Dorylinae is an ant

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, with distributions in both the

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and

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. Brady ''et al.'' (2014) synonymized the previous dorylomorph subfamilies (Aenictinae, Aenictogitoninae, Cerapachyinae, Ecitoninae, and Leptanilloidinae) under Dorylinae., while Borowiec (2016) reviewed and revised the genera, resurrecting many genera which had previously been merged. Dorylinae genera are suggested to have evolved sometime between , subsequently undergoing rapid

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events during their early history.

Genera

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Acanthostichus ''Acanthostichus'' is a predatory and predominantly subterranean genus of ant in the subfamily Dorylinae. They are found in the New World, from the southern United States to Uruguay, Paraguay and northern Argentina. They are probably common, but ...

'' Mayr, 1887 *''

Aenictogiton ''Aenictogiton'' is a genus of ants, comprising seven rarely collected species. All of the species are known only from males from Central Africa, and show a morphological and phylogenetic affinity to the army ant genus ''Dorylus ''Dorylus'', ...

'' Emery, 1901 *''

Aenictus ''Aenictus'' is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It contains about 181 species, making it one of the larger ant genera of the world. Biology and distribution The genus presently has 181 species, dist ...

'' Shuckard, 1840 *'' Cerapachys'' Smith, 1857 *''

Cheliomyrmex ''Cheliomyrmex'' is a New World genus of army ants in the subfamily Dorylinae. In Central America, ''C. morosus'' is known from Mexico to Honduras, and Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es ...

'' Mayr, 1870 *''

Chrysapace ''Chrysapace'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae containing four described species. The genus is distributed across the Malaysian peninsula, Indonesia, and the Philippines, with undescribed species from Madagascar and from Baltic amb ...

'' Crawley, 1924 *'' Cylindromyrmex'' Mayr, 1870 *'' Dorylus'' Fabricius, 1793 *'' Eburopone'' Borowiec, 2016 *''

Eciton ''Eciton'' is a New World army ant genus that contains the most familiar species of army ants. The most predominant and well-known species is ''Eciton burchellii'', which is also more commonly known as the army ant and is considered the type spec ...

'' Latreille, 1804 *''

Eusphinctus ''Sphinctomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae. The genus is a tropical and distinctive group, originally described by Mayr based on a single gyne collected in Brazil. Morphologically, the genus is characterized by the unique ...

'' Emery, 1893 *''

Labidus ''Labidus'' is a genus of New World army ants in the subfamily Dorylinae. The genus is known from the United States to Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in t ...

'' Jurine, 1807 *''

Leptanilloides ''Leptanilloides'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae. ''Leptanilloides'' is an uncommonly collected genus with subterranean habits in the New World Andean and sub-Andean tropics. Taxonomy With cryptic and eyeless worker ants, th ...

'' Mann, 1923 *''

Lioponera ''Lioponera'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae containing approximately 74 described species. The genus is distributed widely across the Afrotropical, Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, and Palearctic bioregions. ''Lioponera'' was d ...

'' Mayr, 1879 *''

Lividopone ''Lividopone'' is a monotypic genus of ants belonging to the family Formicidae containing the single species ''Lividopone livida'' and is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such a ...

'' Bolton & Fisher, 2016 *''

Neivamyrmex ''Neivamyrmex'' is a genus of army ants in the subfamily Dorylinae. Range ''Neivamyrmex'' species can be found from the central United States to southern Argentina. Taxonomy As of 2021, 129 ''Neivamyrmex'' species have been identified. H ...

'' Borgmeier, 1940 *''

Neocerapachys ''Neocerapachys'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae containing 2 described species. The genus is distributed across the Neotropical The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface ...

'' Borowiec, 2016 *''

Nomamyrmex ''Nomamyrmex'' is a genus of army ants in the subfamily Dorylinae. Its two species are distributed in the Neotropics: ''Nomamyrmex esenbeckii'' is known from southern United States to northern Argentina, and ''Nomamyrmex hartigii'' is known fro ...

'' Borgmeier, 1936 *''

Ooceraea ''Ooceraea'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae containing approximately 16 described species. The genus is distributed across the Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, Neotropical, Oceania, and Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearc ...

'' Roger, 1862 *''

Parasyscia ''Parasyscia'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae containing approximately 50 described species. The genus is distributed across the Afrotropical, Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, Oceania, and Palearctic The Palearctic or Palae ...

'' Emery, 1882 *†''

Procerapachys ''Procerapachys'' is an extinct genus of ants which existed 37 to 42 million years ago. A member of the subfamily Dorylinae of the family Formicidae, ''Procerapachys'' was first described by American entomologist William Morton Wheeler Willi ...

'' Wheeler, 1915 *''

Simopone ''Simopone'' is a genus of predominantly arboreal ants in the subfamily Dorylinae. The genus is widely distributed in the Old World tropics, with the majority of species in Madagascar and sub-Saharan Africa. Taxonomy The genus was first describ ...

'' Forel, 1891 *''

Sphinctomyrmex ''Sphinctomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae. The genus is a tropical and distinctive group, originally described by Mayr based on a single gyne collected in Brazil. Morphologically, the genus is characterized by the unique ...

'' Mayr, 1866 *''

Syscia ''Syscia'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae containing thirty eight described species. The genus is distributed widely across the Eastern Asia, North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and al ...

'' Roger, 1861 *'' Tanipone'' Bolton & Fisher, 2012 *'' Vicinopone'' Bolton & Fisher, 2012 *'' Yunodorylus'' Xu, 2000 *'' Zasphinctus'' Wheeler, 1918

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