Ivory Coast



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

Aenictus

 * Aenictus asperivalvus Santschi, 1919


 * Aenictus decolor (Mayr, 1879)


 * Aenictus foreli Santschi, 1919


 * Aenictus luteus Emery, 1892


 * Aenictus moebii Emery, 1895


 * Aenictus mutatus Santschi, 1913


 * Aenictus mutatus pudicus Santschi, 1919


 * Aenictus togoensis Santschi, 1915

Anochetus

 * Anochetus africanus (Mayr, 1865)


 * Anochetus bequaerti Forel, 1913


 * Anochetus pellucidus Emery, 1902


 * Anochetus siphneus Brown, 1978


 * Anochetus traegaordhi Mayr, 1904

Apomyrma

 * Apomyrma stygia Brown, Gotwald & Levieux, 1971

Asphinctopone

 * Asphinctopone silvestrii 	Santschi, 1914

Atopomyrmex

 * Atopomyrmex cryptoceroides Emery, 1892

Baracidris

 * Baracidris meketra 	Bolton, 1981


 * Baracidris sitra Bolton, 1981

Bothroponera

 * Bothroponera pachyderma Emery, 1901

Brachyponera

 * Brachyponera sennaarensis (Mayr, 1862)

Calyptomyrmex

 * Calyptomyrmex barak 	Bolton, 1981


 * Calyptomyrmex kaurus 	Bolton, 1981


 * Calyptomyrmex nummuliticus 	Santschi, 1914

Camponotus

 * Camponotus brutus Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus congolensis Emery, 1899


 * Camponotus maculatus 	Fabricius, 1782


 * Camponotus orthodoxus Santschi, 1914


 * Camponotus robertae 	Santschi, 1926


 * Camponotus sericeus (Fabricius, 1798)


 * Camponotus solon Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus vestitus (Smith, F., 1858)


 * Camponotus vestitus comptus 	Santschi, 1926


 * Camponotus vividus (Smith, F., 1858)

Carebara

 * Carebara distincta (Bolton & Belshaw, 1993)


 * Carebara lilith Fischer, Azorsa & Hita Garcia, 2015


 * Carebara silvestrii (Santschi, 1914)

Cataglyphis

 * Cataglyphis bicolor seticornis (Emery, 1906)

Cataulacus

 * Cataulacus pygmaeus André, 1890


 * Cataulacus guineensis 	Smith, F., 1853


 * Cataulacus weissi Santschi, 1913

Centromyrmex

 * Centromyrmex angolensis 	Santschi, 1937


 * Centromyrmex secutor Bolton & Fisher, 2008


 * Centromyrmex sellaris Mayr, 1896

Cerapachys

 * Cerapachys foreli (Santschi, 1914)


 * Cerapachys similis 	Santschi, 1930

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster depressa (Latreille, 1802)


 * Crematogaster gabonensis Emery, 1899


 * Crematogaster impressa Emery, 1899


 * Crematogaster mottazi 	Santschi, 1928


 * Crematogaster rugosa André, 1895


 * Crematogaster rugosa nigriventris Santschi, 1919


 * Crematogaster solenopsides Emery, 1899


 * Crematogaster solenopsides costeboriensis Santschi, 1919


 * Crematogaster stadelmanni Mayr, 1895


 * Crematogaster striatula Emery, 1892


 * Crematogaster vidua 	Santschi, 1928

Cyphoidris

 * Cyphoidris spinosa Weber, 1952

Discothyrea

 * Discothyrea oculata 	Emery, 1901

Dorylus

 * Dorylus aethiopicus Emery, 1895


 * Dorylus affinis Shuckard, 1840


 * Dorylus affinis  pulliceps 	Santschi, 1917


 * Dorylus atriceps Shuckard, 1840


 * Dorylus brevipennis Emery, 1895


 * Dorylus conradti Emery, 1895


 * Dorylus conradti berlandi 	Santschi, 1926


 * Dorylus fulvus mordax Santschi, 1931


 * Dorylus fuscipennis (Emery, 1892)


 * Dorylus fuscipennis lugubris 	Santschi, 1919


 * Dorylus fuscipennis marginiventris Santschi, 1919


 * Dorylus gribodoi Emery, 1892


 * Dorylus leo 	Santschi, 1919


 * Dorylus mandibularis Mayr, 1896


 * Dorylus mandibularis pulchellus 	Santschi, 1920


 * Dorylus moestus Emery, 1895


 * Dorylus nigricans arcens (Westwood, 1847)


 * Dorylus nigricans burmeisteri (Shuckard, 1840)


 * Dorylus nigricans terrificus Santschi, 1923


 * Dorylus wilverthi Emery, 1899

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera angustata (Santschi,, 1914)


 * Hypoponera coeca Santschi, 1914


 * Hypoponera defessa Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera dulcis (Forel, 1907)


 * Hypoponera inaudax (Santschi, 1919)


 * Hypoponera lassa Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera lepida Bolton & Fisher, 2011


 * Hypoponera occidentalis (Bernard, 1953)


 * Hypoponera punctatissima 	(Roger, 1857)


 * Hypoponera sinuosa (Bernard, 1953)

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota cacozela (Stitz, 1916)


 * Lepisiota capensis guineensis (Mayr, 1902)

Leptogenys

 * Leptogenys conradti 	Forel, 1913


 * Leptogenys elegans Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys mastax Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys microps 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys nuserra 	Bolton, 1975


 * Leptogenys sterops 	Bolton, 1975

Loboponera

 * Loboponera basalis 	Bolton & Brown, 2002


 * Loboponera nasica (Santschi, 1920)


 * Loboponera politula 	Bolton & Brown, 2002


 * Loboponera trica 	Bolton & Brown, 2002


 * Loboponera vigilans 	Bolton & Brown, 2002

Megaponera

 * Megaponera analis (Latreille, 1802)

Melissotarsus

 * Melissotarsus beccarii Emery,, 1877


 * Melissotarsus weissi 	Santschi, 1910

Mesoponera

 * Mesoponera caffraria (Smith, F., 1858)

Messor

 * Messor galla 	Mayr, 1904


 * Messor regalis (Emery, 1892)

Microdaceton

 * Microdaceton tibialis Weber, 1952

Monomorium

 * Monomorium afrum André, 1884


 * Monomorium bicolor Emery, 1877


 * Monomorium dolatu Bolton, 1987


 * Monomorium egens Forel, 1901


 * Monomorium exiguum Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium invidium 	Bolton, 1987

Myrmicaria

 * Myrmicaria baumi Forel, 1901


 * Myrmicaria baumi occidentalis 	Santschi, 1920


 * Myrmicaria fumata 	Santschi, 1916


 * Myrmicaria natalensis (Smith, F., 1858)

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia brevisetula LaPolla & Fisher, 2011


 * Nylanderia incallida (Santschi, 1915)


 * Nylanderia lepida (Santschi, 1915)


 * Nylanderia scintilla LaPolla & Fisher, 2011

Odontomachus

 * Odontomachus assiniensis 	Emery, 1892


 * Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi, 1914

Oecophylla

 * Oecophylla longinoda (Latreille, 1802)


 * Oecophylla longinoda claridens 	Santschi, 1928

Paltothyreus

 * Paltothyreus tarsatus (Fabricius, 1798)

Parvaponera

 * Parvaponera darwinii (Forel, 1893)

Pheidole

 * Pheidole corticicola Santschi, 1910


 * Pheidole heliosa Fischer, Hita Garcia & Peters, 2012


 * Pheidole megacephala 	Santschi, 1912


 * Pheidole megacephala melancholica Santschi, 1912


 * Pheidole prelli ingenita 	Santschi, 1928


 * Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866


 * Pheidole rebeccae Fischer, Hita Garcia & Peters, 2012


 * Pheidole sculpturata Mayr, 1866

Phrynoponera

 * Phrynoponera gabonensis (André, 1892)

Platythyrea

 * Platythyrea conradti 	Emery, 1899


 * Platythyrea frontalis 	Emery, 1899

Plectroctena

 * Plectroctena cryptica 	Bolton, 1974


 * Plectroctena lygaria 	Bolton Gotwald & Leroux, 1979


 * Plectroctena minor 	Emery, 1892


 * Plectroctena subterranea Arnold, 1915


 * Plectroctena ugandensis Menozzi, 1933

Polyrhachis

 * Polyrhachis alluaudi 	Emery, 1891


 * Polyrhachis concava André, 1889


 * Polyrhachis decemdentata André, 1889


 * Polyrhachis laboriosa Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis militaris  (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Polyrhachis schistacea (Gerstäcker, 1859)

Prionopelta

 * Prionopelta amieti Terron, 1974

Pristomyrmex

 * Pristomyrmex orbiceps 	Santschi, 1914

Probolomyrmex

 * Probolomyrmex guineensis Taylor, 1965

Promyopias

 * Promyopias silvestrii (Santschi, 1914)

Psalidomyrmex

 * Psalidomyrmex foveolatus André, 1890

Simopone

 * Simopone conradti Emery, 1899

Stigmatomma

 * Stigmatomma pluto (Gotwald & Levieux, 1972)


 * Stigmatomma santschii Menozzi, 1922

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys concolor Santschi, 1914


 * Strumigenys cryptura 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys emarginata (Mayr, 1901)


 * Strumigenys enkara 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys exunca 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys fulda 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys hastyla Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys hensekta Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys impidora 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys laticeps Brown, 1962


 * Strumigenys ludovici (Forel, 1904)


 * Strumigenys lujae (Forel, 1902)


 * Strumigenys marginata (Santschi, 1914)


 * Strumigenys maynei 	Forel, 1916


 * Strumigenys minkara 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys nimbrata 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys ninda (Bolton, 1983)


 * Strumigenys petiolata Bernard, 1953


 * Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys roomi 	Bolton, 1972


 * Strumigenys rufobrunea 	Santschi, 1914


 * Strumigenys serrula (Santschi, 1910)


 * Strumigenys sharra Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys spathoda Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys tacta 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys tiglath 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys tigrilla 	Brown, 1973


 * Strumigenys truncatidens (Brown, 1950)


 * Strumigenys tukulta 	Bolton, 1983


 * Strumigenys vazerka 	Bolton, 1983

Syllophopsis

 * Syllophopsis cryptobia (Santschi, 1921)
 * Syllophopsis malamixta	(Bolton, 1987)
 * Syllophopsis modesta (Santschi, 1914)
 * Syllophopsis thrascolepta (Bolton, 1987)

Technomyrmex

 * Technomyrmex andrei Emery, 1899


 * Technomyrmex moerens 	Santschi, 1913


 * Technomyrmex parviflavus Bolton, 2007

Terataner

 * Terataner velatus Bolton, 1981

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium amentete Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium ataxium Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium brevispinosum (Stitz, 1910)


 * Tetramorium caldarium (Roger, 1857)


 * Tetramorium cristatum Stitz, 1910


 * Tetramorium diomandei 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium edouardi Forel, 1894


 * Tetramorium flabellum Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium flavithorax (Santschi, 1914)


 * Tetramorium guineense (Bernard, 1953)


 * Tetramorium hapale 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium intonsum Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium invictum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium jugatum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium khyarum Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium magnificum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium minimum (Bolton, 1976)


 * Tetramorium muralti Forel, 1910


 * Tetramorium muscorum Arnold, 1926


 * Tetramorium occidentale (Santschi, 1916)


 * Tetramorium peutli Forel, 1916


 * Tetramorium pylacum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium rhetidum Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium sericeiventre 	Emery, 1877


 * Tetramorium sigillum 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, F., 1851)


 * Tetramorium typhlops 	Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium versiculum Bolton, 1980


 * Tetramorium zambezium Santschi, 1939


 * Tetramorium zapyrum Bolton, 1980

Xymmer

 * Xymmer muticus (Santschi, 1914)