# List of ants of India

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 <ref>Identifying common ants: Pronoy Baidya, retrieved 2022-06-14</ref>
* Anoplolepis gracilipes (Crazy yellow ants)
* Camponotus sp. (Carpenter ant)
* Monomorium pharaonis (Pharaoh ant)
* Oecophylla smaragdina (Red Weaver ant)
* Paratrechina longicornis (Black Crazy ants)
* Tetraponera rufonigra (Arboreal Bicolor ant)
* Tapinoma melanocephalum (Ghost ants)