Dolichoderinae
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 Iridomyrmex purpureus feeding on honey
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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 orifice, rather than the round acidopore encircled by hairs that typifies the subfamily Formicinae. Dolichoderine ants do not possess a sting, unlike ants in some other subfamilies, such as Ponerinae and Myrmicinae.
This subfamily is not currently divided into tribes, but there are 24 genera.
[edit] 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
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