Ant Names

The taxon names used within Antwiki were originally created using Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a list of the world's ants. Within the Catalogue names are classified in a number of ways, such as those that are valid (that is, are currently in use), synonyms (and are not in use) and fossils, as well as informal categories such as unidentifiable or unplaced (incertae sedis). The following lists have been created based on this information and provide an easy way to find these sets of names sorted by category.
 * Nomen dubium
 * Unavailable Species Names
 * Dubious Type Localities
 * Unidentifiable Taxon (incertae sedis)

In addition, the following are more traditional ways of sorting names.

below the line
Listed below are notes about names that we are sorting out and working on. All of this text here (under this bar) will be edited out once we have things all sorted out.

The four lists at the top of this page (Nomen dubium, unavailable, dubious type localities, and unidentifiable) are good for sets of names that otherwise would have no organized list. They are also useful for keeping the list of orphan pages down to a level where we can potentially identify problem named pages. If we need to make other lists, on other pages, we can do so.

Here are a few other types of odd names that we need to work through and be sure we are clear about what they are and how they need to be handled (e.g., do some sets need their own page, do they need to be fixed by hand after creating the species pages).

Some Fossils
Sicelomyrmex This seems to be a mispelling but I am not sure how this got generated as a named page


 * corniger. *Gesomyrmex corniger Emery, 1891a: 155, pl. 3, figs. 33-35 (w.) SICILIAN AMBER (Oligocene). Combination in *Sicelomyrmex: Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 111. Spelling emended to *Sicilomyrmex: Brown & Carpenter, 1979: 423.

Sicilomyrmex corniger is fine but the taxabox links to the correct genus name Sicilomyrmex, which is not currently a named page

Ichnotaxa that are not linked from any fossil pages

Formicites

Myrmicites

excluded from Formicidae
these names have been linked from the Excluded_from_Formicidae page


 * Cariridris
 * Cretacoformica
 * Formila
 * Myrmicium
 * Promyrmicium
 * Scyphodon

I don't know if we need to keep these named pages or not. If we decide to get rid of the pages the Excluded_from_Formicidae page can be rolled back to not include the links.

Miscellaneous
each of the following includes an author name in the page name; these are all synonyms that will have a link hand edited into the synonym portion (of their senior synonym) taxaboxes. I have not yet checked into why these page names are formatted this way.


 * Plagiolepis flava Mayr
 * Formica mellea Say
 * Myrmica montana Labram & Imhoff
 * Acropyga silvestrii Wheeler, W.M.

Species pages that were present before bulk species page upload
{| style="background-color:#ccffff;" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" border="1"
 * The following are the changes I believe need to be made to "old" species pages in order to replicate the template format.

add the following above the taxabox:

Distribution; add where taxon was described and add the google map template:

This taxon was described from XXXX

Replace ==Taxonomy== with:

Nomenclature
add the stub and categories (see example below) at the bottom of the page:

I applied this to Acanthomyrmex mindanao
 * }
 * Camponotus castaneus
 * Camponotus macrocephalus
 * Manica rubida
 * Myopopone castanea
 * Plagiolepis sudanica
 * Polyrhachis abdominalis
 * Polyrhachis aculeata
 * Polyrhachis aequalis
 * Polyrhachis armata
 * Polyrhachis manni
 * Polyrhachis noesaensis
 * Polyrhachis olybria
 * Polyrhachis saevissima
 * Stenamma brevicorne Mayr 1886
 * Stenamma californicum Snelling 1973
 * Stenamma chiricahua Snelling 1973
 * Stenamma diecki Emery 1895
 * Stenamma dyscheres Snelling 1973
 * Stenamma exasperatum Snelling 1973
 * Stenamma foveolocephalum Smith, M.R. 1930
 * Stenamma heathi Wheeler, W.M. 1915
 * Stenamma huachucanum Smith, M.R. 1957
 * Stenamma impar Forel 1901
 * Stenamma meridionale Smith, M.R. 1957
 * Stenamma punctatoventre Snelling 1973
 * Stenamma schmitti Wheeler, W.M. 1903
 * Stenamma sequoiarum Wheeler, W.M. 1917
 * Stenamma smithi Cole 1966
 * Stenamma snellingi Bolton 1995
 * Stenamma wheelerorum Snelling 1973
 * Technomyrmex vitiensis Mann, 1921
 * Temnothorax ambiguus foveatus Smith M.R. 1934 Draft
 * Temnothorax ambiguus pinetorum Wesson L.G. & Wesson R.G. 1940 Draft
 * Temnothorax emmae MacKay 2000
 * Temnothorax fragosus MacKay & Buschinger 2002 CANADA
 * Temnothorax furunculus Wheeler W.M. 1909
 * Temnothorax gallae Smith M.R. 1949
 * Temnothorax hispidus Cole 1957
 * Temnothorax josephi MacKay 2000
 * Temnothorax liebi MacKay 2000
 * Temnothorax longispinosus Roger 1863 Draft
 * Temnothorax manni Wheeler, W.M. 1914 Mexico
 * Temnothorax mexicanus MacKay 2000 Draft MEXICO
 * Temnothorax minutissimus Smith M.R. 1942
 * Temnothorax neomexicanus Wheeler W.M. 1903
 * Temnothorax nevadensis Wheeler W.M. 1903
 * Temnothorax nitens Emery 1895
 * Temnothorax obliquicanthus Cole 1953
 * Temnothorax obturator Wheeler W.M. 1903
 * Temnothorax oxynodis MacKay 2000
 * Temnothorax palustris Deyrup & Cover 2004
 * Temnothorax peninsularis Wheeler, W.M. 1934
 * Temnothorax pergandei Emery 1895
 * Temnothorax polita Smith M.R. 1939 listed as politus on US list
 * Temnothorax punctaticeps Mackay 2000
 * Temnothorax punctatissimus Mackay 2000
 * Temnothorax punctithorax Mackay 2000
 * Temnothorax rudis Wheeler W.M. 1917
 * Temnothorax rugatulus Emery 1895
 * Temnothorax rugithorax Mackay 2000
 * Temnothorax rugosus Mackay 2000
 * Temnothorax rugulosus Mackay 2000
 * Temnothorax schaumii Roger 1863
 * Temnothorax schmittii Wheeler W.M. 1903
 * Temnothorax silvestrii Santschi 1911 Draft
 * Temnothorax smithi Baroni Urbani 1978
 * Temnothorax stenotyle Cole 1956
 * Temnothorax stollii Forel 1885
 * Temnothorax striatulus Stitz 1937
 * Temnothorax subditivus Wheeler W.M. 1903
 * Temnothorax terrigena Wheeler W.M. 1903
 * Temnothorax texanus Wheeler W.M. 1903
 * Temnothorax torrei Aguayo 1931
 * Temnothorax tricarinatus Emery 1895
 * Temnothorax tuscaloosae Wilson 1951
 * Temnothorax whitfordi MacKay 2000

Monotypic genera – update Species List of Taxobox

 * Adetomyrma Ward,1994
 * Adetomyrma venatrix Ward
 * Adlerzia Forel,1902
 * Adlerzia froggatti Forel
 * Amyrmex Kusnezov,1953
 * Amyrmex golbachi Kusnezov
 * Anergates Forel,1874
 * Myrmica atratula Schenck 1852
 * Aneuretus Emery,1893
 * Aneuretus simoni Emery
 * Anillidris Santschi,1936
 * Anilidris bruchi Santschi
 * Anisopheidole Forel,1914
 * Ankylomyrma Bolton,1973
 * Ankylomyrma coronacantha Bolton
 * Anomalomyrma Taylor,1990
 * Anomalomyrma taylori Bolton
 * Aphomomyrmex Emery,1899
 * Aphomomyrmex afer Emery 1899
 * Apomyrma Brown,1971
 * Apomyrma stygia Brown
 * Arnoldius Dubovikoff,2005
 * Bothriomyrmex flavus Crawley 1922c
 * Bannapone Xu,2000
 * Bannapone mulanae Xu
 * Bariamyrma Lattke,1990
 * Bariamyrma hispidula Lattke
 * Bregmatomyrma Wheeler, W.M.1929
 * Bregmatomyrma carnosa Wheeler, W.M.
 * Chronoxenus Santschi,1919
 * Concoctio Brown,1974
 * Concoctio concenta Brown
 * Dacatria Rigato,1994
 * Daceton Perty,1833
 * Diplomorium Mayr,1901
 * Dolioponera Brown,1974
 * Ecphorella Forel,1909
 * Epelysidris Bolton,1987
 * Forelophilus Kutter,1931
 * Gigantiops Roger,1863
 * Indomyrma Brown,1986
 * Ishakidris Bolton,1984
 * Liomyrmex Mayr,1865
 * Loweriella Shattuck,1992
 * Machomyrma Forel,1895
 * Myrcidris Ward,1990
 * Nebothriomyrmex Dubovikoff,2004
 * Nothomyrmecia Clark,1934
 * Overbeckia Viehmeyer,1916
 * Petalomyrmex Snelling,1979
 * Phacota Roger,1862
 * Phalacromyrmex Kempf,1960
 * Phaulomyrma Wheeler and Wheeler1930
 * Pilotrochus Brown,1978
 * Proatta Forel,1912
 * Protalaridris Brown,1980
 * Protomognathus Wheeler, W.M.,1905
 * Pseudaphomomyrmex Wheeler, W.M.1920
 * Rostromyrmex Rosciszewski,1994
 * Santschiella Forel,1916
 * Secostruma Bolton,1988
 * Talaridris Weber,1941
 * Tatuidris Brown and Kempf,1968
 * Teratomyrmex McAreavey,1957
 * Tetheamyrma Bolton,1991