French Guiana



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

A

 * Acanthostichus brevicornis 	Emery, 1894


 * Acromyrmex biscutatus (Fabricius, 1775)


 * Acromyrmex coronatus globoculis 	Kempf, 1972


 * Acromyrmex hystrix 	Latreille, 1802


 * Acromyrmex octospinosus 	Reich, 1793


 * Anochetus bispinosus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Anochetus emarginatus 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Anochetus mayri 	Emery, 1884


 * Anochetus simoni 	Emery, 1890


 * Apterostigma auriculatum 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Apterostigma robustum 	Emery, 1896


 * Apterostigma urichii 	Forel, 1893


 * Apterostigma wasmannii 	Forel, 1892


 * Atta cephalotes 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Atta laevigata 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Atta sexdens 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Azteca andreae Guerrero, et al., 2010


 * Azteca chartifex


 * Azteca constructor 	Emery, 1896


 * Azteca delpini 	Emery, 1893


 * Azteca gnava cayennensis Forel, 1912


 * Azteca instabilis 	Smith, F., 1862


 * Azteca jelskii 	Emery, 1893


 * Azteca schimperi 	Emery, 1893


 * Azteca sericea 	Mayr, 1866


 * Azteca trailii 	Emery, 1893


 * Azteca trigona mediops 	Forel, 1904


 * Azteca ulei cordiae 	Forel, 1904


 * Azteca velox 	Forel, 1899

B

 * Basiceros singularis 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Brachymyrmex brevicornis 	Emery, 1906


 * Brachymyrmex cordemoyi 	Forel, 1895


 * Brachymyrmex heeri 	Forel, 1874

C

 * Camponotus ager 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus atriceps 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus auricomus 	Roger, 1862


 * Camponotus beebei 	Wheeler, W.M., 1918


 * Camponotus bidens 	Mayr, 1870


 * Camponotus blandus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus casicus Santschi, 1920


 * Camponotus chartifex 	Smith, F., 1860


 * Camponotus fasciatellus 	Dalla Torre, 1892


 * Camponotus fastigatus 	Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus femoratus 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Camponotus flavescens 	Fabricius, 1793


 * Camponotus geayi 	Santschi, 1922


 * Camponotus indicatus 	Santschi, 1922


 * Camponotus latangulus 	Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus leydigi 	Forel, 1886


 * Camponotus linnaei maccus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1934


 * Camponotus mocsaryi 	Forel, 1902


 * Camponotus nidulans 	Smith, F., 1860


 * Camponotus novogranadensis 	Mayr, 1870


 * Camponotus picipes 	Olivier, 1792


 * Camponotus platytarsus 	Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus plutus 	Santschi, 1922


 * Camponotus rapax 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Camponotus rectangularis 	Emery, 1890


 * Camponotus renggeri 	Emery, 1894


 * Camponotus rufipes 	Fabricius, 1775


 * Camponotus sericeiventris 	Guérin-Méneville, 1838


 * Camponotus sexguttatus 	Fabricius, 1793


 * Camponotus simillimus 	Smith, F., 1862


 * Camponotus substitutus 	Emery, 1894


 * Camponotus zoc 	Forel, 1879


 * Carebara bicarinata 	Santschi, 1912


 * Carebara mayri 	Forel, 1901


 * Cephalotes atratus 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Cephalotes clypeatus 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Cephalotes complanatus 	Guérin-Méneville, 1844


 * Cephalotes cordatus 	Smith, F., 1853


 * Cephalotes marginatus 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Cephalotes opacus 	Santschi, 1920


 * Cephalotes pallens 	Klug, 1824


 * Cephalotes pavonii 	Latreille, 1809


 * Cephalotes pusillus 	Klug, 1824


 * Cephalotes simillimus 	Kempf, 1951


 * Cephalotes spinosus 	Mayr, 1862


 * Cephalotes umbraculatus 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Cheliomyrmex megalonyx 	Wheeler, W.M., 1921


 * Cheliomyrmex morosus 	Smith, F., 1859


 * Crematogaster levior 	Longino, 2003


 * Crematogaster abstinens 	Forel, 1899


 * Crematogaster crinosa 	Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster curvispinosa 	Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster delitescens 	Wheeler, W.M., 1921


 * Crematogaster erecta 	Mayr, 1866


 * Crematogaster longispina 	Emery, 1890


 * Crematogaster quadriformis 	Roger, 1863


 * Cylindromyrmex striatus 	Mayr, 1870


 * Cyphomyrmex bigibbosus 	Emery, 1894


 * Cyphomyrmex faunulus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Cyphomyrmex laevigatus 	Weber, 1938


 * Cyphomyrmex minutus 	Mayr, 1862


 * Cyphomyrmex rimosus 	Spinola, 1851

D

 * Daceton armigerum 	Latreille, 1802


 * Discothyrea denticulata 	Weber, 1939


 * Dolichoderus attelaboides 	Fabricius, 1775


 * Dolichoderus bidens 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Dolichoderus bispinosus 	Olivier, 1792


 * Dolichoderus debilis 	Emery, 1890


 * Dolichoderus decollatus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Dolichoderus gagates 	Emery, 1890


 * Dolichoderus lamellosus 	Mayr, 1870


 * Dolichoderus laminatus 	Mayr, 1870


 * Dolichoderus lugens 	Emery, 1894


 * Dolichoderus lutosus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Dolichoderus mucronifer 	Roger, 1862


 * Dolichoderus rugosus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Dolichoderus septemspinosus 	Emery, 1894


 * Dolichoderus spurius 	Forel, 1903


 * Dorymyrmex brunneus 	Forel, 1908


 * Dorymyrmex pyramicus guyanensis 	Santschi, 1922

E

 * Eciton burchellii cupiens 	Santschi, 1923


 * Eciton drepanophorum 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Eciton hamatum 	Fabricius, 1782


 * Eciton mexicanum latidens 	Santschi, 1911


 * Eciton mexicanum moralum Santschi, 1923


 * Eciton vagans 	Olivier, 1792


 * Ectatomma brunneum 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Ectatomma edentatum 	Roger, 1863


 * Ectatomma lugens 	Emery, 1894


 * Ectatomma ruidum 	Roger, 1860


 * Ectatomma tuberculatum 	Olivier, 1792


 * Eurhopalothrix bolaui 	Mayr, 1870

G

 * Gigantiops destructor 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Gnamptogenys acuminata 	Emery, 1896


 * Gnamptogenys annulata 	Mayr, 1887


 * Gnamptogenys falcifera 	Kempf, 1967


 * Gnamptogenys gracilis 	Santschi, 1929


 * Gnamptogenys horni 	Santschi, 1929


 * Gnamptogenys minuta 	Emery, 1896


 * Gnamptogenys mordax 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Gnamptogenys regularis 	Mayr, 1870


 * Gnamptogenys relicta (Mann, 1916)


 * Gnamptogenys striatula 	Mayr, 1884


 * Gnamptogenys strigata 	Norton, 1868


 * Gnamptogenys sulcata 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Gnamptogenys tortuolosa 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Gnamptogenys triangularis 	Mayr, 1887


 * Heteroponera georgesi 	Perrault, 1999

H

 * Hylomyrma blandiens 	Kempf, 1961


 * Hylomyrma longiscapa 	Kempf, 1961

L

 * Labidus auropubens 	Santschi, 1920


 * Labidus coecus 	Latreille, 1802


 * Labidus truncatidens 	Santschi, 1920


 * Leptogenys arcuata 	Roger, 1861


 * Leptogenys gaigei 	Wheeler, W.M., 1923


 * Leptogenys guianensis Wheeler, W.M., 1923


 * Leptogenys langi 	Wheeler, W.M., 1923


 * Leptogenys linearis


 * Leptogenys panops Lattke, 2011


 * Leptogenys unistimulosa 	Roger, 1863


 * Linepithema humile


 * Linepithema iniquum 	(Mayr, 1870)

M

 * Megalomyrmex bituberculatus 	Fabricius, 1798


 * Megalomyrmex drifti 	Kempf, 1961


 * Megalomyrmex emeryi 	Forel, 1904


 * Megalomyrmex leoninus 	Forel, 1885


 * Megalomyrmex silvestrii 	Wheeler, W.M., 1909


 * Monomorium floricola 	Jerdon, 1851


 * Monomorium pharaonis 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Mycetophylax conformis 	Mayr, 1884


 * Mycocepurus smithii 	Forel, 1893


 * Myrmelachista guyanensis 	Wheeler, W.M., 1934


 * Myrmicocrypta buenzlii 	Borgmeier, 1934


 * Myrmicocrypta squamosa uncinata 	Mayr, 1887

N

 * Neivamyrmex angustinodis 	Emery, 1888


 * Neivamyrmex bohlsi 	Emery, 1896


 * Neivamyrmex emersoni 	Wheeler, W.M., 1921


 * Neivamyrmex falcifer 	Emery, 1900


 * Neivamyrmex gibbatus 	Borgmeier, 1953


 * Neivamyrmex guerinii 	Shuckard, 1840


 * Neivamyrmex guyanensis 	Santschi, 1916


 * Neivamyrmex halidaii 	Shuckard, 1840


 * Neivamyrmex iridescens 	Borgmeier, 1950


 * Neivamyrmex maxillosus 	Emery, 1900


 * Neivamyrmex megathrix 	Kempf, 1961


 * Neivamyrmex pilosus 	(Smith, F. 1858)


 * Neivamyrmex postangustatus 	Borgmeier, 1934


 * Neivamyrmex punctaticeps 	Emery, 1894


 * Neivamyrmex walkerii 	Westwood, 1842


 * Nesomyrmex anduzei 	Weber, 1943


 * Nesomyrmex echinatinodis 	Forel, 1886


 * Nesomyrmex pleuriticus 	Kempf, 1959


 * Nesomyrmex rutilans 	Kempf, 1958


 * Nesomyrmex spininodis 	Mayr, 1887


 * Nomamyrmex esenbeckii 	Westwood, 1842


 * Nomamyrmex hartigii 	Westwood, 1842


 * Nylanderia caeciliae 	Forel, 1899


 * Nylanderia fulva 	Mayr, 1862


 * Nylanderia lietzi 	Forel, 1908

O

 * Ochetomyrmex neopolitus 	Fernández, 2003


 * Ochetomyrmex semipolitus 	Mayr, 1878


 * Octostruma amrishi (Makhan, 2007)


 * Octostruma balzani (Emery, 1894)


 * Octostruma batesi (Emery, 1894)


 * Octostruma betschi (Perrault, 1988)


 * Odontomachus biumbonatus 	Brown, 1976


 * Odontomachus caelatus 	Brown, 1976


 * Odontomachus chelifer 	Latreille, 1802


 * Odontomachus haematodus 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Odontomachus hastatus 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Odontomachus laticeps 	Roger, 1861


 * Odontomachus mayi 	Mann, 1912


 * Odontomachus scalptus 	Brown, 1978

P

 * Pachycondyla apicalis 	Latreille, 1802


 * Pachycondyla arhuaca (Forel, 1901)


 * Pachycondyla carinulata (Roger, 1861)


 * Pachycondyla commutata 	Roger, 1860


 * Pachycondyla constricta 	Mayr, 1884


 * Pachycondyla crassinoda 	Latreille, 1802


 * Pachycondyla crenata 	Roger, 1861


 * Pachycondyla foetida 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Pachycondyla goeldii 	(Forel, 1912)


 * Pachycondyla harpax 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Pachycondyla holmgreni 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Pachycondyla impressa 	Roger, 1861


 * Pachycondyla laevigata 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Pachycondyla obscuricornis 	Emery, 1890


 * Pachycondyla procidua 	Emery, 1890


 * Pachycondyla stigma 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Pachycondyla unidentata 	Mayr, 1862


 * Pachycondyla villosa 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Paraponera clavata 	Fabricius, 1775


 * Paratrechina longicornis 	Latreille, 1802


 * Pheidole astur 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole exigua 	Mayr, 1884


 * Pheidole fimbriata 	Roger, 1863


 * Pheidole jelskii 	Mayr, 1884


 * Pheidole longipes (Latreille, 1802)


 * Pheidole megacephala 	Fabricius, 1793


 * Pheidole minutula 	Mayr, 1878


 * Pheidole moffetti 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole radoszkowskii 	Mayr, 1884


 * Pheidole severini 	Forel, 1904


 * Pheidole socrates 	Forel, 1912


 * Pheidole subarmata 	Mayr, 1884


 * Pheidole tachigaliae 	Wheeler, W.M., 1921


 * Pheidole tristicula 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole vafra 	Santschi, 1923


 * Platythyrea angusta 	Forel, 1901


 * Platythyrea punctata 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Platythyrea sinuata 	Roger, 1860


 * Prionopelta antillana 	Forel, 1909


 * Procryptocerus attenuatus 	Smith, F., 1876


 * Pseudomyrmex alternans 	Santschi, 1936


 * Pseudomyrmex concolor 	Smith, F., 1860


 * Pseudomyrmex curacaensis 	Forel, 1912


 * Pseudomyrmex elongatulus 	Dalla Torre, 1892


 * Pseudomyrmex elongatus 	Mayr, 1870


 * Pseudomyrmex faber 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Pseudomyrmex filiformis 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Pseudomyrmex gracilis 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Pseudomyrmex laevigatus 	Smith, F., 1877


 * Pseudomyrmex malignus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1921


 * Pseudomyrmex nigrocinctus 	Emery, 1890


 * Pseudomyrmex oculatus 	Smith, F., 1855


 * Pseudomyrmex spiculus 	Ward, 1989


 * Pseudomyrmex tenuis 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Pseudomyrmex tenuissimus 	Emery, 1906


 * Pseudomyrmex termitarius 	Smith, F., 1855


 * Pseudomyrmex triplaridis 	Forel, 1904


 * Pseudomyrmex unicolor 	Smith, F., 1855


 * Pseudomyrmex urbanus 	Smith, F., 1877


 * Pseudomyrmex viduus (Smith, F., 1858)

R

 * Rogeria blanda 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Rogeria micromma 	Kempf, 1961

S

 * Sericomyrmex lutzi 	Wheeler, W.M., 1916


 * Solenopsis altinodis 	Forel, 1912


 * Solenopsis brevicornis 	Emery, 1888


 * Solenopsis corticalis Forel, 1881


 * Solenopsis geminata 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Solenopsis minutissima 	Emery, 1906


 * Solenopsis saevissima 	Smith, F., 1855


 * Solenopsis sulfurea 	Roger, 1862


 * Strumigenys auctidens 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys denticulata 	Mayr, 1887


 * Strumigenys glenognatha 	Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys subedentata 	Mayr, 1887


 * Strumigenys tococae 	Wheeler, W.M. & Bequaert, 1929


 * Strumigenys villiersi 	Perrault, 1986

T

 * Tapinoma melanocephalum 	Fabricius, 1793


 * Tatuidris tatusia Brown & Kempf, 1968


 * Technomyrmex vitiensis


 * Tetramorium bicarinatum


 * Trachymyrmex bugnioni 	Forel, 1912


 * Trachymyrmex cornetzi 	Forel, 1912


 * Trachymyrmex diversus 	Mann, 1916


 * Trachymyrmex relictus 	Borgmeier, 1934


 * Trachymyrmex urichii 	Forel, 1893


 * Typhlomyrmex clavicornis 	Emery, 1906


 * Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi 	Mayr, 1862

W

 * Wasmannia auropunctata 	Roger, 1863


 * Wasmannia rochai 	Forel, 1912


 * Wasmannia sigmoidea 	Mayr, 1884

Uncertain species
The following species were described from French Guiana but their true identities are currently unknown.


 * Formica melanophthalma Reich, 1793
 * Formica molestans Latreille, 1802
 * Formica nana Latreille, 1802
 * Formica ovata Reich, 1793
 * Formica pallipes Latreille, 1787
 * Formica picipes Reich, 1793
 * Formica rostrata Fabricius, 1787
 * Formica tomentosa Reich, 1793