Pseudomyrmecinae

Pseudomyrmecinae
	Pseudomyrmex gracilis (elongate twig ant) worker
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Pseudomyrmecinae; Smith, 1952
Tribe:	Pseudomyrmecini; Smith, 1952
Type genus
	Pseudomyrmex; Lund, 1831

Pseudomyrmecinae is a small subfamily of ants containing only three genera of slender, large-eyed arboreal ants, predominantly tropical or subtropical in distribution.^[1] In the course of adapting to arboreal conditions (unlike the predominantly ground-dwelling myrmeciins), the pseudomyrmecines diversified and came to occupy and retain a much wider geographic range.^[2]

Pseudomyrmecinae consists of 230 described species in three genera. Among those, 32 species live in plant domatia, making them the most diverse plant-occupying ant group worldwide.

Pseudomyrmecinae Smith, 1952
- Pseudomyrmecini Smith, 1952
  - Myrcidris Ward, 1990
  - Pseudomyrmex Lund, 1831
  - Tetraponera Smith, 1852

References[edit]

^ "Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
^ Ward, Philip S.; Downie, Douglas A. (2005). "The ant subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): phylogeny and evolution of big-eyed arboreal ants: Phylogeny and evolution of big-eyed arboreal ants". Systematic Entomology. 30 (2): 310–335. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00281.x.

Ward, Philip S. (October 1990). "The ant subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Generic revision and relationship to other formicids". Systematic Entomology. 15 (4): 449–489. Bibcode:1990SysEn..15..449W. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1990.tb00077.x.
Chomicki, Guillaume; Ward, Philip S.; Renner, Susanne S. (22 November 2015). "Macroevolutionary assembly of ant/plant symbioses: Pseudomyrmex ants and their ant-housing plants in the Neotropics". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 282 (1819): 20152200. doi:10.1098/rspb.2015.2200. PMC 4685824. PMID 26582029.

External links[edit]

Media related to Pseudomyrmecinae at Wikimedia Commons

[AWPseudomyrmecinae-1] "Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.

[2] Ward, Philip S.; Downie, Douglas A. (2005). "The ant subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): phylogeny and evolution of big-eyed arboreal ants: Phylogeny and evolution of big-eyed arboreal ants". Systematic Entomology. 30 (2): 310–335. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00281.x.

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