An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Myrmicinae Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835 valid

Extant: 6 valid tribes, 142 valid genera, 6,606 valid species, 735 valid subspecies

Fossil: 36 valid genera, 162 valid species

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Myrmicites Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, A. 1835 ("1836"). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Hyménoptères. Tome I. Paris: Roret, 547 pp. [1835-12-26] PDF 126873: 169. Type-genus: Myrmica. AntWeb AntWiki
Tribes of Myrmicinae: Attini, Crematogastrini, Myrmicini, Pogonomyrmecini, Solenopsidini, Stenammini.
Genera (extant) incertae sedis in Myrmicinae: Diaphoromyrma, Tyrannomyrmex.
Genera (extinct) incertae sedis in Myrmicinae: †Afromyrma, †Cephalomyrmex, †Electromyrmex, †Eocenidris, †Eomyrmex, †Fallomyrma, †Miosolenopsis, †Solenopsites, †Zhangidris.
Hong (2002) Genera (extinct) incertae sedis in Myrmicinae: †Brachytarsites, †Clavipetiola, †Fushunomyrmex, †Orbigastrula, †Quadrulicapito, †Quineangulicapito, †Sinomyrmex, †Sphaerogasterites, †Wumyrmex.
Collective group name in Myrmicinae: †Myrmicites.
Subfamily Myrmicinae references, world
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Regional and national faunas with keys
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