List of ants of India
"An ant ( *Camponotus compressus* ) traverses the edge of a wall during a serene sunset in Southern India. These species, native to tropical regions, are known for their strength and social structures, playing a vital role in the ecosystem by aerating soil and aiding in decomposition." This List of ants of India is a list and index to the species of ants found in India .
A-D
Acanthomyrmex luciolae Emery , 1893Acropyga acutiventris Aenictus aratus Forel , 1900Aenictus arya Forel , 1901Aenictus binghami Forel , 1900Aenictus brevicornis Aenictus ceylonicus Aenictus clavatus Forel , 1901
Aenictus clavitibia Forel , 1901Aenictus doryloides Aenictus fergusoni Forel , 1901Aenictus gleadowii Forel , 1901Aenictus laeviceps Aenictus latiscapus Forel , 1901Aenictus longi Forel , 1901Aenictus pachycerus Aenictus peguensis Aenictus pubescens Aenictus punensis Forel , 1901Aenictus sagei Forel , 1901Aenictus shillongensis Aenictus shuckardi Forel , 1901Aenictus westwoodi Forel , 1901Aenictus wroughtonii Forel , 1890Amblyopone bellii Forel ,1900Amblyopone pertinax Amblyopone rothneyi Forel , 1900Anochetus graeffei Anochetus kanariensis Forel , 1900Anochetus madaraszi Anochetus myops Anochetus obscurior Anochetus orientalis Anochetus pupulatus Anochetus rufus Jerdon , 1851Anochetus sedilloti Anochetus yerburyi Forel , 1900Anoplolepis gracilipes Aphaenogaster annandalei Aphaenogaster beccarii Aphaenogaster beesoni Donisthorpe , 1933Aphaenogaster cavernicola Donisthorpe , 1938Aphaenogaster cristata Forel , 1902Aphaenogaster longiceps Aphaenogaster rothneyi Forel , 1902Aphaenogaster sagei Forel , 1902Aphaenogaster schurri Forel , 1902Aphaenogaster smythiesii Forel , 1902
Bothriomyrmex myops Forel , 1895Bothriomyrmex walshi Forel , 1895Bothriomyrmex wroughtonii Forel , 1895
Calyptomyrmex Camponotus aethiops cachmiriensisCamponotus albosparsus Camponotus angusticollis Jerdon , 1851
Camponotus arrogans Camponotus barbatus tayloriForel , 1892Camponotus binghamii Forel , 1894Camponotus buddhae Forel , 1892Camponotus camelinus Camponotus carbonarius Camponotus caryae himalayanusForel , 1855Camponotus ceylonicus Camponotus cinerascens Camponotus compressus Camponotus confucii Forel , 1894Camponotus cotesii Forel , 1893Camponotus crassisquamis Forel , 1902Camponotus dolendus Forel , 1892Camponotus exiguoguttatus Forel , 1886Camponotus fallax Camponotus festinus Camponotus gretae Forel , 1902Camponotus holosericeus Camponotus horseshoetus Camponotus invidus Forel , 1892Camponotus irritans Camponotus lamarckii Forel , 1892Camponotus longi Forel , 1902Camponotus luteus Camponotus maculatus basalisCamponotus megalonyx Camponotus mendax Camponotus misturus Camponotus mitis Camponotus nicobarensis Camponotus nirvanae Forel , 1893Camponotus oblongusbinominatus Forel , 1916Camponotus oblongus Camponotus parius Camponotus phragmaticola Donisthorpe , 1943Camponotus puniceps Donisthorpe , 1942Camponotus radiatus Forel , 1892Camponotus reticulatus latitansForel ,1893
Camponotus rothneyi Forel , 1893Camponotus rufifemur Camponotus rufoglaucus Jerdon , 1851
Camponotus saundersi Camponotus selene Camponotus sericeus Camponotus siemsseni Forel , 1901Camponotus singularis Camponotus sklarus Camponotus socrates Forel , 1904Camponotus spenceri Camponotus strictus Jerdon , 1851Camponotus sylvaticusbasalis Camponotus sylvaticusparadichrous Camponotus thraso Forel , 1893Camponotus timidus Jerdon , 1851Camponotus variegatus Camponotus varius Donisthorpe , 1943Camponotus velox Jerdon , 1851Camponotus wasmanni Camponotus wroughtonii Forel , 1893Cardiocondyla carbonaria Forel , 1907Cardiocondyla nuda Cardiocondyla parvinoda Forel , 1902Cardiocondyla wroughtoni Forel , 1890Carebara affinis Jerdon , 1851)Carebara diversa Jerdon , 1851)Carebara lignata Cataglyphis cugiai Cataglyphis indicus Cataglyphis setipes Forel , 1894Cataulacus granulatus Cataulacus latus Forel , 1891Cataulacus simoni Cataulacus taprobanae Centromyrmex feae Cerapachys aitkenii Forel , 1900Cerapachys besucheti Cerapachys fossulatus Forel , 1895Cerapachys indicus Cerapachys longitarsus Cerapachys sulcinodis Crematogaster abdominalis Crematogaster aberrans Forel , 1892
Crematogaster aitkenii Forel , 1902Crematogaster anthracina Crematogaster betapicalis Crematogaster binghamii Forel , 1904Crematogaster biroi Crematogaster brunnea contemtaCrematogaster buddhae Forel , 1902Crematogaster dalyi Forel , 1902Crematogaster dalyi Forel , 1904Crematogaster dhorni Crematogaster diffusa Jerdon , 1851Crematogaster diffusa Crematogaster dohrni Crematogaster ebenina Forel , 1902
Crematogaster himalayana Forel , 1902Crematogaster hogsoni Forel , 1902Crematogaster kirbii Crematogaster laboriosa ruginotaCrematogaster millardi Forel , 1902Crematogaster modigliani Crematogaster perelegans Forel , 1902Crematogaster politula Forel , 1902Crematogaster pradipi Crematogaster ransonneti Crematogaster rogenhoferi Crematogaster rothneyi Crematogaster rufa Jerdon , 1851Crematogaster sagei Forel , 1902
Crematogaster soror Forel , 1902Crematogaster subnuda Crematogaster subnudarabula Forel , 1902Crematogaster travancorensis Forel , 1902Crematogaster walshi Forel , 1902Crematogaster wroughtonii Forel , 1902Diacamma assamense Forel , 1897Diacamma ceylonense Diacamma cyaneiventre Diacamma geometricum Diacamma indicum Diacamma rugosum Diacamma scalpratum Diacamma sculptum Jerdon , 1851Diacamma sculpturata Diacamma vagans Dilobocondyla bangalorica Discothyrea sringerensis Dolichoderus affinis Dolichoderus feae Dolichoderus moggridgei Forel , 1886
Dolichoderus moggridgei Dolichoderus sulcaticeps Dolichoderus sundari ,Dolichoderus taprobanae Dolichoderus thoracicus Dorylus labiatus Dorylus orientalis
E-L
Emeryopone Formica gagates Formica gravelyi Formica rufibarbis Formica sanguinea Gnamptogenys bicolor Gnamptogenys coxalis Harpegnathos saltator Jerdon , 1851Harpegnathos venator Hypoponera abeillei Forel , 1905Hypoponera confinis Hypoponera gleadowi Forel , 1895Indomyrma dasypyx Iridomyrmex anceps Iridomyrmex glaber Kartidris nyos Lasius alienoflavus Lasius alienus Lasius bicornis Lasius breviscapus Lasius brunneus Lasius crinitus Lasius fuliginosus Lasius himalayanus Lasius mikir Lepisiota annandalei Lepisiota capensis Lepisiota fergusoni Forel , 1895Lepisiota frauenfeldi Lepisiota modesta Forel , 1894Lepisiota opaca Forel , 1892
Lepisiota rothneyi Forel , 1894
Lepisiota sericea Forel , 1892Leptanilla escheri Leptogenys assamensis Forel , 1900Leptogenys birmana Forel , 1900Leptogenys carinata Donisthorpe , 1943Leptogenys chinensis Leptogenys dalyi Forel , 1900Leptogenys dentilobis Forel , 1900Leptogenys diminuta Leptogenys emiliae Forel , 1902Leptogenys hysterica Forel , 1900Leptogenys iridipennis Leptogenys jeanettei Leptogenys kitteli Leptogenys longiscapa Donisthorpe , 1943Leptogenys minchinii Forel , 1900Leptogenys moelleri Leptogenys peuqueti Leptogenys processionalis Jerdon , 1851Leptogenys punctiventris Leptogenys roberti Forel , 1900
Leptogenys stenocheilos Jerdon , 1851Leptogenys yerburyi Forel , 1900Leptothorax desioi Leptothorax fultonii Forel , 1902Leptothorax inermis Forel , 1902Leptothorax rothneyi Forel , 1902
Leptothorax schurri Forel , 1902Leptothorax wroughtonii Forel , 1904Liometopum lindgreeni Forel , 1902Lophomyrmex ambiguus Lophomyrmex bedoti Lophomyrmex birmanus Lophomyrmex kali Lophomyrmex quadrispinosus Jerdon , 1851
M-R
Meranoplus bellii Forel , 1902Meranoplus bicolor Meranoplus carinatus Donisthorpe , 1942Meranoplus flaviventris Donisthorpe , 1943Meranoplus laeviventris Meranoplus levis Donisthorpe , 1942Meranoplus rothneyi Forel , 1902Messor barbarus Messor himalayanus Forel , 1902Messor instabilis Messor minor Monomorium aberrans Forel , 1902Monomorium atomum Forel , 1902
Monomorium biroi Forel , 1907Monomorium criniceps Monomorium destructor Jerdon , 1851Monomorium dichroum Forel , 1902Monomorium floricola Jerdon , 1851Monomorium glabrum Monomorium indicum Forel , 1902Monomorium kempi Monomorium latinode Monomorium longi Forel , 1902Monomorium luisae Forel , 1904Monomorium mayri Forel , 1902Monomorium orientale Monomorium pharaonis Monomorium sagei Forel , 1902Monomorium scabriceps Monomorium schurri Forel , 1902Monomorium subopacum Monomorium wroughtoni Forel , 1902Monomorium wroughtonianum Myopopone castanea Myrmecina pilicornis Myrmecina striata Myrmecina urbanii Myrmecina vidyae Myrmica aimonissabaudiae Myrmica beesoni Myrmica breviceps Myrmica debilior Forel , 1902Myrmica dicaporiacoi Myrmica ereptrix Myrmica indica Myrmica inezae Forel , 1902Myrmica luctuosa Myrmica margaritae Myrmica pachei Forel , 1906Myrmica rugifrons Myrmica rugosa Myrmica smythiesii Forel , 1902
Myrmicaria birmana Forel , 1902Myrmicaria brunnea Myrmicaria fodica Jerdon , 1851Myrmoteras binghamii Forel , 1893Myrmoteras brachygnathum Myrmoteras indicum Myrmoteras scabrum Odontomachus haematodus Odontomachus monticola Odontomachus rixosus Odontomachus simillimus Odontoponera transversa Oecophylla smaragdina Oligomyrmex aborensis Oligomyrmex asinus Forel , 1902Oligomyrmex bengalensis Forel , 1902Oligomyrmex lamellifrons Forel , 1902Oligomyrmex leei Forel , 1902Oligomyrmex nayana Oligomyrmex raja Forel , 1902Oligomyrmex rothneyi Forel , 1902Oligomyrmex wroughtonii Forel , 1902Pachycondyla amblyops Pachycondyla annamita Pachycondyla arcuata Pachycondyla astuta Pachycondyla bispinosa Pachycondyla crassa Pachycondyla darwinii Forel , 1893
Pachycondyla henryi Donisthorpe , 1942Pachycondyla javana Pachycondyla jerdonii Forel , 1900Pachycondyla leeuwenhoeki Forel , 1886Pachycondyla luteipes Pachycondyla melanaria Pachycondyla nigrita Pachycondyla rubiginosa Pachycondyla rufipes Jerdon , 1851Pachycondyla stigma Pachycondyla striolata Donisthorpe , 1933Pachycondyla sulcata Pachycondyla tesseronoda Pachycondyla wroughtonii Forel , 1901Paratopula ceylonica Paratopula intermedia Paratrechina aseta Forel , 1902Paratrechina assimilis Jerdon , 1851Paratrechina bourbonica Forel , 1886Paratrechina indica Forel , 1894Paratrechina longicornis Paratrechina smythiesii Forel , 1894Paratrechina taylori Forel , 1894Paratrechina yerburyi Forel , 1894Pheidole allani Pheidole bhavanae Pheidole capellinii Pheidole constanciae Forel , 1902
Pheidole diffusa Jerdon , 1851Pheidole feae Pheidole fergusoni Forel , 1902Pheidole fervens Pheidole ghatica Forel , 1902Pheidole grayi Forel , 1902Pheidole hoogwerfi Forel , 1902Pheidole hospita Pheidole indica Pheidole jucunda Forel , 1885
Pheidole lamellinoda Forel , 1902Pheidole lanuginosa Pheidole latinoda Pheidole malabarica Jerdon , 1851Pheidole malinsii Forel , 1902Pheidole minor Jerdon , 1851Pheidole multidens Forel , 1902Pheidole mus Forel , 1902Pheidole naoroji Forel , 1902Pheidole noda Pheidole parasitica Pheidole parva Pheidole peguensis Pheidole phipsoni Forel , 1902Pheidole plagiaria Pheidole pronotalis Forel , 1902Pheidole providens Pheidole roberti Forel , 1902Pheidole rogersi tayloriForel , 1902Pheidole sagei Forel , 1902Pheidole sepulchralis Pheidole sharpi Forel , 1902Pheidole smythiesii Forel , 1902
Pheidole spathifera Forel , 1902
Pheidole striativentris Pheidole sulcaticeps Pheidole sykesii Forel , 1902Pheidole templaria Forel , 1902Pheidole watsoni Forel , 1902Pheidole woodmasoni Forel , 1885Pheidole wroughtonii Forel , 1902Plagiolepis balestrierii Plagiolepis dichroa Forel , 1902Plagiolepis exigua Forel , 1894Plagiolepis jerdonii Forel , 1894Plagiolepis moelleri Plagiolepis pontii Plagiolepis rogeri Forel , 1894Platythyrea parallela Platythyrea sagei Forel , 1900Polyrhachis aculeata Polyrhachis armata Polyrhachis bicolor Polyrhachis bihamata Polyrhachis binghamii Forel , 1893Polyrhachis dives belliForel , 1912Polyrhachis dives Polyrhachis exercita lucidiventrisForel , 1907
Polyrhachis exercita Polyrhachis furcata Polyrhachis gracilior Forel , 1893Polyrhachis halidayi Polyrhachis hastata Polyrhachis hector Polyrhachis hemiopticoides Polyrhachis hippomanes Polyrhachis horni Polyrhachis illaudata Polyrhachis indificans Jerdon , 1851Polyrhachis karawaiewi Polyrhachis lacteipennis Polyrhachis laevissima Polyrhachis marginata Polyrhachis menelas Forel , 1904Polyrhachis proxima Polyrhachis pubescens Polyrhachis punctillata Polyrhachis rastellata Polyrhachis relucens Polyrhachis rufipes Polyrhachis sexspinosa Polyrhachis striata Polyrhachis sumatrensis hamulataPolyrhachis sylvicola Jerdon , 1851Polyrhachis thompsoni Polyrhachis thrinax Polyrhachis tibialis Polyrhachis tubericeps Forel , 1893Polyrhachis wroughtonii Forel , 1894Prenolepis naoroji Forel , 1902Proceratium williamsi Pseudolasius familiaris Pyramica Recurvidris recurvispinosa Forel , 1890Rhoptromyrmex mayri Forel , 1912Rhoptromyrmex wroughtonii Forel , 1902
S-Z
Solenopsis geminata Sphinctomyrmex taylori Forel , 1900Stenamma wilsoni Bharti , Gul & Sharma , 2012Stenamma jhitingriense Bharti , Gul & Sharma , 2012Strumigenys emmae Strumigenys godeffroyi Strumigenys lewisi Strumigenys smythiesii Forel , 1902Tapinoma annandalei Tapinoma indicum Forel , 1895Tapinoma luffae Tapinoma melanocephalum Tapinoma wroughtonii Forel , 1904Technomyrmex albipes Technomyrmex elatior Forel , 1902Technomyrmex incisus Tetramorium barryi Tetramorium belgaense Forel , 1902Tetramorium bicarinatum Tetramorium browni Tetramorium caespitum Tetramorium christiei Forel , 1902Tetramorium coonoorense Forel , 1902Tetramorium cordatus Tetramorium decamerum Forel , 1902Tetramorium elisabethae Forel , 1904Tetramorium fergusoni Forel , 1902Tetramorium guineense Tetramorium inglebyi Forel , 1902Tetramorium keralensis Tetramorium lanuginosum Tetramorium malabarensis Tetramorium mixtum Forel , 1902Tetramorium myops Tetramorium nursei Tetramorium obesum Tetramorium petiolatus Tetramorium pilosum Tetramorium rossi Tetramorium rothneyi Forel , 1902Tetramorium rugigaster Tetramorium salvatum Forel , 1902Tetramorium sentosus Tetramorium simillimum Tetramorium smithi Tetramorium tortuosum Tetramorium walshi Forel , 1890Tetramorium wroughtoni Forel , 1902Tetraponera aitkenii Forel , 1902Tetraponera allaborans Tetraponera attenuata Tetraponera binghami Forel , 1902Tetraponera modesta Tetraponera nigra Jerdon , 1858Tetraponera nitida Tetraponera rufonigra Jerdon , 1851Vollenhovia acanthina Vollenhovia oblonga laevithoraxVombisidris humboldticola Yavnella indica
Gallery
Some common ant species in PONDIYA [ 1]
Anoplolepis gracilipes (Crazy yellow ants)
Camponotus sp. (Carpenter ant)
Monomorium pharaonis (Pharaoh ant)
Oecophylla smaragdina (Red Weaver ant)
Paratrechina longicornis (Black Crazy ants)
Tetraponera rufonigra (Arboreal Bicolor ant)
Tapinoma melanocephalum (Ghost ants)
References
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