Dolichoderinae

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iDolichoderinae Subfamily

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Subclass:	Pterygota
Infraclass:	Neoptera
Superorder:	Endopterygota
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Apocrita
Superfamily:	Vespoidea
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae

Genera

Amyrmex
Anillidris
Anonychomyrma
Axinidris
Azteca
Bothriomyrmex
Doleromyrma
Dolichoderus
Dorymyrmex
Ecphorella
Forelius
Froggattella
Gracilidris
Iridomyrmex
Leptomyrmex
Linepithema
Liometopum
Loweriella
Ochetellus
Papyrius
Philidris
Tapinoma
Technomyrmex
Turneria

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. This subfamily is distinguished by having a single petiole (no post-petiole) and a slit-like oriface, rather than the round acidopore encircled by hairs that typifies the subfamily Formicinae. Dolichoderine ants do not possess a sting, unlike many ants in other subfamilies, such as Ponerinae and Myrmicinae.

This subfamily is not currently divided into tribes, but there are 24 genera.