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Myrmelachistini is a tribe 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 family of Formicidae. There are at least 2 genera and 50 described species in Myrmelachistini. In 2016, the tribe Myrmelachistini was resurrected and the genera ''Brachymyrmex'' and ''Myrmelachista'' were transferred to it from the tribe Plagiolepidini.


Genera

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Brachymyrmex ''Brachymyrmex'' is a genus in the ants subfamily Formicinae. The genus can be recognized by the combination of having nine antennal segments (fewer than most ants) and the petiole concealed by the gaster in dorsal view. They are sometimes calle ...
'' Mayr, 1868 (rover ants) * ''Myrmelachista'' Roger, 1863


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Further reading

* * * * * Formicinae {{Formicinae-stub