Pseudomyrmecinae

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: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genera (3): Myrcidris - Pseudomyrmex - Tetraponera

Name

Pseudomyrmecinae Smith, 1952

References

Eguchi, K.; Viet, B.T.; Yamane, S. 2011: Generic synopsis of the Formicidae of Vietnam (Insecta: Hymenoptera), Part I — Myrmicinae and Pseudomyrmecinae. Zootaxa, 2878: 1–61. Preview
Ward, P.S. 1990: The ant subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): generic revision and relationship with other formicids. Systematic entomology, 15 (4): 449–489. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1990.tb00077.x PDF
Ward, P.S.; Downie, D.A. 2005: The ant subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): phylogeny and evolution of big-eyed arboreal ants. Systematic entomology, 30 (2): 310–335. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00281.x

Vernacular names
日本語: クシフタフシアリ亜科
한국어: 수도머메시네아과

Pseudomyrmecinae is a small subfamily of ants containing only three genera of slender, large-eyed arboreal ants, predominantly tropical or subtropical in distribution.[1] In the course of adapting to arboreal conditions (unlike the predominantly ground-dwelling myrmeciins), the pseudomyrmecines diversified and came to occupy and retain a much wider geographic range.[2]

Pseudomyrmecinae consists of 230 described species in three genera. Among those, 32 species live in plant domatia, making them the most diverse plant-occupying ant group worldwide.

Pseudomyrmecinae Smith, 1952
Pseudomyrmecini Smith, 1952
Myrcidris Ward, 1990
Pseudomyrmex Lund, 1831
Tetraponera Smith, 1852

References

"Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.

Ward, Philip S.; Downie, Douglas A. (2005). "The ant subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): phylogeny and evolution of big-eyed arboreal ants: Phylogeny and evolution of big-eyed arboreal ants". Systematic Entomology. 30 (2): 310–335. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00281.x.

Ward, Philip S. (October 1990). "THE ANT SUBFAMILY PSEUDOMYRMECINAE (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE) - GENERIC REVISION AND RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER FORMICIDS". Systematic Entomology. 15 (4): 449–489. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1990.tb00077.x.
Chomicki, Guillaume; Ward, Philip S.; Renner, Susanne S. (22 November 2015). "Macroevolutionary assembly of ant/plant symbioses: Pseudomyrmex ants and their ant-housing plants in the Neotropics". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 282 (1819): 20152200. doi:10.1098/rspb.2015.2200. PMC 4685824.