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Taxa Described in 2018
The following 3 genera were described in 2018 (see all years)
| Taxon Name | Subfamily | Tribe | Author | Type Species | Fossil | Fossil Age | Species Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Napakimyrma | Aneuretinae | Aneuretini | LaPolla & Barden | Napakimyrma paskapooensis | Yes | Tiffanian to late Paleocene Paskapoo Formation, Alberta, Canada | 1 | |
| Proleptothorax | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Radchenko, Dlussky, & Perfilieva | Proleptothorax primitivus | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Rovno amber, Ukraine | 1 | |
| Xerolitor | Myrmicinae | Attini | Sosa-Calvo, Schultz, Jesovnik, Dahan & Rabeling | Mycetosoritis explicatus, now Xerolitor explicatus | 1 |
The following 127 species/subspecies were described in 2018 (see all years)
| Taxon Name | Subfamily | Tribe | Genus | Species | Subspecies | Author | Type Locality Country | Fossil | Fossil Age | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aenictus nuchiti | Dorylinae | Aenictus | nuchiti | Jaitrong & Ruangsittichai | Thailand | |||||
| Aenictus samungi | Dorylinae | Aenictus | samungi | Jaitrong & Ruangsittichai | Thailand | |||||
| Anochetus lanyuensis | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Anochetus | lanyuensis | Leong, Tsai, Terayama, Shiao & Lin | Taiwan | ||||
| Aphaenogaster gamagumayaa | Myrmicinae | Attini | Aphaenogaster | gamagumayaa | Naka & Maruyama | Japan | ||||
| Aphaenogaster ulibeli | Myrmicinae | Stenammini | Aphaenogaster | ulibeli | Gomez & Espadaler | Spain | ||||
| Boloponera ikemkha | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Boloponera | ikemkha | Hawkes | South Africa | ||||
| Calyptomyrmex laotius | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Calyptomyrmex | laotius | Jaitrong & Yamane | Laos | ||||
| Camponotus benguetensis | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | benguetensis | Zettel & Balàka | Philippines | ||||
| Camponotus concurrens | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | concurrens | Zettel & Laciny | Brunei Darussalam | ||||
| Camponotus inquilinus | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | inquilinus | Zettel & Laciny | Brunei Darussalam | ||||
| Camponotus lamosy | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | lamosy | Rakotonirina & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus liandia | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | liandia | Rakotonirina & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus mainty | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | mainty | Rakotonirina & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus manabo | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | manabo | Rakotonirina & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus paracolobopsis | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | paracolobopsis | Zettel & Yamane | Brunei Darussalam | ||||
| Camponotus paraleonardi | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | paraleonardi | Zettel & Yamane | Thailand | ||||
| Camponotus raina | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | raina | Rakotonirina & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus sada | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | sada | Rakotonirina & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus schulzianus | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | schulzianus | Zettel & Balàka | Brunei Darussalam | ||||
| Camponotus sophiae | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | sophiae | Zettel & Balàka | Thailand | ||||
| Camponotus syaukanii | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | syaukanii | Zettel & Yamane | Indonesia | ||||
| Camponotus tanosy | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | tanosy | Rakotonirina & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus weiserti | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | weiserti | Zettel & Laciny | Thailand | ||||
| Carebara bara | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | bara | Azorsa & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Carebara berivelo | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | berivelo | Azorsa & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Carebara betsi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | betsi | Azorsa & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Carebara creolei | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | creolei | Azorsa & Fisher | Mauritius | ||||
| Carebara demeter | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | demeter | Azorsa & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Carebara dota | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | dota | Azorsa & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Carebara hainteny | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | hainteny | Azorsa & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Carebara hiragasy | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | hiragasy | Azorsa & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Carebara jajoby | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | jajoby | Azorsa & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Carebara kabosy | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | kabosy | Azorsa & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Carebara lova | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | lova | Azorsa & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Carebara mahafaly | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | mahafaly | Azorsa & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Carebara malagasy | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | malagasy | Azorsa & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Carebara omasi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | omasi | Azorsa & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Carebara placida | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | placida | Azorsa & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Carebara raberi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | raberi | Azorsa & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Carebara salegi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | salegi | Azorsa & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Carebara sampi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | sampi | Azorsa & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Carebara tana | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | tana | Azorsa & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Carebara tanana | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | tanana | Azorsa & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Carebara vazimba | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | vazimba | Azorsa & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Colobopsis acuta | Formicinae | Camponotini | Colobopsis | acuta | Mackay | United States | ||||
| Colobopsis apostemata | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | apostemata | Mackay | Synonym, see Camponotus yogi | ||||
| Colobopsis cavibregma | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | cavibregma | Mackay | Synonym, see Camponotus yogi | ||||
| Colobopsis concavitruncata | Formicinae | Camponotini | Colobopsis | concavitruncata | Mackay | Mexico | ||||
| Colobopsis explodens | Formicinae | Camponotini | Colobopsis | explodens | Laciny & Zettel | Brunei Darussalam | ||||
| Colobopsis flava | Formicinae | Camponotini | Colobopsis | flava | Mackay | Mexico | ||||
| Echinopla charernsomi | Formicinae | Camponotini | Echinopla | charernsomi | Tanansathaporn & Jaitrong | Thailand | ||||
| Echinopla jeenthongi | Formicinae | Camponotini | Echinopla | jeenthongi | Tanansathaporn & Jaitrong | Thailand | ||||
| Electromyrmex wheeleri | Myrmicinae | Electromyrmex | wheeleri | Radchenko & Dlussky | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | ||||
| Fallomyrma anodonta | Myrmicinae | Fallomyrma | anodonta | Radchenko & Dlussky | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Rovno amber, Ukraine | ||||
| Fallomyrma marginata | Myrmicinae | Fallomyrma | marginata | Radchenko & Dlussky | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Rovno amber, Ukraine | ||||
| Fallomyrma robusta | Myrmicinae | Fallomyrma | robusta | Radchenko & Dlussky | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Rovno amber, Ukraine | ||||
| Hylomyrma villemantae | Myrmicinae | Pogonomyrmecini | Hylomyrma | villemantae | Neves & Lacau | Brasil | ||||
| Lasius tapinomoides | Formicinae | Lasiini | Lasius | tapinomoides | Salata & Borowiec | Greece | ||||
| Leptanilla macauensis | Leptanillinae | Leptanillini | Leptanilla | macauensis | Leong, Yamane & Guénard | China | ||||
| Leptogenys academica | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Leptogenys | academica | Lopez-Munoz, Villarreal & Lattke | Brazil | ||||
| Leptogenys atra | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Leptogenys | atra | Arimoto and Yamane | Vietnam | ||||
| Leptogenys bhartii | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Leptogenys | bhartii | Wachkoo, Maqbool, Akbar & Sharaf | India | ||||
| Leptogenys carioca | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Leptogenys | carioca | Lopez-Munoz, Villarreal & Lattke | Brazil | ||||
| Leptogenys cyanicatena | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Leptogenys | cyanicatena | Arimoto and Yamane | Thailand | ||||
| Messor asmaae | Myrmicinae | Attini | Messor | asmaae | Sharaf | Oman | ||||
| Messor mcarthuri | Myrmicinae | Stenammini | Messor | mcarthuri | Steiner, Csősz, Markó, Gamisch, Rinnhofer, Folterbauer, Hammerle, Stauffer, Arthofer & Schlick-Steiner | Türkiye | ||||
| Messor obscurior | Myrmicinae | Stenammini | Messor | obscurior | Pashaei Rad, Taylor, Torabi, Aram, Abolfathi, Afshari, Borjali, Ghatei, Hediary, Jazini, Heidary Kiah, Mahmoudi, Safariyan & Seiri | Iraq | ||||
| Messor ponticus | Myrmicinae | Stenammini | Messor | ponticus | Steiner, Csősz, Markó, Gamisch, Rinnhofer, Folterbauer, Hammerle, Stauffer, Arthofer & Schlick-Steiner | Bulgaria | ||||
| Metapone kanak | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Metapone | kanak | Taylor | New Caledonia | ||||
| Metapone nivanuatu | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Metapone | nivanuatu | Taylor | Vanuatu | ||||
| Monomorium mohammedi | Myrmicinae | Solenopsidini | Monomorium | mohammedi | Sharaf & Hita Garcia | Saudi Arabia | ||||
| Myopias minima | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Myopias | minima | Jaitrong, Tasen & Guénard | Thailand | ||||
| Myopias sakaeratensis | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Myopias | sakaeratensis | Jaitrong, Tasen & Guénard | Thailand | ||||
| Myopias sonthichaiae | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Myopias | sonthichaiae | Jaitrong, Tasen & Guénard | Thailand | ||||
| Myrmica gebaueri | Myrmicinae | Myrmicini | Myrmica | gebaueri | Seifert, Schultz, Ritz & Ritz | Tibet | ||||
| Myrmicaria buenaventei | Myrmicinae | Solenopsidini | Myrmicaria | buenaventei | Zettel, Laciny, Balàka & General | Philippines | ||||
| Myrmicaria chapmani | Myrmicinae | Solenopsidini | Myrmicaria | chapmani | Zettel, Laciny, Balàka & General | Philippines | ||||
| Myrmicaria transversa | Myrmicinae | Solenopsidini | Myrmicaria | transversa | Zettel, Laciny, Balàka & General | Philippines | ||||
| Napakimyrma paskapooensis | Aneuretinae | Napakimyrma | paskapooensis | LaPolla & Barden | Yes | Tiffanian to late Paleocene Paskapoo Formation, Alberta, Canada | ||||
| Odontomachus ferminae | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Odontomachus | ferminae | General | Philippines | ||||
| Odontomachus linearis | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Odontomachus | linearis | Chen & Zhou | China | ||||
| Ooceraea quadridentata | Dorylinae | Ooceraea | quadridentata | Yamada, Luong & Eguchi | Vietnam | |||||
| Parasyscia rifati | Dorylinae | Parasyscia | rifati | Sharaf & Akbar | Saudi Arabia | |||||
| Pheidole sarae | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | sarae | Sharaf | Oman | ||||
| Plagiolepis perperamus | Formicinae | Plagiolepidini | Plagiolepis | perperamus | Salata, Borowiec & Radchenko | Greece | ||||
| Platythyrea janyai | Ponerinae | Platythyreini | Platythyrea | janyai | Phengsi, Jaitrong, Ruangsittichai & Khachonpisitsak | Thailand | ||||
| Prenolepis angulinoda | Formicinae | Lasiini | Prenolepis | angulinoda | Chen & Zhou | Synonym, see Prenolepis fustinoda | ||||
| Prenolepis cyclopia | Formicinae | Lasiini | Prenolepis | cyclopia | Chen & Zhou | China | ||||
| Prenolepis lakekamu | Formicinae | Lasiini | Prenolepis | lakekamu | Williams & LaPolla | Papua New Guinea | ||||
| Prenolepis nepalensis | Formicinae | Lasiini | Prenolepis | nepalensis | Williams & LaPolla | Nepal | ||||
| Prenolepis quinquedenta | Formicinae | Lasiini | Prenolepis | quinquedenta | Chen & Zhou | China | ||||
| Prenolepis striata | Formicinae | Lasiini | Prenolepis | striata | Chen & Zhou | China | ||||
| Pristomyrmex archaios | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Pristomyrmex | archaios | Radchenko & Dlussky | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Bitterfeld amber, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany | |||
| Pristomyrmex elmesi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Pristomyrmex | elmesi | Radchenko & Dlussky | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Rovno amber, Ukraine | |||
| Proceratium bruelheidei | Proceratiinae | Proceratiini | Proceratium | bruelheidei | Staab, Xu & Hita Garcia | China | ||||
| Proceratium kepingmai | Proceratiinae | Proceratiini | Proceratium | kepingmai | Staab, Xu & Hita Garcia | China | ||||
| Proceratium shohei | Proceratiinae | Proceratiini | Proceratium | shohei | Staab, Xu & Hita Garcia | China | ||||
| Proleptothorax primitivus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Proleptothorax | primitivus | Radchenko, Dlussky, & Perfilieva | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Rovno amber, Ukraine | |||
| Protalaridris aculeata | Myrmicinae | Attini | Protalaridris | aculeata | Lattke & Alpert | Peru | ||||
| Protalaridris arhuaca | Myrmicinae | Attini | Protalaridris | arhuaca | Guerrero, Lattke & Alpert | Colombia | ||||
| Protalaridris bordoni | Myrmicinae | Attini | Protalaridris | bordoni | Lattke | Venezuela | ||||
| Protalaridris leponcei | Myrmicinae | Attini | Protalaridris | leponcei | Delsinne & Lattke | Ecuador | ||||
| Protalaridris loxanensis | Myrmicinae | Attini | Protalaridris | loxanensis | Lattke | Ecuador | ||||
| Protalaridris punctata | Myrmicinae | Attini | Protalaridris | punctata | Lattke | Venezuela | ||||
| Rhopalomastix glabricephala | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Rhopalomastix | glabricephala | Wang, Yong & Jaitrong | Singapore | ||||
| Rhopalomastix murphyi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Rhopalomastix | murphyi | Wang, Yong & Jaitrong | Singapore | ||||
| Rhopalomastix striata | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Rhopalomastix | striata | Wang, Yong & Jaitrong | Singapore | ||||
| Rhopalomastix tenebra | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Rhopalomastix | tenebra | Wang, Yong & Jaitrong | Singapore | ||||
| Solenopsis metallica | Myrmicinae | Solenopsidini | Solenopsis | metallica | Pitts, Camacho, Gotzek, McHugh & Ross | Brazil | ||||
| Technomyrmex formosensis | Dolichoderinae | Technomyrmex | formosensis | Yamane, Leong, & Lin | Taiwan | |||||
| Temnothorax crassistriatus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | crassistriatus | Salata, Borowiec & Trichas | Greece | ||||
| Temnothorax daidalosi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | daidalosi | Salata, Borowiec & Trichas | Greece | ||||
| Temnothorax ikarosi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | ikarosi | Salata, Borowiec & Trichas | Greece | ||||
| Temnothorax incompletus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | incompletus | Salata, Borowiec & Trichas | Greece | ||||
| Temnothorax minotaurosi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | minotaurosi | Salata, Borowiec & Trichas | Greece | ||||
| Temnothorax morea | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | morea | Csősz, Salata & Borowiec | Greece | ||||
| Temnothorax proteii | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | proteii | Salata, Borowiec & Trichas | Greece | ||||
| Temnothorax strymonensis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | strymonensis | Csősz, Salata & Borowiec | Bulgaria | ||||
| Temnothorax tamriensis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | tamriensis | Ajerrar, Gómez, Bouharroud, Zaafrani & Cagniant | Morocco | ||||
| Temnothorax variabilis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | variabilis | Salata, Borowiec & Trichas | Greece | ||||
| Tetheamyrma bidentata | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Tetheamyrma | bidentata | General & Buenavente | Borneo | ||||
| Tetramorium aisha | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Tetramorium | aisha | Mbanyana, Robertson & Hita Garcia | South Africa | ||||
| Tetramorium aspina | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Tetramorium | aspina | Wagner, Karaman, Aksoy & Kiran | Türkiye | ||||
| Tetramorium brigitteae | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Tetramorium | brigitteae | Mbanyana, Robertson & Hita Garcia | South Africa | ||||
| Tetramorium duncani | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Tetramorium | duncani | Mbanyana, Robertson & Hita Garcia | South Africa | ||||
| Tetramorium lerouxi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Tetramorium | lerouxi | Mbanyana, Robertson & Hita Garcia | South Africa | ||||
| Tetramorium margueriteae | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Tetramorium | margueriteae | Mbanyana, Robertson & Hita Garcia | South Africa |