Dorylinae

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Dorylinae
D. gribodoi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Leach, 1815
Type genus
Dorylus
Fabricius, 1793
Diversity[1]
28 genera

Dorylinae is an ant subfamily with distributions in both the Old World and New World. In 2014, Brady et al. synonymized the previous dorylomorph subfamilies (Aenictinae, Aenictogitoninae, Cerapachyinae, Ecitoninae and Leptanilloidinae) under Dorylinae.[2]

Genera

References

  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2016). "Dorylinae". AntCat. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  2. ^ Brady, Seán G; Fisher, Brian L; Schultz, Ted R; Ward, Philip S (2014). "The rise of army ants and their relatives: diversification of specialized predatory doryline ants". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 14: 2–14. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-14-93. PMC 4021219. PMID 24886136.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

External links

  • Media related to Dorylinae at Wikimedia Commons