Aneuretinae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Aneuretinae
Genera (6): Aneuretus – †Aneuretellus – †Mianeuretus – †Paraneuretus – †Protaneuretus
Name

Aneuretinae Emery 1913
Vernacular names
日本語: ハリルリアリ亜科

Aneuretinae is a subfamily of ants consisting of a single extant species, Aneuretus simoni (Sri Lankan relict ant), and 9 fossil species.[2] Earlier, the phylogenetic position of A. simoni was thought to be intermediate between primitive and advanced subfamilies of ants,[3] but recent studies have shown it is the nearest living relative of subfamily Dolichoderinae.[4][5]

Genera

• Aneuretini Emery, 1913
  • †Aneuretellus Dlussky, 1988
  • Aneuretus Emery, 1893
  • †Mianeuretus Carpenter, 1930
  • †Paraneuretus Wheeler, 1915
  • †Protaneuretus Wheeler, 1915
• †Pityomyrmecini Wheeler, 1915
  • †Pityomyrmex Wheeler, 1915
• incertae sedis
  • †Britaneuretus Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2014
  • †Cananeuretus Engel & Grimaldi, 2005

Burmomyrma was formerly placed here, but is actually an ant-mimic wasp.
References

Bolton, B. (2014). "Aneuretinae". AntCat. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
"Subfamily: Aneuretinae". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
Wilson et al. 1956, p. 81
Ward et al. 2010, p. 342

Karunarathna & Karunaratne 2013, p. 4604

Sources cited

Karunarathna, D. A. G. N. B.; Karunaratne, W. A. I. P. (2013), "Two new localities of Sri Lankan Relict Ant Aneuretus simoni Emery, 1893 (Formicidae: Aneuretinae) with the very first record in the intermediate zone", Journal of Threatened Taxa, 5 (11): 4604–4607, doi:10.11609/JoTT.o3334.4604-7
Ward, P. S.; Brady, S. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Schultz, T. R. (2010), "Phylogeny and Biogeography of Dolichoderine Ants: Effects of Data Partitioning and Relict Taxa on Historical Inference", Systematic Biology, 59 (3): 342–362, doi:10.1093/sysbio/syq012, PMID 20525640
Wilson, E.O.; T. Eisner; G.C. Wheeler & J. Wheeler (1956), "Aneuretus simoni Emery, a major link in ant evolution.", Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 115: 81–99
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