ANTS OF CURAÇAO, species list
Peter Boer
This list is the result of the identification of samples collected between 1930 and 1970 by H.J. MacGillavry, P. Wagenaar Hummelinck, R.H. Cobben (all in collection Naturalis Biodiversity Center), J.K.Wetterer between 2004 and 2011, with a few additions
from third parties and from literature.
Most identifications are done by the author.
Dolichoderinae |
| Azteca flavigaster |
| Dolichoderus bispinosus |
| Dorymyrmex insanus |
| Dorymyrmex bicolor |
| Dorymyrmex biconis |
| Tapinoma melanocephalum |
| Dorylinae |
| Neivamyrmex curvinotus |
| Neivamyrmex iridescens |
| Ectatomminae |
| Ectatomma ruidum |
|
Formicinae |
| Brachymyrmex australis |
| Brachymyrmex obscurior |
| Brachymyrmex patagonicus |
| Brachymyrmex termitophilus |
| Camponotus atriceps |
| Camponotus bispinosus |
| Camponotus blandus |
| Camponotus curviscapus |
| Camponotus coloratus |
| Camponotus lindigi |
| Camponotus sexguttatus |
| Camponotus zoc |
| Nylanderia guatemalensis |
| Nylanderia steinheili |
| Paratrechina longicornis |
Myrmicinae |
| Acromyrmex santschii |
| Atta cephalotes |
| Cardiocondyla emeryi |
| Cardiocondyla mauritanica |
| Crematogaster crinosa |
| Crematogaster obscurata |
| Cyphomyrmex minutus |
| Kalathomyrmex emeryi |
| Monomorium floricola |
| Monomorium pharaonis |
| Paratrachymyrmex bugnioni |
| Pheidole arhuaca |
| Pheidole fallax |
| Pheidole indica |
| Pheidole longiscapa |
| Pheidole megacephala |
| Pheidole radoszkowskii |
| Rogeria curvipubens |
| Solenopsis azteca |
| Solenopsis geminata |
| Solenopsis globularia |
| Solenopsis pollux |
| Solenopsis subterranea |
| Solenopsis zeteki |
| Strumigenys eggersi |
| Strumigenys emmae |
| Strumigenys louisianae |
| Strumigenys skia |
| Strumigenys silvestrii |
| Tetramorium caldarium |
| Tetramorium lanuginosum |
| Tetramorium simillimum |
| Trichomyrmex destructor |
| Wasmannia auropunctata |
Ponerinae |
| Hypoponera ergatandria |
| Hypoponera opaciceps |
| Hypoponera opacior |
| Odontomachus bauri |
| Odontomachus ruginodis |
| Platythyrea punctata |
| Pseudomyrmicinae |
| Pseudomyrmex curacaensis |
| Pseudomyrmex simplex |
| Pseudomyrmex tenuissimus |
| Pseudomyrmex termitarius |
* see identification key
Iguana in Lagun Bay, habitat of Azteca flavigsater. Photo: R. Schmitz.
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Pseudomyrmex curacaensis is originally described from Curaçao by Forel in 1912. Photo: antweb.org.
Ectatomma ruidum a very rare and perhaps extinct species on Curacao. Photo: antweb.org.
An identification key of the ants of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao is presented here.
See also: http://www.dutchcaribbeanspecies.org/