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Taxa Described in 2024
The following 5 genera were described in 2024 (see all years)
| Taxon Name | Subfamily | Tribe | Author | Type Species | Fossil | Fossil Age | Species Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elektroformica | Formicinae | Varela-Hernández & Riquelme | Elektroformica azquil | Yes | middle Miocene Mexican amber, Chiapas, Mexico | 1 | ||
| Eocamponotus | Formicinae | Camponotini | Boudinout | Camponotus mengei, now Eocamponotus mengei | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | 1 | |
| Eoecophylla | Formicinae | Oecophyllini | Archibald, Mathewes & Perfilieva | Eoecophylla quilchenensis | Yes | Ypresian, Early Eocene Coldwater Beds, Quilchena, British Columbia, Canada | 1 | |
| Eotemnothorax | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Radchenko | Leptothorax gracilis, now Eotemnothorax gracilis | Yes | 37.8–33.9 Ma Priabonian, Late Eocene | 18 | |
| Incertogaster | Myrmicinae | Boudinot | Crematogaster primitiva, now Incertogaster primitiva | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Rovno amber, Ukraine | 3 |
The following 131 species/subspecies were described in 2024 (see all years)
| Taxon Name | Subfamily | Tribe | Genus | Species | Subspecies | Author | Type Locality Country | Fossil | Fossil Age | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aenictus brutus | Dorylinae | Aenictus | brutus | Gómez, Csősz, Jégh & Keller | Liberia | |||||
| Aenictus kodaguensis | Dorylinae | Aenictus | kodaguensis | Sahoo, Sahanashree, Priyadarsanan & Datta-Roy | India | |||||
| Aenictus kodagura | Dorylinae | Aenictus | kodagura | Shakur & Bagchi | India | |||||
| Aphaenogaster asterioni | Myrmicinae | Attini | Aphaenogaster | asterioni | Borowiec, Menchetti, Salata, Vila & Zięcina | Greece | ||||
| Aphaenogaster groehni | Myrmicinae | Stenammini | Aphaenogaster | groehni | Radchenko | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | |||
| Aphaenogaster ribbeckei | Myrmicinae | Stenammini | Aphaenogaster | ribbeckei | Radchenko | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | |||
| Aphaenogaster tristis | Myrmicinae | Attini | Aphaenogaster | tristis | Borowiec, Menchetti, Salata, Vila & Zięcina | Greece | ||||
| Baikuris ocellantis | Uncertain | Baikuris | ocellantis | Sosiak, Cockx, Suarez, McKellar & Barden | Yes | Early Campanian, Late Cretaceous North Carolina amber, Neuse River, North Carolina, United States | ||||
| Brachyponera kumtongi | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Brachyponera | kumtongi | Duanchay & Jaitrong | Thailand | ||||
| Brachyponera troglomorpha | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Brachyponera | troglomorpha | Duanchay & Jaitrong | Thailand | ||||
| Brownimecia inconspicua | Brownimeciinae | Brownimecia | inconspicua | Sosiak, Cockx, Suarez, McKellar & Barden | Yes | Early Campanian, Late Cretaceous North Carolina amber, Neuse River, North Carolina, United States | ||||
| Camponotus boriquen | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | boriquen | Duarte & Breto | Puerto Rico | ||||
| Cardiocondyla hashemi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Cardiocondyla | hashemi | Sharaf | Saudi Arabia | ||||
| Cardiocondyla heinzei | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Cardiocondyla | heinzei | Seifert | Ivory Coast | ||||
| Carebara adisaki | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | adisaki | Wimolsuthikul & Jaitrong | Thailand | ||||
| Carebara bokorensis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | bokorensis | Matsuura & Hosoishi | Cambodia | ||||
| Carebara laeviceps | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | laeviceps | Liu & Zhong | China | ||||
| Carebara parva | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | parva | Wimolsuthikul & Jaitrong | Thailand | ||||
| Cerapachys zhengyangwangi | Dorylinae | Cerapachys | zhengyangwangi | Liu, Hita Garcia, Peng & Pierce | China | |||||
| Colobopsis kapilashi | Formicinae | Camponotini | Colobopsis | kapilashi | Dhadwal & Bharti | India | ||||
| Crematogaster abouzeidi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | abouzeidi | Sharaf | Yemen | ||||
| Crematogaster gadagkari | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | gadagkari | Dhadwal & Bharti | India | ||||
| Crematogaster ourea | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | ourea | Salata, Ziecina & Borowiec | Greece | ||||
| Elektroformica azquil | Formicinae | Elektroformica | azquil | Varela-Hernández & Riquelme | Yes | middle Miocene Mexican amber, Chiapas, Mexico | ||||
| Eoecophylla quilchenensis | Formicinae | Eoecophylla | quilchenensis | Archibald, Mathewes & Perfilieva | Yes | Ypresian, Early Eocene Coldwater Beds, Quilchena, British Columbia, Canada | ||||
| Eotemnothorax armatum | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Eotemnothorax | armatum | Radchenko | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Rovno amber, Ukraine | |||
| Eotemnothorax balticus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Eotemnothorax | balticus | Radchenko | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | |||
| Eotemnothorax foveocephalus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Eotemnothorax | foveocephalus | Radchenko | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | |||
| Eotemnothorax groehni | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Eotemnothorax | groehni | Radchenko | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | |||
| Eotemnothorax khomychi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Eotemnothorax | khomychi | Radchenko | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Rovno amber, Ukraine | |||
| Eotemnothorax odontos | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Eotemnothorax | odontos | Radchenko | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Bitterfeld amber, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany | |||
| Eotemnothorax pedunculatus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Eotemnothorax | pedunculatus | Radchenko | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Bitterfeld amber, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany | |||
| Eotemnothorax perkovskii | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Eotemnothorax | perkovskii | Radchenko | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Rovno amber, Ukraine | |||
| Eotemnothorax punctatus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Eotemnothorax | punctatus | Radchenko | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | |||
| Eotemnothorax rav | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Eotemnothorax | rav | Radchenko | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Rovno amber, Ukraine | |||
| Eotemnothorax rectispinus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Eotemnothorax | rectispinus | Radchenko | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | |||
| Eotemnothorax rhytidus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Eotemnothorax | rhytidus | Radchenko | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | |||
| Eurhopalothrix oxente | Myrmicinae | Attini | Eurhopalothrix | oxente | Celante & Celante | Brazil | ||||
| Lasius frequens | Formicinae | Lasiini | Lasius | frequens | Seifert | Iran | ||||
| Leptanilla acherontia | Leptanillinae | Leptanillini | Leptanilla | acherontia | Griebenow | Kenya | ||||
| Leptanilla beijingensis | Leptanillinae | Leptanillini | Leptanilla | beijingensis | Qian, Xu, Man & Liu | China | ||||
| Leptanilla belantan | Leptanillinae | Leptanillini | Leptanilla | belantan | Griebenow | Malaysia | ||||
| Leptanilla bethyloides | Leptanillinae | Leptanillini | Leptanilla | bethyloides | Griebenow | China | ||||
| Leptanilla dehongensis | Leptanillinae | Leptanillini | Leptanilla | dehongensis | Qian, Xu, Man & Liu | China | ||||
| Leptanilla najaphalla | Leptanillinae | Leptanillini | Leptanilla | najaphalla | Griebenow | Malaysia | ||||
| Leptanilla qinlingensis | Leptanillinae | Leptanillini | Leptanilla | qinlingensis | Qian, Xu, Man & Liu | China | ||||
| Leptanilla sichuanensis | Leptanillinae | Leptanillini | Leptanilla | sichuanensis | Zhong | China | ||||
| Leptanilla voldemort | Leptanillinae | Leptanillini | Leptanilla | voldemort | Wong & McRae | Australia | ||||
| Leptogenys grohli | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Leptogenys | grohli | Hamer, Lee & Guénard | China | ||||
| Leptogenys hainanensis | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Leptogenys | hainanensis | Chen, Chen, Xu, Fu & Fu | China | ||||
| Leptogenys pujoli | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Leptogenys | pujoli | Cavalcanti & Lattke | Brazil | ||||
| Leptogenys zhoui | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Leptogenys | zhoui | Chen, Chen, Xu, Fu & Fu | China | ||||
| Manica shanyii | Myrmicinae | Myrmicini | Manica | shanyii | He, Chen & Du | Japan | ||||
| Meranoplus siamensis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Meranoplus | siamensis | Yodprasit & Jaitrong | Thailand | ||||
| Meranoplus tanomtongi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Meranoplus | tanomtongi | Yodprasit & Jaitrong | Thailand | ||||
| Metapone nigrolucidus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Metapone | nigrolucidus | Qi & Chen | China | ||||
| Metapone shanyii | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Metapone | shanyii | Qi & Chen | China | ||||
| Myrmecocystus baja | Formicinae | Lasiini | Myrmecocystus | baja | Sankey-Alamilla, Hernandez-Jimenez, Lopez-Reyes & Ceccarelli | Mexico | ||||
| Myrmica babiensis | Myrmicinae | Myrmicini | Myrmica | babiensis | García, Cuesta-Segura & Espadaler | Spain | ||||
| Myrmica inermis | Myrmicinae | Myrmicini | Myrmica | inermis | Zhong, Huang, Wu & Liu | China | ||||
| Myrmica surusumi | Myrmicinae | Myrmicini | Myrmica | surusumi | Terayama, Kinomura & Kitazawa | Japan | ||||
| Myrmica yadori | Myrmicinae | Myrmicini | Myrmica | yadori | Terayama, Kinomura & Kitazawa | Japan | ||||
| Myrmoteras yamanei | Formicinae | Myrmoteratini | Myrmoteras | yamanei | Satria & Eguchi | Indonesia | ||||
| Ooceraea hainingensis | Dorylinae | Ooceraea | hainingensis | Gao, Long, Liu, Liu, Ran, Lacy & Kronauer | China | |||||
| Pachycondyla beneditoi | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Pachycondyla | beneditoi | Marcineiro & Lattke | Brazil | ||||
| Paraparatrechina neela | Formicinae | Lasiini | Paraparatrechina | neela | Sahanashree, Punnath & Rajan Priyadarsanan | India | ||||
| Pheidole chaan | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | chaan | Varela-Hernández & Flores-Zapoteco | Yes | middle Miocene Mexican amber, Chiapas, Mexico | |||
| Pheidole jolalpanensis | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | jolalpanensis | Vázquez-Franco | Mexico | ||||
| Pheidole latiscava | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | latiscava | Vázquez-Franco | Mexico | ||||
| Pheidole praehistorica | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | praehistorica | Varela-Hernández & Riquelme | Yes | middle Miocene Mexican amber, Chiapas, Mexico | |||
| Pheidole rojasae | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | rojasae | Vázquez-Franco | Mexico | ||||
| Plagiolepis chomphuphuangi | Formicinae | Plagiolepidini | Plagiolepis | chomphuphuangi | Phosrithong & Jaitrong | Laos | ||||
| Plagiolepis silpaarchai | Formicinae | Plagiolepidini | Plagiolepis | silpaarchai | Phosrithong & Jaitrong | Thailand | ||||
| Protanilla wallacei | Leptanillinae | Leptanillini | Protanilla | wallacei | Griebenow | Malaysia | ||||
| Rhopalothrix mandibularis | Myrmicinae | Attini | Rhopalothrix | mandibularis | Guerrero & Grajales-Andica | Colombia | ||||
| Rhopalothrix mariaemirae | Myrmicinae | Attini | Rhopalothrix | mariaemirae | Tocora, Fiorentino & Fernández | Colombia | ||||
| Sphecomyrma nexa | Sphecomyrminae | Sphecomyrmini | Sphecomyrma | nexa | Sosiak, Cockx, Suarez, McKellar & Barden | Yes | Early Campanian, Late Cretaceous North Carolina amber, Neuse River, North Carolina, United States | |||
| Strumigenys itannae | Myrmicinae | Attini | Strumigenys | itannae | Santos-Neto, Chaul & Delabie | Peru | ||||
| Strumigenys xoko | Myrmicinae | Attini | Strumigenys | xoko | Santos-Neto, Chaul & Delabie | Brazil | ||||
| Syscia arcodorsa | Dorylinae | Syscia | arcodorsa | Du, Xu & Chen | China | |||||
| Syscia zhoui | Dorylinae | Syscia | zhoui | Du, Xu & Chen | China | |||||
| Tapinoma dabashanica | Dolichoderinae | Tapinoma | dabashanica | Seifert, Kaufmann & Fraysse | China | |||||
| Tapinoma hispanicum | Dolichoderinae | Tapinoma | hispanicum | Seifert, Kaufmann & Fraysse | Spain | |||||
| Tapinoma incognitum | Dolichoderinae | Tapinoma | incognitum | Cover & Rabeling | United States | |||||
| Tapinoma inflatiscapus | Dolichoderinae | Tapinoma | inflatiscapus | Cover & Rabeling | United States | |||||
| Tapinoma insularis | Dolichoderinae | Tapinoma | insularis | Seifert, Kaufmann & Fraysse | Italy | |||||
| Tapinoma onaele | Dolichoderinae | Tapinoma | onaele | Shakur, Mangaly, Baidya & Bagchi | India | |||||
| Tapinoma pulchellum | Dolichoderinae | Tapinoma | pulchellum | Cover & Rabeling | United States | |||||
| Tapinoma shattucki | Dolichoderinae | Tapinoma | shattucki | Cover & Rabeling | United States | |||||
| Tapinoma sichuense | Dolichoderinae | Tapinoma | sichuense | Seifert, Kaufmann & Fraysse | China | |||||
| Technomyrmex champasakensis | Dolichoderinae | Technomyrmex | champasakensis | Jaitrong & Yamane | Laos | |||||
| Temnothorax akrotiriensis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | akrotiriensis | Satala, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec | Cyprus | ||||
| Temnothorax apolloni | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | apolloni | Satala, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec | Cyprus | ||||
| Temnothorax bailu | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | Temnothorax | bailu | Qian & Xu | China | |||
| Temnothorax caryaluteus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | caryaluteus | Prebus, Nguyen, Doering & Booher | United States | ||||
| Temnothorax cerastarum | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | cerastarum | Satala, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec | Cyprus | ||||
| Temnothorax chun | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | Temnothorax | chun | Qian & Xu | China | |||
| Temnothorax chunfen | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | Temnothorax | chunfen | Qian & Xu | China | |||
| Temnothorax chushu | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | Temnothorax | chushu | Qian & Xu | China | |||
| Temnothorax dahan | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | Temnothorax | dahan | Qian & Xu | China | |||
| Temnothorax dashu | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | Temnothorax | dashu | Qian & Xu | China | |||
| Temnothorax daxue | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | Temnothorax | daxue | Qian & Xu | China | |||
| Temnothorax dong | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | Temnothorax | dong | Qian & Xu | China | |||
| Temnothorax dongzhi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | Temnothorax | dongzhi | Qian & Xu | China | |||
| Temnothorax evagorae | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | evagorae | Satala, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec | Cyprus | ||||
| Temnothorax gui | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | gui | Wei, Wu, Zhong, Huang & Nie | China | ||||
| Temnothorax guyu | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | Temnothorax | guyu | Qian & Xu | China | |||
| Temnothorax hanlu | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | Temnothorax | hanlu | Qian & Xu | China | |||
| Temnothorax hippomenesi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | hippomenesi | Satala, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec | Cyprus | ||||
| Temnothorax jingzhe | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | Temnothorax | jingzhe | Qian & Xu | China | |||
| Temnothorax kykkos | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | kykkos | Satala, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec | Cyprus | ||||
| Temnothorax lichun | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | Temnothorax | lichun | Qian & Xu | China | |||
| Temnothorax lidong | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | Temnothorax | lidong | Qian & Xu | China | |||
| Temnothorax liqiu | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | Temnothorax | liqiu | Qian & Xu | China | |||
| Temnothorax lixia | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | Temnothorax | lixia | Qian & Xu | China | |||
| Temnothorax mangzhong | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | Temnothorax | mangzhong | Qian & Xu | China | |||
| Temnothorax nikoklesi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | nikoklesi | Satala, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec | Cyprus | ||||
| Temnothorax oreades | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | oreades | Satala, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec | Cyprus | ||||
| Temnothorax qingming | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | Temnothorax | qingming | Qian & Xu | China | |||
| Temnothorax qiu | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | Temnothorax | qiu | Qian & Xu | China | |||
| Temnothorax qiufen | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | Temnothorax | qiufen | Qian & Xu | China | |||
| Temnothorax shuangjiang | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | Temnothorax | shuangjiang | Qian & Xu | China | |||
| Temnothorax xia | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | Temnothorax | xia | Qian & Xu | China | |||
| Temnothorax xiaohan | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | Temnothorax | xiaohan | Qian & Xu | China | |||
| Temnothorax xiaoman | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | Temnothorax | xiaoman | Qian & Xu | China | |||
| Temnothorax xiaoshu | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | Temnothorax | xiaoshu | Qian & Xu | China | |||
| Temnothorax xiaoxue | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | Temnothorax | xiaoxue | Qian & Xu | China | |||
| Temnothorax xiazhi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | Temnothorax | xiazhi | Qian & Xu | China | |||
| Temnothorax yushui | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | Temnothorax | yushui | Qian & Xu | China | |||
| Tetramorium epimyrmoide | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Tetramorium | epimyrmoide | Báthori, Seifert, Heinze, Kiran, Karaman & Csősz | Algeria | ||||
| Tetramorium flavocostatum | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Tetramorium | flavocostatum | Salata, Khalili-Moghadam & Borowiec | Iran |