Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  
 Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874
 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
    
 Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
      
 Subdivision Bilateralia
        
 Superphylum Articulata Cuvier
 see Supraphylum Articulata Cuvier
          
 Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
            
 Subphylum Tracheata
              
 Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 - insects
                
 Subclass Pterygota Schott & Endl.
                  
 Superorder Hymenopteria
                    
 Order Hymenoptera Linnaeus, 1758 - ants, bees, and wasps
                      
 Suborder Apocrita Gerstaecker, 1867
                        
 Infraorder Aculeata Latreille, 1802
 see [unranked] Aculeata Latreille, 1802
                          
 Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802
 see Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802
                            
 Family Formicidae Latreille, 1809 - ants
                              
 1 Subfamily Myrmeciinae Emery, 1877
                              
 2 Subfamily Ponerinae Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1835
                              
 3 Subfamily Dorylinae Leach, 1815
                              
 4 Subfamily Cerapachyinae Forel, 1893
                              
 5 Subfamily Leptanillinae Emery, 1910
                              
 6 Subfamily Myrmicinae Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1835
                              
 7 Subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae M.R. Smith, 1952
                              
 8 Subfamily Dolichoderinae Forel, 1878
                              
 9 Subfamily Formicinae Latreille, 1809