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For other uses, see Ant (disambiguation). Ants Temporal range: 140–0 Ma [1] PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Berriasian – Present A group of fire ants. Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Clade : Euarthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Superfamily: Formicoidea Family: Formicidae Latreille, 1809 Type species Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761 Subfamilies Agroecomyrmecinae Amblyoponinae (incl. "Apomyrminae") Aneuretinae † Brownimeciinae Dolichoderinae Dorylinae Ectatomminae † Formiciinae Formicinae Heteroponerinae Leptanillinae Martialinae Myrmeciinae (incl. "Nothomyrmeciinae") Myrmicinae Paraponerinae Ponerinae Proceratiinae Pseudomyrmecinae † Sphecomyrminae Cladogram of subfamilies .mw-parser-output table.cladeborder-spacing:0;margin:0;font-size:100%;line-height:100%;border-collapse:separate;width:auto.mw-parser-output table.clade table.cladewidth:100%.mw-parser-output table.clade tdborder:0;padding:0;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center.mw-parser-output ta