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) and by P. Boer in 2020.
All identifications (except the data from literature)
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.
This list anticipates a paper about the ants of Aruba.
An identification key of the ants of Aruba, Bonaire
and Curacao is presented here.
Dolichoderinae |
| Dolichoderus diversus |
| Dorymyrmex biconis |
| Tapinoma melanocephalum species complex |
Formicinae |
| Brachymyrmex australis |
| Brachymyrmex obscurior |
| Brachymyrmex patagonicus |
| Camponotus bispinosus |
| Camponotus blandus |
| Camponotus claviscapus |
| Camponotus lindigi |
| Camponotus simillimus |
| Camponotus zonatus |
| Nylanderia fulva/pubens |
| Nylanderia_guatemalensis |
| Paratrechina longicornis |
Myrmicinae |
| Acromyrmex santschii |
| Cardiocondyla emeryi |
| Cephalotes pellans |
| Crematogaster crinosa |
| Crematogaster distans |
| Crematogaster steinheili |
| Cyphomyrmex minutus |
| Monomorium floricola |
| Monomorium pharaonis |
| Monomorium sahlbergi |
| Pheidole exigua |
| Pheidole fallax |
| Pheidole megacephala |
| Pheidole radoszkowski |
| Solenopsis corticalis/zeteki |
| Solenopsis geminata |
| Solenopsis globularia species complex |
| Solenopsis invicta |
| Strumigenys emmae |
| Tetramorium bicarinatum |
| Tetramorium lanuginosum |
| Tetramorium_similimmum |
| Trichomyrmex destructor |
Ponerinae |
|
| Odontomachus bauri | |
| Pseudomyrmicinae | |
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| Pseudomyrmex elongatulus | |
| Pseudomyrmex flavidulus | |
| Pseudomyrmex termitarius |
see also: http://www.dutchcaribbeanspecies.org/
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.