Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

Formicidae: “Cerapachyinae”

Main Groups of Insects

After Moreau, Bell, Vila, Archibald & Pierce, 2006

<==o Cerapachyinae Forel, 1893 [paraphyletic, incl. Leptanilloidinae]
   |--o Acanthostichini Emery, 1901
   |  `-- Acanthostichus
   |--o Cylindromyrmecini Mayr, 1870
   |  `-- Cylindromyrmex
   `==o “Cerapachyini” Forel, 1893 [paraphyletic]
      |--+--o Yunodorylus Xu, 2000
      |  |  `-- Y. sexspinus
      |  `-- Sphinctomyrmex
      `--+--o Carapachys Smith, 1857
         |  `-- C. augustae
         `--o Leptanilloidinae Bolton, 1992
            |?- Amyrmex
            |?- Asphinctanilloides
            `--o Leptanilloidini Bolton, 1992
               `--o Leptanilloides
                  |-- L. mckennae
                  |-- L. nomada
                  `-- L. nubecula

Reference(s):

• Anonymous, 2009: Cerapachyinae (visited: 2009-08-22)
  –iNet: Wikispecies: http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cerapachyinae [last updated: 2008-09-16]
• Moreau, C. S., Bell, C. D., Vila, R., Archibald, S. B. & Pierce, N. E., 2006: Phylogeny of the ants: diversification in the Age of Angiosperms.
  –Science: Vol. 312, pp. 101-104

 

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