IDENTIFICATION GUIDE TO THE ANT GENERA OF THE WORLD

Abstract

Gives subgeneric names, generic synonymy and homonyms, & extinct taxa; no species names given for specimens figured. Chapters: Introduction (Problems of classification), (Outline of zoogeography), (Preparation of specimens), (Organization und use of the book), The family Formicidae (Diagnosis of the family Formicidae), (The extant subfamilies), (Key to the subfamilies based on external morphology), (New format key to subfamilies), (Keys apply to the worker caste): Aenictinae, Aenictogitoninae, Aneuretinae, Apomyrminae, Cerapachyinae, Dolichoderinae, Dorylinae, Ecitoninae, Formicinae, Leptanillinae, Leptanilloidinae, Myrmeciinae, Myrmicinae, Nothomyrmeciinae, Ponerinae, Pseudomyrmecinae, The extinct Subfamilies (Armaniinae, Formiciinae, Sphecomyrminae, Paleosminthurinae), References to faunistic studies, Glossary of morphological terms, Bibliography, Index and checklist.