Dacetini
- Acanthognathus
- Colobostruma
- Daceton armigerum
- Epopostruma
- Mesostruma
- Microdaceton
- Orectognathus
- Pyramica
- Strumigenys
Characteristics
The Dacetini shares the following synapomorphies with the other members of the dacetine tribe group (Bolton 2003):- Head anterior to antennnal sockets strongly narrowed from side to side
- Masticatory margins of mandibles oppose but do not overlap when mandibles fully closed
- Trigger hairs on labrum or mandible
- Specialized labral shape
- Preocular carina present
In addition, the tribe has the following apomorphies:
- Mandible with a medially projecting cuticular basimandibular process on inner margin close to base (an extrusion of the mandible)
- Dorsum of labrum with one or two medial impressions that receive the basimandibular processes when the mandibles are fully closed
References
Baroni Urbani, C. and M. L. De Andrade. 1994. Firs description of fossil Dacetini ants with a critical analysis of the current classification of the tribe. (Amber Collection Stuttgart: Hymenoptera, Formicidae. VI: Dacetini.) Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 198: 1-65.
Bolton, B. 1994. Identification Guide to the Ant Genera of the World. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Bolton, B. 1995. A New General Catalogue of the Ants of the World. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Bolton, B. 1998. Monophyly of the dacetonine tribe-group and its component tribes. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Entomology Series) 67: 65-78.
Bolton, B. 1999. Ant genera of the tribe Dacetonini. Journal of Natural History 33: 1639-1689.
Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65: 1028 pp.
Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. 370 pp. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 71. Gainesville, FL.
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1948. A preliminary generic revision of the higher Dacetini. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 74: 101-129.
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1953. Revisionary studies in the ant tribe Dacetini. American Midland Naturalist 50: 1-137.
Brown, W. L., Jr. and E. O. Wilson. 1959. The evolution of the dacetine ants. Quarterly Review of Biology 34: 278-294.
Hölldobler, B. and E. O. Wilson. 1990. The Ants. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Wheeler, G. C. & Wheeler, J. 1976. Ant larvae: review and synthesis. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington 74: 1-108.
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