Myrmeciini
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| Myrmeciini | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
| Tribe: | Myrmeciini Emery, 1877 |
| Type genus | |
| Myrmecia | |
| Diversity | |
| 1 genera 93 species | |
Contents
Identification
List of Genera
Extant Genera
Fossil Genera
No fossil genera within tribe.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- MYRMECIINI [tribe of Myrmeciinae]
- Myrmeciidae Emery, 1877a: 71. Type-genus: Myrmecia Fabricius, 1804: 423.
Taxonomic History
- Myrmeciini as tribe of Ponerinae: Forel, 1893a: 162 [Myrmecii]; Emery, 1895j: 766 [Myrmecii]; Emery, 1901a: 36 [Myrmecii]; Ruzsky, 1905b: 174 [Myrmecii]; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 134 [Myrmecii]; Emery, 1911d: 17 [Myrmeciini]; Forel, 1917: 235; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 636, 640; subsequent authors.
- Myrmeciini as tribe of Myrmeciinae: Brown, 1954e: 23; subsequent authors; Bolton, 2003: 29, 132.
