Global InformationArmaniinae information
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | †Armaniinae (Dlussky, 1983) |
Armaniinae is subfamily of extinct ant-like hymenopterans known from a series of Cretaceous fossils found in Asia and Africa.[1] It is usually treated as one of the stem-group subfamilies in family Formicidae,[2][3] although some myrmecologists treat it as a distinct family.[4] A 2007 study analysing petiole and antenna morphology led to the proposal that at least some of the armaniid genera be placed in Sphecomyrminae,[5][4] although others are unconvinced by the arguments and retain Armaniinae.[3] The subfamily contains seven genera with fourteen described species.[6][4]
- ^ Grimaldi, D.; Agosti, D.; Carpenter, J. M. (1997). "New and rediscovered primitive ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Cretaceous amber from New Jersey, and their phylogenetic relationships" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3208): 1–43.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Ward, P.S. (2007). "Phylogeny, classification, and species-level taxonomy of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1668: 549–563. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1668.1.26.
- ^ a b Bolton, Barry. "†Armaniinae Dlussky, 1983 valid". AntCat. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ a b c "Armaniidae". AntWiki. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ Borysenko, L.H. (2017). "Description of a new genus of primitive ants from Canadian amber, with the study of relationships between stem- and crown-group ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Insecta Mundi. 570: 1–57.
- ^ Engel, M.S.; Grimaldi, D.A. (2005). "Primitive New Ants in Cretaceous Amber from Myanmar, New Jersey, and Canada (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". American Museum Novitates (3485): 1–24. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2005)485[0001:PNAICA]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 84043939.