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Taxonomy of Tribe Attini Smith, 1858
Higher myrmicines


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
319
21125
328720
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
165
17348
314830
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
62
6400
167168
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
5
1575
54996
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
1575
54996
Genera
Species
SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
643
24656
Genera
Species
TribeAttini
Smith, 1858
Higher myrmicines
105
2234
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Attini Smith, 1858
GenusAcanthidris
Weber, 1941
  ⇒ Heptastruma
1Species
GenusAcromyrmex
Mayr, 1865
Leaf-cutting Ants
295Species
GenusAlistruma
Wheeler, 1927
  ⇒ Clarkistruma
2Species
GenusAllopheidole
Forel, 1912
  ⇒ Pheidole
5Species
GenusAmoimyrmex
Cristiano, Cardoso & Sandoval, 2020
3Species
GenusAnergatides
Wasmann, 1915
  ⇒ Pheidole
1Species
GenusApterostigma
Mayr, 1865
95Species
GenusArcheatta
Goncalves, 1942
  ⇒ Atta
0Species
GenusArnoldidris
Brown, 1950
  ⇒ Orectognathus
3Species
GenusAsketogenys
F. Smith, 1860
1Species
GenusAspididris
Schulz, 1906
  ⇒ Basiceros
2Species
GenusAtta
Fabricius, 1818
Leaf-cutting Ants, Leafcutter Ants
318Species
GenusAttaichnus
Laza, 1982
1Species
GenusBorgmeierita
F. Smith, 1860
1Species
GenusBrownidris
Kusnezov, 1957
  ⇒ Ochetomyrmex
3Species
GenusBruchomyrma
Santschi, 1922
  ⇒ Pheidole
1Species
GenusCardiopheidole
Wheeler, 1914
  ⇒ Pheidole
2Species
GenusCephalomorium
Forel, 1922
  ⇒ Pheidole
1Species
GenusCephaloxys
Smith, 1864
  ⇒ Smithistruma
84Species
GenusCeratobasis
Smith, 1861
  ⇒ Basiceros
13Species
GenusCeratopheidole
Pergande, 1895
  ⇒ Pheidole
17Species
GenusChelystruma
F. Smith, 1860
1Species
GenusCladarogenys
Brown, 1976
1Species
GenusClarkistruma
Wheeler, 1927
  ⇒ Epopostruma
2Species
GenusCodiomyrmex
Wheeler, 1916
9Species
GenusCodioxenus
Santschi, 1931
2Species
GenusConothoracoides
Strand, 1935
  ⇒ Pheidole
0Species
GenusCryptocerus
Latreille, 1802
  ⇒ Cryptocercus
Turtle ants
179Species
GenusCyathocephalus
Emery, 1915
  ⇒ Zacryptocerus
2Species
GenusCyathomyrmex
Creighton, 1933
  ⇒ Zacryptocerus
4Species
GenusCyatta
Sosa-Calvo & al., 2013
1Species
GenusCyphomannia
Weber, 1938
  ⇒ Cyphomyrmex
1Species
GenusCyphomyrmex
Mayr, 1862
154Species
GenusDacetum
Agassiz, 1848
  ⇒ Dacetellum
0Species
GenusDecapheidole
Forel, 1912
  ⇒ Pheidole
2Species
GenusDescolemyrma
Forel, 1893
  ⇒ Mycocepurus
1Species
GenusDiaphoromyrma
Fernández, Delabie & do Nascimento, 2009
1Species
GenusDorisidris
Brown, 1948
1Species
GenusDysedrognathus
F. Smith, 1860
2Species
GenusElasmopheidole
Forel, 1913
  ⇒ Pheidole
23Species
GenusElectropheidole
Mann, 1921
  ⇒ Pheidole
3Species
GenusEneria
Donisthorpe, 1948
  ⇒ Strumigenys
2Species
GenusEpiatta
Borgmeier, 1950
  ⇒ Atta
2Species
GenusEpipheidole
Wheeler, 1903
  ⇒ Pheidole
1Species
GenusEpitritus
Emery, 1869
26Species
GenusEriopheidole
Kusnezov, 1952
  ⇒ Pheidole
1Species
GenusExocryptocerus
Latreille, 1802
Turtle ants
4Species
GenusGallardomyrma
Bruch, 1932
  ⇒ Pheidole
1Species
GenusGlamyromyrmex
Roger, 1862
  ⇒ Pyramica
22Species
GenusGlyptomyrmex
Forel, 1885
  ⇒ Myrmicocrypta
2Species
GenusGymnomyrmex
F. Smith, 1860
7Species
GenusHarnedia
Smith, 1949
  ⇒ Zacryptocerus
41Species
GenusHendecapheidole
Wheeler, 1922
  ⇒ Pheidole
2Species
GenusHeptastruma
Mayr, 1870
  ⇒ Basiceros
1Species
GenusHercynia
Enzmann, 1947
  ⇒ Wasmannia
1Species
GenusHexadaceton
Forel, 1895
  ⇒ Epopostruma
1Species
GenusHypocryptocerus
Wheeler, 1920
  ⇒ Zacryptocerus
10Species
GenusIschnomyrmex
Mayr, 1862
  ⇒ Pheidole
35Species
GenusIsopheidole
Forel, 1912
  ⇒ Pheidole
0Species
GenusKalathomyrmex
Klingenberg & Brandão, 2009
10Species
GenusKyidris
F. Smith, 1860
5Species
GenusLabidogenys
Roger, 1862
  ⇒ Strumigenys
2Species
GenusLenomyrmex
Fernandez & Palacio G., 1999
7Species
GenusLeptomyrma
Motschoulsky, 1863
  ⇒ Pheidole
1Species
GenusMacropheidole
Emery, 1915
  ⇒ Pheidole
3Species
GenusMiccostruma
Brown, 1948
  ⇒ Smithistruma
3Species
GenusMycetagroicus
Brandao & Mayhe-Nunes, 2001
4Species
GenusMycetarotes
Emery, 1913
5Species
GenusMycetomoellerius
Solomon, Rabeling, Sosa-Calvo & Schultz, 2019
34Species
GenusMycetophylax
Emery, 1913
50Species
GenusMycetosoritis
Wheeler, 1907
7Species
GenusMycocepurus
Forel, 1893
35Species
GenusMyrmicocrypta
Smith, 1860
49Species
GenusNeoatta
Goncalves, 1942
  ⇒ Atta
17Species
GenusNeostruma
Brown, 1948
6Species
GenusOecodoma
Latreille, 1818
  ⇒ Atta
32Species
GenusOecophthora
Heer, 1852
  ⇒ Pheidole
5Species
GenusPalaeatta
Borgmeier, 1950
  ⇒ Atta
0Species
GenusParacryptocerus
Emery, 1915
  ⇒ Zacryptocerus
94Species
GenusParamycetophylax
Kusnezov, 1956
5Species
GenusParapheidole
Emery, 1915
  ⇒ Pheidole
2Species
GenusParatrachymyrmex
Solomon, Rabeling, Sosa-Calvo & Schultz, 2019
9Species
GenusPentastruma
F. Smith, 1860
2Species
GenusPheidolacanthinus
Smith, 1865
  ⇒ Pheidole
27Species
GenusPhidola
Thomson, 1864
  ⇒ Pheidole
5Species
GenusPhidole
Bingham, 1903
  ⇒ Pheidole
51Species
GenusPlatystruma
Brown, 1953
  ⇒ Smithistruma
1Species
GenusPolyhomoa
Azuma, 1950
  ⇒ Kyidris
1Species
GenusProscopomyrmex
Patrizi, 1946
  ⇒ Strumigenys
1Species
GenusPseudoatta
Gallardo, 1916
3Species
GenusQuadristruma
Brown, 1949
  ⇒ Strumigenys
2Species
GenusScrobopheidole
Emery, 1915
  ⇒ Pheidole
0Species
GenusSericomyrmex
Mayr, 1865
38Species
GenusSerrastruma
F. Smith, 1860
15Species
GenusSmithistruma
Brown, 1948
  ⇒ Pyramica
133Species
GenusStegopheidole
Emery, 1915
  ⇒ Pheidole
0Species
GenusSympheidole
Wheeler, 1904
  ⇒ Pheidole
1Species
GenusTingimyrmex
Mann, 1926
1Species
GenusTrachymyrmex
Forel, 1893
140Species
GenusTrachypheidole
Emery, 1915
  ⇒ Pheidole
1Species
GenusTrichoscapa
Emery, 1869
23Species
GenusWeberistruma
Brown, 1948
  ⇒ Smithistruma
3Species
GenusWessonistruma
Brown, 1948
  ⇒ Smithistruma
2Species
GenusXenoaphaenogaster
Baroni Urbani, 1964
  ⇒ Pheidole
1Species
GenusXerolitor
Sosa-Calvo, Schultz, Jesovnik, Dahan & Rabeling, 2018
1Species

Synonyms
Anergatidini (Emery, 1922)
Basicerotini (Brown, 1949)
Blepharidattini (Wheeler & Wheeler, 1991)
Cephalotini (M. R. Smith, 1949)
Cryptoceridae (Smith, 1853)
Dacetini (Forel, 1892)
Epopostrumina (Brown, 1952)
Epopostrumiti (Brown, 1952)
Lenomyrmecini (Bolton, 2003)
Neoattini (Kusnezov, 1956)
Ochetomyrmecini (Emery, 1914)
Ochetomyrmicini (Emery, 1914)
Orectognathina (Brown, 1952)
Orectognathiti (Brown, 1952)
Paleoattini (Kusnezov, 1956)
Phalacromyrmecini (Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988)
Pheidolini (Emery, 1877)
Strumigenina (Brown, 1952)
Strumigeniti (Brown, 1952)

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Attini
EnglishHigher myrmicines


Distribution and Species lists of Attini Smith, 1858
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Antigua and Barbuda
3 Genera  3 Species
Argentina
24 Genera  104 Species
Armenia
1 Genus  1 Species
Australia
4 Genera  4 Species
Bahamas
5 Genera  7 Species
Barbados
2 Genera  2 Species
Belize
7 Genera  10 Species
Bolivia
16 Genera  66 Species
Brazil
22 Genera  195 Species
Brunei
1 Genus  1 Species
Canada
3 Genera  2 Species
Cape Verde
2 Genera  5 Species
Chile
1 Genus  2 Species
China
1 Genus  1 Species
Colombia
16 Genera  111 Species
Costa Rica
14 Genera  66 Species
Cuba
10 Genera  20 Species
Czech Republic
1 Genus  1 Species
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2 Genera  1 Species
Dominica
2 Genera  3 Species
Dominican Republic
7 Genera  12 Species
Ecuador
14 Genera  56 Species
El Salvador
7 Genera  9 Species
Fiji
1 Genus  1 Species
France
6 Genera  12 Species
Gabon
1 Genus  1 Species
Georgia
3 Genera  4 Species
Germany
4 Genera  4 Species
Greece
2 Genera  4 Species
Grenada
5 Genera  6 Species
Guatemala
11 Genera  29 Species
Guinea
1 Genus  1 Species
Guyana
11 Genera  63 Species
Haiti
5 Genera  9 Species
Honduras
11 Genera  41 Species
Indonesia
4 Genera  3 Species
Israel
1 Genus  0 Species
Italy
5 Genera  6 Species
Jamaica
3 Genera  9 Species
Japan
2 Genera  0 Species
Liberia
6 Genera  6 Species
Madagascar
4 Genera  3 Species
Malaysia
1 Genus  0 Species
Mexico
14 Genera  54 Species
Micronesia
2 Genera  2 Species
Netherlands
2 Genera  2 Species
Nicaragua
11 Genera  37 Species
Norway
1 Genus  0 Species
Palestine
1 Genus  1 Species
Panama
13 Genera  64 Species
Papua New Guinea
2 Genera  1 Species
Paraguay
15 Genera  58 Species
Peru
10 Genera  49 Species
Portugal
4 Genera  7 Species
Republic South Africa
3 Genera  3 Species
Saint Kitts and Nevis
3 Genera  3 Species
Saint Lucia
2 Genera  3 Species
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
3 Genera  4 Species
Seychelles
2 Genera  1 Species
Solomon Islands
6 Genera  8 Species
Spain
3 Genera  6 Species
Sri Lanka
1 Genus  1 Species
Suriname
11 Genera  53 Species
Sweden
4 Genera  8 Species
Trinidad and Tobago
14 Genera  37 Species
Turkey
2 Genera  2 Species
United Kingdom
1 Genus  3 Species
Uruguay
9 Genera  25 Species
USA
11 Genera  44 Species
Uzbekistan
1 Genus  1 Species
Vanuatu
1 Genus  1 Species
Venezuela
12 Genera  49 Species


Distribution on islands


Links, sources and further information
Attini at antwiki.org
Attini at itis.gov