Ants of Botswana

A guide to the Ants (Family: Formicidae) which have been recorded in Botswana.

Spotted Sugar Ant 5
Camponotus maculatus
Northern Hairy Sugar Ant 6
Camponotus amphidus
Dr Brauns's Sugar ant 7
Camponotus braunsi
Karoo Balbyter Sugar Ant 1
Camponotus fulvopilosus
Velvet Sugar Ant 14
Camponotus rufoglaucus
Shimmering sugar ant 1
Camponotus vestitus
Gold-haired Sugar Ant 15
Camponotus auropubens
Silky Sugar ant 18
Camponotus sericeus
Small Black Sugar Ant 19
Lepisiota capensis
Red Honey Ant 11
Tapinolepis decolor
Small pugnacious ant 20
Anoplolepis steingroeveri
Troglodyte Trap-jaw ant 14
Odontomachus troglodytes
Levaillant's False Trapjaw ant
Anochetus levaillanti
Underground Millipede Muncher ant 24
Plectroctena subterranea
African stink ant 25
Paltothyreus tarsatus
Peeter's Smooth Ringbum ant 26
Streblognathus peetersi
Small Foul Ringbum ant 27
Mesoponera caffraria
Large Velvet Bugeyed Ant 28
Ophthalmopone berthoudi
Roger's Crypt Ant 29
Hypoponera punctatissima
Flat Stink Ants 30
Platythyrea lamellosa
Thick-node House ant 33
Pheidole crassinoda
Liengmei's House ant 34
Pheidole liengmei
African Big-headed Ant 1
Pheidole megacephala
Red Droptail ant 39
Myrmicaria baumi
Natal droptail ant
Myrmicaria natalensis
Rhodes's Droptail Ant
Myrmicaria rhodesiae
Yellow Fire Ant 1
Solenopsis punctaticeps
Coastal Sculpted Tree Ant 12
Cataulacus wissmannii
Ample Thief ant 7
Carebara ampla
African Thief Ant 5
Carebara vidua
Bearded Hotrod Ant 28
Ocymyrmex barbiger
Strandveld Hotrod ant
Ocymyrmex dekerus
Yellowbum Hotrod Ant 36
Ocymyrmex flaviventris

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