Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Alternative spelling: Leptomyrmicini
Full reference: C. Emery. 1913. Hymenoptera, Fam. Formicidae, Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137:1-50
Parent taxon: Dolichoderinae according to G. Dlussky et al. 2014
See also Bolton 2003, Bolton 2012 and Emery 1913
Sister taxa: Alloiomma, Asymphylomyrmex, Bothriomyrmecini, Dlusskyus, Dolichoderini, Dolichoderus obliteratus, Elaeomyrmex, Elaphrodites, Eldermyrmex, Emplastus, Eotapinoma, Eurymyrmex, Kotshkorkia, Ktunaxia, Leptomyrmula, Miomyrmecini, Petraeomyrmex, Proiridomyrmex, Protazteca, Shanwangella, Tapinomini, Usomyrma, Zherichiniini
Subtaxa: Anonychomyrma Azteca Chronomyrmex Gracilidris Iridomyrmex Leptomyrmex Schismiscapus Yantaromyrmex
Type: Leptomyrmex
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Colombia (2 collections), the Dominican Republic (1), Indonesia (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of China (2), the Dominican Republic (13), Mexico (4)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), Germany (3), Lithuania (1), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (21), Ukraine (4), United States (7: Arkansas, Colorado)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta)
Total: 66 collections including 90 occurrences