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The notorious ant genus Myrmecia is known for their venomous stings and aggression, which has caused several human deaths in sensitive people. Subfamily Myrmeciinae Emery, 1877 – seven genera, 111 species [ 182 ]
Fossil ant genera (1 C, 31 P) M. Monotypic ant genera (1 C, 66 P) Pages in category "Ant genera" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately ...
Amblyoponinae is a subfamily of ants in the poneromorph subfamilies group containing 13 extant genera and one extinct genus. The ants in this subfamily are mostly specialized subterranean predators. [1] Adult workers pierce the integument (non lethally) of their larvae and pupa to imbibe haemolymph, earning them the common name Dracula ant. [2]
Myrmeciinae is a subfamily of the Formicidae, ants once found worldwide but now restricted to Australia and New Caledonia.This subfamily is one of several ant subfamilies which possess gamergates, female worker ants which are able to mate and reproduce, thus sustaining the colony after the loss of the queen. [2]
An ant pictured in the coat of arms of Multia, a town in Finland. Ant society has always fascinated humans and has been written about both humorously and seriously. Mark Twain wrote about ants in his 1880 book A Tramp Abroad. [231] Some modern authors have used the example of the ants to comment on the relationship between society and the ...
Myrmicinae is a subfamily of ants, with about 140 extant genera; [1] their distribution is cosmopolitan. The pupae lack cocoons. Some species retain a functional sting. The petioles of Myrmicinae consist of two nodes. The nests are permanent and in soil, rotting wood, under stones, or in trees. [2]
Contains the single genus Paraponera consisting of two species: the extant Paraponera clavata, also known as a bullet ant, found in the Neotropics, and the very small fossil species Paraponera dieteri known from Dominican amber (Early Miocene). [31] [32] Paraponera clavata: Ponerinae Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 47: 12: Ponera Latreille, 1804
Ponerinae, the ponerine ants, [2] is a subfamily of ants in the Poneromorph subfamilies group, with about 1,600 species in 47 extant genera, including Dinoponera gigantea - one of the world's largest species of ant. Mated workers have replaced the queen as the functional egg-layers in several species of ponerine ants.