List of ants of India

"An ant ( *Camponotus compressus* ) traverses the edge of a wall during a serene sunset in Southern India. These species, native to tropical regions, are known for their strength and social structures, playing a vital role in the ecosystem by aerating soil and aiding in decomposition."

This List of ants of India is a list and index to the species of ants found in India.

A-D

• Acanthomyrmex luciolae Emery, 1893
• Acropyga acutiventris Roger, 1862
  • Acropyga acutiventris rubescens Forel, 1894
• Aenictus aratus Forel, 1900
• Aenictus arya Forel, 1901
• Aenictus binghami Forel, 1900
• Aenictus brevicornis Mayr, 1879
• Aenictus ceylonicus Mayr, 1866
• Aenictus clavatus Forel, 1901
  • Aenictus clavatus kanariensis Forel, 1901
• Aenictus clavitibia Forel, 1901
• Aenictus doryloides Wilson, 1964
• Aenictus fergusoni Forel, 1901
• Aenictus gleadowii Forel, 1901
• Aenictus laeviceps Smith, 1857
• Aenictus latiscapus Forel, 1901
• Aenictus longi Forel, 1901
• Aenictus pachycerus Smith, 1858
• Aenictus peguensis Emery, 1895
• Aenictus pubescens Smith, 1859
• Aenictus punensis Forel, 1901
• Aenictus sagei Forel, 1901
• Aenictus shillongensis Mathew and Tiwari, 2000
• Aenictus shuckardi Forel, 1901
• Aenictus westwoodi Forel, 1901
• Aenictus wroughtonii Forel, 1890
• Amblyopone bellii Forel,1900
• Amblyopone pertinax Baroni Urbani, 1978
• Amblyopone rothneyi Forel, 1900
• Anochetus graeffei Mayr, 1870
• Anochetus kanariensis Forel, 1900
• Anochetus madaraszi Mayr, 1897
• Anochetus myops Emery, 1893
• Anochetus obscurior Brown, 1978
• Anochetus orientalis André, 1887
• Anochetus pupulatus Brown, 1978
• Anochetus rufus Jerdon, 1851
• Anochetus sedilloti Emery, 1884
• Anochetus yerburyi Forel, 1900
• Anoplolepis gracilipes Smith, 1857
• Aphaenogaster annandalei Mukerjee, 1930
• Aphaenogaster beccarii Emery, 1887
• Aphaenogaster beesoni Donisthorpe, 1933
• Aphaenogaster cavernicola Donisthorpe, 1938
• Aphaenogaster cristata Forel, 1902
• Aphaenogaster longiceps Smith, 1858
• Aphaenogaster rothneyi Forel, 1902
• Aphaenogaster sagei Forel, 1902
• Aphaenogaster schurri Forel, 1902
• Aphaenogaster smythiesii Forel, 1902
  • Aphaenogaster smythiesii prudens Forel, 1902
• Bothriomyrmex myops Forel, 1895
• Bothriomyrmex walshi Forel, 1895
• Bothriomyrmex wroughtonii Forel, 1895
  • Bothriomyrmex wroughtonii dalyi Forel, 1895
• Calyptomyrmex sp.
• Camponotus aethiops cachmiriensis Emery, 1925
• Camponotus albosparsus Bingham, 1903
• Camponotus angusticollis Jerdon, 1851
  • Camponotus angusticollis sanguinolentus Forel, 1895
• Camponotus arrogans Smith, 1858
• Camponotus barbatus taylori Forel, 1892
• Camponotus binghamii Forel, 1894
• Camponotus buddhae Forel, 1892
• Camponotus camelinus Smith, 1857
• Camponotus carbonarius Latreille, 1802
• Camponotus caryae himalayanus Forel, 1855
• Camponotus ceylonicus Emery, 1925
• Camponotus cinerascens Fabricius, 1787
• Camponotus compressus Fabricius, 1787
• Camponotus confucii Forel, 1894
• Camponotus cotesii Forel, 1893
• Camponotus crassisquamis Forel, 1902
• Camponotus dolendus Forel, 1892
• Camponotus exiguoguttatus Forel, 1886
• Camponotus fallax Nylander, 1856
• Camponotus festinus Smith, 1857
• Camponotus gretae Forel, 1902
• Camponotus holosericeus Emery, 1889
• Camponotus horseshoetus Datta and Raychaudhuri, 1985
• Camponotus invidus Forel, 1892
• Camponotus irritans Smith, 1857
• Camponotus lamarckii Forel, 1892
• Camponotus longi Forel, 1902
• Camponotus luteus Smith, 1858
• Camponotus maculatus basalis Smith, 1878
  • Camponotus maculatus infuscus Forel, 1892
  • Camponotus maculatus pallidus Smith, 1857
• Camponotus megalonyx Wheeler, 1919
• Camponotus mendax Emery, 1895
• Camponotus misturus Smith, 1857
  • Camponotus misturus fornaronis Forel, 1892
• Camponotus mitis Smith,1858
  • Camponotus mitis fuscithorax DallaTorre, 1893
• Camponotus nicobarensis Mayr, 1865
• Camponotus nirvanae Forel, 1893
• Camponotus oblongusbinominatus Forel, 1916
• Camponotus oblongus Smith, 1858
• Camponotus parius Emery, 1889
• Camponotus phragmaticola Donisthorpe, 1943
• Camponotus puniceps Donisthorpe, 1942
• Camponotus radiatus Forel, 1892
• Camponotus reticulatus latitans Forel,1893
  • Camponotus reticulatus yerburyi Forel, 1893
• Camponotus rothneyi Forel, 1893
• Camponotus rufifemur Emery, 1900
• Camponotus rufoglaucus Jerdon, 1851
  • Camponotus rufoglaucus tenuis Forel, 1907
• Camponotus saundersi Emery, 1889
• Camponotus selene Emery, 1889
• Camponotus sericeus Fabricius, 1798
  • Camponotus sericeus opaciventris Mayr, 1879
  • Camponotus sericeus peguensis Emery, 1895
• Camponotus siemsseni Forel, 1901
• Camponotus singularis Smith, 1858
• Camponotus sklarus Bolton, 1995
• Camponotus socrates Forel, 1904
• Camponotus spenceri Clark, 1930
• Camponotus strictus Jerdon, 1851
• Camponotus sylvaticusbasalis Smith, 1878
• Camponotus sylvaticusparadichrous Emery, 1925
• Camponotus thraso Forel, 1893
• Camponotus timidus Jerdon, 1851
• Camponotus variegatus Smith, 1858
  • Camponotus variegatus kattensis Bingham, 1903
  • Camponotus variegatus somnificus Forel, 1902
• Camponotus varius Donisthorpe, 1943
• Camponotus velox Jerdon, 1851
• Camponotus wasmanni Emery, 1893
• Camponotus wroughtonii Forel, 1893
• Cardiocondyla carbonaria Forel, 1907
• Cardiocondyla nuda Mayr, 1866
• Cardiocondyla parvinoda Forel, 1902
• Cardiocondyla wroughtoni Forel, 1890
• Carebara affinis (Jerdon, 1851)
• Carebara diversa (Jerdon, 1851)
• Carebara lignata Westwood, 1840
• Cataglyphis cugiai Menozzi, 1939
• Cataglyphis indicus Pisarski, 1961
• Cataglyphis setipes Forel, 1894
• Cataulacus granulatus Latreille, 1802
• Cataulacus latus Forel, 1891
• Cataulacus simoni Emery, 1893
• Cataulacus taprobanae Smith, 1853
• Centromyrmex feae Emery, 1889
• Cerapachys aitkenii Forel, 1900
• Cerapachys besucheti Brown, 1975
• Cerapachys fossulatus Forel, 1895
• Cerapachys indicus Brown, 1975
• Cerapachys longitarsus Mayr, 1879
• Cerapachys sulcinodis Emery, 1889
• Crematogaster abdominalis Motschoulsky, 1863
• Crematogaster aberrans Forel, 1892
  • Crematogaster aberrans assmuthi Forel, 1913
  • Crematogaster aberrans inglebyi Forel, 1902
• Crematogaster aitkenii Forel, 1902
• Crematogaster anthracina Smith, 1857
• Crematogaster betapicalis Bolton, 1995
• Crematogaster binghamii Forel, 1904
• Crematogaster biroi Mayr, 1897
  • Crematogaster biroi smythiesii Forel, 1902
• Crematogaster brunnea contemta Mayr, 1879
  • Crematogaster brunnea nicevillei Emery, 1922
  • Crematogaster brunnea nilgirica Emery, 1922
• Crematogaster buddhae Forel, 1902
• Crematogaster dalyi Forel, 1902
• Crematogaster dalyi sikkimensis Forel, 1904
• Crematogaster dhorni artifex Mayr, 1879
• Crematogaster diffusa Jerdon, 1851
• Crematogaster diffusa physothorax Emery, 1889
• Crematogaster dohrni Mayr, 1879
• Crematogaster ebenina Forel, 1902
  • Crematogaster ebenina corax Forel, 1902
• Crematogaster himalayana Forel, 1902
• Crematogaster hogsoni Forel, 1902
• Crematogaster kirbii Sykes, 1835
• Crematogaster laboriosa ruginota Santschi, 1928
• Crematogaster millardi Forel, 1902
• Crematogaster modigliani Emery, 1900
• Crematogaster perelegans Forel, 1902
• Crematogaster politula Forel, 1902
• Crematogaster pradipi Tiwari, 1999
• Crematogaster ransonneti Mayr, 1868
• Crematogaster rogenhoferi Mayr, 1879
  • Crematogaster rogenhoferi flava Forel, 1886
  • Crematogaster rogenhoferi lutea Emery, 1893
• Crematogaster rothneyi Mayr, 1879
  • Crematogaster rothneyi civa Forel, 1902
• Crematogaster rufa Jerdon, 1851
• Crematogaster sagei Forel, 1902
  • Crematogaster sagei laevinota Forel, 1902
• Crematogaster soror Forel, 1902
• Crematogaster subnuda Mayr, 1879
• Crematogaster subnudarabula Forel, 1902
• Crematogaster travancorensis Forel, 1902
• Crematogaster walshi Forel, 1902
• Crematogaster wroughtonii Forel, 1902
• Diacamma assamense Forel, 1897
• Diacamma ceylonense Emery, 1897
  • Diacamma ceylonense orbiculatum Santschi, 1932
• Diacamma cyaneiventre André, 1887
• Diacamma geometricum viridipurpureum Emery, 1893
• Diacamma indicum Santschi, 1920
• Diacamma rugosum LeGuillou, 1842
  • Diacamma rugosum jerdoni Forel, 1903
  • Diacamma rugosum rothneyi Forel, 1900
  • Diacamma rugosum sikkimense Forel, 1903
• Diacamma scalpratum Smith, 1858
• Diacamma sculptum Jerdon, 1851
• Diacamma sculpturata Smith, 1859
• Diacamma vagans Smith, 1860
  • Diacamma vagans doveri Mukerjee, 1934
• Dilobocondyla bangalorica Varghese, 2006
• Discothyrea sringerensis Merry and Priyadarsanan, 2004
• Dolichoderus affinis Emery, 1889
  • Dolichoderus affinis glabripes Forel, 1895
• Dolichoderus feae Emery, 1889
  • Dolichoderus feae fuscus Emery, 1889
• Dolichoderus moggridgei Forel, 1886
  • Dolichoderus moggridgei bicolor Santschi, 1920
• Dolichoderus moggridgei lugubris Santschi, 1920
• Dolichoderus sulcaticeps Mayr, 1870
• Dolichoderus sundari, Mathew and Tiwari, 2000
• Dolichoderus taprobanae Smith, 1858
  • Dolichoderus taprobanae gracilipes Mayr, 1879
• Dolichoderus thoracicus Smith, 1860
• Dorylus labiatus Shuckard, 1840
• Dorylus orientalis Westwood, 1835
  • Dorylus orientalis obscuriceps Santschi, 1920

E-L

• Emeryopone sp.nov.
• Formica gagates Latreille, 1798
• Formica gravelyi Mukerjee, 1930
• Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793
• Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798
• Gnamptogenys bicolor Emery, 1889
• Gnamptogenys coxalis Roger, 1860
• Harpegnathos saltator Jerdon, 1851
• Harpegnathos venator Smith, 1858
• Hypoponera abeillei assmuthi Forel, 1905
• Hypoponera confinis Roger, 1860
  • Hypoponera confinis aitkenii Forel, 1900
  • Hypoponera confinis wroughtonii Forel, 1900
• Hypoponera gleadowi Forel, 1895
• Indomyrma dasypyx Brown, 1986
• Iridomyrmex anceps Roger, 1863
  • Iridomyrmex anceps sikkimensis Forel, 1904
• Iridomyrmex glaber Mayr, 1862
• Kartidris nyos Bolton, 1991
• Lasius alienoflavus Bingham, 1903
• Lasius alienus Foerster, 1850
• Lasius bicornis Foerster, 1850
• Lasius breviscapus Seifert, 1992
• Lasius brunneus Latreille, 1798
• Lasius crinitus Smith, 1858
• Lasius fuliginosus Latreille, 1798
• Lasius himalayanus Bingham, 1903
• Lasius mikir Collingwood, 1982
• Lepisiota annandalei Mukerjee, 1930
• Lepisiota capensis Mayr, 1862
  • Lepisiota capensis simplex Forel, 1892
• Lepisiota fergusoni Forel, 1895
• Lepisiota frauenfeldi Mayr, 1855
  • Lepisiota frauenfeldi integra Forel, 1894
• Lepisiota modesta Forel, 1894
• Lepisiota opaca Forel, 1892
  • Lepisiota opaca pulchella Forel, 1892
• Lepisiota rothneyi Forel, 1894
  • Lepisiota rothneyi wroughtonii Forel, 1902
• Lepisiota sericea Forel, 1892
• Leptanilla escheri Kutter, 1948
• Leptogenys assamensis Forel, 1900
• Leptogenys birmana Forel, 1900
• Leptogenys carinata Donisthorpe, 1943
• Leptogenys chinensis Mayr, 1870
• Leptogenys dalyi Forel, 1900
• Leptogenys dentilobis Forel, 1900
• Leptogenys diminuta Smith, 1857
  • Leptogenys diminuta deceptrix Forel, 1901
  • Leptogenys diminuta diminutolaeviceps Forel, 1900
  • Leptogenys diminuta palliseri Forel, 1900
  • Leptogenys diminuta woodmasoni Forel, 1886
• Leptogenys emiliae Forel, 1902
• Leptogenys hysterica Forel, 1900
• Leptogenys iridipennis Smith, 1858
• Leptogenys jeanettei Mathew and Tiwari, 2000
• Leptogenys kitteli Mayr, 1870
  • Leptogenys kittteli minor Forel, 1900
• Leptogenys longiscapa Donisthorpe, 1943
• Leptogenys minchinii Forel, 1900
• Leptogenys moelleri Bingham, 1903
• Leptogenys peuqueti André, 1887
• Leptogenys processionalis Jerdon, 1851
• Leptogenys punctiventris Mayr, 1879
• Leptogenys roberti Forel, 1900
  • Leptogenys roberti coonoorensis Forel, 1900
• Leptogenys stenocheilos Jerdon, 1851
• Leptogenys yerburyi Forel, 1900
• Leptothorax desioi Menozzi, 1939
  • Leptothorax desioi melanicus Menozzi, 1939
• Leptothorax fultonii Forel, 1902
• Leptothorax inermis Forel, 1902
• Leptothorax rothneyi Forel, 1902
  • Leptothorax rothneyi simlensis Forel, 1904
• Leptothorax schurri Forel, 1902
• Leptothorax wroughtonii Forel, 1904
• Liometopum lindgreeni Forel, 1902
• Lophomyrmex ambiguus Rigato, 1994
• Lophomyrmex bedoti Emery, 1893
• Lophomyrmex birmanus Emery, 1893
• Lophomyrmex kali Rigato, 1994
• Lophomyrmex quadrispinosus Jerdon, 1851

M-R

• Meranoplus bellii Forel, 1902
• Meranoplus bicolor Guérin-Méneville, 1844
  • Meranoplus bicolor lucidus Forel, 1903
• Meranoplus carinatus Donisthorpe, 1942
• Meranoplus flaviventris Donisthorpe, 1943
• Meranoplus laeviventris Emery, 1889
• Meranoplus levis Donisthorpe, 1942
• Meranoplus rothneyi Forel, 1902
• Messor barbarus Linnaeus, 1767
• Messor himalayanus Forel, 1902
• Messor instabilis Smith, 1858
• Messor minor André, 1883
• Monomorium aberrans Forel, 1902
• Monomorium atomum Forel, 1902
  • Monomorium atomum integrium Forel, 1902
• Monomorium biroi Forel, 1907
• Monomorium criniceps Mayr, 1879
  • Monomorium criniceps nigrum Forel, 1902
• Monomorium destructor Jerdon, 1851
• Monomorium dichroum Forel, 1902
• Monomorium floricola Jerdon, 1851
• Monomorium glabrum André, 1883
  • Monomorium glabrum clarum Forel, 1902
  • Monomorium glabrum glabrocriniceps Forel, 1902
• Monomorium indicum Forel, 1902
• Monomorium kempi Mukerjee, 1930
• Monomorium latinode Mayr, 1872
• Monomorium longi Forel, 1902
• Monomorium luisae Forel, 1904
• Monomorium mayri Forel, 1902
• Monomorium orientale Mayr, 1879
• Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758
• Monomorium sagei Forel, 1902
• Monomorium scabriceps Mayr, 1879
  • Monomorium scabriceps crinicipitoscabriceps Forel, 1902
• Monomorium schurri Forel, 1902
• Monomorium subopacum Smith, 1858
• Monomorium wroughtoni Forel, 1902
• Monomorium wroughtonianum Ettershank, 1966
• Myopopone castanea Smith, 1860
• Myrmecina pilicornis Smith, 1858
• Myrmecina striata Emery, 1889
• Myrmecina urbanii Tiwari, 1994
• Myrmecina vidyae Tiwari, 1994
• Myrmica aimonissabaudiae Menozzi, 1939
• Myrmica beesoni Mukerjee, 1934
• Myrmica breviceps Smith, 1878
• Myrmica debilior Forel, 1902
• Myrmica dicaporiacoi Menozzi, 1939
• Myrmica ereptrix Bolton, 1988
• Myrmica indica Weber, 1950
• Myrmica inezae Forel, 1902
• Myrmica luctuosa Smith, 1878
• Myrmica margaritae Emery, 1889
• Myrmica pachei Forel, 1906
• Myrmica rugifrons Smith, 1858
• Myrmica rugosa Mayr, 1865
  • Myrmica rugosa debilior Forel, 1902
• Myrmica smythiesii Forel, 1902
  • Myrmica smythiesii hecate Weber, 1947
  • Myrmica smythiesii cachmiriensis Forel, 1904
  • Myrmica smythiesii carbonaria Forel, 1902
  • Myrmica smythiesii fortior Forel, 1904
  • Myrmica smythiesii himalayana Weber, 1947
  • Myrmica smythiesii lutescens Menozzi, 1939
  • Myrmica smythiesii rupestris Forel, 1902
• Myrmicaria birmana Forel, 1902
• Myrmicaria brunnea Saunders, 1842
• Myrmicaria fodica Jerdon, 1851
• Myrmoteras binghamii Forel, 1893
• Myrmoteras brachygnathum Moffett, 1985
• Myrmoteras indicum Moffett, 1985
• Myrmoteras scabrum Moffett, 1985
• Odontomachus haematodus Linnaeus, 1758
• Odontomachus monticola Emery, 1892
• Odontomachus rixosus Smith, 1857
• Odontomachus simillimus Smith, 1858
• Odontoponera transversa Smith, 1857
• Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius, 1775
• Oligomyrmex aborensis Wheeler, 1913
• Oligomyrmex asinus Forel, 1902
• Oligomyrmex bengalensis Forel, 1902
• Oligomyrmex lamellifrons Forel, 1902
• Oligomyrmex leei Forel, 1902
• Oligomyrmex nayana Sheela and Narendran, 1997
• Oligomyrmex raja Forel, 1902
• Oligomyrmex rothneyi Forel, 1902
• Oligomyrmex wroughtonii Forel, 1902
• Pachycondyla amblyops Emery, 1887
• Pachycondyla annamita André, 1892
• Pachycondyla arcuata Karavaiev, 1925
• Pachycondyla astuta Smith, 1858
• Pachycondyla bispinosa Smith, 1858
• Pachycondyla crassa Emery, 1877
• Pachycondyla darwinii Forel, 1893
  • Pachycondyla darwinii indica Emery, 1899
• Pachycondyla henryi Donisthorpe, 1942
• Pachycondyla javana Mayr, 1867
• Pachycondyla jerdonii Forel, 1900
• Pachycondyla leeuwenhoeki Forel, 1886
• Pachycondyla luteipes Mayr, 1862
  • Pachycondyla luteipes continentalis Karavaiev, 1925
• Pachycondyla melanaria Emery, 1893
• Pachycondyla nigrita Emery, 1895
• Pachycondyla rubiginosa Emery, 1889
• Pachycondyla rufipes Jerdon, 1851
• Pachycondyla stigma Fabricius, 1804
• Pachycondyla striolata Donisthorpe, 1933
• Pachycondyla sulcata Mayr, 1867
  • Pachycondyla sulcata fossulata Forel, 1900
  • Pachycondyla sulcata sulcatotesserinoda Forel,1900
• Pachycondyla tesseronoda Emery, 1977
• Pachycondyla wroughtonii Forel, 1901
• Paratopula ceylonica Emery, 1901
• Paratopula intermedia Sheela and Narendran, 1998
• Paratrechina aseta Forel, 1902
• Paratrechina assimilis Jerdon, 1851
• Paratrechina bourbonica Forel, 1886
• Paratrechina indica Forel, 1894
• Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802
• Paratrechina smythiesii Forel, 1894
• Paratrechina taylori Forel, 1894
• Paratrechina yerburyi Forel, 1894
• Pheidole allani Bingham, 1903
• Pheidole bhavanae Bingham, 1903
• Pheidole capellinii Emery, 1887
• Pheidole constanciae Forel, 1902
  • Pheidole constanciae nigra Forel, 1902
• Pheidole diffusa Jerdon, 1851
• Pheidole feae Emery, 1895
• Pheidole fergusoni Forel, 1902
• Pheidole fervens Smith, 1858
• Pheidole ghatica Forel, 1902
• Pheidole grayi Forel, 1902
• Pheidole hoogwerfi Forel, 1902
• Pheidole hospita Bingham, 1903
• Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879
  • Pheidole indica coonoorensis Forel, 1902
  • Pheidole indica himalayana Forel, 1902
  • Pheidole indica rotschana Forel, 1902
• Pheidole jucunda Forel, 1885
  • Pheidole jucunda fossulata Forel, 1902
• Pheidole lamellinoda Forel, 1902
• Pheidole lanuginosa Wilson, 1984
• Pheidole latinoda Roger, 1863
  • Pheidole latinoda angustior Forel, 1902
  • Pheidole latinoda major Forel, 1885
• Pheidole malabarica Jerdon, 1851
• Pheidole malinsii Forel, 1902
• Pheidole minor Jerdon, 1851
• Pheidole multidens Forel, 1902
• Pheidole mus Forel, 1902
• Pheidole naoroji Forel, 1902
• Pheidole noda Smith, 1874
  • Pheidole noda stella Forel, 1911
• Pheidole parasitica Wilson, 1984
• Pheidole parva Mayr, 1865
  • Pheidole parva decanica Forel, 1902
• Pheidole peguensis Emery, 1895
• Pheidole phipsoni Forel, 1902
• Pheidole plagiaria Smith, 1860
• Pheidole pronotalis Forel, 1902
• Pheidole providens Sykes, 1835
• Pheidole roberti Forel, 1902
• Pheidole rogersi taylori Forel, 1902
• Pheidole sagei Forel, 1902
• Pheidole sepulchralis Bingham, 1903
• Pheidole sharpi Forel, 1902
• Pheidole smythiesii Forel, 1902
  • Pheidole smythiesii bengalensis Forel, 1902
• Pheidole spathifera Forel, 1902
  • Pheidole spathifera aspatha Forel, 1902
• Pheidole striativentris Mayr, 1879
• Pheidole sulcaticeps Roger, 1863
  • Pheidole sulcaticeps punensis Forel, 1902
  • Pheidole sulcaticeps yeensis Forel, 1902
• Pheidole sykesii Forel, 1902
• Pheidole templaria Forel, 1902
• Pheidole watsoni Forel, 1902
• Pheidole woodmasoni Forel, 1885
• Pheidole wroughtonii Forel, 1902
• Plagiolepis balestrierii Menozzi, 1939
• Plagiolepis dichroa Forel, 1902
• Plagiolepis exigua Forel, 1894
• Plagiolepis jerdonii Forel, 1894
• Plagiolepis moelleri Bingham, 1903
• Plagiolepis pontii Menozzi, 1939
• Plagiolepis rogeri Forel, 1894
• Platythyrea parallela Smith, 1859
• Platythyrea sagei Forel, 1900
• Polyrhachis aculeata Mayr, 1879
• Polyrhachis armata Le Guillou, 1842
  • Polyrhachis armata defensa Smith, 1857
• Polyrhachis bicolor Smith, 1858
• Polyrhachis bihamata Drury, 1773
• Polyrhachis binghamii Forel, 1893
• Polyrhachis dives belli Forel, 1912
• Polyrhachis dives Smith, 1857
• Polyrhachis exercita lucidiventris Forel, 1907
  • Polyrhachis exercita obtusisquama Forel, 1902
• Polyrhachis exercita Walker, 1859
  • Polyrhachis exercita rastrata Emery, 1889
• Polyrhachis furcata Smith, 1858
• Polyrhachis gracilior Forel, 1893
• Polyrhachis halidayi Emery, 1889
• Polyrhachis hastata Latreille, 1802
• Polyrhachis hector Smith, 1857
• Polyrhachis hemiopticoides Mukerjee, 1930
• Polyrhachis hippomanes ceylonensis Emery, 1893
• Polyrhachis horni Emery, 1901
• Polyrhachis illaudata Walker, 1859
  • Polyrhachis illaudata intermedia Forel, 1886
• Polyrhachis indificans Jerdon, 1851
• Polyrhachis karawaiewi Santschi, 1928
• Polyrhachis lacteipennis Smith, 1858
  • Polyrhachis lacteipennis obsoleta Forel, 1893
• Polyrhachis laevissima Smith, 1858
  • Polyrhachis laevissima dichroa Forel, 1893
• Polyrhachis marginata Smith, 1859
• Polyrhachis menelas Forel, 1904
• Polyrhachis proxima Roger, 1863
• Polyrhachis pubescens Mayr, 1879
• Polyrhachis punctillata Roger, 1863
  • Polyrhachis punctillata fergusoni Forel, 1902
  • Polyrhachis puntillata smythiesii Forel, 1895
• Polyrhachis rastellata Latreille, 1802
  • Polyrhachis rastellata corporaali Santschi, 1928
  • Polyrhachis rastellata pagana Santschi, 1928
• Polyrhachis relucens Latreille, 1802
• Polyrhachis rufipes Smith, 1858
• Polyrhachis sexspinosa Latreille, 1802
• Polyrhachis striata Mayr, 1862
  • Polyrhachis striata assamensis Forel, 1902
• Polyrhachis sumatrensis hamulata Emery, 1887
  • Polyrhachis sumatrensis striatorugosa Mayr, 1862
• Polyrhachis sylvicola Jerdon, 1851
• Polyrhachis thompsoni Bingham, 1903
• Polyrhachis thrinax Roger, 1863
  • Polyrhachis thrinax lancearia Forel, 1893
• Polyrhachis tibialis Smith, 1858
• Polyrhachis tubericeps Forel, 1893
• Polyrhachis wroughtonii Forel, 1894
• Prenolepis naoroji Forel, 1902
• Proceratium williamsi Mathew and Tiwari, 2000
• Pseudolasius familiaris Smith, 1860
• Pyramica sp.
• Recurvidris recurvispinosa Forel, 1890
• Rhoptromyrmex mayri Forel, 1912
• Rhoptromyrmex wroughtonii Forel, 1902

S-Z

• Solenopsis geminata Fabricius, 1804
• Sphinctomyrmex taylori Forel, 1900
• Stenamma wilsoni Bharti, Gul & Sharma, 2012
• Stenamma jhitingriense Bharti, Gul & Sharma, 2012
• Strumigenys emmae Emery, 1890
• Strumigenys godeffroyi Mayr, 1866
• Strumigenys lewisi Cameron, 1886
• Strumigenys smythiesii Forel, 1902
• Tapinoma annandalei Wheeler, 1928
• Tapinoma indicum Forel, 1895
• Tapinoma luffae Kurian, 1955
• Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793
• Tapinoma wroughtonii Forel, 1904
• Technomyrmex albipes Smith, 1861
  • Technomyrmex albipes bruneipes Forel, 1895
  • Technomyrmex albipes brunneus Forel, 1895
• Technomyrmex elatior Forel, 1902
• Technomyrmex incisus Mukerjee, 1930
• Tetramorium barryi Mathew, 1980
• Tetramorium belgaense Forel, 1902
• Tetramorium bicarinatum Nylander, 1846
• Tetramorium browni Bolton, 1980
• Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758
• Tetramorium christiei Forel, 1902
• Tetramorium coonoorense Forel, 1902
• Tetramorium cordatus Sheela and Narendran, 1998
• Tetramorium decamerum Forel, 1902
• Tetramorium elisabethae Forel, 1904
• Tetramorium fergusoni Forel, 1902
• Tetramorium guineense Bernard, 1953
• Tetramorium inglebyi Forel, 1902
• Tetramorium keralensis Sheela and Narendran, 1998
• Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870
• Tetramorium malabarensis Sheela and Narendran, 1998
• Tetramorium mixtum Forel, 1902
• Tetramorium myops Bolton, 1977
• Tetramorium nursei Bingham, 1903
• Tetramorium obesum André, 1887
• Tetramorium petiolatus Sheela and Narendran, 1998
• Tetramorium pilosum Emery, 1893
• Tetramorium rossi Bolton, 1976
• Tetramorium rothneyi Forel, 1902
• Tetramorium rugigaster Bolton, 1977
• Tetramorium salvatum Forel, 1902
• Tetramorium sentosus Sheela and Narendran, 1998
• Tetramorium simillimum Smith, 1851
• Tetramorium smithi Mayr, 1879
• Tetramorium tortuosum Roger, 1863
• Tetramorium walshi Forel, 1890
• Tetramorium wroughtoni Forel, 1902
• Tetraponera aitkenii Forel, 1902
• Tetraponera allaborans Walker, 1859
• Tetraponera attenuata Smith,1877
• Tetraponera binghami Forel, 1902
• Tetraponera modesta Smith, 1860
• Tetraponera nigra Jerdon, 1858
• Tetraponera nitida Smith, 1860
• Tetraponera rufonigra Jerdon, 1851
• Vollenhovia acanthina Karavaiev, 1935
• Vollenhovia oblonga laevithorax Emery, 1889
• Vombisidris humboldticola Merry and Priyadarsanan, 2004
• Yavnella indica Kugler, 1987

Gallery

• Some common ant species in PONDIYA
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  Anoplolepis gracilipes (Crazy yellow ants)
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  Camponotus sp. (Carpenter ant)
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  Monomorium pharaonis (Pharaoh ant)
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  Oecophylla smaragdina (Red Weaver ant)
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  Paratrechina longicornis (Black Crazy ants)
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  Tetraponera rufonigra (Arboreal Bicolor ant)
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  Tapinoma melanocephalum (Ghost ants)

References

• Checklist of Indian ants
• T. C. Jerdon's ant lists
• Bingham, C. T. 1903. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera 2. Ants and cuckoo-wasps. London. 506 pp. Browse or download the pdf here: [1]
• List of Ants India, Dr. Himender Bharti, Gary D. Alpert
• [2], India Ants, Dr. Himender Bharti
• [3], Ants of India, Dr. Himender Bharti