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Aenictinae
This is one of several subfamilies collectively referred to as "army ants". The Japanese species resembles
some cerapachyiine ants in general appearance (i.e. those with a strong constriction between the 2nd and 3rd
matasomal segments, producing a two-segmented pedicel). The "army ants" were formerly assigned to the
single subfamily Dorylinae, but three subfamilies, including Aenictini, are now recognized, all extracted from
Dorylinae sens. lat. (see "Comment" above). The current classification developed in stages over several years
(e.g. Brown, 1973; Snelling, 1981; Gottwald, 1982), and has been widely, but not universally, accepted (e.g.
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1985). From The Japanese Ant Color Image Database
 I am no ant nut but have always picked 'Antman' as a name for characters in games.
I can't remember exactly why anymore. It is the way it is. On Geocities I would have picked 'Antman'
for the user name but someone else already did. Formicidae which is the taxonomical name
for the family of 'Ant' was also taken. I did a quick net search and found aenictinae.
So there it is.
On bungie.net I am still Antman, and you will know me from the way I play. And the Names of Games I create.
Now back to the Show!
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