Stenammini is a
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confl ...
of
Myrmicine ants
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 Creta ...
with 6 genera and 1 fossil genus. Many genera in this tribe are known to collect seeds.
Genera
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Aphaenogaster
''Aphaenogaster'' is a genus of myrmicine ants. About 200 species have been described, including 18 fossil species. They occur worldwide except in South America south of Colombia, sub-Saharan Africa, and Antarctica.
They are often confused w ...
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Mayr, 1853
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Goniomma''
Emery, 1895
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Messor
''Messor'' is a myrmicine genus of ants with more than 100 species, all of which are harvester ants; the generic name comes from the Roman god of crops and harvest, Messor. The subterranean colonies tend to be found in open fields and near roa ...
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Forel, 1890
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Novomessor''
Emery, 1915
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Oxyopomyrmex''
André, 1881
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Paraphaenogaster''
Dlussky, 1981
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Stenamma''
Westwood, 1839
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Veromessor''
Forel, 1917
References
Myrmicinae
Ant tribes
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