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.[2]

Dolichoderinae
Iridomyrmex purpureus feeding on honey
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Forel, 1878
Type genus
Dolichoderus
Lund, 1831
Diversity[1]
48 genera

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.[3]

Of the compounds produced by dolichoderine ants, several terpenoids were identified including the previously unknown iridomyrmecin, isoiridomyrmecin, and iridodial.[4] Such compounds are responsible for the smell given off by ants of this subfamily when crushed or disturbed.


Tribes and genera
  • Bothriomyrmecini Dubovikov, 2005
    • Arnoldius Dubovikov, 2005
    • Bothriomyrmex Emery, 1869
    • Chronoxenus Santschi, 1919
    • Loweriella Shattuck, 1992
    • Ravavy Fisher, 2009
  • Dolichoderini Forel, 1878
  • 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
    • Linepithema Mayr, 1866
    • Nebothriomyrmex Dubovikov, 2004
    • Ochetellus Shattuck, 1992
    • Papyrius Shattuck, 1992
    • Philidris Shattuck, 1992
    • Turneria Forel, 1895
  • †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
  • incertae sedis
    • †Alloiomma Zhang, 1989
    • †Elaeomyrmex Carpenter, 1930
    • †Elaphrodites Zhang, 1989
    • †Eldermyrmex Heterick & Shattuck, 2011
    • †Emplastus Donisthorpe, 1920
    • †Eotapinoma Dlussky, 1988
    • †Eurymyrmex Zhang, Sun & Zhang, 1994
    • †Kotshkorkia Dlussky, 1981
    • †Ktunaxia Lapolla & Greenwalt, 2015
    • †Leptomyrmula Emery, 1913
    • †Petraeomyrmex Carpenter, 1930
    • †Proiridomyrmex Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2003
    • †Protazteca Carpenter, 1930
    • †Usomyrma Dlussky, Radchenko & Dubovikoff, 2014
    • †Yantaromyrmex Dlussky & Dubovikoff, 2013
    • †Zherichinius Dlussky, 1988
Usomyrma mirabilis


See also
  • List of ants of Andorra

References
  1. Bolton, B. (2015). "Dolichoderinae". AntCat. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  2. 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. doi:10.3897/CompCytogen.v6i2.2397. PMC 3833797. PMID 24260655.
  3. Fisher, Brian L. and Stefan P. Cover (2007) Ants of North America: a guide to the genera
  4. Wilson, E. O.; Pavan, M. (1959). "Glandular Sources and Specificity of Some Chemical Releasers of Social Behavior in Dolichoderine Ants". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 66 (4): 70. doi:10.1155/1959/45675.
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