Uganda

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Uganda
Location
Region	Africa
Subregion	Eastern Africa
BioRegion	Afrotropical Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	9
Genera	63
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	266
Endemic Species	22
% Endemic Species	8.3%
Introduced Species	0

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

Acropyga

• Acropyga silvestrii Emery, 1915

Aenictus

• Aenictus bayoni Menozzi, 1933
• Aenictus bidentatus Donisthorpe, 1942
• Aenictus eugenii Emery, 1895
• Aenictus mvuvii Gomez, 2022
• Aenictus weissi Santschi, 1910

Anochetus

• Anochetus africanus Mayr, 1865
• Anochetus bequaerti Forel, 1913
• Anochetus grandidieri Forel, 1891
• Anochetus katonae Forel, 1907

Atopomyrmex

• Atopomyrmex mocquerysi André, 1889

Axinidris

• Axinidris bidens Shattuck, 1991
• Axinidris ghanensis Shattuck, 1991
• Axinidris hypoclinoides (Santschi, 1919)

Baracidris

• Baracidris pilosa Fernández, 2003

Bothroponera

• Bothroponera pachyderma Emery, 1901
• Bothroponera soror (Emery, 1899)
• Bothroponera talpa (André, 1890)

Calyptomyrmex

• Calyptomyrmex barak Bolton, 1981
• Calyptomyrmex duhun Bolton, 1981
• Calyptomyrmex piripilis Santschi, 1923
• Calyptomyrmex shasu Bolton, 1981
• Calyptomyrmex tensus Bolton, 1981

Camponotus

• Camponotus aberrans Mayr, 1895
• Camponotus maculatus Fabricius, 1782
• Camponotus maculatus ugandensis Santschi, 1923
• Camponotus vividus (Smith, F. 1858)
• Camponotus vividus cato Forel, 1913
• Camponotus wolfi Emery, 1920

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881
• Cardiocondyla shuckardi Forel, 1891

Carebara

• Carebara convexa Weber, 1950
• Carebara madibai Fischer & Azorsa, 2014
• Carebara perpusilla (Emery, 1895)
• Carebara polita (Santschi, 1914)
• Carebara silvestrii (Santschi, 1914)
• Carebara thoracica Weber, 1950
• Carebara ugandana Santschi, 1923

Cataulacus

• Cataulacus brevisetosus Forel, 1901
• Cataulacus egenus Santschi, 1911
• Cataulacus guineensis Smith, F. 1853
• Cataulacus huberi André, 1890
• Cataulacus impressus Bolton, 1974
• Cataulacus kohli Mayr, 1895
• Cataulacus striativentris Santschi, 1924
• Cataulacus traegaordhi Santschi, 1914
• Cataulacus vorticus Bolton, 1974

Centromyrmex

• Centromyrmex sellaris Mayr, 1896

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster bequaerti modica Santschi, 1926
• Crematogaster castanea Smith, F., 1858
• Crematogaster clariventris Mayr, 1895
• Crematogaster muralti ugandensis Santschi, 1914
• Crematogaster solenopsides mandonbii Santschi, 1926
• Crematogaster werneri Mayr, 1907

Cyphoidris

• Cyphoidris species

Discothyrea

• Discothyrea athene Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019
• Discothyrea damato Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019
• Discothyrea mixta Brown, 1958
• Discothyrea schulzei Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019
• Discothyrea venus Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019

Dorylus

• Dorylus alluaudi Santschi, 1914
• Dorylus conradti Emery, 1895
• Dorylus depilis ugandensis Santschi, 1914
• Dorylus kohli Wasmann, 1904
• Dorylus kohli victoriae Santschi, 1921
• Dorylus nigricans terrificus Santschi, 1923
• Dorylus wilverthi Emery, 1899

Euponera

• Euponera brunoi Forel, 1913
• Euponera sjostedti (Mayr, 1896)

Fisheropone

• Fisheropone ambigua

Hypoponera

• Hypoponera angustata (Santschi,, 1914)
• Hypoponera blanda Bolton & Fisher, 2011
• Hypoponera camerunensis Santschi, 1914
• Hypoponera coeca Santschi, 1914
• Hypoponera dema Bolton & Fisher, 2011
• Hypoponera dulcis (Forel, 1907)
• Hypoponera fatiga Bolton & Fisher, 2011
• Hypoponera jeanneli (Santschi, 1935)
• Hypoponera occidentalis (Bernard, 1953)
• Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)
• Hypoponera rigida Bolton & Fisher, 2011
• Hypoponera tristis Bolton & Fisher, 2011

Lepisiota

• Lepisiota species

Leptanilla

• Leptanilla species

Leptogenys

• Leptogenys elegans Bolton, 1975
• Leptogenys ergatogyna Wheeler, W.M., 1922

Lioponera

• Lioponera vespula (Weber, 1949)

Megaponera

• Megaponera analis (Latreille, 1802)

Meranoplus

• Meranoplus magrettii André, 1884
• Meranoplus nanus André, 1892

Mesoponera

• Mesoponera ambigua André, 1890
• Mesoponera caffraria (Smith, F. 1858)
• Mesoponera subiridescens (Wheeler, 1922)

Microdaceton

• Microdaceton tibialis Weber, 1952
• Microdaceton viriosum Bolton, 2000

Monomorium

• Monomorium draxocum Bolton, 1987
• Monomorium invidium Bolton, 1987
• Monomorium malatu Bolton, 1987
• Monomorium opacum Forel, 1913
• Monomorium strangulatum Santschi, 1921
• Monomorium trake Bolton, 1987

Myrmicaria

• Myrmicaria distincta vorax Santschi, 1933
• Myrmicaria natalensis (Smith, F. 1858)
• Myrmicaria opaciventris Emery, 1893

Nesomyrmex

• Nesomyrmex angulatus (Mayr, 1862)
• Nesomyrmex evelynae (Forel, 1916)

Nylanderia

• Nylanderia boltoni LaPolla, Hawkes & Fisher, 2011
• Nylanderia jaegerskioeldi (Mayr, 1904)
• Nylanderia lepida (Santschi, 1915)

Ocymyrmex

• Ocymyrmex nitidulus Emery, 1892

Odontomachus

• Odontomachus assiniensis Emery, 1892
• Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi, 1914

Oecophylla

• Oecophylla longinoda (Latreille, 1802)

Paltothyreus

• Paltothyreus tarsatus (Fabricius, 1798)

Parasyscia

• Parasyscia kenyensis (Consani, 1951)
• Parasyscia sylvicola (Arnold, 1955)

Paraparatrechina

• Paraparatrechina brunnella LaPolla & Cheng, 2010
• Paraparatrechina concinnata LaPolla, Cheng & Fisher, 2010
• Paraparatrechina sordida (Santschi, 1914)
• Paraparatrechina splendida LaPolla & Cheng, 2010
• Paraparatrechina umbranatis LaPolla, Cheng & Fisher, 2010
• Paraparatrechina weissi (Santschi, 1910)

Paratrechina

• Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)

Pheidole

• Pheidole aurivillii Mayr, 1896
• Pheidole christinae Fischer, Hita Garcia & Peters, 2012
• Pheidole crassinoda Emery, 1895
• Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)
• Pheidole nigeriensis Santschi, 1914
• Pheidole strator tabida Menozzi, 1933

Phrynoponera

• Phrynoponera gabonensis (André, 1892)

Platythyrea

• Platythyrea cribrinodis Gerstäcker, 1859
• Platythyrea frontalis Emery, 1899
• Platythyrea gracillima Wheeler, 1922
• Platythyrea modesta Emery, 1899
• Platythyrea occidentalis André, 1890
• Platythyrea schultzei Forel, 1910
• Platythyrea tenuis Emery, 1899

Plectroctena

• Plectroctena cristata Emery, 1899
• Plectroctena dentata Santschi, 1912
• Plectroctena mandibularis Smith, F., 1858
• Plectroctena ugandensis Menozzi, 1933

Polyrhachis

• Polyrhachis decemdentata André, 1889
• Polyrhachis epinotalis Santschi, 1924
• Polyrhachis fissa Mayr, 1902
• Polyrhachis gagates Smith, F., 1858
• Polyrhachis laboriosa Smith, F., 1858
• Polyrhachis latispina Emery, 1925
• Polyrhachis lauta Santschi, 1909
• Polyrhachis militaris (Fabricius, 1782)
• Polyrhachis monista Santschi, 1909
• Polyrhachis nigrita Mayr, 1895
• Polyrhachis rufipalpis Santschi, 1910
• Polyrhachis schistacea (Gerstäcker, 1859)
• Polyrhachis transiens Bolton, 1973
• Polyrhachis viscosa Smith, F., 1858

Ponera

• Ponera pennsylvanica Buckley, 1866 ??

Prionopelta

• Prionopelta amieti Terron, 1974
• Prionopelta humicola Terron, 1974

Pristomyrmex

• Pristomyrmex africanus Karavaiev, 1931
• Pristomyrmex orbiceps (Santschi, 1914)

Probolomyrmex

• Probolomyrmex brevirostris (Forel, 1910)
• Probolomyrmex guineensis Taylor, 1965

Proceratium

• Proceratium lunatum Terron, 1981

Psalidomyrmex

• Psalidomyrmex procerus Emery, 1901
• Psalidomyrmex reichenspergeri Santschi, 1913
• Psalidomyrmex sallyae Bolton, 1975

Simopone

• Simopone conradti
• Simopone laevissima Arnold, 1954

Solenopsis

• Solenopsis insinuans Santschi, 1933
• Solenopsis ugandensis Santschi, 1933

Strumigenys

• Strumigenys adrasora Bolton, 1983
• Strumigenys bequaerti Santschi, 1923
• Strumigenys bernardi Brown, 1960
• Strumigenys cacaoensis Bolton, 1971
• Strumigenys cavinasis Brown, 1950
• Strumigenys concolor Santschi, 1914
• Strumigenys dextra Brown, 1954
• Strumigenys fenkara Bolton, 1983
• Strumigenys geoterra Bolton, 1983
• Strumigenys hastyla Bolton, 1983
• Strumigenys hensekta Bolton, 1983
• Strumigenys katapelta Bolton, 1983
• Strumigenys korahyla Bolton, 1983
• Strumigenys lasia Brown, 1976
• Strumigenys laticeps Brown, 1962
• Strumigenys lexex Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys ludovici Forel, 1904
• Strumigenys lujae Forel, 1902
• Strumigenys malaplax Bolton, 1983
• Strumigenys miccata (Bolton, 1983)
• Strumigenys minima Bolton, 1972
• Strumigenys maynei Forel, 1916
• Strumigenys petiolata Bernard, 1953
• Strumigenys rukha Bolton, 1983
• Strumigenys sarissa Bolton, 1983
• Strumigenys semicrypta Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys serrula Santschi, 1910
• Strumigenys simoni (Emery, 1895)
• Strumigenys tacta Bolton, 1983
• Strumigenys tetraphanes Brown, 1954
• Strumigenys thuvida Bolton, 1983
• Strumigenys truncatidens Brown, 1950
• Strumigenys ultromalyx Bolton, 2000
• Strumigenys weberi Brown, 1959

Syllophopsis

• Syllophopsis cryptobia Santschi, 1921

Tapinoma

• Tapinoma species

Technomyrmex

• Technomyrmex andrei Emery, 1899
• Technomyrmex camerunensis Emery, 1899
• Technomyrmex ilgi (Forel, 1910)
• Technomyrmex lasiops Bolton, 2007
• Technomyrmex moerens Santschi, 1913
• Technomyrmex nigriventris Santschi, 1910
• Technomyrmex parviflavus Bolton, 2007
• Technomyrmex semiruber Emery, 1899

Terataner

• Terataner elegans Bernard, 1952
• Terataner luteus (Emery, 1899)

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium aculeatum (Mayr, 1866)
• Tetramorium boehmei Hita Garcia & Fischer, 2010
• Tetramorium boltoni Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010
• Tetramorium capillosum Bolton, 1980
• Tetramorium caritum (Bolton, 1986)
• Tetramorium coloreum Mayr, 1901
• Tetramorium cristatum Stitz, 1910
• Tetramorium crypticum Bolton, 1976
• Tetramorium dumezi Menozzi, 1942
• Tetramorium erectum Emery, 1895
• Tetramorium furtivum (Arnold, 1956)
• Tetramorium gabonense (André, 1892)
• Tetramorium gegaimi Forel, 1916
• Tetramorium gestroi Menozzi, 1933
• Tetramorium ictidum Bolton, 1980
• Tetramorium kestrum Bolton, 1980
• Tetramorium laevithorax Emery, 1895
• Tetramorium lucayanum Wheeler, W.M., 1905
• Tetramorium metactum Bolton, 1980
• Tetramorium muralti Santschi, 1914
• Tetramorium muscorum Arnold, 1926
• Tetramorium nodiferum (Emery, 1901)
• Tetramorium occidentale (Santschi, 1916)
• Tetramorium peutli Forel, 1916
• Tetramorium postpetiolatum Santschi, 1919
• Tetramorium pulcherrimum Donisthorpe, 1945
• Tetramorium pullulum Santschi, 1924
• Tetramorium quadridentatum Stitz, 1910
• Tetramorium reptana Bolton, 1976
• Tetramorium saginatum Bolton, 1980
• Tetramorium setigerum Mayr, 1901
• Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, F. 1851)
• Tetramorium snellingi Hita-Garcia, 2010
• Tetramorium termitobium Emery, 1908
• Tetramorium ubangense Santschi, 1937
• Tetramorium unicum Bolton, 1980
• Tetramorium venator Hita Garcia, 2014
• Tetramorium viticola Weber, 1943

Tetraponera

• Tetraponera aethiops Smith, F. 1877
• Tetraponera anthracina (Santschi 1910)
• Tetraponera mocquerysi (André, 1890)
• Tetraponera ophthalmica Emery, 1912
• Tetraponera pedana Ward, 2022
• Tetraponera penzigi (Mayr 1907)
• Tetraponera pumila Ward, 2022
• Tetraponera setosa Ward, 2022

Trichomyrmex

• Trichomyrmex oscaris (Forel, 1894)

Vicinopone

• Vicinopone conciliatrix Bolton & Fisher, 2012

Xymmer

• Xymmer species

Zasphinctus

• Zasphinctus sarowiwai Hita García et al., 2107

References

• Arnold, G. 1954. New Formicidae from Kenya and Uganda. Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (N.S. in quarto). Zoologie 1: 291-295.
• Donisthorpe, H. 1945c. A new species of Triglyphothrix from Uganda, with some notes on the genus. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 81: 76-77.
• Forel, A. 1912j. Die Weibchen der "Treiberameisen" Anomma nigricans Illiger und Anomma wilverthi Emery, nebst einigen anderen Ameisen aus Uganda. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten [Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum] 29: 173-180.
• Mayr, G. 1907a. Ergebnisse der mit Subvention aus der Erbschaft Treitl unternommenen zoologischen Forschungsreise Dr. F. Werner's nach dem Äegyptischen Sudan und nach Nord-Uganda. 11. Liste der von Dr. Franz Werner am oberen Nil gesammelten Ameisen nebst Beschreibung einer neuen Art. itzungsberichte der k. Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 116: 387-392.
• Menozzi, C. 1933a. Raccolte mirmecologiche dell'Africa orientale conservate nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" di Genova. Parte seconda. Formiche dell'Uganda e delle Isole Sesse raccolte dal Dr. E. Bayon. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria 56: 93-114.