''Anoplolepis'', also known as the "pugnacious ants", is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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 in the
subfamily
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Formicinae
The Formicinae are a subfamily within the Formicidae containing ants of moderate evolutionary development.
Formicines retain some primitive features, such as the presence of cocoons around pupae, the presence of ocelli in workers, and littl ...
and tribe
Lasiini.
The genus is mainly found in the
Afrotropics
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, with a few native species known from the
Malagasy and
Oriental
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In English, it is largely a meto ...
regions (and some introduced in other places).
Species
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Anoplolepis carinata''
(Emery, 1899)
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Anoplolepis custodiens''
(Smith, 1858)
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Anoplolepis fallax''
(Mayr, 1865)
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Anoplolepis gracilipes''
(Smith, 1857)
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Anoplolepis nuptialis''
(Santschi, 1917)
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Anoplolepis opaciventris''
(Emery, 1899)
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Anoplolepis rufescens''
(Santschi, 1917)
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Anoplolepis steingroeveri''
(Forel, 1894)
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Anoplolepis tenella''
(Santschi, 1911)
References
External links
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Formicinae
Ant genera
Taxa named by Felix Santschi
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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