Tribe Melophorini Forel 1912

= Myrmecorhynchini Wheeler 1917 syn. n. = Notostigmatini Bolton 2003 syn. n.

Genera: Lasiophanes (tribal transfer), Melophorus, Myrmecorhynchus (tribal transfer), Notoncus (tribal transfer), Notostigma (tribal transfer), Prolasius (tribal transfer), Pseudonotoncus (tribal transfer), Stigmacros (tribal transfer), Teratomyrmex (tribal transfer).

Comments. This tribe formerly contained Melophorus only, but that genus is now known to be embedded within a larger, well-supported clade of ants (Figure 1), which is confined to southern South America, Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea, and for which the oldest available tribal name is Melophorini . A satisfactory morphological circumscription of this group awaits further study.