Pseudomyrmecinae
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Pseudomyrmecinae is a small subfamily of ants containing three genera of slender, large-eyed arboreal ants, predominantly tropical or subtropical in distribution.[1] In the course of adapting to arboreal conditions (unlike the predominantly ground-dwelling myrmeciins), the pseudomyrmecines diversified and came to occupy and retain a much wider geographic range.[2]
Pseudomyrmecines consists of 230 described species in three genera. Among those, 32 species live in plant domatia, making them the most diverse plant-occupying ant group worldwide.
Taxonomy
- Pseudomyrmecinae Smith, 1952
- Pseudomyrmecini Smith, 1952
- Myrcidris Ward, 1990
- Pseudomyrmex Lund, 1831
- Tetraponera Smith, 1852
- Pseudomyrmecini Smith, 1952
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