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Taxa Described in 2004
The following 6 genera were described in 2004 (see all years)
| Taxon Name | Subfamily | Tribe | Author | Type Species | Fossil | Fossil Age | Species Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afromyrma | Myrmicinae | Dlussky, Brothers & Rasnitsyn | Afromyrma petrosa | Yes | Turonian, Late Cretaceous Orapa kimberlitic deposits, Botswana | 1 | ||
| Afropone | Ponerinae | Dlussky, Brothers & Rasnitsyn | Afropone oculata | Yes | Turonian, Late Cretaceous Orapa kimberlitic deposits, Botswana | 2 | ||
| Cryptomyrmex | Myrmicinae | Solenopsidini | Fernández | Adelomyrmex longinodus, now Cryptomyrmex longinodus | 2 | |||
| Gerontoformica | Sphecomyrminae | Sphecomyrmini | Nel & Perrault | Gerontoformica cretacica | Yes | 100–98 Ma Late Albian to Early Cenomanian, Cretaceous to Early Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous | 13 | |
| Nebothriomyrmex | Dolichoderinae | Leptomyrmecini | Dubovikov | Nebothriomyrmex majeri | 1 | |||
| Orapia | Sphecomyrminae | Sphecomyrmini | Dlussky, Brothers & Rasnitsyn | Orapia rayneri | Yes | Turonian, Late Cretaceous Orapa kimberlitic deposits, Botswana | 2 |
The following 108 species/subspecies were described in 2004 (see all years)
| Taxon Name | Subfamily | Tribe | Genus | Species | Subspecies | Author | Type Locality Country | Fossil | Fossil Age | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acanthostichus longinodis | Dorylinae | Acanthostichus | longinodis | Mackay, W.P. | Paraguay | |||||
| Acropyga ayanganna | Formicinae | Plagiolepidini | Acropyga | ayanganna | LaPolla | Guyana | ||||
| Acropyga gelasis | Formicinae | Plagiolepidini | Acropyga | gelasis | LaPolla | Indonesia | ||||
| Acropyga hirsutula | Formicinae | Plagiolepidini | Acropyga | hirsutula | LaPolla | Peru | ||||
| Acropyga hystrix | Formicinae | Plagiolepidini | Acropyga | hystrix | LaPolla | Borneo | ||||
| Acropyga keira | Formicinae | Plagiolepidini | Acropyga | keira | LaPolla | Costa Rica | ||||
| Acropyga palaga | Formicinae | Plagiolepidini | Acropyga | palaga | LaPolla | Costa Rica | ||||
| Acropyga romeo | Formicinae | Plagiolepidini | Acropyga | romeo | LaPolla | Guyana | ||||
| Acropyga stenotes | Formicinae | Plagiolepidini | Acropyga | stenotes | LaPolla | Guyana | ||||
| Acropyga tricuspis | Formicinae | Plagiolepidini | Acropyga | tricuspis | LaPolla | Brazil | ||||
| Afromyrma petrosa | Myrmicinae | Afromyrma | petrosa | Dlussky, Brothers & Rasnitsyn | Yes | Turonian, Late Cretaceous Orapa kimberlitic deposits, Botswana | ||||
| Afropone oculata | Ponerinae | Afropone | oculata | Dlussky, Brothers & Rasnitsyn | Yes | Turonian, Late Cretaceous Orapa kimberlitic deposits, Botswana | ||||
| Afropone orapa | Ponerinae | Afropone | orapa | Dlussky, Brothers & Rasnitsyn | Yes | Turonian, Late Cretaceous Orapa kimberlitic deposits, Botswana | ||||
| Bothriomyrmex paradoxus | Dolichoderinae | Bothriomyrmex | paradoxus | Dubovikoff & Longino | Costa Rica | |||||
| Camponotus enigmaticus | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | enigmaticus | Mackay, W.P., Mackay, M. & Mackay, E.E. | Nicaragua | ||||
| Camponotus husseini | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | husseini | Dietrich | Jordan | ||||
| Carebara angulata | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | angulata | Fernández | Colombia | ||||
| Carebara audita | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | audita | Fernández | Colombia | ||||
| Carebara brasiliana | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | brasiliana | Fernández | Brazil | ||||
| Carebara brevipilosa | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | brevipilosa | Fernández | Colombia | ||||
| Carebara coeca | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | coeca | Fernández | Brazil | ||||
| Carebara elongata | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | elongata | Fernández | Colombia | ||||
| Carebara globularia | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | globularia | Fernández | Colombia | ||||
| Carebara inca | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | inca | Fernández | Peru | ||||
| Carebara incierta | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | incierta | Fernández | Brazil | ||||
| Carebara intermedia | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | intermedia | Fernández | Belize | ||||
| Carebara kofana | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | kofana | Fernández | Colombia | ||||
| Carebara majeri | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | majeri | Fernández | Brazil | ||||
| Carebara minuta | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | minuta | Fernández | Brazil | ||||
| Carebara nuda | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | nuda | Fernández | Brazil | ||||
| Carebara paya | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | paya | Fernández | Colombia | ||||
| Carebara pilosa | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | pilosa | Fernández | Brazil | ||||
| Carebara reina | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | reina | Fernández | Colombia | ||||
| Carebara reticulata | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | reticulata | Fernández | Colombia | ||||
| Carebara semistriata | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | semistriata | Fernández | Synonym, see Carebara reina | ||||
| Carebara striata Fernández | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | striata | Fernández | Homonym, see Carebara arabara | ||||
| Carebara tenua | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | tenua | Fernández | Brazil | ||||
| Cataulacus plebeius | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Cataulacus | plebeius | De Andrade & Baroni Urbani | Yes | Miocene Borneo amber | |||
| Colobopsis markli | Formicinae | Camponotini | Colobopsis | markli | Dumpert | Thailand | ||||
| Discothyrea sringerensis | Proceratiinae | Proceratiini | Discothyrea | sringerensis | Zacharias & Rajan | India | ||||
| Eurhopalothrix depressa | Myrmicinae | Attini | Eurhopalothrix | depressa | Ketterl, Verhaag & Dietz | Brazil | ||||
| Gerontoformica cretacica | Sphecomyrminae | Sphecomyrmini | Gerontoformica | cretacica | Nel & Perrault | Yes | Late Albian to Early Cenomanian, Cretaceous Charentese amber, Aquitaine Basin, France | |||
| Gesomyrmex tobiasi | Formicinae | Gesomyrmecini | Gesomyrmex | tobiasi | Dubovikoff | Vietnam | ||||
| Gnamptogenys flava | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Gnamptogenys | flava | Pacheco, Mackay & Morgan | Bolivia | ||||
| Holcoponera atrata | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Holcoponera | atrata | Lattke | Indonesia | ||||
| Holcoponera preciosa | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Holcoponera | preciosa | Lattke | Solomon Islands | ||||
| Holcoponera sila | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Holcoponera | sila | Lattke | Borneo | ||||
| Holcoponera solomonensis | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Holcoponera | solomonensis | Lattke | Solomon Islands | ||||
| Leptogenys josephi | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Leptogenys | josephi | Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E. | Costa Rica | ||||
| Monomorium nimihil | Myrmicinae | Solenopsidini | Monomorium | nimihil | Collingwood | Yemen | ||||
| Myrmica tobiasi | Myrmicinae | Myrmicini | Myrmica | tobiasi | Radchenko & Elmes | Synonym, see Myrmica salina | ||||
| Nebothriomyrmex majeri | Dolichoderinae | Leptomyrmecini | Nebothriomyrmex | majeri | Dubovikoff | Australia | ||||
| Odontomachus relictus | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Odontomachus | relictus | Deyrup & Cover | United States | ||||
| Orapia minor | Sphecomyrminae | Sphecomyrmini | Orapia | minor | Dlussky, Brothers & Rasnitsyn | Yes | Turonian, Late Cretaceous Orapa kimberlitic deposits, Botswana | |||
| Orapia rayneri | Sphecomyrminae | Sphecomyrmini | Orapia | rayneri | Dlussky, Brothers & Rasnitsyn | Yes | Turonian, Late Cretaceous Orapa kimberlitic deposits, Botswana | |||
| Oxyepoecus browni | Myrmicinae | Solenopsidini | Oxyepoecus | browni | Albuquerque & Brandão | Brazil | ||||
| Oxyepoecus ephippiatus | Myrmicinae | Solenopsidini | Oxyepoecus | ephippiatus | Albuquerque & Brandão | Brazil | ||||
| Oxyepoecus kempfi | Myrmicinae | Solenopsidini | Oxyepoecus | kempfi | Albuquerque & Brandão | Brazil | ||||
| Oxyepoecus longicephalus | Myrmicinae | Solenopsidini | Oxyepoecus | longicephalus | Albuquerque & Brandão | Brazil | ||||
| Oxyepoecus quadratus | Myrmicinae | Solenopsidini | Oxyepoecus | quadratus | Albuquerque & Brandão | Brazil | ||||
| Perissomyrmex fissus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Perissomyrmex | fissus | Xu, Z. & Wang, W.-H. | China | ||||
| Pheidole bandata | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | bandata | Bharti | India | ||||
| Platythyrea lenca | Ponerinae | Platythyreini | Platythyrea | lenca | De Andrade | Honduras | ||||
| Platythyrea pumilio | Ponerinae | Platythyreini | Platythyrea | pumilio | De Andrade | Yes | Burdigalian, Early Miocene Dominican amber, Dominican Republic | |||
| Pogonomyrmex humerotumidus | Myrmicinae | Pogonomyrmecini | Pogonomyrmex | humerotumidus | Vásquez-Bolaños & Mackay | Mexico | ||||
| Polyrhachis narendrani | Formicinae | Camponotini | Polyrhachis | narendrani | Karmaly | India | ||||
| Polyrhachis palaearctica | Formicinae | Camponotini | Polyrhachis | palaearctica | Dietrich | Jordan | ||||
| Poneracantha enodis | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Poneracantha | enodis | Lattke, Fernández & Palacio | Colombia | ||||
| Stictoponera biloba | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Stictoponera | biloba | Lattke | Borneo | ||||
| Stictoponera bulbopila | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Stictoponera | bulbopila | Lattke | Philippines | ||||
| Stictoponera delta | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Stictoponera | delta | Lattke | Malaysia | ||||
| Stictoponera fistulosa | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Stictoponera | fistulosa | Lattke | Philippines | ||||
| Stictoponera fontana | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Stictoponera | fontana | Lattke | Borneo | ||||
| Stictoponera gabata | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Stictoponera | gabata | Lattke | Borneo | ||||
| Stictoponera gastrodeia | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Stictoponera | gastrodeia | Lattke | Indonesia | ||||
| Stictoponera helisa | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Stictoponera | helisa | Lattke | Borneo | ||||
| Stictoponera hyalina | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Stictoponera | hyalina | Lattke | Singapore | ||||
| Stictoponera lacunosa | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Stictoponera | lacunosa | Lattke | Borneo | ||||
| Stictoponera leiolabia | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Stictoponera | leiolabia | Lattke | Malaysia | ||||
| Stictoponera meghalaya | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Stictoponera | meghalaya | Lattke | India | ||||
| Stictoponera niuguinensis | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Stictoponera | niuguinensis | Lattke | Papua New Guinea | ||||
| Stictoponera ortostoma | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Stictoponera | ortostoma | Lattke | Singapore | ||||
| Stictoponera palamala | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Stictoponera | palamala | Lattke | Borneo | ||||
| Stictoponera paso | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Stictoponera | paso | Lattke | Malaysia | ||||
| Stictoponera pertusa | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Stictoponera | pertusa | Lattke | Malaysia | ||||
| Stictoponera polytreta | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Stictoponera | polytreta | Lattke | Malaysia | ||||
| Stictoponera rugodens | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Stictoponera | rugodens | Lattke | Borneo | ||||
| Stictoponera scalpta | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Stictoponera | scalpta | Lattke | Borneo | ||||
| Stictoponera sichuanensis | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Stictoponera | sichuanensis | Lattke | China | ||||
| Stictoponera toronates | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Stictoponera | toronates | Lattke | Borneo | ||||
| Stictoponera treta | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Stictoponera | treta | Lattke | Borneo | ||||
| Strumigenys ailaoshana | Myrmicinae | Attini | Strumigenys | ailaoshana | Xu, Z. & Zhou | China | ||||
| Strumigenys nongba | Myrmicinae | Attini | Strumigenys | nongba | Xu, Z. & Zhou | China | ||||
| Strumigenys yangi | Myrmicinae | Attini | Strumigenys | yangi | Xu, Z. & Zhou | China | ||||
| Temnothorax cuneinodis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | cuneinodis | Radchenko | Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea | ||||
| Temnothorax hengshanensis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | hengshanensis | Huang, Chen & Zhou | China | ||||
| Temnothorax michali | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | michali | Radchenko | Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea | ||||
| Temnothorax palustris | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | palustris | Deyrup & Cover | United States | ||||
| Temnothorax pisarskii | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | pisarskii | Radchenko | Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea | ||||
| Temnothorax xanthos | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | xanthos | Radchenko | Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea | ||||
| Tetramorium argentirubrum | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Tetramorium | argentirubrum | Dietrich | Jordan | ||||
| Tetraponera amargina | Pseudomyrmecinae | Tetraponera | amargina | Xu, Z. & Chai | China | |||||
| Tetraponera concava | Pseudomyrmecinae | Tetraponera | concava | Xu, Z. & Chai | China | |||||
| Tetraponera convexa | Pseudomyrmecinae | Tetraponera | convexa | Xu, Z. & Chai | China | |||||
| Tetraponera furcata | Pseudomyrmecinae | Tetraponera | furcata | Xu, Z. & Chai | China | |||||
| Tetraponera protensa | Pseudomyrmecinae | Tetraponera | protensa | Xu, Z. & Chai | China | |||||
| Typhlomyrmex meire | Ectatomminae | Ectatommini | Typhlomyrmex | meire | Lacau, Villemant & Delabie | Brazil | ||||
| Vombisidris humboldticola | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Vombisidris | humboldticola | Zacharias & Rajan | India |