ANTS RECORDED FROM THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS:
LIST OF ANTS ESTABLISHED IN HAWAII
(source: N. Reimer Dec. 1999)
Scientific Name Common Name
(if available)
Amblyopone zwaluwenburgi (Williams,
1946)
Anoplolepis gracilipes (F. Smith, 1857)
Brachymyrmex obscurior Forel, 1893
(established on Maui)
Camponotus variegatus (F. Smith, 1858) Hawaiian carpenter ant
Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel,
1881
Cardiocondyla nuda
(Mayr, 1866)
Cardiocondyla venustula Wheeler, 1908
Cardiocondyla wroughtonii
(Forel, 1890)
Cerapachys biroi Forel, 1907
Hypoponera opaciceps (Mayr, 1887)
Hypoponera punctatissima
(Roger, 1859)
Hypoponera zwaluwenburgi (Wheeler, 1933)
Lepisiota sp.
Leptogenys falcigera Roger, 1861
Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868)
Argentine ant
Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851)
Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)
Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987
Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus,
1758) Pharaoh ant
Monomorium sechellense
Emery, 1894
Ochetellus glaber (Mayr, 1862)
Paratrechina bourbonica (Forel, 1886)
Paratrechina longicornis
(Latreille, 1802) crazy ant
Paratrechina vaga (Forel,
1899)
Pheidole fervens F. Smith, 1858
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius,
1793) bigheaded
ant
Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery, 1894 little yellow ant
Ponera swezeyi (Wheeler, 1933)
Pseudomyrmex gracilis (Fabricius,
1804)
Pyramica membranifera (Emery, 1869)
Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius,
1804) fire ant
Solenopsis papuana Emery, 1900
Strumigenys emmae (Emery, 1890)
Strumigenys godeffroyi Mayr, 1866
Strumigenys lewisi Cameron, 1886
Strumigenys rogeri
Emery, 1890
Tapinoma melanocephalum
(Fabricius, 1793) tiny yellow house ant
Technomyrmex albipes (F. Smith,
1861)
Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander,
1847) Guinea ant
Tetramorium insolens (F. Smith, 1861)
Tetramorium simillimum (F. Smith,
1851)
Tetramorium tonganum Mayr, 1870
Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863)
little fire ant
OUTDATED NAMES FOR HAWAIIAN ANTS (unverified)
Anoplolepis longipes (Jerdon)
SEE Anoplolepis
gracilipes
Atta geminata Fabricius SEE Solenopsis geminata
Atta rufa Jerdon SEE Solenopsis geminata
Brachymyrmex heeri aphidicola Forel
SEE
Brachymyrmex obscurior
Brachyponera luteipes (Mayr)
SEE
Pachycondyla luteipes
Camponotus maculatus Fabricius
SEE
Camponotus variegatus
Camponotus maculatus Forel
SEE
Camponotus variegatus
Camponotus maculatus mitis hawaiiensis Forel
SEE
Camponotus variegatus
Camponotus variegatus hawaiiensis Forel
SEE
Camponotus variegatus
Cardiocondyla "a" SEE Cardiocondyla venustula
Cardiocondyla minutior Forel
SEE
Cardiocondyla nuda
Cardiocondyla nuda minutior Forel
SEE
Cardiocondyla nuda
Cardiocondyla wroughtoni (Forel)
SEE
Cardiocondyla wroughtonii
Cardiocondyla wroughtoni hawaiiensis Forel
SEE
Cardiocondyla wroughtonii
Cardiocondyla wroughtonii hawaiiensis Forel
SEE
Cardiocondyla wroughtonii
Cerapachys silvestrii Wheeler
SEE
Cerapachys biroi
Cerapachys sinensis (Wheeler)
SEE
Cerapachys biroi
Crematogaster laboriosa Smith
SEE
Solenopsis geminata
Epitritus emmae Emery SEE Strumigenys emmae
Epitritus wheeleri Donisthorpe
SEE
Strumigenys emmae
Erenolepis longicornis Latreille
SEE
Paratrechina longicornis
Formica nigra Linnaeus SEE Lasius niger
Hypoclinea bituberculata Mayr
SEE
Dolichoderus bituberculatus
Hypoponera punctatissima schauinslandi (Emery)
SEE
Hypoponera punctatissima
Hypoponera sinensis (Wheeler)
SEE
Cerapachys biroi
Iridomyrmex glaber (Mayr) SEE Ochetellus glaber
Iridomyrmex humilis (Mayr)
SEE
Linepithema humile
Leptogenys falcigera insularis F.
Smith SEE
Leptogenys falcigera
Leptogenys insularis F. Smith
SEE
Leptogenys falcigera
Monomorium fossulatum Emery
SEE
Monomorium sechellense
Monomorium fossulatum seychellense Emery
SEE
Monomorium sechellense
Monomorium gracillimum (F. Smith)
SEE
Monomorium destructor
Monomorium liliuokalanii Forel
SEE
Monomorium monomorium
Monomorium minutum Mayr SEE Monomorium monomorium
Monomorium minutum liliuokalanii Forel
SEE
Monomorium monomorium
Monomorium seychellense Emery
SEE
Monomorium sechellense
Monomorium specularis Mayr
SEE
Monomorium floricola
Monomorium vasator (Smith)?
SEE
Monomorium floricola
Monomorium vastator (Smith)
SEE
Monomorium destructor
Myrmica gracillimum (F. Smith)
SEE
Monomorium destructor
Nylanderia bourbonica hawaiiensis Forel
SEE
Paratrechina bourbonica
Nylanderia sharpi (Forel)
SEE
Paratrechina vaga
Ochetomyrmex auropunctata (Roger)
SEE
Wasmannia auropunctata
Paratrechina bourbonica hawaiiensis Forel
SEE
Paratrechina bourbonica
Paratrechina obscura Mayr
SEE
Paratrechina bourbonica
Paratrechina sharpi Forel
SEE
Paratrechina vaga
Paratrechina sharpii (Forel)
SEE
Paratrechina vaga
Pheidole javana Mayr SEE Pheidole fervens
Pheidole pusilla (Heer) SEE Pheidole megacephala
Plagiolepis longipes (Jerdon)
SEE
Anoplolepis gracilipes
Plagiolepis mactavishi Wheeler
SEE
Plagiolepis alluaudi
Ponera decipiens Forel SEE Hypoponera punctatissima
Ponera gleadowi Forel SEE Hypoponera punctatissima
Ponera gleadowi decipiens Forel
SEE
Hypoponera punctatissima
Ponera gleadowii decipiens Forel
SEE
Hypoponera punctatissima
Ponera hawaiiensis Forel SEE Hypoponera opaciceps
Ponera kalakauae Forel SEE Hypoponera punctatissima
Ponera opaciceps Mayr SEE Hypoponera opaciceps
Ponera perkinsi Forel SEE Hypoponera opaciceps
Ponera punctatissima schauinslandi Emery
SEE
Hypoponera punctatissima
Ponera schauinslandi Emery
SEE
Hypoponera punctatissima
Prenolepis bourbonica Forel
SEE
Paratrechina bourbonica
Prenolepis bourbonica hawaiiensis Forel
SEE
Paratrechina bourbonica
Prenolepis hawaiiensis Forel
SEE
Paratrechina bourbonica
Prenolepis longicornis Latreille
SEE
Paratrechina longicornis
Prenolepis obscura Mayr SEE Paratrechina bourbonica
Prenolepis sharpii Forel SEE Paratrechina vaga
Prenolopsis obscura vaga Forel
SEE
Paratrechina vaga
Pseudocryptopone swezeyi Wheeler
SEE
Ponera swezeyi
Pseudocryptopone zwaluwenburgi Wheeler
SEE
Hypoponera zwaluwenburgi
Pseudomyrmex gracilis mexicanus
(Roger) SEE Pseudomyrmex gracilis
Quadristruma emmae (Emery)
SEE
Strumigenys emmae
Solenopsis "a" SEE Solenopsis papuana
Solenopsis "b" SEE Solenopsis papuana
Solenopsis geminata rufa Jerdon
SEE
Solenopsis geminata
Solenopsis rufa Jerdon SEE Solenopsis geminata
Stigmatomma zwaluwenburgi Williams SEE Amblyopone zwaluwenburgi
Strumigenys godeffroyi lewisi Wheeler
SEE
Strumigenys godeffroyi
Strumigenys membranifera Emery
SEE
Pyramica membranifera
Strumigenys membranifera williamsi Wheeler
SEE
Pyramica membranifera
Syscia silvestrii Wheeler
SEE
Cerapachys biroi
Syscia sinensis (Wheeler) SEE Cerapachys biroi
Tapinoma melanocephala (Fabricius)
SEE
Tapinoma melanocephalum
Tetramorium auropunctata Roger
SEE
Wasmannia auropunctata
Tetramorium guineense (Fabricius)
SEE
Tetramorium bicarinatum
Trichoscapa membranifera (Emery)
SEE
Pyramica membranifera
ANTS INTERCEPTED OR REPORTED BUT NOT
ESTABLISHED IN HAWAII.
(extracted from literature)
Acanthomyops alienus (Foerster,
1850) cornfield ant quarantine
Acanthomyops interjectus (Mayr, 1866)
quarantine
Aphaenogaster longiceps (F. Smith,
1858) adventive, not established
Brachyponera solitaria (F. Smith, 1860)
SEE
Pachycondyla solitaria
Camponotus abdominalis (Fabricius, 1804)
SEE
Camponotus atriceps
Camponotus atriceps (F. Smith, 1858) quarantine
Camponotus exiguoguttatus Forel, 1887
quarantine
Camponotus itoi
Forel, 1912 quarantine
Camponotus obscuripes Mayr, 1878
quarantine
Camponotus planatus
Roger, 1863 quarantine
Camponotus sexguttatus (Fabricius,
1793) adventive, not established
Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander,
1852) quarantine
Crematogaster lineolata (Say, 1836)
quarantine
Cyphomyrmex rimosus
(Spinola, 1853) quarantine
Diacamma rugosum
Le Guillou, 1841 quarantine
Dolichoderus bituberculatus (Mayr, 1862)
adventive, not established
Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus,
1771) quarantine
Dolichoderus thoracicus (F. Smith,
1860) adventive, not established
Euponera luteipes (Mayr, 1862)
SEE
Pachycondyla luteipes
Formica subpolita Mayr, 1886 quarantine
Gnamptogenys porcata (Emery, 1896)
quarantine
Hypoclinea quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)
SEE
Dolichoderus quadripunctatus
Iridomyrmex itoi
Forel, 1900
SEE
Ochetellus itoi
Iridomyrmex melleus
Wheeler, 1908 SEE Linepithema melleum
Lasius alienus
(Foerster, 1850) cornfield ant
SEE
Acanthomyops alienus
Lasius flavus
(Fabricius, 1781) quarantine
Lasius fuliginosus
(Latreille, 1798) quarantine
Lasius interjectus
Mayr, 1866
SEE
Acanthomyops interjectus
Lasius niger (Linnaeus,
1758) quarantine
Leptothorax subditivus (Wheeler, 1903)
adventive, not established
Linepithema melleum
(Wheeler, 1908) quarantine
Macromischa luciliae Mann, 1935 SEE Leptothorax subditivus
Monomorium latinode Mayr, 1872 adventive,
not established
Monomorium minimum
(Buckley, 1867) reported Laysan, unverified
Ochetellus itoi (Forel, 1900) quarantine
Odontomachus haematodes (Linnaeus, 1758)
SEE
Odontomachus haematodus
Odontomachus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1758) adventive,
not established
Odontomachus simillimus F. Smith, 1858
quarantine
Pachycondyla luteipes (Mayr, 1862)
adventive, not established
Pachycondyla solitaria (F. Smith,
1860) quarantine
Paratrechina clandestina (Mayr, 1870)
adventive, not established
Paratrechina flavipes (F. Smith,
1874) quarantine
Paratrechina parva
(Mayr, 1865)
SEE
Paratrechina parvula
Paratrechina parvula (Mayr, 1870) quarantine
Pheidole barbata
Wheeler, 1908 quarantine
Pheidole fervida
F. Smith, 1874 quarantine
Pheidole hyatti Emery, 1895 quarantine
Pheidole noda
F. Smith, 1874 quarantine
Pheidole punctatissima Mayr, 1870
quarantine
Pheidole rhombinoda
Mayr, 1878
SEE
Pheidole noda
Pheidologeton affinis (Jerdon, 1851) quarantine
Pheidologeton diversus (Jerdon, 1851)
quarantine
Pheidologeton
sp.
quarantine
Plagiolepis exigua
Forel, 1894 misidentification?
Plagiolepis melanogaster Emery, 1894 SEE Prenolepis melanogaster
Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (Cresson, 1865) adventive,
not established
Polyrhachis argentea Mayr, 1862 SEE Polyrhachis saevissima argentea
Polyrhachis dives Smith, 1858 quarantine
Polyrhachis femorata Smith, 1858
quarantine
Polyrhachis femoratus Smith, 1858 SEE Polyrhachis femorata
Polyrhachis saevissima argentea Mayr, 1862 quarantine
Ponera coarctata
(Latreille, 1802) adventive, not established
Ponera contracta (Latreille, 1802)
SEE
Ponera coarctata
Prenolepis clandestina Mayr, 1870 SEE Paratrechina clandestina
Prenolepis flavipes
(F. Smith, 1874) SEE Paratrechina flavipes
Prenolepis imparis (Say, 1836) quarantine
Prenolepis melanogaster Emery, 1894
quarantine
Stenamma longiceps
(F. Smith, 1858) SEE Aphaenogaster longiceps
Tapinoma sessile (Say, 1836), odorous
house ant quarantine
Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus,
1758), pavement ant quarantine
Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870
quarantine
Tetramorium pacificum Mayr, 1870
quarantine
Triglyphothrix lanuginosa (Mayr, 1870) SEE Tetramorium lanuginosum
G.M. Nishida
Version: 5 May 2000