Myrmeciinae
E90185
Myrmeciinae is a subfamily of ants best known for the large, aggressive Australian “bulldog ants” or “jack jumper ants,” which have powerful stings and excellent vision.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Myrmeciinae canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T692212 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Myrmeciinae Context triple: [Formicidae, containsSubtaxon, Myrmeciinae]
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A.
Myrmicinae
Myrmicinae is a large and diverse subfamily of ants that includes many common species such as leafcutter, harvester, and fire ants, known for their complex social behavior and varied ecological roles.
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B.
Formicinae
Formicinae is a large and diverse subfamily of ants known for their ability to spray formic acid as a defense mechanism.
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C.
Formicidae
Formicidae is the biological family comprising all ant species, known for their complex social organization and widespread ecological impact.
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D.
Dorylinae
Dorylinae is a subfamily of ants commonly known as army ants, characterized by their nomadic behavior and highly coordinated group foraging.
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E.
Dolichoderinae
Dolichoderinae is a subfamily of ants known for their diverse, often arboreal species that typically lack a sting and instead rely on chemical defenses.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Myrmeciinae Target entity description: Myrmeciinae is a subfamily of ants best known for the large, aggressive Australian “bulldog ants” or “jack jumper ants,” which have powerful stings and excellent vision.
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A.
Myrmicinae
Myrmicinae is a large and diverse subfamily of ants that includes many common species such as leafcutter, harvester, and fire ants, known for their complex social behavior and varied ecological roles.
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B.
Formicinae
Formicinae is a large and diverse subfamily of ants known for their ability to spray formic acid as a defense mechanism.
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C.
Formicidae
Formicidae is the biological family comprising all ant species, known for their complex social organization and widespread ecological impact.
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D.
Dorylinae
Dorylinae is a subfamily of ants commonly known as army ants, characterized by their nomadic behavior and highly coordinated group foraging.
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E.
Dolichoderinae
Dolichoderinae is a subfamily of ants known for their diverse, often arboreal species that typically lack a sting and instead rely on chemical defenses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ant subfamily
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPeriod | mostly diurnal ⓘ |
| behavioralCharacteristic |
individual-based hunting rather than group raiding
ⓘ
strong visual orientation ⓘ |
| class | Insecta ⓘ |
| commonName |
bulldog ants subfamily
ⓘ
jack jumper ants subfamily ⓘ |
| containsGenus |
Myrmecia
ⓘ
Nothomyrmecia ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carlo Emery ⓘ |
| diet |
arthropods
ⓘ
honeydew ⓘ nectar ⓘ |
| distribution |
Australia
ⓘ
New Caledonia ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
invertebrate predators
ⓘ
pollinators ⓘ |
| eyeType | large compound eyes ⓘ |
| family | Formicidae ⓘ |
| feedingHabit | predatory ⓘ |
| foragingBehavior | solitary foraging ⓘ |
| hasMaleCaste | true ⓘ |
| hasQueenCaste | true ⓘ |
| hasWorkerCaste | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| mandibleType | elongate mandibles ⓘ |
| morphologicalCharacteristic |
large eyes placed laterally on head
ⓘ
narrow waist with one or two nodes ⓘ well-developed sting apparatus ⓘ |
| nestingSite |
rotting wood
ⓘ
soil ⓘ |
| notableFor |
aggressive behavior
ⓘ
excellent vision ⓘ large body size ⓘ powerful sting ⓘ |
| ocelliPresent | true ⓘ |
| order | Hymenoptera ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Formicidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| primaryHabitat |
forests
ⓘ
heathlands ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| reproduction | nuptial flights ⓘ |
| stingPresent | true ⓘ |
| taxonRank | subfamily ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Myrmecia ⓘ |
| venomAllergenicToHumans | true ⓘ |
| venomEffect | can cause severe allergic reactions in humans ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Myrmeciinae Description of subject: Myrmeciinae is a subfamily of ants best known for the large, aggressive Australian “bulldog ants” or “jack jumper ants,” which have powerful stings and excellent vision.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.