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Armaniinae is mentioned as a subfamily in the Template:Ant Taxonomy, list of ant subfamilies and on antcat. However, Armaniinae is a redirect to Armaniidae which apparently is its own family. Which is right? Thanks! PrathuCoder ( talk) 16:55, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Neither is absolutely right as it depends on the classification. There is another recent classification that includes Armaniinae genera in Sphecomyrminae (Borysenko, 2017), although Barry Bolton on AntCat is unconvinced (see Armaniinae). Generally, I think we are following AntCat for ants. We need to choose one classification for determining what gets an article and what goes in the taxobox, but the alternatives should be discussed in the text. —   Jts1882 |  talk  17:52, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply

@ Jts1882 Ok. Should I add Armaniinae to the list of tasks by subfamily table in the Ants Task Force? PrathuCoder ( talk) 17:54, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply

I think this needs a decision on whether to use Armaniidae or Armaniinae for the article. The article covers the alternatives so only needs slight modification if it is to be moved to the subfamily, which I think it should. However, let's wait and see if anyone else has an opinion. —   Jts1882 |  talk  18:01, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Ok. Thanks! PrathuCoder ( talk) 18:04, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply

We should go with the Antcat/Antweb placement, as stem-group subfamily is the more frequently taken stance in papers over the last 5 years now.-- Kev min § 18:26, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Sure. Looks like @ Kevmin already did the move. PrathuCoder ( talk) 20:38, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply

I've reworded the lede and part of the taxonomy section to reflect the page move. However, some of the references need double checking that they still support the text as written. —   Jts1882 |  talk  13:03, 16 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello, in the Ants Task Force, under Todo there are quite a few articles with the template "done". I'm considering deleting them as it appears they don't serve any purpose anymore. Is there a reason I shouldn't, and the templates are still there? Thanks. PrathuCoder ( talk) 01:38, 17 January 2024 (UTC) reply

I think you should remove anything marked "done". Plantdrew ( talk) 17:35, 17 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Done. PrathuCoder ( talk) 23:21, 17 January 2024 (UTC) reply

A shortcut to the Hymenoptera Task Force would be helpful, like how the Ants Task Force has WP:ANTS as a shortcut. WP:HYMENOPTERA or WP:HYMEN would be good. Thanks! PrathuCoder ( talk) 00:30, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Cyrtophleba#Requested move 9 February 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. UtherSRG (talk) 12:23, 9 February 2024 (UTC) reply

The websites for COOL hemiptera databases have changed. They have been buggy or completely non-functional for months, but now they are functional again. I've updated the wikidata identifier items for the {{ taxonbar}} for four of the databases:

• FLOW ID (P6096)} for Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (Q58011838)
• The White-files species ID (P6347)} for The White-files (Q60332065) ( Aleyrodoidea)
• Psyl'list species ID (P6376)} for Psyl'list (Q60535830) ( Psylloidea)
• COOL species ID (P6408)} for Cercopoidea Organised On Line (Q60690204)

However there are many citations where the url needs changing. Fortunately they have kept the same IDs (unlike the new species files). The new urls are of the form:

• https://flow.hemiptera-databases.org/XXXXXX?db=YYYYYY&page=explorer&lang=en&card=taxon&rank=species&id=$1 where XXXXXX is flow, whiteflies, psyllist or cool and YYYYYY is flow, aleurodes, psylles or cool.

There are a variety of old style urls, but the most common seems to be of this form:

• http://www.hemiptera-databases.com/psyllist?db=psylles&lang=en&card=taxon&rank=species&id=$1

The needed changes to the url are from http://www.hemiptera-databases.com to https://flow.hemiptera-databases.org and addition of &page=explorer. —   Jts1882 |  talk  13:56, 27 February 2024 (UTC) reply

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Asiatic rhinoceros beetle#Requested move 28 February 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces ( talk) 18:26, 28 February 2024 (UTC) reply

See discussion at Commons. (While this isn't necessarily just a problem for insect photos, the misidentified photos I've found so far are all of insects.) Monster Iestyn ( talk) 18:34, 9 April 2024 (UTC) reply