Dolichoderinae is a subfamily of ant

Ant

Ants are social insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the mid-Cretaceous period between 110 and 130 million years ago and diversified after the rise of flowering plants. More than...

s, which includes species such as the Argentine ant

Argentine ant

The Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, is a dark ant native to northern Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and southern Brazil...

 (Linepithema humile), the erratic ant

Erratic ant

The erratic ant is a species of dolichoderine ant first described in 1789 by Latreille.This species ranges throughout Central Europe from the mountains of south Italy to north Germany. It is present in coastal areas of Southern England and on the islands of Gotland and Öland in Sweden.A...

, the odorous house ant, and the cone ant

Dorymyrmex

Dorymyrmex is a genus of Dolichoderinae known as the cone ant. Sometimes referred to as the "odorous ant" because of a distinct smell many have, which resembles the scent of blue cheese....

. This subfamily is distinguished by having a single petiole

Petiole (insect)

In entomology, the term petiole is most commonly used to refer to the constricted first metasomal segment of members of the Hymenopteran suborder Apocrita; it may be used to refer to other insects with similar body shapes, where the metasomal base is constricted...

 (no post-petiole) and a slit-like orifice, rather than the round acidopore encircled by hairs that typifies the subfamily Formicinae

Formicinae

Formicinae is a subfamily within the Formicidae containing ants of moderate evolutionary development.Formicines retain some primitive features such as the presence of cocoons around pupae, the presence of ocelli in workers, and little tendency toward reduction of palp or antennal segmentation in...

. Dolichoderine ants do not possess a sting, unlike ants in some other subfamilies, such as Ponerinae

Ponerinae

Ponerinae is a subfamily of ants in the Poneromorph subfamilies group, with about 1,600 species in 28 extant genera, including Dinoponera gigantea - one of the world's largest species of ant....

 and Myrmicinae

Myrmicinae

Myrmicinae is a subfamily of ants. There are about 140 genera within the group, with the family being cosmopolitan. The pupae lack cocoons. Some species retain a functional sting. The petioles of Myrmicinae consist of two nodes...

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

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

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Genera

• Amyrmex
  Amyrmex golbachi
  Amyrmex golbachi is a species of ant and is currently the only known species in the genus Amyrmex described from Argentina.- References :...
  
  (monotypic
  Monotypic
  In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group with only one biological type. The term's usage differs slightly between botany and zoology. The term monotypic has a separate use in conservation biology, monotypic habitat, regarding species habitat conversion eliminating biodiversity and...
  
  )
• Anillidris
  Anillidris bruchi
  Anillidris is a genus of ants which only contains the species Anillidris bruchi. For a time this genus was synonymous with genus Linepithema, but was revived from synonymy by Shattuck ....
  
  (monotypic)
• Anonychomyrma
  Anonychomyrma
  Anonychomyrma is a genus of ants that belongs to the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae....
  
  (27 species)
• Axinidris
• Azteca
• Bothriomyrmex
• Doleromyrma
  Doleromyrma darwiniana
  Doleromyrma darwiniana is a species of ant of the family Formicidae, currently the only known species in the genus Doleromyrma. They are endemic to Australia, and introduced to New Zealand.-References:*...
  
  (monotypic)
• Dolichoderus
  Dolichoderus
  Dolichoderus is a large genus of ants found worldwide.-Taxonomy:The ants of the neotropical genus Monacio were revised in 1959 by Kempf. However, Brown in 1973 and G. C. Wheeler and J. Wheeler in 1973 and 1976 considered both Monacis and Hypoclinea to be junior synonyms of...
  
  (~140 species)
• Dorymyrmex
  Dorymyrmex
  Dorymyrmex is a genus of Dolichoderinae known as the cone ant. Sometimes referred to as the "odorous ant" because of a distinct smell many have, which resembles the scent of blue cheese....
  
  
• Ecphorella
  Ecphorella wellmani
  Ecphorella wellmani is a species of ant and is currently the only known species of genus Ecphorella...
  
  (monotypic)
• Forelius
• Froggattella
• Gracilidris
  Gracilidris
  Gracilidris is a genus of dolichoderine ants with nocturnal behaviour; thought to have gone extinct 15-20 million years ago, they have been found in Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina and were described in 2006....
  
  
• Iridomyrmex
  Iridomyrmex
  Iridomyrmex is a genus of ants that belongs to the subfamily Dolichoderinae. There are 79 species and subspecies that belong to this genus and they range from India to China to Australia and New Caledonia.-Description:...
  
  
• Leptomyrmex
  Leptomyrmex
  Leptomyrmex is a genus of ants. According to the latest taxonomic revision, there are 27 extant and one fossil species . For a complete list of species and full references, see here...
  
  
• Linepithema
• Liometopum
  Liometopum
  Liometopum is a genus of ants that belongs to the subfamily Dolichoderinae. Caterpillars of certain butterfly species have a symbiotic relationship with Liometopum ants...
  
  
• Loweriella
  Loweriella boltoni
  Loweriella boltoni is a species of ant and is currently the only known species of genus Loweriella- External links :*...
  
  
• Ochetellus
• Papyrius
• Philidris
• Tapinoma
  Tapinoma
  Tapinoma is a genus of ants that belongs to the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae. There are 63 described species.The origin of the scientific name is interesting. Tapinoma is derived from the Finnish spirit god Tapio hence the common name ghost ant. Melanocephalum is derived from the two Greek words...
  
  
• Technomyrmex
• Turneria
  Turneria
  Turneria is a genus of ants that belongs to the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae. They form small colonies of fewer than 500 workers, and nest in trees and twigs....