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 use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definition is contested, in part due to conflict ...
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 ...
ant
Ants are Eusociality, eusocial insects of the Family (biology), family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the Taxonomy (biology), order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from Vespoidea, vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cre ...
s with about 20
genera
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...
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Genera
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Adelomyrmex''
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Anillomyrma
''Anillomyrma'' is an Asian genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.
Distribution and habitat
Its two species are distributed in south, southeast and East Asia. ''A. decamera'' is known from Sri Lanka, India, Vietnam and China, and ''A. trid ...
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Austromorium''
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Baracidris''
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Bariamyrma''
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Bondroitia''
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Chelaner''
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Cryptomyrmex''
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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 () is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world, with an area of , and population of 23 ...
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Erromyrma''
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Kempfidris''
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Megalomyrmex
''Megalomyrmex'' is a genus of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. The genus is known only from the Neotropics, where some of the species are specialized parasites or predators of Attini.
Description
It is difficult to characterize morphologicall ...
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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
''Oxyepoecus'' is a Neotropical genus of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. The genus is a member of the tribe Solenopsidini and currently includes 20 species.
Distribution
The genus of is known from the Neotropics, from Colombia to Chile, where i ...
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Rogeria''
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Solenopsis''
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Stegomyrmex''
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Syllophopsis
''Syllophopsis'' is a genus of Myrmicine ants found across the Southern Hemisphere and the tropics except South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a cons ...
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Tropidomyrmex
''Tropidomyrmex'' is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. The genus contains the monotypic taxon, single species ''Tropidomyrmex elianae'', known from Brazil.
References
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Myrmicinae
Monotypic ant gene ...
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Tyrannomyrmex''
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Unicumyrmex''
References
Myrmicinae
Ant tribes
Taxa named by Auguste Forel
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