Myrmelachistini is a tribe of ants in the family Formicidae. There are at least 2 genera and 50 described species in Myrmelachistini.[1][2][3][4]
| Myrmelachistini | |
|---|---|
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| Brachymyrmex depilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Myrmelachistini |
In 2016, the tribe Myrmelachistini was resurrected and the genera Brachymyrmex and Myrmelachista were transferred to it from the tribe Plagiolepidini.[5][6][7]
Genera
edit- Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1868 (rover ants)
- Myrmelachista Roger, 1863
References
edit- ^ "Myrmelachistini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
- ^ "Myrmelachistini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
- ^ "Myrmelachistini Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
- ^ "AntWeb". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
- ^ Ward, Philip S.; Blaimer, Bonnie B.; Fisher, Brian L. (2016). "A revised phylogenetic classification of the ant subfamily Formicinae(Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with resurrection of the genera Colobopsis and Dinomyrmex". Zootaxa. 4072 (3). Magnolia Press: 343–57. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4072.3.4. PMID 27395929.
- ^ Christopher M. Wilson; Autumn Smith-Herron (2016). "Morphology of the male genitalia of Brachymyrmex and their implications in the Formicinae phylogeny" (PDF). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 50. Pensoft Publishers: 81–95. doi:10.3897/JHR.50.8697. ISSN 1070-9428. S2CID 6859766.
- ^ "AntWeb". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Bolton, B.; Alpert, G.; Naskrecki, S.; Ward, P. (2007). A New General Catalogue of the Ants of the World 1758–2005.
- Sharkey, M.J. (2007). "Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera". Zootaxa. 309: 13–48.
- Sharkey, M.J.; Carpenter, J.M.; Vilhelmsen, L. (2012). "Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera". Cladistics. 28 (1): 80–112. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.721.8852. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00366.x. PMID 34861753. S2CID 33628659.
- Ward, P.S. (2007). "Phylogeny, classification, and species-level taxonomy of ants". Zootaxa. 1668. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1668.1.26.