''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 ...

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 In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...

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 Lasiini is a tribe of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. There are about 10 genera and more than 450 described species in Lasiini. Genera These genera belong to the tribe Lasiini: * ''Cladomyrma'' Wheeler, 1920 * ''Euprenolepis'' Emery, 1906 * ' ...

. The genus is mainly found in the

Afrotropics The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopi ...

, with a few native species known from the Malagasy and

Oriental The Orient is a term referring to the East in relation to Europe, traditionally comprising anything belonging to the Eastern world. It is the antonym of the term ''Occident'', which refers to the Western world. In English, it is largely a meto ...

regions (and some introduced in other places).

Species

*'' Anoplolepis carinata'' (Emery, 1899) *''

Anoplolepis custodiens ''Anoplolepis custodiens'', commonly known as the common pugnacious ant, is a species of ant in the genus ''Anoplolepis'', native to central and southern Africa. Individual ants may come in a range of colors and sizes. Found in dry and cultivated ...

'' (Smith, 1858) *'' Anoplolepis fallax'' (Mayr, 1865) *''

Anoplolepis gracilipes ''Anoplolepis'', also known as the "pugnacious ants", is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae and tribe Lasiini. The genus is mainly found in the Afrotropics, with a few native species known from the Malagasy and Oriental regions (and som ...

'' (Smith, 1857) *'' Anoplolepis nuptialis'' (Santschi, 1917) *'' Anoplolepis opaciventris'' (Emery, 1899) *'' Anoplolepis rufescens'' (Santschi, 1917) *''

Anoplolepis steingroeveri ''Anoplolepis steingroeveri'' is a species 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 evol ...

'' (Forel, 1894) *'' Anoplolepis tenella'' (Santschi, 1911)

References

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* Formicinae Ant genera Taxa named by Felix Santschi Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{formicinae-stub