ANTS OF ARUBA, 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 (2004-2011) and by P. Boer in 2020.
Most identifications
are done by the author.
The research in 2020 on Aruba was performed with financial support from the Uyttenboogaart-Eliasen Foundation.
A special thanks to the people of Arikok N.P., especially G. Nunes.
An identification key of the ants of
Aruba, Bonaire
and Curacao
is presented here.
Dolichoderinae |
| Dolichoderus diversus |
| Dorymyrmex bicolor |
| Dorymyrmex biconis |
| Tapinoma melanocephalum |
Formicinae |
| Brachymyrmex australis |
| Brachymyrmex flavidulus |
| Brachymyrmex obscurior |
| Brachymyrmex patagonicus |
| Brachymyrmex termitophilus |
| Camponotus bispinosus |
| Camponotus blandus |
| Camponotus curviscapus |
| Camponotus coloratus |
| Camponotus curviscapus |
| Camponotus lindigi |
| Camponotus simillimus |
| Camponotus zonatus |
| Nylanderia bourbonica |
| Nylanderia pubens |
| Nylanderia steinheili |
| Paratrechina longicornis |
Myrmicinae |
| Acromyrmex santschii |
| Cardiocondyla emeryi |
| Cardiocondyla mauritanica |
| Cephalotes pellans |
| Crematogaster crinosa |
| Crematogaster distans |
| Crematogaster obscurata |
| Cyphomyrmex minutus |
| Monomorium floricola |
| Monomorium pharaonis |
| Monomorium sahlbergi |
| Pheidole arhuaca |
| Pheidole megacephala |
| Pheidole radoszkowskii |
| Solenopsis geminata |
| Solenopsis globularia |
| Solenopsis invicta |
| Solenopsis pollux |
| Solenopsis zeteki |
| Strumigenys emmae |
| Tetramorium bicarinatum |
| Tetramorium lanuginosum |
| Tetramorium_simillimum |
| Trichomyrmex destructor |
Ponerinae |
|
| Hypoponera ergatandria | |
| Hypoponera opacior | |
| Odontomachus bauri | |
| Pseudomyrmicinae | |
|
|
| Pseudomyrmex tenuissimus | |
| Pseudomyrmex simplex | |
| Pseudomyrmex termitarius |
Dunes in the northeast of Aruba. Habitat for Dorymyrmex biconis and Brachymyrmex obscurior.
Nest entrance of Dorymyrmex biconis.
Crematogaster crinosa, a very common scorpion ant on Aruba.