Dorylinae

The recent (Brady et al. 2014) determination that a number of army ant clades should be subsumed under this single subfamily has left us without a diagnosis or description of this subfamily. For now we await the publication of a definitive accounting of the features that define the Dorylinae.

Identification
Males: Boudinot (2015) - Most Dorylinae are uniquely identified by the bidentate or pronged ninth abdominal sternum, lack of pygostyles, and poorly developed clypeus. Males of the Leptanilloides genus group are highly derived and are identifiable by the following combination of characters: antennal toruli abutting or very nearly abutting anterior clypeal margin; oblique mesopleural sulcus absent; four closed cells present on forewing; cinctus between abdominal pre- and postsclerites IV absent.

Genus richness
Genus richness by country based on regional taxon lists (countries with darker colours are more genus-rich).



Species richness
Species richness by country based on regional taxon lists (countries with darker colours are more species-rich).



Nomenclature
DORYLINAE [subfamily of Formicidae]
 * Dorylida Leach, 1815: 147 [as family-group name]. Type-genus: Dorylus.
 * Dorylidae: Haliday, 1836: 331 [emended spelling of suffix].
 * Dorylinae: Forel, 1893a: 163 [as subfamily of Formicidae]; Brown, 1954e: 28.
 * Dorylii: Forel, 1893a: 163 [as tribe of Dorylinae].
 * Dorylini: Ashmead, 1905b: 381 [emended spelling of suffix].