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  Dorylinae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Dorylinae is an old-world subfamily of the Formicidae commonly referred to as Driver ants or siafu.
The Dorylinae are also considered to be Old World Army Ants, although this term usually encompasses the family Aenictinae as well.
All members of the Dorylinae are blind, though they, like most varieties of ants, communicate through scent pheromones.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dorylinae   (352 words)

  
 Termites (Isoptera) Battle Ants in the Cretaceous
It is probable that progenitors of rain forest legionary ants (Dorylinae) were able to follow the rain forest termites across a Bering Sea bridge on the moist rain forest coastal regions sometime during the Cretaceous eventually, most likely near the close [Schneirla].
If a species that preyed on ant colonies entered an area where there were no Dorylinae ants that specialized on termites, one would suspect that termites there would receive an immediate and dramatic boost because non army ants are half as abundant where Eciton occurs [Gotwald 1995 p225].
It is possible that the evolution of the blind, underground legionary ants of the Dorylinae family in South America helps explain why the largest of the Dinosaurs lasted much later in that region than elsewhere.
www.angelfire.com /nc/isoptera/cretaceous.html   (3658 words)

  
 Army ant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Old World army ants are divided between the two subfamilies Aenictinae and Dorylinae.
The subfamily Aenictinae is made up of a single genus, Aenictus, that contains over 100 different species of army ant.
The subfamily Dorylinae contains the aggressive driver ants.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Army_ant   (958 words)

  
 driver ant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Driver ants is the term commonly applied to ants of the subfamily Dorylinae.
Additionally, they are known as "Siafu" in their native areas.
It is also used to describe various other ants - primarily subfamilies formerly included with the Dorylinae, and in addition some myrmicine ants such as Pheidologeton diversus and similar species.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /driver_ant.html   (285 words)

  
 Driver ant - Wikpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The term "driver ant" is also used to describe various other ants—primarily subfamilies formerly included with the Dorylinae, but also some myrmicine ants such as Pheidologeton diversus and similar species.
Driver ants live in the rainforests and savannas of Africa.
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www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Driver_ant   (336 words)

  
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The New World Ecitoninae, together with the Old World Dorylinae, are the legionary ants, par excellence.
The Ecitoninae were, until recently included within the Dorylinae, a group now considered to be restricted to the Old World tropics and subtropics (Snelling, 1981b; Gotwald, 1982).
Wheeler and Wheeler (1985) have argued in favor of lumping all the legionary ants back into the single subfamily Dorylinae partly because that "...
www.armyants.org   (609 words)

  
 An Ant Picturebase of Asia and Europe
In our virtual museum of natural history you find pictures of Aenictinae, Cerapachyinae, Dorylinae, Dolichoderinae, Formicinae, Myrmicinae, Ponerinae, and Pseudomyrmecinae.
In unserem virtuellen Naturkundemuseum finden Sie Fotos von Aenictinae, Cerapachyinae, Dorylinae, Dolichoderinae, Formicinae, Myrmicinae, Ponerinae, and Pseudomyrmecinae.
Dalam muzium alam semulajadi kami, anda akan melihat gambar-gambar Aenictinae, Cerapachyinae, Dorylinae, Dolichoderinae, Formicinae, Myrmicinae, Ponerinae dan Pseudomyrmecinae.
www.antbase.de   (369 words)

  
 Phorid flies - list of published papers of Brian V. Brown
Efficiency of two mass sampling methods for sampling phorid flies (Diptera: Phoridae) in a tropical biodiversity survey.
Parasitic phorid flies (Diptera: Phoridae) associated with army ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ecitoninae, Dorylinae) and their conservation biology.
A new species of Pseudacteon Coquillett (Diptera: Phoridae) attacking Solenopsis fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Argentina.
www.phorid.net /phoridae/phorpub.html   (1181 words)

  
 Army Ants Have Defied Evolution For 100 Million Years
While this syndrome is found in every army ant species around the world, scientific papers have postulated that army ants evolved these characteristics multiple times after the breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana about 100 million years ago.
In total, Brady studied the DNA of 30 army ant species and 20 possible ancestors within the army ant community, divided between the New World species in Ecitoninae and the Old World groups Aenictinae and Dorylinae.
He specifically sought information from four different genes to uncover clues to their relationships.
www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2003/05/030507081357.htm   (804 words)

  
 List of Genera - www.ezboard.com
There is also the moving of Aenictus to the Dorylinae: Brown, in Agosti, Majer, Alonso and Schultz 2000.
It was in the first Bolton book (the "Guide") but not in his General Catalogue.
I don't know if Aenictus should be moved to Dorylinae.
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 Find in a Library: The identification and distribution of new world army ants (Dorylinae : Formicidae
Find in a Library: The identification and distribution of new world army ants (Dorylinae : Formicidae
The identification and distribution of new world army ants (Dorylinae : Formicidae
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worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/954bf4cb381a9f2fa19afeb4da09e526.html   (69 words)

  
 The Ants of Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
SUBFAMILY DORYLINAE - Subgenus Anomma comparative study and revision 2002
Emery's (1895j: 710) illustrated the male genitalia at
Emery (1910b), in Wytsman's "Genera Insectorum", Subfamily Dorylinae, gave illustrations of what he labelled as the male, queen and major worker of D.
www.antbase.org /ants/africa/anomma/anomma2002.htm   (2215 words)

  
 Updates to Bolton's Ant Catalog
Type species: Yunodorylus sexspinus Xu, Z, by monotypy.
New synonymy: Aenictinae junior synonym of Dorylinae: Brown, in Agosti, Majer, Alonso and Schultz, 2000.
Ants: standard methods for measuring and monitoring biodiversity: 46.
www.cs.unc.edu /~hedlund/dev/ants/catalog/BoltonUpdates.html   (1331 words)

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