Aneuretinae is a
subfamily of
ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of ...
s consisting of a single extant
species
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, ''Aneuretus simoni'' (
Sri Lankan relict ant), and 9 fossil species.
Earlier, the
phylogenetic
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position of ''A. simoni'' was thought to be intermediate between primitive and advanced subfamilies of ants,
but recent studies have shown it is the nearest living relative of subfamily
Dolichoderinae.
Genera
*Aneuretini
Emery, 1913
**†''
Aneuretellus''
Dlussky, 1988
**''
Aneuretus''
Emery, 1893
**†''
Mianeuretus''
Carpenter, 1930
**†''
Paraneuretus''
Wheeler, 1915
**†''
Protaneuretus''
Wheeler, 1915
*†Pityomyrmecini
Wheeler, 1915
**†''
Pityomyrmex''
Wheeler, 1915
*''
incertae sedis
' () or ''problematica'' is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertain ...
''
**†''
Britaneuretus''
Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2014
**†''
Cananeuretus''
Engel & Grimaldi, 2005
''
Burmomyrma'' was formerly placed here, but is actually an ant-mimic wasp.
References
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External links
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Ant subfamilies
Taxa named by Carlo Emery
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