Sri Lanka

The Sri Lanka ant fauna has recently come into better focus through contemporary research by Dr. Ratnayake Dias (1, 2) and her colleagues. The most recent faunal list (Dias et al. 2020) brings together Dr. Dias' extensive knowledge and the incomparable database of ant occurrence records from [https://antmaps.org/? Ant Maps]. The many myrmecologists that have contributed to our current understanding of Sri Lanka's ant fauna are noted in the references provided in the 2020 Zookeys publication and Ant Map's specimen records.

Acanthomyrmex

 * Acanthomyrmex luciolae 	Emery, 1893

Acropyga

 * Acropyga acutiventris 	Roger, 1862
 * Acropyga rubescens 	Forel, 1894

Aenictus

 * Aenictus aitkenii Forel, 1901
 * Aenictus biroi 	Forel, 1907
 * Aenictus ceylonicus 	(Mayr, 1866)
 * Aenictus fergusoni Forel, 1901
 * Aenictus gracilis 	Emery, 1893
 * Aenictus pachycerus (Smith, F. 1858)
 * Aenictus porizonoides 	Walker, 1860

Aneuretus

 * Aneuretus simoni 	Emery, 1893

Anillomyrma

 * Anillomyrma decamera 	Emery, 1901

Anochetus

 * Anochetus consultans 	Walker, 1859
 * Anochetus graeffei Mayr, 1870
 * Anochetus longifossatus 	Mayr, 1897
 * Anochetus madaraszi 	Mayr, 1897
 * Anochetus nietneri 	Roger, 1861
 * Anochetus obscurior Brown, 1978
 * Anochetus pangens 	Walker, 1859
 * Anochetus yerburyi 	Forel, 1900

Anoplolepis

 * Anoplolepis gracilipes

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster beccarii Emery, 1887

Bothroponera

 * Bothroponera rubiginosa (Emery, 1889)
 * Bothroponera sulcata (Mayr, 1867)
 * Bothroponera tesseronoda (Emery)

Brachyponera

 * Brachyponera jerdonii (Forel, 1900)
 * Brachyponera luteipes 	Mayr, 1862
 * Brachyponera obscurans 	Walker, 1859

Calyptomyrmex

 * Calyptomyrmex singalensis 	Baroni Urbani, 1975
 * Calyptomyrmex tamil 	Baroni Urbani, 1975
 * Calyptomyrmex vedda 	Baroni Urbani, 1975

Camponotus

 * Camponotus albipes 	Emery, 1893
 * Camponotus angusticollis (Jerdon, 1851)
 * Camponotus auriculatus 	Mayr, 1897
 * Camponotus barbatus 	Roger, 1863
 * Camponotus barbatus infuscoides Bingham, 1903
 * Camponotus barbatus taylori Forel, 1892
 * Camponotus carin Emery, 1889
 * Camponotus compressus (Fabricius, 1787)
 * Camponotus fletcheri 	Donisthorpe, 1942
 * Camponotus greeni 	Forel, 1911
 * Camponotus indeflexus 	Walker, 1859
 * Camponotus irritans 	Smith, F., 1857
 * Camponotus isabellae 	Forel, 1909
 * Camponotus latebrosus 	Walker, 1859
 * Camponotus mendax Forel, 1895
 * Camponotus mendax integer 	Forel, 1895
 * Camponotus mitis 	Smith, F., 1858
 * Camponotus oblongus (Smith, F., 1858)
 * Camponotus ominosus 	Forel, 1911
 * Camponotus opaciventris Mayr, 1879
 * Camponotus parius Emery, 1889
 * Camponotus reticulatus 	Roger, 1863
 * Camponotus reticulatus latitans Forel, 1893
 * Camponotus reticulatus yerburyi Forel, 1893
 * Camponotus rufoglaucus 	Jerdon, 1851
 * Camponotus sericeus 	Fabricius, 1798
 * Camponotus sesquipedalis 	Roger, 1863
 * Camponotus simoni 	Emery, 1893
 * Camponotus sklarus Bolton, 1995
 * Camponotus thraso diogenes 	Forel, 1909
 * Camponotus thraso Forel, 1893
 * Camponotus variegatus (Smith, 1858)
 * Camponotus variegatus bacchus (Smith, 1858)
 * Camponotus variegatus crassinodis Forel, 1892
 * Camponotus variegatus dulcis Dalla Torre, 1893
 * Camponotus variegatus fuscithorax Dalla Torre, 1893
 * Camponotus variegatus infuscus Forel, 1892
 * Camponotus variegatus intrans Forel, 1911
 * Camponotus variegatus somnificus Forel, 1902
 * Camponotus wedda 	Forel, 1908

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881
 * Cardiocondyla itsukii Seifert, Okita & Heinze, 2017
 * Cardiocondyla kagutsuchi Terayama, 1999
 * Cardiocondyla minutior Forel, 1899
 * Cardiocondyla wroughtonii (Forel, 1890)

Carebara

 * Carebara affinis (Jerdon, 1851)
 * Carebara bruni 	Forel, 1913
 * Carebara butteli 	Forel, 1913
 * Carebara ceylonensis (Forel, 1911)
 * Carebara deponens 	Walker, 1859
 * Carebara diversa (Jerdon, 1851)
 * Carebara diversa taprobanae (Smith, F., 1858)
 * Carebara escherichi 	Forel, 1911
 * Carebara nana (Roger, 1863)
 * Carebara pygmaea (Emery, 1887)
 * Carebara silenus (Smith, 1858)
 * Carebara sinhala Fischer, Azorsa & Fisher, 2014

Cataulacus

 * Cataulacus granulatus (Latreille, 1802)
 * Cataulacus latus Forel, 1891
 * Cataulacus simoni 	Emery, 1893
 * Cataulacus taprobanae 	Smith, F., 1853

Centromyrmex

 * Centromyrmex feae (Emery, 1889)
 * Centromyrmex feae ceylonicus 	Forel, 1900

Chronoxenus

 * Chronoxenus wroughtonii (Forel, 1895)

Colobopsis

 * Colobopsis badia (Smith, 1857)
 * Colobopsis ceylonica (Emery, 1925)

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster anthracina Smith, 1857
 * Crematogaster apicalis 	Motschoulsky, 1863
 * Crematogaster biroi Mayr, 1897
 * Crematogaster brunnea Smith, 1857
 * Crematogaster brunnea nicevillei Emery, 1922
 * Crematogaster brunnea rabula Forel, 1902
 * Crematogaster brunnescens 	Motschoulsky, 1863
 * Crematogaster consternens 	Walker, 1859
 * Crematogaster contemta Mayr, 1879
 * Crematogaster desecta 	Forel, 1911
 * Crematogaster dohrni 	Mayr, 1879
 * Crematogaster dohrni gigas Forel, 1913
 * Crematogaster pellens 	Walker, 1859
 * Crematogaster ransonneti 	Mayr, 1868
 * Crematogaster rogenhoferi Mayr, 1879
 * Crematogaster rogenhoferi lutea Emery, 1893
 * Crematogaster rogeri 	Emery, 1922
 * Crematogaster rothneyi Mayr, 1879
 * Crematogaster rothneyi haputalensis 	Forel, 1913
 * Crematogaster subnuda Mayr, 1879
 * Crematogaster walshi Forel, 1902

Cryptopone

 * Cryptopone testacea Emery, 1893

Diacamma

 * Diacamma ceylonense 	Emery, 1897
 * Diacamma cyaneiventre André, 1887
 * Diacamma indicum Santschi
 * Diacamma rugosum 	Le Guillou, 1842
 * Diacamma rugosum jerdoni Forel, 1903
 * Diacamma rugosum sculptum (Jerdon, 1851)

Dilobocondyla

 * Dilobocondyla didita 	Walker, 1859

Discothyrea

 * Discothyrea sp.

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus taprobanae 	Smith, F., 1858
 * Dolichoderus taprobanae gracilipes (Mayr, 1879)
 * Dolichoderus thoracicus (Smith, 1860)

Dorylus

 * Dorylus labiatus Shuckard, 1840
 * Dorylus orientalis 	Westwood, 1835

Erromyrma

 * Erromyrma latinodis (Mayr, 1872)

Harpegnathos

 * Harpegnathos saltator cruentatus (Smith, 1858)
 * Harpegnathos saltator Jerdon, 1851
 * Harpegnathos saltator taprobanae 	Forel, 1909

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera aitkenii (Forel, 1900)
 * Hypoponera bugnioni (Forel, 1912)
 * Hypoponera ceylonensis 	Mayr, 1897
 * Hypoponera confinis 	Roger, 1860
 * Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)
 * Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894)
 * Hypoponera taprobanae 	Forel, 1913
 * Hypoponera wroughtonii (Forel, 1900)

Iridomyrmex

 * Iridomyrmex anceps (Roger, 1863)

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota bipartita (Smith, F., 1861)
 * Lepisiota fergusoni (Forel, 1895)
 * Lepisiota lunaris Emery, 1893
 * Lepisiota mayri Wachkoo, Bharti & Akbar, 2021
 * Lepisiota opaca (Forel, 1892)
 * Lepisiota pulchella (Forel, 1892)
 * Lepisiota wroughtonii (Forel, 1902)

Leptanilla

 * Leptanilla besucheti 	Baroni Urbani, 1977

Leptogenys

 * Leptogenys chinensis (Mayr, 1870)
 * Leptogenys diminuta 	Smith, F., 1857
 * Leptogenys exundans 	Walker, 1859
 * Leptogenys falcigera 	Roger, 1861
 * Leptogenys hysterica 	Forel, 1900
 * Leptogenys laeviceps (Smith, F. 1857)
 * Leptogenys meritans 	Walker, 1859
 * Leptogenys peuqueti André
 * Leptogenys processionalis 	Jerdon, 1851
 * Leptogenys pruinosa 	Forel, 1900
 * Leptogenys yerburyi 	Forel, 1900

Lioponera

 * Lioponera longitarsus Mayr, 1879
 * Lioponera parva Forel, 1900

Lophomyrmex

 * Lophomyrmex bedoti Emery, 1893
 * Lophomyrmex birmanus Emery, 1893
 * Lophomyrmex quadrispinosus (Jerdon, 1851)

Meranoplus

 * Meranoplus bicolor 	Guérin-Méneville, 1844
 * Meranoplus boltoni 	Schödl, 1998
 * Meranoplus levis 	Donisthorpe, 1942
 * Meranoplus loebli 	Schödl, 1998
 * Meranoplus rothneyi Forel, 1902

Mesoponera

 * Mesoponera melanaria 	Emery, 1893

Metapone

 * Metapone greeni 	Forel, 1911

Monomorium

 * Monomorium floricola 	(Jerdon, 1851)
 * Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987
 * Monomorium pharaonis 	Linnaeus, 1758
 * Monomorium sahlbergi Emery, 1898
 * Monomorium subopacum 	Smith, F., 1858
 * Monomorium taprobanae 	Forel, 1913

Myopias

 * Myopias amblyops 	Roger, 1861

Myopopone

 * Myopopone castanea 	Smith, F., 1860

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina striata Emery

Myrmicaria

 * Myrmicaria brunnea Saunders
 * Myrmicaria fodiens (Jerdon, 1851)

Myrmoteras

 * Myrmoteras ceylonicum 	Gregg, 1957

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia bourbonica (Forel, 1886)
 * Nylanderia indica (Forel, 1894)
 * Nylanderia taylori (Forel, 1894)
 * Nylanderia taylori levis 	(Forel, 1913)
 * Nylanderia vagabunda 	(Motschoulsky, 1863)
 * Nylanderia vividula (Nylander, 1846)
 * Nylanderia yerburyi 	(Forel, 1894)

Ochetellus

 * Ochetellus glaber (Mayr, 1862)

Odontomachus

 * Odontomachus simillimus 	Smith, F., 1858

Oecophylla

 * Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775)

Ooceraea

 * Ooceraea alii (Bharti & Akbar, 2013)
 * Ooceraea biroi (Forel, 1907)
 * Ooceraea coeca (Mayr, 1897)
 * Ooceraea fragosa (Roger, 1862)

Parasyscia

 * Parasyscia aitkenii (Forel, 1900)
 * Parasyscia fossulata 	Forel, 1895
 * Parasyscia luteoviger 	Brown, 1975

Paratopula

 * Paratopula ceylonica 	Emery, 1901

Paratrechina

 * Paratrechina longicornis 	Latreille, 1802

Parvaponera

 * Parvaponera darwinii (Forel, 1893)

Pheidole

 * Pheidole barreleti 	Forel, 1903
 * Pheidole ceylonica 	Motschoulsky, 1863
 * Pheidole diffidens 	Walker, 1859
 * Pheidole fergusoni Forel, 1902
 * Pheidole fervens Smith, 1858
 * Pheidole gracilipes 	Motschoulsky, 1863
 * Pheidole horni 	Emery, 1901
 * Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879
 * Pheidole jucunda Forel, 1885
 * Pheidole latinoda 	Roger, 1863
 * Pheidole latinoda peradeniyae Forel, 1911
 * Pheidole malinsii 	Forel, 1902
 * Pheidole megacephala Forel
 * Pheidole nietneri 	Emery, 1901
 * Pheidole nodus 	Smith, F., 1874
 * Pheidole parva 	Mayr, 1865
 * Pheidole pronotalis 	Forel, 1902
 * Pheidole rogersi taylori Forel, 1902
 * Pheidole rugosa Smith, F. 1858
 * Pheidole sharpi Forel, 1902
 * Pheidole spathifera Forel, 1902
 * Pheidole spathifera yerburyi 	Forel, 1902
 * Pheidole sulcaticeps 	Roger, 1863
 * Pheidole sulcaticeps vellicans Forel, 1911
 * Pheidole templaria euscrobata 	Forel, 1913
 * Pheidole watsoni Forel, 1902
 * Pheidole woodmasoni Forel, 1885

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis exigua Forel, 1894
 * Plagiolepis jerdonii Forel, 1894
 * Plagiolepis pissina 	Roger, 1863

Platythyrea

 * Platythyrea clypeata 	Forel, 1911
 * Platythyrea parallela 	Smith, F., 1859

Polyrhachis

 * Polyrhachis aculeata Mayr, 1879
 * Polyrhachis bugnioni Forel, 1908
 * Polyrhachis convexa Roger, 1863
 * Polyrhachis convexa isabellae Forel, 1908
 * Polyrhachis curvispina Forel, 1908
 * Polyrhachis dives Smith, 1857
 * Polyrhachis dives belli Forel, 1912
 * Polyrhachis exercita (Walker, 1859)
 * Polyrhachis fornicata Emery, 1900
 * Polyrhachis frauenfeldi Mayr, 1862
 * Polyrhachis gibbosa Forel, 1908
 * Polyrhachis hippomanes ceylonensis Emery, 1893
 * Polyrhachis horni Emery, 1901
 * Polyrhachis illaudata Walker, 1859
 * Polyrhachis jerdonii Forel, 1892
 * Polyrhachis lacteipennis Smith, 1858
 * Polyrhachis nigra Mayr, 1862
 * Polyrhachis oedipus Forel, 1893
 * Polyrhachis proxima Roger, 1863
 * Polyrhachis punctillata Roger, 1863
 * Polyrhachis rastellata (Latreille, 1802)
 * Polyrhachis rupicapra Roger, 1863
 * Polyrhachis saevissima argentea Mayr, 1862
 * Polyrhachis scissa (Roger, 1862)
 * Polyrhachis sophocles Forel, 1908
 * Polyrhachis thrinax Roger, 1863
 * Polyrhachis thrinax lancearia Forel, 1893
 * Polyrhachis tibialis Smith, 1858
 * Polyrhachis tibialis parsis Emery, 1900
 * Polyrhachis tibialis pectita Santschi, 1928
 * Polyrhachis tubericeps Forel, 1893
 * Polyrhachis wroughtonii Forel, 1894
 * Polyrhachis xanthippe Forel, 1911
 * Polyrhachis yerburyi Forel, 1893

Prenolepis

 * Prenolepis naoroji Forel

Prionopelta

 * Prionopelta kraepelini Forel

Pristomyrmex

 * Pristomyrmex punctatus (Smith, 1860)
 * Pristomyrmex sinharaja Dias & Yamane, 2016

Protanilla

 * Protanilla schoedli Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2006

Pseudolasius

 * Pseudolasius isabellae Forel, 1908

Pseudoneoponera

 * Pseudoneoponera insularis (Emery, 1889)
 * Pseudoneoponera rufipes (Jerdon, 1851)
 * Pseudoneoponera rufipes ceylonensis (Forel, 1911)

Recurvidris

 * Recurvidris pickburni 	Bolton, 1992
 * Recurvidris recurvispinosa (Forel, 1890)

Rhopalomastix

 * Rhopalomastix escherichi Forel, 1911
 * Rhopalomastix rothneyi Forel, 1900

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)
 * Solenopsis nitens 	Bingham, 1903

Stereomyrmex

 * Stereomyrmex horni 	Emery, 1901

Stictoponera

 * Stictoponera coxalis 	Roger, 1860
 * Stictoponera sinhala Lattke, 2016

Stigmatomma

 * Stigmatomma bellii (Forel, 1900)

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys emmae (Emery, 1890)
 * Strumigenys godeffroyi 	Mayr, 1866
 * Strumigenys inopinata (De Andrade, 1994)
 * Strumigenys lyroessa 	Roger, 1859
 * Strumigenys membranifera (Emery, 1869)
 * Strumigenys veddha De Andrade, 2007

Syllophopsis

 * Syllophopsis australica (Forel, 1907)
 * Syllophopsis subcoeca (Emery, 1894)

Syscia

 * Syscia typhla 	Roger, 1861

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma annandalei (Wheeler, 1928)
 * Tapinoma indicum Forel, 1895
 * Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)

Technomyrmex

 * Technomyrmex albipes (Smith, 1861)
 * Technomyrmex bicolor Emery, 1893
 * Technomyrmex brunneus Forel, 1895
 * Technomyrmex elatior Forel, 1902
 * Technomyrmex horni Forel, 1912

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846)
 * Tetramorium curvispinosum Mayr, 1897
 * Tetramorium indicum Forel, 1913
 * Tetramorium insolens (Smith, 1861)
 * Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870
 * Tetramorium mayri (Forel, 1912)
 * Tetramorium obesum André, 1887
 * Tetramorium pacificum Mayr, 1870
 * Tetramorium pilosum Emery, 1893
 * Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, 1851)
 * Tetramorium smithi Mayr, 1879
 * Tetramorium tonganum Mayr, 1870
 * Tetramorium tortuosum Roger, 1863
 * Tetramorium transversarium Roger, 1863
 * Tetramorium walshi (Forel, 1890)
 * Tetramorium yerburyi Forel, 1902

Tetraponera

 * Tetraponera allaborans (Walker, 1859)
 * Tetraponera nigra (Jerdon, 1851)
 * Tetraponera nitida (Smith, 1860)
 * Tetraponera rufonigra (Jerdon, 1851)

Trichomyrmex

 * Trichomyrmex aberrans (Forel, 1902)
 * Trichomyrmex criniceps (Mayr, 1879)
 * Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851)
 * Trichomyrmex emeryi laevior (Mayr, 1897)
 * Trichomyrmex glaber (André, 1883)
 * Trichomyrmex mayri (Forel, 1902)
 * Trichomyrmex rogeri Mayr, 1865
 * Trichomyrmex wroughtoni Forel, 1911

Tyrannomyrmex

 * Tyrannomyrmex legatus Alpert, 2013

Vollenhovia

 * Vollenhovia escherichi Forel, 1911

Yavnella

 * Yavnella sp.

Uncertain species
The following species were described from Sri Lanka but their true identities are currently unknown.
 * Formica fuscicauda Motschoulsky, 1863
 * Formica subpicea Motschoulsky, 1863
 * Myrmica obscurata Motschoulsky, 1863
 * Myrmica pilinodis Motschoulsky, 1863