Family Formicidae (Ants)

Composed of twelve Australian subfamilies.

Subfamily Amblyoponinae

   

Subfamily Dolichoderinae

Subfamily Ectatomminae

         

Subfamily Formicinae (Carpenter Ants)

             IMG 9710 2  IMG 0697  IMG 3273 2

Subfamily Myrmicinae

           

Subfamily Myrmeciinae

Myrmecia pilosula Jack Jumper             
Subfamily Ponerinae
(Currently empty)
Subfamily Heteroponerinae
(Currently empty)
Subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae
(Currently empty)
Subfamily Proceratiinae
(Currently empty)
Subfamily Leptanillinae
(Currently empty)

Pending ID – Formicidae

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References

Borowiec, M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280.
Brown, W. L. Jr. 1953. Revisionary notes on the ant genus Myrmecia of Australia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative
Zoology Harvard University 111: 1–35.Clark, J. 1951. The Formicidae of Australia. Vol. I. Subfamily Myrmeciinae. CSIRO, Melbourne.
Crosland, M. W. J. 1988. Effect of a gregarine parasite on the color of Myrmecia pilosula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 81: 481-484.

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McArthur, A. J. 2007. A key to Camponotus Mayr of Australia. In R. R. Snelling, B. L. Fisher and P. S. Ward, Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Homage to E. O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions (pp. 290-351). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80.

Shattuck, S. O. 1999. Australian ants. Their biology and identification. Monographs on Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 1-226.

Taylor, R. W. 2015. Ants with Attitude: Australian Jack-jumpers of the Myrmecia pilosula species complex, with descriptions of four new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). Zootaxa 3911 (4): 493-520.
Wikipedia 2012, ‘Carpenter ant’, wiki article, 12 May, accessed 25 May 2012, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpenter_ant>.

Wikipedia 2012, ‘Dolichoderinae’, wiki article, 31 March, accessed 25 May 2012, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolichoderinae>.

Wikipedia 2012, ‘Myrmecia’, wiki article, May 12, accessed 26 May 2012, <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Myrmecia&action=history>.