Benin


 * Identification resources for Afrotropical Ants
 * Afrotropical Region Species List

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

Aenictus

 * Aenictus decolor (Mayr, 1879)
 * Aenictus guineensis Santschi, 1924
 * Aenictus humeralis viridans 	Santschi, 1915
 * Aenictus mutatus Santschi, 1913

Apomyrma

 * Apomyrma stygia Brown, Gotwald & Levieux, 1971

Anochetus

 * Anochetus bequaerti Forel, 1913

Atopomyrmex

 * Atopomyrmex mocquerysi André, 1899

Bothroponera

 * Bothroponera soror Emery 1899

Brachyponera

 * Brachyponera sennaarensis (Mayr, 1862)

Camponotus

 * Camponotus acvapimensis Mayr, 1862
 * Camponotus aegyptiacus Emery, 1915
 * Camponotus carbo Emery, 1877
 * Camponotus desantii 	Santschi, 1915
 * Camponotus flavomarginatus Mayr, 1862
 * Camponotus foraminosus Forel, 1879
 * Camponotus guttatus Emery, 1899
 * Camponotus haereticus Santschi, 1914
 * Camponotus maculatus 	Fabricius, 1782
 * Camponotus maculatus proletaria Baroni Urbani 1971
 * Camponotus rufoglaucus controversus Santschi, 1916
 * Camponotus schoutedeni Forel, 1911
 * Camponotus sericeus (Fabricius, 1798)
 * Camponotus schoutedeni Forel, 1911
 * Camponotus solon Forel, 1886
 * Camponotus vestitus (Smith, F., 1858)
 * Camponotus vestitus perpectitus 	Santschi, 1926
 * Camponotus vividus (Smith, 1858)

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881
 * Cardiocondyla neferka Bolton, 1982

Carebara

 * Carebara sicheli Mayr, 1862

Cataulacus

 * Cataulacus difficilis Santschi, 1916
 * Cataulacus guineensis Smith, 1853
 * Cataulacus satrap Bolton, 1982

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster africana Mayr, 1895
 * Crematogaster brunneipennis André, 1890
 * Crematogaster chlorotica Emery, 1899
 * Crematogaster edentula Santschi, 1914
 * Crematogaster excisa Mayr, 1895
 * Crematogaster gambiensis André 1889
 * Crematogaster gerstaeckeri Dalla Torre, 1892
 * Crematogaster kneri Mayr, 1862
 * Crematogaster kneri behanzini 	Santschi, 1915
 * Crematogaster menilekii Forel, 1894
 * Crematogaster nigeriensis Santschi, 1914
 * Crematogaster painei Donisthorpe, 1945
 * Crematogaster paolii Menozzi, 1930
 * Crematogaster senegalensis Roger, 1863
 * Crematogaster solenopsides costeboriensis Santschi, 1919
 * Crematogaster vidua Santschi 1928
 * Crematogaster werneri pasithea 	Santschi, 1915
 * Crematogaster zavattarii Menozzi, 1926

Dorylus

 * Dorylus fulvus juvenculus Shuckard, 1840
 * Dorylus gribodoi Emery 1892
 * Dorylus kohli Wasmann, 1904
 * Dorylus nigricans Illiger, 1802
 * Dorylus nigricans burmeisteri (Shuckard, 1840)

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera punctatissima 	(Roger, 1859)

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota cacozela (Santschi, 1914)
 * Lepisiota canescens (Emery, 1897)
 * Lepisiota capensis acholli (Weber, 1943)
 * Lepisiota capensis guineensis (Mayr, 1902)
 * Lepisiota capensis laevis (Santschi, 1913)
 * Lepisiota monardi (Santschi, 1930)
 * Lepisiota oculata (Santschi, 1935)
 * Lepisiota validiuscula (Emery, 1897)

Melissotarsus

 * Melissotarsus species

Messor

 * Messor galla (Mayr, 1904)
 * Messor regalis Emery, 1892

Monomorium

 * Monomorium afrum André, 1884
 * Monomorium bicolor Emery, 1877
 * Monomorium egens Forel, 1910
 * Monomorium exiguum Forel 1894
 * Monomorium mictilis Forel, 1910
 * Monomorium trake Bolton, 1987

Myrmicaria

 * Myrmicaria baumi occidentalis Santschi, 1920

Nesomyrmex

 * Nesomyrmex angulatus (Mayr, 1862)

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia boltoni LaPolla & Fisher, 2011
 * Nylanderia jaegerskioeldi (Mayr, 1904)

Odontomachus

 * Odontomachus assiniensis Emery, 1892
 * Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi, 1914

Oecophylla

 * Oecophylla longinoda (Latreille, 1802)

Paltothyreus

 * Paltothyreus tarsatus (Fabricius, 1798)
 * Paltothyreus tarsatus striatus Santschi, 1930

Paratrechina

 * Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)

Pheidole

 * Pheidole andrieui Santschi, 1930
 * Pheidole aurivillii Mayr, 1896
 * Pheidole bequaerti Forel, 1913
 * Pheidole caffra bayeri Forel, 1916
 * Pheidole caffra senilifrons Wheeler, 1922 new status (here).
 * Pheidole concinna Santschi 1910
 * Pheidole corticicola Santschi, 1910
 * Pheidole excellens fulvobasalis Santschi, 1921
 * Pheidole katonae Forel, 1907
 * Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Pheidole megacephala costauriensis Santschi, 1914
 * Pheidole megacephala impressifrons Wasmann, 1905
 * Pheidole megacephala melancholica Santschi, 1912
 * Pheidole mentita pullata Santschi, 1914
 * Pheidole nigritella Bernard, 1952
 * Pheidole occipitalis André 1890
 * Pheidole occipitalis neutralis Santschi, 1914
 * Pheidole rohani Santschi, 1925
 * Pheidole saxicola Wheeler, 1922
 * Pheidole speculifera ascara Emery, 1901
 * Pheidole tenuinodis Mayr, 1901
 * Pheidole termitophila Forel, 1904
 * Pheidole sculpturata welgelegenensis Forel, 1913

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis brunni Mayr, 1895

Platythyrea

 * Platythyrea conradti Emery, 1899

Polyrhachis

 * Polyrhachis concava André, 1889
 * Polyrhachis militaris (Fabricius, 1781)

Psalidomyrmex

 * Psalidomyrmex foveolatus André, 1890

Sphinctomyrmex

 * Zasphinctus rufiventris 	Santschi, 1915

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys ludovici 	Forel, 1904
 * Strumigenys maynei Forel, 1916
 * Strumigenys rufobrunea Santschi, 1914

Tapinolepis

 * Tapinolepis pernix (Viehmeyer, 1923)

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma carininotum Weber, 1943
 * Tapinoma luridum Emery, 1908
 * Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Tapinoma modestum Santschi, 1932

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium aculeatum (Mayr, 1866)
 * Tetramorium angulinode Santschi, 1910
 * Tetramorium anxium Santschi, 1914
 * Tetramorium bellicosum Bolton, 1980
 * Tetramorium caldarium (Roger, 1857)
 * Tetramorium gladstonei 	Forel, 1913
 * Tetramorium granulatum Bolton, 1980
 * Tetramorium legone 	Bolton, 1980
 * Tetramorium muscorum Arnold, 1926
 * Tetramorium occidentale (Santschi, 1916)
 * Tetramorium raptor Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2014
 * Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877
 * Tetramorium versiculum Bolton, 1980

Trichomyrmex

 * Trichomyrmex abyssinicus (Forel, 1894)
 * Trichomyrmex oscaris (Forel, 1894)