Dorylini

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Dorylini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Vespoidea
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ecitoninae
Tribe: Dorylini
Genera

Aenictus
Dorylus

Most Old World army ants belong to the tribe Dorylini. This tribe was formerly classified as the subfamily Dorylinae, and is composed of two genera, one of which (Aenictus) was formerly placed in its own tribe, Aenictini. The other genus, Dorylus, contains the aggressive "driver ants", of which there are some 70 species known.

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[edit] References

  • Wilson, E.O., and B. Hölldobler (1990) The Ants (Pulitzer Prize)
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