Myrmicini

Myrmicini
Myrmica rubra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Myrmicini
Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835
Type genus
Myrmica
Diversity[1]
4 genera

Myrmicini is a tribe of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[1] It is not to be confused with the very similar-sounding tribes Myrmecinini (also in subfamily Myrmicinae) and Myrmeciini, which is in the subfamily Myrmeciinae. While the type genus of Myrmicini is Myrmica, that of Myrmeciini is Myrmecia and that of Myrmecinini Myrmecina.

Genera

  • Manica Jurine, 1807
  • Myrmica Latreille, 1804
  • †Plesiomyrmex Dlussky & Radchenko, 2009
  • †Protomyrmica Dlussky & Radchenko, 2009

References

  1. 1 2 Bolton, B. (2015). "Myrmicini". AntCat. Retrieved 19 August 2015.


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