Wikipedia:WikiProject Insects/ant task force
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Welcome to WikiProject Insects' ant task force! See also our parent task force: Wikipedia:WikiProject Insects/Hymenoptera task force.
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Ant alerts
- Transcluded from /Article alerts; see also /Article alerts/Archive
Good article reassessments
- 01 Mar 2026 – Zigrasimecia (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 16 Feb 2026 – Ctenobethylus goepperti (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Ctenobethylus by Paine Ellsworth (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Feb 2026 – Ctenobethylus oblongiceps (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Ctenobethylus by Paine Ellsworth (t · c); see discussion
Todo
Shortcut: WP:ANTS/TODO
Articles to be created
- User:Pengo/ants, ants ranked by commonness in publications
- See List of ant genera for redlink genera
- Winkler extraction
- Ant navigation
- Ant parasites
- Ant anatomy
- Trap-jaw ant - Currently a redirect to Odontomachus only; Perrichot et al (2016) notes the Haidomyrmecini, Anochetus, and Acanthognathus as all being "trap-jaw ants. User:Tsrsilv updated this list in the disambiguation page to include several other genera considered to be "trap-jaw" ants, following Larabee and Suarez (2014)[1].
- Lioponera, Chrysapace, Eusphinctus, Ooceraea, Parasyscia, Syscia, Yunodorylus, Zasphinctus, Fulakora
Articles in need of updating
- Update the (mostly tribal) taxonomy of the myrmicines per Ward, P. S.; Brady, S. N. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Schultz, T. D. R. (2015). "The evolution of myrmicine ants: Phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Systematic Entomology. 40: 61–81. doi:10.1111/syen.12090. S2CID 83986771.
- Dorylinae - Talk:Dorylinae#2016 Revision
- Apomyrminae/Apomyrma - revived subfamily
- Solenopsis molesta - could use a clean up and more information and sources.
- Camponotus castaneus - No longer a stub, needs to be reviewed.
- Overbeckia
- Iberoformica and Iberoformica subrufa - inconsistent, likely need a merger.
Synonyms or misspellings
- Leptothorax recedens --> Temnothorax recedens
- Leptothorax minutissimus --> Temnothorax minutissimus
- Leptothorax duloticus --> Temnothorax duloticus
- Aphaenogaster bidentatus (misspelled?)
Myrmoxenus --> Temnothoraxnot fully accepted, notes added- Pheidologeton diversus --> Carebara diversa
(merge needed)(Merged) - Pseudomyrmex ferruginea --> Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus??
- Lasius murphii --> Lasius murphyi ??
- Messor pergandei --> Veromessor pergandei
- Pheidologeton diversus --> Carebara diversa
(Carebara is a more accepted name for this genus, and the species' name diversa is also more accepted but the page Pheidologeton diversus has more details on the species than the article Carebara diversa has, so if some contents were to be deleted during merger, I suggest that the contents on the article Pheidologeton diversus] to be kept.)(Merged. Pheidologeton diversus content was added to Carebara diversa page.
Species lists in need of updating
- Feel free to link articles containing out-of-date species lists here. See also aw-taxa (script for generating lists of genera/species from AntWeb's catalog).
- List of Camponotus species - multiple outdated taxa likely, multiple outdated taxa already corrected
Taxa with members in need of updating
- ...
Other tasks
Tasks by subfamily
- Create articles on all genera
- Create articles on all extant species
- Add species lists to all extant genera
- All articles: Add references or tag unreferenced paragraphs with {{cn}}. Articles should contain 100% referenced/tagged content.
- Expand subfamily article to at least start class.
| Subfamily | #1 Create genus articles | #2 Create species articles | #3 Species lists | #4 Tag unreferenced | #5 Start or better | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agroecomyrmecinae |  Done | Done | Done | Done | Done | ||
| Amblyoponinae | Done |  Not done | Done | Done | Not done | ||
| Aneuretinae | Not done | Done | Done | Done | Not done | ||
| †Armaniinae | Not done | N/a | N/a | Done | Done | ||
| †Brownimeciinae | Done | N/a | N/a | Done | Done | ||
| Dolichoderinae | Not done | Not done | Done | Done | Not done | ||
| Dorylinae | Done | Not done | Done | Done | Not done | ||
| Ectatomminae | Not done | Not done | Done | Done | Not done | ||
| †Formiciinae | Done | N/a | N/a | Done | Done | ||
| Formicinae | Not done | Not done | Done | Not done | Not done | ||
| †Haidomyrmecinae | Not done | N/a | N/a | Not done | Done | ||
| Leptanillinae | Done | Not done | Done | Done | Not done | ||
| Martialinae | Done | Done | Done | Done | Done | ||
| Myrmeciinae | Not done | Done | Done | Done | Not done | ||
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Not done | Not done | Done | Not done | Not done | ||
| Paraponerinae | Done | Done | Done | Done | Not done | ||
| Ponerinae | Not done | Not done | Done | Done | Not done | ||
| Proceratiinae | Done | Not done | Done | Done | Not done | ||
| Pseudomyrmecinae | Done | Not done | Done | Done | Not done | ||
| †Sphecomyrminae | Not done | N/a | N/a | Done | Done | ||
| †Zigrasimeciinae | Not done | N/a | N/a | Done | Done |
- Add diversity parameters to the infobox of all non-monotypic extant genera (see Adetomyrma for an example): Myrmicinae
Not done - Add at least one inline non-database reference (i.e. not AntCat/AntWeb/AntBase/EOL) to all extant genera: Myrmicinae Not done
Proposed categories
- Category:Lists of ants subcategories: by location, species by genus
- Category:Ants by ecozone? Category:Ants by continent? (see Category:Fauna by ecozone, Category:Fauna by continent)
- Category:Parasitic ants and Category:Parasites of ants? (see Category:Parasitic insects and Category:Parasites of insects)
Proposed templates
{{AntWeb}}– citation template{{AntWiki}}?
New articles
Watchlist
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Task force tagging
- Example template
{{WikiProject Insects|class=GA|importance=low|ants=yes|ants-importance=top}}
- Empty template:
{{WikiProject Insects|class=|importance=|ants=yes|ants-importance=}}
The importance parameter is shared by all WikiProject Insects pages and this will likely be set to low even for imporant ant articles, but be generous with the ant-priority assessment! We'd rather have a few extra high/mid-rated articles than having important ant articles lost in the low-priority category (which is where most species articles will end up).
Available parameters (see Template:WikiProject Insects for a full list):
- Task force params:
ants=yesants-importance=top/high/mid/low
- From the parent template:
class=FA/GA/B/C/start/stub/listimportance=top/high/mid/lowattention=yesneeds-photo=yes
| Ant task force articles by quality and importance | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | Total | ||
 FA |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| FL |
1 | 1 | |||||
| FM |
4 | 4 | |||||
 GA |
1 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 33 | ||
| B | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 21 | ||
| C | 7 | 25 | 35 | 39 | 106 | ||
| Start | 6 | 24 | 115 | 142 | 287 | ||
| Stub | 3 | 12 | 301 | 2,034 | 2,350 | ||
| List | 1 | 9 | 17 | 27 | |||
| Category | 114 | 114 | |||||
| Disambig | 8 | 8 | |||||
| File | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Portal | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Project | 13 | 13 | |||||
| Redirect | 6 | 104 | 117 | 227 | |||
| Template | 492 | 492 | |||||
| Assessed | 21 | 79 | 490 | 2,349 | 750 | 3,689 | |
| Total | 21 | 79 | 490 | 2,349 | 750 | 3,689 | |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 16,088 | Ω = 5.74 | |||||
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Assessment log
Popular pages
Recognized content
Shortcut: WP:ANTS/RC
- Transcluded from /Recognized content
 | This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged or categorized (e.g. Category:Ant task force articles) correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options. |
Main page featured articles
Featured articles
Main page featured lists
Featured lists
Good articles
Archimyrmex- Avitomyrmex
- Black-headed sugar ant
- Brownimecia
- John S. Clark
- Green-head ant
- Iridomyrmex
- Jack jumper ant
- Kleptoparasitism
- Macabeemyrma
- Meat ant
- Myrmecia (ant)
- Myrmecia inquilina
- Myrmecia nigriceps
- Myrmecia nigrocincta
- Myrmecia regularis
- Myrmeciites
- Myrmecophagy
- Myrmecophily
- Myrmecophyte
- Novomessor albisetosus
- Novomessor ensifer
- Ochetellus
- Prionomyrmecini
- Prionomyrmex
- Prolasius advenus
- Samsum ant
- Sphecomyrma
- Tatuidris
- Worker policing
- Yantaromyrmex
- Ypresiomyrma
- Zigrasimecia
Picture of the day pictures
Ants eating cicada, jjron 22.11.2009
Carpenter ant Tanzania crop
Plectroctena sp ants- Red weaver ants transporting a dead gecko, in Laos (video)
Featured pictures
- Ants eating cicada, jjron 22.11.2009
- Carpenter ant Tanzania crop
- Plectroctena sp ants
- Red weaver ants transporting a dead gecko, in Laos (video)
In the News articles
Did you know? articles
Acanthognathus poinari- Acanthostichus hispaniolicus
- Acropyga acutiventris
- Acropyga epedana
- Acropyga exsanguis
- Acropyga glaesaria
- Afromyrma
- Afropone
- Agastomyrma
- Agroecomyrmex
- Aneuretellus
- Anochetus ambiguus
- Anochetus brevidentatus
- Anochetus conisquamis
- Anochetus corayi
- Anochetus dubius
- Anochetus exstinctus
- Anochetus intermedius
- Anochetus lucidus
- Anonychomyrma geinitzi
- Anonychomyrma samlandica
- Anoplolepis custodiens
- Ant garden
- Aphaenogaster amphioceanica
- Aphaenogaster avita
- Aphaenogaster dlusskyana
- Aphaenogaster donisthorpei
- Aphaenogaster longaeva
- Aphaenogaster mayri
- Aphaenogaster mersa
- Aphaenogaster oligocenica
- Aphaenogaster praerelicta
- Aphaenogaster sommerfeldti
- Apterostigma electropilosum
- Apterostigma eowilsoni
- Archimyrmex
- Archiponera
- Armaniinae
- Asymphylomyrmex
- Attopsis
- Avitomyrmex
- Azteca alfari
- Azteca alpha
- Azteca eumeces
- Azteca muelleri
- Baikuris
- Boltonimecia
- Bradoponera
- Brownimecia
- Burmomyrma
- Camelomecia
- Camponotus herculeanus
- Camponotus vagus
- Cananeuretus
- Casaleia
- Cephalopone
- Cephalotes alveolatus
- Cephalotes caribicus
- Cephalotes dieteri
- Cephalotes hispaniolicus
- Ceratomyrmex
- Crematogaster carinata
- Cyrtopone
- Dlusskyidris
- Dolichoderus pinguis
- Electromyrmex
- Emplastus
- Eulithomyrmex
- Euprenolepis procera
- Formica biamoensis
- Formica incerta
- Formica paleosibirica
- Formica pallidefulva
- Formicium
- Gamergate (ant)
- Gerontoformica
- Gesomyrmex germanicus
- Gesomyrmex incertus
- Gesomyrmex macrops
- Gesomyrmex magnus
- Gesomyrmex pulcher
- Haidomyrmex
- Haidomyrmodes
- Haidoterminus
- Harpegnathos alperti
- Iridomyrmex
- Jack jumper ant
- Klondikia
- Linguamyrmex
- Liometopum imhoffii
- Liometopum incognitum
- Longhorn crazy ant
- Macabeemyrma
- Megaponera
- Messelepone
- Myanmyrma
- Mycocepurus castrator
- Myrmecia esuriens
- Myrmecia inquilina
- Myrmecia nigrocincta
- Myrmeciites
- Myrmica ruginodis
- New Jersey amber
- Novomessor cockerelli
- Nylanderia pygmaea
- Odontomachus assiniensis
- Odontomachus paleomyagra
- Odontomachus pseudobauri
- Odontomachus spinifer
- Oecophylla longinoda
- Oecophylla smaragdina
- Pachycondyla aberrans
- Pachycondyla eocenica
- Pachycondyla lutzi
- Pachycondyla? messeliana
- Pachycondyla oligocenica
- Pachycondyla parvula
- Pachycondyla petiolosa
- Pachycondyla petrosa
- Pachycondyla succinea
- Paraneuretus
- Parasitic ant
- Pheidole megacephala
- Pheidole navigans
- Pheidologeton diversus
- Plagiolepis alluaudi
- Pogonomyrmex californicus
- Polyergus lucidus
- Polyergus mexicanus
- Polyergus rufescens
- Prionomyrmecini
- Pristomyrmex rasnitsyni
- Proceratium eocenicum
- Proceratium petrosum
- Protopone
- Pseudectatomma
- Pseudomyrmex ferruginea
- Samsum ant
- Sphecomyrminae
- Tatuidris
- Technomyrmex albipes
- Tetraponera aethiops
- Tetraponera penzigi
- Tetraponera tessmanni
- Titanomyrma
- Trichomyrmex destructor
- Trophobiosis
- Tyrannomyrmex alii
- Usomyrma
- Vetufebrus
- Weaver ant
- Worker policing
- Xymmer phungi
- Yantaromyrmex
- Yantaromyrmex constrictus
- Ypresiomyrma
- Zatania electra
- Zherichinius
- Zigrasimecia
- Saharan silver ant
Main page images
Haidoterminus cippus
26 Oct 2013
Zigrasimecia tonsora
27 Oct 2013
Acropyga glaesaria
22 Nov 2013
Anonychomyrma constricta
24 Dec 2013
Aphaenogaster amphioceanica
15 Feb 2014
Aphaenogaster mersa
10 Aug 2014
Asymphylomyrmex
10 Sept 2014
Yantaromyrmex
23 Feb 2015
Pachycondyla eocenica
28 Sep 2015
Protopone primigena
30 Oct 2015
Cyrtopone striata
24 Nov 2015
Messelepone leptogenoides male
05 Dec 2015
Participants
- Burklemore1 (extant species, extant genera and lists)
- Cwmhiraeth (Occasional ant-related article)
- Jonkerz (extant taxa)
- kevmin (fossil taxa)
- PrathuCoder (lists, assessment, and occasional expansions)
- FranticSpud(creation and expansion of extant species and general maintenance)
- Tsrsilv (extant species, lists, expansions)
- AxonsArachnida (extant New Zealand species)
- 2003 LN6 - Updating extant taxa and removing outdated material
Templates
- Userbox : {{User WikiProject Ants}}—a userbox indicating an editor is a participant of WikiProject Ants.
 | This user is a member of WikiProject Ants. |
- Barnstar :
{{The Ant Barnstar|put your message here ~~~~}}—an award placed at another users talk page for improving Ant-related articles.
- Barnstar :
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The Ant Barnstar | |
| {{{1}}} |
Resources
- antcat.org – taxonomy
- Journal and book references can be exported on the references' details pages (follow the linked reference id) and click on 'Export' --> 'Wikipedia' (example)
- Export wiki-formatted lists of tribes/genera/species by appending "/wikipedia" to a catalog page's URL. Example: Lasius.
- {{AntCat}} – citation template (append "/wikipedia" like described above to populate this template from a catalog page)
- AntCat's recent changes page – useful for discovering changes in ant taxonomy
- antweb.org – Images
- antwiki.org – Good for finding references but is not considered a reliable source itself. Claims found using AntWiki as a reference should be tagged with the {{Better source needed}}template and changed in the future.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Insects/ant task force/open access
