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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Myrmicinae » Attini

Tribe Attini

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis Ant - Pheidole crassicornis Leafcutter ant - Acromyrmex versicolor - female Bigheaded ant? - Pheidole navigans Pheidole sp.? - Pheidole dentigula Formicidae - Pheidole californica Worker, Trachymyrmex nogalensis? - Trachymyrmex arizonensis Hairy Big-headed Ant - Pheidole pilifera - female
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 Myrmicinae
Tribe Attini
Other Common Names
"Higher myrmicines"
Explanation of Names
Attini Smith 1858
Numbers
~2900 spp. in ~50 genera total(1)
Print References
Weber N.A. (1972) Gardening ants, the attines. Mem. Am. Phil. Soc. 92: 1‒146.
Internet References
Taxon page(1)
Works Cited
1.AntWiki
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 15 March, 2010 - 7:01pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, James C. Trager, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 29 October, 2023 - 7:18pm

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