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Attini

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Attini Smith
1877Pheidolini Emery
1892Dacetini Forel
1949Cephalotini Smith
1999Cephalotini de Andrade and Baroni Urbani
2003Dacetini Bolton p. 54
2003Attini Bolton p. 56
2003Cephalotini Bolton p. 56
2003Pheidolini Bolton p. 63
2012Attini Bolton
2012Cephalotini Bolton
2012Dacetini Bolton
2012Pheidolini Bolton
2015Attini Ward et al. p. 77

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
subfamilyMyrmicinae
tribeAttiniSmith 1858
tribeAttiniSmith 1858

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Attini Smith 1858
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G. Acanthognathus Mayr 1887
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†Acanthognathus poinari Baroni Urbani 1994
Subtr. Attina Smith 1858
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G. Acromyrmex Mayr 1865
G. Apterostigma Mayr 1865
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†Apterostigma eowilsoni Schultz 2007
G. Atta Fabricius 1804
G. Cyphomyrmex Mayr 1862
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†Cyphomyrmex maya de Andrade 2003
†Cyphomyrmex taino de Andrade 2003
G. Mycetomoellerius Solomon et al. 2019
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†Mycetomoellerius primaevus Baroni Urbani 1980
G. Trachymyrmex Forel 1893
G. Basiceros Schulz 1906
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†Basiceros enana Fiorentino et al. 2025
G. Cephalotes Latreille 1802
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†Cephalotes alveolatus Vierbergen and Scheven 1995
†Cephalotes bloosi Baroni Urbani and de Andrade 1999
†Cephalotes brevispineus de Andrade 1999
†Cephalotes caribicus de Andrade 1999
†Cephalotes dieteri Baroni Urbani 1999
†Cephalotes hispaniolicus de Andrade 1999
†Cephalotes integerrimus Vierbergen and Scheven 1995
†Cephalotes jansei Vierbergen and Scheven 1995
†Cephalotes maya de Andrade 1999
†Cephalotes obscurus Vierbergen and Scheven 1995
†Cephalotes olmecus de Andrade 1999
†Cephalotes poinari Baroni Urbani 1999
†Cephalotes resinae de Andrade 1999
†Cephalotes serratus Vierbergen and Scheven 1995
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Invalid names: Exocryptocerus elevatus Vierbergen and Scheven 1995 [synonym], Exocryptocerus truncatus Vierbergen and Scheven 1995 [synonym]
†Cephalotes squamosus Vierbergen and Scheven 1995
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Invalid names: Zacryptocerus pseudoaztecus Vierbergen and Scheven 1995 [synonym]
†Cephalotes sucinus de Andrade 1999
†Cephalotes taino de Andrade 1999
†Cephalotes ventriosus de Andrade 1999
Invalid names: Exocryptocerus Vierbergen and Scheven 1995 [synonym], Zacryptocerus Ashmead 1905 [synonym]
G. Pheidole Westwood 1840
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†Pheidole anticua Casadei-Ferreira et al. 2019
†Pheidole chaan Varela-Hernández and Flores-Zapoteco 2024
†Pheidole cordata Holl 1829
Pheidole pallidula Nylander 1849
†Pheidole pauchil Varela-Hernández and Riquelme 2021
Pheidole plagiaria Smith 1860
†Pheidole primigenia Baroni Urbani 1995
†Pheidole rasnitsyni Dubovikoff 2011
†Pheidole tertiaria Carpenter 1930
†Pheidole tethepa Wilson 1985
G. Strumigenys Smith 1860
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†Strumigenys electrina de Andrade 1994
†Strumigenys pilosula de Andrade 2007
†Strumigenys poinari Baroni Urbani and de Andrade 2007
†Strumigenys schleeorum Baroni Urbani 1994
Invalid names: Smithistruma Brown 1948 [synonym]
Invalid names: Cephalotini Smith 1949 [synonym], Dacetini Forel 1892 [synonym], Pheidolini Emery 1877 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Holocene or 37.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Pheidole tertiaria (106384)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico Pheidole sp. 1, Pheidole sp. 2, Cephalotes sp. 1, Cephalotes sp. 2, Cephalotes ventriosus (21977)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Chiapas) Cyphomyrmex maya, Cephalotes poinari, Cephalotes maya, Cephalotes olmecus (125757) Pheidole chaan (217216) Pheidole pauchil (198592)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Apterostigma electropilosum, Apterostigma eowilsoni (122982) Basiceros enana (152045) Cephalotes integerrimus (124282 138708) Cephalotes serratus, Cephalotes jansei, Cephalotes squamosus, Acanthognathus poinari, Cephalotes brevispineus, Cephalotes bloosi, Cephalotes caribicus, Cephalotes sucinus, Strumigenys pilosula, Strumigenys poinari (122472) Cephalotes serratus, Cephalotes obscurus, Cephalotes squamosus (124281) Exocryptocerus jansei, Zacryptocerus squamosus, Zacryptocerus pseudoaztecus, Zacryptocerus obscurus, Cephalotes integerrimus, Cyphomyrmex taino (21978) Exocryptocerus serratus, Cephalotes squamosus, Pheidole tethepa (138700) Exocryptocerus serratus, Exocryptocerus elevatus, Exocryptocerus truncatus, Exocryptocerus jansei, Zacryptocerus integerrimus, Zacryptocerus squamosus, Zacryptocerus pseudoaztecus, Zacryptocerus alveolatus (124846) Pheidole anticua (203120) Pheidole sp., Cephalotes serratus, Cephalotes alveolatus, Cephalotes obscurus, Cephalotes integerrimus, Cephalotes squamosus, Strumigenys schleeorum, Strumigenys electrina, Cephalotes hispaniolicus, Cephalotes caribicus, Cephalotes dieteri, Pheidole primigenia, Trachymyrmex primaevus (122474)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82China (Fujian) Pheidole sp., Strumigenys sp. (220273)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09France (Ardèche) Pheidole pallidula (172761)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Indonesia Pheidole plagiaria (182105)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic Cephalotes resinae, Cephalotes taino (138880)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Colombia (Santander) Pheidole sp., Zacryptocerus sp., Strumigenys sp., Atta sp., Smithistruma sp. (213295)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Formica cordata (147705) Pheidole cordata (234540) Pheidole rasnitsyni (124004)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Colombia (Boyacá) Pheidole sp., Zacryptocerus sp., Cephalotes sp., Acromyrmex sp. (215881)