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Monotypic taxon: Subfamily Myrmeciinae Emery, 1877 (ant)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Insecta - (Order) Hymenoptera - (Family) Formicidae

Original entries

†*Avitomyrmex* (Genus) S.B. Archibald et al., 2006
†*Macabeemyrma* (Genus) S.B. Archibald et al., 2006
†*Myrmeciites* (Genus) S.B. Archibald et al., 2006
†*Ypresiomyrma* (Genus) S.B. Archibald et al., 2006

Current position

myrmeciomorph group (Subfamily group)

Ref: M.S. Engel & D.A. Grimaldi, 2005: 4.

Alternative positions

Formicidae (Family) Latreille, 1809

Ref: N.F. Johnson & L. Musetti, 2008-2009: 17 Sep 2009.

Historical positions

*myrmeciomorph group* (Subfamily group)	Ref: M.S. Engel & D.A. Grimaldi, 2005: 4.
*Formicidae* (Family) Latreille, 1809	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1g;90s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[1g;90s]
2008-2009	N.F. Johnson & L. Musetti: 18 Feb 2009	[1g;90s]

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