Dorylinae
Appearance
Dorylinae | |
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D. gribodoi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dorylinae Leach, 1815 |
Type genus | |
Dorylus Fabricius, 1793
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Diversity[1] | |
28 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 the Dorylinae.[2]
Genera
- Acanthostichus Mayr, 1887
- Aenictogiton Emery, 1901
- Aenictus Shuckard, 1840
- Cerapachys Smith, 1857
- Cheliomyrmex Mayr, 1870
- Chrysapace Crawley, 1924
- Cylindromyrmex Mayr, 1870
- Dorylus Fabricius, 1793
- Eburopone Borowiec, 2016
- Eciton Latreille, 1804
- Eusphinctus Emery, 1893
- Labidus Jurine, 1807
- Leptanilloides Mann, 1923
- Lioponera Mayr, 1879
- Lividopone Bolton & Fisher, 2016
- Neivamyrmex Borgmeier, 1940
- Neocerapachys Borowiec, 2016
- Nomamyrmex Borgmeier, 1936
- Ooceraea Roger, 1862
- Parasyscia Emery, 1882
- †Procerapachys Wheeler, 1915
- Simopone Forel, 1891
- Sphinctomyrmex Mayr, 1866
- Syscia Roger, 1861
- Tanipone Bolton & Fisher, 2012
- Vicinopone Bolton & Fisher, 2012
- Yunodorylus Xu, 2000
- Zasphinctus Wheeler, 1918
References
- ^ Bolton, B. (2016). "Dorylinae". AntCat. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ 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.
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External links
- Media related to Dorylinae at Wikimedia Commons