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For some reason Acanthognathus - described as a bony, extinct fish - has snuck into this list. I've removed it. EthicsGradient (talk) 10:23, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fix up

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I propose on fixing this list up, as it has been marked for immediate attention. I will be modelling it after List of cetaceans, a featured list. Burklemore1 (talk) 07:53, 30 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

To-do list

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Moved from the sandbox
  • Write lede
  • Manually check status / species counts of incertae sedis / excluded genera
  • Via script:
    • Check type name / current valid name
    • List extant/fossil species counts
  • Things we have to wait for AntCat to fix in their database:
    • Find and add missing collective group names (I forgot to include at least one, †Myrmicites; not sure what to do with †Formicites)
    • Decide how to handle species counts of collective group names. The problem:
      • †Myrmeciites (a CGN) has 3 species which are all listed as CGNs --> "0 species" per AC
      • †Formicium (a CGN) has 3 species which are all listed as valid --> "3 species" per AC
    • Update genus/species counts in the Armaniinae header + add AntCat reference

New images

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I did that site search thing for genera without images, starting from the bottom.

Checked so far: Myrmicinae • Paraponerinae • Ponerinae • Proceratiinae • Pseudomyrmecinae • Sphecomyrminae • Incertae sedis All

Found but not uploaded (holotypes x 3):

jonkerztalk 09:33, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent, I'll go ahead and add them in! Thanks for tracking them down. Burklemore1 (talk) 06:59, 28 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Also excellent, and also thanks for uploading them :) Looking for new new images now. jonkerztalk 23:59, 28 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Trivial stats: This is the percentage of genera or form groups in each subfamily assigned with an image:
  • Agroecomyrmecinae: 4/4 (100%)
  • Amblyoponinae: 14/14 (100%)
  • Brownimeciinae: 1/1 (100%)
  • Dorylinae: 19/19 (100%)
  • Heteroponerinae: 3/3 (100%)
  • Martialinae: 1/1 (100%)
  • Paraponerinae: 1/1 (100%)
  • Proceratiinae: 4/4 (100%)
  • Pseudomyrmecinae: 3/3 (100%)
  • Ponerinae: 54/59 (91%)
  • Dolichoderinae: 42/48 (87%)
  • Leptanillinae: 7/8 (87%)
  • Ectatomminae: 6/7 (85%)
  • Myrmeciinae 6/7 (85%)
  • Myrmicinae: 152/178 (85%)
  • Sphecomyrminae: 6/8 (75%)
  • Formicinae: 59/81 (72%)
  • Aneuretinae: 6/9 (66%)
  • Formiciinae: 1/2 (50%)
  • Incertae sedis: 5/14 (35%)
  • Armaniinae 1/7 (14%)
  • Total: 395/478 (82%). I note these are estimations, as I may have miscounted. Burklemore1 (talk) 07:43, 28 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
That's actually pretty good, wouldn't have expected that just a few months ago. jonkerztalk 23:56, 28 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Genera without images

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In the same order as in the main list. Feel free to edit this list.

Genus Author citation Date Type species Note
Aneuretellus Dlussky 1988 Aneuretellus deformis
Britaneuretus Dlussky & Perfilieva 2014 Britaneuretus anglicus
Cananeuretus Engel & Grimaldi 2005 Cananeuretus occidentalis
Archaeopone Dlussky 1975 Archaeopone kzylzharica
Armania Dlussky 1983 Armania robusta
Dolichomyrma Dlussky 1975 Dolichomyrma longiceps
Khetania Dlussky 1999 Khetania mandibulata
Poneropterus Dlussky 1983 Poneropterus sphecoides
Pseudarmania Dlussky 1983 Pseudarmania rasnitsyni
Alloiomma Zhang 1989 Alloiomma changweiensis
Elaphrodites Zhang 1989 Elaphrodites scutulatus
Eotapinoma Dlussky 1988 Eotapinoma gracilis
Eurymyrmex Zhang, Sun & Zhang 1994 Eurymyrmex geologicus
Kotshkorkia Dlussky 1981 Kotshkorkia laticeps
Leptomyrmula Emery 1913 Leptomyrmula maravignae Illustration of wing in Baroni Urbani & Wilson (1987) (PD)
Canapone Dlussky 1999 Canapone dentata
Formicium Westwood 1854 None [Possibly PD] Illustration of wing in Carpenter (1929)
Chimaeromyrma Dlussky 1988 Chimaeromyrma brachycephala
Conoformica Dlussky 2008 Conoformica bitterfeldiana
Curtipalpulus Hong 2002 Curtipalpulus eocenicus
Eoleptocerites Hong 2002 Eoleptocerites chinensis
Eurytarsites Hong 2002 Eurytarsites fushunensisa
Fushuniformica Hong 2002 Fushuniformica spinata
Heeridris Dlussky & Putyatina 2014 Heeridris croaticus
Huaxiaformica Hong 2002 Huaxiaformica mallepetiolata
Imhoffia Heer 1850 Imhoffia nigra
Leptogasteritus Hong 2002 Leptogasteritus capricornutes
Liaoformica Hong 2002 Liaoformica longipetiolata
Longiformica Hong 2002 Longiformica dongzhouheensis
Magnogasterites Hong 2002 Magnogasterites curticornutus
Orbicapitia Hong 2002 Orbicapitia reticulata
Ovalicapito Hong 2002 Ovalicapito fushunensis
Ovaligastrula Hong 2002 Ovaligastrula xilutianensis
Protoformica Dlussky 1967 Formica proformicoides
Protrechina Wilson 1985 Protrechina carpenteri Illustrations in Wilson (1985b)
Sicilomyrmex Wheeler 1915 Gesomyrmex corniger Photos in Brown & Carpenter (1978)
Sinoformica Hong 2002 Sinoformica longicapitata
Sinotenuicapito Hong 2002 Sinotenuicapito badis
Wilsonia Hong 2002 Wilsonia megagastrosa
Furcotanilla Xu 2012 Furcotanilla furcomandibula [Possibly CC*] Illustration in Xu (2012a)
Avitomyrmex Archibald, Cover & Moreau 2006 Avitomyrmex mastax
Afromyrma Dlussky, Brothers & Rasnitsyn 2004 Afromyrma petrosa
Agastomyrma Dlussky, Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva 2015 Agastomyrma laticeps
Attaichnus Laza 1982 None
Attopsis Heer 1850 Attopsis longipennis
Biamomyrma Dlussky, Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva 2015 Biamomyrma zherikhini
Bilobomyrma Radchenko & Dlussky 2013 Bilobomyrma ukrainica
Boltonidris Radchenko & Dlussky 2012 Boltonidris mirabilis
Brachytarsites Hong 2002 Brachytarsites dongzhouheensis
Clavipetiola Hong 2002 Clavipetiola asiatica
Eocenidris Wilson 1985 Eocenidris crassa Illustrations in Wilson (1985b)
Eomyrmex Hong 1974 Eomyrmex guchengziensis
Fallomyrma Dlussky & Radchenko 2006 Fallomyrma transversa
Fushunomyrmex Hong 2002 Fushunomyrmex liaoningensis
Gaoligongidris Xu 2012 Gaoligongidris planodorsa [Possibly CC*] Illustratio in Xu (2012b)
Hypopomyrmex Emery 1891 Hypopomyrmex bombiccii Photos in Brown & Carpenter (1978)
Ilemomyrmex Wilson 1985 Ilemomyrmex caecus Illustration in Wilson (1985a)
Lonchomyrmex Mayr 1867 Lonchomyrmex freyeri
Miosolenopsis Zhang 1989 Miosolenopsis fossilis
Myrmecites Dlussky & Rasnitsyn 2003 Myrmecites rotundiceps
Orbigastrula Hong 2002 Orbigastrula guchengziensis
Oxyidris Wilson 1985 Oxyidris antillana Illustration in Wilson (1985a)
Plesiomyrmex Dlussky & Radchenko 2009 Plesiomyrmex tubulatus
Quadrulicapito Hong 2002 Quadrulicapito longa
Quineangulicapito Hong 2002 Quineangulicapito fushunensis
Sinomyrmex Hong 2002 Sinomyrmex brunneus
Sphaerogasterites Hong 2002 Sphaerogasterites longipetiolatus
Wumyrmex Hong 2002 Wumyrmex furvis
Zhangidris Bolton 2003 Heteromyrmex atopogaster
Afropone Dlussky et al. 2004 Afropone oculata
Eogorgites Hong 2002 Eogorgites cingulatus
Eoponerites Hong 2002 Eoponerites longipetiolatus
Furcisutura Hong 2002 Furcisutura wanghuacunensis
Longicapitia Hong 2002 Longicapitia reticulata
Cretomyrma Dlussky 1975 Cretomyrma arnoldii
Dlusskyidris Bolton 1994 Dlusskyidris zherichini
Calyptites Scudder 1877 Calyptites antediluvianum
Camelomecia Barden & Grimaldi 2016 Camelomecia janovitzi
Condylodon Lund 1831 Condylodon audouini Type material presumed to be lost
Curticorna Hong 2002 Curticorna leptogastrosa
Eoaenictites Hong 2002 Eoaenictites castanifurvus
Fonsecahymen Martins-Neto & Mendes 2002 Fonsecahymen stigmata
Hypochira Buckley 1866 Formica subspinosa
Klondikia Dlussky & Rasnitsyn 2003 Klondikia whiteae
Kohlsimyrma Dlussky & Rasnitsyn 2003 Kohlsimyrma laticeps
Excluded from Formicidae
Genus Author citation Date Type species Note
Cariridris Brandão & Martins-Neto 1990 Cariridris bipetiolata Photo and illustration in Brandão, Martins-Neto & Vulcano (1989) (PD)
Cretacoformica Jell & Duncan 1986 Cretacoformica explicata
Formila Romand 1846 Formila chevrolatii
Myrmicium Westwood 1854 Myrmicium heerii
Promyrmicium Baroni Urbani 1971 None
Syntaphus Donisthorpe 1920 Syntaphus wheeleri Illustration in Donisthorpe (1920) [in PDF collection]

*I think Sociobiology articles starting at vol. 59 are CC.

Image sources (to be uploaded)

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Comments

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Table extracted via this regex: \n\|-(\n.*){5}\n\|\{\{n\/?a\}\}. I cannot believe I forgot that most Psyche articles are in the public domain... jonkerztalk 00:03, 29 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ooh, this is rather interesting. I'll see if we can dig more images up so we can upload them. Burklemore1 (talk) 06:16, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Another fact: Before August 2014, only 0.04% of all ant articles were either GA, FL or FA. Now it's 1.1%, which is an excellent figure. Burklemore1 (talk) 07:40, 16 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Dorylinae

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New 2016 paper was published that altered the taxonomic placement of many species, some of which are in brand new genera. Will be updating once my Internet is fast. Burklemore1 (talk) 04:49, 1 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Amblyoponinae

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Seems this is also the same case for this subfamily, another paper published in 2016. Burklemore1 (talk) 06:24, 2 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like both are OK now. I updated Formicinae too, and the stats in the headers (but not individual species counts). Taxonomists need take more chill pills, generally. jonkerztalk 17:53, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Definitely so! Btw, I had no idea a new ant subfamily was erected. How exciting! Any new genera we might have to add? Burklemore1 (talk) 07:40, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]