Apomyrminae

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Apomyrminae
Apomyrma stygia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Apomyrminae
Forel, 1893
Diversity
1 genera
1 species
At a Glance • Monotypic  

Identification

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Distribution

Distribution and Species Richness based on AntMaps

Statistics

Extant Taxa

Tribes Valid Genera % World Genera Invalid Genera Valid Species/Subsp. % World Species Invalid Species/Subsp.
0 1 0.2% 0 1 0.01% 0

Fossil Taxa

No fossil taxa are known from this subfamily.

List of Tribes and Genera

Tribes

No tribes within subfamily.

Extant Genera

Fossil Genera

No fossil genera within subfamily.

Biology

Flight Period

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Taxon Month
Apomyrma

Morphology

Karyotype Data

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Phylogeny

Formicoidea
Camelomecia clade
(unplaced to family)

Camelomecia

Camelosphecia

Formicidae              
Stem Formicidae

Unplaced to subfamily (Baikuris, Cretomyrma, Dlusskyidris)

Clade Sphecomyrmines

Haidomyrmecinae

Sphecomyrminae

Zigrasimeciinae

Clade Antennoclypeata

Brownimeciinae

Crown Formicidae              

Leptanillinae

Martialinae

Amblyoponinae - see relationships

Apomyrminae

Proceratiinae

Ponerinae - see relationships

Agroecomyrmecinae

Paraponerinae

Dorylinae - see relationships

Aneuretinae

Dolichoderinae - see relationships

Myrmeciinae - see relationships

Pseudomyrmecinae - see relationships

Formicinae - see relationships

Ectatomminae - see relationships

Myrmicinae - see relationships

See Phylogeny of Formicidae for details.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • APOMYRMINAE [subfamily of Formicidae]
    • Apomyrmini Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 78. Type-genus: Apomyrma Brown, et al. 1971: 259.

Taxonomic History

  • Apomyrmini as tribe of Ponerinae: Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 78.
  • Apomyrmini as tribe of Leptanillinae: Bolton, 1990b: 280; Kugler, C. 1992: 106.
  • Apomyrmini as tribe of Apomyrminae: Bolton, 1994: 16; Bolton, 2003: 39, 150.
  • Apomyrmini as leptanillomorph subfamily of Formicidae: Bolton, 2003: 39, 150 [Apomyrminae].
  • Apomyrmini as junior synonym of Amblyoponinae: Saux, et al. 2004: 465.
  • Apomyrmini as subfamily of Formicidae: Baroni Urbani, et al. 1992: 316 [Apomyrminae]; Bolton, 1994: 16 [Apomyrminae]; Fisher & Bolton, 2016: 41.
  • [Aromyrmini: incorrect subsequent spelling by Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 78.]

Taxonomic References

Fisher & Bolton, 2016: 41 (diagnosis).

References