Agroecomyrmecinae

Agroecomyrmecinae is a subfamily of ants containing two extant and two fossil genera. The subfamily was originally classified in 1930 by Frank M. Carpenter as Agroecomyrmecini, a Myrmicinae tribe. Bolton raised the tribe to subfamily status in 2003, suggesting that Agroecomyrmecinae might be the sister taxon to Myrmicinae. It has since been discovered to be one of the earliest lineages of ants, a clade from the basal polytomy for all ants. In 2014, the subfamily was expanded to two tribes. The tribe Ankylomyrmini was moved from the subfamily Myrmicinae to Agroemyrmecinae.

==Tribes and genera== Agroecomyrmecinae Carpenter, 1930 Agroecomyrmecini Carpenter, 1930 †Agroecomyrmex Wheeler, 1910 †Agroecomyrmex duisburgi Wheeler, 1910 †Eulithomyrmex Carpenter, 1935 †Eulithomyrmex rugosus Carpenter, 1930 †Eulithomyrmex striatus Carpenter, 1930 Tatuidris Brown & Kempf, 1968 Tatuidris tatusia Brown & Kempf, 1968 (=T. kapasi Lacau & Groc, 2012) Ankylomyrmini Ankylomyrma Bolton, 1973 Ankylomyrma coronacantha Bolton, 1973