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Proceratiinae. Pseudomyrmecinae. † Sphecomyrminae. † Zigrasimeciinae. Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22,000 species have been classified.
- Agroecomyrmecinae
- Amblyoponinae
- Aneuretinae
- Apomyrminae
- †Brownimeciinae
- Dolichoderinae
- Dorylinae
- Ectatomminae
- †Formiciinae
- Formicinae
A poneroid subfamily consisting of only two living species, Tatuidris tatusia (Fig. 1a) and Ankylomyrma coronacantha. Both are rarely encountered. Tatuidris, found in Central and South America, is thought to be a specialized predator, foraging for yet undetermined prey in the leaf litter of mid-elevation rainforests. Workers of Ankylomyrmahave been...
A poneroid subfamily of about 140 currently described extant species distributed among 9 genera. Recent phylogenetic work shows two major clades, one comprising the genera Amblyopone, Onychomyrmex, and Prionopelta, and the other the remaining six genera . With more than 50 species, Stigmatomma (Fig. 1b) is the largest genus. Species belonging to th...
This formicoid subfamily is currently represented by a single extant species, Aneuretus simoni, which is confined to isolated sites in Sri Lanka. The Aneuretinae are the sister group to the Dolichoderinae. Aneuretus simoni (Fig. 1c) is a rarely found species nesting predominantly in rotten wood, with polygynous and polydomous colonies generally con...
Apomyrminae is a monotypic poneroid subfamily, represented by Apomyrma stygia (Fig. 1d). Apomyrminae are sister to Amblyoponinae. Apomyrma stygiais known from sub-Saharan Africa, and very little is known of its habits, except for subterranean nesting and indirect evidence of predation on geophilomorph centipedes. Fossils remain unknown from the Apo...
This extinct monotypic subfamily is known from Cretaceous New Jersey amber dated to approximately 92 million years ago. The sole species, Brownimecia clavata, is similar to sphecomyrmines but distinguished by a long antennal scape, which is thought to be a derived feature. Brownimeciahas been inferred to be the sister lineage to all crown-group ant...
The Dolichoderinae are a highly diverse formicoid subfamily of more than 700 extant species. The classification and phylogeny of this group have been studied extensively, and at present the extant taxa are organized into 4 tribes and 28 genera [25, 28]. One of the tribes, Leptomyrmecini, contains a clade that encompasses a massive Australian radiat...
This diverse formicoid subfamily contains almost 700 described extant species distributed among 27 genera, including the charismatic true army ants . The dorylines have a worldwide distribution, but the vast majority of species occurs in the tropics. The phylogeny of this group has been difficult to infer with certainty, likely because dorylines ex...
The Ectatomminae are a medium-sized formicoid subfamily with over 250 described species classified in 4 genera: Ectatomma (Fig. 1g; 15 extant species), Gnamptogenys (138 species), Rhytidoponera (104 species), and Typhlomyrmex (7 species). The Ectatomminae are the sister group to the Heteroponerinae, and together they form a clade sister to the Myrm...
The Formiciinae – note the close similarity in name to the next subfamily – are an extinct subfamily of giant ants currently containing six species in two genera: Titanomyrma and Formicium. These are impression fossils known from four localities in North America and Europe, all dated to the Eocene when the two continents were connected by land brid...
The Formicinae are the second-largest subfamily of ants with 51 extant genera and more than 3,000 described and many known but undescribed species. Two genera in one massive radiation, the carpenter ants (Camponotus) and their close relatives the spiny ants (Polyrhachis), account for more than 1,700 species. The formicines have a global distributio...
Originating most likely in the early Cretaceous, ants have diversified to become the world's most successful eusocial insects, occupying most terrestrial ecosystems and acquiring a global ecological footprint. Recent advances in our understanding of ant evolutionary history have been propelled by the use of molecular phylogenetic methods, in conjunction with a rich (and still growing ...
Oct 5, 2024 · The life cycle of the ant has four stages—egg, larva, pupa, and adult—and typically spans a period of 8 to 10 weeks for worker ants. Queen ant A red ant queen with a cluster of her eggs. At certain times of the year, the winged males and virgin queens fly into the air, where the queen mates with a single male.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Ants possess several traits that are not characteristic of Apoidea, including an apterous worker caste, the shedding of wings by colony-founding queens and subsequent feeding of larvae on the products of flight muscle histolysis, the rearing of young in communal brood chambers, and www.annualreviews.org • Ant Phylogeny and Evolution 25
- Philip S. Ward
- 2014
Dec 21, 2007 · Ants, belong to the order Hymenoptera and are divided into a single family, the Formicidae, which are the most common arthropods in most terrestrial settings. More than 12,000 species have been ...
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Apr 21, 2024 · Amoimyrmex Cristiano, Cardoso, Sandoval, gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a new genus of leaf‐cutting ants revealed by multilocus molecular phylogenetic and morphological analyses. Austral Entomology 59, 643–676 (doi: 10.1111/aen.12493 ).
