Subfamily Myrmeciinae Smith 1851 (bulldog ant)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Parent taxon: Myrmeciomorpha according to J. T. Oberski et al. 2025
See also Bolton 2003, Bolton 2012, Dlussky et al. 2015 and Jouault and Nel 2021
Sister taxon: Pseudomyrmecinae
Subtaxa: Archimyrmex Avitomyrmex Macabeemyrma Myrmeciites Prionomyrmecini Propalosoma Tyrannomecia Ypresiomyrma
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Eocene of Argentina (2), Canada (4: British Columbia), Denmark (3), Germany (2), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (7), Ukraine (1), United States (10: Colorado, Washington)
• Paleocene of France (1)
Total: 32 collections including 42 occurrences