''Technomyrmex'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

ant Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22 ...

s in the

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...

Dolichoderinae 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 ...

. With 98 species, it is one of the largest and most diverse ant genera in the Dolichoderinae. The genus distributed throughout the

tropical The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...

and

subtropical The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical zone, geographical and Köppen climate classification, climate zones to the Northern Hemisphere, north and Southern Hemisphere, south of the tropics. Geographically part of the Geographical z ...

zones with most species occurring in the

Oriental The Orient is a term for the East in relation to Europe, traditionally comprising anything belonging to the Eastern world. It is the antonym of ''Occident'', the Western World. In English, it is largely a metonym for, and coterminous with, the ...

Malesian Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom. It has been given different definitions. The ...

and

Afrotropical The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...

regions. One species, ''

Technomyrmex albipes ''Technomyrmex albipes'', commonly known as the white-footed ant, is a species of ant first described in 1861 from Sulawesi, Indonesia by the British entomologist Frederick Smith. Invasive pest ants in Florida, previously identified as ''T. albi ...

'' is a tramp ant now widespread throughout the

tropics The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...

due to human activities.

Species

*'' Technomyrmex albicoxis'' Donisthorpe, 1945 *''

'' (Smith, 1861) *'' Technomyrmex andrei'' Emery, 1899 *'' Technomyrmex antennus'' Zhou, 2001 *'' Technomyrmex anterops'' Bolton, 2007 *''

Technomyrmex antonii ''Technomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. With 98 species, it is one of the largest and most diverse ant genera in the Dolichoderinae. The genus distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical zones with most specie ...

'' Forel, 1902 *'' Technomyrmex arnoldinus'' Forel, 1913 *'' Technomyrmex australops'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex bicolor'' Emery, 1893 *'' Technomyrmex briani'' Sharaf, 2009 *'' Technomyrmex brunneus'' Forel, 1895 *'' Technomyrmex butteli'' Forel, 1913 *'' Technomyrmex camerunensis'' Emery, 1899 *†'' Technomyrmex caritatis'' Brandão, Baroni Urbani, Wagensberg & Yamamoto, 1999 *'' Technomyrmex cedarensis'' Forel, 1915 *'' Technomyrmex certus'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex cheesmanae'' Donisthorpe, 1945 *'' Technomyrmex convexifrons'' Karavaiev, 1926 *'' Technomyrmex curiosus'' Bolton, 2007 *†'' Technomyrmex deletus'' Emery, 1891 *'' Technomyrmex detorquens'' (Walker, 1859) *'' Technomyrmex difficilis'' Forel, 1892 *'' Technomyrmex docens'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex dubius'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex elatior'' Forel, 1902 *'' Technomyrmex fisheri'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex fornax'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex fulvus'' (Wheeler, 1934) *'' Technomyrmex furens'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex gaudens'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex gibbosus'' Wheeler, 1906 *'' Technomyrmex gilvus'' Donisthorpe, 1941 *'' Technomyrmex gorgona'' Fernández & Guerrero, 2008 *'' Technomyrmex grandis'' Emery, 1887 *'' Technomyrmex hades'' Bolton, 2007 *†'' Technomyrmex hispaniolae'' (Wilson, 1985) *'' Technomyrmex horni'' Forel, 1912 *'' Technomyrmex horrens'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex hostilis'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex ilgi'' (Forel, 1910) *'' Technomyrmex impressus'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex indicus'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex innocens'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex jocosus'' Forel, 1910 *'' Technomyrmex kraepelini'' Forel, 1905 *'' Technomyrmex lasiops'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex laurenti'' (Emery, 1899) *'' Technomyrmex lisae'' Forel, 1913 *'' Technomyrmex lujae'' (Forel, 1905) *'' Technomyrmex madecassus'' Forel, 1897 *'' Technomyrmex mandibularis'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex mayri'' Forel, 1891 *'' Technomyrmex menozzii'' (Donisthorpe, 1936) *'' Technomyrmex metandrei'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex mixtus'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex modiglianii'' Emery, 1900 *'' Technomyrmex moerens'' Santschi, 1913 *'' Technomyrmex montaseri'' Sharaf, Collingwood & Aldawood, 2011 *'' Technomyrmex myops'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex nigriventris'' Forel, 1910 *'' Technomyrmex nitens'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex obscurior'' Wheeler, 1928 *'' Technomyrmex pallipes'' (Smith, 1876) *'' Technomyrmex parandrei'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex parviflavus'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex pilipes'' Emery, 1899 *'' Technomyrmex pluto'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex pratensis'' (Smith, 1860) *'' Technomyrmex prevaricus'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex quadricolor'' (Wheeler, 1930) *'' Technomyrmex rector'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex reductus'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex rotundiceps'' Karavaiev, 1926 *'' Technomyrmex rusticus'' Santschi, 1930 *'' Technomyrmex schimmeri'' Viehmeyer, 1916 *'' Technomyrmex schoedli'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex schoutedeni'' Forel, 1910 *'' Technomyrmex semiruber'' Emery, 1899 *'' Technomyrmex senex'' Bolton, 2007 *†'' Technomyrmex septentrionalis'' Zhang, 1989 *'' Technomyrmex setosus'' Collingwood, 1985 *'' Technomyrmex shattucki'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex sophiae'' Forel, 1902 *'' Technomyrmex strenuus'' Mayr, 1872 *'' Technomyrmex subgracilis'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex sundaicus'' (Emery, 1900) *'' Technomyrmex sycorax'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex tatius'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex taylori'' (Santschi, 1930) *'' Technomyrmex textor'' Forel, 1909 *'' Technomyrmex tonsuratus'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex vapidus'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex vexatus'' (Santschi, 1919) *'' Technomyrmex vitiensis'' Mann, 1921 *'' Technomyrmex voeltzkowi'' (Forel, 1907) *'' Technomyrmex wheeleri'' (Emery, 1913) *'' Technomyrmex yamanei'' Bolton, 2007 *'' Technomyrmex zimmeri'' (Forel, 1911)

References

External links

* Dolichoderinae Ant genera {{Dolichoderinae-stub