Dorylinae
| Dorylinae | |
|---|---|
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| D. gribodoi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae Leach, 1815 |
| Type genus | |
| Dorylus Fabricius, 1793 | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 19 genera | |
Dorylinae is an ant subfamily with distributions in both the Old World and New World. In 2014, Brady et al. synonymized the previous dorylomorph subfamilies (Aenictinae, Aenictogitoninae, Cerapachyinae, Ecitoninae and Leptanilloidinae) under Dorylinae.[2]
Genera
- Acanthostichus Mayr, 1887
- Aenictogiton Emery, 1901
- Aenictus Shuckard, 1840
- Amyrmex Kusnezov, 1953
- Asphinctanilloides Brandão, Diniz, Agosti & Delabie, 1999
- Cerapachys Smith, 1857
- Cheliomyrmex Mayr, 1870
- Cylindromyrmex Mayr, 1870
- Dorylus Fabricius, 1793
- Eciton Latreille, 1804
- Labidus Jurine, 1807
- Leptanilloides Mann, 1923
- Neivamyrmex Borgmeier, 1940
- Nomamyrmex Borgmeier, 1936
- †Procerapachys Wheeler, 1915
- Simopone Forel, 1891
- Sphinctomyrmex Mayr, 1866
- Tanipone Bolton & Fisher, 2012
- Vicinopone Bolton & Fisher, 2012
References
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Dorylinae". AntCat. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ↑ Brady, Seán G; Fisher, Brian L; Schultz, Ted R; Ward, Philip S (2014). "The rise of army ants and their relatives: diversification of specialized predatory doryline ants". BMC Evolutionary Biology 14: 2–14. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-14-93. PMC 4021219. PMID 24886136.
External links
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