Subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae M.R. Smith, 1952

Figs 5B, E, 15 A–B

Diagnosis

Pseudomyrmecine males are uniquely identified by the absence of the jugal lobes in combination with the following character combination: cuticle soft, flexible, weakly-sculptured; frontal carinae inconspicuous or absent; meso- and metatibia each with two ventroapical spurs; more than three forewing cells closed; abdominal segment III petiolated; abdominal sternum IX unpronged.

Comments

The Pseudomyrmecinae is comprised of three genera, the widespread New World Pseudomyrmex, the Amazon endemic Myrcidris, and the Old World genus Tetraponera . Ward (1990) provided a male-based key to the genera for the subfamily.