Dolichoderinae

Dolichoderinae is a subfamily of ants, which 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.

This 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.[citation needed]

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

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External links

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