家蟻亞科（Myrmicinae）隸屬於蟻科，現生約140屬，世界廣佈，蛹不結繭，有些物種具螫針，腹柄節兩節，築巢於土中、枯木中、石頭下或活樹中。

特徵 

家蟻亞科的物種生有明顯的後腹柄節，也就是第三腹節明顯小於第四腹節，且兩者之間具有明顯的隘縮；前胸背板無法自由伸展，與中軀癒合，也就是前中胸背板縫線淺，或是完全消失；通常具有螫針；頭楯發達，因此兩觸角窩不相連；家蟻亞科大部分物種複眼功能完整，面葉（frontal lobes）發達，蓋住部分的觸角根（antennal insertion）。

族 
2014年時從原本的20族減少為6族：

切葉蟻族 Attini Smith, 1858
 Crematogastrini Forel, 1893
 Myrmicini Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835
毛收割家蟻族  Ward, Brady, Fisher & Schultz, 2015
 Solenopsidini Forel, 1893
 Stenammini Ashmead, 1905

屬 
2014年時，家蟻亞科下大量的屬被移動到不同的族或是其他亞科，以下為2014年更新後的版本：

切葉蟻族  Smith, 1858
刺顎家蟻屬  Mayr, 1887
擬切葉家蟻屬 Acromyrmex Mayr, 1865
 Mayr, 1878
 Mayr, 1865
切葉家蟻屬 Atta Fabricius, 1804
† Laza, 1982
鈍角家蟻屬  Schulz, 1906
 Wheeler, 1915
 Latreille, 1802
 Wilson, 1989
 Wheeler, 1927
 Sosa-Calvo et al., 2013
 Mayr, 1862
針刺家蟻屬 Daceton Perty, 1833
 Fernández, Delabie & Nascimento, 2009
 Forel, 1895
斜毛家蟻屬  Brown & Kempf, 1961
 Bolton, 1984
 Klingenberg & Brandão, 2009
 Wheeler, 1910
 Fernández & Palacio, 1999
 Brown, 1948
 Santschi, 1913
 Brandão & Mayhé-Nunes, 2001
 Emery, 1913
 Emery, 1913
 Wheeler, 1907
 Forel, 1893
 Smith, 1860
 Mayr, 1878
 Forel, 1912
長顎家蟻屬  Smith, 1853
 Kusnezov, 1956
 Kempf, 1960
大頭家蟻屬 Pheidole Westwood, 1839
 Brown, 1978
 Emery, 1887
 Brown, 1980
擬切葉蟻屬  Gallardo, 1916
 Mayr, 1870
 Mayr, 1865
瘤顎家蟻屬 Strumigenys Smith, 1860
 Weber, 1941
 Forel, 1893
 Mayr, 1866
小火蟻屬  Forel, 1893
舉尾家蟻族  Forel, 1893
Acanthomyrmex Emery, 1893
 Forel, 1902
 Wheeler, 1935
 André, 1889
 Emery, 1887
瘤突家蟻屬  Emery, 1869
擬大頭家蟻屬  Westwood, 1840
 Smith, 1853
舉尾家蟻屬 Crematogaster Lund, 1831
 Weber, 1952
 Rigato, 1994
 Brown & Wilson, 1957
 Emery, 1908
 Santschi, 1910
 Mayr, 1901
†Enneamerus Mayr, 1868
†Eocenomyrma Dlussky & Radchenko, 2006
 Emery, 1899
蟻居家蟻屬  Mayr, 1855
 Terayama, 2009
 Menozzi, 1933
 Xu, 2012
 Forel, 1893
 Forel, 1890
†Hypopomyrmex Emery, 1891
虹家蟻屬  Brown, 1986
 Bolton, 1991
 Terayama & Yamane, 2000
窄胸家蟻屬 Leptothorax Mayr, 1855
 Mayr, 1865
†Lonchomyrmex Mayr, 1867
背脊家蟻屬  Emery, 1892
溝家蟻屬  Emery, 1897
 Bolton & Fisher, 2014
 Forel, 1902
 Emery, 1877
突胸家蟻屬  Smith, 1853
短腰家蟻屬  Forel, 1911
黑艷家蟻屬  Curtis, 1829
 Bolton & Fisher, 2014
 Wheeler, 1910
 Emery, 1886
†Oxyidris Wilson, 1985
†Parameranoplus Wheeler, 1915
細腰家蟻屬 Paratopula Wheeler, 1919
Perissomyrmex Smith, 1947
 Viehmeyer, 1922
 Smith, 1859
 Mann, 1921
雙針家蟻屬 Pristomyrmex Mayr, 1866
 Forel, 1912
 Branstetter, 2009
Recurvidris Bolton, 1992
粗跗家蟻屬 Rhopalomastix Forel, 1900
 Wheeler, 1935
 Rosciszewski, 1994
Rotastruma Bolton, 1991
 Bolton & Fisher, 2014
 Bolton, 1988
 Emery, 1901
†Stigmomyrmex Mayr, 1868
†Stiphromyrmex Wheeler, 1915
Strongylognathus Mayr, 1853
Temnothorax Mayr, 1861
 Emery, 1912
 Bolton, 1991
皺家蟻屬 Tetramorium Mayr, 1855
 Mayr, 1865
 Bolton & Fisher, 2014
網家蟻屬  Mayr, 1865
Vombisidris Bolton, 1991
異家蟻屬  Forel, 1885
家蟻族  Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835
 Jurine, 1807
家蟻屬 Myrmica Latreille, 1804
†Plesiomyrmex Dlussky & Radchenko, 2009
†原家蟻屬 †Protomyrmica Dlussky & Radchenko, 2009
毛收割家蟻族  Ward, Brady, Fisher & Schultz, 2014
 Forel, 1912
毛收割家蟻屬  Mayr, 1868
火家蟻族  Forel, 1893
密家蟻屬  Emery, 1897
 Emery, 1913
 Shattuck, 2009
 Bolton, 1981
 Lattke, 1990
 Forel, 1911
 Fernández, 2004
 Cover & Deyrup, 2007
 Bolton, 1987
 Fernández, Feitosa & Lattke, 2014
 Forel, 1885
單家蟻屬 Monomorium Mayr, 1855
Myrmicaria Saunders, 1842
 Santschi, 1926
 Emery, 1894
火家蟻屬 Solenopsis Westwood, 1840
 Emery, 1912
Syllophopsis Santschi, 1915
 Silva, Feitosa, Brandão & Diniz, 2009
 Fernández, 2003
盲長家蟻族  Ashmead, 1905
長腳家蟻屬 Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1853
 Emery, 1895
收割家蟻屬  Forel, 1890
 Emery, 1915
 André, 1881
†Paraphaenogaster Dlussky, 1981
盲長家蟻屬 Stenamma Westwood, 1839
 Forel, 1917
地位未定 incertae sedis
† Dlussky, Brothers & Rasnitsyn, 2004
† Dlussky, Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva, 2015
†Bilobomyrma Radchenko & Dlussky, 2013
†Biamomyrma Dlussky, Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva, 2015
†Boltonidris Radchenko & Dlussky, 2012
†Brachytarsites Hong, 2002
†Cephalomyrmex Carpenter, 1930
†Clavipetiola Hong, 2002
† Wheeler, 1910
†Eocenidris Wilson, 1985
†Eomyrmex Hong, 1974
†Fallomyrma Dlussky & Radchenko, 2006
†Fushunomyrmex Hong, 2002
†Ilemomyrmex Wilson, 1985
†Miosolenopsis Zhang, 1989
†Myrmecites Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2003
†Orbigastrula Hong, 2002
†Quadrulicapito Hong, 2002
†Quineangulicapito Hong, 2002
†Sinomyrmex Hong, 2002
†Solenopsites Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2003
†Sphaerogasterites Hong, 2002
†Wumyrmex Hong, 2002
†Zhangidris Bolton, 2003

參考資料

外部連結 
 
 

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蟻科亞科
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