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Taxa Described in 2017
The following 2 genera were described in 2017 (see all years)
| Taxon Name | Subfamily | Tribe | Author | Type Species | Fossil | Fossil Age | Species Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boltonimecia | Zigrasimeciinae | Borysenko | Sphecomyrma canadensis, now Boltonimecia canadensis | Yes | Campanian, Late Cretaceous Foremost Formation amber, Alberta, Canada | 1 | ||
| Linguamyrmex | Haidomyrmecinae | Barden & Grimaldi | Linguamyrmex vladi | Yes | Early Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous Burmese amber, Kachin State, Myanmar | 3 |
The following 149 species/subspecies were described in 2017 (see all years)
| Taxon Name | Subfamily | Tribe | Genus | Species | Subspecies | Author | Type Locality Country | Fossil | Fossil Age | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acropyga oreithauma | Formicinae | Plagiolepidini | Acropyga | oreithauma | LaPolla, Williams & Fan | Panama | ||||
| Adelomyrmex dorae | Myrmicinae | Solenopsidini | Adelomyrmex | dorae | Garcia-Martinez | Mexico | ||||
| Anochetus annetteae | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Anochetus | annetteae | Sharaf | Oman | ||||
| Aphaenogaster montana | Myrmicinae | Attini | Aphaenogaster | montana | Mackay | Mexico | ||||
| Aphaenogaster punctatissima | Myrmicinae | Attini | Aphaenogaster | punctatissima | Mackay | Mexico | ||||
| Aphaenogaster reticulaticeps | Myrmicinae | Attini | Aphaenogaster | reticulaticeps | Mackay | Mexico | ||||
| Bothroponera notaula | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Bothroponera | notaula | Joma & Mackay | Tanzania | ||||
| Bothroponera pilosuperficia | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Bothroponera | pilosuperficia | Joma & Mackay | Gabon | ||||
| Bothroponera ryderae | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Bothroponera | ryderae | Joma & Mackay | Tanzania | ||||
| Camponotus efitra | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | efitra | Rakotonirina, Csősz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus jodina | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | jodina | Rasoamanana, Csősz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus karaha | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | karaha | Rasoamanana, Csősz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus longicollis | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | longicollis | Rasoamanana, Csősz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus maintikibo | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | maintikibo | Rakotonirina, Csősz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus mita | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | mita | Rakotonirina, Csősz & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus praegracilis | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | praegracilis | Karaman & Kiran | Türkiye | ||||
| Cardiocondyla compressa | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Cardiocondyla | compressa | Seifert | Australia | ||||
| Cardiocondyla itsukii | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Cardiocondyla | itsukii | Seifert, Okita & Heinze | Japan | ||||
| Carebara quratulain | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | quratulain | Akbar & Bharti | India | ||||
| Crematogaster khmerensis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | khmerensis | Hosoishi & Ogata | Cambodia | ||||
| Crematogaster pfeifferi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | pfeifferi | Hosoishi & Ogata | Malaysia | ||||
| Dolichoderus tavridus | Dolichoderinae | Dolichoderini | Dolichoderus | tavridus | Perfilieva, Dubovikoff & Dlussky | Yes | Middle Miocene Malyi Kamyshlak, Kerch, Crimea, Russian Federation | |||
| Echinopla lateropilosa | Formicinae | Camponotini | Echinopla | lateropilosa | Zettel & Laciny | Malaysia | ||||
| Enneamerus costatus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Enneamerus | costatus | Radchenko & Dlussky | Yes | Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | |||
| Hylomyrma montana | Myrmicinae | Pogonomyrmecini | Hylomyrma | montana | Peirce, Branstetter & Longino | Costa Rica | ||||
| Hylomyrma plumosa | Myrmicinae | Pogonomyrmecini | Hylomyrma | plumosa | Pierce, Branstetter & Longino | Costa Rica | ||||
| Leptogenys breviloba | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Leptogenys | breviloba | Arimoto | Malaysia | ||||
| Leptogenys curva | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Leptogenys | curva | Arimoto | Indonesia | ||||
| Leptogenys itoi | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Leptogenys | itoi | Arimoto | Malaysia | ||||
| Leptogenys kanaoi | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Leptogenys | kanaoi | Arimoto | Malaysia | ||||
| Leptogenys malayana | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Leptogenys | malayana | Arimoto | Malaysia | ||||
| Leptogenys polaszeki | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Leptogenys | polaszeki | Sharaf & Akbar | Saudi Arabia | ||||
| Linguamyrmex vladi | Haidomyrmecinae | Linguamyrmex | vladi | Barden & Grimaldi | Yes | Early Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous Burmese amber, Kachin State, Myanmar | ||||
| Melophorus andersenioides | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | andersenioides | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus ankylochaetes | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | ankylochaetes | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus argus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | argus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus attenuipes | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | attenuipes | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus barbellulatus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | barbellulatus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus brevignathus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | brevignathus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus brevipalpus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | brevipalpus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus caeruleoviolaceus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | caeruleoviolaceus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus canus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | canus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus castaneus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | castaneus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus castanopus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | castanopus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Synonym, see Melophorus biroi | ||||
| Melophorus cerasinoniger | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | cerasinoniger | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus chauliodon | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | chauliodon | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus chrysus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | chrysus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus clypeatus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | clypeatus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus compactus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | compactus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus cuneatus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | cuneatus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus dicyrtos | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | dicyrtos | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus diversus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | diversus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus eumorphus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | eumorphus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus fulgidus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | fulgidus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus fulvidus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | fulvidus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus gibbosus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | gibbosus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus gilliatensis | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | gilliatensis | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus graciliceps | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | graciliceps | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus gracilipes | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | gracilipes | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus gracilis | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | gracilis | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus griseus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | griseus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus hexidens | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | hexidens | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus hirsutipes | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | hirsutipes | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus incisus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | incisus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus inconspicuus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | inconspicuus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus isaiah | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | isaiah | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus kuklos | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | kuklos | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus lanuginosus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | lanuginosus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus latinotus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | latinotus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus lissotriches | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | lissotriches | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus longiceps | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | longiceps | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus longipes | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | longipes | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus macrops | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | macrops | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus macroschismus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | macroschismus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus marmar | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | marmar | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus microreticulatus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | microreticulatus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus microtriches | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | microtriches | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus minimus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | minimus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus mullewaensis | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | mullewaensis | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus nemophilus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | nemophilus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus oblongiceps | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | oblongiceps | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus orthonotus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | orthonotus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus paramorphomenus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | paramorphomenus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus parvimolaris | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | parvimolaris | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus pelecygnathus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | pelecygnathus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus pelorocephalus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | pelorocephalus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus platyceps | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | platyceps | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus postlei | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | postlei | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus praesens | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | praesens | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus prominens | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | prominens | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus propebiroi | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | propebiroi | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus purpureus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | purpureus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus pusillus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | pusillus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus quadratus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | quadratus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus rufoniger | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | rufoniger | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus sericothrix | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | sericothrix | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus setosus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | setosus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus solitudinis | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | solitudinis | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus subulipalpus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | subulipalpus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus sulconotus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | sulconotus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus tenuis | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | tenuis | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus teretinotus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | teretinotus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus translucens | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | translucens | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus turbineus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | turbineus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus vitreus | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | vitreus | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Melophorus xouthos | Formicinae | Melophorini | Melophorus | xouthos | Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck | Australia | ||||
| Monomorium elghazalyi | Myrmicinae | Solenopsidini | Monomorium | elghazalyi | Sharaf & Aldawood | Yemen | ||||
| Nesomyrmex inhaca | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Nesomyrmex | inhaca | Hita Garcia, Mbanyana, Audisco & Alpert | Mozambique | ||||
| Nesomyrmex zaheri | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Nesomyrmex | zaheri | Sharaf, Akbar & Hita Garcia | Yemen | ||||
| Oecophylla taurica | Formicinae | Oecophylla | taurica | Perfilieva, Dubovikoff & Dlussky | Yes | Middle Miocene Malyi Kamyshlak, Kerch, Crimea, Russian Federation | ||||
| Proformica longipilosa | Formicinae | Formicini | Proformica | longipilosa | Galkowski, Lebas, Wegnez, Lenoir & Blatrix | France | ||||
| Protanilla beijingensis | Leptanillinae | Leptanillini | Protanilla | beijingensis | Man, Ran, Chen & Xu | China | ||||
| Protanilla jongi | Leptanillinae | Leptanillini | Protanilla | jongi | Hsu, P.-W., Hsu, F.-C., Hsiao & Lin | Taiwan | ||||
| Pseudolasius zamrood | Formicinae | Lasiini | Pseudolasius | zamrood | Akbar, Bharti & Wachkoo | India | ||||
| Pseudomyrmex evitus | Pseudomyrmecinae | Pseudomyrmex | evitus | Ward | Costa Rica | |||||
| Pseudomyrmex feralis | Pseudomyrmecinae | Pseudomyrmex | feralis | Ward | Guatemala | |||||
| Pseudomyrmex micans | Pseudomyrmecinae | Pseudomyrmex | micans | Ward | Peru | |||||
| Pseudomyrmex obtusus | Pseudomyrmecinae | Pseudomyrmex | obtusus | Ward | Venezuela | |||||
| Pseudomyrmex parvulus | Pseudomyrmecinae | Pseudomyrmex | parvulus | Ward | Brazil | |||||
| Sericomyrmex maravalhas | Myrmicinae | Attini | Sericomyrmex | maravalhas | Ješovnik & Schultz | Brazil | ||||
| Sericomyrmex radioheadi | Myrmicinae | Attini | Sericomyrmex | radioheadi | Ješovnik & Schultz | Venezuela | ||||
| Sericomyrmex saramama | Myrmicinae | Attini | Sericomyrmex | saramama | Ješovnik & Schultz | Peru | ||||
| Solenopsis atavina | Myrmicinae | Solenopsis | atavina | Perfilieva, Dubovikoff & Dlussky | Yes | Sarmatian, Upper Miocene Khronya Cape, Kerch, Crimea, Russian Federation | ||||
| Stictoponera dentihumera | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Stictoponera | dentihumera | Chen, Lattke & Zhou | China | ||||
| Stictoponera nanlingensis | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Stictoponera | nanlingensis | Chen, Lattke & Zhou | China | ||||
| Stictoponera quadrutinodules | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Stictoponera | quadrutinodules | Chen, Lattke & Zhou | China | ||||
| Stigmatomma luyiae | Amblyoponinae | Amblyoponini | Stigmatomma | luyiae | Hsu, F., Esteves, Chou & Lin | Taiwan | ||||
| Stigmomyrmex rugulosus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Stigmomyrmex | rugulosus | Radchenko & Dlussky | Yes | Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | |||
| Strongylognathus dao | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Strongylognathus | dao | Radchenko, Zhang & Heinze | China | ||||
| Tapinoma darioi | Dolichoderinae | Tapinoma | darioi | Seifert, DEustacchio, Kaufmann, Centorame & Modica | Italy | |||||
| Temnothorax ansei | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | ansei | Catarineu, Barberá & Reyes-López | Spain | ||||
| Temnothorax arabicus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | arabicus | Sharaf & Akbar | Saudi Arabia | ||||
| Temnothorax continentalis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | continentalis | Galkowski & Cagniant | France | ||||
| Terataner balrog | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Terataner | balrog | Hita Garcia | Madagascar | ||||
| Terataner nymeria | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Terataner | nymeria | Hita Garcia | Madagascar | ||||
| Tetramorium bellerophoni | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Tetramorium | bellerophoni | Salata & Borowiec | Türkiye | ||||
| Tetramorium breviscapus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Tetramorium | breviscapus | Wagner, Arthofer, Seifert, Muster, Steiner & Schlick-Steiner | Greece | ||||
| Tetramorium buschingeri | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Tetramorium | buschingeri | Lapeva-Gjonova | Bulgaria | ||||
| Tetramorium caucasicum | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Tetramorium | caucasicum | Wagner, Arthofer, Seifert, Muster, Steiner & Schlick-Steiner | Armenia | ||||
| Tetramorium jarawa | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Tetramorium | jarawa | Agavekar, Hita Garcia & Economo | India | ||||
| Tetramorium kephalosi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Tetramorium | kephalosi | Salata & Borowiec | Greece | ||||
| Tetramorium krishnani | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Tetramorium | krishnani | Agavekar, Hita Garcia & Economo | India | ||||
| Tetramorium seiferti | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Tetramorium | seiferti | Kiran & Karaman | Türkiye | ||||
| Thaumatomyrmex fraxini | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Thaumatomyrmex | fraxini | DEsquivel & Jahyny | Brazil | ||||
| Trachymyrmex pakawa | Myrmicinae | Attini | Trachymyrmex | pakawa | Sanchez-Peña, Chacón-Cardosa, Canales-Del Castillo & Reséndez-Pérez | Mexico | ||||
| Tyrannomyrmex alii | Myrmicinae | Solenopsidini | Tyrannomyrmex | alii | Sadasivan & Kripakaran | India | ||||
| Zasphinctus obamai | Dorylinae | Zasphinctus | obamai | Hita Garcia | Kenya | |||||
| Zasphinctus sarowiwai | Dorylinae | Zasphinctus | sarowiwai | Hita Garcia | Cameroon | |||||
| Zasphinctus wilsoni | Dorylinae | Zasphinctus | wilsoni | Hita Garcia | Mozambique |