Talk:List of ant genera

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For some reason Acanthognathus - described as a bony, extinct fish - has snuck into this list. I've removed it. EthicsGradient (talk) 10:23, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Fix up

I propose on fixing this list up, as it has been marked for immediate attention. I will be modelling it after List of cetaceans, a featured list. Burklemore1 (talk) 07:53, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

To-do list

Moved from the sandbox

• Write lede
• Manually check status / species counts of incertae sedis / excluded genera
• Via script:
  • Check type name / current valid name
  • List extant/fossil species counts

• Things we have to wait for AntCat to fix in their database:
  • Find and add missing collective group names (I forgot to include at least one, †Myrmicites; not sure what to do with †Formicites)
  • Decide how to handle species counts of collective group names. The problem:
    • †Myrmeciites (a CGN) has 3 species which are all listed as CGNs --> "0 species" per AC
    • †Formicium (a CGN) has 3 species which are all listed as valid --> "3 species" per AC
  • Update genus/species counts in the Armaniinae header + add AntCat reference

New images

I did that site search thing for genera without images, starting from the bottom.

Checked so far: Myrmicinae • Paraponerinae • Ponerinae • Proceratiinae • Pseudomyrmecinae • Sphecomyrminae • Incertae sedis All

Found but not uploaded (holotypes x 3):

• Paraphaenogaster (wing only)
• Solenopsites
• Taphopone (look more like a stone, heh)

jonkerz ♠talk 09:33, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

Excellent, I'll go ahead and add them in! Thanks for tracking them down. Burklemore1 (talk) 06:59, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

Also excellent, and also thanks for uploading them :) Looking for new new images now. jonkerz ♠talk 23:59, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

Trivial stats: This is the percentage of genera or form groups in each subfamily assigned with an image:

• Agroecomyrmecinae: 4/4 (100%)
• Amblyoponinae: 14/14 (100%)
• Brownimeciinae: 1/1 (100%)
• Dorylinae: 19/19 (100%)
• Heteroponerinae: 3/3 (100%)
• Martialinae: 1/1 (100%)
• Paraponerinae: 1/1 (100%)
• Proceratiinae: 4/4 (100%)
• Pseudomyrmecinae: 3/3 (100%)
• Ponerinae: 54/59 (91%)
• Dolichoderinae: 42/48 (87%)
• Leptanillinae: 7/8 (87%)
• Ectatomminae: 6/7 (85%)
• Myrmeciinae 6/7 (85%)
• Myrmicinae: 152/178 (85%)
• Sphecomyrminae: 6/8 (75%)
• Formicinae: 59/81 (72%)
• Aneuretinae: 6/9 (66%)
• Formiciinae: 1/2 (50%)
• Incertae sedis: 5/14 (35%)
• Armaniinae 1/7 (14%)
• Total: 395/478 (82%). I note these are estimations, as I may have miscounted. Burklemore1 (talk) 07:43, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

That's actually pretty good, wouldn't have expected that just a few months ago. jonkerz ♠talk 23:56, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

Genera without images

In the same order as in the main list. Feel free to edit this list.

Genus	Author citation	Date	Type species	Note
†Aneuretellus	Dlussky	1988	†Aneuretellus deformis
†Britaneuretus	Dlussky & Perfilieva	2014	†Britaneuretus anglicus
†Cananeuretus	Engel & Grimaldi	2005	†Cananeuretus occidentalis
†Archaeopone	Dlussky	1975	†Archaeopone kzylzharica
†Armania	Dlussky	1983	†Armania robusta
†Dolichomyrma	Dlussky	1975	†Dolichomyrma longiceps
†Khetania	Dlussky	1999	†Khetania mandibulata
†Poneropterus	Dlussky	1983	†Poneropterus sphecoides
†Pseudarmania	Dlussky	1983	†Pseudarmania rasnitsyni
†Alloiomma	Zhang	1989	†Alloiomma changweiensis
†Elaphrodites	Zhang	1989	†Elaphrodites scutulatus
†Eotapinoma	Dlussky	1988	†Eotapinoma gracilis
†Eurymyrmex	Zhang, Sun & Zhang	1994	†Eurymyrmex geologicus
†Kotshkorkia	Dlussky	1981	†Kotshkorkia laticeps
†Leptomyrmula	Emery	1913	†Leptomyrmula maravignae	Illustration of wing in Baroni Urbani & Wilson (1987) (PD)
†Canapone	Dlussky	1999	†Canapone dentata
†Formicium	Westwood	1854	None	[Possibly PD] Illustration of wing in Carpenter (1929)
†Chimaeromyrma	Dlussky	1988	†Chimaeromyrma brachycephala
†Conoformica	Dlussky	2008	†Conoformica bitterfeldiana
†Curtipalpulus	Hong	2002	†Curtipalpulus eocenicus
†Eoleptocerites	Hong	2002	†Eoleptocerites chinensis
†Eurytarsites	Hong	2002	†Eurytarsites fushunensisa
†Fushuniformica	Hong	2002	†Fushuniformica spinata
†Heeridris	Dlussky & Putyatina	2014	†Heeridris croaticus
†Huaxiaformica	Hong	2002	†Huaxiaformica mallepetiolata
†Imhoffia	Heer	1850	†Imhoffia nigra
†Leptogasteritus	Hong	2002	†Leptogasteritus capricornutes
†Liaoformica	Hong	2002	†Liaoformica longipetiolata
†Longiformica	Hong	2002	†Longiformica dongzhouheensis
†Magnogasterites	Hong	2002	†Magnogasterites curticornutus
†Orbicapitia	Hong	2002	†Orbicapitia reticulata
†Ovalicapito	Hong	2002	†Ovalicapito fushunensis
†Ovaligastrula	Hong	2002	†Ovaligastrula xilutianensis
†Protoformica	Dlussky	1967	†Formica proformicoides
†Protrechina	Wilson	1985	†Protrechina carpenteri	Illustrations in Wilson (1985b)
†Sicilomyrmex	Wheeler	1915	†Gesomyrmex corniger	Photos in Brown & Carpenter (1978)
†Sinoformica	Hong	2002	†Sinoformica longicapitata
†Sinotenuicapito	Hong	2002	†Sinotenuicapito badis
†Wilsonia	Hong	2002	†Wilsonia megagastrosa
Furcotanilla	Xu	2012	Furcotanilla furcomandibula	[Possibly CC*] Illustration in Xu (2012a)
†Avitomyrmex	Archibald, Cover & Moreau	2006	†Avitomyrmex mastax
†Afromyrma	Dlussky, Brothers & Rasnitsyn	2004	†Afromyrma petrosa
†Agastomyrma	Dlussky, Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva	2015	†Agastomyrma laticeps
†Attaichnus	Laza	1982	None
†Attopsis	Heer	1850	†Attopsis longipennis
†Biamomyrma	Dlussky, Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva	2015	†Biamomyrma zherikhini
†Bilobomyrma	Radchenko & Dlussky	2013	†Bilobomyrma ukrainica
†Boltonidris	Radchenko & Dlussky	2012	†Boltonidris mirabilis
†Brachytarsites	Hong	2002	†Brachytarsites dongzhouheensis
†Clavipetiola	Hong	2002	†Clavipetiola asiatica
†Eocenidris	Wilson	1985	†Eocenidris crassa	Illustrations in Wilson (1985b)
†Eomyrmex	Hong	1974	†Eomyrmex guchengziensis
†Fallomyrma	Dlussky & Radchenko	2006	†Fallomyrma transversa
†Fushunomyrmex	Hong	2002	†Fushunomyrmex liaoningensis
Gaoligongidris	Xu	2012	Gaoligongidris planodorsa	[Possibly CC*] Illustratio in Xu (2012b)
†Hypopomyrmex	Emery	1891	†Hypopomyrmex bombiccii	Photos in Brown & Carpenter (1978)
†Ilemomyrmex	Wilson	1985	†Ilemomyrmex caecus	Illustration in Wilson (1985a)
†Lonchomyrmex	Mayr	1867	†Lonchomyrmex freyeri
†Miosolenopsis	Zhang	1989	†Miosolenopsis fossilis
†Myrmecites	Dlussky & Rasnitsyn	2003	†Myrmecites rotundiceps
†Orbigastrula	Hong	2002	†Orbigastrula guchengziensis
†Oxyidris	Wilson	1985	†Oxyidris antillana	Illustration in Wilson (1985a)
†Plesiomyrmex	Dlussky & Radchenko	2009	†Plesiomyrmex tubulatus
†Quadrulicapito	Hong	2002	†Quadrulicapito longa
†Quineangulicapito	Hong	2002	†Quineangulicapito fushunensis
†Sinomyrmex	Hong	2002	†Sinomyrmex brunneus
†Sphaerogasterites	Hong	2002	†Sphaerogasterites longipetiolatus
†Wumyrmex	Hong	2002	†Wumyrmex furvis
†Zhangidris	Bolton	2003	†Heteromyrmex atopogaster
†Afropone	Dlussky et al.	2004	Afropone oculata
†Eogorgites	Hong	2002	†Eogorgites cingulatus
†Eoponerites	Hong	2002	†Eoponerites longipetiolatus
†Furcisutura	Hong	2002	†Furcisutura wanghuacunensis
†Longicapitia	Hong	2002	†Longicapitia reticulata
†Cretomyrma	Dlussky	1975	†Cretomyrma arnoldii
†Dlusskyidris	Bolton	1994	†Dlusskyidris zherichini
†Calyptites	Scudder	1877	†Calyptites antediluvianum
†Camelomecia	Barden & Grimaldi	2016	†Camelomecia janovitzi
Condylodon	Lund	1831	Condylodon audouini	Type material presumed to be lost
†Curticorna	Hong	2002	†Curticorna leptogastrosa
†Eoaenictites	Hong	2002	†Eoaenictites castanifurvus
†Fonsecahymen	Martins-Neto & Mendes	2002	†Fonsecahymen stigmata
Hypochira	Buckley	1866	Formica subspinosa
†Klondikia	Dlussky & Rasnitsyn	2003	†Klondikia whiteae
†Kohlsimyrma	Dlussky & Rasnitsyn	2003	†Kohlsimyrma laticeps

Excluded from Formicidae

Genus	Author citation	Date	Type species	Note
†Cariridris	Brandão & Martins-Neto	1990	†Cariridris bipetiolata	Photo and illustration in Brandão, Martins-Neto & Vulcano (1989) (PD)
†Cretacoformica	Jell & Duncan	1986	†Cretacoformica explicata
†Formila	Romand	1846	†Formila chevrolatii
†Myrmicium	Westwood	1854	†Myrmicium heerii
†Promyrmicium	Baroni Urbani	1971	None
†Syntaphus	Donisthorpe	1920	†Syntaphus wheeleri	Illustration in Donisthorpe (1920) [in PDF collection]

*I think Sociobiology articles starting at vol. 59 are CC.

Image sources (to be uploaded)

• Brown & Carpenter (1978) (PD)
• Wilson (1985a) (PD)
• Wilson (1985b) (PD)

Comments

Table extracted via this regex: \n\|-(\n.*){5}\n\|\{\{n\/?a\}\}. I cannot believe I forgot that most Psyche articles are in the public domain... jonkerz ♠talk 00:03, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Ooh, this is rather interesting. I'll see if we can dig more images up so we can upload them. Burklemore1 (talk) 06:16, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Another fact: Before August 2014, only 0.04% of all ant articles were either GA, FL or FA. Now it's 1.1%, which is an excellent figure. Burklemore1 (talk) 07:40, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

Dorylinae

New 2016 paper was published that altered the taxonomic placement of many species, some of which are in brand new genera. Will be updating once my Internet is fast. Burklemore1 (talk) 04:49, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

Amblyoponinae

Seems this is also the same case for this subfamily, another paper published in 2016. Burklemore1 (talk) 06:24, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

Looks like both are OK now. I updated Formicinae too, and the stats in the headers (but not individual species counts). Taxonomists need take more chill pills, generally. jonkerz ♠talk 17:53, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

Definitely so! Btw, I had no idea a new ant subfamily was erected. How exciting! Any new genera we might have to add? Burklemore1 (talk) 07:40, 19 December 2016 (UTC)