Myrmeciinae
Subfamily of ants
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Tribes and genera
- Tribe Myrmeciini Emery, 1877
- Myrmecia Fabricius, 1804
- Tribe Prionomyrmecini Wheeler, 1915
- Nothomyrmecia Clark, 1934
- †Prionomyrmex Mayr, 1868
- †Propalosoma Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 1999
- †Tyrannomecia Jouault & Nel, 2021
- †Ypresiomyrma Archibald, Cover & Moreau, 2006
- Tribe incertae sedis
- †Archimyrmex Cockerell, 1923
- †Avitomyrmex Archibald, Cover & Moreau, 2006
- †Macabeemyrma Archibald, Cover & Moreau, 2006
- Form genus (for species belonging to the subfamily but not identifiable to current genera)
- †Myrmeciites Archibald, Cover & Moreau, 2006
The Late Aptian Crato Formation genus Cariridris was sometimes included in Myrmeciinae, but it has is now usually classified within Ampulicidae. Two undescribed specimens in the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart are known, suggesting a myrmeciine affinity.
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Classification
The subfamily Myrmeciinae was established by Italian entomologist Carlo Emery in 1877 under the original name Myrmeciidae. It was named after the genus Myrmecia, the type genus of the subfamily. In 1882, the subfamily was treated as a tribe by French entomologist Ernest André within the former ant family Myrmicidae, but it would later be moved to the family Poneridae in 1905.