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Taxa Described in 1972
The following genus was described in 1972 (see all years)
| Taxon Name | Subfamily | Tribe | Author | Type Species | Fossil | Fossil Age | Species Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asketogenys | Myrmicinae | Attini | Brown | Asketogenys acubecca, now Strumigenys acubecca | Synonym, see Strumigenys |
The following 19 species/subspecies were described in 1972 (see all years)
| Taxon Name | Subfamily | Tribe | Genus | Species | Subspecies | Author | Type Locality Country | Fossil | Fossil Age | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acromyrmex coronatus globoculis | Myrmicinae | Attini | Acromyrmex | coronatus | globoculis | Kempf | Guyana | |||
| Camponotus kutterianus | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | kutterianus | Baroni Urbani | Cuba | ||||
| Dolichoderus omacanthus | Dolichoderinae | Dolichoderini | Dolichoderus | omacanthus | Kempf | Brazil | ||||
| Dorylus bishyiganus | Dorylinae | Dorylus | bishyiganus | Boven | Rwanda | |||||
| Dorylus niarembensis | Dorylinae | Dorylus | niarembensis | Boven | Democratic Republic of Congo | |||||
| Melissotarsus titubans | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Melissotarsus | titubans | Delage-Darchen | Synonym, see Melissotarsus weissi | ||||
| Neivamyrmex texanus | Dorylinae | Neivamyrmex | texanus | Watkins | United States | |||||
| Orectognathus echinus | Myrmicinae | Attini | Orectognathus | echinus | Taylor & Lowery | Papua New Guinea | ||||
| Orectognathus hystrix | Myrmicinae | Attini | Orectognathus | hystrix | Taylor & Lowery | Papua New Guinea | ||||
| Pheidole borgmeieri | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | borgmeieri | Kempf | Brazil | ||||
| Pheidole camptostela | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | camptostela | Kempf | Brazil | ||||
| Pheidole dyctiota | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | dyctiota | Kempf | Brazil | ||||
| Solenopsis blumi | Myrmicinae | Solenopsidini | Solenopsis | blumi | Buren | Synonym, see Solenopsis quinquecuspis | ||||
| Solenopsis invicta | Myrmicinae | Solenopsidini | Solenopsis | invicta | Buren | United States | ||||
| Stenamma knowltoni | Myrmicinae | Stenammini | Stenamma | knowltoni | Gregg | Synonym, see Stenamma smithi | ||||
| Stigmatomma pluto | Amblyoponinae | Amblyoponini | Stigmatomma | pluto | Gotwald & Levieux | Ivory Coast | ||||
| Strumigenys acubecca | Myrmicinae | Attini | Strumigenys | acubecca | Brown | Malaysia | ||||
| Strumigenys minima | Myrmicinae | Attini | Strumigenys | minima | Bolton | Ghana | ||||
| Strumigenys roomi | Myrmicinae | Attini | Strumigenys | roomi | Bolton | Ghana |