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This clade comprises 9 [3] of the 16 extant ant subfamilies and about 90% of all described ant species. Formicoids include such widespread and species-rich subfamilies as Myrmicinae, Formicinae and Dolichoderinae, as well as the army ants (Dorylinae). Non-formicoids comprise five "poneroid" subfamilies (Agroecomyrmecinae, Amblyoponinae ...
Dec 21, 2007 · It is now apparent that much of the biological and taxonomic diversity of ants is contained within the “formicoid clade” which comprises 14 of the 20 extant subfamilies and about 90% of all species.
- Philip S. Ward
- 2007
All ant species are grouped into a single family, the Formicidae, which is subdivided into anywhere from 10 to 20 subfamilies, according to various authors. Both the number and the relationships of these subfamilies have been repeatedly modified since Brown worked out the first modern classification of ants (Brown, 1954 and see Wilson, 1971).
Nov 14, 2007 · “formicoid clade”, not revealed by previous morphological work. This clade comprises 14 of the 20 extant ant subfamilies and about 90% of all described ant species. Formicoids include such widespread and species-rich subfamilies as Myrmicinae, Formicinae and Dolichoderinae, as well as the army ants (Ecitoninae, Aenic-
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Relationships among major groups within the order Hymenoptera. For details see Branstetter et al. (2017), Blaimer et al. (2023) and Rosa & Melo (2023).
((†Camelomecia,†Camelomecia)'Camelomecia clade (unplaced to family)',((†Baikuris,†Cretomyrma,†Dlusskyidris)'Stem Formicidae (unplaced to subfamily)',(((†Aquilomyrmex,(†Chonidris,†Dhagnathos))'Aquilomyrmex clade',†Dilobops,((†Haidomyrmex,†Haidomyrmodes,†Haidoterminus)'Haidomyrmex subclade',((†Ceratomyrmex,†Linguamyrmex),†Protoceratomyrmex)'Ceratomyr...
Barden, P., Perrichot, V., Wang, B. 2020. Specialized predation drives aberrant morphological integration and diversity in the earliest ants. Current Biology (doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.106).Blaimer, B.B., Santos, B.F., Cruaud, A., Gates, M.W., Kula, R.R., Mikó, I., Rasplus, J.-Y., Smith, D.R., Talamas, E.J., Brady, S.G., Buffington, M.L. 2023. Key innovations and the diversification o...Boudinot, B.E., Perrichot, V., Chaul, J.C.M. 2020. †Camelosphecia gen. nov., lost ant-wasp intermediates from the mid-Cretaceous (Hymenoptera, Formicoidea). ZooKeys 1005, 21–55 (doi:10.3897/zookeys...Borowiec, M.L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1-280 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.608.9427).May 12, 2020 · The great diversity of extant ant species is distributed among 17 subfamilies grouped into 3 major clades, the leptanilloid, poneroid, and formicoid clades (Fig. 2).The leptanilloid clade comprises a single Neotropical species from the subfamily Martialinae, Martialis heureka, and about 70 described species of the subfamily Leptanillinae, which are confined to the Old World.
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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) fossil record. Most extant ants belong to the formicoid clade, which contains ∼90% of described species and has produced the most socially advanced and dominant forms.
