Dolichoderinae

Dolichoderinae
Iridomyrmex purpureus feeding on honey
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Clade:	Dolichoderomorpha
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae Forel, 1878
Type genus
Dolichoderus Lund, 1831

Dolichoderinae is a subfamily of ants that includes species such as the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile), the erratic ant, the odorous house ant, and the cone ant. The subfamily presents a great diversity of species throughout the world, distributed in different biogeographic realms, from the Palearctic, Nearctic, Afrotropical region and Malaysia, to the Middle East, Australian, and Neotropical regions.

The subfamily is distinguished by having a single petiole (no post-petiole) and a slit-like orifice, from which chemical compounds are released. Dolichoderine ants do not possess a sting, unlike ants in some other subfamilies, such as Ponerinae and Myrmicinae, instead relying on the chemical defensive compounds produced from the anal gland.

Of the compounds produced by dolichoderine ants, several terpenoids were identified including the previously unknown iridomyrmecin, isoiridomyrmecin, and iridodial. Such compounds are responsible for the smell given off by ants of this subfamily when crushed or disturbed.

Tribes and genera

Dolichoderini consists of at least 5 tribes and 48 genera:

• Bothriomyrmecini Dubovikov, 2005
  • Arnoldius Dubovikov, 2005
  • Bothriomyrmex Emery, 1869
  • Chronoxenus Santschi, 1919
  • Loweriella Shattuck, 1992
  • Ravavy Fisher, 2009
• Dolichoderini Forel, 1878
  • Dolichoderus Lund, 1831
• Leptomyrmecini Emery, 1913
  • Anillidris Santschi, 1936
  • Anonychomyrma Donisthorpe, 1947
  • Azteca Forel, 1878
  • †Chronomyrmex McKellar, Glasier & Engel, 2013
  • Doleromyrma Forel, 1907
  • Dorymyrmex Mayr, 1866
  • Forelius Emery, 1888
  • Froggattella Forel, 1902
  • Gracilidris Wild & Cuezzo, 2006
  • Iridomyrmex Mayr, 1862
  • Leptomyrmex Mayr, 1862
  • †Leptomyrmula Emery, 1913
  • Linepithema Mayr, 1866
  • Nebothriomyrmex Dubovikov, 2004
  • Ochetellus Shattuck, 1992
  • Papyrius Shattuck, 1992
  • Philidris Shattuck, 1992
  • Turneria Forel, 1895
  • †Yantaromyrmex Dlussky & Dubovikoff, 2013
• †Miomyrmecini Carpenter, 1930
  • †Miomyrmex Carpenter, 1930
• Tapinomini Emery, 1913
  • Aptinoma Fisher, 2009
  • Axinidris Weber, 1941
  • †Ctenobethylus Brues, 1939
  • Ecphorella Forel, 1909
  • Liometopum Mayr, 1861
  • Tapinoma Förster, 1850
  • Technomyrmex Mayr, 1872
• †Zherichiniini Dlussky, 1988
  • †Zherichinius Dlussky, 1988
• incertae sedis
  • †Alloiomma Zhang, 1989
  • †Elaeomyrmex Carpenter, 1930
  • †Elaphrodites Zhang, 1989
  • †Emplastus Donisthorpe, 1920
  • †Eotapinoma Dlussky, 1988
  • †Eurymyrmex Zhang, Sun & Zhang, 1994
  • †Kotshkorkia Dlussky, 1981
  • †Ktunaxia Lapolla & Greenwalt, 2015
  • †Petraeomyrmex Carpenter, 1930
  • †Proiridomyrmex Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2003
  • †Protazteca Carpenter, 1930
  • †Usomyrma Dlussky, Radchenko & Dubovikoff, 2014

See also

• List of ants of Andorra

References

• This article incorporates text from a scholarly publication published under a copyright license that allows anyone to reuse, revise, remix and redistribute the materials in any form for any purpose: Cardoso, D.; Cristiano, M. P.; Barros, L. S.; Lopes, D.; Pompolo, S. (2012). "First cytogenetic characterization of a species of the arboreal ant genus Azteca Forel, 1978 (Dolichoderinae, Formicidae)". Comparative Cytogenetics. 6 (2): 107–14. Bibcode:2012ComCy...6..107C. doi:10.3897/CompCytogen.v6i2.2397. PMC 3833797. PMID 24260655. Please check the source for the exact licensing terms.

External links

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