| Psalidomyrmex | |
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| Psalidomyrmex procerus worker from Gabon | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Psalidomyrmex André, 1890 |
| Type species | |
| Psalidomyrmex foveolatus André, 1890 | |
| Diversity [1] | |
| 6 species | |
Psalidomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. [2] The genus is known from Sub-Saharan Africa, where colonies nest in rotten wood. [3]
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Dorymyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae.
Anoplolepis, also known as the "pugnacious ants", is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae and tribe Lasiini. The genus is mainly found in the Afrotropics, with a few native species known from the Malagasy and Oriental regions.
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Myrmicaria is an ant genus within the subfamily Myrmicinae.
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Simopone is a genus of predominantly arboreal ants in the subfamily Dorylinae. The genus is widely distributed in the Old World tropics, with the majority of species in Madagascar and sub-Saharan Africa.
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Ponerini is a tribe of Ponerinae ants with 46 genera and 6 extinct genera.
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