Pogonomyrmecini

Pogonomyrmecini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Pogonomyrmecini Ward, Brady, Fisher & Schultz, 2014
Type genus
Pogonomyrmex
Diversity
3 genera 128 species

Identification

Keys to Genera

• Clave para Pogonomyrmecini
• Key to Pogonomyrmecini

List of Genera

Extant Genera

Hylomyrma • Patagonomyrmex • Pogonomyrmex

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.

• POGONOMYRMECINI [tribe of Myrmicinae]
  • Pogonomyrmecini Ward, et al. 2015: 76. Type-genus: Pogonomyrmex.

Taxonomic History

Pogonomyrmecini as tribe of Myrmicinae: Ward, et al. 2015: 76.

References

• Johnson, R.A., Moreau, C.S. 2016. A new ant genus from southern Argentina and southern Chile, Patagonomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 4139: 1–31 (DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4139.1.1).
• Ward, P.S., Brady, S.G., Fisher, B.L. & Schultz, T.R. 2014. The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology, DOI: 10.1111/syen.12090