Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Synonyms: Cataulacini Emery 1895, Formicoxenini Forel 1893, Meranoplini Emery 1914, Myrmecinini Ashmead 1905, Tetramoriini Emery 1895
Parent taxon: Myrmicinae according to P. S. Ward et al. 2015
See also Ashmead 1905, Bolton 2003, Bolton 2012 and Wheeler 1915
Sister taxa: Afromyrma, Agastomyrma, Aphaenogaster longaeva, Attini, Biamomyrma, Bilobomyrma, Boltonidris, Brachytarsites, Cephalomyrmex, Cephites, Clavipetiola, Electromyrmex, Enneamerus, Eocenidris, Eomyrmex, Fallomyrma, Formica cordata, Fushunomyrmex, Ilemomyrmex, Lelejus, Melissotarsus, Miosolenopsis, Myrmecites, Myrmicini, Orbigastrula, Pogonomyrmecini, Pseudomyrmini, Quadrulicapito, Quineangulicapito, Sinomyrmex, Solenopsidiini, Solenopsidini, Solenopsites, Sphaerogasterites, Stenammini, Wumyrmex, Zhangidris
Subtaxa: Cardiocondyla Carebara Cataulacus Crematogaster Eocenomyrma Gauromyrmex Hypopomyrmex Leptothorax Lonchomyrmex Lophomyrmex Lordomyrma Meranoplus Myrmecina Nesomyrmex Oxyidris Parameranoplus Podomyrma Pristomyrmex Proatta Proleptothorax Stigmomyrmex Stiphromyrmex Temnothorax Tetramorium Thanacomyrmex Vollenhovia
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), Colombia (2), France (1), Greenland (1), Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of China (1), Croatia (1), the Czech Republic (1), the Dominican Republic (6), Germany (2), Italy (1), Malaysia (1), Mexico (1), Poland (1), Romania (1), United States (1: Alaska)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), Denmark (1), Germany (3), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (8), Ukraine (3), United States (1: Montana)
Total: 45 collections including 95 occurrences