Aneuretinae is a
subfamily
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of
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 consisting of a single extant
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
, ''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
Dolichoderinae is a subfamily of ants, which includes species such as the Argentine ant (''Linepithema humile''), the erratic ant, the odorous house ant, and the cone ant. The subfamily presents a great diversity of species throughout the wor ...
.
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 is a term used for a taxonomy (biology), 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, uncertainty ...
''
**†''
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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Ant subfamilies
Taxa named by Carlo Emery
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