Dolichoderinae
Subfamily of ants
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]
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] [citation needed
Tribes and genera
Bothriomyrmecini Dubovikov, 2005
Dolichoderini Forel , 1878Leptomyrmecini Emery , 1913Anillidris Santschi , 1936Anonychomyrma Donisthorpe , 1947Azteca Forel , 1878†Chronomyrmex McKellar, Glasier & Engel, 2013
Doleromyrma Forel , 1907Dorymyrmex Mayr , 1866Forelius Emery , 1888Froggattella Forel , 1902Gracilidris Wild & Cuezzo, 2006 Iridomyrmex Mayr , 1862Leptomyrmex Mayr , 1862Linepithema Mayr , 1866Nebothriomyrmex Dubovikov, 2004 Ochetellus Shattuck, 1992 Papyrius Shattuck, 1992 Philidris Shattuck, 1992 Turneria Forel , 1895†Miomyrmecini Carpenter , 1930
Tapinomini Emery , 1913incertae 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
References
^ Bolton, B. (2015). "Dolichoderinae" . AntCat . Retrieved 4 January 2015 .^ 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 . ^ Fisher, Brian L. and Stefan P. Cover (2007) Ants of North America: a guide to the genera
^ 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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