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Taxa Described in 2019
The following 3 genera were described in 2019 (see all years)
| Taxon Name | Subfamily | Tribe | Author | Type Species | Fossil | Fossil Age | Species Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mycetomoellerius | Myrmicinae | Attini | Solomon, Rabeling, Sosa-Calvo & Schultz | Atta iheringi, now Mycetomoellerius iheringi | 31 | |||
| Paratrachymyrmex | Myrmicinae | Attini | Solomon, Rabeling, Sosa-Calvo & Schultz | Atta intermedia, now Paratrachymyrmex intermedius | 9 | |||
| Thanacomyrmex | Myrmicinae | Cheny, Wang & Perrichot | Thanacomyrmex hoffeinsorum | Yes | Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | 1 |
The following 162 species/subspecies were described in 2019 (see all years)
| Taxon Name | Subfamily | Tribe | Genus | Species | Subspecies | Author | Type Locality Country | Fossil | Fossil Age | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acanthomyrmex malikuli | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Acanthomyrmex | malikuli | Jaitrong & Asanok | Thailand | ||||
| Acanthomyrmex mizunoi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Acanthomyrmex | mizunoi | Jaitrong & Asanok | Thailand | ||||
| Acromyrmex fowleri | Myrmicinae | Attini | Acromyrmex | fowleri | Rabeling, Messer, Lacau & Delabie | Brazil | ||||
| Alfaria piei | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Alfaria | piei | Dias & Lattke | Brazil | ||||
| Anochetus longus | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Anochetus | longus | Chen, Yang & Zhou | China | ||||
| Anochetus medogensis | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Anochetus | medogensis | Chen, Yang & Zhou | China | ||||
| Aphaenogaster illyrica | Myrmicinae | Attini | Aphaenogaster | illyrica | Bračko, Lapeva-Gjonova, Salata, Borowiec & Polak | Slovenia | ||||
| Aphaenogaster trinacriae | Myrmicinae | Stenammini | Aphaenogaster | trinacriae | Alicata & Schifani | Italy | ||||
| Brachymyrmex bahamensis | Formicinae | Myrmelachistini | Brachymyrmex | bahamensis | Ortiz-Sepulveda, Van Bocxlaer, Meneses & Fernández | Bahamas | ||||
| Brachymyrmex bicolor | Formicinae | Myrmelachistini | Brachymyrmex | bicolor | Ortiz-Sepulveda, Van Bocxlaer, Meneses & Fernández | Honduras | ||||
| Brachymyrmex iridescens | Formicinae | Myrmelachistini | Brachymyrmex | iridescens | Ortiz-Sepulveda, Van Bocxlaer, Meneses & Fernández | Brazil | ||||
| Brachymyrmex sosai | Formicinae | Myrmelachistini | Brachymyrmex | sosai | Ortiz-Sepulveda, Van Bocxlaer, Meneses & Fernández | Peru | ||||
| Camponotus bellacolor | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | bellacolor | Mackay | Mexico | ||||
| Camponotus heidrunvogtae | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | heidrunvogtae | Seifert | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||
| Camponotus johnsoni | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | johnsoni | Mackay | Mexico | ||||
| Camponotus laevissimus | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | laevissimus | Mackay | United States | ||||
| Camponotus schulzi | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | schulzi | Salata, Loss, Karaman, Kiran, Borowiec | Türkiye | ||||
| Carebara groehni | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | groehni | Radchenko, Dlussky & Gröhn | Yes | Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | |||
| Carebara kutscheri | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | kutscheri | Radchenko, Dlussky & Gröhn | Yes | Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene Bitterfeld amber, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany | |||
| Chrysapace merimbunensis | Dorylinae | Chrysapace | merimbunensis | Yamada & Eguchi | Brunei Darussalam | |||||
| Crematogaster gryllsi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | gryllsi | Sharaf & Hita Garcia | Saudi Arabia | ||||
| Crematogaster jacindae | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | jacindae | Sharaf & Hita Garcia | Oman | ||||
| Crematogaster monocula | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | monocula | Hosoishi | Cambodia | ||||
| Crematogaster primitiva | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | primitiva | Radchenko & Dlussky | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Rovno amber, Ukraine | |||
| Crematogaster yaharai | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | yaharai | Hosoishi & Ogata | Cambodia | ||||
| Dilobocondyla rufida | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Dilobocondyla | rufida | Chen, Li & Zhou | China | ||||
| Discothyrea aisnetu | Proceratiinae | Proceratiini | Discothyrea | aisnetu | Hita-Garcia & Lieberman | Tanzania | ||||
| Discothyrea athene | Proceratiinae | Proceratiini | Discothyrea | athene | Hita-Garcia & Lieberman | Uganda | ||||
| Discothyrea chimera | Proceratiinae | Proceratiini | Discothyrea | chimera | Hita-Garcia & Lieberman | Tanzania | ||||
| Discothyrea damato | Proceratiinae | Proceratiini | Discothyrea | damato | Hita-Garcia & Lieberman | Uganda | ||||
| Discothyrea dryad | Proceratiinae | Proceratiini | Discothyrea | dryad | Hita-Garcia & Lieberman | Kenya | ||||
| Discothyrea gaia | Proceratiinae | Proceratiini | Discothyrea | gaia | Hita-Garcia & Lieberman | Zimbabwe | ||||
| Discothyrea gryphon | Proceratiinae | Proceratiini | Discothyrea | gryphon | Hita-Garcia & Lieberman | Rwanda | ||||
| Discothyrea hawkesi | Proceratiinae | Proceratiini | Discothyrea | hawkesi | Hita-Garcia & Lieberman | Tanzania | ||||
| Discothyrea kalypso | Proceratiinae | Proceratiini | Discothyrea | kalypso | Hita-Garcia & Lieberman | Tanzania | ||||
| Discothyrea maia | Proceratiinae | Proceratiini | Discothyrea | maia | Hita-Garcia & Lieberman | Zimbabwe | ||||
| Discothyrea michelae | Proceratiinae | Proceratiini | Discothyrea | michelae | Hita-Garcia & Lieberman | Tanzania | ||||
| Discothyrea penthos | Proceratiinae | Proceratiini | Discothyrea | penthos | Hita-Garcia & Lieberman | Ivory Coast | ||||
| Discothyrea schulzei | Proceratiinae | Proceratiini | Discothyrea | schulzei | Hita-Garcia & Lieberman | Rwanda | ||||
| Discothyrea venus | Proceratiinae | Proceratiini | Discothyrea | venus | Hita-Garcia & Lieberman | Ivory Coast | ||||
| Discothyrea wakanda | Proceratiinae | Proceratiini | Discothyrea | wakanda | Hita-Garcia & Lieberman | Democratic Republic of Congo | ||||
| Echinopla tunkuabduljalilii | Formicinae | Camponotini | Echinopla | tunkuabduljalilii | Laciny, Zettel, Maryati & Noor-Izwan | Thailand | ||||
| Eldermyrmex exsectus | Dolichoderinae | Eldermyrmex | exsectus | Dubovikoff & Dlussky | Yes | Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene Bitterfeld amber, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany | ||||
| Leptogenys loarelae | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Leptogenys | loarelae | Ramage | New Caledonia | ||||
| Linguamyrmex rhinocerus | Haidomyrmecinae | Linguamyrmex | rhinocerus | Miao & Wang | Yes | Early Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous Burmese amber, Kachin State, Myanmar | ||||
| Lioponera neocaledonica | Dorylinae | Lioponera | neocaledonica | Jouault, Ramage & Perrichot | New Caledonia | |||||
| Meranoplus mosalahi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Meranoplus | mosalahi | Sharaf | Oman | ||||
| Messor creticus | Myrmicinae | Stenammini | Messor | creticus | Salata & Borowiec | Greece | ||||
| Metapone murphyi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Metapone | murphyi | Wang, Yamada & Eguchi | Singapore | ||||
| Myrmecina andalas | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Myrmecina | andalas | Satria & Yamane | Indonesia | ||||
| Myrmecina nitidiuscula | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Myrmecina | nitidiuscula | Satria & Yamane | Indonesia | ||||
| Myrmecina raviwonghei | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Myrmecina | raviwonghei | Jaitrong, Samung, Waengsothorn & Okido | Thailand | ||||
| Myrmicaria morettoi | Myrmicinae | Solenopsidini | Myrmicaria | morettoi | Scupola | Senegal | ||||
| Nylanderia bibadia | Formicinae | Lasiini | Nylanderia | bibadia | LaPolla & Kallal | Dominican Republic | ||||
| Nylanderia caerula | Formicinae | Lasiini | Nylanderia | caerula | LaPolla & Kallal | Dominican Republic | ||||
| Nylanderia coveri | Formicinae | Lasiini | Nylanderia | coveri | LaPolla & Kallal | Grenada | ||||
| Nylanderia disatra | Formicinae | Lasiini | Nylanderia | disatra | LaPolla & Kallal | Dominican Republic | ||||
| Nylanderia esperanza | Formicinae | Lasiini | Nylanderia | esperanza | LaPolla & Kallal | Dominican Republic | ||||
| Nylanderia fuscaspecula | Formicinae | Lasiini | Nylanderia | fuscaspecula | LaPolla & Kallal | Dominican Republic | ||||
| Nylanderia lucayana | Formicinae | Lasiini | Nylanderia | lucayana | LaPolla & Kallal | Bahamas | ||||
| Nylanderia metacista | Formicinae | Lasiini | Nylanderia | metacista | LaPolla & Kallal | Dominican Republic | ||||
| Nylanderia pini | Formicinae | Lasiini | Nylanderia | pini | LaPolla & Kallal | Dominican Republic | ||||
| Nylanderia semitincta | Formicinae | Lasiini | Nylanderia | semitincta | LaPolla & Kallal | Puerto Rico | ||||
| Nylanderia sierra | Formicinae | Lasiini | Nylanderia | sierra | LaPolla & Kallal | Cuba | ||||
| Nylanderia wardi | Formicinae | Lasiini | Nylanderia | wardi | LaPolla & Kallal | Cuba | ||||
| Nylanderia xestonota | Formicinae | Lasiini | Nylanderia | xestonota | LaPolla & Kallal | Cuba | ||||
| Nylanderia zaminyops | Formicinae | Lasiini | Nylanderia | zaminyops | LaPolla & Kallal | Trinidad and Tobago | ||||
| Pheidole ajaxigibba | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | ajaxigibba | Longino | Costa Rica | ||||
| Pheidole andersoni | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | andersoni | Longino | Mexico | ||||
| Pheidole angustinigra | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | angustinigra | Longino | Guatemala | ||||
| Pheidole anticua | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | anticua | Casadei-Ferreira, Chaul & Feitosa | Yes | Burdigalian, Early Miocene Dominican amber, Dominican Republic | |||
| Pheidole atitlana | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | atitlana | Longino | Guatemala | ||||
| Pheidole balatro | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | balatro | Longino | |||||
| Pheidole belonorte | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | belonorte | Longino | Honduras | ||||
| Pheidole besalon | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | besalon | Longino | Mexico | ||||
| Pheidole bicornisculpta | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | bicornisculpta | Longino | Costa Rica | ||||
| Pheidole brownampla | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | brownampla | Longino | Costa Rica | ||||
| Pheidole cahui | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | cahui | Longino | Guatemala | ||||
| Pheidole caliginosa | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | caliginosa | Longino | |||||
| Pheidole carinitida | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | carinitida | Longino | Costa Rica | ||||
| Pheidole corniclypeus | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | corniclypeus | Longino | Nicaragua | ||||
| Pheidole costaricensis | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | costaricensis | Longino | Costa Rica | ||||
| Pheidole cusuco | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | cusuco | Longino | Honduras | ||||
| Pheidole depressinoda | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | depressinoda | Longino | Guatemala | ||||
| Pheidole eosimilis | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | eosimilis | Longino | Nicaragua | ||||
| Pheidole familiaparra | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | familiaparra | Longino | Costa Rica | ||||
| Pheidole fincanaranjo | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | fincanaranjo | Longino | Costa Rica | ||||
| Pheidole hansoni | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | hansoni | Longino | Costa Rica | ||||
| Pheidole hectornitida | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | hectornitida | Longino | Costa Rica | ||||
| Pheidole hitoy | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | hitoy | Longino | Costa Rica | ||||
| Pheidole huarache | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | huarache | Longino | Guatemala | ||||
| Pheidole imbrilis | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | imbrilis | Longino | Costa Rica | ||||
| Pheidole indagarama | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | indagarama | Longino | Costa Rica | ||||
| Pheidole kasparii | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | kasparii | Longino | Costa Rica | ||||
| Pheidole kelainos | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | kelainos | Longino | Costa Rica | ||||
| Pheidole lagunculiminor | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | lagunculiminor | Longino | Guatemala | ||||
| Pheidole lamancha | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | lamancha | Longino | Mexico | ||||
| Pheidole laselvoides | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | laselvoides | Longino | Costa Rica | ||||
| Pheidole lineafrons | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | lineafrons | Longino | Costa Rica | ||||
| Pheidole luteagossamer | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | luteagossamer | Longino | Nicaragua | ||||
| Pheidole machaquila | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | machaquila | Longino | Guatemala | ||||
| Pheidole marmor | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | marmor | Longino | Guatemala | ||||
| Pheidole moskitia | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | moskitia | Longino | Honduras | ||||
| Pheidole muralla | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | muralla | Longino | Honduras | ||||
| Pheidole musacolor | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | musacolor | Longino | Costa Rica | ||||
| Pheidole musinermis | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | musinermis | Longino | Costa Rica | ||||
| Pheidole natalie | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | natalie | Longino | Nicaragua | ||||
| Pheidole nephele | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | nephele | Longino | Honduras | ||||
| Pheidole obturaculum | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | obturaculum | Longino | Mexico | ||||
| Pheidole passivaeferox | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | passivaeferox | Longino | Costa Rica | ||||
| Pheidole perissothrix | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | perissothrix | Longino | Guatemala | ||||
| Pheidole platyscapa | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | platyscapa | Longino | Nicaragua | ||||
| Pheidole probolonotum | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | probolonotum | Longino | Mexico | ||||
| Pheidole rima | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | rima | Longino | Mexico | ||||
| Pheidole rogeripolita | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | rogeripolita | Longino | Costa Rica | ||||
| Pheidole savegre | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | savegre | Longino | Costa Rica | ||||
| Pheidole sensipelada | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | sensipelada | Longino | Costa Rica | ||||
| Pheidole sepultura | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | sepultura | Longino | Mexico | ||||
| Pheidole tapanti | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | tapanti | Longino | Costa Rica | ||||
| Pheidole tikal | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | tikal | Longino | Guatemala | ||||
| Pheidole tinamu | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | tinamu | Longino | Costa Rica | ||||
| Pheidole tsontekonwei | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | tsontekonwei | Longino | Mexico | ||||
| Pheidole tuculutan | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | tuculutan | Longino | Guatemala | ||||
| Pheidole xiloa | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | xiloa | Longino | Nicaragua | ||||
| Pheidole zannia | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | zannia | Longino | Honduras | ||||
| Polyrhachis dostali | Formicinae | Camponotini | Polyrhachis | dostali | Zettel | Malaysia | ||||
| Polyrhachis lacroixi | Formicinae | Camponotini | Polyrhachis | lacroixi | Zettel | Malaysia | ||||
| Ponera terayamai | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Ponera | terayamai | Leong, Guenard, Shiao & Lin | Taiwan | ||||
| Ponera tudigong | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Ponera | tudigong | Pierce, Leong & Guénard | China | ||||
| Ponera wui | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Ponera | wui | Leong, Guenard, Shiao & Lin | Taiwan | ||||
| Prenolepis tosa | Formicinae | Lasiini | Prenolepis | tosa | Terayama & Kinomura | Japan | ||||
| Probolomyrmex cegua | Proceratiinae | Probolomyrmecini | Probolomyrmex | cegua | Oliveira & Feitosa | Nicaragua | ||||
| Probolomyrmex dentinodis | Proceratiinae | Probolomyrmecini | Probolomyrmex | dentinodis | Oliveira & Feitosa | Brazil | ||||
| Probolomyrmex kelleri | Proceratiinae | Probolomyrmecini | Probolomyrmex | kelleri | Oliveira & Feitosa | Venezuela | ||||
| Probolomyrmex lamellatus | Proceratiinae | Probolomyrmecini | Probolomyrmex | lamellatus | Oliveira & Feitosa | Brazil | ||||
| Proceratium amazonicum | Proceratiinae | Proceratiini | Proceratium | amazonicum | Fernandes, Delabie & Fernández | Brazil | ||||
| Proformica chelmosensis | Formicinae | Formicini | Proformica | chelmosensis | Lebas & Galkowski | Greece | ||||
| Recurvidris lekakuli | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Recurvidris | lekakuli | Jaitrong, Tokeeree, Pitaktunsakul & Wiwatwitaya | Thailand | ||||
| Simopone fisheri | Dorylinae | Simopone | fisheri | Chen, Chen & Zhou | China | |||||
| Strumigenys ananeotes | Myrmicinae | Attini | Strumigenys | ananeotes | Longino & Booher | United States | ||||
| Strumigenys anorak | Myrmicinae | Attini | Strumigenys | anorak | Sarnat, Hita-Garcia, Dudley, Liu, Fischer & Economo | Fiji | ||||
| Strumigenys artemis | Myrmicinae | Attini | Strumigenys | artemis | Sarnat, Hita-Garcia, Dudley, Liu, Fischer & Economo | Fiji | ||||
| Strumigenys avatar | Myrmicinae | Attini | Strumigenys | avatar | Sarnat, Hita-Garcia, Dudley, Liu, Fischer & Economo | Fiji | ||||
| Strumigenys caiman | Myrmicinae | Attini | Strumigenys | caiman | Booher, Prebus & Lubertazzi | Cuba | ||||
| Strumigenys economoi | Myrmicinae | Attini | Strumigenys | economoi | Booher, Prebus & Lubertazzi | Dominican Republic | ||||
| Strumigenys gunter | Myrmicinae | Attini | Strumigenys | gunter | Sarnat, Hita-Garcia, Dudley, Liu, Fischer & Economo | Fiji | ||||
| Strumigenys hirsuta | Myrmicinae | Attini | Strumigenys | hirsuta | Tang, Pierce & Guénard | China | ||||
| Strumigenys hubbewatyorum | Myrmicinae | Attini | Strumigenys | hubbewatyorum | Booher, Prebus & Lubertazzi | Cuba | ||||
| Strumigenys lantaui | Myrmicinae | Attini | Strumigenys | lantaui | Tang, Pierce & Guénard | China | ||||
| Strumigenys nathistorisoc | Myrmicinae | Attini | Strumigenys | nathistorisoc | Tang, Pierce & Guénard | China | ||||
| Strumigenys oasis | Myrmicinae | Attini | Strumigenys | oasis | Sarnat, Hita-Garcia, Dudley, Liu, Fischer & Economo | Fiji | ||||
| Strumigenys parzival | Myrmicinae | Attini | Strumigenys | parzival | Sarnat, Hita-Garcia, Dudley, Liu, Fischer & Economo | Fiji | ||||
| Strumigenys zemi | Myrmicinae | Attini | Strumigenys | zemi | Booher, Prebus & Lubertazzi | Dominican Republic | ||||
| Tapinoma glaesaria | Dolichoderinae | Tapinomini | Tapinoma | glaesaria | Perrichot, Salsa-Gismondi & Antoine | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Rovno amber, Ukraine | |||
| Tapinoma neli | Dolichoderinae | Tapinomini | Tapinoma | neli | Perrichot, Salsa-Gismondi & Antoine | Yes | late Middle Miocene Peruvian amber, Pebas Formation, Tamshiyacu, Peru | |||
| Temnothorax almeqeri | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | almeqeri | Sharaf | Saudi Arabia | ||||
| Temnothorax brackoi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | brackoi | Salata & Borowiec | Greece | ||||
| Temnothorax elmenshawyi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | elmenshawyi | Sharaf, Wachkoo & Hita Garcia | Saudi Arabia | ||||
| Temnothorax messiniaensis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | messiniaensis | Salata & Borowiec | Greece | ||||
| Temnothorax triangularis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | triangularis | Salata & Borowiec | Greece | ||||
| Thanacomyrmex hoffeinsorum | Myrmicinae | Thanacomyrmex | hoffeinsorum | Cheny, Wang & Perrichot | Yes | Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | ||||
| Wadeura pauli | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Wadeura | pauli | Fernandes & Delabie | Brazil |