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 ...
tribe
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from the
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
Formicinae
The Formicinae are a subfamily within the Formicidae containing ants of moderate evolutionary development.
Formicines retain some primitive features, such as the presence of cocoons around pupae, the presence of ocelli in workers, and little ...
.
The following
genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...
belong to this tribe:
* '' Agraulomyrmex'' Prins, 1983
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Aphomomyrmex
''Aphomomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. It contains the single species ''Aphomomyrmex afer'', known from Africa (Cameroon and South Africa). The genus is closely related to ''Petalomyrmex
''Petalomyrmex'' (from Gree ...
'' Emery, 1899
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Bregmatomyrma
''Bregmatomyrma'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. It contains the single species ''Bregmatomyrma carnosa'', known only from queens from Borneo
Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the l ...
'' Wheeler, 1929
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Euprenolepis
''Euprenolepis'' is a Southeast Asian genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae with eight recognized species.
Species
* ''Euprenolepis echinata'' LaPolla, 2009
* ''Euprenolepis maschwitzi'' LaPolla, 2009
* ''Euprenolepis negrosensis'' (Wheeler ...
'' Emery, 1906
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Lepisiota
''Lepisiota'' is an Old World genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. They nest in rotten wood, in standing trees or in the ground, generally in less forested areas.
Species
*''Lepisiota acuta'' Xu, 1994
*''Lepisiota affinis'' (Santschi, 19 ...
'' Santschi, 1926
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Nylanderia
''Nylanderia'' is a large genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution with species inhabiting a wide array of habitats in almost all geographic regions. ''Nylanderia'', currently containing over 1 ...
'' Emery, 1906
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Paraparatrechina
''Paraparatrechina'' is a genus of small ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus contains 31 species distributed in the tropics of Africa, Asia and Australia.
Distribution and habitat
The genus is restricted to the Paleotropics. Thirteen sp ...
'' Donisthorpe, 1947
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Paratrechina
''Paratrechina'' is one of seven ant Genus, genera (alongside ''Euprenolepis, Nylanderia, Paraparatrechina, Prenolepis, Pseudolasius,'' and ''Zatania'') in the Prenolepis genus-group, ''Prenolepis'' genus-group from the subfamily Formicinae (Trib ...
'' Motschoulsky, 1863 – crazy ants
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Petalomyrmex
''Petalomyrmex'' (from Greek ''petalos'', "flattened" + ''myrmex'', "ant") is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. It contains the single species ''Petalomyrmex phylax'', known only from Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ...
'' Snelling, 1979
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Plagiolepis
''Plagiolepis'' is an ant genus of the formic acid-producing subfamily Formicinae. The genus is found in tropical and temperate regions of the Old World.
Species
*''Plagiolepis abyssinica'' Forel, 1894
*'' Plagiolepis adynata'' Bolton, 1995
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'' Mayr, 1861
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Prenolepis
''Prenolepis'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. Most species are found in southeastern Asia and southern China, but the genus has a wide distribution with species known from North America, southern Europe, Anatolia, Cuba, Haiti, ...
'' Mayr, 1861
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Pseudolasius
''Pseudolasius'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus is known from southern Asia (from India to China) to northern Australia, where it appears to be restricted to tropical
The tropics are the regions of Earth surround ...
'' Emery, 1887
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Tapinolepis
''Tapinolepis'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus is known from the Afrotropical
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the ...
'' Emery, 1925
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Zatania
''Zatania'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus is known from Central America and the Greater Antilles
The Greater Antilles ( es, Grandes Antillas or Antillas Mayores; french: Grandes Antilles; ht, Gwo Zantiy; jam, G ...