Cheliomyrmecini

The tribe Cheliomyrmecini belongs to the subfamily Ecitoninae. For a list of genera contained within this tribe see Cheliomyrmecini genera, for species see Cheliomyrmecini species.

Synopsis

Tribe CHELIOMYRMECINI
Cheliomyrmicini Wheeler, W.M. 1921d: 319. Type-genus: Cheliomyrmex.
Taxonomic history
Cheliomyrmecini as tribe of Dorylinae: Wheeler, W.M. 1921d: 319 [Cheliomyrmicini]; Borgmeier, 1955: 57 [Cheliomyrmicini]; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1985: 256; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 79.
Cheliomyrmecini as tribe of Ecitoninae: Bolton, 1990c: 1357; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 11; Jaffe 1993: 12; Bolton, 1994: 39; all subsequent authors.
Genus of Cheliomyrmecini: Cheliomyrmex.

Tribe Cheliomyrmecini and genus Cheliomyrmex references
Dalla Torre, 1893: 7 (catalogue); Emery, 1910b: 16 (diagnosis, catalogue); Borgmeier, 1955: 59, 62 (diagnosis, all species revision, key); Gotwald, 1971: 161 (phylogeny); Kempf, 1972a: 76 (Neotropical catalogue); Gotwald & Kupiec, 1975: 961 (morphology); Watkins, 1976: 6 (all species key); Bolton, 1995a: 1048 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 145 (catalogue); Palacio, 1999: 148 (Colombia species key); Bolton, 2003: 35, 143 (diagnosis, synopsis).