Philippines

The following valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in the Philippines. 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 Philippine ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section.

Key to Philippine subfamilies

Dave General, Gary Alpert and others are continuously updating the paper A synoptic review of the ant genera (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Philippines by adding new information to Philippine Ants.

Acanthomyrmex

 * Acanthomyrmex mindanao Moffett, 1986

Acropyga

 * Acropyga acutiventris Roger, 1862

Aenictus

 * Aenictus alticola Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1930

Anillomyrma

 * Anillomyrma decamera (Emery, 1901)

Anochetus
Key to the Anochetus of the Philippines


 * Anochetus brevis Brown, 1978

Anomalomyrma

 * Anomalomyrma helenae Borowiec, Schulz, Alpert & Banas, 2011

Anoplolepis

 * Anoplolepis gracilipes (F. Smith, 1857)

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster feae Emery,  1889

Aretidris

 * Aretidris buenaventei General, 2015

Bothroponera

 * Bothroponera glabripes (Emery, 1893)


 * Bothroponera williamsi (Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925)

Brachyponera

 * Brachyponera chinensis (Emery, 1895)

Calyptomyrmex

 * Calyptomyrmex beccarii Emery, 1887

Camponotus

 * Camponotus albocinctus (Ashmead, 1905)

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla itsukii Seifert, Okita & Heinze, 2017


 * Cardiocondyla kagutsuchi Terayama, 1999

Carebara

 * Carebara affinis (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Carebara pygmaea (Emery, 1887)

Cataulacus

 * Cataulacus catuvolcus Bolton, 1974

Centromyrmex

 * Centromyrmex feae (Emery, 1889)

Cerapachys

 * Cerapachys jacobsoni Forel, 1912

Chronoxenus

 * Chronoxenus sp_phi1 unidentified

Chrysapace

 * Chrysapace jacobsoni Crawley, 1924

Colobopsis

 * Colobopsis corallina Roger, 1863

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster ampullaris F. Smith, 1861


 * Crematogaster bakeri Menozzi, 1925


 * Crematogaster vitalisi Menozzi, 1925

Cryptopone

 * Cryptopone testacea (Emery, 1893)

Dacetinops

 * Dacetinops cirrosus Taylor, 1985

Diacamma

 * Diacamma aequale Zettel, Pal & Laciny, 2016


 * Diacamma aureovestitum Zettel, Pal & Laciny, 2016


 * Diacamma baguiense Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925


 * Diacamma caeruleum Laciny, Pal & Zettel, 2015


 * Diacamma carbonarium Laciny, Pal & Zettel, 2015


 * Diacamma concentricum Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925


 * Diacamma excellens Zettel, Pal & Laciny, 2016


 * Diacamma generali Laciny, Pal & Zettel, 2015


 * Diacamma leyteense Zettel, Pal & Laciny, 2016


 * Diacamma palawanicum Emery, 1900


 * Diacamma panayense Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925


 * Diacamma reductostriatum Zettel, Pal & Laciny, 2016


 * Diacamma rugosum (Le Guillou, 1842)


 * Diacamma symposium Zettel, Pal & Laciny, 2016


 * Diacamma viridipurpureum Emery, 1893


 * Diacamma viridipurpureum quezonicum Laciny, Pal & Zettel, 2015

Dilobocondyla
Key to Dilobocondyla Species of the Philippines


 * Dilobocondyla carinata Zettel & Bruckner, 2013


 * Dilobocondyla chapmani Wheeler, W. M., 1924


 * Dilobocondyla rugosa Zettel & Bruckner, 2013


 * Dilobocondyla silviae Zettel & Bruckner, 2013

Dinomyrmex

 * Dinomyrmex gigas (Latreille, 1802)

Discothyrea

 * Discothyrea bryanti (Wheeler, 1917)


 * Discothyrea clavicornis Emery, 1897

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus affinis Emery, 1889


 * Dolichoderus patens pubiventris Emery, 1900


 * Dolichoderus thoracicus (Smith, F. 1860)

Echinopla

 * Echinopla angustata Zettel & Laciny, 2015


 * Echinopla brevisetosa Zettel & Laciny, 2015


 * Echinopla pallipes Smith, F. 1857

Ectomomyrmex

 * Ectomomyrmex annamitus (André, 1892)

Euprenolepis

 * Euprenolepis negrosensis (Wheeler, W. M. 1930)

Eurhopalothrix

 * Eurhopalothrix chapmani Taylor, 1990

Gesomyrmex

 * Gesomyrmex luzonensis (Wheeler, W. M. 1916)

Gnamptogenys

 * Gnamptogenys binghamii (Forel, 1900)

Harpegnathos
Key to Harpegnathos of the Philippines


 * Harpegnathos alperti General, 2016


 * Harpegnathos empesoi Chapman, 1963


 * Harpegnathos honestoi General, 2016


 * Harpegnathos macgregori Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925


 * Harpegnathos medioniger Donisthorpe, 1942


 * Harpegnathos venator chapmani Donisthorpe, 1937

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera confinis


 * Hypoponera sabronae (Donisthorpe, 1941)

Iridomyrmex

 * Iridomyrmex anceps (Roger, 1863)

Lasiomyrma

 * Lasiomyrma species

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota aurea punctaticeps (Wheeler, W. M., 1935)

Leptanilla

 * Leptanilla astylina Petersen, 1968

Leptogenys

 * Leptogenys chinensis (Mayr, 1870)


 * Leptogenys varicosa Stitz, 1925

Liomyrmex

 * Liomyrmex gestroi (Emery, 1887)

Lioponera

 * Lioponera bakeri (Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925)


 * Lioponera longitarsus (Mayr, 1879)

Lophomyrmex

 * Lophomyrmex bedoti Emery, 1893

Lordomyrma

 * Lordomyrma diwata Taylor, 2012


 * Lordomyrma idianale Taylor, 2012


 * Lordomyrma limatula Taylor, 2012

Mayriella

 * Mayriella transfuga Baroni Urbani, 1977

Meranoplus

 * Meranoplus bicolor (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)

Metapone

 * Metapone bakeri Wheeler, W. M., 1916

Monomorium

 * Monomorium banksi Forel, 1910

Myopias

 * Myopias bidens (Emery, 1900)


 * Myopias bidens polita (Stitz, 1925)


 * Myopias philippinensis (Menozzi, 1925)

Myopopone

 * Myopopone castanea (Smith, F., 1860)

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina arcuata Okido, Ogata & Hosoishsi, 2020
 * Myrmecina breviata Okido, Ogata & Hosoishsi, 2020
 * Myrmecina dolichothrix Okido, Ogata & Hosoishsi, 2020
 * Myrmecina grandis Okido, Ogata and Hosoishsi, 2020


 * Myrmecina gymnocephala Okido, Ogata & Hosoishsi, 2020

Myrmicaria

 * Myrmicaria aphidicola Calilung, 2000
 * Myrmicaria buenaventei Zettel, Laciny, Balàka & General, 2018
 * Myrmicaria chapmani Zettel, Laciny, Balàka & General, 2018
 * Myrmicaria transversa Zettel, Laciny, Balàka & General, 2018

Myrmoteras

 * Myrmoteras glabrum Zettel & Sorger, 2011

Mystrium

 * Mystrium camillae Emery, 1889

Noonilla

 * Noonilla copiosa Petersen, 1968

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia species

Ochetellus

 * Ochetellus glaber (Mayr, 1862)

Odontomachus
Key to Philippine Odontomachus


 * Odontomachus alius Sorger & Zettel, 2011


 * Odontomachus banksi Forel, 1910

Odontoponera

 * Odontoponera denticulata (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Odontoponera transversa biconcentrica Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925

Oecophylla

 * Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775)

Ooceraea

 * Ooceraea biroi Forel, 1907

Overbeckia

 * Overbeckia subclavata Viehmeyer, 1916

Paraparatrechina

 * Paraparatrechina iridescens (Donisthorpe, 1942)

Parasyscia

 * Parasyscia bryanti (Wheeler, W. M., 1919)


 * Parasyscia muiri Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925

Paratopula

 * Paratopula ankistra Bolton, 1988


 * Paratopula ceylonica (Emery, 1901)

Paratrechina

 * Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)

Parvaponera

 * Parvaponera darwinii (Forel, 1893)


 * Parvaponera myropola (Menozzi, 1925)

Pheidole

 * Pheidole aglae Forel, 1913

Philidris

 * Philidris myrmecodiae (Emery, 1887)

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis species

Platythyrea

 * Platythyrea bidentata Brown, 1975

Polyrhachis

 * Polyrhachis abdominalis Smith, F., 1858

Ponera

 * Ponera chapmani Taylor, 1967


 * Ponera incerta (Wheeler, W.M., 1933)

Prenolepis

 * Prenolepis jerdoni Emery, 1893


 * Prenolepis naoroji Forel, 1902

Prionopelta

 * Prionopelta kraepelini Forel, 1905

Pristomyrmex

 * Pristomyrmex bicolor Emery, 1900

Probolomyrmex

 * Probolomyrmex dammermani Wheeler, W.M., 1928

Proceratium

 * Proceratium papuanum Emery, 1897

Pseudolasius

 * Pseudolasius typhlops Wheeler, W. M., 1935

Pseudoneoponera

 * Pseudoneoponera tridentata Smith, F. 1858

Pseudoponera

 * Pseudoponera stigma (Fabricius, 1804)

Recurvidris

 * Recurvidris nigrans Zettel, 2008

Rhopalomastix

 * Rhopalomastix species

Rhytidoponera

 * Rhytidoponera araneoides (Le Guillou, 1842)

Romblonella

 * Romblonella coryae General & Buenavente, 2015

Simopone

 * Simopone bakeri Menozzi, 1926

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)

Stigmatomma

 * Stigmatomma luzonicum Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys arrogantia Bolton, 2000

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma emeryi (Ashmead, 1905)

Technomyrmex

 * Technomyrmex albipes (F. Smith, 1861)

Tetheamyrma

 * Tetheamyrma bidentata General & Buenavente, 2018

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium adpressum (Bolton, 1976)


 * Tetramorium aspersum (Smith, F., 1865)

Tetraponera

 * Tetraponera allaborans (Walker, 1859)

Trichomyrmex

 * Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851)

Tyrannomyrmex

 * Tyrannomyrmex species

Vollenhovia

 * Vollenhovia ambitiosa Menozzi, 1925

Vombisidris

 * Vombisidris freyae General, 2020