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Taxa Described in 2016
The following 7 genera were described in 2016 (see all years)
| Taxon Name | Subfamily | Tribe | Author | Type Species | Fossil | Fossil Age | Species Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camelomecia | Uncertain | Barden & Grimaldi | Camelomecia janovitzi | Yes | Early Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous Burmese amber, Kachin State, Myanmar | 1 | ||
| Ceratomyrmex | Haidomyrmecinae | Perrichot, Wang, B. & Engel | Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri | Yes | Early Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous Burmese amber, Kachin State, Myanmar | 2 | ||
| Eburopone | Dorylinae | Borowiec | Cerapachys wroughtoni, now Eburopone wroughtoni | 2 | ||||
| Erromyrma | Myrmicinae | Solenopsidini | Bolton & Fisher | Monomorium latinode, now Erromyrma latinodis | 1 | |||
| Lividopone | Dorylinae | Bolton & Fisher | Cerapachys lividus, now Lividopone livida | 1 | ||||
| Neocerapachys | Dorylinae | Borowiec | Cerapachys (Cerapachys) neotropicus, now Neocerapachys neotropicus | 2 | ||||
| Patagonomyrmex | Myrmicinae | Pogonomyrmecini | Johnson & Moreau | Pogonomyrmex angustus, now Patagonomyrmex angustus | 3 |
The following 147 species/subspecies were described in 2016 (see all years)
| Taxon Name | Subfamily | Tribe | Genus | Species | Subspecies | Author | Type Locality Country | Fossil | Fossil Age | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aenictus seletarius | Dorylinae | Aenictus | seletarius | Wong & Guénard | Singapore | |||||
| Aenictus shilintongae | Dorylinae | Aenictus | shilintongae | Jaitrong & Schultz | China | |||||
| Anochetus daedalus | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Anochetus | daedalus | Marathe & Priyadarsanan | India | ||||
| Aphaenogaster charesi | Myrmicinae | Attini | Aphaenogaster | charesi | Salata & Borowiec | Greece | ||||
| Aphaenogaster dlusskyana | Myrmicinae | Attini | Aphaenogaster | dlusskyana | Radchenko & Perkovsky | Yes | Thanetian, Paleocene Sakhalin amber, Ukraine | |||
| Bothriomyrmex enigmaticus | Dolichoderinae | Bothriomyrmex | enigmaticus | Prebus & Lubertazzi | Dominican Republic | |||||
| Camelomecia janovitzi | Uncertain | Camelomecia | janovitzi | Barden & Grimaldi | Yes | Early Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous Burmese amber, Kachin State, Myanmar | ||||
| Camponotus alamaina | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | alamaina | Rakotonirina, Csősz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus androy | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | androy | Rakotonirina, Csősz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus bevohitra | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | bevohitra | Rakotonirina, Csősz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus buchneri camerounensis | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | buchneri | camerounensis | Ward, Blaimer & Fisher | Cameroun | |||
| Camponotus galoko | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | galoko | Rakotonirina, Csősz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus javaensis | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | javaensis | Ward, Blaimer & Fisher | Indonesia | ||||
| Camponotus matsilo | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | matsilo | Rakotonirina, Csősz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus micronesicus | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | micronesicus | Blanchard & Clouse | Micronesia (Federated States of) | ||||
| Camponotus mifaka | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | mifaka | Rakotonirina, Csősz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus orombe | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | orombe | Rakotonirina, Csősz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus tafo | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | tafo | Rakotonirina, Csősz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus tol | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | tol | Gibson & Clouse | Micronesia (Federated States of) | ||||
| Camponotus tratra | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | tratra | Rakotonirina, Csősz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus varatra | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | varatra | Rakotonirina, Csősz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus zavo | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | zavo | Rakotonirina, Csősz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Cataglyphis israelensis | Formicinae | Formicini | Cataglyphis | israelensis | Ionescu & Eyer | Israel | ||||
| Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri | Haidomyrmecinae | Ceratomyrmex | ellenbergeri | Perrichot, Wang, B. & Engel | Yes | Early Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous Burmese amber, Kachin State, Myanmar | ||||
| Crematogaster brevispina | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | brevispina | Hosoishi & Ogata | Philippines | ||||
| Crematogaster brunensis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | brunensis | Hosoishi & Ogata | Brunei Darussalam | ||||
| Crematogaster celebensis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | celebensis | Hosoishi & Ogata | Indonesia | ||||
| Crematogaster claudiae | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | claudiae | Feldhaar, Maschwitz & Fiala | Malaysia | ||||
| Crematogaster hullettii | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | hullettii | Feldhaar, Maschwitz & Fiala | Malaysia | ||||
| Crematogaster indosinensis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | indosinensis | Hosoishi & Ogata | Cambodia | ||||
| Crematogaster linsenmairi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | linsenmairi | Feldhaar, Maschwitz & Fiala | Singapore | ||||
| Crematogaster luzonensis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | luzonensis | Hosoishi & Ogata | Philippines | ||||
| Crematogaster maryatii | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | maryatii | Feldhaar, Maschwitz & Fiala | Malaysia | ||||
| Crematogaster moatensis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | moatensis | Hosoishi & Ogata | Indonesia | ||||
| Crematogaster ocellata | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | ocellata | Hosoishi & Ogata | Vietnam | ||||
| Crematogaster philippinensis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | philippinensis | Hosoishi & Ogata | Philippines | ||||
| Crematogaster roslihashimi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | roslihashimi | Feldhaar, Maschwitz & Fiala | Malaysia | ||||
| Crematogaster storki | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | storki | Hosoishi & Ogata | Indonesia | ||||
| Crematogaster sundalandensis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | sundalandensis | Hosoishi & Ogata | Indonesia | ||||
| Crematogaster vieti | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | vieti | Hosoishi & Ogata | Vietnam | ||||
| Diacamma aequale | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Diacamma | aequale | Zettel, Pal & Laciny | Philippines | ||||
| Diacamma aureovestitum | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Diacamma | aureovestitum | Zettel, Pal & Laciny | Philippines | ||||
| Diacamma excellens | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Diacamma | excellens | Zettel, Pal & Laciny | Philippines | ||||
| Diacamma gusenleitneri | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Diacamma | gusenleitneri | Zettel, Pal & Laciny | Borneo | ||||
| Diacamma jaitrongi | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Diacamma | jaitrongi | Zettel, Pal & Laciny | Thailand | ||||
| Diacamma leyteense | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Diacamma | leyteense | Zettel, Pal & Laciny | Philippines | ||||
| Diacamma reductostriatum | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Diacamma | reductostriatum | Zettel, Pal & Laciny | Philippines | ||||
| Diacamma symposium | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Diacamma | symposium | Zettel, Pal & Laciny | Philippines | ||||
| Eocenomyrma breviscapa | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Eocenomyrma | breviscapa | Radchenko & Dlussky | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Rovno amber, Ukraine | |||
| Eocenomyrma ukrainica | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Eocenomyrma | ukrainica | Radchenko & Dlussky | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Rovno amber, Ukraine | |||
| Harpegnathos alperti | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Harpegnathos | alperti | General | Philippines | ||||
| Harpegnathos honestoi | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Harpegnathos | honestoi | General | Philippines | ||||
| Lasius bombycina | Formicinae | Lasiini | Lasius | bombycina | Seifert & Galkowski | Türkiye | ||||
| Lasius casevitzi | Formicinae | Lasiini | Lasius | casevitzi | Seifert & Galkowski | France | ||||
| Lenomyrmex hoelldobleri | Myrmicinae | Attini | Lenomyrmex | hoelldobleri | Rabeling, Sosa-Calvo, OConnell, Coloma & Fernández | Ecuador | ||||
| Lepisiota omanensis | Formicinae | Plagiolepidini | Lepisiota | omanensis | Sharaf & Monks | Oman | ||||
| Leptanilla hypodracos | Leptanillinae | Leptanillini | Leptanilla | hypodracos | Wong & Guénard | Singapore | ||||
| Leptogenys leleji | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Leptogenys | leleji | Zryanin | Vietnam | ||||
| Leptomyrmex relictus | Dolichoderinae | Leptomyrmecini | Leptomyrmex | relictus | Boudinot, Probst, Brandão, Feitosa & Ward | Brazil | ||||
| Linepithema hirsutum | Dolichoderinae | Leptomyrmecini | Linepithema | hirsutum | Escarraga & Guerrero | Colombia | ||||
| Lioponera bispinata | Dorylinae | Lioponera | bispinata | Chen & Zhou | China | |||||
| Melissotarsus ethiopiensis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Melissotarsus | ethiopiensis | Coty, Lebon & Nel | Yes | Early Miocene Ethiopian amber, Ethiopia | |||
| Metapone africana | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Metapone | africana | Taylor & Alpert | Gabon | ||||
| Metapone balinensis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Metapone | balinensis | Taylor & Alpert | Indonesia | ||||
| Metapone enigmatica | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Metapone | enigmatica | Taylor & Alpert | Papua New Guinea | ||||
| Metapone hoelldobleri | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Metapone | hoelldobleri | Taylor & Alpert | Australia | ||||
| Metapone javana | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Metapone | javana | Taylor & Alpert | Indonesia | ||||
| Metapone manni | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Metapone | manni | Taylor & Alpert | Fiji | ||||
| Metapone mathinnae | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Metapone | mathinnae | Taylor & Alpert | Australia | ||||
| Metapone philwardi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Metapone | philwardi | Taylor & Alpert | Papua New Guinea | ||||
| Metapone salomonis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Metapone | salomonis | Taylor & Alpert | Solomon Islands | ||||
| Metapone tecklini | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Metapone | tecklini | Taylor & Alpert | Australia | ||||
| Metapone titan | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Metapone | titan | Taylor & Alpert | Papua New Guinea | ||||
| Metapone wallaceana | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Metapone | wallaceana | Taylor & Alpert | Indonesia | ||||
| Myanmyrma maraudera | Sphecomyrminae | Sphecomyrmini | Myanmyrma | maraudera | Barden & Grimaldi | Yes | Early Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous Burmese amber, Kachin State, Myanmar | |||
| Myrmecina magnificens | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Myrmecina | magnificens | Wong & Guénard | Singapore | ||||
| Myrmica dongi | Myrmicinae | Myrmicini | Myrmica | dongi | Chen, Zhou & Huang | China | ||||
| Myrmica huaii | Myrmicinae | Myrmicini | Myrmica | huaii | Chen, Zhou & Huang | China | ||||
| Myrmica latra | Myrmicinae | Myrmicini | Myrmica | latra | Bharti, Radchenko & Sasi | India | ||||
| Myrmica liui | Myrmicinae | Myrmicini | Myrmica | liui | Chen, Zhou & Huang | China | ||||
| Myrmica mifui | Myrmicinae | Myrmicini | Myrmica | mifui | Chen, Zhou & Huang | China | ||||
| Myrmica oui | Myrmicinae | Myrmicini | Myrmica | oui | Chen, Zhou & Huang | China | ||||
| Myrmica wangi | Myrmicinae | Myrmicini | Myrmica | wangi | Chen, Zhou & Huang | China | ||||
| Myrmica yani | Myrmicinae | Myrmicini | Myrmica | yani | Chen, Zhou & Huang | China | ||||
| Nesomyrmex bidentatus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Nesomyrmex | bidentatus | Csösz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Nesomyrmex brevicornis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Nesomyrmex | brevicornis | Csösz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Nesomyrmex brunneus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Nesomyrmex | brunneus | Csösz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Nesomyrmex cingulatus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Nesomyrmex | cingulatus | Csösz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Nesomyrmex clypeatus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Nesomyrmex | clypeatus | Csösz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Nesomyrmex devius | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Nesomyrmex | devius | Csösz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Nesomyrmex edentatus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Nesomyrmex | edentatus | Csösz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Nesomyrmex excelsior | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Nesomyrmex | excelsior | Csösz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Nesomyrmex exiguus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Nesomyrmex | exiguus | Csösz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Nesomyrmex flavigaster | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Nesomyrmex | flavigaster | Csösz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Nesomyrmex flavus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Nesomyrmex | flavus | Csösz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Nesomyrmex fragilis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Nesomyrmex | fragilis | Csösz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Nesomyrmex gracilis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Nesomyrmex | gracilis | Csösz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Nesomyrmex hirtellus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Nesomyrmex | hirtellus | Csösz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Nesomyrmex longiceps | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Nesomyrmex | longiceps | Csösz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Nesomyrmex minutus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Nesomyrmex | minutus | Csösz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Nesomyrmex modestus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Nesomyrmex | modestus | Csösz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Nesomyrmex nitidus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Nesomyrmex | nitidus | Csösz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Nesomyrmex punctaticeps | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Nesomyrmex | punctaticeps | Csösz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Nesomyrmex reticulatus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Nesomyrmex | reticulatus | Csösz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Nesomyrmex rugosus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Nesomyrmex | rugosus | Csösz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Nesomyrmex sellaris | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Nesomyrmex | sellaris | Csösz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Nesomyrmex striatus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Nesomyrmex | striatus | Csösz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Nesomyrmex tamatavensis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Nesomyrmex | tamatavensis | Csösz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Nylanderia deceptrix | Formicinae | Lasiini | Nylanderia | deceptrix | Messer, Cover & LaPolla | United States | ||||
| Paratopula bauhinia | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Paratopula | bauhinia | Luo & Guénard | China | ||||
| Pheidole balcanica | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | balcanica | Seifert | Croatia | ||||
| Pheidole drogon | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | drogon | Sarnat, Fischer & Economo | Papua New Guinea | ||||
| Pheidole kava | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | kava | Fischer, Sarnat & Economo | Fiji | ||||
| Pheidole leloi | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | leloi | Eguchi & Bui | Vietnam | ||||
| Pheidole ululevu | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | ululevu | Fischer, Sarnat & Economo | Fiji | ||||
| Pheidole viserion | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | viserion | Sarnat, Fischer & Economo | Papua New Guinea | ||||
| Polyrhachis brevipilosa | Formicinae | Camponotini | Polyrhachis | brevipilosa | Rigato | Gabon | ||||
| Polyrhachis doudou | Formicinae | Camponotini | Polyrhachis | doudou | Rigato | Gabon | ||||
| Polyrhachis dubia | Formicinae | Camponotini | Polyrhachis | dubia | Rigato | Cameroun | ||||
| Polyrhachis fisheri | Formicinae | Camponotini | Polyrhachis | fisheri | Rigato | Gabon | ||||
| Polyrhachis gibbula | Formicinae | Camponotini | Polyrhachis | gibbula | Rigato | Kenya | ||||
| Polyrhachis longiseta | Formicinae | Camponotini | Polyrhachis | longiseta | Rigato | Cameroun | ||||
| Polyrhachis luteipes | Formicinae | Camponotini | Polyrhachis | luteipes | Rigato | Cameroun | ||||
| Polyrhachis omissa | Formicinae | Camponotini | Polyrhachis | omissa | Rigato | Somalia | ||||
| Polyrhachis submarginata | Formicinae | Camponotini | Polyrhachis | submarginata | Rigato | Central African Republic | ||||
| Polyrhachis terminata | Formicinae | Camponotini | Polyrhachis | terminata | Rigato | Tanzania | ||||
| Prenolepis darlena | Formicinae | Lasiini | Prenolepis | darlena | Williams & LaPolla | Nepal | ||||
| Prenolepis fustinoda | Formicinae | Lasiini | Prenolepis | fustinoda | Williams & LaPolla | China | ||||
| Prenolepis mediops | Formicinae | Lasiini | Prenolepis | mediops | Williams & LaPolla | China | ||||
| Prenolepis shanialena | Formicinae | Lasiini | Prenolepis | shanialena | Williams & LaPolla | Vietnam | ||||
| Pristomyrmex leleji | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Pristomyrmex | leleji | Yamane & Dias | Thailand | ||||
| Pristomyrmex sinharaja | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Pristomyrmex | sinharaja | Dias & Yamane | Sri Lanka | ||||
| Romblonella longinoi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Romblonella | longinoi | General | Malaysia | ||||
| Stictoponera sinhala | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Stictoponera | sinhala | Lattke | Sri Lanka | ||||
| Stigmatomma bolabola | Amblyoponinae | Amblyoponini | Stigmatomma | bolabola | Esteves & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Stigmatomma irayhady | Amblyoponinae | Amblyoponini | Stigmatomma | irayhady | Esteves & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Stigmatomma janovitsika | Amblyoponinae | Amblyoponini | Stigmatomma | janovitsika | Esteves & Fisher | Seychelles | ||||
| Stigmatomma liebe | Amblyoponinae | Amblyoponini | Stigmatomma | liebe | Esteves & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Stigmatomma roahady | Amblyoponinae | Amblyoponini | Stigmatomma | roahady | Esteves & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Stigmatomma sakalava | Amblyoponinae | Amblyoponini | Stigmatomma | sakalava | Esteves & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Stigmatomma tsyhady | Amblyoponinae | Amblyoponini | Stigmatomma | tsyhady | Esteves & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Syllophopsis saudiensis | Myrmicinae | Solenopsidini | Syllophopsis | saudiensis | Aldawood | Saudi Arabia | ||||
| Temnothorax conatensis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | conatensis | Galkowski & Lebas | France | ||||
| Trichomyrmex almosayari | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Trichomyrmex | almosayari | Sharaf & Aldawood | Saudi Arabia | ||||
| Trichomyrmex shakeri | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Trichomyrmex | shakeri | Sharaf & Al Dhafer | Saudi Arabia | ||||
| Xymmer phungi | Amblyoponinae | Amblyoponini | Xymmer | phungi | Satria, Sasaki, Bui, Oguri, Syoji, Fisher, Yamane & Eguchi | Vietnam | ||||
| Zasphinctus siamensis | Dorylinae | Zasphinctus | siamensis | Jaitrong | Thailand |