Table 2 Summary of crown group divergence ages and estimated ancestral ranges

Formicinae

163

0.9

117.6 [100–136]

108.7 [92–127]

104.1 [88–125]

TPOA

19.0

TPEOA

22.0

Camponotini

134

1

55.8 [43–70]

55.6 [43–70]

51.4 [40–64]

O

43.4

O

45.5

Formicini

158

1

66.7 [55–80]

64.3 [54–75]

65.9 [55–79]

P

89.9

P

100.0

Lasiini

100

1

88.9 [72–106]

77.4 [65–92]

76.7 [65–91]

O

46.5

O

49.2

Melophorini

108

1

62.9 [43–85]

64.7 [49–84]

52.6 [41–66]

A

99.9

A

100.0

Myrmelachistini

84

1

80.0 [47–112]

75.7 [50–103]

72.2 [45–101]

T

95.3

T

100.0

Plagiolepidini

149

1

84.4 [71–99]

76.2 [66–88]

74.0 [65–83]

EO

52.9

E

51.2

Camponotus s.s.

126

1

27.6

23.8

23.1

TEO

26.9

PEO

26.7

Colobopsis

115

1

34.2

32.7

28.5

O

31.5

O

27.7

Echinopla

127

1

13.8

10.5

10.3

A

51.4

A

50.1

Calomyrmex

128

1

13.9

7.9

7.9

A

100.0

A

100.0

Polyrhachis

117

1

14.2

16.0

13.5

OA

38.1

OA

40.8

Opisthopsis

116

1

6.2

4.0

3.2

A

100.0

A

100.0

Formicine_genus01

143

1

8.3

9.9

10.0

E

100.0

E

100.0

Tapinolepis

138

1

57.88^a

56.1

45.5

E

100.0

E

100.0

Acropyga

145

1

27.7

30.0

23.9

E

31.6

E

17.3

Plagiolepis

140

1

26.1

11.2

9.6

PEOA

48.7

PEOA

51.6

Anoplolepis

136

1

31.8

36.4

29.7

EO

99.1

EO

100.0

Oecophylla

110

1

9.2

13.2

13.2

EOA

75.9

EOA

78.1

Gesomyrmex

109

1

3.7

8.8

4.2

O

100.0

O

100.0

Formica

152

1

28.7

40.6

28.6

NP

68.2

NP

71.8

Paratrechina

92

1

14.8

18.5

14.0

E

100.0

E

100.0

Nylanderia s.l.

90

1

24.3

24.2

24.2

TEO

22.9

TEO

22.3

Paraparatrechina

85

1

31.3

31.4

26.8

EO

42.1

EO

40.4

Lasius

98

1

25.48^a

21.18^a

21.29^a

NP

76.5

NP

81.8

Brachymyrmex

83

1

23.6

28.6

21.1

T

62.6

T

63.0

Lepisiota

141

0.93

49.51^a

44.2

42.9

E

99.7

E

100.0