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. 2024 Oct 18;12:e132915. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e132915

Table 1.

DRC number of ant species and subspecies by subfamily and genus, with their number of species considered as endemic or exotic.

Subfamily Genus Species Subspecies Total Endemic Exotic
APOMYRMINAE
Apomyrma 1 1
Total 1 1
DOLICHODERINAE
Axinidris 2 2
Tapinoma 2 1 3
Technomyrmex 15 15 1
Total 19 1 20 1
DORYLINAE
Aenictogiton 7 7 6
Aenictus 6 3 9 4
Dorylus 32 27 59 17
Lioponera 2 2
Parasyscia 3 3
Simopone 7 7 1
Vicinopone 1 1
Zasphinctus 1 1
Total 59 30 89 28
FORMICINAE
Anoplolepis 5 5
Aphomomyrmex 1 1
Camponotus 54 38 92 25
Lepisiota 19 9 28 12
Nylanderia 4 4 1
Oecophylla 1 5 6 1
Paraparatrechina 3 3
Paratrechina 1 1 1
Plagiolepis 3 3 1
Polyrhachis 30 30 2
Santschiella 1 1
Total 122 52 174 42 1
MYRMICINAE
Atopomyrmex 2 2
Bondroitia 1 1
Calyptomyrmex 7 7
Cardiocondyla 2 2
Carebara 12 4 16 10
Cataulacus 24 24 3
Crematogaster 39 63 102 38
Cyphoidris 1 1
Dicroaspis 2 2
Melissotarsus 2 2
Meranoplus 4 4
Microdaceton 1 1
Monomorium 20 20 2 1
Myrmicaria 9 11 20 5
Nesomyrmex 3 3
Pheidole 24 23 47 7
Pristomyrmex 3 3
Solenopsis 2 3 5 2 1
Strumigenys 33 33 3
Syllophopsis 1 1
Tetramorium 59 59 7
Trichomyrmex 4 4 1 1
Total 255 104 359 78 3
PONERINAE
Anochetus 8 8
Bothroponera 6 6
Brachyponera 1 1
Centromyrmex 7 7 1
Euponera 2 2
Hypoponera 8 8
Leptogenys 12 12 4
Loboponera 3 3
Megaponera 1 2 3
Mesoponera 4 4
Odontomachus 2 2
Paltothyreus 1 1 2
Parvaponera 1 1
Phrynoponera 3 3
Platythyrea 8 8
Plectroctena 7 7 1
Psalidomyrmex 3 3
Total 76 4 80 6
PROCERATIINAE
Discothyrea 4 4 1
Total 4 4 1
PSEUDOMYRMECINAE
Tetraponera 9 9
Total 9 9
Global 545 191 736 156 4