Guatemala



The following 196 valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Guatemala. 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 Guatemalan ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Guatemalan Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

A
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 * Acanthoponera minor Forel, 1899
 * Acanthoponera minor Forel, 1899


 * Acromyrmex coronatus panamensis 	Forel, 1899


 * Acropyga exsanguis 	Wheeler, W.M., 1909


 * Adelomyrmex myops 	Wheeler, W.M., 1910


 * Adelomyrmex silvestrii 	Menozzi, 1931


 * Adelomyrmex tristani 	Menozzi, 1931


 * Amblyopone mystriops 	Brown, 1960


 * Atta cephalotes 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Atta columbica 	Guérin-Méneville, 1844


 * Atta mexicana 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Azteca alfari 	Emery, 1893


 * Azteca beltii 	Emery, 1893


 * Azteca constructor 	Emery, 1896


 * Azteca delpini 	Emery, 1893


 * Azteca forelii 	Emery, 1893


 * Azteca instabilis 	Smith, F., 1862


 * Azteca longiceps 	Emery, 1893


 * Azteca lucida 	Forel, 1899


 * Azteca prorsa 	Wheeler, W.M., 1942


 * Azteca sericea 	Mayr, 1866


 * Azteca velox  Forel, 1899

B

 * Brachymyrmex cordemoyi 	Forel, 1895


 * Brachymyrmex obscurior 	Forel, 1893

C

 * Camponotus abditus 	Forel, 1899


 * Camponotus montivagus 	Forel, 1885


 * Camponotus rectithorax 	Forel, 1895


 * Camponotus abscisus 	Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus brettesi 	Forel, 1899


 * Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) formiciformis 	Forel, 1885


 * Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) peperi 	Forel, 1913


 * Camponotus planatus 	Roger, 1863


 * Camponotus zoc 	Forel, 1879


 * Camponotus mucronatus formaster 	Wheeler, W.M., 1934


 * Camponotus rectangularis aulicus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1933


 * Camponotus atriceps 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus claviscapus  	Forel, 1899


 * Camponotus conspicuus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Camponotus coruscus 	Smith, F., 1862


 * Camponotus picipes guatemalensis 	Forel, 1885


 * Camponotus substitutus 	Emery, 1894


 * Cephalotes basalis 	Smith, F., 1876


 * Cephalotes biguttatus 	Emery, 1890


 * Cephalotes cristatus 	Emery, 1890


 * Cephalotes maculatus 	Smith, F., 1876


 * Cephalotes minutus 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Cephalotes pallens 	Klug, 1824


 * Cephalotes scutulatus 	Smith, F., 1867


 * Cephalotes sobrius 	Kempf, 1958


 * Cephalotes umbraculatus 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Cerapachys toltecus 	Forel, 1909


 * Crematogaster atitlanica 	Wheeler, W.M., 1936


 * Crematogaster obscurata 	Emery, 1895


 * Crematogaster acuta 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Crematogaster carinata 	Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster crinosa 	Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster curvispinosa 	Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster limata 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Crematogaster stollii 	Forel, 1885


 * Crematogaster sumichrasti 	Mayr, 1870


 * Crematogaster torosa 	Mayr, 1870


 * Cryptopone guatemalensis 	Forel, 1899


 * Cylindromyrmex whymperi 	Cameron, 1891


 * Cyphomyrmex major 	Forel, 1901


 * Cyphomyrmex rimosus 	Spinola, 1851

D

 * Dolichoderus bispinosus 	Olivier, 1792


 * Dolichoderus debilis 	Emery, 1890


 * Dorymyrmex insanus 	Buckley, 1866


 * Dorymyrmex pyramicus 	Roger, 1863

E

 * Eciton burchellii 	Westwood, 1842


 * Eciton mexicanum 	Roger, 1863


 * Eciton vagans 	Olivier, 1792


 * Ectatomma tuberculatum 	Olivier, 1792

G

 * Gnamptogenys striatula 	Mayr, 1884


 * Gnamptogenys strigata 	Norton, 1868

H

 * Hypoponera distinguenda vana 	Forel, 1909


 * Hypoponera inexorata fallax Forel, 1909


 * Hypoponera opaciceps opaciceps 	Mayr, 1887


 * Hypoponera parva 	Forel, 1909

L

 * Labidus coecus 	Latreille, 1802


 * Labidus praedator 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Lachnomyrmex scrobiculatus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1910


 * Leptogenys quiriguana 	Wheeler, W.M., 1923


 * Linepithema dispertitum 	Forel, 1885


 * Linepithema iniquum nigellum 	Emery, 1890

M

 * Monomorium ebeninum 	Forel, 1891


 * Myrmicocrypta triangulata 	Forel, 1912

N

 * Neivamyrmex fallax 	Borgmeier, 1953


 * Neivamyrmex fumosus 	Forel, 1913


 * Neivamyrmex longiscapus 	Borgmeier, 1953


 * Neivamyrmex melanocephalus 	Emery, 1895


 * Neivamyrmex melshaemeri 	Haldeman, 1852


 * Neivamyrmex pilosus mexicanus 	Smith, F., 1859


 * Neivamyrmex rosenbergi 	Forel, 1911


 * Neivamyrmex sumichrasti 	Norton, 1868


 * Nesomyrmex echinatinodis 	Forel, 1886

O

 * Octostruma balzani 	Emery, 1894


 * Octostruma iheringi 	Emery, 1888


 * Octostruma wheeleri 	Mann, 1922


 * Odontomachus haematodus 	Linnaeus, 1758


 * Odontomachus laticeps 	Roger, 1861


 * Odontomachus opaciventris 	Forel, 1899


 * Odontomachus yucatecus 	Brown, 1976

P

 * Pachycondyla apicalis 	Latreille, 1802


 * Pachycondyla carinulata (Roger, 1861)


 * Pachycondyla harpax 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Pachycondyla inversa 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Pachycondyla pergandei 	Forel, 1909


 * Pachycondyla stigma 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Pachycondyla striatinodis 	Emery, 1890


 * Pachycondyla unidentata 	Mayr, 1862


 * Pachycondyla villosa 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Paratrechina dispar 	Forel, 1909


 * Paratrechina guatemalensis 	Forel, 1885


 * Paratrechina steinheili 	Forel, 1893


 * Perissomyrmex snyderi 	Smith, M.R., 1947


 * Pheidole absurda 	Forel, 1886


 * Pheidole biconstricta 	Mayr, 1870


 * Pheidole bilimeki 	Mayr, 1870


 * Pheidole breviscapa 	Forel, 1899


 * Pheidole cephalica 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Pheidole deceptrix 	Forel, 1899


 * Pheidole defecta 	Santschi, 1923


 * Pheidole dossena 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole fimbriata 	Roger, 1863


 * Pheidole gauthieri 	Forel, 1901


 * Pheidole gouldi 	Forel, 1886


 * Pheidole maja 	Forel, 1886


 * Pheidole megacephala 	Fabricius, 1793


 * Pheidole obscurior 	Forel, 1886


 * Pheidole punctatissima 	Mayr, 1870


 * Pheidole radoszkowskii 	Mayr, 1884


 * Pheidole rugiceps 	Wilson, 2003


 * Pheidole susannae 	Forel, 1886


 * Pheidole tissiphone 	Wheeler, W.M., 1911


 * Pheidole tschinkeli 	Wilson, 2003


 * Platythyrea punctata 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Pogonomyrmex guatemaltecus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1914


 * Prionopelta antillana 	Forel, 1909


 * Prionopelta modesta 	Forel, 1909


 * Proceratium mancum 	Mann, 1922


 * Procryptocerus belti 	Forel, 1899


 * Procryptocerus scabriusculus 	Forel, 1899


 * Pseudomyrmex antiguanus 	Enzmann, E.V., 1944


 * Pseudomyrmex boopis 	Roger, 1863


 * Pseudomyrmex caeciliae 	Forel, 1913


 * Pseudomyrmex championi 	Forel, 1899


 * Pseudomyrmex cretus 	Ward, 1989


 * Pseudomyrmex cubaensis 	Forel, 1901


 * Pseudomyrmex elongatulus 	Dalla Torre, 1892


 * Pseudomyrmex elongatus 	Mayr, 1870


 * Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus 	Smith, F., 1877


 * Pseudomyrmex filiformis 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Pseudomyrmex flavidulus 	Smith, F., 1858


 * Pseudomyrmex gracilis 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Pseudomyrmex ita 	Forel, 1906


 * Pseudomyrmex oculatus 	Smith, F., 1855


 * Pseudomyrmex opaciceps 	Ward, 1993


 * Pseudomyrmex pallidus 	Smith, F., 1855


 * Pseudomyrmex peperi 	Forel, 1913


 * Pseudomyrmex rufomedius 	Smith, F., 1877


 * Pseudomyrmex salvini 	Forel, 1899


 * Pseudomyrmex sericeus 	Mayr, 1870


 * Pseudomyrmex simplex 	Smith, F., 1877


 * Pseudomyrmex triplaridis 	Forel, 1904


 * Pseudomyrmex weberi 	Enzmann, E.V., 1944


 * Pyramica eggersi 	Emery, 1890


 * Pyramica subedentata 	Mayr, 1887

S

 * Sericomyrmex zacapanus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1925


 * Simopelta pergandei 	Forel, 1909


 * Solenopsis corticalis margotae 	Forel, 1908


 * Solenopsis geminata 	Fabricius, 1804


 * Solenopsis picea 	Emery, 1896


 * Solenopsis tenuis 	Mayr, 1878


 * Strumigenys biolleyi 	Forel, 1908


 * Strumigenys elongata 	Roger, 1863


 * Strumigenys ludia 	Mann, 1922


 * Strumigenys mixta 	Brown, 1953

T

 * Tapinoma ramulorum inrectum 	Forel, 1908


 * Temnothorax aztecus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1931


 * Temnothorax fuscatus 	Mann, 1920


 * Temnothorax huehuetenangoi 	Baroni Urbani, 1978


 * Temnothorax ixili 	Baroni Urbani, 1978


 * Temnothorax stollii 	Forel, 1885


 * Temnothorax subditivus 	Wheeler, W.M., 1903


 * Temnothorax totonicapani 	Baroni Urbani, 1978


 * Trachymyrmex intermedius 	Forel, 1909


 * Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi 	Mayr, 1862

W

 * Wasmannia auropunctatus  rugosa 	Forel, 1886

X

 * Xenomyrmex stollii 	Forel, 1885