Pheidolini
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| Pheidolini | |
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| Pheidole megacephala worker | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Pheidolini Emery, 1877 |
| Type genus | |
| Pheidole | |
| Genera | |
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Pheidolini is a tribe of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[1]
Appearance
The tribe of Pheidolini have a few distinguishing physical attributes: the promesonotum is domed, enlarged, and has a divided appearance. Also, the mesonotum is elongated posteriorly and the posterior portion is sloped.
Genera
- Anisopheidole Forel, 1914
- Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1853
- Chimaeridris Wilson, 1989
- Goniomma Emery, 1895
- Kartidris Bolton, 1991
- †Lonchomyrmex Mayr, 1867
- Lophomyrmex Emery, 1892
- Messor Forel, 1890
- Ocymyrmex Emery, 1886
- Oxyopomyrmex André, 1881
- †Paraphaenogaster Dlussky, 1981
- Pheidole Westwood, 1839
References
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2013), "An online catalog of the ants of the world.", AntCat, retrieved 10 October 2013
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