Ant systematics: past, present, and future
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/61989592:15310/25:73634957
Result on the web
<a href="https://academic.oup.com/isd/article-pdf/9/4/11/64217267/ixaf025.pdf" target="_blank" >https://academic.oup.com/isd/article-pdf/9/4/11/64217267/ixaf025.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaf025" target="_blank" >10.1093/isd/ixaf025</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Ant systematics: past, present, and future
Original language description
The classification of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) has progressed in waves since the first 17 species were described by Linnaeus in the 1758 edition of Systema Naturae. Since then, over 18,000 species-rank names have accumulated for the global myrmecofauna, of which similar to 14,260 living and similar to 810 fossil species are valid. Here, we provide a synopsis of ant biodiversity and review the history and classification of the family, while highlighting the massive growth of the field in the new millennium. We observe that major transformation has occurred for ant classification due to advances in DNA sequencing technologies, model-based hypothesis testing, and imaging technologies. We therefore provide a revised and illustrated list of diagnostic character states for the higher clades of Formicidae, recognizing that vastly more work is to be done. To facilitate discussion and the systematic accumulation of evolutionary knowledge for the early evolution of the ants, we suggest an informal nomenclatural system for the higher clades of ants, based on names currently in use and a set of names that have been democratically selected by the authors. To guide future work on ant systematics, we summarize currently available databases and present perspectives on regions in need of biodiversity exploration, challenges facing the field, and the future of ant taxonomy.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10616 - Entomology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Insect Systematics and Diversity
ISSN
2399-3421
e-ISSN
2399-3421
Volume of the periodical
9
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
42
Pages from-to
11
UT code for WoS article
001567143500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105015433701