Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
subfamily within thefamily Formicidae — the bulldog ants.
Etymologies
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Myrmecia + -inae
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Having a two segmented waist is derived albeit homoplastic, since in current (and even pre-cladistic) phylogenies it shows as evolved multiple time (i.e., independently in Myrmicinae, Myrmeciinae, Ecitoninae, etc).
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