Ghana



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

A

 * Acropyga silvestrii 	Emery, 1915


 * Aenictus asantei 	Campione, Novak & Gotwald, 1983


 * Ankylomyrma coronacantha Bolton, 1973


 * Anochetus africanus 	Mayr, 1865


 * Atopomyrmex cryptoceroides Emery, 1892


 * Atopomyrmex mocquerysi Andre, 1889


 * Axinidris bidens 	Shattuck, 1991


 * Axinidris ghanensis 	Shattuck, 1991


 * Axinidris hylekoites 	Shattuck, 1991


 * Axinidris nigripes 	Shattuck, 1991


 * Axinidris palligastrion 	Shattuck, 1991

B

 * Baracidris meketra 	Bolton, 1981

C

 * Calyptomyrmex barak 	Bolton, 1981


 * Calyptomyrmex brevis Weber, 1943


 * Calyptomyrmex nummuliticus 	Santschi, 1914


 * Calyptomyrmex kaurus 	Bolton, 1981


 * Camponotus flavomarginatus 	Mayr, 1862


 * Camponotus carbo occidentalis 	Mayr, 1902


 * Camponotus acvapimensis 	Mayr, 1862


 * Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881


 * Cardiocondyla neferka 	Bolton, 1982


 * Cardiocondyla sekhemka 	Bolton, 1982


 * Cardiocondyla shuckardi Forel, 1891


 * Carebara crigensis 	Belshaw & Bolton, 1994


 * Carebara distincta 	Bolton & Belshaw, 1993


 * Carebara sarita 	Bolton & Belshaw, 1993


 * Carebara silvestrii 	Santschi, 1914


 * Carebara vorax 	Santschi, 1914


 * Cataglyphis bicolor seticornis 	Emery, 1906


 * Cataulacus adpressus 	Bolton, 1974


 * Cataulacus egenus Santschi, 1910


 * Cataulacus elongatus Santschi, 1924


 * Cataulacus erinaceus Stitz, 1910


 * Cataulacus guineensis Smith, F., 1853


 * Cataulacus huberi Andre, 1890


 * Cataulacus mocquerysi Andre, 1889


 * Cataulacus moloch 	Bolton, 1982


 * Cataulacus pygmaeus Andre, 1890


 * Cataulacus weissi Santschi, 1913


 * Centromyrmex angolensis 	Santschi, 1937


 * Cerapachys foreli 	Santschi, 1914


 * Crematogaster buchneri 	Forel, 1894


 * Crematogaster cuvierae 	Donisthorpe, 1945


 * Crematogaster painei 	Donisthorpe, 1945


 * Crematogaster gambiensis 	André, 1889


 * Crematogaster kneri 	Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster wellmani 	Forel, 1909

D

 * Dorylus funereus 	Emery, 1895


 * Dorylus gerstaeckeri 	Emery, 1895


 * Dorylus affinis 	Shuckard, 1840


 * Dorylus ghanensis 	Boven, 1975


 * Dorylus fuscipennis 	Emery, 1892

L

 * Lepisiota capensis guineensis 	Mayr, 1902


 * Leptanilla boltoni 	Baroni Urbani, 1977


 * Leptogenys conradti 	Forel, 1913


 * Leptogenys cryptica 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys ergatogyna Wheeler, W.M., 1922


 * Leptogenys guineensis Santschi, 1914


 * Leptogenys longiceps Santschi, 1914


 * Leptogenys mastax 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys nuserra 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys princeps 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys spandax 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys testacea 	Donisthorpe, 1948


 * Leptogenys zapyxis 	Bolton, 1975


 * Loboponera basalis 	Bolton & Brown, 2002


 * Loboponera nasica (Santschi, 1920)


 * Loboponera obeliscata Bolton & Brown, 2002


 * Loboponera politula 	Bolton & Brown, 2002

M

 * Melissotarsus emeryi Forel, 1907


 * Melissotarsus weissi Santschi, 1910


 * Meranoplus inermis Emery, 1895


 * Meranoplus magrettii 	André, 1884


 * Messor galla 	Mayr, 1904


 * Microdaceton tibialis Weber, 1952


 * Monomorium abyssinicum (Forel, 1894)


 * Monomorium afrum André, 1884


 * Monomorium bicolor 	Emery, 1877


 * Monomorium oscaris Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Monomorium rosae 	Santschi, 1920


 * Monomorium tanysum 	Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium trake 	Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium vonatu 	Bolton, 1987

N

 * Nesomyrmex angulatus 	Mayr, 1862


 * Nesomyrmex evelynae 	Forel, 1916


 * Nesomyrmex grisoni 	Forel, 1916

P

 * Pachycondyla silvestrii 	Santschi, 1914


 * Phasmomyrmex aberrans Mayr, 1895


 * Pheidole excellens 	Mayr, 1862


 * Pheidole megacephala costauriensis 	Santschi, 1914


 * Plectroctena anops 	Bolton, 1974


 * Plectroctena cryptica 	Bolton, 1974


 * Plectroctena hastifer Santschi, 1914


 * Plectroctena macgeei Bolton, 1974


 * Plectroctena minor Emery, 1891


 * Polyrhachis asomaningi 	Bolton, 1973


 * Polyrhachis braxa 	Bolton, 1973


 * Polyrhachis concava 	André, 1889


 * Polyrhachis curta Andre, 1890


 * Polyrhachis decellei 	Bolton, 1973


 * Polyrhachis decemdentata André, 1889


 * Polyrhachis esarata 	Bolton, 1973


 * Polyrhachis fissa Mayr, 1902


 * Polyrhachis khepra 	Bolton, 1973


 * Polyrhachis laboriosa Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis latharis 	Bolton, 1973


 * Polyrhachis lauta Santschi, 1909


 * Polyrhachis lestoni 	Bolton, 1973


 * Polyrhachis militaris  (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Polyrhachis monista Santschi, 1909


 * Polyrhachis nigrita 	Mayr, 1895


 * Polyrhachis otleti Forel, 1916


 * Polyrhachis regesa 	Bolton, 1973


 * Polyrhachis rufipalpis Santschi, 1909


 * Polyrhachis spitteleri Forel, 1916


 * Polyrhachis sulcata Andre,


 * Polyrhachis viscosa Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis weissi Santschi, 1909


 * Pristomyrmex africanus Karavaiev, 1931


 * Pristomyrmex orbiceps 	Santschi, 1914


 * Proceratium boltoni 	Leston, 1971


 * Psalidomyrmex foveolatus  André, 1890


 * Psalidomyrmex procerus Emery, 1901


 * Psalidomyrmex sallyae 	Bolton, 1975


 * Pseudolasius weissi 	Santschi, 1910


 * Pyramica cavinasis 	Brown, 1950


 * Pyramica chyatha 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica concolor 	Santschi, 1914


 * Pyramica cryptura 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica emarginata (Mayr, 1901)


 * Pyramica enkara 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica exunca 	Bolton, 2000


 * Pyramica fulda 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica hensekta 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica laticeps 	Brown, 1962


 * Pyramica ludovici 	Forel, 1904


 * Pyramica lujae 	Forel, 1902


 * Pyramica malaplax 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica marginata 	Santschi, 1914


 * Pyramica maynei Forel, 1916


 * Pyramica miccata 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica minima 	Bolton, 1972


 * Pyramica minkara 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica roomi 	Bolton, 1972


 * Pyramica serrula 	Santschi, 1910


 * Pyramica sharra 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica tacta 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica tetragnatha 	Taylor, 1966


 * Pyramica tiglath 	Bolton, 1983


 * Pyramica tigrilla 	Brown, 1973

S

 * Simopone conciliatrix Brown, 1975


 * Strumigenys cacaoensis Bolton, 1971


 * Strumigenys concolor Santschi, 1914


 * Strumigenys emmae 	(Emery, 1890)


 * Strumigenys korahyla 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys nimbrata 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys pallestes 	Bolton, 1971


 * Strumigenys petiolata 	Bernard, 1953


 * Strumigenys rogeri 	Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys rufobrunea 	Santschi, 1914


 * Strumigenys spathoda 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys vazerka 	Bolton, 1983

T

 * Terataner elegans Bernard, 1952


 * Terataner luteus (Emery, 1899)


 * Terataner piceus Menozzi, 1942


 * Terataner velatus 	Bolton, 1981


 * Tetramorium aculeatum 	Mayr, 1866


 * Tetramorium africanum 	Mayr, 1866


 * Tetramorium amentete 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium browni 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium calinum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium convexum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium crypticum 	Bolton, 1976


 * Tetramorium distinctum 	Bolton, 1976


 * Tetramorium dumezi 	Menozzi, 1942


 * Tetramorium elidisum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium flabellum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium flavithorax 	Santschi, 1914


 * Tetramorium intonsum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium legone 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium menkaura 	Bolton, 1976


 * Tetramorium minimum 	Bolton, 1976


 * Tetramorium muralti 	Forel, 1910


 * Tetramorium osiris 	Bolton, 1976


 * Tetramorium pialtum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium psymanum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium qualarum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium rhetidum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium rimytyum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium sitefrum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium versiculum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium wadje 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium xuthum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium zapyrum 	Bolton, 1980

REFERNECES
Belshaw, R. & Bolton, B., 1994. A survey of the leaf litter ant fauna in Ghana, West Africa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). , 3, p.5-16.


 * Bolton, B. 1974c. A revision of the ponerine ant genus Plectroctena F. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 30: 309-338