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Subfamily: Myrmeciinae

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Subfamily: Myrmeciinae

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Extant: 2 tribes, 2 genera, 92 species

Fossil: 5 genera, 14 species

Myrmeciidae Emery, 1877b PDF: 71 Type-genus: Myrmecia. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Myrmeciinae as group of Myrmicidae: Emery, 1877b PDF: 71 [Myrmeciidae].
Myrmeciinae as subfamily of Poneridae: Ashmead, 1905c PDF: 382.
Myrmeciinae as subfamily of Formicidae: Clark, 1951 PDF: 17; Brown, 1954e: 22; all subsequent authors.
Myrmeciinae as myrmeciomorph subfamily of Formicidae: Bolton, 2003 PDF: 29, 132.
Myrmeciinae as formicoid subfamily of Formicidae: Brady, Schultz, et al. 2006: 18173; Moreau, Bell, et al. 2006: 102.
Myrmeciinae as formicoid myrmeciomorph subfamily of Formicidae: Ward, 2007C PDF: 556.
Tribes of Myrmeciinae: Myrmeciini, Prionomyrmecini.
Genera (extinct) incertae sedis in Myrmeciinae: †Archimyrmex, †Avitomyrmex, †Macabeemyrma, †Ypresiomyrma.
Collective group name in Myrmeciinae: †Myrmeciites.

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