * Plectroctena mandibularis Smith, F., 1858


 * Plectroctena minor 	Emery, 1892


 * Plectroctena thaui Fisher, 2006


 * Polyrhachis aenescens 	Stitz, 1910


 * Polyrhachis andrei 	Emery, 1921


 * Polyrhachis concava 	André, 1889


 * Polyrhachis curta 	André, 1890


 * Polyrhachis decemdentata 	André, 1889


 * Polyrhachis fissa 	Mayr, 1902


 * Polyrhachis laboriosa Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis lanuginosa Santschi, 1909


 * Polyrhachis lauta 	Santschi, 1910


 * Polyrhachis militaris  (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Polyrhachis platyomma 	Emery, 1921


 * Polyrhachis schistacea (Gerstäcker, 1859)


 * Polyrhachis weissi 	Santschi, 1910


 * Prionopelta amieti 	Terron, 1974


 * Prionopelta humicola 	Terron, 1974


 * Pristomyrmex africanus Karavaiev, 1931


 * Pristomyrmex orbiceps 	Santschi, 1914


 * Proceratium lunatum 	Terron, 1981


 * Proceratium terroni 	Bolton, 1995


 * Promyopias silvestrii (Santschi, 1914)


 * Psalidomyrmex feae Menozzi, 1922


 * Psalidomyrmex procerus 	Emery, 1901


 * Psalidomyrmex reichenspergeri Santschi, 1913


 * Psalidomyrmex wheeleri Santschi, 1923

R

 * Rhoptromyrmex opacus 	Forel, 1909

S

 * Simopone annettae 	Kutter, 1976


 * Simopone conradti 	Emery, 1899


 * Simopone grandis


 * Simopone matthiasi 	Kutter, 1977


 * Simopone wilburi


 * Stigmatomma santschii 	(Menozzi, 1922)


 * Strumigenys africana 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys arahana 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys behasyla 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys bequaerti 	Santschi, 1923


 * Strumigenys bernardi 	Brown, 1960


 * Strumigenys bitheria 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys cavinasis 	Brown, 1950


 * Strumigenys concolor Santschi, 1914


 * Strumigenys depilosa 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys dextra Brown, 1954


 * Strumigenys dotaja 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys enkara 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys ettillax 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys   exunca 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys   geoterra 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys hastyla 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys   hensekta Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys   kerasma 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys korahyla 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys laticeps Brown, 1962


 * Strumigenys ludovici 	Forel, 1904


 * Strumigenys lujae 	Forel, 1902


 * Strumigenys malaplax 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys maynei 	Forel, 1916


 * Strumigenys mekaha 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys membranifera (Emery, 1869)


 * Strumigenys minima Bolton, 1972


 * Strumigenys ninda 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys paranax 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys petiolata 	Bernard, 1953


 * Strumigenys placora 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys ravidura 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys relahyla Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys rogeri 	Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys roomi 	Bolton, 1972


 * Strumigenys serrula 	Santschi, 1910


 * Strumigenys sharra Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys sistrura 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys spathoda Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys stygia Santschi, 1913


 * Strumigenys sulumana 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys tacta Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys terroni 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys tethepa 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys tetragnatha 	Taylor, 1966


 * Strumigenys tetraphanes 	Brown, 1954


 * Strumigenys tolomyla 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys totyla 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys truncatidens 	Brown, 1950


 * Strumigenys trymala 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys vodensa 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys xenohyla 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys zandala Bolton, 1983

T

 * Technomyrmex andrei Emery, 1899


 * Technomyrmex camerunensis Emery, 1899


 * Technomyrmex lasiops Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex laurenti (Emery, 1899)


 * Technomyrmex lujae (Forel, 1905)


 * Technomyrmex moerens 	Santschi, 1913


 * Technomyrmex nigriventris 	Santschi, 1910


 * Technomyrmex parviflavus Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex pilipes 	Emery, 1899


 * Technomyrmex semiruber 	Emery, 1899


 * Technomyrmex schoutedeni Forel, 1910


 * Technomyrmex senex Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex zumpti 	Santschi, 1937


 * Terataner luteus 	Emery, 1899


 * Terataner piceus Menozzi, 1942


 * Tetramorium aculeatum Mayr, 1866


 * Tetramorium angulinode Santschi, 1910


 * Tetramorium antrema 	Bolton, 1976


 * Tetramorium brevispinosum Stitz, 1910


 * Tetramorium camerunense Mayr, 1895


 * Tetramorium coloreum 	Mayr, 1901


 * Tetramorium gabonense 	André, 1892


 * Tetramorium guineense


 * Tetramorium ictidum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium minusculum 	Santschi, 1914


 * Tetramorium muralti 	Forel, 1910


 * Tetramorium nodiferum 	Emery, 1901


 * Tetramorium occidentale 	Santschi, 1916


 * Tetramorium quadridentatum 	Stitz, 1910


 * Tetramorium rubrum Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010


 * Tetramorium sericeiventre 	Emery, 1877


 * Tetramorium trirugosum Hita Garcia, Fishcer & Peters, 2010


 * Tetraponera aethiops 	Smith, F., 1877


 * Tetraponera ambigua


 * Tetraponera anthracina 	Santschi, 1910


 * Tetraponera latifrons Emery, 1912


 * Tetraponera ledouxi 	Terron, 1969


 * Tetraponera mayri 	Forel, 1901


 * Tetraponera ophthalmica 	Emery, 1912

W

 * Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863)

X

 * Xymmer muticus (Santschi, 1914)