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List of ants of Sri Lanka

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Ants
Subfamily: Amblyoponinae Subfamily: Aneuretinae Subfamily: Dolichoderinae Subfamily: Dorylinae Subfamily: Ectatomminae Subfamily: Formicinae Subfamily: Leptanillinae Subfamily: Myrmecinae Subfamily: Ponerinae Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
See also
References

{{Wildlife of Sri Lanka}}

Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India. The invertebrate fauna is as large as it is common to other regions of the world. There are about 2 million species of arthropods found in the world, and still it is counting. So many new species are discover up to this time also. So it is very complicated and difficult to summarize the exact number of species found within a certain region.

Ants

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta

Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae

Ants are social insects that can be found in terrestrial ecosystems. They are also very common in human settlements, as well as in forest floor. Well over 6000 species of ants were found and described, and new species are about to discover. Sri Lanka is home to 229 species of ants that included to 66 genera and 12 subfamilies. There are 102 endemic species in Sri Lanka, with 48.6% of endemism. One endemic genus Aneuretus is also included to the list. The following list is according to the Ants of Sri Lanka by Prof. R.K. Sriyani Dias 2014 comprehensive edition by Biodiversity Secretariat on Ministry of Environmental and Renewable Energy of Sri Lanka.^[1]

Subfamily: Amblyoponinae

Stigmatomma testaceum

Subfamily: Aneuretinae

Aneuretus simoni - Sri Lanka Relict Ant (endemic)

Subfamily: Dolichoderinae

Dolichoderus taprobanae
Tapinoma indicum
Tapinoma melanocephalum
Technomyrmex albipes

Technomyrmex bicolor
Technomyrmex detorquens
Technomyrmex elatior
Technomyrmex horni

Subfamily: Dorylinae

Aenictus aitkenii
Aenictus biroi
Aenictus ceylonicus
Aenictus gracilis
Aenictus pachycerus
Aenictus porizonoides
Cerapachys coecus
Cerapachys fossulatus
Cerapachys fragosus
Cerapachys luteoviger
Cerapachys typhlus
Dorylus orientalis

Subfamily: Ectatomminae

Gnamptogenys coxalis

Subfamily: Formicinae

Acropyga acutiventris
Acropyga rubescens
Anoplolepis gracilipes

Camponotus albipes
Camponotus auriculatus
Camponotus barbatus
Camponotus ceylonicus
Camponotus greeni
Camponotus fletcheri
Camponotus indeflexus
Camponotus irritans
Camponotus isabellae
Camponotus latebrosus
Camponotus maculatus
Camponotus mendax - ssp. integer
Camponotus mitis
Camponotus ominosus
Camponotus rufoglaucus
Camponotus reticulatus - ssp. yerburyi
Camponotus sericeus
Camponotus sesquipedalis
Camponotus simoni
Camponotus thraso - ssp. diogenes
Camponotus varians
Camponotus variegatus - ssp. infuscoides, intrans
Camponotus wedda
Dolichoderus taprobanae
Lepisiota capensis - ssp. lunaris
Myrmoteras ceylonicum
Nylanderia taylori - ssp. levis
Nylanderia vagabunda
Nylanderia yerburyi

Oecophylla smaragdina
Paratrechina longicornis
Plagiolepis pissina
Polyrhachis aedipus
Polyrhachis bugnioni
Polyrhachis convexa - ssp. isabellae
Polyrhachis curvispina
Polyrhachis exercita
Polyrhachis gibbosa
Polyrhachis hippomanes - ssp. ceylonensis
Polyrhachis horni
Polyrhachis illaudata
Polyrhachis jerdonii
Polyrhachis nigra
Polyrhachis punctillata
Polyrhachis rastellata
Polyrhachis rupicapra
Polyrhachis scissa
Polyrhachis sophocles
Polyrhachis thrinax
Polyrhachis tibialis - ssp. pectita
Polyrhachis xanthippe
Polyrhachis yerburyi
Prenolepis naoroji
Pseudolasius isabellae

Subfamily: Leptanillinae

Leptanilla besucheti
Protanilla schoedli

Subfamily: Myrmecinae

Subfamily: Ponerinae

Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae

Tetraponera allaborans
Tetraponera nigra - var. insularis
Tetraponera rufonigra

The following species were also described from Sri Lanka, but their true identities are currently unknown due to lack of experiments.

Formica fuscicauda
Formica subpicea
Myrmica obscurata
Myrmica pilinodis

See also

Ants of Sri Lanka, a book by Dr. Shriyani Dias

References

1. ^{{cite book|author=Dias, Sriyani R.K.|year=2014|title= Ants of Sri Lanka |publisher=Biodiversity Secretariat on Ministry of Environmental and Renewable Energy of Sri Lanka |location= Battaramulla |pages= 273|isbn= 978-955-0033-73-7}}

http://www.kln.ac.lk/science/antDB/
http://www.lakdasun.org/forum/index.php?topic=1887.0
http://www.antweb.org/
http://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka

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