Democratic Republic of Congo



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

A

 * Aenictogiton attenuatus 	Santschi, 1919


 * Aenictogiton bequaerti 	Forel, 1913


 * Aenictogiton elongatus 	Santschi, 1919


 * Aenictogiton emeryi 	Forel, 1913


 * Aenictogiton fossiceps 	Emery, 1901


 * Aenictogiton schoutedeni 	Santschi, 1924


 * Aenictogiton sulcatus 	Santschi, 1919


 * Aenictus alluaudi  falcifer 	Santschi, 1924


 * Aenictus buttgenbachi 	Forel, 1913


 * Aenictus eugenii henrii 	Santschi, 1924


 * Aenictus moebii sankisianus 	Forel, 1913


 * Aenictus raptor 	Forel, 1913


 * Aenictus soudanicus brunneus 	Forel, 1913


 * Anochetus africanus 	Mayr, 1865


 * Anochetus bequaerti 	Forel, 1913


 * Anochetus maynei 	Forel, 1913


 * Atopomyrmex cryptoceroides Emery, 1892


 * Atopomyrmex mocquerysi André, 1889


 * Axinidris denticulata Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Axinidris hypoclinoides (Santschi, 1919)

B

 * Bondroitia lujae (Forel, 1909)

C

 * Calyptomyrmex brevis Weber, 1943


 * Calyptomyrmex clavatus Weber, 1952


 * Calyptomyrmex duhun Bolton, 1981


 * Calyptomyrmex piripilis Santschi, 1923


 * Calyptomyrmex rennefer Bolton, 1981


 * Calyptomyrmex shasu Bolton, 1981


 * Camponotus prosulcatus Santschi, 1935


 * Camponotus dewitzii 	Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus schoutedeni Forel, 1911


 * Camponotus burgeoni 	Santschi, 1926


 * Camponotus longipalpis Santschi, 1926


 * Camponotus oculatior 	Santschi, 1935


 * Camponotus rotundinodis 	Santschi, 1935


 * Camponotus chapini 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Camponotus maynei 	Forel, 1916


 * Camponotus barbarossa micipsa 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Camponotus chrysurus yvonnae 	Forel, 1920


 * Camponotus vividus cato 	Forel, 1913


 * Camponotus cinctellus belliceps 	Santschi, 1939


 * Camponotus eugeniae amplior 	Forel, 1913


 * ''Camponotus rufoglaucus syphax Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Camponotus vestitus lujai 	Santschi, 1930


 * Camponotus argus 	Santschi, 1935


 * Camponotus atriscapus 	Santschi, 1926


 * Camponotus bayeri 	Forel, 1913


 * Camponotus confluens bequaerti 	Forel, 1913


 * Camponotus olivieri osiris 	Forel, 1911


 * Camponotus perrisii densipunctatus 	Stitz, 1916


 * Camponotus sankisianus 	Forel, 1913


 * Camponotus ferreri akka 	Forel, 1916


 * Camponotus lilianae cornutus 	Forel, 1913


 * Camponotus simus manidis 	Forel, 1909


 * Camponotus vulpus 	Santschi, 1926


 * Camponotus aequatorialis kohli 	Forel, 1915


 * Camponotus agonius 	Santschi, 1915


 * Camponotus congolensis 	Emery, 1899


 * Camponotus langi jejunus 	Santschi, 1926


 * Camponotus maguassa 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Camponotus massinissa 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Camponotus pompeius cassius 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Camponotus posticus 	Santschi, 1926


 * Camponotus solon jugurtha 	Emery, 1925


 * Camponotus wellmani gamma 	Santschi, 1926


 * Carebara acuta 	Weber, 1952


 * Carebara ampla 	Santschi, 1912


 * Carebara angolensis congolensis 	Forel, 1916


 * Carebara frontalis 	Weber, 1950


 * Carebara langi 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Carebara latro 	Santschi, 1937


 * Carebara osborni 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Carebara petulca 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Carebara termitolestes 	Wheeler, W.M., 1918


 * Cataulacus bequaerti 	Forel, 1913


 * Cataulacus brevisetosus Forel, 1901


 * Cataulacus cestus 	Bolton, 1982


 * Cataulacus egenus Santschi, 1910


 * Cataulacus erinaceus Stitz, 1910


 * Cataulacus greggi 	Bolton, 1974


 * Cataulacus guineensis Smith, F., 1853


 * Cataulacus huberi André, 1890


 * Cataulacus inermis 	Santschi, 1924


 * Cataulacus lobatus Mayr, 1895


 * Cataulacus lujae 	Forel, 1911


 * Cataulacus mocquerysi André, 1889


 * Cataulacus pilosus 	Santschi, 1920


 * Cataulacus pullus Santschi, 1910


 * Cataulacus pygmaeus André, 1890


 * Cataulacus striativentris 	Santschi, 1924


 * Cataulacus tardus Santschi, 1914


 * Cataulacus theobromicola 	Santschi, 1939


 * Centromyrmex angolensis 	Santschi, 1937


 * Centromyrmex bequaerti (Forel, 1913)


 * Centromyrmex congolensis 	Weber, 1949


 * Centromyrmex decessor Bolton & Fisher, 2008


 * Centromyrmex ereptor Bolton & Fisher, 2008


 * Centromyrmex fugator Bolton & Fisher, 2008


 * Centromyrmex praedator Bolton & Fisher, 2008


 * Centromyrmex sellaris Mayr, 1896


 * Cerapachys centurio 	Brown, 1975


 * Cerapachys nitidulus 	Brown, 1975


 * Cerapachys nkomoensis 	Forel, 1916


 * Crematogaster acaciae gloriosa 	Santschi, 1914


 * Crematogaster africana camena 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Crematogaster ambigua 	Santschi, 1926


 * ''Crematogaster bequaerti atraplex Santschi, 1922


 * Crematogaster buchneri composita 	Santschi, 1933


 * Crematogaster castanea busschodtsi 	Emery, 1899


 * Crematogaster chiarinii v-nigra 	Forel, 1910


 * Crematogaster excisa bomaella 	Santschi, 1935


 * Crematogaster flaviventris 	Santschi, 1910


 * Crematogaster foraminiceps staitchi 	Forel, 1915


 * Crematogaster gabonensis fuscitatis 	Forel, 1913


 * Crematogaster gambiensis sejuncta 	Stitz, 1916


 * Crematogaster gerstaeckeri kohliella 	Santschi, 1918


 * Crematogaster gratiosa 	Santschi, 1926


 * Crematogaster impressa maynei 	Forel, 1913


 * Crematogaster impressiceps frontalis 	Santschi, 1922


 * Crematogaster juventa 	Santschi, 1926


 * Crematogaster kasaiensis 	Forel, 1913


 * Crematogaster kohli 	Forel, 1909


 * Crematogaster laurenti 	Forel, 1909


 * Crematogaster laurenti zeta 	Emery, 1922


 * Crematogaster libengensis 	Stitz, 1916


 * Crematogaster luctans liebknechti 	Forel, 1915


 * Crematogaster margaritae brevarmata 	Forel, 1915


 * Crematogaster menelikii proserpina 	Santschi, 1919


 * Crematogaster nigeriensis wilnigra 	Forel, 1916


 * Crematogaster nigrans 	Forel, 1915


 * Crematogaster opaciceps clepens 	Forel, 1913


 * Crematogaster pauciseta grossulior 	Forel, 1916


 * Crematogaster petiolidens 	Forel, 1916


 * Crematogaster ruspolii atriscapis 	Forel, 1915


 * Crematogaster rustica 	Santschi, 1935


 * Crematogaster santschii 	Forel, 1913


 * Crematogaster sewellii acis 	Forel, 1913


 * Crematogaster similis 	Stitz, 1911


 * Crematogaster stadelmanni ovinodis 	Stitz, 1916


 * Crematogaster striatula langi 	Santschi, 1926


 * Crematogaster theta 	Forel, 1911


 * Crematogaster transiens 	Forel, 1913


 * Crematogaster wasmanni 	Santschi, 1910


 * Crematogaster wilwerthi fauconneti 	Forel, 1910


 * Cyphoidris spinosa 	Weber, 1952

D

 * Decamorium uelense 	Santschi, 1923


 * Dicroaspis cryptocera 	Emery, 1908


 * Dicroaspis laevidens 	Santschi, 1919


 * Dorylus acutus 	Santschi, 1937


 * Dorylus attenuatus latinodis 	Forel, 1920


 * Dorylus brevis 	Santschi, 1919


 * Dorylus katanensis 	Stitz, 1911


 * Dorylus emeryi opacus 	Forel, 1909


 * Dorylus funereus pardus 	Santschi, 1937


 * Dorylus kohli Wasmann, 1904


 * Dorylus kohli chapini 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Dorylus niarembensis 	Boven, 1972


 * Dorylus nigricans terrificus 	Santschi, 1923


 * Dorylus stanleyi 	Forel, 1909


 * Dorylus titan 	Santschi, 1923


 * Dorylus wilverthi 	Emery, 1899


 * Dorylus agressor 	Santschi, 1923


 * Dorylus alluaudi lobatus 	Santschi, 1919


 * Dorylus bequaerti 	Forel, 1913


 * Dorylus depilis clarior 	Santschi, 1917


 * Dorylus fulvus dentifrons 	Wasmann, 1904


 * Dorylus gaudens 	Santschi, 1919


 * Dorylus moestus claripennis 	Santschi, 1919


 * Dorylus schoutedeni 	Santschi, 1923


 * Dorylus stadelmanni 	Emery, 1895


 * Dorylus staudingeri 	Emery, 1895

H

 * Hypoponera camerunensis 	Santschi, 1914


 * Hypoponera dulcis (Forel, 1907)


 * Hypoponera inaudax 	Santschi, 1919


 * Hypoponera molesta Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera punctatissima 	(Roger, 1857)


 * Hypoponera segnis Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera ursa 	Santschi, 1924

L

 * Lepisiota albata 	Santschi, 1935


 * Lepisiota ambigua 	Santschi, 1935


 * Lepisiota canescens latior 	Santschi, 1935


 * Lepisiota capensis anceps 	Forel, 1916


 * Lepisiota capitata 	Forel, 1913


 * Lepisiota gerardi 	Santschi, 1915


 * Lepisiota hirsuta setosella 	Santschi, 1935


 * Lepisiota imperfecta congolensis 	Santschi, 1935


 * Lepisiota incisa 	Forel, 1913


 * Lepisiota nigrisetosa 	Santschi, 1935


 * Lepisiota oculata 	Santschi, 1935


 * Lepisiota palpalis 	Santschi, 1935


 * Lepisiota piliscapa longipilosa 	Santschi, 1935


 * Lepisiota schoutedeni 	Santschi, 1935


 * Lepisiota somalica 	Menozzi, 1927


 * Lepisiota tenuipilis 	Santschi, 1935


 * Leptogenys ankhesa 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys camerunensis Stitz, 1910


 * Leptogenys crustosa Santschi, 1914


 * Leptogenys ergatogyna 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Leptogenys excellens 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys maxillosa (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Leptogenys ravida 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys strator 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys trilobata 	Santschi, 1924


 * Loboponera vigilans 	Bolton & Brown, 2002

M

 * Melissotarsus emeryi Forel, 1907


 * Melissotarsus weissi Santschi, 1910


 * Meranoplus clypeatus Bernard, 1952


 * Meranoplus inermis Emery, 1895


 * Meranoplus nanus André, 1892


 * Microdaceton tibialis Weber, 1952


 * Monomorium affabile 	Santschi, 1926


 * Monomorium afrum André, 1884


 * Monomorium altinode Santschi, 1910


 * Monomorium angustinode Forel, 1913


 * Monomorium bequaerti 	Forel, 1913


 * Monomorium bicolor 	Emery, 1877


 * Monomorium captator 	Santschi, 1936


 * Monomorium cryptobium (Santschi, 1921)


 * Monomorium egens Forel, 1901


 * Monomorium epinotale 	Santschi, 1923


 * Monomorium exiguum Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium gabrielense 	Forel, 1916


 * Monomorium inquietum 	Santschi, 1926


 * Monomorium madecassum Forel, 1892


 * Monomorium malatu 	Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium opacum 	Forel, 1913


 * Monomorium oscaris Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium rosae 	Santschi, 1920


 * Monomorium strangulatum Santschi, 1921


 * Monomorium subdentatum 	Forel, 1913


 * Monomorium vaguum 	Santschi, 1930


 * Myrmicaria exigua kisangani 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Myrmicaria fumata linearis 	Santschi, 1925


 * Myrmicaria fusca 	Stitz, 1911


 * Myrmicaria irregularis 	Santschi, 1925


 * Myrmicaria natalensis taeniata 	Santschi, 1930


 * Myrmicaria opaciventris congolensis 	Forel, 1909


 * Myrmicaria salambo 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Myrmicaria striata buttgenbachi 	Forel, 1913

N

 * Nesomyrmex evelynae 	Forel, 1916


 * Nesomyrmex grisoni 	Forel, 1916


 * Nesomyrmex innocens 	Forel, 1913


 * Nylanderia grisoni 	Forel, 1916


 * Nylanderia waelbroecki 	Emery, 1899

O

 * Oecophylla longinoda annectens 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922

P

 * Pachycondyla analis termitivora 	Santschi, 1930


 * Pachycondyla darwinii africana 	Forel, 1909


 * Pachycondyla ingesta 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Pachycondyla pachyderma attenata 	Santschi, 1920


 * Pachycondyla rubescens 	Santschi, 1937


 * Pachycondyla sanguinea 	Santschi, 1920


 * Pachycondyla subiridescens 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Paraparatrechina bufona (Wheeler, W.M. 1922)


 * Paratrechina longicornis 	(Latreille, 1802)


 * Pheidole albidula 	Santschi, 1928


 * Pheidole aurivillii kasaiensis 	Forel, 1911


 * Pheidole batrachorum Fischer, Hita Garcia & Peters, 2012


 * Pheidole bequaerti 	Forel, 1913


 * Pheidole caffra bayeri 	Forel, 1916


 * Pheidole dea 	Santschi, 1921


 * Pheidole liengmei shinsendensis 	Forel, 1913


 * Pheidole megacephala nkomoana 	Forel, 1916


 * Pheidole minima malelana 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Pheidole mylognatha 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Pheidole neokohli 	Wilson, 1984


 * Pheidole punctulata atrox Forel, 1913


 * Pheidole retronitens 	Santschi, 1930


 * Pheidole saxicola 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Pheidole schoutedeni platycephala 	Stitz, 1916


 * Pheidole sculpturata welgelegenensis 	Forel, 1913


 * Pheidole setosa Fischer, Hita Garcia & Peters, 2012


 * Pheidole speculifera bispecula 	Santschi, 1930


 * Pheidole vanderveldi 	Forel, 1913


 * Phrynoponera bequaerti 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Phrynoponera gabonensis (André, 1892)


 * Phrynoponera sveni 	(Forel, 1916)


 * Plagiolepis mediorufa 	Forel, 1916


 * Platythyrea gracillima 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Plectroctena cristata Emery, 1899


 * Plectroctena dentata 	Santschi, 1912


 * Plectroctena gabonensis Santschi, 1919


 * Plectroctena latinodis 	Santschi, 1924


 * Plectroctena mandibularis Smith, F., 1858


 * Plectroctena minor Emery, 1891


 * Plectroctena ugandensis Menozzi, 1932


 * Polyrhachis aerope 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Polyrhachis alexisi 	Forel, 1916


 * Polyrhachis alluaudi Emery, 1891


 * Polyrhachis concava 	André, 1889


 * Polyrhachis cornuta 	Stitz, 1910


 * Polyrhachis curta André, 1890


 * Polyrhachis epinotalis 	Santschi, 1924


 * Polyrhachis laboriosa Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis latispina 	Emery, 1925


 * Polyrhachis lauta Santschi, 1909


 * Polyrhachis limitis 	Santschi, 1939


 * Polyrhachis monista Santschi, 1909


 * Polyrhachis nigrita Mayr, 1895


 * Polyrhachis otleti 	Forel, 1916


 * Polyrhachis rufipalpis Santschi, 1909


 * Polyrhachis schistacea (Gerstäcker, 1859)


 * Polyrhachis spitteleri 	Forel, 1916


 * Polyrhachis viscosa Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis volkarti 	Forel, 1916


 * Polyrhachis weissi Santschi, 1909


 * Polyrhachis wellmani Forel, 1909


 * Prenolepis kohli Forel, 1916


 * Pristomyrmex africanus Karavaiev, 1931


 * Pristomyrmex trogor 	Bolton, 1981


 * Psalidomyrmex procerus Emery, 1901


 * Psalidomyrmex reichenspergeri Santschi, 1913


 * Psalidomyrmex wheeleri 	Santschi, 1923

S

 * Santschiella kohli 	Forel, 1916


 * Simopone brunnea Bolton & Fisher, 2012


 * Simopone fulvinodis 	Santschi, 1923


 * Simopone grandis 	Santschi, 1923


 * Simopone schoutedeni 	Santschi, 1923


 * Simopone wilburi Weber, 1949


 * Solenopsis punctaticeps kibaliensis 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Solenopsis ugandensis congolensis 	Santschi, 1935


 * Strumigenys bequaerti 	Santschi, 1923


 * Strumigenys bernardi 	Brown, 1960


 * Strumigenys cavinasis 	Brown, 1950


 * Strumigenys concolor Santschi, 1914


 * Strumigenys dromoshaula 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys inquilina 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys ludovici (Forel, 1904)


 * Strumigenys lujae (Forel, 1902)


 * Strumigenys malaplax Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys maynei Forel, 1916


 * Strumigenys mormo Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys piliversa 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys sarissa Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys serrula (Santschi, 1910)


 * Strumigenys simoni (Emery, 1895)


 * Strumigenys tacta Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys weberi 	Brown, 1959

T

 * Tapinoma luridum longiceps 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Technomyrmex andrei Emery, 1899


 * Technomyrmex grandis 	Emery, 1887


 * Technomyrmex ilgi (Forel, 1910)


 * Technomyrmex lasiops Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex laurenti (Emery, 1899)


 * Technomyrmex lujae (Forel, 1905)


 * Technomyrmex metandrei Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex moerens 	Santschi, 1913


 * Technomyrmex moerens nigricans 	Santschi, 1930


 * Technomyrmex parviflavus Bolton, 2007


 * Technomyrmex rusticus 	Santschi, 1930


 * Technomyrmex schoutedeni 	Forel, 1910


 * Technomyrmex senex Bolton, 2007


 * Tetramorium agnum 	Santschi, 1935


 * Tetramorium akengense Wheeler, W.M. 1922


 * Tetramorium amissum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium bequaerti 	Forel, 1913


 * Tetramorium candidum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium dolichosum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium dumezi 	Menozzi, 1942


 * Tetramorium gegaimi 	Forel, 1916


 * Tetramorium meressei 	Forel, 1916


 * Tetramorium peutli 	Forel, 1916


 * Tetramorium postpetiolatum 	Santschi, 1919


 * Tetramorium pullulum 	Santschi, 1924


 * Tetramorium rotundatum 	Santschi, 1924


 * Tetramorium schoutedeni 	Santschi, 1924


 * Tetramorium tabarum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium talpa 	Bolton, 1976


 * Tetramorium termitobium 	Emery, 1908


 * Tetramorium ubangense 	Santschi, 1937


 * Tetramorium unicum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetraponera ambigua 	(Emery, 1895)


 * Tetraponera emacerata oberbecki 	Forel, 1911


 * Tetraponera mocquerysi lepida 	Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Tetraponera ophthalmica tenebrosa 	Santschi, 1928