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Tribe Attini

Leaf Cutting Ant Worker - Acromyrmex versicolor - female P. crassicornis? - major worker - Pheidole crassicornis - female Trachymyrmex turrifex 3 image stack - Mycetomoellerius turrifex - female Formicidae - Pheidole Worker, Trachymyrmex nogalensis? - Trachymyrmex nogalensis Strumigenys pulchella Mini Ant - Strumigenys rostrata Trachymyrmex jamaicensis - Mycetomoellerius jamaicensis - 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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