French Guiana



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

Acanthostichus

 * Acanthostichus brevicornis 	Emery, 1894

Acromyrmex

 * Acromyrmex biscutatus (Fabricius, 1775)


 * Acromyrmex coronatus globoculis 	Kempf, 1972


 * Acromyrmex hystrix 	Latreille, 1802


 * Acromyrmex octospinosus 	Reich, 1793

Anochetus

 * Anochetus bispinosus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Anochetus emarginatus 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Anochetus mayri 	Emery, 1884


 * Anochetus simoni 	Emery, 1890

Apterostigma

 * Apterostigma auriculatum 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Apterostigma robustum 	Emery, 1896


 * Apterostigma urichii 	Forel, 1893


 * Apterostigma wasmannii 	Forel, 1892

Atta

 * Atta cephalotes 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Atta laevigata 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Atta sexdens 	Linnaeus, 1758

Azteca

 * Azteca andreae Guerrero, et al., 2010


 * Azteca chartifex


 * Azteca constructor 	Emery, 1896


 * Azteca delpini 	Emery, 1893


 * Azteca gnava cayennensis Forel, 1912


 * Azteca instabilis 	Smith, F., 1862


 * Azteca jelskii 	Emery, 1893


 * Azteca schimperi 	Emery, 1893


 * Azteca sericea 	Mayr, 1866


 * Azteca trailii 	Emery, 1893


 * Azteca trigona mediops 	Forel, 1904


 * Azteca ulei cordiae 	Forel, 1904


 * Azteca velox 	Forel, 1899

Basiceros

 * Basiceros singularis 	Smith, F., 1858

Brachymyrmex

 * Brachymyrmex brevicornis 	Emery, 1906


 * Brachymyrmex cordemoyi 	Forel, 1895


 * Brachymyrmex heeri 	Forel, 1874

Camponotus

 * Camponotus ager 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus atriceps 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus auricomus 	Roger, 1862


 * Camponotus beebei 	Wheeler, W.M., 1918


 * Camponotus bidens 	Mayr, 1870


 * Camponotus blandus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus casicus Santschi, 1920


 * Camponotus chartifex 	Smith, F., 1860


 * Camponotus fasciatellus 	Dalla Torre, 1892


 * Camponotus fastigatus 	Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus femoratus 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Camponotus flavescens 	Fabricius, 1793


 * Camponotus geayi 	Santschi, 1922


 * Camponotus indicatus 	Santschi, 1922


 * Camponotus latangulus 	Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus leydigi 	Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus linnaei maccus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1934


 * Camponotus mocsaryi 	Forel, 1902


 * Camponotus nidulans 	Smith, F., 1860


 * Camponotus novogranadensis 	Mayr, 1870


 * Camponotus picipes 	Olivier, 1792


 * Camponotus platytarsus 	Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus plutus 	Santschi, 1922


 * Camponotus rapax 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Camponotus rectangularis 	Emery, 1890


 * Camponotus renggeri 	Emery, 1894


 * Camponotus rufipes 	Fabricius, 1775


 * Camponotus sericeiventris 	Guérin-Méneville, 1838


 * Camponotus sexguttatus 	Fabricius, 1793


 * Camponotus simillimus 	Smith, F., 1862


 * Camponotus substitutus 	Emery, 1894


 * Camponotus zoc 	Forel, 1879

Carebara

 * Carebara bicarinata 	Santschi, 1912


 * Carebara mayri 	Forel, 1901

Cephalotes

 * Cephalotes atratus 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Cephalotes clypeatus 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Cephalotes complanatus 	Guérin-Méneville, 1844


 * Cephalotes cordatus 	Smith, F., 1853


 * Cephalotes marginatus 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Cephalotes opacus 	Santschi, 1920


 * Cephalotes pallens 	Klug, 1824


 * Cephalotes pavonii 	Latreille, 1809


 * Cephalotes pusillus 	Klug, 1824


 * Cephalotes simillimus 	Kempf, 1951


 * Cephalotes spinosus 	Mayr, 1862


 * Cephalotes umbraculatus 	Fabricius, 1804

Cheliomyrmex

 * Cheliomyrmex megalonyx 	Wheeler, W.M., 1921


 * Cheliomyrmex morosus 	Smith, F., 1859

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster levior 	Longino, 2003


 * Crematogaster abstinens 	Forel, 1899


 * Crematogaster crinosa 	Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster curvispinosa 	Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster delitescens 	Wheeler, W.M., 1921


 * Crematogaster erecta 	Mayr, 1866


 * Crematogaster longispina 	Emery, 1890


 * Crematogaster quadriformis 	Roger, 1863

Cryptopone

 * Cryptopone holmgreni Wheeler, W.M., 1925

Cylindromyrmex

 * Cylindromyrmex striatus 	Mayr, 1870

Cyphomyrmex

 * Cyphomyrmex bigibbosus 	Emery, 1894


 * Cyphomyrmex faunulus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Cyphomyrmex laevigatus 	Weber, 1938


 * Cyphomyrmex minutus 	Mayr, 1862


 * Cyphomyrmex rimosus 	Spinola, 1851

Daceton

 * Daceton armigerum 	Latreille, 1802

Discothyrea

 * Discothyrea denticulata 	Weber, 1939

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus attelaboides 	Fabricius, 1775


 * Dolichoderus bidens 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Dolichoderus bispinosus 	Olivier, 1792


 * Dolichoderus debilis 	Emery, 1890


 * Dolichoderus decollatus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Dolichoderus gagates 	Emery, 1890


 * Dolichoderus lamellosus 	Mayr, 1870


 * Dolichoderus laminatus 	Mayr, 1870


 * Dolichoderus lugens 	Emery, 1894


 * Dolichoderus lutosus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Dolichoderus mucronifer 	Roger, 1862


 * Dolichoderus rugosus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Dolichoderus septemspinosus 	Emery, 1894


 * Dolichoderus spurius 	Forel, 1903

Dorymyrmex

 * Dorymyrmex brunneus 	Forel, 1908


 * Dorymyrmex pyramicus guyanensis 	Santschi, 1922

Eciton

 * Eciton burchellii cupiens 	Santschi, 1923


 * Eciton drepanophorum 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Eciton hamatum 	Fabricius, 1782


 * Eciton mexicanum latidens 	Santschi, 1911


 * Eciton mexicanum moralum Santschi, 1923


 * Eciton vagans 	Olivier, 1792

Ectatomma

 * Ectatomma brunneum 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Ectatomma edentatum 	Roger, 1863


 * Ectatomma lugens 	Emery, 1894


 * Ectatomma ruidum 	Roger, 1860


 * Ectatomma tuberculatum 	Olivier, 1792

Eurhopalothrix

 * Eurhopalothrix bolaui 	Mayr, 1870

Gigantiops

 * Gigantiops destructor 	Fabricius, 1804

Gnamptogenys

 * Gnamptogenys acuminata 	Emery, 1896


 * Gnamptogenys annulata 	Mayr, 1887


 * Gnamptogenys falcifera 	Kempf, 1967


 * Gnamptogenys gracilis 	Santschi, 1929


 * Gnamptogenys horni 	Santschi, 1929


 * Gnamptogenys minuta 	Emery, 1896


 * Gnamptogenys mordax 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Gnamptogenys regularis 	Mayr, 1870


 * Gnamptogenys relicta (Mann, 1916)


 * Gnamptogenys striatula 	Mayr, 1884


 * Gnamptogenys strigata 	Norton, 1868


 * Gnamptogenys sulcata 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Gnamptogenys tortuolosa 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Gnamptogenys triangularis 	Mayr, 1887

Heteroponera

 * Heteroponera georgesi 	Perrault, 1999

Hylomyrma

 * Hylomyrma blandiens 	Kempf, 1961


 * Hylomyrma longiscapa 	Kempf, 1961

Labidus

 * Labidus auropubens 	Santschi, 1920


 * Labidus coecus 	Latreille, 1802


 * Labidus praedator 	(Smith, F., 1858)


 * Labidus truncatidens 	Santschi, 1920

Leptogenys

 * Leptogenys arcuata 	Roger, 1861


 * Leptogenys gaigei 	Wheeler, W.M., 1923


 * Leptogenys guianensis Wheeler, W.M., 1923


 * Leptogenys langi 	Wheeler, W.M., 1923


 * Leptogenys linearis


 * Leptogenys panops Lattke, 2011


 * Leptogenys unistimulosa 	Roger, 1863

Linepithema

 * Linepithema humile


 * Linepithema iniquum 	(Mayr, 1870)

Mayaponera

 * Mayaponera constricta 	Mayr, 1884

Megalomyrmex

 * Megalomyrmex bituberculatus 	Fabricius, 1798


 * Megalomyrmex drifti 	Kempf, 1961


 * Megalomyrmex emeryi 	Forel, 1904


 * Megalomyrmex leoninus 	Forel, 1885


 * Megalomyrmex modestus 	Emery, 1896


 * Megalomyrmex silvestrii 	Wheeler, W.M., 1909

Monomorium

 * Monomorium floricola 	Jerdon, 1851


 * Monomorium pharaonis 	Linnaeus, 1758

Mycetophylax

 * Mycetophylax conformis 	Mayr, 1884

Mycocepurus

 * Mycocepurus smithii 	Forel, 1893

Myrmelachista

 * Myrmelachista guyanensis 	Wheeler, W.M., 1934

Myrmicocrypta

 * Myrmicocrypta buenzlii 	Borgmeier, 1934


 * Myrmicocrypta squamosa uncinata 	Mayr, 1887

Neivamyrmex

 * Neivamyrmex angustinodis 	Emery, 1888


 * Neivamyrmex bohlsi 	Emery, 1896


 * Neivamyrmex emersoni 	Wheeler, W.M., 1921


 * Neivamyrmex falcifer 	Emery, 1900


 * Neivamyrmex gibbatus 	Borgmeier, 1953


 * Neivamyrmex guerinii 	Shuckard, 1840


 * Neivamyrmex guyanensis 	Santschi, 1916


 * Neivamyrmex halidaii 	Shuckard, 1840


 * Neivamyrmex iridescens 	Borgmeier, 1950


 * Neivamyrmex maxillosus 	Emery, 1900


 * Neivamyrmex megathrix 	Kempf, 1961


 * Neivamyrmex pilosus 	(Smith, F. 1858)


 * Neivamyrmex postangustatus 	Borgmeier, 1934


 * Neivamyrmex punctaticeps 	Emery, 1894


 * Neivamyrmex walkerii 	Westwood, 1842

Neoponera

 * Neoponera apicalis 	Latreille, 1802


 * Neoponera bactronica Fernandes, De Oliveira & Delabie, 2014


 * Neoponera carinulata (Roger, 1861)


 * Neoponera commutata 	Roger, 1860


 * Neoponera crenata 	Roger, 1861


 * Neoponera foetida 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Neoponera goeldii 	(Forel, 1912)


 * Neoponera inversa (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Neoponera laevigata 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Neoponera obscuricornis 	Emery, 1890


 * Neoponera procidua 	Emery, 1890


 * Neoponera unidentata 	Mayr, 1862


 * Neoponera villosa 	Fabricius, 1804

Nesomyrmex

 * Nesomyrmex anduzei 	Weber, 1943


 * Nesomyrmex echinatinodis 	Forel, 1886


 * Nesomyrmex pleuriticus 	Kempf, 1959


 * Nesomyrmex rutilans 	Kempf, 1958


 * Nesomyrmex spininodis 	Mayr, 1887

Nomamyrmex

 * Nomamyrmex esenbeckii 	Westwood, 1842


 * Nomamyrmex hartigii 	Westwood, 1842

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia caeciliae 	Forel, 1899


 * Nylanderia fulva 	Mayr, 1862


 * Nylanderia lietzi 	Forel, 1908

Ochetomyrmex

 * Ochetomyrmex neopolitus 	Fernández, 2003


 * Ochetomyrmex semipolitus 	Mayr, 1878

Octostruma

 * Octostruma amrishi (Makhan, 2007)


 * Octostruma balzani (Emery, 1894)


 * Octostruma batesi (Emery, 1894)


 * Octostruma betschi (Perrault, 1988)

Odontomachus

 * Odontomachus biumbonatus 	Brown, 1976


 * Odontomachus caelatus 	Brown, 1976


 * Odontomachus chelifer 	Latreille, 1802


 * Odontomachus haematodus 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Odontomachus hastatus 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Odontomachus laticeps 	Roger, 1861


 * Odontomachus mayi 	Mann, 1912


 * Odontomachus scalptus 	Brown, 1978

Pachycondyla

 * Pachycondyla crassinoda 	Latreille, 1802


 * Pachycondyla harpax 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Pachycondyla impressa 	Roger, 1861

Paraponera

 * Paraponera clavata 	Fabricius, 1775

Paratrechina

 * Paratrechina longicornis 	Latreille, 1802

Pheidole

 * Pheidole astur 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole exigua 	Mayr, 1884


 * Pheidole fimbriata 	Roger, 1863


 * Pheidole gauthieri Forel, 1901


 * Pheidole jelskii 	Mayr, 1884


 * Pheidole longipes (Latreille, 1802)


 * Pheidole megacephala 	Fabricius, 1793


 * Pheidole mendicula Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Pheidole minutula 	Mayr, 1878


 * Pheidole moffetti 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole radoszkowskii 	Mayr, 1884


 * Pheidole severini 	Forel, 1904


 * Pheidole socrates 	Forel, 1912


 * Pheidole subarmata 	Mayr, 1884


 * Pheidole tachigaliae 	Wheeler, W.M., 1921


 * Pheidole tristicula 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole vafra 	Santschi, 1923

Platythyrea

 * Platythyrea angusta 	Forel, 1901


 * Platythyrea punctata 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Platythyrea sinuata 	Roger, 1860

Prionopelta

 * Prionopelta antillana 	Forel, 1909

Procryptocerus

 * Procryptocerus attenuatus 	Smith, F., 1876

Pseudomyrmex

 * Pseudomyrmex alternans 	Santschi, 1936


 * Pseudomyrmex concolor 	Smith, F., 1860


 * Pseudomyrmex curacaensis 	Forel, 1912


 * Pseudomyrmex elongatulus 	Dalla Torre, 1892


 * Pseudomyrmex elongatus 	Mayr, 1870


 * Pseudomyrmex faber 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Pseudomyrmex filiformis 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Pseudomyrmex gracilis 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Pseudomyrmex laevigatus 	Smith, F., 1877


 * Pseudomyrmex malignus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1921


 * Pseudomyrmex nigrocinctus 	Emery, 1890


 * Pseudomyrmex oculatus 	Smith, F., 1855


 * Pseudomyrmex spiculus 	Ward, 1989


 * Pseudomyrmex tenuis 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Pseudomyrmex tenuissimus 	Emery, 1906


 * Pseudomyrmex termitarius 	Smith, F., 1855


 * Pseudomyrmex triplaridis 	Forel, 1904


 * Pseudomyrmex unicolor 	Smith, F., 1855


 * Pseudomyrmex urbanus 	Smith, F., 1877


 * Pseudomyrmex viduus (Smith, F., 1858)

Pseudoponera

 * Pseudoponera stigma 	Fabricius, 1804

Rasopone

 * Rasopone arhuaca (Forel, 1901)


 * Rasopone lunaris (Emery, 1896)

Rogeria

 * Rogeria blanda 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Rogeria micromma 	Kempf, 1961

Sericomyrmex

 * Sericomyrmex lutzi 	Wheeler, W.M., 1916

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis altinodis 	Forel, 1912


 * Solenopsis brevicornis 	Emery, 1888


 * Solenopsis corticalis Forel, 1881


 * Solenopsis geminata 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Solenopsis minutissima 	Emery, 1906


 * Solenopsis saevissima 	Smith, F., 1855


 * Solenopsis sulfurea 	Roger, 1862

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys auctidens 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys denticulata 	Mayr, 1887


 * Strumigenys glenognatha 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys subedentata 	Mayr, 1887


 * Strumigenys tococae 	Wheeler, W.M. & Bequaert, 1929


 * Strumigenys villiersi 	Perrault, 1986

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma melanocephalum 	Fabricius, 1793

Tatuidris

 * Tatuidris tatusia Brown & Kempf, 1968

Technomyrmex

 * Technomyrmex vitiensis

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium bicarinatum

Trachymyrmex

 * Trachymyrmex bugnioni 	Forel, 1912


 * Trachymyrmex cornetzi 	Forel, 1912


 * Trachymyrmex diversus 	Mann, 1916


 * Trachymyrmex relictus 	Borgmeier, 1934


 * Trachymyrmex urichii 	Forel, 1893

Typhlomyrmex

 * Typhlomyrmex clavicornis 	Emery, 1906


 * Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi 	Mayr, 1862

Wasmannia

 * Wasmannia auropunctata 	Roger, 1863


 * Wasmannia rochai 	Forel, 1912


 * Wasmannia sigmoidea 	Mayr, 1884

Uncertain species
The following species were described from French Guiana but their true identities are currently unknown.


 * Formica melanophthalma Reich, 1793
 * Formica molestans Latreille, 1802
 * Formica nana Latreille, 1802
 * Formica ovata Reich, 1793
 * Formica pallipes Latreille, 1787
 * Formica picipes Reich, 1793
 * Formica rostrata Fabricius, 1787
 * Formica tomentosa Reich, 1793