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==Tribes and genera== The [[tribe (biology)|tribal]] structure of the Formicinae is not completely understood. This list follows the scheme at AntCat,<ref name="AntCat">{{Citation| last = Bolton| first = B. | author-link = Barry Bolton| date = 2013| title = An online catalog of the ants of the world.| url = http://antcat.org| access-date = 17 October 2023| work = AntCat}}</ref> but other schemes and names are used. {{Div col|colwidth=22em}} * [[Camponotini]] <small>Forel, 1878</small> ** ''[[Calomyrmex]]'' <small>Emery, 1895</small> ** ''[[Camponotus]]'' <small>Mayr, 1861</small> β carpenter ants (global) ** β ''[[Chimaeromyrma]]'' <small>Dlussky, 1988</small> ** ''[[Colobopsis]]'' <small>Mayr, 1861</small><ref name=xcit1>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ward | first1 = Philip S. | last2 = Blaimer | first2 = Bonnie B. | last3 = Fisher | first3 = Brian L. | date = 2016 | title = A revised phylogenetic classification of the ant subfamily Formicinae(Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with resurrection of the genera Colobopsis and Dinomyrmex | journal = Zootaxa | publisher = Magnolia Press | volume = 4072 | issue = 3 | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.4072.3.4 | doi-access = free | pmid = 27395929 | pages = 343β57 }}</ref> ** ''[[Dinomyrmex]]'' <small>Ashmead, 1905</small> ** ''[[Echinopla]]'' <small>Smith, 1857</small> ** ''[[Opisthopsis]]'' <small>Dalla Torre, 1893</small> ** ''[[Overbeckia]]'' <small>Viehmeyer, 1916</small> ** ''[[Polyrhachis]]'' <small>Smith, 1857</small> (Asian, African tropics) ** β ''[[Pseudocamponotus]]'' <small>Carpenter, 1930</small> * [[Formicini]] <small>Latreille, 1809</small> ** ''[[Alloformica]]'' <small>Dlussky, 1969</small> ** β ''[[Asymphylomyrmex]]'' <small>Wheeler, 1915</small> ** ''[[Bajcaridris]]'' <small>Agosti, 1994</small> ** ''[[Cataglyphis]]'' <small>Foerster, 1850</small> ** β ''[[Cataglyphoides]]'' <small>Dlussky, 2008</small> ** β ''[[Conoformica]]'' <small>Dlussky, 2008</small> ** ''[[Formica]]'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> ** β ''[[Glaphyromyrmex]]'' <small>Wheeler, 1915</small> ** ''[[Iberoformica]]'' <small>Tinaut, 1990</small> ** ''[[Polyergus]]'' <small>Latreille, 1804</small> β Amazon ants ** ''[[Proformica]]'' <small>Ruzsky, 1902</small> ** β ''[[Protoformica]]'' <small>Dlussky, 1967</small> ** ''[[Rossomyrmex]]'' <small>Arnol'di, 1928</small> * [[Gesomyrmecini]] <small>Ashmead, 1905</small> ** ''[[Gesomyrmex]]'' <small>Mayr, 1868</small> ** β ''[[Prodimorphomyrmex]]'' <small>Wheeler, 1915</small> ** β ''[[Sicilomyrmex]]'' <small>Wheeler, 1915</small> * [[Gigantiopini]] <small>Ashmead, 1905</small> ** ''[[Gigantiops]]'' <small>Roger, 1863</small> (Neotropical) * [[Lasiini]] <small>Ashmead, 1905</small> ** ''[[Cladomyrma]]'' <small>Wheeler, 1920</small> ** ''[[Euprenolepis]]'' <small>Emery, 1906</small> ** ''[[Lasius]]'' <small>Fabricius, 1804</small> β cornfield ants, citronella ants ** ''[[Metalasius]]'' <small>Boudinot et al., 2022</small> ** ''[[Myrmecocystus]]'' <small>Wesmael, 1838</small> β honeypot ants ** ''[[Nylanderia]]'' <small>Emery, 1906</small> β crazy ants ** ''[[Paraparatrechina]]'' <small>Donisthorpe, 1947</small> ** ''[[Paratrechina]]'' <small>Motschoulsky, 1863</small> ** ''[[Prenolepis]]'' <small>Mayr, 1861</small> β false honey ants ** ''[[Pseudolasius]]'' <small>Emery, 1887</small> ** ''[[Zatania]]'' <small>LaPolla et al., 2012</small> * [[Melophorini]] <small>Forel, 1912</small> ** ''[[Lasiophanes]]'' <small>Emery, 1895</small> ** ''[[Melophorus]]'' <small>Lubbock, 1883</small> (Australian) ** ''[[Myrmecorhynchus]]'' <small>AndrΓ©, 1896</small> ** ''[[Notoncus]]'' <small>Emery, 1895</small> ** ''[[Notostigma]]'' <small>Emery, 1920</small> ** ''[[Prolasius]]'' <small>Forel, 1892</small> ** ''[[Pseudonotoncus]]'' <small>Clark, 1934</small> **''[[Stigmacros]]'' <small>Forel, 1905</small> **''[[Teratomyrmex]]'' <small>McAreavey, 1957</small> * [[Myrmelachistini]]<ref name=xcit1></ref><ref name=xcit2>{{Cite journal | last1 = Christopher M. Wilson | last2 = Autumn Smith-Herron | date = 2016 | title = Morphology of the male genitalia of Brachymyrmex and their implications in the Formicinae phylogeny | journal = Journal of Hymenoptera Research | publisher = Pensoft Publishers | volume = 50 | pages = 81β95 | issn = 1070-9428 | doi = 10.3897/JHR.50.8697 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref name=xcit3>{{Cite web | access-date = 2018-03-10 | title = AntWeb | url = https://www.antweb.org | publisher = California Academy of Sciences }}</ref> ** ''[[Brachymyrmex]]'' <small>Mayr, 1868</small> ** ''[[Myrmelachista]]'' <small>Roger, 1863</small> * [[Myrmoteratini]] <small>Emery, 1895</small> ** ''[[Myrmoteras]]'' <small>Forel, 1893</small> * [[Oecophyllini]] <small>Emery, 1895</small> ** ''[[Oecophylla]]'' <small>Smith, 1860</small> β weaver ants * [[Plagiolepidini]] <small>Forel, 1886</small> ** ''[[Acropyga]]'' <small>Roger, 1862</small> ** ''[[Agraulomyrmex]]'' <small>Prins, 1983</small> ** ''[[Anoplolepis]]'' <small>Santschi, 1914</small> ** ''[[Aphomomyrmex]]'' <small>Emery, 1899</small> ** ''[[Bregmatomyrma]]'' <small>Wheeler, 1929</small> ** ''[[Lepisiota]]'' <small>Santschi, 1926</small> ** ''[[Petalomyrmex]]'' <small>Snelling, 1979</small> ** ''[[Plagiolepis]]'' <small>Mayr, 1861</small> ** ''[[Tapinolepis]]'' <small>Emery, 1925</small> * [[Santschiellini]] <small>Forel, 1917</small> ** ''[[Santschiella]]'' <small>Forel, 1916</small> * ''[[incertae sedis]]'' ** β ''[[Attopsis]]'' <small>Heer, 1850</small> ** β ''[[Leucotaphus]]'' <small>Donisthorpe, 1920</small> ** β ''[[Liaoformica]]'' <small>Hong, 2002</small> ** β ''[[Longiformica]]'' <small>Hong, 2002</small> ** β ''[[Magnogasterites]]'' <small>Hong, 2002</small> ** β ''[[Orbicapitia]]'' <small> Hong, 2002</small> ** β ''[[Ovalicapito]]'' <small>Hong, 2002</small> ** β ''[[Ovaligastrula]]'' <small>Hong, 2002</small> ** β ''[[Protrechina]]'' <small>Wilson, 1985</small> ** β ''[[Sinoformica]]'' <small>Hong, 2002</small> ** β ''[[Sinotenuicapito]]'' <small>Hong, 2002</small> ** β ''[[Wilsonia (ant)|Wilsonia]]'' <small>Hong, 2002</small> {{div col end}}
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