# ᱢᱩᱡ

| ᱢᱩᱡ ᱢᱮᱥᱨᱮᱡ ᱚᱠᱛᱚ: {{}} Late Albian – Present |
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| A group of fire ants |
| ᱥᱟᱬᱮᱥ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢ  |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Infraorder: | Aculeata |
| Superfamily: | Formicoidea |
| Family: | **Formicidae** Latreille, 1809 |
| Type species |
| *Formica rufa* Linnaeus, 1761 |
| Subfamilies |
| * Agroecomyrmecinae
* Amblyoponinae (incl. "Apomyrminae")
* Aneuretinae
* †Brownimeciinae
* Dolichoderinae
* Dorylinae
* Ectatomminae
* †Formiciinae
* Formicinae
* †Haidomyrmecinae
* Heteroponerinae
* Leptanillinae
* Martialinae
* Myrmeciinae (incl. "Nothomyrmeciinae")
* Myrmicinae
* Paraponerinae
* Ponerinae
* Proceratiinae
* Pseudomyrmecinae
* †Sphecomyrminae

Cladogram of subfamilies

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Martialinae |
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Leptanillinae |
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Amblyoponinae |
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Paraponerinae |
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Ponerinae |
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Proceratiinae |
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Ecitoninae‡ |
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Aenictinae‡ |
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Dorylini‡ |
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Aenictogitoninae‡ |
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Cerapachyinae‡\* |
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Leptanilloidinae‡ |
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Dolichoderinae |
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Aneuretinae |
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Pseudomyrmecinae |
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Ectatomminae |
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Myrmicinae |
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A phylogeny of the extant ant subfamilies.
\*Cerapachyinae is paraphyletic
‡ The previous dorylomorph subfamilies were synonymized under Dorylinae by Brady *et al.* in 2014 |

**ᱢᱩᱡ** ᱫᱚ Formicidae ᱜᱷᱟᱸᱨᱚᱡ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱨᱚᱠᱚᱢ ᱛᱤᱡᱩ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱠᱩ᱾ ᱢᱩᱡ ᱫᱚ ᱫᱩᱢᱩᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱧᱮᱞᱮ ᱡᱟᱸᱦᱟᱸ ᱜᱷᱟᱸᱨᱚᱡᱽ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱠᱩ ᱚᱱᱟ ᱜᱷᱟᱸᱨᱚᱡᱽ (Hymenoptera) ᱨᱮᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱠᱩ᱾ ᱱᱤᱛ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱵᱤᱡ ᱒᱒,᱐᱐᱐ ᱜᱚᱴᱟᱝ ᱢᱩᱡ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤᱨᱮ ᱑᱒,᱕᱐᱐ ᱜᱚᱴᱟᱝ ᱟᱜ ᱥᱨᱮᱱᱤ ᱵᱷᱟᱜᱽ ᱦᱩᱭ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

ᱢᱩᱡ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱡᱟᱜᱟᱨᱮ ᱜᱟᱲ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱠᱚ ᱛᱟᱸᱦᱮᱸᱱᱟ᱾ ᱢᱤᱢᱤᱫ ᱜᱟᱲ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱰᱚᱡᱚᱱ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱞᱟᱠᱷ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱵᱤᱡ ᱢᱩᱡ ᱠᱚ ᱛᱟᱸᱦᱮᱸ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜᱼᱟ᱾ ᱢᱩᱡ ᱟᱜ ᱜᱟᱲ ᱨᱮᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱭᱮᱠᱴᱤ ᱨᱟᱹᱱᱤ ᱢᱩᱡ ᱟᱨ ᱱᱟᱱᱟ ᱦᱩᱱᱟᱹᱨ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱫᱟᱭᱤᱛᱛᱚ ᱥᱟᱶᱛᱮ ᱢᱩᱡ ᱠᱩ ᱛᱟᱸᱦᱮᱸᱱᱟ᱾

ᱢᱩᱡ ᱫᱚ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱨᱛᱤ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱡᱚᱛᱚ ᱡᱟᱜᱟ ᱨᱮᱜᱮ ᱠᱩ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱧᱟᱢᱚᱜᱼᱟ ᱠᱷᱟᱹᱞᱤ ᱮᱱᱴᱟᱨᱴᱤᱠᱟ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱱ ᱠᱤᱪᱷᱩ ᱡᱟᱜᱟ ᱵᱟᱫᱽ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ᱾

ᱠᱤᱪᱷᱩ ᱠᱤᱪᱷᱩ ᱢᱟᱹᱱᱢᱤ ᱜᱟᱫᱮᱞ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱩᱡ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱚᱢ ᱥᱮ ᱨᱟᱱ ᱦᱤᱥᱟᱹᱵᱛᱮ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱠᱩ ᱵᱮᱵᱷᱟᱨ ᱠᱩ ᱜᱮᱭᱟ᱾

## ᱵᱷᱟᱜᱽ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱤᱵᱚᱨᱛᱚᱱ

ᱯᱷᱚᱨᱢᱤᱪᱤᱰᱤ ᱜᱷᱟᱸᱨᱚᱡᱽ ᱨᱮ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱩᱡ ᱵᱟᱫᱽ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱧᱮᱞᱮ, ᱫᱩᱢᱩᱨ ᱱᱩᱠᱩ ᱠᱩ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱠᱳᱣᱟ᱾ ᱵᱷᱮᱥᱯᱚᱭᱮᱰ ᱫᱩᱢᱩᱨ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱢᱩᱡ ᱟᱜ ᱵᱤᱵᱚᱨᱛᱚᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱦᱩᱭ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱑᱕ᱠᱳᱴᱤ ᱥᱮᱨᱢᱟ ᱞᱟᱦᱟᱨᱮ ᱢᱟᱱᱮ ᱡᱩᱨᱟᱥᱤᱠ ᱡᱩᱜᱽ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱢᱩᱪᱟᱹᱫ ᱥᱮᱡ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱢᱩᱡ ᱠᱩ ᱛᱟᱸᱦᱮᱸᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱢᱮᱱᱛᱮ ᱵᱟᱰᱟᱭ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱑᱐ ᱠᱳᱴᱤ ᱥᱮᱨᱢᱟ ᱞᱟᱦᱟᱨᱮ ᱵᱟᱦᱟ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱱ ᱫᱟᱨᱮ ᱱᱟᱹᱲᱤ ᱠᱩ ᱦᱩᱭ ᱥᱟᱶᱛᱮ ᱢᱩᱡ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱨᱦᱚᱸ ᱱᱟᱱᱟ ᱦᱩᱱᱟᱹᱨ ᱞᱨᱠᱟᱱ ᱠᱩ ᱦᱩᱭ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ Leptanillinae ᱟᱨ Martialinae ᱜᱷᱟᱸᱨᱚᱡᱽ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱢᱩᱡ ᱫᱚ ᱦᱟᱥᱟ ᱞᱟᱛᱟᱨ ᱨᱮ ᱥᱮᱸᱫᱽᱨᱟ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱠᱩ ᱡᱚᱢᱮᱛ ᱛᱟᱸᱦᱮᱸᱱᱟ᱾

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