Aneuretinae

More diverse in its fossil forms, there is but one extant species of this subfamily. Aneuretus simoni is only known from Sri Lanka.

Identification
Sting (that may not be visible), single petiole with a long, narrow anterior peduncle, propodeum armed with a pair of spines. Major tibial spur of hind leg simple or with a few minute barbules. Palp forumula 3,4. Only known from Sri Lanka. In the field workers resemble small yellow Pheidole minors in their morphology. Behaviorally they have a tendency to keep their long petiole folded up against their propodeum with their gaster slightly elevated.

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
ANEURETINAE [subfamily of Formicidae]
 * Aneuretini Emery, 1913a: 6 [as tribe of Dolichoderinae]. Type-genus: Aneuretus.
 * Aneuretinae: Clark, 1951: 16 (footnote) [as subfamily of Formicidae].
 * Junior synonym of Dolichoderinae: Baroni Urbani, 1989: 147
 * Revived from synonymy: Bolton, 1990c: 1361 [as subfamily of Formicidae].

Bolton 1990:

Apomorphies of Aneuretinae

(i) Helcium fused in posterior foramen of abdominal segment 2. (Plesiomorphically very mobile in Dolichoderinae.)

(ii) Postsclerites of abdominal segment 3 reduced. (Plesiomorphically large in Dolichoderinae.)

(iii) Petiole with a long anterior peduncle. (Plesiomorphically sessile or subsessile in Dolichoderinae.)