Armaniinae
Extinct group of insects / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Armaniinae is subfamily of extinct ant-like hymenopterans known from a series of Cretaceous fossils found in Asia and Africa.[1] It is usually treated as one of the stem-group subfamilies in family Formicidae,[2][3] although some myrmecologists treat it as a distinct family.[4] A 2007 study analysing petiole and antenna morphology led to the proposal that at least some of the armaniid genera be placed in Sphecomyrminae,[5][4] although others are unconvinced by the arguments and retain Armaniinae.[3] The subfamily contains seven genera with fourteen described species.[6][4]
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Armaniinae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | †Armaniinae (Dlussky, 1983) |
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