Oriental Region Species List

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Oriental Region
Statistics
Countries 16
Subfamilies 11
Genera 128
Endemic Genera 4
% Endemic Genera 3.1
Species/Subspecies 1709
Endemic Species 731
% Endemic Species 42.8
First Species Described 1758
Last Species Described 2024

The following species and subspecies are known from the Oriental Region. The countries listed are only those within this region. Species noted as 'introduced' are considered to be introduced into at least one country within the region (but may be native in other countries). Endemic species (those known only from this region) are noted except where the genus is endemic, in which case all of the listed species are endemic.

Acanthomyrmex

Acropyga

Aenictus

Agraulomyrmex

Aneuretus

Genus endemic to this region

Anillomyrma

Anochetus

Anoplolepis

Aphaenogaster

Bothroponera

Brachyponera

Buniapone

Calyptomyrmex

Camponotus

Cardiocondyla

Carebara

Cataglyphis

Cataulacus

Centromyrmex

Cerapachys

Chronoxenus

Chrysapace

Cladomyrma

Colobopsis

Crematogaster

Cryptopone

Dacatria

Dacetinops

Diacamma

Dilobocondyla

Dinomyrmex

Discothyrea

Dolichoderus

Dorylus

Eburopone

Echinopla

Ectomomyrmex

Emeryopone

Erromyrma

Euponera

Euprenolepis

Eusphinctus

Genus endemic to this region

Formica

Formosimyrma

Genus endemic to this region

Gauromyrmex

Gesomyrmex

Harpegnathos

Holcoponera

Hypoponera

Indomyrma

Genus endemic to this region

Iridomyrmex

Kartidris

Lasiomyrma

Lasius

Lepisiota

Leptanilla

Leptogenys

Leptothorax

Liometopum

Liomyrmex

Lioponera

Lophomyrmex

Lordomyrma

Mayriella

Meranoplus

Mesoponera

Messor

Metapone

Monomorium

Myopias

Myopopone

Myrmecina

Myrmica

Myrmicaria

Myrmoteras

Mystrium

Nylanderia

Ochetellus

Odontomachus

Odontoponera

Oecophylla

Ooceraea

Opamyrma

Paraparatrechina

Parasyscia

Paratopula

Paratrechina

Parvaponera

Perissomyrmex

Pheidole

Philidris

Plagiolepis

Platythyrea

Polyrhachis

Ponera

Prenolepis

Prionopelta

Pristomyrmex

Proatta

Probolomyrmex

Proceratium

Protanilla

Pseudolasius

Pseudoneoponera

Recurvidris

Rhopalomastix

Rotastruma

Simopone

Solenopsis

Stenamma

Stereomyrmex

Stictoponera

Stigmatomma

Strumigenys

Syllophopsis

Syscia

Tapinoma

Technomyrmex

Temnothorax

Tetramorium

Tetraponera

Trichomyrmex

Tyrannomyrmex

Vollenhovia

Vombisidris

Xymmer

  • Xymmer phungi Satria, Sasaki, Bui, Oguri, Syoji, Fisher, Yamane & Eguchi, 2016 (Vietnam) Endemic to this region

Yunodorylus

Zasphinctus