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Oecophyllini

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Oecophyllini was named by Emery (1895). It is extant. Its type is Oecophylla.

It was assigned to Camponotinae by Wheeler (1915); and to Formicinae by Bolton (2003), Bolton (2012), Ward et al. (2016), Archibald et al. (2024).

Subtaxa
Eoecophylla, Oecophylla (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Oecophyllini Emery
1915Oecophyllini Wheeler
2003Oecophyllini Bolton p. 25
2012Oecophyllini Bolton
2016Oecophyllini Ward et al. p. 348
2024Oecophyllini Archibald et al. p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
Antennoclypeata
Euformicia
Doryloformicia
Formicia
Formicomyrmida
Formicomorpha
subfamilyFormicinae
tribeOecophylliniEmery 1895
tribeOecophylliniEmery 1895

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Oecophyllini Emery 1895
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G. †Eoecophylla Archibald et al. 2024
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Eoecophylla quilchenensis Archibald et al. 2024
G. Oecophylla Smith 1860 [weaver ant]
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Oecophylla atavina Cockerell 1915
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Invalid names: Oecophylla perdita Cockerell 1915 [synonym]
Oecophylla bartoniana Cockerell 1920
Oecophylla brischkei Mayr 1868
Oecophylla crassinoda Wheeler 1922
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Invalid names: Oecophylla brevinodis Wheeler 1915 [replaced]
Oecophylla eckfeldiana Dlussky et al. 2008
Oecophylla kraussei Dlussky and Rasnitsyn 1999
Oecophylla leakeyi Wilson and Taylor 1964
Oecophylla longiceps Dlussky et al. 2008
Oecophylla macroptera Dlussky 1981
Oecophylla megarche Cockerell 1915
Oecophylla obesa Heer 1849
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Invalid names: Attopsis anthracina Heer 1849 [synonym], Attopsis nigra Heer 1849 [synonym], Formica pinguis Heer 1849 [synonym]
Oecophylla praeclara Förster 1891
Oecophylla sicula Emery 1891
Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius 1775
Oecophylla superba Theobald 1937
Oecophylla taurica Perfilieva et al. 2017
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available