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Dorylinae (army ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Dorylinae Leach
1893Cerapachyinae Forel
1893Cerapachyini Forel
1901Acanthostichini Emery
1901Aenictinae Emery
1901Cylindromyrmecini Emery
1915Cerapachyini Wheeler
1969Dorylinae Werner p. 128
2002Curticorna Hong p. 537
2002Dorylinae Hong p. 537
2002Curticorna leptogastrosa Hong p. 538 figs. 2.8.331-340
2002Aenictinae Hong p. 541
2002Eoaenictites Hong p. 541
2002Eoaenictites castanifurvus Hong p. 542 figs. Pl 42, fig 2; text-fig 2.8.341-349
2003Cerapachyinae Bolton p. 32
2003Acanthostichini Bolton p. 33
2003Cerapachyini Bolton p. 33
2003Cylindromyrmecini Bolton p. 33
2003Aenictinae Bolton p. 36
2003Dorylinae Bolton p. 36
2012Acanthostichini Bolton
2012Cerapachyinae Bolton
2012Cerapachyini Bolton
2012Curticorna Bolton
2012Curticorna leptogastrosa Bolton
2012Cylindromyrmecini Bolton
2012Eoaenictites Bolton
2012Eoaenictites castanifurvus Bolton
2015Cerapachyinae Dlussky et al. p. 140
2016Dorylinae Borowiec p. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
subfamilyDorylinaeLeach 1815
subfamilyDorylinaeLeach 1815

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.

Subfm. Dorylinae Leach 1815 [army ant]
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G. Acanthostichus Mayr 1887
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Acanthostichus hispaniolicus de Andrade 1998
G. Aenictus Shuckard 1840
G. Cylindromyrmex Mayr 1870
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Cylindromyrmex antillanus de Andrade 1998
Cylindromyrmex electrinus de Andrade 1998
Cylindromyrmex inopinatus de Andrade 2001
G. Dorylus Fabricius 1793 [driver ant]
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Dorylus molestus Gerstäcker 1859
Invalid names: Anomma Shuckard 1840 [synonym], Dissimulodorylus Sosiak et al. 2022 [synonym], Dissimulodorylus perseus Sosiak et al. 2022 [invalid subgroup]
G. Lioponera Mayr 1879
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Lioponera suscitata Viehmeyer 1913
Invalid names: Phyracaces Emery 1902 [synonym]
G. Neivamyrmex Borgmeier 1940
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Neivamyrmex ectopus Wilson 1985
Neivamyrmex iridescens Borgmeier 1950
G. Parasyscia Emery 1882
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Parasyscia conservata Viehmeyer 1913
G. †Procerapachys Wheeler 1915
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Procerapachys annosus Wheeler 1915
Procerapachys favosus Wheeler 1915
Procerapachys sulcatus Dlussky 2009
G. Yunodorylus Xu 2000
Invalid names: Acanthostichini Emery 1901 [invalid subgroup], Aenictinae Emery 1901 [synonym], Cerapachyinae Forel 1893 [synonym], Cerapachyini Forel 1893 [invalid subgroup], Curticorna Hong 2002 [nomen nudum], Cylindromyrmecini Emery 1901 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available