Myrmelachistini Explained
Myrmelachistini is a tribe of ants in the family Formicidae. There are at least 2 genera and 50 described species in Myrmelachistini.[1] [2] [3] [4]
In 2016, the tribe Myrmelachistini was resurrected and the genera Brachymyrmex and Myrmelachista were transferred to it from the tribe Plagiolepidini.[5] [6] [7]
Genera
Further reading
- Book: Arnett . Ross H.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Book: Bolton . B.. Alpert . G.. Naskrecki . S.. Ward . P.. 2007. A New General Catalogue of the Ants of the World 1758–2005.
- Sharkey . M.J.. 2007. Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera. Zootaxa. 309. 13–48.
- Sharkey . M.J.. Carpenter . J.M.. Vilhelmsen . L.. 2012. Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera. Cladistics. 28. 1. 80–112. 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00366.x. 33628659. free. 34861753. 10.1.1.721.8852.
- Ward . P.S.. 2007. Phylogeny, classification, and species-level taxonomy of ants. Zootaxa . 1668. 10.11646/zootaxa.1668.1.26.
Notes and References
- Web site: Myrmelachistini Tribe Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-02-11.
- Web site: Myrmelachistini Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-02-11.
- Web site: Myrmelachistini Overview. Encyclopedia of Life. 2018-02-11.
- Web site: 2018-02-11. AntWeb. California Academy of Sciences.
- Ward . Philip S.. Blaimer . Bonnie B.. Fisher . Brian L.. 2016. A revised phylogenetic classification of the ant subfamily Formicinae(Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with resurrection of the genera Colobopsis and Dinomyrmex. Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 4072. 3. 343–57. 10.11646/zootaxa.4072.3.4. 27395929. free.
- Christopher M. Wilson . Autumn Smith-Herron . 2016. Morphology of the male genitalia of Brachymyrmex and their implications in the Formicinae phylogeny. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. Pensoft Publishers. 50. 81–95. 1070-9428. 10.3897/JHR.50.8697. free. 6859766 .
- Web site: 2018-03-10. AntWeb. California Academy of Sciences.
