''Myrmecina'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

ant Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22 ...

s in the

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Myrmicinae Myrmicinae is a subfamily of ants, with about 140 extant genera; their distribution is cosmopolitan. The pupae lack cocoons. Some species retain a functional sting. The petioles of Myrmicinae consist of two nodes. The nests are permanent and ...

. It contains 53

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distributed in North America, Europe, northern Africa, India east, Korea, Japan and Australia.

Species

*'' Myrmecina alpina'' Shattuck, 2009 *'' Myrmecina amamiana'' Terayama, 1996 *'' Myrmecina americana'' Emery, 1895 *'' Myrmecina atlantis'' Santschi, 1939 *'' Myrmecina australis'' Wheeler & Wheeler, 1973 *'' Myrmecina bandarensis'' Forel, 1913 *'' Myrmecina bawai'' Punnath, Karunakaran, Dharma, 2021 *'' Myrmecina brevicornis'' Emery, 1897 *'' Myrmecina butteli'' Forel, 1913 *'' Myrmecina cacabau'' Mann, 1921 *'' Myrmecina curtisi'' Donisthorpe, 1949 *'' Myrmecina curvispina'' Zhou, Huang & Ma, 2008 *'' Myrmecina difficulta'' Shattuck, 2009 *'' Myrmecina eruga'' Shattuck, 2009 *'' Myrmecina flava'' Terayama, 1985 *'' Myrmecina graminicola'' (Latreille, 1802) *'' Myrmecina guangxiensis'' Zhou, 2001 *'' Myrmecina hamula'' Zhou, Huang & Ma, 2008 *'' Myrmecina harrisoni'' Brown, 1967 *'' Myrmecina inaequala'' Shattuck, 2009 *'' Myrmecina kaigong'' Terayama, 2009 *'' Myrmecina magnificens'' Wong & Guénard, 2016 *'' Myrmecina mandibularis'' Viehmeyer, 1914 *'' Myrmecina mellonii'' Rigato, 1999 *'' Myrmecina modesta'' Mann, 1919 *'' Myrmecina nesaea'' Wheeler, 1924 *'' Myrmecina nipponica'' Wheeler, 1906 *'' Myrmecina opaciventris'' Emery, 1897 *'' Myrmecina pauca'' Huang, Huang & Zhou, 2008 *'' Myrmecina pilicornis'' Smith, 1858 *'' Myrmecina polita'' Emery, 1897 *'' Myrmecina pumila'' Shattuck, 2009 *'' Myrmecina punctata'' Emery, 1897 *'' Myrmecina raviwonghei'' Jaitrong, Samung, Waengsothorn & Okido, 2019 *'' Myrmecina reticulata'' Punnath, Karunakaran, Dharma, 2021 *'' Myrmecina rugosa'' Forel, 1902 *'' Myrmecina ryukyuensis'' Terayama, 1996 *'' Myrmecina sauteri'' Forel, 1912 *'' Myrmecina semipolita'' Forel, 1905 *'' Myrmecina sicula'' André, 1882 *'' Myrmecina silvalaeva'' Shattuck, 2009 *'' Myrmecina silvampla'' Shattuck, 2009 *'' Myrmecina silvangula'' Shattuck, 2009 *'' Myrmecina silvarugosa'' Shattuck, 2009 *'' Myrmecina silvatransversa'' Shattuck, 2009 *'' Myrmecina sinensis'' Wheeler, 1921 *'' Myrmecina striata'' Emery, 1889 *'' Myrmecina strigis'' Lin & Wu, 1998 *'' Myrmecina sulcata'' Emery, 1887 *'' Myrmecina taiwana'' Terayama, 1985 *'' Myrmecina transversa'' Emery, 1897 *'' Myrmecina undulata'' Emery, 1900 *'' Myrmecina urbanii'' Tiwari, 1994 *'' Myrmecina vidyae'' Tiwari, 1994 *'' Myrmecina wesselensis'' Shattuck, 2009

References

External links

* Myrmicinae Ant genera {{myrmicinae-stub