Solenopsidini (meaning "pipe-faced")
is a
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...
of
myrmicine
Myrmicinae is a subfamily of ants, with about 140 extant genera; their distribution is cosmopolitan. The pupae lack cocoons. Some species retain a functional sting. The petioles of Myrmicinae consist of two nodes. The nests are permanent and ...
ants with about 20
genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...
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Genera
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Adelomyrmex
''Adelomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. Species of ''Adelomyrmex'' are small, litter-inhabiting ants most often collected in Berlese and Winkler samples. Although the genus and its relatives have a pantropical distribu ...
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Anillomyrma''
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Austromorium''
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Baracidris''
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Bariamyrma
''Bariamyrma'' (from "Baria", name of a river; Latin '' hispidula'', diminutive for "hairy, bristly") is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae containing the single species ''Bariamyrma hispidula''. The genus is known only from queens fr ...
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Bondroitia
''Bondroitia'' is a small genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. Its two species are from Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (1 ...
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Cryptomyrmex
''Cryptomyrmex'' is a genus of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. The genus is known from Brazil and Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si ...
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Dolopomyrmex''
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Epelysidris
''Epelysidris brocha'' is the only species of ant in the genus ''Epelysidris''. Described by Barry Bolton in 1987 in Borneo
Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic ce ...
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Kempfidris
''Kempfidris'' is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae containing the single species ''Kempfidris inusualis''. Known from Brazil, Ecuador and Venezuela, the species was originally described as ''Monomorium inusuale'' in 200 ...
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Machomyrma
''Machomyrma'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae containing the single species ''Machomyrma dispar''. The genus is known only from Australia, where the ants are rarely encountered. Colonies nest is soil or between rocks in habitats ...
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Megalomyrmex''
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Monomorium
''Monomorium'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. As of 2013 it contains about 396 species. It is distributed around the world, with many species native to the Old World tropics. It is considered to be "one of the more important grou ...
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Myrmicaria''
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Oxyepoecus''
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Rogeria''
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Solenopsis''
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Stegomyrmex
''Stegomyrmex'' is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. Strictly Neotropical in its distribution, the genus is known from Costa Rica to northern Argentina. It was once considered rare, but more recent sampling has revealed ...
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Syllophopsis
''Syllophopsis'' is a genus of ants belonging to the family Formicidae.
The species of this genus are found in Southern Hemisphere (except Southern America).
Species
Species:
*'' Syllophopsis adiastolon''
*'' Syllophopsis australica''
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Tropidomyrmex
''Tropidomyrmex'' is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. The genus contains the single species ''Tropidomyrmex elianae'', known from Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portugu ...
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Tyrannomyrmex
''Tyrannomyrmex'' is a rare tropical genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. Three similar species, only known from workers, are recognized and share small eyes and edentate mandibles.
Species
Two of the species are known only from single wor ...
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References
Myrmicinae
Ant tribes
Taxa named by Auguste Forel
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