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Attini
Taxonomy
Attini was named by Smith (1858). It is extant. Its type is Atta.
It was assigned to Myrmicinae by Bolton (2003), Bolton (2012) and Ward et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Myrmicinae by Bolton (2003), Bolton (2012) and Ward et al. (2015).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1858 | Attini Smith |
| 1877 | Pheidolini Emery |
| 1892 | Dacetini Forel |
| 1949 | Cephalotini Smith |
| 1999 | Cephalotini de Andrade and Baroni Urbani |
| 2003 | Dacetini Bolton p. 54 |
| 2003 | Attini Bolton p. 56 |
| 2003 | Cephalotini Bolton p. 56 |
| 2003 | Pheidolini Bolton p. 63 |
| 2012 | Attini Bolton |
| 2012 | Cephalotini Bolton |
| 2012 | Dacetini Bolton |
| 2012 | Pheidolini Bolton |
| 2015 | Attini Ward et al. p. 77 |
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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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Subtr. Attina Smith 1858
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G. Acromyrmex Mayr 1865
G. Apterostigma Mayr 1865
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†Apterostigma electropilosum Schultz 2007
†Apterostigma eowilsoni Schultz 2007
G. Atta Fabricius 1804
G. Trachymyrmex Forel 1893
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 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
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Holocene or 37.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (23 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Pheidole tertiaria (106384) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Mexico (Chiapas) | Cyphomyrmex maya, Cephalotes poinari, Cephalotes maya, Cephalotes olmecus (125757) Pheidole pauchil (198592) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Mexico | Pheidole sp. 1, Pheidole sp. 2, Cephalotes sp. 1, Cephalotes sp. 2, Cephalotes ventriosus (21977) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | Apterostigma electropilosum, Apterostigma eowilsoni (122982) 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) | |
| Langhian | China (Fujian) | Pheidole sp., Strumigenys sp. (220273) | |
| Turolian | France (Ardèche) | Pheidole pallidula (172761) | |
| Holocene | Colombia (Santander) | Pheidole sp., Zacryptocerus sp., Strumigenys sp., Atta sp., Smithistruma sp. (213295) | |
| Holocene | Tanzania | Formica cordata (147705) Pheidole cordata (234540) Pheidole rasnitsyni (124004) | |
| Holocene | Dominican Republic | Cephalotes resinae, Cephalotes taino (138880) | |
| Holocene | Indonesia | Pheidole plagiaria (182105) | |
| Holocene | Colombia (Boyacá) | Pheidole sp., Zacryptocerus sp., Cephalotes sp., Acromyrmex sp. (215881) |