@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref18523,
author = {Gunther Jansen and Riitta Savolainen},
title = {Molecular phylogeny of the ant tribe Myrmicini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)},
year = {2010},
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doi = {10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00604.x},
url = {},
pmid = {},
journal = {Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society},
volume = {160},
number = {3},
pages = {482--495},
abstract = {The interrelationships within ant subfamilies remain elusive, despite the recent establishment of the phylogeny of the major ant lineages. The tribe Myrmicini belongs to the subfamily Myrmicinae and groups morphologically unspecialised genera. Previous research has struggled with defining Myrmicini, leading to considerable taxonomic instability. Previous molecular studies have suggested non-monophyly of Myrmicini but they have been based on limited taxon sampling. We investigated the composition of Myrmicini with phylogenetic analyses of an enlarged set of taxa, using DNA sequences of seven gene fragments taken from representatives of six of the seven genera (Eutetramorium, Huberia, Hylomyrma, Myrmica, Manica and Pogonomyrmex). Our results demonstrate the invalidity of Myrmicini as currently defined. We recovered sister-group relationships between the genera Myrmica and Manica, and between Pogonomyrmex and Hylomyrma. This study illustrates that to understand the phylogeny of over 6000 myrmicine species, comprehensive taxon sampling and DNA sequencing are an absolute requisite}
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Citation title: "Molecular phylogeny of the ant tribe Myrmicini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)".
