Hispaniola

The following 43 genera and 147 valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur on the island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic). 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 Hispaniola ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Hispaniola Ants web page.

Hispaniola is one of several islands comprising the Greater Antilles.

You can find more information about the ants of Hispaniola at this project page: Hispaniola project page.

Acropyga

• Acropyga dubitata Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914
• Acropyga parvidens Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914

Anochetus

• Anochetus haytianus Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914
• Anochetus longispinus Wheeler, W.M. 1936
• Anochetus mayri Emery, 1884

Aphaenogaster

• Aphaenogaster relicta Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914

Brachymyrmex

• Brachymyrmex heeri Forel, 1874
• Brachymyrmex obscurior Forel, 1893

Bothriomyrmex

• Bothriomyrmex enigmaticus Prebus and Lubertazzi, 2016

Camponotus

• Camponotus albistramineus Wheeler, W.M. 1936
• Camponotus altivagans Wheeler, W.M. 1936
• Camponotus augustei Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914
• Camponotus christophei Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914
• Camponotus claviscapus occultus Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914
• Camponotus fumidus fraterculus Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914
• Camponotus fumidus haytianus Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914
• Camponotus fumidus illitus Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914
• Camponotus fumidus imbecillus Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914
• Camponotus fumidus soulouquei Forel, 1901
• Camponotus lucayanus Wheeler, W.M., 1905
• Camponotus picipes plombyi Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914
• Camponotus ramulorum vernulus Wheeler, W.M. 1936
• Camponotus saussurei Forel, 1879
• Camponotus sexguttatus Fabricius, 1793
• Camponotus toussainti Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914
• Camponotus ustus Forel, 1879

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881
• Cardiocondyla minutior Forel, 1899
• Cardiocondyla venustula Wheeler, W.M. 1908

Cephalotes

• Cephalotes argentiventris De Andrade, 1999
• Cephalotes auricomus Wheeler, W.M., 1936
• Cephalotes decoloratus De Andrade, 1999
• Cephalotes flavigaster De Andrade, 1999
• Cephalotes hamulus Roger, 1863
• Cephalotes unimaculatus Smith, F., 1853
• Cephalotes vinosus Wheeler, W.M. 1936)

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster russoi Menozzi, 1930
• Crematogaster steinheili Forel, 1881

Cylindromyrmex

• Cylindromyrmex darlingtoni Wheeler, W.M., 1937

Cyphomyrmex

• Cyphomyrmex minutus Mayr, 1862
• Cyphomyrmex rimosus Spinola, 1851

Discothyrea

• Discothyrea testacea Roger, 1863

Dorymyrmex

• Dorymyrmex antillanus Snelling, R.R., 2005

Eurhopalothrix

• Eurhopalothrix floridana Brown & Kempf, 1960

Fulakora

• Fulakora falcata (Lattke, 1991)

Gnamptogenys

• Gnamptogenys falcaria Lattke, 2002
• Gnamptogenys schmitti (Forel, 1901)

Holcoponera

• Holcoponera haytiana (Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914)
• Holcoponera striatula (Mayr, 1884)

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera opaciceps Mayr, 1887
• Hypoponera opacior Forel, 1893
• Hypoponera punctatissima Roger, 1859

Leptogenys

• Leptogenys antillana Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914
• Leptogenys pubiceps Emery, 1890

Linepithema

• Linepithema dispertitum (Forel, 1885)
• Linepithema flavescens (Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914)
• Linepithema keiteli (Forel, 1907)

Monomorium

• Monomorium bicolor Emery, 1877
• Monomorium ebeninum Forel, 1891
• Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)
• Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758

Mycetomoellerius

• Mycetomoellerius haytianus (Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914)
• Mycetomoellerius jamaicensis (André, 1893)

Mycocepurus

• Mycocepurus smithii Forel, 1893

Myrmelachista

• Myrmelachista gagates Wheeler, W.M., 1936
• Myrmelachista ramulorum Wheeler, W.M., 1908

Nylanderia

• Nylanderia bibadia LaPolla and Kallal, 2019
• Nylanderia bourbonica (Forel, 1886) - may be present
• Nylanderia caerula LaPolla and Kallal, 2019
• Nylanderia disatra LaPolla and Kallal, 2019
• Nylanderia esperanza LaPolla and Kallal, 2019
• Nylanderia fulva Mayr, 1862 - may be present
• Nylanderia fuscaspecula LaPolla and Kallal, 2019
• Nylanderia guatemalensis (Forel, 1885)
• Nylanderia guatemalensis itinerans Forel, 1901
• Nylanderia metacista LaPolla and Kallal, 2019
• Nylanderia pini LaPolla and Kallal, 2019
• Nylanderia pubens (Forel, 1893) - may be present
• Nylanderia steinheili Forel, 1893

Odontomachus

• Odontomachus bauri Emery, 1892
• Odontomachus insularis Guerin-Meneville, 1844
• Odontomachus ruginodis Smith, M.R., 1937

Paratrechina

• Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)

Pheidole

• Pheidole darlingtoni Wheeler, W.M., 1936
• Pheidole drepanon Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole flavens Roger, 1863
• Pheidole harlequina Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole hispaniolae Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879
• Pheidole jamaicensis Wheeler, W.M. 1908
• Pheidole jelskii Mayr, 1884
• Pheidole megacephala Fabricius, 1793
• Pheidole moerens Wheeler, W.M., 1908
• Pheidole noar Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole subarmata Mayr, 1884
• Pheidole susannae Forel, 1886
• Pheidole terresi Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914

Platythyrea

• Platythyrea punctata (Smith, F., 1858)
• Platythyrea strenua Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914

Pogonomyrmex

• Pogonomyrmex aterrimus Wheeler, W.M., 1936
• Pogonomyrmex saucius Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914
• Pogonomyrmex schmitti Forel, 1901

Poneracantha

• Poneracantha insularis (Lattke, 2002)
• Poneracantha lineolata (Brown, 1993)
• Poneracantha semiferox (Brown, 1958)

Proceratium

• Proceratium longiscapus De Andrade, 2003
• Proceratium taino De Andrade, 2003

Pseudomyrmex

• Pseudomyrmex cubaensis Forel, 1901
• Pseudomyrmex haytianus Forel, 1901
• Pseudomyrmex simplex Smith, F., 1877
• Pseudomyrmex subater Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914

Pseudoponera

• Pseudoponera stigma (Fabricius, 1804)
• Pseudoponera succedanea (Roger, 1863)

Rogeria

• Rogeria alzatei Kugler, C., 1994
• Rogeria brunnea Santschi, 1930
• Rogeria curvipubens Emery, 1894
• Rogeria leptonana Kluger, 1994

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis geminata Fabricius, 1804
• Solenopsis globularia Smith, F., 1858
• Solenopsis pollux Forel, 1893
• Solenopsis pygmaea Forel, 1901
• Solenopsis succinea Emery, 1890
• Solenopsis terricola Menozzi, 1931

Strumigenys

• Strumigenys economoi Booher, Prebus & Lubertazzi, 2019
• Strumigenys eggersi Emery, 1890
• Strumigenys emmae Emery, 1890
• Strumigenys gundlachi Roger, 1862
• Strumigenys lanuginosa Wheeler, W.M., 1905
• Strumigenys louisianae Roger, 1863
• Strumigenys membranifera Emery, 1869
• Strumigenys nigrescens Wheeler, W.M., 1911
• Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890
• Strumigenys silvestrii Emery, 1906
• Strumigenys zemi Booher, Prebus & Lubertazzi, 2019

Syscia

• Syscia sp. (see images here)

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma litorale Wheeler, W.M., 1905
• Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793
• Tapinoma opacum Wheeler, W.M., & Mann, 1914
• Tapinoma rasenum Smith, D.R. & Lavigne, 1973

Temnothorax

• Temnothorax ciferrii Menozzi & Russo, 1930
• Temnothorax creolus Baroni Urbani, 1978
• Temnothorax flavidulus Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914
• Temnothorax hispaniolae Baroni Urbani, 1978
• Temnothorax sallei Guérin-Méneville, 1852

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium bicarinatum Nylander, 1846
• Tetramorium caldarium Roger, 1857
• Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870
• Tetramorium lucayanum Wheeler, W.M., 1905
• Tetramorium simillimum Smith, F., 1851

Thaumatomyrmex

• Thaumatomyrmex sp 1
• Thaumatomyrmex sp 2

Trichomyrmex

• Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851)

Wasmannia

• Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863)

Zatania

• Zatania darlingtoni (Wheeler, W.M., 1936)
• Zatania gibberosa Roger, 1863

References

• Johnson, R. A.; Cover, S. P. 2015. A taxonomic revision of the seed-harvester ant genus Pogonomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on Hispaniola. Zootaxa 3972(2):231-249.
• Lubertazzi, David. 2019. The ants of Hispaniola. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 162(2):59-210. doi:10.3099/MCZ-43.1
• Lubertazzi, D. ; Alpert, G.D. 2014. The Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Jaragua National Park, Dominican Republic. Journal of Insects. Volume 2014, Article ID 104157, 6 pages.
• PEREZ-GELABERT, D. E. 2008: Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography.- Zootaxa 1831: 530 p.
• Ward, P. S. 1992. Ants of the genus Pseudomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Dominican amber, with a synopsis of the extant Antillean species. Psyche (Camb.) 99: 55-85.