Kinds of Ants Philippines

Ants of the Philippines


Myopias lobosa

Gary D. Alpert
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

David M. General
University of Arkansas at Monticello
Ateneo de Naga University, Naga City, Philippines

Ven Samarita
National Museum Manila, Philippines

393 valid species

Scientific name -- Other names
   Acanthomyrmex mindanao Moffett, 1986
   Acropyga acutiventris Roger, 1862
   Acropyga nipponensis Terayama, 1985
   Acropyga pallida (Donisthorpe, 1938)
   Aenictus alticola Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1930
   Aenictus aratus Forel, 1900
   Aenictus bakeri Menozzi, 1925
   Aenictus camposi Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925
   Aenictus ceylonicus (Mayr, 1866)
   Aenictus gracilis Emery, 1893
   Aenictus laeviceps Smith, F. 1857
   Aenictus luzoni Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925
   Aenictus philippinensis Chapman, 1963
   Aenictus piercei Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1930
   Aenictus powersi Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1930
   Aenictus rabori Chapman, 1963
   Aenictus reyesi Chapman, 1963
   Aenictus sp_phi1 unidentified
   Aenictus sp_phi2 unidentified
   Amblyopone luzonica Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925
   Amblyopone reclinata (Mayr, 1879)
   Amblyopone rothneyi Forel, 1900
   Anochetus brevis Brown, 1978
   Anochetus cato Forel, 1901
   Anochetus graeffei (Mayr, 1870)
   Anochetus incultus Brown, 1978
   Anochetus isolatus Mann, 1919
   Anochetus modicus (Brown, 1978)
   Anochetus princeps Emery 1884
   Anochetus sp_phi1 unknown species
   Anochetus turneri Forel, 1900
   Anoplolepis gracilipes (F. Smith, 1857)
   Bothriomyrmex sp_phi1 unidentified
   Calyptomyrmex beccarii (Emery, 1887)
   Calyptomyrmex glabratus Viehmeyer, 1916
   Camponotus albocinctus Ashmead, 1905
   Camponotus barbatus Roger, 1863
   Camponotus bellus Wheeler, W. M., 1919
   Camponotus cinerascens
   Camponotus compressus Fabricius, 1787
   Camponotus corallinus Roger, 1863
   Camponotus gigas Latreille, 1802
   Camponotus horrens Forel, 1910
   Camponotus irritans Smith, F. 1857
   Camponotus japonicus Mayr, 1866
   Camponotus karawaiewi Menozzi, 1926
   Camponotus leonardi Emery, 1889
   Camponotus maculatus Stitz, 1925
   Camponotus nicobarensis Bingham, 1903
   Camponotus nigricans Roger, 1863
   Camponotus platypus Roger, 1863
   Camponotus pressipes Emery, 1893
   Camponotus quadrisectus Smith, F. 1858
   Camponotus reticulatus Stitz. 1925
   Camponotus rothneyi
   Camponotus rufifemur
   Camponotus solenobius Menozzi, 1926
   Camponotus trietericus Menozzi, 1926
   Camponotus variegatus Forel, 1892
   Camponotus vitreus
   Cardiocondyla mauritanica (Forel, 1890)
   Cardiocondyla sima Wheeler, W. M., 1935
   Carebara sp_phi1 unidentified
   Carebara sp_phi2 unidentified -- Oligomyrmex
   Cataulacus catuvolcus Bolton, 1974
   Cataulacus chapmani Bolton, 1974
   Centromyrmex feae (Emery, 1889) -- Centromyrmex donisthorpei
   Cerapachys bakeri Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925
   Cerapachys crawleyi
   Cerapachys jacobsoni Forel, 1912
   Cerapachys longitarsus -- Lioponera bicolor
   Cerapachys luzuriagae Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925 -- Lioponera luzuriagae
   Cerapachys muiri Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925
   Cerapachys pruinosus Brown, 1975
   Cerapachys rufithorax Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925
   Cerapachys sp_ phi3 undescribed
   Cerapachys sp_phi1 unidentified
   Cerapachys sp_phi2 unidentified
   Cerapachys sp_phi3 undescribed
   Cerapachys sulcinodis
   Cerapachys suscitatus
   Crematogaster bakeri Menozzi, 1925
   Crematogaster bicolor Emery, 1893
   Crematogaster brunnea Santschi, 1928
   Crematogaster crassicornis Emery, 1893
   Crematogaster cylindriceps Wheeler, W. M. 1927
   Crematogaster difformis (F. Smith, 1857)
   Crematogaster inflata Smith, F. , 1857
   Crematogaster longiclava Emery, 1893
   Crematogaster modiglianii Forel, 1910
   Crematogaster moorei Donisthorpe, 1941
   Crematogaster ochracea Mayr, 1862
   Crematogaster onusta Stitz, 1925
   Crematogaster rogenhoferi Mayr, 1879
   Crematogaster semperi Emery, 1893
   Crematogaster simoni Emery, 1893
   Crematogaster sordidula Nylander, 1849
   Crematogaster vitalisi Menozzi, 1925
   Cryptopone testacea
   Dacetinops cirrosus Taylor, 1985
   Diacamma baguiense Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925
   Diacamma palawanicum Emery, 1900
   Diacamma panayense Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925
   Diacamma rugosum
   Diacamma sericeiventre Stitz, 1925
   Dilobocondyla chapmani Wheeler, W. M.
   Dilobocondyla sp_phi1 unidentified
   Discothyrea sp_phi1 unidentified
   Dolichoderus affinis Emery, 1889
   Dolichoderus patens Emery, 1900
   Dolichoderus thoracicus
   Echinopla pallipes Smith, F. 1857
   Echinopla pseudostriata (Donisthorpe, 1943)
   Echinopla striata Smith, F. 1857
   Echinopla vermiculata Emery, 1898
   Euprenolepis negrosensis Wheeler, W. M. 1930 -- Chapmanella negrosensis
   Euprenolepis sp_phi1 unidentified
   Eurhopalothrix chapmani Taylor, 1990
   Eurhopalothrix philippina Brown & Kempf, 1960
   Eurhopalothrix procera
   Forelophilus philippinensis Zettel & Zimmermann, 2007
   Forelophilus stefanschoedli Zettel & Zimmermann, 2007
   Gauromyrmex acanthina Karavaiev, 1935
   Gesomyrmex luzonensis Wheeler, W. M. 1916
   Gnamptogenys binghamii
   Gnamptogenys bulbopila Lattke, 2004
   Gnamptogenys chapmani Brown, 1958
   Gnamptogenys costata
   Gnamptogenys cribrata (Emery, 1900)
   Gnamptogenys fistulosa Lattke, 2004
   Gnamptogenys laevior
   Gnamptogenys leiolabia Lattke, 2004
   Gnamptogenys luzonensis Wheeler, W. M. 1929
   Gnamptogenys menadensis
   Gnamptogenys posteropsis
   Gnamptogenys sp_phi1 unidentified
   Harpegnathos empesoi Chapman, 1963
   Harpegnathos macgregori Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925
   Harpegnathos medioniger Donisthorpe, 1942
   Harpegnathos venator Donisthorpe, 1937
   Hypoponera confinis Roger, 1860
   Hypoponera gleadowi
   Hypoponera opaciceps
   Hypoponera pruinosa (Emery, 1900)
   Hypoponera punctatissima
   Hypoponera sabronae (Donisthorpe, 1941)
   Iridomyrmex sp_phi1 unidentified
   Lepisiota aurea Wheeler, W. M. 1935
   Lepisiota chapmani Wheeler, W. M. 1935
   Leptanilla astylina Petersen, 1968
   Leptogenys chinensis Mayr, 1870
   Leptogenys diminuta
   Leptogenys falcigera Roger 1861
   Leptogenys iridescens
   Leptogenys maxillosa (F. Smith, 1858)
   Leptogenys mutabilis
   Leptogenys peugueti Andre, 1887
   Leptogenys pruinosa Forel, 1900
   Leptogenys punctiventris
   Leptogenys varicosa Stitz, 1925
   Leptogenys watsoni Forel, 1900
   Leptomyrmex fragilis
   Liomyrmex gestroi (Emery, 1887)
   Lordomyrma sp_phi1 unidentified
   Mayriella transfuga Baroni Urbani, 1977
   Meranoplus biliran Schodl, 1998
   Meranoplus sp_phi1 unidentified species
   Metapone bakeri Wheeler, W. M., 1916
   Metapone gracilis Wheeler, W. M., 1935
   Monomorium banksi Forel, 1910
   Monomorium destructor
   Monomorium floricola Forel, 1910
   Monomorium orientale Mayr, 1879
   Monomorium pharaonis
   Myopias bidens Stitz, 1925
   Myopias breviloba Wheeler, W. M., 1919 -- Trapeziopelta breviloba
   Myopias lobosa Willey & Brown, 1983
   Myopias modiglianii
   Myopias philippinensis Menozzi, 1925
   Myopopone castanea
   Myrmecina sp_phi1 unidentified
   Myrmicaria aphidicola Calilung, 2000
   Myrmicaria brunnea
   Myrmoteras insulcatum Moffett, 1985
   Myrmoteras williamsi Wheeler, W. M. 1919
   Mystrium camillae
   Newgenus sp_phi1 new genus
   Noonilla copiosa Petersen, 1968
   Ochetellus glaber
   Odontomachus banksi Forel, 1910
   Odontomachus infandus Smith, F. 1858
   Odontomachus malignus (F. Smith, 1859)
   Odontomachus papuanus (Emery, 1887)
   Odontomachus rixosus Smith, F., 1857
   Odontomachus saevissimus -- Odontomachus imperator var tauerni
   Odontomachus simillimus (F. Smith, 1858)
   Odontoponera transversa
   Oecophylla smaragdina
   Overbeckia subclavata Viehmeyer, 1916
   Pachycondyla annamita Andre, 1892
   Pachycondyla chinensis
   Pachycondyla claudata Menozzi, 1926
   Pachycondyla croceicornis (Emery, 1900)
   Pachycondyla darwinii (Emery, 1899)
   Pachycondyla glabripes Emery, 1893
   Pachycondyla javana (Mayr, 1867)
   Pachycondyla leeuwenhoeki
   Pachycondyla luteipes_luteipes
   Pachycondyla melancholica
   Pachycondyla myropola Menozzi, 1925 -- Euponera myropola
   Pachycondyla obscurans
   Pachycondyla stigma
   Pachycondyla tridentata Smith, F. 1858
   Pachycondyla williamsi Wheeler, W. M. & Chapman, 1925
   Paratopula ceylonica
   Paratopula macta Bolton, 1988
   Paratopula sumatrensis
   Paratrechina iridescens Donisthorpe, 1942
   Paratrechina longicornis
   Pheidole aglae
   Pheidole aristotelis (Forel, 1911)
   Pheidole clypeocornis Eguchi, 2001
   Pheidole fantasia Chapman, 1963
   Pheidole fervens
   Pheidole hortensis Forel, 1913
   Pheidole jacobsoni Forel, 1911
   Pheidole maculifrons Wheeler, W. M., 1929
   Pheidole makilingi Viehmeyer, 1916
   Pheidole megacephala
   Pheidole plagiaria Stitz, 1925
   Pheidole quadricuspis Emery, 1900
   Pheidole sarawakana (Forel, 1911)
   Pheidole sauberi Forel, 1905
   Pheidole sayapensis Euguchi, 2001
   Pheidole simoni Emery, 1893
   Pheidole tjibodana Forel, 1905
   Pheidologeton affinis
   Pheidologeton diversus
   Pheidologeton maccus Wheeler, W. M. 1929
   Pheidologeton pygmaeus
   Pheidologeton silvestrii Wheeler, W. M. 1929
   Philidris sp_phi1 unidentified
   Plagiolepis sp_phi1 unidentified
   Platythyrea bidentata Brown, 1975
   Platythyrea inermis Forel, 1910 -- Platythyrea maquilingi
   Platythyrea parallela -- Platythyrea wroughtonii
   Polyrhachis abdominalis
   Polyrhachis aculeata Wheeler, W.M., 1919
   Polyrhachis aequalis
   Polyrhachis arcuata Le Guillou, 1842
   Polyrhachis armata (Le Guillou, 1842)
   Polyrhachis bakeri Viehmeyer, 1916
   Polyrhachis banghaasi Viehmeyer, 1922
   Polyrhachis bellicosa
   Polyrhachis bicolor
   Polyrhachis bihamata
   Polyrhachis carbonaria
   Polyrhachis creusa
   Polyrhachis cryptoceroides
   Polyrhachis cyaniventris Smith, F. 1858
   Polyrhachis diana Wheeler, W. M. 1909
   Polyrhachis dives (F. Smith, 1857)
   Polyrhachis esuriens (Emery, 1897)
   Polyrhachis etheli Chapman, 1963
   Polyrhachis exotica Kohout, 1987
   Polyrhachis follicula Menozzi, 1926
   Polyrhachis hector Smith, F. 1857
   Polyrhachis hippomanes Stitz, 1925
   Polyrhachis ignota Kohout, 1987
   Polyrhachis illaudata
   Polyrhachis inermis
   Polyrhachis javanica (Mayr, 1867)
   Polyrhachis lama Kohout, 1994
   Polyrhachis magnifica Menozzi, 1926
   Polyrhachis marginata
   Polyrhachis mindanaensis Emery, 1923
   Polyrhachis mitrata Menozzi, 1932
   Polyrhachis mucronata
   Polyrhachis murina Emery, 1893
   Polyrhachis nigropilosa Mayr, 1872
   Polyrhachis obesior Viehmeyer, 1916
   Polyrhachis oedocantha Wheeler, W.M., 1919
   Polyrhachis olybria
   Polyrhachis orpheus
   Polyrhachis osiris Bolton, 1975
   Polyrhachis parabiotica Chapman, 1963
   Polyrhachis pellita Menozzi, 1922
   Polyrhachis phalerata Menozzi, 1926
   Polyrhachis philippinensis Smith, F. 1858
   Polyrhachis pressa
   Polyrhachis pubescens Mayr, 1879
   Polyrhachis rastellata Latreille, 1802
   Polyrhachis rufipes (F. Smith, 1858)
   Polyrhachis saevissima Smith, F. 1860
   Polyrhachis saigonensis Forel, 1886
   Polyrhachis scabra Kohout, 1987
   Polyrhachis sculpturata
   Polyrhachis sexspinosa
   Polyrhachis solivaga Menozzi, 1926
   Polyrhachis striata
   Polyrhachis thrinax Roger, 1863
   Polyrhachis tragos Stitz, 1925
   Polyrhachis tubifex
   Polyrhachis venus Forel, 1893
   Polyrhachis villipes
   Polyrhachis vindex
   Polyrhachis ypsilon
   Polyrhachis zopyra
   Ponera chapmani Taylor, 1967
   Ponera oreas Wheeler, W. M. 1933
   Prionopelta kraepelini
   Pristomyrmex bicolor Emery, 1900
   Pristomyrmex brevispinosus
   Pristomyrmex collinus Wang, Minsheng, 2003
   Pristomyrmex costatus Wang, Minsheng, 2003
   Pristomyrmex curvulus Wang, Minsheng, 2003
   Pristomyrmex distinguendus Zettel, 2006
   Pristomyrmex divisus Wang, Minsheng, 2003
   Pristomyrmex flatus Wang, Minsheng, 2003
   Pristomyrmex hirsutus Wang, Minsheng, 2003
   Pristomyrmex longispinus Wang, Minsheng, 2003
   Pristomyrmex picteti
   Pristomyrmex punctatus
   Pristomyrmex quadridens Wang, 2003
   Pristomyrmex rugosus Zettel, 2006
   Pristomyrmex schoedli Zettel, 2006
   Pristomyrmex simplex (Wang and Minsheng, 2003)
   Probolomyrmex dammermani
   Proceratium papuanum
   Pseudolasius typhlops Wheeler, W. M. 1935
   Pyramica dohertyi
   Pyramica jacobsoni Menozzi, 1939
   Pyramica karawajewi
   Pyramica mitis
   Pyramica pedunculata Brown, 1953
   Pyramica scylla
   Pyramica serradens Bolton, 2000
   Recurvidris sp_phi1 unidentified
   Rhopalomastix species1 new species
   Rhoptromyrmex wroughtonii
   Rhytidoponera araneoides Le Guillou, 1842
   Rhytidoponera sp_phi1 unidentified
   Romblonella opaca (F. Smith, 1861)
   Simopone chapmani Taylor, 1966
   Solenopsis geminata
   Strumigenys arrogantia Bolton, 2000
   Strumigenys chapmani Brown, 1954
   Strumigenys emmae
   Strumigenys esrossi Brown, 1957
   Strumigenys godeffroyi
   Strumigenys indigatrix W.M. Wheeler, 1919
   Strumigenys inhonesta
   Strumigenys juliae
   Strumigenys koningsbergeri
   Strumigenys lewisi (Cameron, 1886)
   Strumigenys mirifica Bolton, 2000
   Strumigenys mododonta Bolton, 2000
   Strumigenys perplexa Smith, F., 1876
   Strumigenys phytibia Brown, 1957
   Strumigenys rantan Bolton, 2000
   Strumigenys rogeri
   Strumigenys signeae Forel, 1905
   Strumigenys sp_phi1 unidentified
   Strumigenys synchysis Bolton, 2000
   Strumigenys szalayi
   Strumigenys tenitecta Bolton, 2000
   Strumigenys uichancoi Brown, 1957
   Tapinoma emeryi (Ashmead, 1905)
   Tapinoma melanocephalum
   Tapinoma philippinense Donisthorpe, 1942
   Tapinoma williamsi Wheeler, W. M. 1935
   Technomyrmex albipes (F. Smith, 1861)
   Technomyrmex difficilis Forel, 1892
   Technomyrmex elatior Forel, 1902
   Technomyrmex grandis Emery, 1887
   Technomyrmex sundaicus (Emery, 1900)
   Technomyrmex textor Forel, 1909
   Technomyrmex vitiensis Man, 1921
   Technomyrmex wheeleri Emery, 1913
   Tetramorium aspersum (Smith, F. 1865)
   Tetramorium bicarinatum
   Tetramorium chapmani Bolton, 1977
   Tetramorium cynicum Bolton, 1977
   Tetramorium guineense Bernard, 1953
   Tetramorium insolens
   Tetramorium katypum Bolton, 1976
   Tetramorium kheperra Bolton 1976
   Tetramorium khnum Bolton, 1977
   Tetramorium kraepelini Forel, 1905
   Tetramorium lanuginosum
   Tetramorium laparum Bolton, 1977
   Tetramorium manobo Calilung, 2000
   Tetramorium obtusidens Viehmeyer 1916
   Tetramorium pacificum
   Tetramorium parvispina Emery 1893
   Tetramorium parvispinum Emery 1893
   Tetramorium rinatum Bolton, 1977
   Tetramorium simillimum
   Tetramorium smithi (Mayr, 1879)
   Tetramorium tonganum (Mayr, 1870)
   Tetramorium tortuosum Roger, 1863
   Tetramorium walshi Forel 1890
   Tetramorium zypidum Bolton, 1977
   Tetraponera allaborans
   Tetraponera attenuata
   Tetraponera difficilis
   Tetraponera extenuata Ward, 2001
   Tetraponera inversinodis Ward 2001
   Tetraponera modesta
   Tetraponera nitida
   Tetraponera pilosa (F. Smith, 1858)
   Tyrannomyrmex species Fernandez, 2003
   Unnamedgenus sp_phi1 Unnamed genus
   Vollenhovia ambitiosa Menozzi, 1925
   Vollenhovia banksi Forel, 1910
   Vollenhovia cristata Stitz, 1938
   Vollenhovia luctuosa Stitz, 1938
   Vollenhovia oblonga Forel, 1910
   Vollenhovia soleaferrea Donisthorpe, 1942

Updated: 2010-02-26 16:34:06

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