Ecitoninae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Ecitoninae
Tribus (2): Cheliomyrmecini - Ecitonini [Tribal classification not congruent with phylogeny according to Brady & Ward, 2005]
Overview of genera (5)

Cheliomyrmex – Eciton – Labidus – Neivamyrmex – Nomamyrmex
Name

Ecitoninae Forel, 1893

References

Bolton, B. 1990: Army ants reassessed: the phylogeny and classification of the doryline section (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of natural history, 24(6): 1339–1364. DOI: 10.1080/00222939000770811 Reference page.
Brady, S.G.; Ward, P.S. 2005: Morphological phylogeny of army ants and other dorylomorphs (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic entomology, 30(4): 593–618. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2005.00290.x Reference page.

Vernacular names
日本語: グンタイアリ亜科