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Sphecomyrminae
Taxonomy
Sphecomyrminae was named by Wilson and Brown (1967).
It was reranked as the family Sphecomyrmidae by Dlussky (1983).
It was assigned to Formicoidea by Dlussky (1983); and to Formicidae by Wilson and Brown (1967), Rasnitsyn (1975), Engel and Grimaldi (2005) and Bolton (2012).
It was reranked as the family Sphecomyrmidae by Dlussky (1983).
It was assigned to Formicoidea by Dlussky (1983); and to Formicidae by Wilson and Brown (1967), Rasnitsyn (1975), Engel and Grimaldi (2005) and Bolton (2012).
Subtaxa
Sister taxa
Aenictinae, Agroecomyrmecinae, Amblyoponinae, Aneuretinae, Armaniinae, Brownimeciinae, Camponotinae, Cerapachyinae, Dolichoderinae, Dorylinae, Ecitoninae, Ectatomminae, Formiciinae, Formicinae, Formincinae, Leptanillinae, Myrmeciinae, Myrmicinae, Paraponerinae, Ponerinae, Proceratiinae, Pseudomyrmecinae, Sphecomyrmicinae
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1967 | Sphecomyrminae Wilson and Brown p. 6 |
| 1975 | Sphecomyrminae Rasnitsyn |
| 1983 | Sphecomyrmidae Dlussky |
| 2005 | Sphecomyrminae Engel and Grimaldi p. 5 |
| 2012 | Sphecomyrminae Bolton |
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