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Plagiolepidini are an
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 ...
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 ...
from 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 ...
. The following
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 ...
belong to this tribe: * '' Acropyga'' Roger, 1862 * '' Agraulomyrmex'' Prins, 1983 * '' Anoplolepis'' Santschi, 1914 * '' Aphomomyrmex'' Emery, 1899 * '' Bregmatomyrma'' Wheeler, 1929 * '' Lepisiota'' Santschi, 1926 * '' Petalomyrmex'' Snelling, 1979 * '' Plagiolepis'' Mayr, 1861 * '' Tapinolepis'' Emery, 1925


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* Formicinae Ant tribes Taxa named by Auguste Forel {{formicinae-stub