Taxa Described in 2005

The following 4 genera were described in 2005 (see all years)

Taxon Name	Subfamily	Tribe	Author	Type Species	Fossil	Fossil Age	Species Count	Notes
Arnoldius	Dolichoderinae	Bothriomyrmecini	Dubovikov	Bothriomyrmex flavus, now Arnoldius flavus			4
Cananeuretus	Aneuretinae	uncertain	Engel & Grimaldi	Cananeuretus occidentalis	Yes	Campanian, Late Cretaceous K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Foremost Formation amber, Alberta, Canada	1
Myanmyrma	Sphecomyrminae	Sphecomyrmini	Engel & Grimaldi	Myanmyrma gracilis	Yes	Early Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Burmese amber, Kachin State, Myanmar	2
Sphecomyrmodes	Sphecomyrminae		Engel & Grimaldi	Sphecomyrmodes orientalis, now Gerontoformica orientalis				Synonym, see Gerontoformica

The following 29 species/subspecies were described in 2005 (see all years)

Taxon Name	Subfamily	Tribe	Genus	Species	Author	Type Locality Country	Fossil	Fossil Age	Notes
Acropyga bakwele	Formicinae	Plagiolepidini	Acropyga	bakwele	LaPolla & Fisher	Gabon
Acropyga glaesaria	Formicinae	Plagiolepidini	Acropyga	glaesaria	LaPolla		Yes	Burdigalian, Early Miocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Dominican amber, Dominican Republic
Aenictus henanensis	Dorylinae		Aenictus	henanensis	Li & Wang, Y.-L.	China
Camponotus densopilus	Formicinae	Camponotini	Camponotus	densopilus	Shattuck	New Guinea
Camponotus maritimus	Formicinae	Camponotini	Camponotus	maritimus	Ward	United States
Camponotus posteropilus	Formicinae	Camponotini	Camponotus	posteropilus	Shattuck	Papua New Guinea
Camponotus subpilus	Formicinae	Camponotini	Camponotus	subpilus	Shattuck	Indonesia
Camponotus thadeus	Formicinae	Camponotini	Camponotus	thadeus	Shattuck	Australia
Camponotus xanthopilus	Formicinae	Camponotini	Camponotus	xanthopilus	Shattuck	New Guinea
Cananeuretus occidentalis	Aneuretinae		Cananeuretus	occidentalis	Engel & Grimaldi		Yes	Campanian, Late Cretaceous K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Foremost Formation amber, Alberta, Canada
Cardiocondyla tiwarii	Myrmicinae	Crematogastrini	Cardiocondyla	tiwarii	Ghosh, Sheela & Kundu	India
Discothyrea berlita	Proceratiinae	Proceratiini	Discothyrea	berlita	Fisher	Mauritius
Dolichoderus dajiensis	Dolichoderinae	Dolichoderini	Dolichoderus	dajiensis	Wang, W. & Zheng	China
Dorymyrmex antillanus	Dolichoderinae	Leptomyrmecini	Dorymyrmex	antillanus	Snelling, R.R.	Antilles
Gerontoformica orientalis	Sphecomyrminae	Sphecomyrmini	Gerontoformica	orientalis	Engel & Grimaldi		Yes	Early Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Burmese amber, Kachin State, Myanmar
Lasius fuji	Formicinae	Lasiini	Lasius	fuji	Radchenko	Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea
Myanmyrma gracilis	Sphecomyrminae	Sphecomyrmini	Myanmyrma	gracilis	Engel & Grimaldi		Yes	Early Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Burmese amber, Kachin State, Myanmar
Mycetomoellerius cirratus	Myrmicinae	Attini	Mycetomoellerius	cirratus	Mayhé-Nunes & Brandão	Brazil
Myrmica schenckioides	Myrmicinae	Myrmicini	Myrmica	schenckioides	Boer & Noordijk				Synonym, see Myrmica schencki
Pheidole aspidata	Myrmicinae	Attini	Pheidole	aspidata	Eguchi & Bui	Vietnam
Pheidole funki	Myrmicinae	Attini	Pheidole	funki	LaPolla	Guyana
Pheidole schultzi	Myrmicinae	Attini	Pheidole	schultzi	LaPolla				Homonym, see Pheidole neoschultzi
Plagiolepis breviscapa	Formicinae	Plagiolepidini	Plagiolepis	breviscapa	Collingwood & van Harten	Yemen
Proceratium google	Proceratiinae	Proceratiini	Proceratium	google	Fisher	Madagascar
Proformica ossetica	Formicinae	Formicini	Proformica	ossetica	Dubovikoff	Russian Federation
Sphecomyrma mesaki	Sphecomyrminae	Sphecomyrmini	Sphecomyrma	mesaki	Engel & Grimaldi		Yes	Turonian, Late Cretaceous K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl ↓ Raritan (New Jersey) amber, New Jersey, United States
Stenamma alas	Myrmicinae	Stenammini	Stenamma	alas	Longino	Costa Rica
Tetramorium hirsutum	Myrmicinae	Crematogastrini	Tetramorium	hirsutum	Collingwood & van Harten	Yemen
Vollenhovia lucimandibula	Myrmicinae	Crematogastrini	Vollenhovia	lucimandibula	Wang, W., Zhou & Huang	China