Template:Did you know nominations/Oecophylla smaragdina


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 10:23, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Oecophylla smaragdina

 * ... that weaver ants (pictured) were being used to control citrus pests in China as early as 304 A.D.? Source: "Huang and Yang documented the use of citrus ants in China and note that the earliest written record of their application dates from 304 A.D."
 * Reviewed: State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. United States ex rel. Rigsby

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk) and Hanberke (talk). Nominated by Cwmhiraeth (talk) at 07:33, 11 January 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg 5x prose expansion in the last week, policy compliant, sufficient sourcing, no copyvios found. Hook is interesting, of acceptable length, and directly sourced. QPQ's been done. Image looks good at 100px and has suitable licence. I think this is good to go. Yunshui 雲 水 13:49, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Hi, I came by to promote this, but am confused by the similarly named article weaver ant. This article appears to discuss one of the 2 species of weaver ants, but it's not clear how much it overlaps with the other article. Also, if you link this to the common name weaver ant in the DYK, it might cause confusion with the other article. Perhaps the other article should be renamed according to its scientific classification? Thanks for clarifying, Yoninah (talk) 21:37, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Weaver ants are in the genus Oecophylla which, as you rightly mention, has two species, one endemic to Africa and the other distributed in southeastern Asia and northern Australia. It is usual to have separate articles for the genus and each species. Whether the genus article is called "Weaver ant" or "Oecophylla" doesn't bother me and does not seem important when considering this particular hook. This hook links to Oecophylla smaragdina, the Asian species. If you are in southeastern Asia or northern Australia and you refer to weaver ants, this is what you will be referring to. I could use "green tree ant" in the hook, but when a species has several common names in different parts of its range, that is not always helpful. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:06, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg thank you for the explanations. It seems that the genus article should be moved to Oecophylla (it was redirected to weaver ant), but I'm not going to get involved in that right now. Restoring tick per Yunshui's review. Yoninah (talk) 10:13, 9 February 2017 (UTC)