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Myrmoteratini
| Myrmoteratini | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Myrmoteratini Emery, 1895 |
| Type genus | |
| Myrmoteras | |
| Diversity | |
| 1 genera 41 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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.
- MYRMOTERATINI [tribe of Formicinae]
- Myrmoteratii Emery, 1895j: 772. Type-genus: Myrmoteras Forel, 1893f: 607.
Taxonomic History
- Myrmoteratini as tribe of Camponotinae: Emery, 1895j: 772 [Myrmoteratii]; Ruzsky, 1905b: 110 [Mymoteratii]; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 143 [Myrmoteratii].
- Myrmoteratini as tribe of Gesomyrmicinae: Ashmead, 1905b: 384 [Myrmoteratini].
- Myrmoteratini as tribe of Formicinae: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 692; Emery, 1925b: 36; subsequent authors; Bolton, 2003: 23, 107; Ward, et al. 2016: 348.
- Myrmoteratini Emery as senior synonym of Myrmoteratini Forel: Bolton, 1995b: 13.