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Attini

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Attini was named by Smith (1858). It is extant. Its type is Atta.

It was assigned to Myrmicinae by Bolton (2003), Bolton (2012) and Ward et al. (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Attini Smith
1877Pheidolini Emery
1892Dacetini Forel
1949Cephalotini Smith
1999Cephalotini de Andrade and Baroni Urbani
2003Dacetini Bolton p. 54
2003Attini Bolton p. 56
2003Cephalotini Bolton p. 56
2003Pheidolini Bolton p. 63
2012Attini Bolton
2012Cephalotini Bolton
2012Dacetini Bolton
2012Pheidolini Bolton
2015Attini Ward et al. p. 77

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
subfamilyMyrmicinae
tribeAttiniSmith 1858
tribeAttiniSmith 1858

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. Attini Smith 1858
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G. Acanthognathus Mayr 1887
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Acanthognathus poinari Baroni Urbani 1994
Subtr. Attina Smith 1858
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G. Acromyrmex Mayr 1865
G. Apterostigma Mayr 1865
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Apterostigma eowilsoni Schultz 2007
G. Atta Fabricius 1804
G. Cyphomyrmex Mayr 1862
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Cyphomyrmex maya de Andrade 2003
Cyphomyrmex taino de Andrade 2003
G. Mycetomoellerius Solomon et al. 2019
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Mycetomoellerius primaevus Baroni Urbani 1980
G. Trachymyrmex Forel 1893
G. Cephalotes Latreille 1802
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Cephalotes alveolatus Vierbergen and Scheven 1995
Cephalotes bloosi Baroni Urbani and de Andrade 1999
Cephalotes brevispineus de Andrade 1999
Cephalotes caribicus de Andrade 1999
Cephalotes dieteri Baroni Urbani 1999
Cephalotes hispaniolicus de Andrade 1999
Cephalotes integerrimus Vierbergen and Scheven 1995
Cephalotes jansei Vierbergen and Scheven 1995
Cephalotes maya de Andrade 1999
Cephalotes obscurus Vierbergen and Scheven 1995
Cephalotes olmecus de Andrade 1999
Cephalotes poinari Baroni Urbani 1999
Cephalotes resinae de Andrade 1999
Cephalotes serratus Vierbergen and Scheven 1995
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Invalid names: Exocryptocerus elevatus Vierbergen and Scheven 1995 [synonym], Exocryptocerus truncatus Vierbergen and Scheven 1995 [synonym]
Cephalotes squamosus Vierbergen and Scheven 1995
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Invalid names: Zacryptocerus pseudoaztecus Vierbergen and Scheven 1995 [synonym]
Cephalotes sucinus de Andrade 1999
Cephalotes taino de Andrade 1999
Cephalotes ventriosus de Andrade 1999
Invalid names: Exocryptocerus Vierbergen and Scheven 1995 [synonym], Zacryptocerus Ashmead 1905 [synonym]
G. Pheidole Westwood 1840
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Pheidole anticua Casadei-Ferreira et al. 2019
Pheidole pallidula Nylander 1849
Pheidole pauchil Varela-Hernández and Riquelme 2021
Pheidole plagiaria Smith 1860
Pheidole primigenia Baroni Urbani 1995
Pheidole rasnitsyni Dubovikoff 2011
Pheidole tertiaria Carpenter 1930
Pheidole tethepa Wilson 1985
G. Strumigenys Smith 1860
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Strumigenys electrina de Andrade 1994
Strumigenys pilosula de Andrade 2007
Strumigenys poinari Baroni Urbani and de Andrade 2007
Strumigenys schleeorum Baroni Urbani 1994
Invalid names: Smithistruma Brown 1948 [synonym]
Invalid names: Cephalotini Smith 1949 [synonym], Dacetini Forel 1892 [synonym], Pheidolini Emery 1877 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available