The Ants of Africa Taxonomic changes and additions to previously described species first recorded on this website - as at 30 December 2008, additions March 2009; August 2009; minor revision January 2010

The followinglist is  of taxonomic changes and a few additions to resulting from my comprehensive examination of almost all original descriptions of species, subspecies, varieties and stirps. In most cases the changes stem from study of specimens sent to me. Those are denoted as * indicating digital photographs original to this site; from among a total of over 480 including those for established species.

Excluding those described as new species which are on a separate page New Species 2010

AENICTINAE

Aenictus guineensis Santschi new status * (drawing Taylor, 1980b: 5)

DOLICHODERINAE

Tapinoma connexum Santschi new status *

Tapinoma longiceps Wheeler new status *

DORYLINAE

Dorylus (Anomma) indocilis Santschi new status *

Dorylus (Anomma) militaris Santschi new status *

Dorylus (Anomma) molestus (Gerstæcker) revived status *

Dorylus (Anomma) ornatus Santschi new status *

Dorylus (Anomma) quadratus Santschi new status

Dorylus (Anomma) sjoestedti Emery new status *

Dorylus (Anomma) terrificus Santschi new status *

Dorylus (Anomma) victoriae Santschi new status * (drawing Taylor, 1980: 15)

Dorylus (Anomma) zumpti Santschi new status * (August 2009)

Dorylus (Dorylus) aegyptiacus Mayr revived status * (August 2009)

Dorylus (Dorylus) pulliceps Santschi new status * (August 2009)

Dorylus (Typhlopone) badius Gerstäcker revived status * - male from South Africa

Dorylus (Typhlopone) eurous Emery new status * - workers from Sudan

Dorylus (Typhlopone) fulvus (Westwood) - workers from West Africa, possible male from the Central African Republic; the status of dentifrons and stramineus is unresolved

Dorylus (Typhlopone) glabratus Shuckard revived status * - male from the Central African Republic

Dorylus (Typhlopone) juvenculus Shuckard revived status * - queen, male and workers from Israel - probably punicus ?

Dorylus (Typhlopone) obscurior Wheeler new status * - male and worker from the Central African Republic

Dorylus (Typhlopone) oraniensis (Lucas) revived status * - workers from Tunisia

Dorylus (Typhlopone) rhodesiae Forel new status *- workers from Kenya

FORMICINAE

Camponotus (Myrmacrhaphe) gabonensis Santschi first major recorded (March 2009)

Camponotus (Myrmosaga) mombassae Forel revived status *

Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) euchrous Santschi new status *

Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) obtusus (F. Smith) revived status *

Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) liengmei Forel revived status *

Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) lycurgus Emery new status *

Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus (F.) first attempt to elucidate the definitive species and to separate the Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus varieties

Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) minusculus Viehmeyer new status *

Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) probativus Santschi new status

Cataglyphis congolensis (Stitz) new status

Cataglyphis franchettii Menozzi new status *

Cataglyphis seticornis (Emery) new status

Lepisiota anceps (Forel) new status *

Lepisiota capensis (Mayr) definition and synonymies revised

Lepisiota guineensis (Mayr) new status (drawing Taylor, 1978: 34)

Lepisiota minuta (Forel) new status

Lepisiota mota (Santschi) new status *

Lepisiota validiuscula (Santschi) new status (drawing Taylor, 1978: 37)

Genus Oecophylla F. Smith variability study of "Oecophylla longinoda"

Oecophylla fusca Emery revived status *

Oecophylla rubriceps Forel new status *

Oecophylla taeniata Santschi new status *

Oecophylla textor Santschi new status *

Paratrechina nimba (Bernard) new status *

Paratrechina waelbroecki (Emery) first record of a worker (March, 2009)

Plagiolepis polita Santschi new status

MYRMICINAE

Cardiocondyla emery Forel synonymy of Cardiocondyla yorubae Rigato new synonymy *

Crematogaster (Crematogaster) acis Forel new status *

Crematogaster (Crematogaster) marnoi Mayr new status *

Crematogaster (Crematogaster) rauana Forel new status *

Crematogaster (Crematogaster) tricolor Gerstäcker revived status *

Crematogaster (Orthocrema) molongori Weber new status

Crematogaster (Orthocrema) ugandensis Santschi new status

Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) fauconneti Forel new status *

Microdaceton bernardi new status as species

Monomorium ebangaense Santschi changed synonyms

Monomorium fasciatum Santschi status confirmed *

Monomorium nyasae Arnold revived status

Myrmicaria congolensis Forel new status *

Nesomyrmex latinodis (Mayr) revived status * (drawing Taylor, 1979: 57)

Pheidole bayeri Forel new status *

Pheidole costauriensis Santschi new status * (drawing Taylor, 1980a: 13)

Pheidole erythraea Emery new status * (posted 19.ii.2010)

Pheidole impressifrons Wasmann new status * (drawing Taylor, 1980a: 21)

Pheidole ingenita Santschi new status *

Pheidole melancholica Santschi new status *

Pheidole nkomoana Forel new status *

Pheidole pusilla (Heer) revived status *

Pheidole weissi Santschi new status * (drawing Taylor, 1980a: 25)

Solenopsis globularia (F. Smith) first record outside of the Americas *

Tetramorium angulinode Santschi revised status *, with separation of Tetramorium angulinode papyri (Weber) * (drawing Taylor, 1980a: 63) and possible synonymy of Tetramorium zapyrum Bolton under the type form angulinode

Tetramorium ebeninum Arnold revived status *

Tetramorium nullispinum Bolton revived status

PONERINAE

Leptogenys cribrata Emery revived status

Pachycondyla decolor (Santschi) new status *

Pachycondyla laeviuscula (Gerstaecker) speculative revived status - subject to confirmation

Pachycondyla ruginota (Stitz) new status *

Pachycondyla saldanhae (Arnold) new status as species

Pachycondyla sennaarensis (Mayr) revised (drawing Taylor, 1976: 19)

Phrynoponera striatidens (Santschi) new status

PSEUDOMYRMECINAE

Tetraponera angolensis Santschi new status *

Tetraponera maculifrons (Santschi) new status as species

Tetraponera lepida Wheeler new status (drawing Taylor, 1976: 39)

Tetraponera unidens Santschi new status *

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