Lesser Antilles

Lesser Antilles
Location
Region	Americas
Subregion	Caribbean
BioRegion	Neotropical Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	8
Genera	43
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	103
Endemic Species	11
% Endemic Species	10.7%
Introduced Species	0

The following valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in the Lesser Antilles. 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 Lesser Antilles ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Lesser Antilles Ants web page.

Acropyga

• Acropyga smithii Forel, 1893

Anochetus

• Anochetus emarginatus Fabricius, 1804
• Anochetus inermis André, 1889
• Anochetus testaceus Forel, 1893

Atta

• Atta cephalotes Linnaeus, 1758

Azteca

• Azteca delpini antillana Forel, 1899

Brachymyrmex

• Brachymyrmex cordemoyi Forel, 1895
• Brachymyrmex heeri Forel, 1874
• Brachymyrmex minutus Forel, 1893
• Brachymyrmex obscurior Forel, 1893

Camponotus

• Camponotus auricomus lucianus Forel, 1899
• Camponotus auricomus vincentensis Forel, 1899
• Camponotus chazaliei Forel, 1899
• Camponotus conspicuus williamsi Forel, 1916
• Camponotus saussurei Forel, 1879
• Camponotus auricomus Roger, 1862
• Camponotus pittieri Forel, 1899
• Camponotus sexguttatus Fabricius, 1793
• Camponotus conspicuus Smith, F., 1858
• Camponotus fumidus Roger, 1863
• Camponotus sexguttatus montserratensis Wheeler, W.M., 1923

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881

Cephalotes

• Cephalotes emeryi Forel, 1912
• Cephalotes minutus Fabricius, 1804
• Cephalotes pallens Klug, 1824

Cerapachys

• Ooceraea biroi Forel, 1907

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster carinata Mayr, 1862
• Crematogaster crinosa Mayr, 1862
• Crematogaster curvispinosa Mayr, 1862
• Crematogaster delitescens Wheeler, W.M., 1921
• Crematogaster laevis bruesi Wheeler, W.M., 1911
• Crematogaster steinheili Forel, 1881

Cyphomyrmex

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

Dolichoderus

• Dolichoderus caribbaeus Wilson, 1985
• Dolichoderus dibolius Wilson, 1985
• Dolichoderus intermedius Mackay, 1993

Dorymyrmex

• Dorymyrmex pyramicus Roger, 1863

Eurhopalothrix

• Eurhopalothrix gravis Mann, 1922

Fulakora

• Fulakora falcata Lattke, 1991 Saint Thomas (Red Hook)

Holcoponera

• Holcoponera striatula (Mayr, 1884)

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera opaciceps Mayr, 1887
• Hypoponera opacior Forel, 1893

Leptogenys

• Leptogenys arcuata Roger, 1861
• Leptogenys maxillosa Smith, F., 1858
• Leptogenys mucronata Forel, 1893
• Leptogenys pubiceps Emery, 1890
• Leptogenys pubiceps vincentensis Forel, 1901
• Leptogenys punctaticeps Emery, 1890

Linepithema

• Linepithema iniquum (Mayr, 1870)

Monomorium

• Monomorium ebeninum Forel, 1891
• Monomorium floricola Jerdon, 1851

Mycetomoellerius

• Mycetomoellerius jamaicensis (Forel, 1893)
• Mycetomoellerius jamaicensis antiguensis (Weber, 1938)

Mycetophylax

• Mycetophylax conformis Mayr, 1884

Mycocepurus

• Mycocepurus smithii Forel, 1893

Myrmelachista

• Myrmelachista ambigua Forel, 1893

Myrmicocrypta

• Myrmicocrypta urichi Weber, 1937

Neivamyrmex

• Neivamyrmex antillanus Forel, 1897
• Neivamyrmex klugii Shuckard, 1840

Nylanderia

• Nylanderia guatemalensis (Forel, 1885)
• Nylanderia pubens Forel, 1893
• Nylanderia steinheili Forel, 1893

Octostruma

• Octostruma balzani Emery, 1894

Odontomachus

• Odontomachus haematodus Linnaeus, 1758
• Odontomachus insularis Guérin-Méneville, 1844

Paratrechina

• Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802

Pheidole

• Pheidole antillana Forel, 1893
• Pheidole bruesi Wheeler, W.M., 1911
• Pheidole flavens Roger, 1863
• Pheidole godmani Forel, 1893
• Pheidole megacephala Fabricius, 1793
• Pheidole obscurior Forel, 1886
• Pheidole perkinsi Wilson, 2003
• Pheidole radoszkowskii Mayr, 1884

Platythyrea

• Platythyrea punctata Smith, F., 1858

Poneracantha

• Poneracantha lineolata (Brown, 1993)

Prionopelta

• Prionopelta antillana Forel, 1909

Pseudomyrmex

• Pseudomyrmex curacaensis Forel, 1912
• Pseudomyrmex flavidulus Smith, F., 1858
• Pseudomyrmex termitarius Smith, F., 1855

Pseudoponera

• Pseudoponera stigma Fabricius, 1804

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis azteca Forel, 1893
• Solenopsis basalis
• Solenopsis castor Forel, 1893
• Solenopsis corticalis Forel, 1881
• Solenopsis geminata Fabricius, 1804
• Solenopsis pollux
• Solenopsis succinea Emery, 1890

Strumigenys

• Strumigenys alberti Forel, 1893
• Strumigenys eggersi
• Strumigenys gundlachi Roger, 1862
• Strumigenys margaritae Forel, 1893
• Strumigenys nigrescens Wheeler, W.M., 1911
• Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890
• Strumigenys smithii Forel, 1886

Syllophopsis

• Syllophopsis subcoeca (Emery, 1894)

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793

Technomyrmex

• Technomyrmex difficilis Forel, 1892

Temnothorax

• Temnothorax ciferrii Menozzi & Russo, 1930
• Temnothorax pulchellus (Emery, 1894)

Wasmannia

• Wasmannia sigmoidea Mayr, 1884
• Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863)

Uncertain species

The following species was described Guadeloupe but its true identity is currently unknown.

• Odontomachus unispinosa (Fabricius, 1793)