The Ants of Africa
New records of ants from Sudan
collected by Awatif Omer

Ants from Sudan, collected by Awatif Omer, Professor Zuheir Mahmoud and associates, in 2005 and 2006. Most outside Khartoum, other than Yambio, Nyala and Al Faher, collected by Z Mahmoud.

For 2009 records see Sudan 2009

Note in Series 2 there were a number of sexuals that remain to be identified. * first record for Sudan

2005-2006

Collection localities
1.1, 1.2 & 1.3 - Alrhad (Al Wahdah - 11°56'60" N 27°25'60" E) - South Kordofan Province
1.4 Khor Tagat - 13°12'0" N 30°18'0" E
1.5 & 1.6 - Mashar - 8.12° N 28.87° E - South Sudan
1.7 - 10 km south west Thar Jath - South Sudan
1.8, 1.9 & 1.10 Adock (in the Sudd, Adok ? - 8°11'0" N, 30°19'0" E) - South Sudan
1.11 - Umdaldal 1 - South Sudan
1.12 - Thar Jath - 8.467° N 30.32° E - South Sudan
1.13 - Benteo (Bantiyo? - 9°14'0" N 29°50'0" E) - South Sudan
1.14 - Adock + Umdaldal 2 - South Sudan
1.15 & 1.19; 2.19, 2.22 & 2.23 - El Obied (Al-Obed) 13.18° N 30.22° E
1.16. 1,17 & 1.18 - Port Sudan - 19.57° N 37.27° E
1.20 - Kosti (western bank of White Nile, 280 km S of Khartoum) - 13.2° N 32.7° E
1.21 - Atbara - 17.72° N 34.07° E
1.22 - Juba - 12°.15' N 24°45' E - South Sudan
1.23 - Yambia (Yambio) - 4°34'14" N 28°24'59" E - South Sudan
1.24, 1.25; 2.14 & 2.18 - Khartoum - 15.58° N 32.53° E
2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 & 2.5 - Wad Medani - 14°24N 33°31' E
2.6 - Albageair (Mashar, southern Sudan)
2.7 to 2.13 & 2.15 - Dinder (Aldinder) National Park Centre 11°21' N 35°02' E along Sudan-Ethiopian Boundary
2.21 - Jebal Al Nuba, South Kordofan -

No Species Location Notes Prior reports
1.1 Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) sericeus (Fabricius) Alrhad (S Kordofan Province) 1 worker several, most Khartoum area - varies from West African form
1.2 Pachycondyla (Brachyponera) sennaarensis (Mayr) Alrhad 1 worker many, most Khartoum area; type location and type form - less vividly black than 14_2
1.3 Cataglyphis abyssinicus (Forel) Alrhad 1 worker * previously reported only from Ethiopia and Eritrea, also Saudi Arabia - first photograph
1.4 Monomorium areniphilum (Santschi) Khor Tagat two workers Khartoum
1.5 Camponotus (Myrmotrema) galla Forel South Sudan 1 minor worker several, most Khartoum area & Port Sudan - first photograph
1.6 Crematogaster (Crematogaster) marnoi (Mayr) South Sudan 4 workers and 1 dealate queen new status - type location is Sudan; Mongalla & Tonga; seems very similar to C latuka Weber, from Imatong Mts
1.7 Dorylus (Dorylus) aegyptiacus Mayr South Sudan probably not a major worker * possible first record for Sudan - first photograph; possibly previously reported as Dorylus affinis, many, most Khartoum area
1.9 Pheidole escherichii Forel South Sudan, Adock major & minor * N twice, El Obeid & Abba I.
Common in South
1.10 Pheidole escherichii Forel South Sudan, Adock minors .
1.11 Lepisiota curta (Emery) South Sudan, Umdaldal 1 worker * it seems probable that curta is a senior synonym of L. capensis thoth Weber, from Imatong Mts - type location Somalia, also once from Zaire - first photograph
1.12 Cataulacus traegaordhi Santschi South Sudan, Thal Jath 1 worker * N once - a queen on steamer at Omdurman; S - as pygmaeus/traegaordhi - first photograph
1.13 Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus (F.) nubis Weber South Sudan, Bentoe 1 worker type location Imatong Mts, S E Sudan; smaller than maculatus ss type, pale femora, relatively cuneiform petiole scale in profile
1.14_1 Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery South Sudan, Adock 1 worker (local variety hori Santschi (?) several, most Khartoum area; var arenarium from North africa but Weber had it from Imatong & Khartoum
1.14.2 Pachycondyla (Brachyponera) sennaarensis (Mayr) South Sudan worker see 1.2; type location and type form - very dark.
1.15 Pachycondyla (Megaponera) analis (Latreille) El Obeid 1 major specimen * several, most Khartoum area
1.16 Pachycondyla (Brachyponera) ruginota (Stitz) Port Sudan 1 worker * revised status - only prior report from the type location in Cameroun - first photograph
1.17 Paratrechina longicornis (Latreiile) Port Sudan 1 worker Known from Khartoum & Port Sudan
1.18 Lepisiota gracilicornis (Forel) Port Sudan 1 worker Known from Gulfan, Aswan & Port Sudan
1.19 Messor galla (Mayr) El Obied two workers numerous records from northern Sudan - first photograph
1.20,1 Lepisiota palpalis (Santschi) Kosti, western bank of River Nile, 280 km south of Khartoum 1 worker * previously known only from type location in Zaire - first photograph
1.20.2 Monomorium niloticum Emery Kosti, western bank of White Nile, 280 km S of Khartoum 1 worker * type location Egypt; also Algeria & Israel - first photograph
1.21.1 Pachycondyla (Brachyponera) sennaarensis (Mayr) Atbara 1 worker type location and type form - very dark
1.21.2 Monomorium areniphilum (Santschi) Atbara three workers Khartoum (see 1.4 above)
1.22 Pachycondyla (Brachyponera) ruginota (Stitz) Juba (S Sudan) 2 workers see 1.16 above
1.23 Oecophylla textor (Santschi) Yambia (Yambio, S. Sudan) major * new status, an East African species, type location Zanzibar, also known from Kenya - first photograph (Oecophylla longinoda has been reported from southern Sudan)
1.24 Camponotus (Myrmotrema) rhamses Santschi Khartoum minor * type location "Upper Egypt" may mean Sudan - first photograph
1.25 Camponotus (Myrmosericus) rufoglaucus (Jerdon) Khartoum media & minor workers * widely distributed
2.1 Pachycondyla (Brachyponera) sennaarensis (Mayr) Wad Medani worker see 1.2
2.2.1 Lepisiota affinis (Santschi) Wad Medani worker * type location Kenya
2.2.2 Lepisiota gracilicornis (Forel) Wad Medani worker North African tramp species
2.3 Pheidole rugaticeps Emery Wad Medani minor savanna - Sahel species
2.4 Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) sericeus (Fabricius) Wad Medani minor savanna - Sahel species
2.5 Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) oasium (Forel) Wad Medani worker * savanna - Sahel species
2.6 Dorylus (Typhlopone) eurous Emery Albageair (Mashar, southern Sudan) range of workers * new status - type location Eritrea
2.7 Lepisiota curta (Emery) Dinder (Aldinder) National Park Centre 11°21' N 35°02' E along Sudan-Ethiopian Boundary worker see 1.11
2.8 Lepisiota affinis (Santschi) Dinder (Aldinder) National Park Centre 11°21' N 35°02' E along Sudan-Ethiopian Boundary worker see 2.2.1
2.9 Pachycondyla (Brachyponera) sennaarensis (Mayr) Dinder (Aldinder) National Park Centre 11°21' N 35°02' E along Sudan-Ethiopian Boundary worker see 1.2
2.10 Pachycondyla (Brachyponera) sennaarensis (Mayr) Dinder (Aldinder) National Park Centre 11°21' N 35°02' E along Sudan-Ethiopian Boundary sexual see 1.2
2.11 Monomorium bicolor Emery Dinder (Aldinder) National Park Centre 11°21' N 35°02' E along Sudan-Ethiopian Boundary worker pan-African tramp
2.12 Dorylus Dinder (Aldinder) National Park Centre 11°21' N 35°02' E along Sudan-Ethiopian Boundary sexual ? Anomma ?
2.13 Dorylus Dorylus) aegyptiacus Mayr Dinder (Aldinder) National Park Centre 11°21' N 35°02' E along Sudan-Ethiopian Boundary male revived status - widespread
2.14 Camponotus Khartoum sexual ??
2.15 Pachycondyla (Brachyponera) sennaarensis (Mayr) Dinder (Aldinder) National Park Centre 11°21' N and long 35°02' E along Sudan-Ethiopian Boundary worker see 1.2
2.18 Camponotus Khartoum sexual ??
2.19 Pachycondyla (Megaponera) analis (Latreille) El Obied worker see 1.15
2.20 Camponotus (Myrmosericus) cinctellus (Gerstäcker) Khartoum major Found throughout eastern Africa
2.21 Pachycondyla (Megaponera) analis (Latreille) Jebal alnuba worker see 2.19
2.22 Camponotus El Obied sexual ??
2.23 Monomorium El Obied sexual ??
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