Summary of Taxa Described for Year

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These charts show the number of genera and species (both extant and fossil) described each year. pChart
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These charts show the accumulation of genera and species (both extant and fossil) over time. pChart pChart This table shows the number of genera and species described each year. The 'Accumulated' columns show the number of valid taxa based on our current taxonomic understanding.

Year Genera Described Fossil Genera Described Genera Made Invalid Accumulated Valid Genera Species/Subspecies Described Fossil Species/Subspecies Described Species/Subspecies Made Invalid Accumulated Valid Species/Subspecies
1758 1 1 16 16
1759 1 16
1760 1 16
1761 1 1 17
1762 1 17
1763 1 3 1 19
1764 1 1 20
1765 1 20
1766 1 20
1767 1 1 21
1768 1 21
1769 1 21
1770 1 21
1771 1 1 22
1772 1 22
1773 1 8 5 25
1774 1 25
1775 1 21 4 42
1776 1 42
1777 1 42
1778 1 1 43
1779 1 43
1780 1 43
1781 1 43
1782 1 7 1 49
1783 1 1 50
1784 1 50
1785 1 3 2 51
1786 1 51
1787 1 9 1 59
1788 1 59
1789 1 3 2 60
1790 1 6 66
1791 1 8 5 69
1792 1 12 2 79
1793 1 2 19 3 95
1794 2 95
1795 2 95
1796 2 95
1797 2 95
1798 2 30 9 116
1799 2 116
1800 2 116
1801 2 116
1802 1 3 41 7 150
1803 1 1 3 150
1804 8 11 36 12 174
1805 11 174
1806 11 174
1807 2 13 2 1 175
1808 13 2 1 176
1809 13 1 177
1810 13 177
1811 13 177
1812 13 177
1813 13 177
1814 13 177
1815 13 177
1816 13 177
1817 13 2 1 178
1818 1 1 13 178
1819 13 2 1 179
1820 1 14 179
1821 14 179
1822 14 6 179
1823 14 179
1824 14 6 2 183
1825 14 14 7 190
1826 14 190
1827 14 190
1828 14 190
1829 1 15 1 2 1 190
1830 15 1 190
1831 5 20 6 3 193
1832 1 1 20 3 2 194
1833 1 21 6 4 196
1834 21 6 5 197
1835 21 5 2 200
1836 21 16 2 214
1837 21 2 1 216
1838 1 22 13 6 223
1839 4 2 24 7 2 228
1840 6 3 27 32 13 247
1841 27 2 1 248
1842 2 29 26 7 267
1843 29 267
1844 2 2 29 15 6 276
1845 29 1 277
1846 1 1 29 22 7 292
1847 29 1 293
1848 29 293
1849 2 29 26 51 12 307
1850 2 31 22 12 317
1851 2 1 32 56 10 363
1852 3 2 33 18 9 372
1853 7 2 38 31 15 388
1854 1 38 4 1 3 389
1855 7 3 42 26 10 405
1856 42 13 1 5 413
1857 9 5 46 80 15 478
1858 5 1 50 257 71 664
1859 3 1 52 102 36 730
1860 5 2 55 114 29 815
1861 19 5 69 79 24 870
1862 26 10 85 131 43 958
1863 13 6 92 166 33 1091
1864 92 1 1 1091
1865 10 3 99 55 1 12 1134
1866 8 107 85 16 1203
1867 3 1 2 108 60 17 26 1237
1868 5 4 2 111 34 45 13 1258
1869 4 2 113 14 4 1268
1870 5 118 108 3 20 1356
1871 118 15 5 1366
1872 1 119 12 1 1377
1873 119 3 1 1379
1874 1 1 119 36 19 1396
1875 119 2 1398
1876 119 81 14 1465
1877 1 1 120 48 6 13 1500
1878 4 124 31 3 10 1521
1879 2 1 125 64 14 1571
1880 125 1 1572
1881 3 2 126 36 1 8 1600
1882 1 127 7 2 1605
1883 1 128 23 2 1626
1884 128 20 4 1642
1885 4 2 130 27 8 1661
1886 3 1 132 121 25 1757
1887 11 2 141 202 31 1928
1888 1 142 25 5 1948
1889 2 1 143 64 11 2001
1890 7 3 147 102 27 2076
1891 6 1 4 149 77 24 20 2133
1892 5 3 151 147 33 2247
1893 16 5 162 247 56 2438
1894 2 1 163 225 41 2622
1895 13 5 171 317 2 65 2874
1896 4 2 173 131 39 2966
1897 5 2 176 146 24 3088
1898 176 33 10 3111
1899 3 1 178 242 57 3296
1900 5 1 182 223 53 3466
1901 11 5 188 348 1 104 3710
1902 9 5 192 358 86 3982
1903 4 4 192 117 29 4070
1904 3 3 192 140 49 4161
1905 10 7 195 161 60 4262
1906 10 6 199 135 1 53 4344
1907 5 3 201 185 58 4471
1908 2 1 202 213 83 4601
1909 1 203 139 50 4690
1910 10 2 6 207 365 1 106 4949
1911 14 10 211 409 142 5216
1912 36 18 229 427 177 5466
1913 17 1 13 233 459 147 5778
1914 19 12 240 422 131 6069
1915 32 12 23 249 386 44 139 6316
1916 11 7 253 294 116 6494
1917 4 3 254 118 1 51 6561
1918 9 7 256 119 60 6620
1919 11 8 259 262 75 6807
1920 21 2 12 268 218 8 71 6954
1921 16 1 6 278 228 94 7088
1922 16 14 280 349 1 123 7314
1923 6 1 5 281 211 3 96 7429
1924 4 3 282 135 57 7507
1925 14 10 286 403 177 7733
1926 9 3 292 230 82 7881
1927 6 5 293 173 3 83 7971
1928 7 5 295 190 84 8077
1929 7 6 296 225 1 115 8187
1930 15 8 14 297 178 31 65 8300
1931 2 1 298 122 66 8356
1932 1 1 298 89 42 8403
1933 4 3 299 157 3 76 8484
1934 5 2 302 246 111 8619
1935 14 1 12 304 132 7 27 8724
1936 5 3 306 134 59 8799
1937 4 4 306 191 24 86 8904
1938 4 3 307 122 52 8974
1939 1 1 1 307 112 45 9041
1940 1 308 56 30 9067
1941 7 5 310 95 35 9127
1942 2 2 310 112 62 9177
1943 2 1 311 124 54 9247
1944 8 8 311 82 45 9284
1945 1 1 311 18 8 9294
1946 3 3 311 25 10 9309
1947 8 5 314 71 30 9350
1948 20 19 315 71 29 9392
1949 9 9 315 106 1 42 9456
1950 9 9 315 64 30 9490
1951 2 2 315 68 19 9539
1952 6 5 316 56 27 9568
1953 8 8 316 146 53 9661
1954 2 2 316 23 7 9677
1955 4 4 316 39 4 9712
1956 4 3 317 14 3 9723
1957 9 7 319 79 1 21 9781
1958 319 63 5 9839
1959 319 45 4 9880
1960 1 320 54 2 5 9929
1961 1 321 21 9950
1962 1 1 321 26 1 4 9972
1963 1 1 321 18 3 9987
1964 1 1 321 42 1 10 10019
1965 321 27 5 10041
1966 1 1 321 22 7 10056
1967 3 3 3 321 59 4 9 10106
1968 6 5 322 68 10 10164
1969 3 2 323 43 13 10194
1970 323 35 1 5 10224
1971 1 324 31 8 10247
1972 1 1 324 19 3 10263
1973 1 325 60 6 10317
1974 2 1 1 326 28 1 2 10343
1975 3 2 3 326 82 4 5 10420
1976 3 3 326 70 17 10473
1977 326 90 14 10549
1978 1 327 51 11 10589
1979 1 328 35 10624
1980 1 329 83 5 4 10703
1981 3 2 2 330 39 9 1 10741
1982 1 330 32 2 1 10772
1983 3 3 2 331 85 7 3 10854
1984 2 1 332 26 3 10880
1985 1 4 333 61 18 7 10934
1986 1 334 28 2 4 10958
1987 2 1 1 335 77 2 5 11030
1988 1 5 336 39 7 2 11067
1989 4 4 3 337 54 33 4 11117
1990 7 1 2 342 73 7 11183
1991 4 346 61 2 4 11240
1992 5 351 69 12 5 11304
1993 351 68 1 11 11361
1994 6 2 2 355 75 19 5 11431
1995 1 1 355 103 9 16 11518
1996 2 355 115 2 15 11618
1997 1 1 1 355 85 2 6 11697
1998 355 69 5 5 11761
1999 2 2 1 356 124 22 5 11880
2000 4 1 2 358 521 2 10 12391
2001 1 359 163 1 6 12548
2002 1 37 360 85 65 4 12629
2003 1 1 361 483 11 38 13074
2004 2 4 363 100 8 3 13171
2005 2 2 1 364 24 5 2 13193
2006 2 6 366 145 13 2 13336
2007 2 1 367 213 6 10 13539
2008 3 3 370 147 19 4 13682
2009 8 2 378 136 22 2 13816
2010 1 379 145 5 13 13948
2011 2 379 206 4 6 14148
2012 5 5 1 383 188 27 2 14334
2013 1 5 384 310 8 4 14640
2014 12 4 1 395 175 30 14815
2015 1 3 396 129 43 1 14943
2016 5 2 401 140 7 15083
2017 2 401 143 6 1 15225
2018 1 2 402 119 8 3 15341
2019 2 1 404 152 9 15493
2020 1 7 405 218 26 15711
2021 1 2 406 160 7 15871
2022 4 4 1 409 131 16 16002
2023 2 409 80 17 16082
2024 409 11 1 16093

Total Number of Taxa for the family Formicidae

Valid Genera Fossil Genera Invalid Genera Valid Species Fossil Species Invalid Species
409 170 487 16093 838 5348