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Taxa Described in 2022
The following 8 genera were described in 2022 (see all years)
| Taxon Name | Subfamily | Tribe | Author | Type Species | Fossil | Fossil Age | Species Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bazboltonia | Ectatomminae | Heteroponerini | Camacho & Feitosa | Heteroponera microps, now Bazboltonia microps | 1 | |||
| Boltonia | Ectatomminae | Heteroponerini | Camacho & Feitosa | Heteroponera microps, now Bazboltonia microps | Homonym, see Bazboltonia | |||
| Desyopone | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Boudinot & Perrichot | Desyopone hereon | Yes | Early Miocene Ethiopian amber, Ethiopia | 1 | |
| Dissimulodorylus | Dorylinae | Sosiak, Borowiec, & Barden | Dissimulodorylus perseus | Yes | Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | |||
| Igaponera | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Troya, Marcineiro, Lattke & Longino | Pachycondyla curiosa, now Igaponera curiosa | 1 | |||
| Metalasius | Formicinae | Lasiini | Boudinot, Borowiec & Prebus | Lasius myrmidon, now Metalasius myrmidon | 1 | |||
| Schismiscapus | Dolichoderinae | Leptomyrmecini | Varela-Hernández, Riquelme & Guerrero | Schismiscapus exstinctum | Yes | middle Miocene Mexican amber, Chiapas, Mexico | 1 | |
| Sussudio | Formicinae | Boudinot, Borowiec & Prebus | Pseudolasius boreus, now Sussudio boreus | Yes | Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | 1 |
The following 147 species/subspecies were described in 2022 (see all years)
| Taxon Name | Subfamily | Tribe | Genus | Species | Subspecies | Author | Type Locality Country | Fossil | Fossil Age | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aenictus boltoni | Dorylinae | Aenictus | boltoni | Gomez | Nigeria | |||||
| Aenictus hitai | Dorylinae | Aenictus | hitai | Gomez | Kenya | |||||
| Aenictus jacki | Dorylinae | Aenictus | jacki | Gomez | Mozambique | |||||
| Aenictus kodungallurensis | Dorylinae | Aenictus | kodungallurensis | Antony & Prasad | India | |||||
| Aenictus koloi | Dorylinae | Aenictus | koloi | Gomez | Ivory Coast | |||||
| Aenictus malakkaparensis | Dorylinae | Aenictus | malakkaparensis | Antony & Prasad | India | |||||
| Aenictus mvuvii | Dorylinae | Aenictus | mvuvii | Gomez | Uganda | |||||
| Aenictus nyuyi | Dorylinae | Aenictus | nyuyi | Gomez | Senegal | |||||
| Aenictus popeyei | Dorylinae | Aenictus | popeyei | Gómez | Cameroon | |||||
| Aenictus susanae | Dorylinae | Aenictus | susanae | Gomez | Central African Republic | |||||
| Aenictus ugaduwensis | Dorylinae | Aenictus | ugaduwensis | Gomez | Burkina Faso | |||||
| Aenictus xegi | Dorylinae | Aenictus | xegi | Gomez | Ghana | |||||
| Basiceros browni | Myrmicinae | Attini | Basiceros | browni | Probst & Brandão | Ecuador | ||||
| Basiceros tumucumaquensis | Myrmicinae | Attini | Basiceros | tumucumaquensis | Probst & Brandão | Brazil | ||||
| Camponotus aina | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | aina | Rakotonirina & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus andrianjaka | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | andrianjaka | Rasoamanana & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus antsaraingy | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | antsaraingy | Rasoamanana & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus aro | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | aro | Rakotonirina & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus asara | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | asara | Rakotonirina & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus atimo | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | atimo | Rakotonirina & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus bemaheva | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | bemaheva | Rakotonirina & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus bozaka | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | bozaka | Rakotonirina & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus chrislaini | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | chrislaini | Rasoamanana & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus claveri | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | claveri | Rasoamanana & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus daraina | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | daraina | Rakotonirina & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus harenarum | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | harenarum | Rakotonirina & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus ihazofotsy | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | ihazofotsy | Rasoamanana & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus ivadia | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | ivadia | Rasoamanana & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus jjacquia | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | jjacquia | Rasoamanana & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus joany | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | joany | Rakotonirina & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus karsti | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | karsti | Rakotonirina & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus kelimaso | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | kelimaso | Rakotonirina & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus lokobe | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | lokobe | Rakotonirina & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus mahafaly | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | mahafaly | Rakotonirina & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus maintilany | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | maintilany | Rasoamanana & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus niavo | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | niavo | Rakotonirina & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus norvigi | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | norvigi | Rasoamanana & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus parvus | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | mengei | Perfilieva | Yes | Chattian, Oligocene Velikaya Kema, Primorye, Russia | |||
| Camponotus rotrae | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | rotrae | Rakotonirina & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus sambiranoensis | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | sambiranoensis | Rakotonirina & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus siamensis | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | siamensis | Jaitrong & Jeenthong | Thailand | ||||
| Camponotus tapia | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | tapia | Rakotonirina & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus tendryi | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | tendryi | Rakotonirina & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus tsimelahy | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | tsimelahy | Rasoamanana & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus vano | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | vano | Rakotonirina & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Camponotus zoro | Formicinae | Camponotini | Camponotus | zoro | Rasoamanana & Fisher | Madagascar | ||||
| Cardiocondyla allonivalis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Cardiocondyla | allonivalis | Seifert | Papua New Guinea | ||||
| Cardiocondyla argentea | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Cardiocondyla | argentea | Seifert | Indonesia | ||||
| Cardiocondyla argyrotricha | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Cardiocondyla | argyrotricha | Seifert | Malaysia | ||||
| Cardiocondyla excavata | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Cardiocondyla | excavata | Seifert | Papua New Guinea | ||||
| Cardiocondyla goroka | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Cardiocondyla | goroka | Seifert | Papua New Guinea | ||||
| Cardiocondyla latifrons | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Cardiocondyla | latifrons | Seifert | Malaysia | ||||
| Cardiocondyla micropila | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Cardiocondyla | micropila | Seifert | Malaysia | ||||
| Cardiocondyla schulzi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Cardiocondyla | schulzi | Seifert | India | ||||
| Cardiocondyla semiargentea | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Cardiocondyla | semiargentea | Seifert | Indonesia | ||||
| Cardiocondyla subspina | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Cardiocondyla | subspina | Seifert | Indonesia | ||||
| Cardiocondyla sulcata | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Cardiocondyla | sulcata | Seifert | Malaysia | ||||
| Carebara colobopsis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | colobopsis | Hosoishi & Yamane | Cambodia | ||||
| Carebara periyarensis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Carebara | periyarensis | Dhadwal & Bharti | India | ||||
| Cataglyphis minos | Formicinae | Formicini | Cataglyphis | minos | Borowiec & Salata | Greece | ||||
| Crematogaster detecta | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | detecta | Ward & Blaimer | United States | ||||
| Crematogaster ghoneimi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | ghoneimi | Sharaf | Saudi Arabia | ||||
| Crematogaster ogatai | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | ogatai | Hosoishi | Vietnam | ||||
| Crematogaster parapilosa | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | parapilosa | Ward & Blaimer | United States | ||||
| Crematogaster vetusta | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Crematogaster | vetusta | Ward & Blaimer | United States | ||||
| Cryptopone gilvagrande | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Cryptopone | gilvagrande | Branstetter & Longino | Guatemala | ||||
| Cryptopone gilvatumida | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Cryptopone | gilvatumida | Branstetter & Longino | Mexico | ||||
| Desyopone hereon | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Desyopone | hereon | Boudinot & Perrichot | Yes | Early Miocene Ethiopian amber, Ethiopia | |||
| Dissimulodorylus perseus | Dorylinae | Dissimulodorylus | perseus | Sosiak, Borowiec, & Barden | Yes | Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | ||||
| Dolichoderus bakhtiari | Dolichoderinae | Dolichoderini | Dolichoderus | bakhtiari | Barabag & Jaitrong | Thailand | ||||
| Dolichoderus jonasi | Dolichoderinae | Dolichoderini | Dolichoderus | jonasi | Dubovikoff & Zharkov | Yes | Priabonian, Late Eocene Rovno amber, Ukraine | |||
| Emplastus amguensis | Dolichoderinae | Emplastus | amguensis | Perfilieva | Yes | Rupelian, Oligocene Amgu River, Primorye, Russia | ||||
| Emplastus obliquus | Dolichoderinae | Emplastus | obliquus | Perfilieva | Yes | Chattian, Oligocene Velikaya Kema, Primorye, Russia | ||||
| Emplastus similis | Dolichoderinae | Emplastus | similis | Perfilieva | Yes | Chattian, Oligocene Velikaya Kema, Primorye, Russia | ||||
| Gauromyrmex orbihumerus | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Gauromyrmex | orbihumerus | Chen & Chen | China | ||||
| Gerontoformica sternorhabda | Sphecomyrminae | Sphecomyrmini | Gerontoformica | sternorhabda | Boudinot, Richter, Katzke, Chaul, Keller, Economo, Beutel & Yamamoto | Yes | Early Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous Burmese amber, Kachin State, Myanmar | |||
| Lasius ponderosae | Formicinae | Lasiini | Lasius | ponderosae | Schär, Talavera, Rana, Espadaler, Cover, Shattuck & Vila | United States | ||||
| Lasius vulgaris | Formicinae | Lasiini | Lasius | vulgaris | Perfilieva | Yes | Chattian, Oligocene Velikaya Kema, Primorye, Russia | |||
| Lepisiota binghami | Formicinae | Plagiolepidini | Lepisiota | binghami | Harshana & Dey | India | ||||
| Lepisiota chutimae | Formicinae | Plagiolepidini | Lepisiota | chutimae | Jaitrong, Waengsothorn & Buddhakala | Thailand | ||||
| Lepisiota pusaensis | Formicinae | Plagiolepidini | Lepisiota | pusaensis | Harshana & Dey | India | ||||
| Lepisiota satpuraensis | Formicinae | Plagiolepidini | Lepisiota | satpuraensis | Harshana & Dey | India | ||||
| Lepisiota wilsoni | Formicinae | Plagiolepidini | Lepisiota | wilsoni | Harshana & Dey | India | ||||
| Leptanilla laventa | Leptanillinae | Leptanillini | Leptanilla | laventa | Griebenow, Moradmand & Isaia | Iran | ||||
| Leptanilla ujjalai | Leptanillinae | Leptanillini | Leptanilla | ujjalai | Saroj, Mandi & Dubey | India | ||||
| Leptogenys elzasoares | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Leptogenys | elzasoares | Tozetto, Chaul, Boudinot & Lattke | Brazil | ||||
| Manica andrannae | Myrmicinae | Myrmicini | Manica | andrannae | Zharkov and Dubovikoff | Yes | Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | |||
| Monomorium ellenarium | Myrmicinae | Solenopsidini | Monomorium | ellenarium | Shigayev & Snegovaya | Azerbaijan | ||||
| Myrmecina eowilsoni | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Myrmecina | eowilsoni | Liu | China | ||||
| Myrmecina gaoligongensis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Myrmecina | gaoligongensis | Liu | China | ||||
| Myrmecina pierceae | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Myrmecina | pierceae | Liu | China | ||||
| Myrmecina salmahae | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Myrmecina | salmahae | Satria & Eguchi | Indonesia | ||||
| Neoponera gojira | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Neoponera | gojira | Troya & Lattke | Brazil | ||||
| Neoponera mashpi | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Neoponera | mashpi | Troya & Lattke | French Guiana | ||||
| Odontoponera pseudotransversa | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Odontoponera | pseudotransversa | Perrichot | Yes | Miocene Zhangpu amber, Zhangpu County, Fujian Province, China | |||
| Overbeckia jambiensis | Formicinae | Camponotini | Overbeckia | jambiensis | Klimes | Indonesia | ||||
| Overbeckia papuana | Formicinae | Camponotini | Overbeckia | papuana | Klimes | Papua New Guinea | ||||
| Paraphaenogaster ussuriensis | Myrmicinae | Paraphaenogaster | ussuriensis | Perfilieva | Yes | Chattian, Oligocene Velikaya Kema, Primorye, Russia | ||||
| Parasyscia nigrita | Dorylinae | Parasyscia | nigrita | Chen, Liang & Du | China | |||||
| Parasyscia shii | Dorylinae | Parasyscia | shii | Chen, Liang & Du | China | |||||
| Parasyscia tibetana | Dorylinae | Parasyscia | tibetana | Chen, Liang & Du | China | |||||
| Parasyscia wilsoni | Dorylinae | Parasyscia | wilsoni | Chen, Liang & Du | China | |||||
| Parasyscia xui | Dorylinae | Parasyscia | xui | Chen, Liang & Du | China | |||||
| Pheidole klaman | Myrmicinae | Attini | Pheidole | klaman | Gómez, Kouakou, Fischer, Hita-Garcia, Katzke & Economo | Ivory Coast | ||||
| Platythyrea homasawini | Ponerinae | Platythyreini | Platythyrea | homasawini | Jaitrong, Xu & Khachonpisitsak | Thailand | ||||
| Prenolepis rinpoche | Formicinae | Lasiini | Prenolepis | rinpoche | Williams | Nepal | ||||
| Proceratium gibbosum | Proceratiinae | Proceratiini | Proceratium | gibbosum | Sadasivan & Kripakaran | India | ||||
| Proformica cerdanyensis | Formicinae | Formicini | Proformica | cerdanyensis | Galkowski, Lebas, Lenoir, Perdereau & Blatrix | France | ||||
| Proformica lebasi | Formicinae | Formicini | Proformica | lebasi | Borowiec & Salata | Greece | ||||
| Proformica muusensis | Formicinae | Formicini | Proformica | muusensis | Zhu, Wu, Duan & Xu | China | ||||
| Pseudomyrmex arcanus | Pseudomyrmecinae | Pseudomyrmex | arcanus | Ward & Branstetter | Mexico | |||||
| Pseudomyrmex capillatus | Pseudomyrmecinae | Pseudomyrmex | capillatus | Ward & Branstetter | Mexico | |||||
| Pseudomyrmex cognatus | Pseudomyrmecinae | Pseudomyrmex | cognatus | Ward & Branstetter | Mexico | |||||
| Pseudomyrmex comitator | Pseudomyrmecinae | Pseudomyrmex | comitator | Ward & Branstetter | Mexico | |||||
| Pseudomyrmex ereptor | Pseudomyrmecinae | Pseudomyrmex | ereptor | Ward & Branstetter | Mexico | |||||
| Pseudomyrmex exoratus | Pseudomyrmecinae | Pseudomyrmex | exoratus | Ward & Branstetter | Mexico | |||||
| Pseudomyrmex fasciatus | Pseudomyrmecinae | Pseudomyrmex | fasciatus | Ward & Branstetter | Costa Rica | |||||
| Pseudomyrmex nimbus | Pseudomyrmecinae | Pseudomyrmex | nimbus | Ward & Branstetter | Mexico | |||||
| Pseudomyrmex veracruzensis | Pseudomyrmecinae | Pseudomyrmex | veracruzensis | Ward & Branstetter | Mexico | |||||
| Ravavy goldmani | Dolichoderinae | Bothriomyrmecini | Ravavy | goldmani | Boudinot & Perrichot | Yes | Early Miocene Ethiopian amber, Ethiopia | |||
| Rhopalothrix amati | Myrmicinae | Attini | Rhopalothrix | amati | Fiorentino, Tocora & Fernández | Colombia | ||||
| Schismiscapus exstinctum | Dolichoderinae | Leptomyrmecini | Schismiscapus | exstinctum | Varela-Hernández, Riquelme & Guerrero | Yes | middle Miocene Mexican amber, Chiapas, Mexico | |||
| Tapinoma pithecorum | Dolichoderinae | Tapinoma | pithecorum | Seifert | Germany | |||||
| Tapinoma yacoubi | Dolichoderinae | Tapinoma | yacoubi | Sharaf | Saudi Arabia | |||||
| Technomyrmex kemaensis | Dolichoderinae | Technomyrmex | kemaensis | Perfilieva | Yes | Chattian, Oligocene Velikaya Kema, Primorye, Russia | ||||
| Technomyrmex svojtkai | Dolichoderinae | Technomyrmex | svojtkai | Perrichot & Engel | Yes | Early Miocene Ethiopian amber, Ethiopia | ||||
| Temnothorax arkasi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | arkasi | Salata & Borowiec | Greece | ||||
| Temnothorax euboeae | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | euboeae | Salata & Borowiec | Greece | ||||
| Temnothorax marae | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | marae | Alicata, Schifani & Prebus | Italy | ||||
| Temnothorax parnonensis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | parnonensis | Salata & Borowiec | Greece | ||||
| Temnothorax poldii | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | poldii | Alicata, Schifani & Prebus | Italy | ||||
| Temnothorax vivianoi | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Temnothorax | vivianoi | Schifani, Alicata & Prebus | Italy | ||||
| Tetraponera cortina | Pseudomyrmecinae | Tetraponera | cortina | Ward | Democratic Republic of Congo | |||||
| Tetraponera dispar | Pseudomyrmecinae | Tetraponera | dispar | Ward | Congo | |||||
| Tetraponera elegans | Pseudomyrmecinae | Tetraponera | elegans | Ward | Madagascar | |||||
| Tetraponera exactor | Pseudomyrmecinae | Tetraponera | exactor | Ward | South Africa | |||||
| Tetraponera furtiva | Pseudomyrmecinae | Tetraponera | furtiva | Ward | South Africa | |||||
| Tetraponera insularis | Pseudomyrmecinae | Tetraponera | insularis | Ward | Madagascar | |||||
| Tetraponera kosi | Pseudomyrmecinae | Tetraponera | kosi | Ward | South Africa | |||||
| Tetraponera pedana | Pseudomyrmecinae | Tetraponera | pedana | Ward | Kenya | |||||
| Tetraponera pumila | Pseudomyrmecinae | Tetraponera | pumila | Ward | Burundi | |||||
| Tetraponera redacta | Pseudomyrmecinae | Tetraponera | redacta | Ward | Kenya | |||||
| Tetraponera setosa | Pseudomyrmecinae | Tetraponera | setosa | Ward | Uganda | |||||
| Veromessor pseudolariversi | Myrmicinae | Stenammini | Veromessor | pseudolariversi | Johnson, Borowiec, Snelling & Cole | United States | ||||
| Vollenhovia keralensis | Myrmicinae | Crematogastrini | Vollenhovia | keralensis | Kripakaran & Sadasivan | India | ||||
| Wadeura holmgrenita | Ponerinae | Ponerini | Wadeura | holmgrenita | Branstetter & Longino | Peru | ||||
| Zasphinctus sahyadriensis | Dorylinae | Zasphinctus | sahyadriensis | Kripakaran & Sadasivan | Thailand |