Formiciinae

Nomenclature

 * † [subfamily of Formicidae]
 * †Formiciinae Lutz, 1986: 181. Type-genus: †Formicium Westwood, 1854: 393.

Taxonomic History

 * †Formiciinae as subfamily of Formicidae: Lutz, 1986: 181; Lutz, 1990: 1; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 17; Baroni Urbani, et al. 1992: 317; Bolton, 1994: 187; Bolton, 2003: 75, 262.
 * †Formiciinae as formicoid subfamily of Formicidae: Ward, 2007a: 557.

Collective group name in †Formiciini
†Formicium.

†Formiciinae and collective group name †Formicium references: Lutz, 1986: 182 (diagnosis, all species revision, key, phylogeny); Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 24 (diagnosis); Lutz, 1990: 61 (subfamily synopsis; review of genus); Bolton, 1995b: 206 (catalogue); Bolton, 2003: 75, 262 (diagnosis, synopsis); Archibald, et al. 2011: 3680 (synopsis).