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Ant
Ants are social insects of the family Formicidae (pronounced /fɔrˈmɪsəˌdiː/), and along with the related wasps and bees, they belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the mid-Cretaceous period between 110 and 130 million years ago and diversified after the rise of...
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Formicinae
Formicinae is a subfamily within the Formicidae containing ants of moderate evolutionary development.
Formicines retain some primitive features such as the presence of cocoons around pupae, the presence of ocelli in workers, and little tendency...
Scientific name:
- Formicinae
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Ponerinae
Ponerinae is a subfamily of ants in the Poneromorph subfamilies group, with about 1,600 species in 28 extant genera, including Dinoponera gigantea - one of the world's largest species of ant.
They are most easily identified from other sub-families...
Scientific name:
- Ponerinae
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ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 573831
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 43085
Formiciinae
The Formiciinae is a fossil subfamily of ant. The type and only genus is Formicium. The genus Formicium includes at this moment 5 species and is known only from queens and males. Workers were never found. The wingspan of the sexuals is the biggest...
Scientific name:
- Formicium
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ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 573947
Myrmicinae
Myrmicinae is a subfamily of ants. There are about 140 genera within the group, with the family being cosmopolitan. The pupae lack cocoons. Some species retain a functional sting. The petioles of Myrmicinae consist of two nodes. The nests are...
Scientific name:
- Myrmicinae
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ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 573828
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 34695
Dolichoderinae
Dolichoderinae is a subfamily of ants, which includes species such as the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile), the erratic ant, the odorous house ant, and the cone ant. This subfamily is distinguished by having a single petiole (no post-petiole) and...
Scientific name:
- Dolichoderinae
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ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 573820
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 40139
Myrmeciinae
The Myrmeciinae is a subfamily of the Formicidae that was once found worldwide but is now restricted to Australia and New Caledonia. The Myrmeciinae subfamily formerly was composed of only one genus, Myrmecia, however the subfamily was redescribed...
Scientific name:
- Myrmeciinae
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ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 573827
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 36669
Ecitoninae
Most New World army ants belong to the subfamily Ecitoninae. This subfamily is further broken into two groups in the New World, the tribes Cheliomyrmecini and Ecitonini. The former contains only the genus Cheliomyrmex, and the tribe Ecitonini...
Scientific name:
- Ecitoninae
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ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 573822
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 213864
Pseudomyrmecinae
The ant subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae is a small group, containing only three genera of generally slender, wasp-like forms that forage solitarily and sting readily.
Scientific name:
- Pseudomyrmecinae
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ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 573832
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 40138
Cerapachyinae
Cerapachyinae is a subfamily of ants of the Formicidae family. They are sometimes classified as a tribe of the Ponerinae subfamily.
They possess spines on the pygidium and short, thick antennae. They lack dorsal thoracic structures. They are...
Scientific name:
- Cerapachyinae
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ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 573819
Leptanillinae
Leptanillinae is a subfamily of ants. They are further divided into the tribes Anomalomyrmini and Leptanillini.
In all Leptanillini the larva feed their hemolymph to the queen through specialized processes on their prothorax and third abdominal...
Scientific name:
- Leptanillinae
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ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 573825
