ANTS OF BONAIRE, 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 2018 by J.K. Winkelman. All identifications (except the data from literature) are done by the author.
This list will be updated as soon as more identifications
are available.
Species with * are also found on Klein Bonaire.
Dolichoderinae |
| Azteca delpini |
| Dorymyrmex antillanus |
| *Dorymyrmex bicolor |
| Dorymyrmex biconis |
| Dorymyrmex brunneus |
| *Dorymyrmex insanus 1) |
| Tapinoma melanocephalum |
|
Formicinae |
| Brachymyrmex australis-species complex 7) |
| Brachymyrmex termitophilus |
| Camponotus blandus |
| Camponotus claviscapus |
| Camponotus coloratus |
| Camponotus lindigi |
| Camponotus sexguttatus |
| Nylanderia steinheili |
| * Paratrechina longicornis |
Myrmicinae |
| Cardiocondyla emeryi 2) |
| Cardiocondyla mauritanica 3) |
| Crematogaster crinosa |
| *Crematogaster obscurata |
| Monomorium floricola |
| *Pheidole exigua |
| Pheidole longiscapa |
| Pheidole megacephala |
| Pheidole susannae |
| Rogeria curvipubens |
| Solenopsis corticalis |
| * Solenopsis geminata |
| Solenopsis globularia |
| Solenopsis subterranea |
| Solenopsis zeteki |
| Strumigenys emmae 4) |
| Strumigenys membranifera 5) |
| Syllophopsis subcoeca |
| Tetramorium caldarium |
| Tetramorkium simillimum |
| Trichomyrmex destructor 6) |
| Wasmannia auropunctata |
Ponerinae |
| Hypoponera ergatandria |
| Hypoponera opacior |
| Leptogenys pubiceps |
| Odontomachus bauri |
| Pseudomyrmicinae |
| Pseudomyrmex curacaensis |
| Pseudomyrmex elongatulus |
| Pseudomyrmex flavidulus |
| Pseudomyrmex termitarius |
1) According to Weber (1948) D. pyramicus would occur here, while D. insanus is not mentioned. Probably his identification is incorrect. Weber, N.A., 1948. Ants from the Leeward group and some other Caribbean localities. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire and the Venezuelan Islands 3 : 78-86.
2) Wetterer, J.K., 2012. Worldwide spread of Emery's sneaking ant, Cardiocondyla emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 17 :
3)
Wetterer, J.K., 2012. Worldwide spread of the Moorish sneaking Ant, Cardiocondyla mauritanica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 59 : 985-997.
4) Wetterer, J.K., 2012. Worldwide spread of Emma's dacetine Ant, Strumigenys emmae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 16 : 69-74.
5)
Wetterer, J.K., 2011. Worldwide spread of the membraniferous dacetine Ant, Strumigenys membranifera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 14 : 129-135.
6)
Wetterer, J.K., 2009. Worldwide spread of the destroyer ant, Monomorium destructor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 12 : 97-108.
7) see identification key of the ABC islands
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Dos Poos, location of among others Pheidole longiscapa. Photo: Han Burgers, 2023.
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Pos Fontein, location of among others Leptogenys pubiceps and Camponotus coloratus. Photo Han Burgers, 2023.
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Flor de Cuba, location of among others Pseudomyrmex elongatulus. Photo Han Burgers, 2023.
An identification key of the ants of
Aruba, Bonaire
and Curacao
is presented here.