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Subfamily Dorylinae - Army Ants

Male, Neivamyrmex opacithorax? - Neivamyrmex harrisi - male

Male, Neivamyrmex harrisi? - Neivamyrmex - male

Neivamyrmex nigrescens? - Neivamyrmex nigrescens

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)

Superfamily Formicoidea (Ants)

Family Formicidae (Ants)

Subfamily Dorylinae (Army Ants)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cerapachyinae, Ecitoninae(1)

Explanation of Names

Dorylinae Leach 1815

Numbers

755 spp. in 27 genera worldwide(2)

Internet References

Taxon page(2)

Works Cited

1.	The rise of army ants and their relatives: diversification of specialized predatory doryline ants Brady S.G., Fisher B.L., Schultz T.R., Ward P.S. 2014. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14:93, 14 pp.

2.	Ward P.S. (2002-) AntWeb

Contributed by James C. Trager on 3 November, 2012 - 4:41pm
Additional contributions by v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 29 September, 2023 - 5:36pm

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