Pseudomyrmecinae
Pseudomyrmecinae is a small subfamily of ants containing three genera of slender, large-eyed arboreal ants, predominantly tropical or subtropical in distribution. In the course of adapting to arboreal conditions, the pseudomyrmecines diversified and came to occupy and retain a much wider geographic range.
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