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Welcome to Subfamily Myrmicinae!

Myrmicinae - Liber Deserti

Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Hymenoptera > Suborder Apocrita > Infraorder Aculeata > Superfamily Formicoidea > Family Formicidae > Subfamily Myrmicinae

(From Wikipedia) Myrmicinae is a subfamily of antsin the family Formicidae.

FACT: These ants have a postpetiole, which is a small extension of the hymenopteran "wasp waist" beyond the normal length!

Currently discovered: 3/6 Tribes

Tribe

  1. Attini - Higher Myrmicine Ants
  2. Solenopsidini - Solenopsidine Ants
  3. Crematogastrini - Crematogastrine Ants