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 7 1601
1882 1 127 7 2 1606
1883 1 128 23 2 1627
1884 128 20 4 1643
1885 4 2 130 27 8 1662
1886 3 1 132 121 25 1758
1887 11 2 141 202 31 1929
1888 1 142 25 5 1949
1889 2 1 143 64 11 2002
1890 7 3 147 102 27 2077
1891 6 1 4 149 77 24 20 2134
1892 5 3 151 147 33 2248
1893 16 5 162 247 56 2439
1894 2 1 163 225 41 2623
1895 13 5 171 317 2 65 2875
1896 4 2 173 131 39 2967
1897 5 2 176 146 24 3089
1898 176 33 10 3112
1899 3 1 178 242 57 3297
1900 5 1 182 223 53 3467
1901 11 5 188 348 1 104 3711
1902 9 5 192 358 86 3983
1903 4 4 192 117 29 4071
1904 3 3 192 140 49 4162
1905 10 7 195 161 60 4263
1906 10 6 199 135 1 53 4345
1907 5 3 201 185 58 4472
1908 2 1 202 213 83 4602
1909 1 203 139 50 4691
1910 10 2 6 207 365 1 104 4952
1911 14 10 211 409 142 5219
1912 36 18 229 427 176 5470
1913 17 1 13 233 459 147 5782
1914 19 12 240 422 131 6073
1915 32 12 23 249 386 44 139 6320
1916 11 7 253 294 116 6498
1917 4 3 254 118 1 51 6565
1918 9 7 256 119 60 6624
1919 11 8 259 262 75 6811
1920 21 2 12 268 218 8 71 6958
1921 16 1 6 278 228 92 7094
1922 16 14 280 349 1 123 7320
1923 6 1 5 281 211 3 96 7435
1924 4 3 282 135 57 7513
1925 14 9 287 403 177 7739
1926 9 3 293 230 82 7887
1927 6 5 294 173 3 83 7977
1928 7 5 296 190 84 8083
1929 7 6 297 225 1 115 8193
1930 15 8 14 298 178 31 65 8306
1931 2 1 299 122 66 8362
1932 1 1 299 89 42 8409
1933 4 3 300 157 3 76 8490
1934 5 2 303 246 110 8626
1935 14 1 12 305 132 7 27 8731
1936 5 3 307 134 59 8806
1937 4 4 307 191 24 86 8911
1938 4 3 308 122 52 8981
1939 1 1 1 308 112 44 9049
1940 1 309 56 30 9075
1941 7 5 311 95 35 9135
1942 2 2 311 112 62 9185
1943 2 1 312 124 54 9255
1944 8 8 312 82 45 9292
1945 1 1 312 18 8 9302
1946 3 3 312 25 10 9317
1947 8 5 315 71 30 9358
1948 20 19 316 71 29 9400
1949 9 9 316 106 1 42 9464
1950 9 9 316 64 30 9498
1951 2 2 316 68 19 9547
1952 6 5 317 56 27 9576
1953 8 8 317 146 53 9669
1954 2 2 317 23 7 9685
1955 4 4 317 39 4 9720
1956 4 3 318 14 3 9731
1957 9 7 320 79 1 21 9789
1958 320 63 5 9847
1959 320 45 4 9888
1960 1 321 54 2 5 9937
1961 1 322 21 9958
1962 1 1 322 26 1 4 9980
1963 1 1 322 18 3 9995
1964 1 1 322 42 1 10 10027
1965 322 27 5 10049
1966 1 1 322 22 7 10064
1967 3 3 3 322 59 4 9 10114
1968 6 4 324 68 9 10173
1969 3 2 325 43 13 10203
1970 325 35 1 5 10233
1971 1 326 31 8 10256
1972 1 1 326 19 3 10272
1973 1 327 60 6 10326
1974 2 1 1 328 28 1 2 10352
1975 3 2 3 328 82 4 5 10429
1976 3 3 328 70 17 10482
1977 328 90 14 10558
1978 1 329 51 11 10598
1979 1 330 35 10633
1980 1 331 83 5 4 10712
1981 3 2 2 332 39 9 1 10750
1982 1 332 32 2 1 10781
1983 3 3 2 333 85 7 3 10863
1984 2 1 334 26 3 10889
1985 1 4 335 61 18 7 10943
1986 1 336 28 2 4 10967
1987 2 1 338 77 2 5 11039
1988 1 5 339 39 7 2 11076
1989 4 4 3 340 54 33 4 11126
1990 7 1 1 346 73 7 11192
1991 4 350 61 2 4 11249
1992 5 355 69 12 5 11313
1993 355 68 1 11 11370
1994 6 2 2 359 75 19 4 11441
1995 1 1 359 103 9 16 11528
1996 2 359 115 2 15 11628
1997 1 1 1 359 85 2 6 11707
1998 359 69 5 5 11771
1999 2 2 1 360 124 22 5 11890
2000 4 1 2 362 521 2 10 12401
2001 1 363 163 1 6 12558
2002 1 37 364 85 65 4 12639
2003 1 1 365 483 11 38 13084
2004 2 4 367 100 8 3 13181
2005 2 2 1 368 24 5 2 13203
2006 2 6 370 145 13 2 13346
2007 2 1 371 213 6 10 13549
2008 3 3 374 147 19 3 13693
2009 8 2 382 136 22 2 13827
2010 1 383 145 5 13 13959
2011 2 383 206 4 5 14160
2012 5 5 1 387 188 27 2 14346
2013 1 5 388 310 8 4 14652
2014 12 4 1 399 175 30 14827
2015 1 3 400 129 43 1 14955
2016 5 2 405 140 7 15095
2017 2 405 143 6 1 15237
2018 1 2 406 119 8 3 15353
2019 2 1 408 150 9 15503
2020 1 7 409 218 26 15721
2021 1 2 410 160 7 15881
2022 4 4 1 413 131 16 16012
2023 413 31 2 16043

Total Number of Taxa for the family Formicidae

Valid Genera Fossil Genera Invalid Genera Valid Species Fossil Species Invalid Species
413 168 483 16043 822 5336