Myrmecinae

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Formicinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Vespoidea
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae

The Myrmecinae is a subfamily in the Formicidae. Its members possess both a petiole and postpetiole and do not enclose their young in cocoons, suggesting of evolutionary advancement in comparison with, for example, the Formicinae.


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