Higher classification of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae, Dolichoderinae and Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

摘要

Abstract.An analysis of the cladistic relationships among the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae, Dolichoderinae and Formicinae demonstrates the monophyly of these three subfamilies, and places Dolichoderinae and Formicinae as sister groups. This latter result differs from most previous studies which consider Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae as sister groups.