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Definition of Dorylinae
1. Noun. Army ants.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Family Formicidae, Formicidae
Member holonyms: Army Ant, Driver Ant, Legionary Ant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dorylinae
Literary usage of Dorylinae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1903)
"and not in populous colonies like the Dorylinae. 2. ... The colonies are stationary
like the Ponerinae and not nomadic like the Dorylinae. ..."
2. The Science of Human Behavior: Biological and Psychological Foundations by Maurice Parmelee (1913)
"Of the five subfamilies of this family only the two lower, the Ponerinae and the
Dorylinae, are now purely carnivorous. And it is a significant fact that ..."
3. The Science of Human Behavior: Biological and Psychological Foundations by Maurice Parmelee (1913)
"Of the five subfamilies of this family only the two lower, the Ponerinae and the
Dorylinae, are now purely carnivorous. And it is a significant fact that ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"172-189), and has, moreover, permitted me to translate the as yet unpublished
German table for the Dorylinae and Ponerinae which he has been preparing for ..."
5. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1916)
"The identifications were made by Dr. WM Wheeler, to whom the writers are greatly
indebted: Subfamily Dorylinae. ..."