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Aneuretinae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Higher classification
  
Ant

Order
  
Hymenopterans

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Subfamily

Aneuretinae

Similar
  
Agroecomyrmecinae, Heteroponerinae, Aenictogiton, Leptanilloidinae, Leptanillinae

Aneuretinae is a subfamily of ants consisting of a single extant species, Aneuretus simoni (Sri Lankan relict ant), and 9 fossil species. Earlier, the phylogenetic position of A. simoni was thought to be intermediate between primitive and advanced subfamilies of ants, but recent studies have shown it is the nearest living relative of subfamily Dolichoderinae.

Genera

  • Aneuretini Emery, 1913
  • Aneuretellus Dlussky, 1988
  • Aneuretus Emery, 1893
  • Mianeuretus Carpenter, 1930
  • Paraneuretus Wheeler, 1915
  • Protaneuretus Wheeler, 1915
  • Pityomyrmecini Wheeler, 1915
  • Pityomyrmex Wheeler, 1915
  • incertae sedis
  • Burmomyrma Dlussky, 1996
  • Britaneuretus Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2014
  • Cananeuretus Engel & Grimaldi, 2005
  • References

    Aneuretinae Wikipedia