Scientific name
Common name
Global Cat National Cat
SUBFAMILY AENICTINAE
Aenictus biroi Forel
DD
Aenictus ceylonicus (Mayr)
DD
Aenictus fergusoni (Karavaive, 1926)
EN
Aenictus pachycerus (Dalla Torre)
EN
Aenictus porizonoides Walker
SUBFAMILY ANEURETINAE
DD
Sri Lankan Relict ant
Endemic
Aneuretus simoni Emery
EN
SUBFAMILY MYRMICINAE
Myrmecina striata Emery
CR
Acanthomyrmex luciolae Emery
DD
Endemic
Endemic
Endemic
Anillomyrma decamera Emery
Calyptomyrmex tamil Baroni Urbani
Calyptomyrmex vedda Baroni Urbani
Calyptomyrmex singalensis Baroni Urbani
DD
DD
DD
DD
Cardiocondyla nuda (Mayr)
CR
Endemic
Cataulacus simoni Emery
DD
Cataulacus taprobanae Smith F.
DD
Crematogaster anthracina Smith F.
DD
Crematogaster biroi Mayr
EN
Crematogaster apicalis Motchoulsky
Crematogaster brunnescens Motchoulsky
DD
"Kodaya"
DD
Crematogaster dohrni Mayr
VU
Crematogaster pellens Walker
DD
Crematogaster politula Forel
CR
Crematogaster ransonneti Mayr
DD
Crematogaster rogenhoferi Mayr
Crematogaster rogeri Mayr
CR
"Kodaya"
DD
Crematogaster rothneyi Forel
LC
Lophomyrmex quadrispinosus (Jerdon)
LC
Endemic
Endemic
Meranoplus bicolor (Guerin-Meneville)
Metapone greeni Forel
Metapone johni Karavaiev
"Thel Koombiya"
DD
Monomorium floricola (Jerdon)
LC
Endemic
Monomorium subopacum (Smith F.)
Monomorium taprobanae Forel
DD
DD
Monomorium latinode Mayr
Monomorium criniceps (Mayr)
LC
DD
DD
Rathu Koombiya"
EN
Monomorium destructor (Jerdon)
LC
Monomorium mayri Forel
DD
Monomorium pharaonis (L.)
LC
Monomorium rogeri (Mayr)
DD
Myrmicaria brunnea Saunders
LC
Carebara bruni (Forel)
DD
Carebara butteli (Forel)
Carebara deponens (Walker)
DD
Endemic
DD
Carebara taprobanae (Forel)
DD
Carebara escherichi (Forel)
DD
Paratopula ceylonica (Emery)
DD
Pheidole latinoda Roger
DD
Pheidole nietneri Emery
DD
Pheidole sulcaticeps Forel
DD
Endemic
Pheidole barreleti Forel
DD
Pheidole ceylonica (Motchoulsky)
DD
Pheidole diffidens (Walker)
DD
Pheidole gracilipes (Motschoulsky)
DD
Pheidole horni Emery
DD
Pheidole malinsii Forel
DD
Pheidole megacephala Forel
DD
Pheidole noda Forel
DD
Pheidole parva Mayr
DD
Pheidole pronotalis Forel
DD
Pheidole rhombinoda Mayr
CR
Pheidole rugosa Smith F.
DD
Pheidole spathifera Forel
DD
Endemic
Pheidole templaria Forel
Pheidologeton ceylonensis Forel
DD
Pheidologeton diversus (Smith F.)
VU
Endemic
Pheidologeton pygmaeus Forel
Recurvidris pickburni Bolton
DD
DD
Endemic
Recurvidris recurvispinosa (Forel)
Rophalomastix escherichi Forel
DD
"Nayi Koombiya"
VU
DD
Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius)
LC
Endemic
Solenopsis nitens Bingham
DD
Stereomyrmex horni Emery
CR
Strumigenys godeffroyi Mayr
DD
Strumigenys lyroessa (Roger)
EN
Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander)
LC
Tetramorium pacificum Mayr
DD
Tetramorium simillimum (Smith F.)
DD
Tetramorium curvispinosum Mayr
DD
Tetramorium pilosum Emery
DD
Tetramorium smithi Mayr
VU
Tetramorium tortuosum Roger
VU
Tetramorium transversarium Roger
DD
Tetramorium walshi (Forel)
VU
Endemic
Tetramorium yerburyi Forel
Vollenhovia escherichi Forel
DD
DD
Endemic
Endemic
Endemic
Endemic
Endemic
SUBFAMILY CERAPACHYINAE
Cerapachys fossulatus Forel
Cerapachys luteoviger Brown
Cerapachys coecus (Mayr)
Cerapachys fragosus (Roger)
CR
DD
DD
CR
Cerapachys typhlus (Roger)
CR
Cerapachys aitkenii Forel
CR
SUBFAMILY DOLICHODERINAE
Dolichoderus taprobanae (Smith F.)
CR
Ochetellus glaber (Mayr)
Tapinoma indicum Forel
CR
"Hini Koombiya"
LC
Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius)
Technomyrmex bicolor Forel
LC
"Kalu Koombiya"
VU
Technomyrmex albipes (Smith F.)
LC
Technomyrmex detorquens (Walker)
DD
Technomyrmex elatior Forel
CR
SUBFAMILY DORYLINAE
Dorylus labiatus Shuckard
CR
Dorylus laevigatus (Smith F.)
DD
Dorylus orientalis Westwood
EN
Endemic
SUBFAMILY ECTATOMMINAE
Gnamptogenys coxalis (Brown)
DD
SUBFAMILY PONERINAE
Anochetus consultans (Walker)
DD
Anochetus graeffei Mayr
VU
Anochetus longifossatus Mayr
EN
Anochetus madaraszi Mayr
DD
Anochetus nietneri (Roger)
CR
Anochetus yerburyi Forel
DD
Centromyrmex feae (Emery)
Cryptopone testacea Emery
Diacamma ceylonense Emery
"Kadiya"
"Kadiya"
Endemic
Endemic
EN
DD
EN
Diacamma rugosum Forel
EN
Endemic
Harpegnathos saltator Jerdon
Hypoponera ceylonensis (Mayr)
EN
DD
Endemic
Hypoponera confinis (Roger)
CR
Hypoponera taprobanae (Forel)
DD
Leptogenys exudans (Walker)
DD
Leptogenys hysterica Forel
DD
Leptogenys processionalis (Jerdon)
LC
Leptogenys pruinosa Forel
EN
Leptogenys yerburyi Forel
DD
Leptogenys diminuta (Smith F.)
DD
Leptogenys falcigera Roger
DD
Leptogenys meritans (Walker)
DD
Endemic
Leptogenys peuqueti (Andre)
Myopias amblyops Roger
"Dala Kadiya"
CR
DD
Odontomachus simillimus Smith F.
LC
Pachycondyla luteipes (Mayr)
LC
Pachycondyla rubiginosa (Emery)
CR
Pachycondyla sulcata (Forel)
CR
Pachycondyla tesseronoda (Emery)
LC
Platythyrea clypeata Forel
DD
Platythyrea parallela (Smith F.)
SUBFAMILY AMBLYOPONINAE
VU
Endemic
Myopopone maculata
SUBFAMILY LEPTANILLINAE
Leptanilla besucheti Baroni Urbani
DD
Endemic
DD
SUBFAMILY PSEUDOMYRMECINAE
Tetraponera allaborans (Walker)
VU
Tetraponera nigra (Jerdon)
DD
Tetraponera petiolata (Smith F.)
"Hathpolaya"
DD
Tetraponera rufonigra (Jerdon)
LC
SUBFAMILY FORMICINAE
Acropyga acutiventris Roger
"Ambalaya"
LC
Anoplolepis gracilipes (Smith F.)
LC
Camponotus compressus Fabricius
LC
Camponotus irritans (Smith F.)
LC
Camponotus latebrosus Donisthorpe
DD
Camponotus mitis (Smith F.)
DD
Camponotus ominosus Forel
DD
Camponotus simoni Emery
DD
Endemic
Camponotus thraso Forel
DD
Camponotus wedda Forel
DD
Camponotus albipes Emery
DD
Camponotus auriculatus Mayr
DD
Camponotus barbatus Roger
DD
Camponotus fletcheri Donisthorpe
DD
Camponotus greeni Forel
DD
Camponotus indeflexus (Walker)
DD
Camponotus isabellae Forel
DD
Camponotus mendax Forel
DD
Camponotus oblongus Forel
DD
Camponotus reticulatus Roger
LC
Camponotus rufoglaucus (Jerdon)
VU
Camponotus sericeus (Fabricius)
LC
Camponotus sesquipedalis Roger
DD
Camponotus varians Roger
DD
Camponotus variegatus (Smith F.)
CR
Lepisiota capensis (Mayr)
CR
Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mayr)
VU
Endemic
Lepisiota opaca (Mayr)
Myrmoteras ceylonica Gregg
Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius)
"Dimiya"
"Kalu Koombiya"
VU
DD
LC
Paratrechina longicornis (Latrielle)
LC
Paratrechina Indica Forel
EN
Paratrechina taylori (Forel)
DD
Nylanderia yerburyi (Forel)
LC
Plagiolepis jerdonii Forel
VU
Plagiolepis pissina Roger
Endemic
DD
Polyrhachis bugnioni Forel
DD
Polyrhachis exercita (Walker)
DD
Polyrhachis horni Emery
DD
Polyrhachis jerdonii Forel
EN
Polyrhachis nigra Mayr
DD
Polyrhachis rupicapra Roger
DD
Polyrhachis thrinax Roger
DD
Polyrhachis tibialis Santschi
DD
Polyrhachis xanthippe Forel
DD
Polyrhachis yerburyi Forel
DD
Polyrhachis convexa Roger
VU
Polyrhachis illaudata Walker
CR
Polyrhachis punctillata Roger
Polyrhachis rastellata (Latreille)
VU
Endemic
CR
Polyrhachis scissa (Roger)
EN
Polyrhachis sophocles Forel
DD
Prenolepis naorojii Forel
Endemic
Pseudolasius isabellae Forel
No of species: 194 (Due to the recent revisions in the ant taxonomy and removal of
morphospecies this number has gone down)
No of endemics: 33 (based on "so far recorded from Sri Lanka only")
CR
CR