Vietnam



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

Also see: The ants of Vietnam.

Acanthomyrmex

 * Acanthomyrmex glabfemoralis 	Zhou & Zheng, 1997


 * Acanthomyrmex humilis Eguchi, Bui & Yamane, 2008

Acropyga

 * Acropyga acutiventris Roger, 1862


 * Acropyga butteli 	Forel, 1912

Aenictus

 * Aenictus artipus 	Wilson, 1964


 * Aenictus binghami 	Forel, 1900


 * Aenictus brevipodus Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013


 * Aenictus changmaianus Terayama & Kubota, 1993


 * Aenictus concavus Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013


 * Aenictus dentatus 	Forel, 1911


 * Aenictus doydeei Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011


 * Aenictus eguchii Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013


 * Aenictus fergusoni 	Forel, 1901


 * Aenictus hodgsoni Forel, 1901


 * Aenictus javanus 	Emery, 1896


 * Aenictus minimus Jaitrong & Hashimoto, 2012


 * Aenictus nishimurai 	Terayama & Kubota, 1993


 * Aenictus parahuonicus Jaitrong & Yamane, 2011


 * Aenictus peguensis Emery, 1895


 * Aenictus thailandianus Terayama & Kubota, 1993


 * Aenictus vieti Jaitrong & Yamane, 2010

Anillomyrma

 * Anillomyrma decamera (Emery, 1901)

Anochetus

 * Anochetus mixtus 	Radchenko, 1993


 * Anochetus orientalis 	André, 1887


 * Anochetus risii 	Forel, 1900

Anoplolepis

 * Anoplolepis gracilipes Smith, F., 1857

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster exasperata Wheeler, W.M., 1921

Calyptomyrmex

 * Calyptomyrmex rectopilosus 	Dlussky & Radchenko, 1990

Camponotus

 * Camponotus auratus 	Karavaiev, 1935


 * Camponotus auriventris Emery, 1889


 * Camponotus brachycephalus 	Santschi, 1920


 * Camponotus irritans Smith, F., 1857


 * Camponotus irritans procax Santschi, 1919


 * Camponotus nicobarensis Mayr, 1865


 * Camponotus pylorus 	Santschi, 1920


 * Camponotus rufoglaucus 	Jerdon, 1851


 * Camponotus singularis 	Smith, F., 1858

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla emeryi 	Forel, 1881


 * Cardiocondyla kagutsuchi Terayama, 1999


 * Cardiocondyla minutior Forel, 1899


 * Cardiocondyla nuda 	Mayr, 1866


 * Cardiocondyla wroughtonii (Forel, 1890)

Carebara

 * Carebara bouvardi 	Santschi, 1913


 * Carebara capreola 	Wheeler, W.M., 1927


 * Carebara cribriceps 	Wheeler, W.M., 1927


 * Carebara sangi Eguchi & Bui, 2007

Cataulacus

 * Cataulacus granulatus 	Latreille, 1802

Centromyrmex

 * Centromyrmex feae 	Emery, 1889

Cerapachys

 * Cerapachys biroi 	Forel, 1907


 * Cerapachys eguchii Borowiec, 2009


 * Cerapachys foveolatus Radchenko, 1993


 * Cerapachys sauteri 	Forel, 1913


 * Cerapachys sulcinodis Emery, 1889

Cladomyrma

 * Cladomyrma scopulosa Eguchi & Bui, 2006

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster agniae 	Karavaiev, 1935


 * Crematogaster aurita Karavaiev, 1935


 * Crematogaster brunnea latipetiolata 	Karavaiev, 1935


 * Crematogaster rogenhoferi Mayr, 1879


 * Crematogaster sewardi Forel, 1901


 * Crematogaster walshi Forel, 1902


 * Crematogaster bouvardi Santschi, 1920

Dacatria

 * Dacatria templaris 	Rigato, 1994

Diacamma

 * Diacamma longitudinale 	Emery, 1889


 * Diacamma rugosum (Le Guillou, 1842)


 * Diacamma rugosum gibbosum 	Karavaiev, 1935


 * Diacamma rugosum longiceps Santschi, 1932


 * Diacamma rugosum ovale Karavaiev, 1935

Dilobocondyla

 * Dilobocondyla eguchii Bharti & Kumar, 2013


 * Dilobocondyla fouqueti 	Santschi, 1910


 * Dilobocondyla propotriangulatus Bharti & Kumar, 2013

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus affinis Emery, 1899


 * Dolichoderus affinis mus 	Santschi, 1920


 * Dolichoderus erectilobus 	Santschi, 1920


 * Dolichoderus sulcaticeps 	Mayr, 1870


 * Dolichoderus taprobanae Smith, F., 1858


 * Dolichoderus taprobanae friedrichsi 	Forel, 1914


 * Dolichoderus thoracicus Smith, F., 1860

Dorylus

 * Dorylus laevigatus 	Smith, F., 1857


 * Dorylus orientalis 	Westwood, 1835

Gauromyrmex

 * Gauromyrmex acanthinus]] 	Karavaiev, 1935

Gesomyrmex

 * Gesomyrmex tobiasi 	Dubovikoff, 2004

Gnamptogenys

 * Gnamptogenys bicolor 	Emery, 1889


 * Gnamptogenys binghamii 	Forel, 1900

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera silvestrii (Donisthorpe, 1947)

Indomyrma

 * Indomyrma bellae Zryanin, 2012

Iridomyrmex

 * Iridomyrmex anceps 	Roger, 1863

Kartidris

 * Kartidris species

Lasiomyrma

 * Lasiomyrma species

Leptogenys

 * Leptogenys aspera 	André, 1889


 * Leptogenys davydovi 	Karavaiev, 1935


 * Leptogenys diminuta 	Smith, F., 1857


 * Leptogenys kitteli 	Mayr, 1870


 * Leptogenys kraepelini Forel, 1905


 * Leptogenys kraepelini baccha 	Santschi, 1919


 * Leptogenys parvula 	Emery, 1900


 * Leptogenys peuqueti 	André, 1887


 * Leptogenys processionalis 	Jerdon, 1851

Liomyrmex

 * Liomyrmex gestroi (Emery, 1887)

Lophomyrmex

 * Lophomyrmex birmanus Emery, 1893

Lordomyrma

 * Lordomyrma hmong Taylor, 2012

Mayriella

 * Mayriella granulata 	Dlussky & Radchenko, 1990

Meranoplus

 * Meranoplus bicolor 	Guérin-Méneville, 1844

Monomorium

 * Monomorium annamense 	Donisthorpe, 1941


 * Monomorium chinense 	Santschi, 1925


 * Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Monomorium hiten 	Terayama, 1996


 * Monomorium pharaonis 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Monomorium silvestrii 	Wheeler, W.M., 1927

Myopopone

 * Myopopone castanea 	Smith, F., 1860

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina species

Myrmica

 * Myrmica angulata Radchenko, Zhou & Elmes, 2001


 * Myrmica schoedli Radchenko, Elmes & Bui 2006


 * Myrmica serica Wheeler, W.M., 1928


 * Myrmica titanica 	Radchenko & Elmes, 2001


 * Myrmica yamanei 	Radchenko & Elmes, 2001

Myrmicaria

 * Myrmicaria brunnea 	Saunders, 1842


 * Myrmicaria vidua Smith, F., 1858

Myrmoteras

 * Myrmoteras cuneonodum Xu, 1998


 * Myrmoteras namphuong Bui, Eguchi & Yamane, 2013


 * Myrmoteras tomimasai Bui, Eguchi & Yamane, 2013

Mystrium

 * Mystrium camillae 	Emery, 1889

N

 * Nylanderia dugasi 	Forel, 1911


 * Nylanderia picta 	Wheeler, W.M., 1927

Odontomachus

 * Odontomachus monticola 	Emery, 1892


 * Odontomachus silvestrii 	Wheeler, W.M., 1927

Odontoponera

 * Odontoponera transversa 	Smith, F., 1857

Opamyrma

 * Opamyrma hungvuong Yamane, Bui & Eguchi, 2008

P

 * Buniapone amblyops 	Emery, 1887


 * Ectomomyrmex annamitus 	André, 1892


 * Ectomomyrmex astutus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Ectomomyrmex astutus obscurus Karavaiev, 1935


 * Brachyponera chinensis 	Emery, 1895


 * Euponera grandis (Donisthorpe, 1947)


 * Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki 	Forel, 1886


 * Brachyponera luteipes 	Mayr, 1862


 * Brachyponera mesoponeroides 	Radchenko, 1993


 * Brachyponera nigrita 	Emery, 1895


 * Ectomomyrmex punctatus 	Karavaiev, 1935


 * Pseudoneoponera rufipes 	Jerdon, 1851


 * Ectomomyrmex tonkinus 	Santschi, 1920


 * Cryptopone typhlos (Karavaiev, 1935)

Paratopula

 * Paratopula species

Paratrechina

 * Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)

Pheidole

 * Pheidole aspidata 	Eguchi & Viet Bui, 2005


 * Pheidole binghamii Forel,


 * Pheidole capellinii 	Emery, 1887


 * Pheidole colpigaleata Eguchi, 2006


 * Pheidole dugasi 	Forel, 1911


 * Pheidole elongicephala Eguchi, 2008


 * Pheidole fervens Smith, F.,


 * Pheidole fervida Smith, F.,


 * Pheidole fortis Eguchi, 2006


 * Pheidole foveolata Eguchi, 2006


 * Pheidole gatesi 	Wheeler, W.M., 1927


 * Pheidole hongkongensis Wheeler, W.M., 1928


 * Pheidole indosinensis 	Wheeler, W.M., 1928


 * Pheidole laevicolor Eguchi, 2006


 * Pheidole laevithorax Eguchi, 2008


 * Pheidole magna Eguchi, 2006


 * Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, )


 * Pheidole noda 	Smith, F., 1874


 * Pheidole nodifera 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Pheidole ochracea Eguchi, 2008


 * Pheidole parva Mayr, 1865


 * Pheidole pieli  Santschi, 1925


 * Pheidole plagiaria Smith, F.,


 * Pheidole plagiaria moica 	Forel, 1911


 * Pheidole planidorsum Eguchi, 2001


 * Pheidole planifrons 	Santschi, 1920


 * Pheidole rabo  Forel, 1913


 * Pheidole rinae Emery,


 * Pheidole rugithorax Eguchi, 2008


 * Pheidole smythiesii 	Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole taipoana Wheeler, M.W.,


 * Pheidole tandjongensis Forel, 1913


 * Pheidole tjibodana Forel, 1905


 * Pheidole tumida Eguchi, 2008


 * Pheidole vieti Eguchi, 2008


 * Pheidole vulgaris Eguchi, 2006


 * Pheidole yeensis Forel, 1902


 * Pheidole zoceana Santschi, 1925

Pheidologeton

 * Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851


 * Pheidologeton trechideros Zhou & Zheng, 1997


 * Pheidologeton varius 	Santschi, 1920


 * Pheidologeton vespillo Wheeler, W.M., 1921

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis adynata 	Bolton, 1995


 * Plagiolepis demangei 	Santschi, 1920

Platythyrea

 * Platythyrea parallela Smith, F., 1859

Polyrhachis

 * Polyrhachis bihamata (Drury, 1773)


 * Polyrhachis demangei Santschi, 1910


 * Polyrhachis halidayi 	Emery, 1889


 * Polyrhachis latona Wheeler


 * Polyrhachis proxima 	Roger, 1863


 * Polyrhachis saigonensis Forel, 1886


 * Polyrhachis vigilans 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis tibialis caligata Emery, 1895

Prenolepis

 * Prenolepis melanogaster carinifrons 	Santschi, 1920

Pristomyrmex

 * Pristomyrmex profundus Wang,


 * Pristomyrmex punctatus Smith, F., 1860


 * Pristomyrmex rigidus Wang,


 * Pristomyrmex sulcatus Emery,

Proatta

 * Proatta butteli Forel, 1912

Probolomyrmex

 * Probolomyrmex vieti Eguchi, Yoshimura & Yamane, 2006

Proceratium

 * Proceratium longigaster Karavaiev, 1935

Pseudolasius

 * Pseudolasius lasioides  Wheeler, W.M., 1927


 * Pseudolasius salvazai  Santschi, 1920


 * Pseudolasius silvestrii  Wheeler, W.M., 1927

Recurvidris

 * Recurvidris glabriceps Zhou,

Simopone

 * Simopone oculata 	Radchenko, 1993

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis geminata 	Fabricius, 1804

Stigmatomma

 * Stigmatomma amblyops 	Karavaiev, 1935


 * Stigmatomma quadratum 	Karavaiev, 1935

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys canina 	Brown & Boisvert, 1979


 * Strumigenys dohertyi 	Emery, 1897


 * Strumigenys emmae 	Emery, 1890


 * Strumigenys feae Emery,


 * Strumigenys kichijo (Terayama, Lin & Wu, 1996)


 * Strumigenys japonica (Ito, 1914)


 * Strumigenys lewisi Cameron,


 * Strumigenys mitis 	Brown, 2000


 * Strumigenys nepalensis De Andrade, 1994


 * Strumigenys rallarhina 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys sydorata Bolton, 2000

Syllophopsis

 * Syllophopsis sechellensis (Emery, 1894)

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma epinotale 	Karavaiev, 1935


 * Tapinoma funiculare Santschi, 1928


 * Tapinoma indicum 	Forel, 1895

Technomyrmex

 * Technomyrmex albipes 	Smith, F., 1861


 * Technomyrmex difficilis Forel, 1892


 * Technomyrmex elatior Forel, 1902


 * Technomyrmex pratensis (Smith, F., 1860)


 * Technomyrmex yamanei Bolton, 2007

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax species

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium aptum 	Bolton, 1977


 * Tetramorium bicarinatum 	Nylander, 1846


 * Tetramorium flavipes 	Emery, 1893


 * Tetramorium indosinense 	Wheeler, W.M., 1927


 * Tetramorium infraspinosum 	Karavaiev, 1935


 * Tetramorium kheperra 	Bolton, 1976


 * Tetramorium kieti 	Roncin, 2002


 * Tetramorium kraepelini 	Forel, 1905


 * Tetramorium lanuginosum 	Mayr, 1870


 * Tetramorium nipponense 	Wheeler, W.M., 1928


 * Tetramorium securis 	Roncin, 2002


 * Tetramorium smithi 	Mayr, 1879


 * Tetramorium wroughtonii (Forel, 1902)

Tetraponera

 * Tetraponera allaborans 	Walker, 1859


 * Tetraponera attenuata 	Smith, F., 1877


 * Tetraponera microcarpa Wu & Wang,


 * Tetraponera modesta Smith, F.,


 * Tetraponera nitida (Smith, F.,


 * Tetraponera pilosa (Smith, F., )


 * Tetraponera rufonigra  Jerdon, 1851

Vollenhovia

 * Vollenhovia species

Vombisidris

 * Vombisidris species