Myrmelachistini
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| Myrmelachistini | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Myrmelachistini Forel, 1912 |
| Type genus | |
| Myrmelachista | |
| Diversity | |
| 2 genera 110 species | |
| Synonyms | |
Contents
Identification
List of Genera
Extant Genera
Fossil Genera
No fossil genera within tribe.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- MYRMELACHISTINI [tribe of Formicinae]
- Myrmelachistini Forel, 1912i: 89 (diagnosis in key). Type-genus: Myrmelachista Roger, 1863a: 162.
Taxonomic History
- Myrmelachistini as tribe of Camponotinae: Forel, 1912i: 89; Forel, 1917: 249; Arnold, 1920a: 552.
- Myrmelachistini as junior synonym of Plagiolepidini: Bolton, 2003: 22, 100.
- Myrmelachistini as tribe of Formicinae: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 693; Emery, 1925b: 31; subsequent authors to Bolton, 2003: 22, 100; Ward, et al. 2016: 348.
- Myrmelachistini as senior synonym of Brachymyrmecini: Ward, et al. 2016: 348.
