Prionomyrmecini
| Prionomyrmecini | |
|---|---|
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| Nothomyrmecia macrops | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Superfamily: | Vespoidea |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
| Tribe: | Prionomyrmecini Wheeler, 1915 |
| Species | |
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Prionomyrmecini is an ant tribe belonging to the subfamily Myrmeciinae.[1] The only living genus in this tribe is Nothomyrmecia, with the extinct genera Archimyrmex and Prionomyrmex the type genus for which the tribe is named.
Characteristics
With the following apomorphies:[2]
- Masticatory margins of the closed mandibles meeting along most of their length but not broadly overlapping, forming a tight closure with the anteromedially protruding clypeus
- Stout setiform cuticular projections on masticatory margin of mandible
- Lateral clypeal carina present
- Worker ocelli reduced or absent
References
- ↑ Antwiki, accessed 1 March 2013
- ↑ Tree of Life Web Project, accessed 1 March 2013