Venezuela



Gary D. Alpert: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

The following 336 valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Venezuela. 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 Venezuelan ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Venezuelan Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

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Acanthoponera mucronata 	Roger, 1860 Acanthostichus laevigatus 	MacKay, 1996 Acanthostichus lattkei 	MacKay, 1996 Acromyrmex (A.) nobilis 	Santschi, 1939 Acromyrmex (A.) octospinosus octospinosus	Reich, 1793 Acromyrmex (Moellerius) balzani planorum	Weber, 1937 Acromyrmex (Moellerius) landolti landolti	Forel, 1885 Acropyga goeldii 	Forel, 1893 Amblyopone lurilabes 	Lattke, 1991 Anochetus emarginatus 	Fabricius, 1804 Anochetus inermis 	André, 1889 Anochetus mayri 	Emery, 1884 Anochetus meinerti 	Forel, 1905 Anochetus simoni 	Emery, 1890 Anochetus striatulus 	Emery, 1890 Apterostigma andense 	Lattke, 1997 Apterostigma angustum 	Lattke, 1997 Apterostigma auriculatum 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925 Apterostigma avium 	Lattke, 1997 Apterostigma bolivianum 	Weber, 1938 Apterostigma convexum 	Lattke, 1997 Apterostigma pariense 	Lattke, 1997 Apterostigma tachirense 	Lattke, 1997 Atta cephalotes 	Linnaeus, 1758 Atta laevigata 	Smith, F., 1858 Atta laevigata venezuelensis	Gonçalves, 1942 Atta sexdens 	Linnaeus, 1758 Azteca alfari 	Emery, 1893 Azteca aragua 	Longino, 1992 Azteca jelskii 	Emery, 1893 Azteca lattkei 	Longino, 1991 Azteca merida 	Longino, 1991 Azteca ovaticeps 	Forel, 1904 Azteca schumannii schumannii	Emery, 1893
 * Acanthognathus ocellatus Mayr, 1887

B
Basiceros disciger 	Mayr, 1887 Basiceros scambognatha 	Brown, 1949 Brachymyrmex cordemoyi cordemoyi	Forel, 1895 Brachymyrmex heeri heeri	Forel, 1874 Brachymyrmex obscurior 	Forel, 1893
 * Bariamyrma hispidula Lattke, 1990

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Camponotus vulpinus 	Mayr, 1862 Camponotus (Dendromyrmex) apicalis 	Mann, 1916 Camponotus (Dendromyrmex) nidulans 	Smith, F., 1860 Camponotus (Dendromyrmex) traili 	Mayr, 1878 Camponotus (M.) blandus aequinotus	Forel, 1902 Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) integellus 	Forel, 1899 Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) lindigi 	Mayr, 1870 Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) zoc 	Forel, 1879 Camponotus (Myrmothrix) abdominalis 	Fabricius, 1804 Camponotus (Myrmothrix) atriceps atriceps	Smith, F., 1858 Camponotus (Myrmothrix) femoratus 	Fabricius, 1804 Camponotus (Myrmothrix) rufipes 	Fabricius, 1775 Camponotus (P.) claviscapus claviscapus	Forel, 1899 Camponotus (Pseudocolobopsis) semoni 	Forel, 1905 Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) ager 	Smith, F., 1858 Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) coruscus coruscus	Smith, F., 1862 Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) fumata 	Stitz, 1933 Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) fumidus fumidus	Roger, 1863 Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) melanocephalus 	Roger, 1863 Camponotus (T.) substitutus substitutus	Emery, 1894 Centromyrmex brachycola 	Roger, 1861 Cephalotes atratus 	Linnaeus, 1758 Cephalotes christopherseni 	Forel, 1912 Cephalotes clypeatus 	Fabricius, 1804 Cephalotes crenaticeps 	Mayr, 1866 Cephalotes decolor 	De Andrade, 1999 Cephalotes depressus 	Klug, 1824 Cephalotes femoralis 	Smith, F., 1853 Cephalotes minutus 	Fabricius, 1804 Cephalotes mompox 	De Andrade, 1999 Cephalotes opacus 	Santschi, 1920 Cephalotes pallens 	Klug, 1824 Cephalotes pallidoides 	De Andrade, 1999 Cephalotes pusillus 	Klug, 1824 Cephalotes scutulatus 	Smith, F., 1867 Cephalotes spinosus 	Mayr, 1862 Cephalotes targionii 	Emery, 1894 Cephalotes umbraculatus 	Fabricius, 1804 Cheliomyrmex megalonyx 	Wheeler, W.M., 1921 Crematogaster (C.) bryophilia 	Longino, 2003 Crematogaster (C.) flavomicrops 	Longino, 2003 Crematogaster (C.) flavosensitiva 	Longino, 2003 Crematogaster (C.) levior 	Longino, 2003 Crematogaster (C.) obscurata 	Emery, 1895 Crematogaster (C.) pevsnerae 	Forel, 1912 Crematogaster (C.) rochai 	Forel, 1903 Crematogaster (C.) sotobosque 	Longino, 2003 Crematogaster (C.) tenuicula 	Forel, 1904 Crematogaster (Eucrema) acuta 	Fabricius, 1804 Crematogaster (Neocrema) arcuata arcuata	Forel, 1899 Crematogaster (Neocrema) distans 	Mayr, 1870 Crematogaster (O.) abstinens abstinens	Forel, 1899 Crematogaster (O.) abstinens suturalis	Forel, 1912 Crematogaster (Orthocrema) carinata 	Mayr, 1862 Crematogaster (Orthocrema) crinosa 	Mayr, 1862 Crematogaster (O.) curvispinosa curvispinosa	Mayr, 1862 Crematogaster (Orthocrema) limata limata	Smith, F., 1858 Crematogaster (Orthocrema) nigropilosa 	Mayr, 1870 Crematogaster (Orthocrema) stollii stollii	Forel, 1885 Crematogaster (Orthocrema) victima victima	Smith, F., 1858 Cylindromyrmex boliviae 	Wheeler, W.M., 1924 Cylindromyrmex brevitarsus 	Santschi, 1925 Cylindromyrmex meinerti 	Forel, 1905 Cyphomyrmex hamulatus 	Weber, 1938 Cyphomyrmex kirbyi 	Mayr, 1887 Cyphomyrmex minutus 	Mayr, 1862 Cyphomyrmex rimosus 	Spinola, 1851 Cyphomyrmex rimosus curiapensis	Weber, 1938 Cyphomyrmex rimosus venezuelensis	Weber, 1938 Cyphomyrmex vorticis 	Weber, 1940
 * Camponotus rudigenis Emery, 1903

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Dolichoderus bispinosus 	Olivier, 1792 Dolichoderus debilis 	Emery, 1890 Dolichoderus doloniger 	Roger, 1862 Dolichoderus epetreius 	Lattke, 1987 Dolichoderus gagates 	Emery, 1890 Dolichoderus gibbosoanalis 	Forel, 1922 Dolichoderus lamellosus 	Mayr, 1870 Dolichoderus laminatus 	Mayr, 1870 Dolichoderus lutosus 	Smith, F., 1858 Dolichoderus quadridenticulatus 	Roger, 1862 Dolichoderus septemspinosus 	Emery, 1894 Dolichoderus sieversi 	Forel, 1901 Dolichoderus spinicollis 	Latreille, 1817 Dorymyrmex insanus 	Buckley, 1866
 * Daceton armigerum Latreille, 1802

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Eciton burchellii cupiens	Santschi, 1923 Eciton vagans allognathum	Borgmeier, 1955 Eciton vagans vagans	Olivier, 1792 Ectatomma edentatum 	Roger, 1863 Ectatomma punctigerum 	Emery, 1890 Ectatomma ruidum 	Roger, 1860 Ectatomma tuberculatum 	Olivier, 1792 Eurhopalothrix gravis 	Mann, 1922
 * Eciton burchellii Westwood, 1842

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Gnamptogenys acuminata 	Emery, 1896 Gnamptogenys ammophila 	Lattke, 1990 Gnamptogenys annulata 	Mayr, 1887 Gnamptogenys concinna 	Smith, F., 1858 Gnamptogenys continua 	Mayr, 1887 Gnamptogenys curvoclypeata 	Lattke, 1990 Gnamptogenys falcifera 	Kempf, 1967 Gnamptogenys fernandezi 	Lattke, 1990 Gnamptogenys fieldi 	Lattke, 1990 Gnamptogenys gracilis 	Santschi, 1929 Gnamptogenys horni 	Santschi, 1929 Gnamptogenys interrupta 	Mayr, 1887 Gnamptogenys mina 	Brown, 1956 Gnamptogenys petiscapa 	Lattke, 1990 Gnamptogenys pittieri 	Lattke, 1990 Gnamptogenys pleurodon 	Emery, 1896 Gnamptogenys porcata 	Emery, 1896 Gnamptogenys regularis 	Mayr, 1870 Gnamptogenys siapensis 	Lattke, 1995 Gnamptogenys sulcata 	Smith, F., 1858 Gnamptogenys tortuolosa 	Smith, F., 1858
 * Gigantiops destructor Fabricius, 1804

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Labidus coecus 	Latreille, 1802 Leptogenys pubiceps pubiceps	Emery, 1890 Leptogenys unistimulosa trinidadensis	Forel, 1901 Leptothorax timidus 	Kempf, 1959 Linepithema iniquum iniquum	Mayr, 1870

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Megalomyrmex incisus 	Smith, M.R., 1947 Megalomyrmex leoninus 	Forel, 1885 Megalomyrmex modestus 	Emery, 1896 Megalomyrmex silvestrii 	Wheeler, W.M., 1909 Megalomyrmex timbira 	Brandão, 1990 Mycetophylax emeryi bolivari	Weber, 1948 Mycetophylax emeryi emeryi	Forel, 1907 Mycetophylax hummelincki 	Weber, 1948 Myrmelachista nigella nigella	Roger, 1863 Myrmelachista zeledoni thiemei	Emery, 1906

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Neivamyrmex guyanensis 	Santschi, 1916 Neivamyrmex halidaii 	Shuckard, 1840 Neivamyrmex pilosus beebei	Wheeler, W.M., 1921 Neivamyrmex swainsonii 	Shuckard, 1840 Nesomyrmex anduzei 	Weber, 1943 Nesomyrmex asper 	Mayr, 1887 Nesomyrmex brimodus 	Bolton, 1995 Nesomyrmex echinatinodis 	Forel, 1886 Nesomyrmex itinerans 	Kempf, 1959 Nesomyrmex pleuriticus 	Kempf, 1959 Nesomyrmex spininodis 	Mayr, 1887 Nesomyrmex tonsuratus 	Kempf, 1959 Nomamyrmex esenbeckii crassicornis	Smith, F., 1855 Nomamyrmex intrepidum 	Santschi, 1929

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Ochetomyrmex neopolitus 	Fernández, 2003 Octostruma iheringi 	Emery, 1888 Octostruma simoni 	Emery, 1890 Odontomachus bauri 	Emery, 1892 Odontomachus haematodus 	Linnaeus, 1758 Odontomachus meinerti 	Forel, 1905 Odontomachus pubescens 	Roger, 1861

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Pachycondyla apicalis 	Latreille, 1802 Pachycondyla arhuaca 	Forel, 1901 Pachycondyla crassinoda 	Latreille, 1802 Pachycondyla crenata 	Roger, 1861 Pachycondyla emiliae 	Forel, 1901 Pachycondyla fuscoatra 	Roger, 1861 Pachycondyla harpax 	Fabricius, 1804 Pachycondyla impressa 	Roger, 1861 Pachycondyla inversa 	Smith, F., 1858 Pachycondyla leveillei 	Emery, 1890 Pachycondyla rostrata 	Emery, 1890 Paratrechina l. longicornis	Latreille, 1802 Paratrechina vividula vividula	Nylander, 1846 Pheidole anastasii venezuelana	Forel, 1905 Pheidole balzani 	Emery, 1894 Pheidole biconstricta 	Mayr, 1870 Pheidole bilimeki 	Mayr, 1870 Pheidole calens 	Forel, 1901 Pheidole carapuna 	Mann, 1916 Pheidole coveri 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole eparmata 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole fabricator 	Smith, F., 1858 Pheidole fallax 	Mayr, 1870 Pheidole fallax fallacior	Forel, 1901 Pheidole fimbriata 	Roger, 1863 Pheidole gravida 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole hedlundorum 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole hortonae 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole impressa detrita	Emery, 1890 Pheidole kukrana 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole laniger 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole laselva 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole lattkei 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole longiscapa 	Forel, 1901 Pheidole megacephala megacephala	Fabricius, 1793 Pheidole meinerti 	Forel, 1905 Pheidole obrima 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole pariana 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole radoszkowskii 	Mayr, 1884 Pheidole rehi 	Forel, 1900 Pheidole rhytifera 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole rubiceps 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole schmalzi 	Emery, 1894 Pheidole sculptior 	Forel, 1893 Pheidole styrax 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole subnuda 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole susannae 	Forel, 1886 Pheidole tachirana 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole tennantae 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole tepuicola 	Wilson, 2003 Pheidole vafra 	Santschi, 1923 Platythyrea angusta 	Forel, 1901 Platythyrea incerta 	Emery, 1890 Platythyrea meinerti 	Forel, 1905 Platythyrea pilosula 	Smith, F., 1858 Platythyrea sinuata 	Roger, 1860 Pogonomyrmex sylvestris 	Lattke, 1991 Pogonomyrmex venezuelensis 	Weber, 1943 Prionopelta marthae 	Forel, 1909 Probolomyrmex petiolatus 	Weber, 1940 Proceratium lattkei 	De Andrade, 2003 Proceratium micronmatum 	Roger, 1863 Procryptocerus hylaeus 	Kempf, 1951 Procryptocerus mayri 	Forel, 1899 Procryptocerus pictipes 	Emery, 1896 Procryptocerus scabriusculus 	Forel, 1899 Procryptocerus schmitti 	Forel, 1901 Pseudomyrmex boopis 	Roger, 1863 Pseudomyrmex cubaensis 	Forel, 1901 Pseudomyrmex curacaensis 	Forel, 1912 Pseudomyrmex eduardi 	Forel, 1912 Pseudomyrmex e. elongatulus	Dalla Torre, 1892 Pseudomyrmex elongatus 	Mayr, 1870 Pseudomyrmex filiformis 	Fabricius, 1804 Pseudomyrmex flavidulus flavidulus	Smith, F., 1858 Pseudomyrmex gracilis gracilis	Fabricius, 1804 Pseudomyrmex longiceps 	Stitz, 1933 Pseudomyrmex mordax 	Warming, 1894 Pseudomyrmex oculatus 	Smith, F., 1855 Pseudomyrmex pallens pallens	Mayr, 1870 Pseudomyrmex penetrator 	Smith, F., 1877 Pseudomyrmex tenuissimus 	Emery, 1906 Pseudomyrmex termitarius 	Smith, F., 1855 Pseudomyrmex triplaridis 	Forel, 1904 Pseudomyrmex urbanus 	Smith, F., 1877 Pyramica alberti 	Forel, 1893 Pyramica castanea 	Brown, 1953 Pyramica crassicornis 	Mayr, 1887 Pyramica denticulata 	Mayr, 1887 Pyramica eggersi 	Emery, 1890 Pyramica fridericimuelleri 	Forel, 1886 Pyramica glenognatha 	Bolton, 2000 Pyramica gundlachi 	Roger, 1862 Pyramica halosis 	Bolton, 2000 Pyramica hyphata 	Brown, 1953 Pyramica inusitata 	Lattke, 1992 Pyramica nubila 	Lattke & Goitia, 1997 Pyramica orchibia 	Brown, 1953 Pyramica schulzi 	Emery, 1894 Pyramica subedentata 	Mayr, 1887 Pyramica tanymastax 	Brown, 1964 Pyramica villiersi 	Perrault, 1986 Pyramica wheeleri 	Smith, M.R., 1944

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 * Rogeria unguispina Kugler, C., 1994

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Solenopsis geminata geminata	Fabricius, 1804 Solenopsis subtilis 	Emery, 1896 Solenopsis sulfurea 	Roger, 1862 Strumigenys anthocera 	Lattke & Goitia, 1997 Strumigenys cordovensis 	Mayr, 1887 Strumigenys cosmostela 	Kempf, 1975 Strumigenys elongata 	Roger, 1863 Strumigenys godmani 	Forel, 1899 Strumigenys hemidisca 	Brown, 1953 Strumigenys humata 	Lattke & Goitia, 1997 Strumigenys infidelis 	Santschi, 1919 Strumigenys interfectiva 	Lattke & Goitia, 1997 Strumigenys lanuginosa 	Wheeler, W.M., 1905 Strumigenys louisianae 	Roger, 1863 Strumigenys marginiventris 	Santschi, 1931 Strumigenys mokensis 	Forel, 1905 Strumigenys pariensis 	Lattke & Goitia, 1997 Strumigenys perparva 	Brown, 1958 Strumigenys planeti 	Brown, 1953 Strumigenys precava 	Brown, 1954 Strumigenys prospiciens 	Emery, 1906 Strumigenys smithii 	Forel, 1886 Strumigenys spathula 	Lattke & Goitia, 1997 Strumigenys tachirensis 	Lattke & Goitia, 1997 Strumigenys trudifera 	Kempf & Brown, 1969 Strumigenys usbensis 	Lattke & Goitia, 1997
 * Solenopsis altinodis Forel, 1912

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Thaumatomyrmex ferox 	Mann, 1922 Thaumatomyrmex paludis 	Weber, 1942 Trachymyrmex bugnioni 	Forel, 1912 Trachymyrmex cornetzi 	Forel, 1912 Trachymyrmex diversus 	Mann, 1916 Trachymyrmex urichii 	Forel, 1893 Tranopelta gilva 	Mayr, 1866 Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi 	Mayr, 1862