Talk:Agastomyrma

A fact from Agastomyrma appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 December 2016 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the fossil ant genus Agastomyrma was described from a single queen? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2016/December. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Agastomyrma.

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The original authors state (p. 143): "Etymology. From Latin agastus (pleasing) and Greek Myrmica (ant)." Agastus can not be found in classical Latin (as checked in Lewis & Short, Oxford Latin Dictionary (1968) and the Tensaurus Italograecus (1884)), but is seen as ἀγαστός (agastos) in ancient Greek. Myrmica is not even Greek. They might confuse the genus name Myrmica with the real ancient Greek name for ant, i.e. μύρμηξ (or alternatively μύρμος). So, currently, the Wiki article is providing incorrect information. Wimpus (talk) 15:53, 22 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]