Myrmecorhynchini

Classification after Bolton (2003).

Containing group: Formicinae

Characteristics

The Myrmecorhynchini lack any obvious apomorphies, and share some features with the Gesomyrmecini and Formicini (and related tribes), but lack their apomorphies (Bolton 2003). It may not be monophyletic.

References

Bolton, B. 1994. Identification Guide to the Ant Genera of the World. 222 pp. Cambridge, Mass.

Bolton, B. 1995. A New General Catalog of the Ants of the World. 504 pp. Cambridge, Mass.

Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. 370 pp. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 71. Gainesville, FL.

Hölldobler, B. and E. O. Wilson. 1990. The Ants. 732 pp. Harvard University Press.

Wheeler, G. C. & Wheeler, J. 1976. Ant larvae: review and synthesis. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington 74: 1-108.

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