Research Article

The Hindwings of Ants: A Phylogenetic Analysis

Table 1

Genera with hindwing of Typology I divided for Subclades.

Hindwing of Typology I
SubcladesSubfamiliesGenera with Jugal lobeGenera without Jugal lobe

Poneroid 1Ponerinae1AnochetusMesoponeraAsphinctopone
AsphinctoponeMyopsiasAustroponera
AustroponeraNeoponeraBelonopelta
BelonopeltaOdonthomachusBuniapone
BothroponeraOdontoponeraCryptopone
BrachyponeraOphthalmoponeEmeryopone
BuniaponePachycondylaEuponera
CentromyrmexPaltothyreusHypoponera
DiacammaPhrynoponeraLeptogenys
DinoponeraPlatythyreaLoboponera
EctomomyrmexPlectrocenaMayaponera
Emeryopone EuponeraPlectroctenaMyopsias
HagensiaPromyopsiasParvaponera
HarpegnathosPsalidomyrmexPonera
LoboponeraPseudoneoponeraPromyopias
MayaponeraRasoponePseudoponera
MegaponeraStreblognathus
Mesoponera
ParaponerinaeParaponera-

Poneroid 2Amblyoponinae2-Amblyopone
Fulakora
Myopopone
Mystrium
Stigmatomma

Formicoid 1Dorylinae-Acanthostichus
Aenictogiton
Aenictus
Cerapachys
Cheliomyrmex
Chrysapace
Cylindromyrmex
Dorylus
Eciton
Eusphinctus
Labidus
Lioponera
Neivamyrmex
Neocerapachys
Nomamyrmex
Parasyscia
Simopone
Yunodorylus

Formicoid 2MyrmeciinaeMyrmecia-
Nothomyrmecia
Pseudomyrmecinae3-Pseudomyrmex gracilis
Tetraponera
Dolichoderinae4-Anonychomyrma
Azteca

Formicoid 3Ectatomminae5EctatommaGnamptogenys
Rhytidoponera
Heteroponerinae6-Acanthoponera
Heteroponera
MyrmicinaeSolenopsis bicolor

Notes Table 1.
1: Ponerinae: the genera Austroponera, Belonopelta, Emeryopone, Aspinctopone, Loboponera, and Mayaponera. I do not know the presence/absence of the Jugal lobe; the genus Euponera: I have encountered in some species the presence and in others the absence of Jugal lobe; the genera Hypoponera and Ponera described hindwings of Typology I and Typology II.
2: Amblyoponinae: the genus Fulakora described hindwings of Typologies I, II, and III.
3: Pseudomyrmecinae: the genera Tetraponera and Pseudomyrmex described hindwings of Typologies I and II.
4: Dolichoderinae: the genus Anonychomyrma described hindwings of Typology I without Jugal lobe and Typology II; the genus Azteca described hindwings of Typology I without Jugal lobe “azteca type” (Figure 1).
5: Ectatomminae: the genus Gnamptogenys described hindwings of Typology I without Jugal lobe and Typology II (Figure 2).
6: Heteroponerinae: the genus Heteroponera described hindwings of Typology I without Jugal lobe and Typology II.