Philippines



The following 90 genera and 489 valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in the Philippines. 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 Philippine ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section.

Dave General, Gary Alpert and others have a " joint project" to continuously update the paper "A synoptic review of the ant genera (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Philippines" by edits to the AntWiki page Philippine Ants homepage.

Key to Subfamily of Philippine Ants

A

 * Acanthomyrmex mindanao Moffett, 1986


 * Aphaenogaster species

B

 * Bothriomyrmex sp_phi1 unidentified

C

 * Calomyrmex species 1


 * Crematogaster ampullaris F. Smith, 1861


 * Crematogaster bakeri Menozzi, 1925


 * Crematogaster bicolor imbellis Emery, 1893


 * Crematogaster brunnea ruginota Santschi, 1928


 * Crematogaster crassicornis Emery, 1893


 * Crematogaster cylindriceps Wheeler, W. M. 1927


 * Crematogaster difformis F. Smith, 1857


 * Crematogaster inflata Smith, F., 1857


 * Crematogaster longiclava Emery, 1893


 * Crematogaster modiglianii Emery, 1900


 * Crematogaster ochracea Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster onusta Stitz, 1925


 * Crematogaster rogenhoferi Mayr, 1879


 * Crematogaster semperi Emery, 1893


 * Crematogaster simoni Emery, 1893


 * Crematogaster vitalisi Menozzi, 1925

D

 * Dacetinops cirrosus Taylor, 1985

E

 * Echinopla pallipes Smith, F. 1857

F

 * Forelophilus philippinensis Zettel & Zimmermann, 2007


 * Forelophilus stefanschoedli Zettel & Zimmermann, 2007

G

 * Gauromyrmex acanthinus (Karavaiev, 1935)


 * Gnamptogenys posteropsis (Gregg, 1951)

H

 * Harpegnathos empesoi Chapman, 1963


 * Harpegnathos macgregori Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925


 * Harpegnathos medioniger Donisthorpe, 1942


 * Harpegnathos venator chapmani Donisthorpe, 1937


 * Harpegnathos venator rugosus (Mayr, 1862)


 * Hypoponera confinis javana (Forel, 1905)


 * Hypoponera opaciceps (Mayr, 1887)


 * Hypoponera sabronae (Donisthorpe, 1941)

I

 * Iridomyrmex anceps (Roger, 1863)

L

 * Lasiomyrma species


 * Lepisiota aurea punctaticeps (Wheeler, W. M., 1935)


 * Lepisiota chapmani (Wheeler, W. M. 1935)


 * Leptanilla astylina Petersen, 1968


 * Leptogenys chinensis (Mayr, 1870)


 * Leptogenys diminuta (Smith, F., 1857)


 * Lophomyrmex bedoti Emery, 1893


 * Lordomyrma diwata Taylor, 2012


 * Lordomyrma emarginata Taylor, 2012


 * Lordomyrma idianale Taylor, 2012


 * Lordomyrma limatula Taylor, 2012

M

 * Mayriella transfuga Baroni Urbani, 1977

N

 * Noonilla copiosa Petersen, 1968


 * Nylanderia species

O

 * Ochetellus glaber (Mayr, 1862)

P

 * Pachycondyla annamita (André, 1892)


 * Pachycondyla chinensis (Emery, 1895)


 * Pristomyrmex rugosus Zettel, 2006


 * Pristomyrmex schoedli Zettel, 2006


 * Pristomyrmex simplex (Wang, M., 2003)


 * Probolomyrmex dammermani Wheeler, W.M., 1928


 * Proceratium papuanum Emery, 1897


 * Pseudolasius typhlops Wheeler, W. M., 1935

R

 * Recurvidris nigrans Zettel, 2008


 * Rhopalomastix species


 * Rhoptromyrmex wroughtonii Forel, 1902

S

 * Simopone bakeri Menozzi, 1926


 * Strumigenys tenitecta Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys uichancoi Brown, 1957

T

 * Tapinoma emeryi (Ashmead, 1905)


 * Tetraponera pilosa (F. Smith, 1858)


 * Tyrannomyrmex species

V

 * Vollenhovia ambitiosa Menozzi, 1925


 * Vollenhovia banksi Forel, 1910


 * Vollenhovia cristata Stitz, 1938


 * Vollenhovia luctuosa (Stitz, 1938)


 * Vollenhovia luctuosa major (Stitz, 1938)


 * Vollenhovia oblonga dispar Forel, 1910


 * Vollenhovia soleaferrea Donisthorpe, 1942


 * Vombisidris philippina Zettel & Sorger, 2010