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Myrmicinae (bulldog ant)
Taxonomy
Myrmicinae was named by Lepeletier (1835). It is extant.
It was reranked as the subfamily Myrmicidae by Scudder (1878).
It was assigned to Hymenoptera by Scudder (1878); and to Formicidae by Hong (1983), Hong and Wang (1985), Wappler (2003), Dlussky et al. (2004), Archibald et al. (2006) and Bolton (2012).
It was reranked as the subfamily Myrmicidae by Scudder (1878).
It was assigned to Hymenoptera by Scudder (1878); and to Formicidae by Hong (1983), Hong and Wang (1985), Wappler (2003), Dlussky et al. (2004), Archibald et al. (2006) and Bolton (2012).
Subtaxa
Afromyrma, Attini, Attopsis, Brachytarsites, Cataulacini, Cephalomyrmex, Cephalotini, Clavipetiola, Crematogastrini, Dacetini, Electromyrmex, Eocenidris, Eomyrmex, Fallomyrma, Formicoxenini, Fushunomyrmex, Imhoffia, Meranoplini, Miosolenopsis, Monomoriini, Myrmecinini, Myrmecites, Myrmicini, Orbigastrula, Pheidolini, Pseudomyrmini, Quadrulicapito, Quineangulicapito, Sima, Sinomyrmex, Solenopsidiini, Solenopsidini, Solenopsites, Sphaerogasterites, Stenammini, Tetramoriini, Wumyrmex, Zhangidris (syn. Heteromyrmex)
Sister taxa
Aenictinae, Agroecomyrmecinae, Amblyoponinae, Aneuretinae, Armaniinae, Brownimeciinae, Camponotinae, Cerapachyinae, Dolichoderinae, Dorylinae, Ecitoninae, Ectatomminae, Formiciinae, Formicinae, Formincinae, Leptanillinae, Myrmeciinae, Paraponerinae, Ponerinae, Proceratiinae, Pseudomyrmecinae, Sphecomyrmicinae, Sphecomyrminae
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1835 | Myrmicinae Lepeletier |
| 1878 | Myrmicidae Scudder p. 748 |
| 1983 | Myrmicinae Hong p. 8 |
| 1985 | Myrmicinae Hong and Wang p. 20 |
| 2003 | Myrmicinae Wappler p. 132 |
| 2004 | Myrmicinae Dlussky et al. p. 9 |
| 2006 | Myrmicinae Archibald et al. p. 492 |
| 2012 | Myrmicinae Bolton |
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