Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Parent taxon: Formicidae according to B. Bolton 2012
Sister taxa: Aenictinae, Agroecomyrmecinae, Amblyoponinae, Aneuretinae, Armaniinae, Brownimeciinae, Calyptites, Camponotinae, Cerapachyinae, Cerapachys, Cretopone, Curticorna, Curtipalpulus, Dolichoderinae, Dorylinae, Drymomyrmex, Ecitoninae, Ectatomminae, Eoaenictites, Eoformica, Eoleptocerites, Fonsecahymen, Formiciinae, Formicinae, Formincinae, Gerontoformica, Huaxiaformica, Klondikia, Kohlsimyrma, Leptanillinae, Leptogasteritus, Liaoformica, Myanmyrma, Myrmicinae, Myrmicites, Paraponerinae, Petropone, Ponerinae, Proceratiinae, Pseudomyrmecinae, Sinotenuicapito, Sphecomyrmicinae, Sphecomyrminae, Syntaphus
Subtaxa: Archimyrmex, Avitomyrmex, Macabeemyrma, Myrmeciites, Prionomyrmecini, Ypresiomyrma
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