Talk:Myrmeciinae

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What is this story of bringing back an older version by merging again the two subfamilies Myrmeciinae and Prionomyrmecinae into one and reviving Nothomyrmecia as a valid genus? Baroni Urbani (2005) separates the two subfamilies that are characterized respectively by four (Prionomyrmecinae) and seven (Myrmeciinae) synapomorphies. He shows also the inconsistency of the characters used to separate Nothomyrmecia from its senior synonym, Prionomyrmex. There are no subsequent studies on the subject, even if Archibald et al. (2006) still adopt the wrong classification without justifying their attitude. Archibald et al. (2006), however, had no other alternative since no one of the subfamilial characters listed by Baroni Urbani (2005) is visible among their compression fossils.

WIKIPEDIA is not the place of personal opinions even if they were justified, which is not this case.

I’m re-correcting the relative entries until proof of the contrary.

References:

Archibald, S. B., Cover, S. P., Moreau, C. S. 2006. Bulldog ants of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands and history of the subfamily (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99: 487-523. Baroni Urbani, C. 2005. Phylogeny and biogeography of the ant subfamily Prionomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annali del Museo Civico di Stortia Naturale “G. Doria” 96: 581-595. Sirolo 14:43, 5 March 2007 (UTC)