Plagiolepidini
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Plagiolepidini are an ant
Ant
Ants are social insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the mid-Cretaceous period between 110 and 130 million years ago and diversified after the rise of flowering plants. More than...

 tribe
Tribe (biology)
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 from the subfamily Formicinae
Formicinae
Formicinae is a subfamily within the Formicidae containing ants of moderate evolutionary development.Formicines retain some primitive features such as the presence of cocoons around pupae, the presence of ocelli in workers, and little tendency toward reduction of palp or antennal segmentation in...

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The following genera
Genera
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 belong to this subfamily:
  • Agraulomyrmex
  • Anoplolepis
    Anoplolepis
    Anoplolepis is a genus of ant in the family Formicidae.-Species:* Anoplolepis bothae * Anoplolepis candida Santschi, 1928* Anoplolepis carinata * Anoplolepis custodiens...

  • Aphomomyrmex
  • Brachymyrmex
    Brachymyrmex
    Brachymyrmex is a genus in the ant subfamily Formicinae. These ants are native to Northern Africa but several species have spread around the world with human commerce. The genus can be recognized by the combination of having nine antennal segments and the petiole concealed by the gaster in dorsal...

  • Bregmatomyrma
  • Euprenolepis
  • Lepisiota
  • Myrmelachista
  • Paratrechina
    Paratrechina
    Paratrechina is an ant genus from the subfamily Formicinae .There are over 150 described species and subspecies, some of which occur on every continent...

  • Petalomyrmex
  • Plagiolepis
    Plagiolepis
    Plagiolepis is an ant genus of the formic acid-producing subfamily Formicinae.Species include:* Plagiolepis ampeloni* Plagiolepis grassei* Plagiolepis pygmaea * Plagiolepis regis...

  • Prenolepis
  • Pseudaphomomyrmex
  • Pseudolasius
  • Tapinolepis
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