Myrmicinae
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Myrmicinae
Atta cephalotes worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Family: Formicidae Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribes
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Myrmicinae is a subfamily of ants. The pupae lack cocoons. Some species retain a functional sting. The petioles of Myrmicinae consist of two nodes.

Classification

The subfamily is divided into a number of tribes:

• Agroecomyrmecini
• Attini
• Basicerotini
• Blepharidattini
• Cataulacini
• Cephalotini
• Crematogastrini
• Dacetonini
• Formicoxenini
• Melissotarsini
• Meranoplini
• Metaponini
• Myrmecinini
• Myrmicariini
• Myrmicini
• Ochetomyrmecini
• Phalacromyrmecini
• Pheidolini
• Pheidologetonini
• Solenopsidini
• Stegomyrmecini
• Stenammini
• Tetramoriini

In addition, several living and fossil genera are not placed in tribes. Their position is either placed incertae sedis or, especially for fossil forms, too basal:

• Archimyrmex Cockerell, 1923
• Attopsis Heer, 1850
• Cephalomyrmex Carpenter, 1930
• Electromyrmex Wheeler, 1910
• Eocenidris Wilson, 1985
• Eoformica Cockerell, 1921
• Eomyrmex Hong, 1974
• Lenomyrmex Fernandez & Palacio G., 1999
• Promyrmicium Baroni Urbani, 1971
• Tyrannomyrmex Fernández, 2003

External Links

• Pheidole megacephala, bigheaded ant on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site

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