Biology:Dorylinae

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Dorylinae
Dorylus gribodoi casent0172627 dorsal 1.jpg
D. gribodoi
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Leach, 1815
Type genus
Dorylus
Fabricius, 1793
Diversity[1]
28 genera

Dorylinae is an ant subfamily, with distributions in both the Old World and New World. Brady et al. (2014) synonymized the previous dorylomorph subfamilies (Aenictinae, Aenictogitoninae, Cerapachyinae, Ecitoninae, and Leptanilloidinae) under Dorylinae,[2] while Borowiec (2016) reviewed and revised the genera, resurrecting many genera which had previously been merged.[3] Dorylinae genera are suggested to have evolved sometime between 102 to 74 million years ago, subsequently undergoing rapid adaptive radiation events during their early history.[2]

Genera


References

  1. Bolton, B. (2016). "Dorylinae". AntCat. http://antcat.org/catalog/429481. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Brady, Seán G; Fisher, Brian L; Schultz, Ted R; Ward, Philip S (2014). "The rise of army ants and their relatives: diversification of specialized predatory doryline ants". BMC Evolutionary Biology 14: 2–14. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-14-93. PMID 24886136. 
  3. Borowiec, M. (2016). "Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)". ZooKeys (608): 1–280. doi:10.3897/zookeys.608.9427. PMID 27559303. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4037541 entry