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 New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- 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.
