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Dorylinae

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Dorylinae
D. gribodoi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Leach, 1815
Type genus
Dorylus
Diversity[1]
28 genera

Dorylinaeis anantsubfamily,with distributions in both theOld WorldandNew World.Bradyet al.(2014)synonymizedthe previous dorylomorph subfamilies (Aenictinae, Aenictogitoninae, Cerapachyinae, Ecitoninae, and Leptanilloidinae) under Dorylinae,[2]while Borowiec (2016) reviewed and revised the genera, resurrecting many genera which had previously been merged.[3]Dorylinae genera are suggested to have evolved sometime between102 to 74million years ago,subsequently undergoing rapidadaptive radiationevents during their early history.[2]

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References

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  1. ^Bolton, B.(2016)."Dorylinae".AntCat.Retrieved19 October2016.
  2. ^abBrady, Seán G; Fisher, Brian L; Schultz, Ted R; Ward, Philip S (2014)."The rise of army ants and their relatives: diversification of specialized predatory doryline ants".BMC Evolutionary Biology.14(1): 2–14.Bibcode:2014BMCEE..14...93B.doi:10.1186/1471-2148-14-93.PMC4021219.PMID24886136.
  3. ^Borowiec, M. (2016)."Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)".ZooKeys(608): 1–280.Bibcode:2016ZooK..608....1B.doi:10.3897/zookeys.608.9427.PMC4982377.PMID27559303.
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