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Dolichoderinae

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taxon links [up-->]Dolichoderus [up-->]Miomyrmex [up-->]Technomyrmex [up-->]Elaphrodites [up-->]Eotapinoma [up-->]Linepithema [up-->]Axinidris [up-->]Zherichinius [up-->]Anonychomyrma [up-->]Tapinoma [up-->]Iridomyrmex [up-->]Philidris [up-->]Froggattella [up-->]Protazteca [up-->]Ochetellus [up-->]Dorymyrmex [up-->]Turneria [up-->]Bothriomyrmex [up-->]Leptomyrmex [up-->]Azteca [up-->]Elaeomyrmex [up-->]Liometopum [up-->]Forelius [up-->]Papyrius extinct icon extinct icon extinct icon extinct icon extinct icon extinct icon extinct icon extinct icon extinct icon extinct icon extinct icon extinct icon extinct icon extinct icon extinct icon Phylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertainPhylogenetic position of group is uncertain[down<--]Formicidae Interpreting the tree
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Tree after Shattuck (1995) and Chiotis et al. (2000); classification after Bolton (2003).
Containing group: Formicidae

Introduction

The Dolichoderinae share the following characters with the Aneuretinae and Formicinae (Bolton 2003): Synapomorphies of the Dolichoderinae are listed by Bolton (2003):

Other Names for Dolichoderinae

References

Bolton, B. 1994. Identification Guide to the Ant Genera of the World. 222 pp. Cambridge, Mass.

Bolton, B. 1995. A New General Catalog of the Ants of the World. 504 pp. Cambridge, Mass.

Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. 370 pp. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 71. Gainesville, FL.

Brandão, C. R. F., C. Baroni Urbani, J. Wagensberg, and C. I. Yamamoto. 1998. New Technomyrmex in Dominican amber, with a reappraisal of Dolichoderinae phylogeny. Entomologica Scandinavica 29: 411-428.

Chiotis, M., L. S. Jermiin, and R. H. Crozier. 2000. A molecular framework for the phylogeny of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 17(1): 108-116.

Hölldobler, B. and E. O. Wilson. 1990. The Ants. 732 pp. Harvard University Press.

Shattuck, S. O. 1992a. Higher classification of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae, Dolichoderinae and Formicidae. Systematic Entomology 17: 199-206.

Shattuck, S. O. 1992b. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 21: 1-181.

Shattuck, S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae. University of California Publications in Entomology 112: 1-241.

Shattuck, S. O. 1995. Generic-level relationships within the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymneoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 20: 217-228.

Wheeler, G. C. & Wheeler, J. 1976. Ant larvae: review and synthesis. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington 74: 1-108.

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Scientific Name Azteca instabilis
Location Guatemala
Sex Female
Life Cycle Stage Worker
Copyright © 2003 Alex Wild
Scientific Name Linepithema humile
Location U.S.A. (California)
Sex Female
Life Cycle Stage Worker
Copyright © 2003 Alex Wild
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