Lesser Antilles

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

Acropyga

 * Acropyga smithii 	Forel, 1893

Anochetus

 * Anochetus emarginatus Fabricius, 1804


 * Anochetus inermis André, 1889


 * Anochetus testaceus Forel, 1893

Atta

 * Atta cephalotes Linnaeus, 1758

Azteca

 * Azteca delpini antillana 	Forel, 1899

Brachymyrmex

 * Brachymyrmex cordemoyi 	Forel, 1895


 * Brachymyrmex heeri 	Forel, 1874


 * Brachymyrmex minutus Forel, 1893


 * Brachymyrmex obscurior Forel, 1893

Camponotus

 * Camponotus auricomus lucianus Forel, 1899


 * Camponotus auricomus vincentensis Forel, 1899


 * Camponotus chazaliei Forel, 1899


 * Camponotus conspicuus williamsi Forel, 1916


 * Camponotus saussurei Forel, 1879


 * Camponotus auricomus 	Roger, 1862


 * Camponotus pittieri 	Forel, 1899


 * Camponotus sexguttatus 	Fabricius, 1793


 * Camponotus conspicuus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus fumidus 	Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus sexguttatus montserratensis Wheeler, W.M., 1923

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla emeryi 	Forel, 1881

Cephalotes

 * Cephalotes emeryi Forel, 1912


 * Cephalotes minutus Fabricius, 1804


 * Cephalotes pallens Klug, 1824

Cerapachys

 * Ooceraea biroi Forel, 1907

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster carinata Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster crinosa Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster curvispinosa 	Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster delitescens Wheeler, W.M., 1921


 * Crematogaster laevis bruesi 	Wheeler, W.M., 1911


 * Crematogaster steinheili 	Forel, 1881

Cyphomyrmex

 * Cyphomyrmex minutus Mayr, 1862


 * Cyphomyrmex rimosus Spinola, 1851

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus caribbaeus Wilson, 1985


 * Dolichoderus dibolius Wilson, 1985


 * Dolichoderus intermedius Mackay, 1993

Dorymyrmex

 * Dorymyrmex pyramicus 	Roger, 1863

Eurhopalothrix

 * Eurhopalothrix gravis Mann, 1922

Fulakora

 * Fulakora falcata Lattke, 1991 Saint Thomas (Red Hook)

Gnamptogenys

 * Gnamptogenys lineolata Brown, 1993


 * Gnamptogenys striatula Mayr, 1884

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera opaciceps 	Mayr, 1887


 * Hypoponera opacior Forel, 1893

Leptogenys

 * Leptogenys arcuata Roger, 1861


 * Leptogenys maxillosa Smith, F., 1858


 * Leptogenys mucronata 	Forel, 1893


 * Leptogenys pubiceps vincentensis 	Forel, 1901


 * Leptogenys punctaticeps Emery, 1890

Linepithema

 * Linepithema iniquum 	(Mayr, 1870)

Monomorium

 * Monomorium ebeninum Forel, 1891
 * Monomorium floricola 	Jerdon, 1851

Mycetomoellerius

 * Mycetomoellerius jamaicensis (Forel, 1893)
 * Mycetomoellerius jamaicensis antiguensis (Weber, 1938)

Mycetophylax

 * Mycetophylax conformis Mayr, 1884

Mycocepurus

 * Mycocepurus smithii Forel, 1893

Myrmelachista

 * Myrmelachista ambigua Forel, 1893

Myrmicocrypta

 * Myrmicocrypta urichi Weber, 1937

Neivamyrmex

 * Neivamyrmex antillanus Forel, 1897


 * Neivamyrmex klugii 	Shuckard, 1840

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia guatemalensis (Forel, 1885)
 * Nylanderia pubens Forel, 1893
 * Nylanderia steinheili Forel, 1893

Octostruma

 * Octostruma balzani Emery, 1894

Odontomachus

 * Odontomachus haematodus Linnaeus, 1758
 * Odontomachus insularis Guérin-Méneville, 1844

Paratrechina

 * Paratrechina longicornis 	Latreille, 1802

Pheidole

 * Pheidole antillana Forel, 1893
 * Pheidole bruesi Wheeler, W.M., 1911
 * Pheidole flavens 	Roger, 1863
 * Pheidole godmani Forel, 1893
 * Pheidole megacephala 	Fabricius, 1793
 * Pheidole perkinsi Wilson, 2003
 * Pheidole radoszkowskii Mayr, 1884

Platythyrea

 * Platythyrea punctata Smith, F., 1858

Prionopelta

 * Prionopelta antillana Forel, 1909

Pseudomyrmex

 * Pseudomyrmex curacaensis Forel, 1912
 * Pseudomyrmex flavidulus 	Smith, F., 1858
 * Pseudomyrmex termitarius Smith, F., 1855

Pseudoponera

 * Pseudoponera stigma 	Fabricius, 1804

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis azteca 	Forel, 1893
 * Solenopsis basalis
 * Solenopsis castor Forel, 1893
 * Solenopsis corticalis 	Forel, 1881
 * Solenopsis geminata 	Fabricius, 1804
 * Solenopsis pollux
 * Solenopsis succinea 	Emery, 1890

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys alberti Forel, 1893
 * Strumigenys eggersi
 * Strumigenys gundlachi Roger, 1862
 * Strumigenys margaritae Forel, 1893
 * Strumigenys nigrescens Wheeler, W.M., 1911
 * Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890
 * Strumigenys smithii Forel, 1886

Syllophopsis

 * Syllophopsis subcoeca (Emery, 1894)

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma melanocephalum 	Fabricius, 1793

Technomyrmex

 * Technomyrmex difficilis Forel, 1892

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax ciferrii Menozzi & Russo, 1930
 * Temnothorax pulchellus (Emery, 1894)

Wasmannia

 * Wasmannia sigmoidea Mayr, 1884
 * Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863)

Uncertain species
The following species was described Guadeloupe but its true identity is currently unknown.
 * Odontomachus unispinosa (Fabricius, 1793)