Anoplolepis | |
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A. gracilipes | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Plagiolepidini |
Genus: | Anoplolepis Santschi, 1914 |
Type species | |
Formica longipes Jerdon, 1851
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Diversity[1] | |
9 species | |
Synonyms | |
Zealleyella Arnold, 1922 |
Anoplolepis, also known as the "pugnacious ants", is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae and tribe Lasiini.[2] The genus is mainly found in the Afrotropics, with a few native species known from the Malagasy and Oriental regions (and some introduced in other places).[3]