Oman

Oman
Location
Region	Asia
Subregion	Western Asia
BioRegion	Palaearctic Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	6
Genera	30
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	142
Endemic Species	11
% Endemic Species	7.7%
Introduced Species	3

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

Anochetus

• Anochetus annetteae Sharaf, 2017
• Anochetus sedilloti Emery, 1884

Brachyponera

• Brachyponera sennaarensis (Mayr, 1862)

Camponotus

• Camponotus aegyptiacus Emery, 1915
• Camponotus arabicus Collingwood, 1985
• Camponotus atlantis Forel, 1890
• Camponotus carbo Emery, 1877
• Camponotus diplopunctatus Emery, 1915
• Camponotus fellah Dalla Torre, 1893
• Camponotus flavomarginatus Mayr, 1862
• Camponotus foraminosus Forel, 1879
• Camponotus gallagheri Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Camponotus hova Forel, 1891
• Camponotus ilgii Forel, 1894
• Camponotus maculatus (Fabricius, 1781)
• Camponotus oasium Forel, 1890
• Camponotus sericeus (Fabricius, 1798)
• Camponotus somalinus André, 1887
• Camponotus thoracicus (Fabricius, 1804)
• Camponotus xerxes Forel, 1904

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881 (introduced)
• Cardiocondyla gallagheri Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel 1890
• Cardiocondyla minutior Forel, 1899
• Cardiocondyla wroughtonii (Forel, 1890)
• Cardiocondyla yemeni Collingwood & Agosti, 1996

Carebara

• Carebara arabica (Collingwood & van Harten, 2001)

Cataglyphis

• Cataglyphis abyssinica (Forel, 1904)
• Cataglyphis acutinodis Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Cataglyphis adenensis (Forel, 1904)
• Cataglyphis arenaria Finzi, 1940
• Cataglyphis aurata Menozzi, 1932 (not listed by Sharaf et al., 2022)
• Cataglyphis diehlii (Forel, 1902)
• Cataglyphis flavobrunnea Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Cataglyphis holgerseni Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Cataglyphis isis (Forel, 1913)
• Cataglyphis livida (André, 1881)
• Cataglyphis nigra (André, 1881)
• Cataglyphis rubra (Forel, 1903)
• Cataglyphis sabulosa Kugler, 1981
• Cataglyphis savignyi (Dufour, 1862)
• Cataglyphis saharae Santschi, 1929 (not listed by Sharaf et al., 2022)
• Cataglyphis urens Collingwood, 1985

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster acaciae Forel, 1892
• Crematogaster aegyptiaca Mayr, 1862
• Crematogaster antaris Forel, 1894
• Crematogaster chiarinii Emery, 1881
• Crematogaster delagoensis Forel, 1894
• Crematogaster jacindae Sharaf & Hita Garcia, 2019
• Crematogaster melanogaster Emery, 1895
• Crematogaster mimosae Santschi, 1914
• Crematogaster oasium Santschi, 1911
• Crematogaster senegalensis Roger, 1863

Dorylus

• Dorylus fulvus (Westwood, 1839) (not listed by Sharaf et al., 2022)

Erromyrma

• Erromyrma latinodis (Mayr, 1872)

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera abeillei (André, 1881)
• Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)
• Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894)

Lepisiota

• Lepisiota canescens (Emery, 1897)
• Lepisiota carbonaria Emery, 1892
• Lepisiota dhofara Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Lepisiota elbazi Sharaf & Hita Garcia, 2020
• Lepisiota gracilicornis (Fore 1892)
• Lepisiota longinoda (Arnold, 1920)
• Lepisiota obtusa (Emery, 1901)
• Lepisiota omanensis Sharaf & Monks, 2016
• Lepisiota opaciventris Finzi, 1936
• Lepisiota sericea (Forel, 1892)
• Lepisiota spinisquama (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929)

Leptanilla

• Leptanilla islamica Baroni Urbani, 1977

Leptogenys

• Leptogenys maxillosa (Smith, F., 1858)

Leptothorax

• Leptothorax species

Meranoplus

• Meranoplus mosalahi Sharaf, 2019

Messor

• Messor asmaae (Sharaf, 2018)
• Messor ebeninus Santschi, 1927
• Messor foreli Santschi, 1923
• Messor galla (Mayr, 1904)
• Messor intermedius Santschi, 1927 (not listed by Sharaf et al., 2022)
• Messor meridionalis (André, 1883)
• Messor muscatus Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Messor rufotestaceus (Foerster, 1850)
• Messor wasmanni Krausse, 1910

Monomorium

• Monomorium abeillei André, 1881
• Monomorium acutinode Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Monomorium aeyade Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Monomorium areniphilum Santschi, 1911
• Monomorium barbatulum Mayr, 1877
• Monomorium bicolor Emery, 1877
• Monomorium brunneolucidulum Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Monomorium carbo Forel, 1910
• Monomorium carbonarium (Smith, F., 1858) (introduced)
• Monomorium clavicorne André, 1881
• Monomorium dirie Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Monomorium exiguum Forel, 1894
• Monomorium fezzanense Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 MISSING
• Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)
• Monomorium gallagheri Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Monomorium hanaqe Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 (not listed by Sharaf et al., 2022)
• Monomorium harithe Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 (not listed by Sharaf et al., 2022)
• Monomorium jizane Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Monomorium luteum Emery, 1881 (not listed by Sharaf et al., 2022)
• Monomorium marmule Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 MISSING
• Monomorium niloticum Emery, 1881
• Monomorium sahlbergi Emery, 1898
• Monomorium subopacum (Smith, F., 1858)
• Monomorium suleyile Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Monomorium tumaire Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Monomorium venustum (Smith, F., 1858)

Nesomyrmex

• Nesomyrmex angulatus (Mayr, 1862)
• Nesomyrmex micheleae Sharaf, 2020

Nylanderia

• Nylanderia jaegerskioeldi (Mayr, 1904)

Paratrechina

• Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)

Pheidole

• Pheidole katonae Forel, 1907
• Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879
• Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)
• Pheidole parva Mayr, 1865
• Pheidole rugaticeps Emery, 1877
• Pheidole sarae (Sharaf, 2018)
• Pheidole sculpturata Mayr, 1866
• Pheidole sinaitica Mayr, 1862

Plagiolepis

• Plagiolepis barbara Santschi, 1911
• Plagiolepis boltoni Sharaf & Aldawood, 2011

Platythyrea

• Platythyrea modesta Emery, 1899

Polyrhachis

• Polyrhachis lacteipennis Smith, F. 1858

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis omana Collingwood & Agosti, 1996

Strumigenys

• Strumigenys membranifera Emery, 1869

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)
• Tapinoma pithecorum Seifert, 2022
• Tapinoma simrothi Krausse, 1911

Technomyrmex

• Technomyrmex montaseri Sharaf, Collingwood & Aldawood, 2011
• Technomyrmex setosus Collingwood, 1985 (not listed by Sharaf et al., 2022)

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium biskrense Forel, 1904
• Tetramorium caldarium (Roger, 1857)
• Tetramorium calidum Forel, 1907
• Tetramorium chefketi Forel, 1911
• Tetramorium depressiceps Menozzi, 1933
• Tetramorium doriae Emery, 1881 (not listed by Sharaf et al., 2022)
• Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870
• Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877

Trichomyrmex

• Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851) (introduced)
• Trichomyrmex mayri (Forel, 1902)
• Trichomyrmex robustior (Forel, 1892)

References

• [1] Collingwood, C. A.; Agosti, D. 1996. Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2). Fauna Saudi Arab. 15: 300-385
• M. R. Sharaf, B. L. Fisher, H. M. Al Dhafer, A. Polaszek and A. S. Aldawood. 2018. Additions to the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Oman: an updated list, new records and a description of two new species. Asian Myrmecology. 9:e010004; 1-38. doi:10.20362/am.010004
• Sharaf, M. R., Wetterer, J. K., Mohamed, A. A., Aldawood, A. S. 2022. Faunal composition, diversity, and distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Dhofar Governorate, Oman, with updated list of the Omani species and remarks on zoogeography. European Journal of Taxonomy 838: 1-106 (doi:10.5852/ejt.2022.838.1925).