| Aneuretinae | |
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| Aneuretus simoni ( Sri Lankan relict ant), the sole extant member of the subfamily | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: |
Aneuretinae Emery, 1913 |
| Type genus | |
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Aneuretus Emery, 1893
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| Diversity [1] | |
| 9 genera | |
Aneuretinae is a subfamily of ants consisting of a single extant species, Aneuretus simoni ( Sri Lankan relict ant), and 9 fossil species. [2] Earlier, the phylogenetic position of A. simoni was thought to be intermediate between primitive and advanced subfamilies of ants, [3] but recent studies have shown it is the nearest living relative of subfamily Dolichoderinae. [4] [5]
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
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incertae sedis
- † Britaneuretus Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2014
- † Cananeuretus Engel & Grimaldi, 2005
Burmomyrma was formerly placed here, but is actually an ant-mimic wasp.
References
- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Aneuretinae". AntCat. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ "Subfamily: Aneuretinae". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
- ^ Wilson et al. 1956, p. 81
- ^ Ward et al. 2010, p. 342
- ^ Karunarathna & Karunaratne 2013, p. 4604
Sources cited
- Karunarathna, D. A. G. N. B.; Karunaratne, W. A. I. P. (2013), "Two new localities of Sri Lankan Relict Ant Aneuretus simoni Emery, 1893 (Formicidae: Aneuretinae) with the very first record in the intermediate zone", Journal of Threatened Taxa, 5 (11): 4604–4607, doi: 10.11609/JoTT.o3334.4604-7
- Ward, P. S.; Brady, S. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Schultz, T. R. (2010), "Phylogeny and Biogeography of Dolichoderine Ants: Effects of Data Partitioning and Relict Taxa on Historical Inference", Systematic Biology, 59 (3): 342–362, doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syq012, PMID 20525640
- Wilson, E.O.; T. Eisner; G.C. Wheeler & J. Wheeler (1956), "Aneuretus simoni Emery, a major link in ant evolution.", Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 115: 81–99
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