Pseudomyrmecinae
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| Pseudomyrmex gracilis (elongate twig ant) worker | |
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| Subfamily: | Pseudomyrmecinae Smith, 1952
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| Tribe: | Pseudomyrmecini Smith, 1952
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| Pseudomyrmex Lund, 1831
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Pseudomyrmecinae is a small subfamily of ants containing only three genera of slender, large-eyed arboreal ants, predominantly tropical or subtropical in distribution.[1]
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
- Pseudomyrmecini Smith, 1952
References
- ^ "Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- Ward, Philip S. (October 1990). "THE ANT SUBFAMILY PSEUDOMYRMECINAE (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE) - GENERIC REVISION AND RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER FORMICIDS". Systematic Entomology. 15 (4): 449–489. 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.
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