Philippines



The following 96 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

Acanthomyrmex

 * Acanthomyrmex mindanao Moffett, 1986

Acropyga

 * Acropyga acutiventris Roger, 1862

Aenictus

 * Aenictus alticola Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1930


 * Aenictus reyesi Chapman, 1963

Anillomyrma

 * Anillomyrma decamera (Emery, 1901)

Anochetus

 * Anochetus brevis Brown, 1978

Anomalomyrma

 * Anomalomyrma helenae Borowiec, Schulz, Alpert & Banas, 2011

Anoplolepis

 * Anoplolepis gracilipes (F. Smith, 1857)

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster species

Bothriomyrmex

 * Bothriomyrmex sp_phi1 unidentified

Bothroponera

 * Bothroponera glabripes (Emery, 1893)


 * Bothroponera williamsi (Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925)

Brachyponera

 * Brachyponera chinensis (Emery, 1895)

Calomyrmex

 * Calomyrmex species 1

Calyptomyrmex

 * Calyptomyrmex beccarii Emery, 1887

Camponotus

 * Camponotus albocinctus (Ashmead, 1905)


 * Camponotus barbatus Roger, 1863

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla kagutsuchi Terayama, 1999

Carebara

 * Carebara affinis (Jerdon, 1851)

Cataulacus

 * Cataulacus catuvolcus Bolton, 1974

Centromyrmex

 * Centromyrmex feae (Emery, 1889)

Cerapachys

 * Cerapachys bakeri (Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925)


 * Cerapachys biroi Forel, 1907

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster ampullaris F. Smith, 1861


 * Crematogaster bakeri Menozzi, 1925


 * Crematogaster vitalisi Menozzi, 1925

Cryptopone

 * Cryptopone testacea (Emery, 1893)

Dacetinops

 * Dacetinops cirrosus Taylor, 1985

Diacamma

 * Diacamma baguiense Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925


 * Diacamma palawanicum Emery, 1900


 * Diacamma palawanicum concentricum Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925


 * Diacamma panayense Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925


 * Diacamma rugosum (Le Guillou, 1842)


 * Diacamma rugosum viridipurpureum Emery, 1893


 * Diacamma sericeiventre Stitz, 1925

Dilobocondyla

 * Dilobocondyla carinata Zettel & Bruckner, 2013


 * Dilobocondyla chapmani Wheeler, W. M., 1924


 * Dilobocondyla chapmani rufobrunnea Wheeler, W. M., 1935


 * Dilobocondyla oswini Zettel & Bruckner, 2013


 * Dilobocondyla rugosa Zettel & Bruckner, 2013


 * Dilobocondyla silviae Zettel & Bruckner, 2013

Discothyrea

 * Discothyrea bryanti (Wheeler, 1917)


 * Discothyrea clavicornis Emery, 1897

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus affinis Emery, 1889


 * Dolichoderus patens pubiventris Emery, 1900


 * Dolichoderus thoracicus (Smith, F. 1860)

Echinopla

 * Echinopla pallipes Smith, F. 1857

Ectomomyrmex

 * Ectomomyrmex annamitus (André, 1892)


 * Ectomomyrmex claudatus (Menozzi, 1926)


 * Ectomomyrmex javanus (Mayr, 1867)


 * Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki (Forel, 1886)

Euprenolepis

 * Euprenolepis negrosensis (Wheeler, W. M. 1930)

Eurhopalothrix

 * Eurhopalothrix chapmani Taylor, 1990

Forelophilus

 * Forelophilus overbecki Kutter, 1931


 * Forelophilus philippinensis Zettel & Zimmermann, 2007


 * Forelophilus stefanschoedli Zettel & Zimmermann, 2007

Gauromyrmex

 * Gauromyrmex acanthinus (Karavaiev, 1935)

Gesomyrmex

 * Gesomyrmex luzonensis (Wheeler, W. M. 1916)

Gnamptogenys

 * Gnamptogenys binghamii (Forel, 1900)

Harpegnathos

 * 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

 * Hypoponera confinis


 * Hypoponera sabronae (Donisthorpe, 1941)

Iridomyrmex

 * Iridomyrmex anceps (Roger, 1863)

Lasiomyrma

 * Lasiomyrma species

Lepisiota

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


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

Leptanilla

 * Leptanilla astylina Petersen, 1968

Leptogenys

 * Leptogenys chinensis (Mayr, 1870)


 * Leptogenys varicosa Stitz, 1925


 * Leptogenys watsoni Forel, 1900

Leptomyrmex

 * Leptomyrmex fragilis (Smith, F. 1859)

Liomyrmex

 * Liomyrmex gestroi (Emery, 1887)

Lophomyrmex

 * Lophomyrmex bedoti Emery, 1893

Lordomyrma

 * Lordomyrma diwata Taylor, 2012


 * Lordomyrma emarginata Taylor, 2012


 * Lordomyrma idianale Taylor, 2012


 * Lordomyrma limatula Taylor, 2012

Mayriella

 * Mayriella transfuga Baroni Urbani, 1977

Meranoplus

 * Meranoplus biliran Schodl, 1998


 * Meranoplus new species 1

Metapone

 * Metapone bakeri Wheeler, W. M., 1916

Monomorium

 * Monomorium banksi Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)

Myopias

 * Myopias bidens polita (Stitz, 1925)


 * Myopias philippinensis (Menozzi, 1925)

Myopopone

 * Myopopone castanea (Smith, F., 1860)

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina species

Myrmicaria

 * Myrmicaria aphidicola Calilung, 2000


 * Myrmicaria brunnea subcarinata (Smith, F., 1857)

Myrmoteras

 * Myrmoteras glabrum Zettel & Sorger, 2011

Mystrium

 * Mystrium camillae Emery, 1889

Noonilla

 * Noonilla copiosa Petersen, 1968

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia species

Ochetellus

 * Ochetellus glaber (Mayr, 1862)

Odontomachus

 * Odontomachus alius Sorger & Zettel, 2011


 * Odontomachus banksi Forel, 1910

Odontoponera

 * Odontoponera denticulata Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925


 * Odontoponera transversa biconcentrica Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925

Oecophylla

 * Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775)

Overbeckia

 * Overbeckia subclavata Viehmeyer, 1916

Paraparatrechina

 * Paraparatrechina iridescens (Donisthorpe, 1942)

Paratopula

 * Paratopula ceylonica (Emery, 1901)

Paratrechina

 * Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)

Parvaponera

 * Parvaponera darwinii indica(Emery, 1899)


 * Parvaponera myropola (Menozzi, 1925)

Pheidole

 * Pheidole aglae Forel, 1913

Philidris

 * Philidris myrmecodiae (Emery, 1887)

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis species

Platythyrea

 * Platythyrea bidentata Brown, 1975

Polyrhachis

 * Polyrhachis abdominalis Smith, F., 1858


 * Polyrhachis viola Zettel, 2013


 * Polyrhachis zopyra Smith, F., 1861

Ponera

 * Ponera chapmani Taylor, 1967


 * Ponera oreas (Wheeler, W. M., 1933)

Prionopelta

 * Prionopelta kraepelini Forel, 1905

Pristomyrmex

 * Pristomyrmex bicolor Emery, 1900

Probolomyrmex

 * Probolomyrmex dammermani Wheeler, W.M., 1928

Proceratium

 * Proceratium papuanum Emery, 1897

Pseudolasius

 * Pseudolasius typhlops Wheeler, W. M., 1935

Pseudoneoponera

 * Pseudoneoponera tridentata Smith, F. 1858

Pseudoponera

 * Pseudoponera stigma (Fabricius, 1804)

Recurvidris

 * Recurvidris nigrans Zettel, 2008

Rhopalomastix

 * Rhopalomastix species

Rhytidoponera

 * Rhytidoponera araneoides (Le Guillou, 1842)

Romblonella

 * Romblonella opaca (F. Smith, 1861)

Simopone

 * Simopone bakeri Menozzi, 1926

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)

Stigmatomma

 * Stigmatomma luzonicum Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys arrogantia Bolton, 2000


 * Strumigenys uichancoi Brown, 1957

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma emeryi (Ashmead, 1905)

Technomyrmex

 * Technomyrmex albipes (F. Smith, 1861)


 * Technomyrmex wheeleri (Emery, 1913)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium aspersum (Smith, F., 1865)

Tetraponera

 * Tetraponera allaborans (Walker, 1859)

Trichomyrmex

 * Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851)

Tyrannomyrmex

 * Tyrannomyrmex species

Vollenhovia

 * 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

 * Vombisidris philippina Zettel & Sorger, 2010