Estevia
| Estevia Temporal range: Fushun amber | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Clade: | Doryloformicia |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Estevia Fisher, 2025 |
| Type species | |
| Wilsonia megagastrosa (Hong, 2002) | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 2 species | |
Estevia is a genus of fossil formicine ants containg two species known from Fushun amber. It was originally described in 2002 by Chinese paleoentomologist Youchong Hong (zh:洪友崇) as Wilsonia, an honorific of biologist E. O. Wilson,[2] however entomologist Brian Fisher found that the name was a junior secondary homonym of the bird genus Wilsonia described in 1838 and designated Estevia as a replacement name in 2026 in honor of Brazilian myrmecologist Flávia Esteves.[3]
Species
[edit]As of 2026, the genus includes one species officially designated within the genus and one implied.[1][2][3]
- Estevia liaoningensis (Hong, 2002)
- Estevia megagastrosa (Hong, 2002)
References
[edit]- 1 2 Bolton, B. (2026). "Estevia". AntCat. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
- 1 2 Hong, Youchong (August 2002). 中国琥珀昆虫志 (1 ed.). Beijing: Beijing Science and Technology Press. pp. x + 653. ISBN 9787530426227. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
- 1 2 Fisher, Brian L. (16 October 2025). "Replacement names for junior homonyms in ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)". ZooKeys. 1256: 81–113. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1256.162607. PMC 12550506. PMID 41141414. Retrieved 13 February 2026.