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Dolichoderinae
Iridomyrmex purpureus feeding on honey
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae Forel, 1878
Type genus
Dolichoderus
Diversity
47 genera

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 regions, 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, rather than the round acidopore encircled by hairs that typifies the family to which it belongs, Formicidae. 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

• 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
  • Linepithema Mayr, 1866
  • Nebothriomyrmex Dubovikov, 2004
  • Ochetellus Shattuck, 1992
  • Papyrius Shattuck, 1992
  • Philidris Shattuck, 1992
  • Turneria Forel, 1895
  • †Usomyrma Dlussky, Radchenko & Dubovikoff, 2014
• Tapinomini Emery, 1913
  • Aptinoma Fisher, 2009
  • Axinidris Weber, 1941
  • †Ctenobethylus Brues, 1939
  • Ecphorella Forel, 1909
  • Liometopum Mayr, 1861
  • Tapinoma Foerster, 1850
  • Technomyrmex Mayr, 1872
• incertae sedis
  • †Alloiomma Zhang, 1989
  • †Asymphylomyrmex Wheeler, 1915
  • †Elaeomyrmex Carpenter, 1930
  • †Elaphrodites Zhang, 1989
  • †Eldermyrmex Heterick & Shattuck, 2011
  • †Emplastus Donisthorpe, 1920
  • †Eotapinoma Dlussky, 1988
  • †Eurymyrmex Zhang, Sun & Zhang, 1994
  • †Kotshkorkia Dlussky, 1981
  • †Leptomyrmula Emery, 1913
  • †Miomyrmex Carpenter, 1930
  • †Petraeomyrmex Carpenter, 1930
  • †Proiridomyrmex Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2003
  • †Protazteca Carpenter, 1930
  • †Yantaromyrmex Dlussky & Dubovikoff, 2013
  • †Zherichinius Dlussky, 1988

References

1. Bolton, B. (2015). "Dolichoderinae". AntCat. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
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3. Fisher, Brian L. and Stefan P. Cover (2007) Ants of North America: a guide to the genera
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External links

• Media related to Dolichoderinae at Wikimedia Commons

• Ant subfamilies
• Dolichoderinae