tribe
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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 ...
ants
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 22,00 ...
with 5 genera.
Genera
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Arnoldius
''Arnoldius'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. Its three species are known from Australia.
Species
* '' Arnoldius flavus'' (Crawley, 1922)
* '' Arnoldius pusillus'' (Mayr
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'', Dubovikov, 2005
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Bothriomyrmex
''Bothriomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae.
Distribution and habitat
The genus is widely distributed in the Old World and Australia, where it is found nesting in a wide range of habitats (including grasslands, savanna w ...
'', Emery, 1869
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Chronoxenus
''Chronoxenus'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The genus is known from Asia.
Species
*'' Chronoxenus butteli'' ( Forel, 1913)
*'' Chronoxenus dalyi'' (Forel, 1895)
*'' Chronoxenus myops'' (Forel, 1895)
*'' Chronoxenus rossi ...
'', Santschi, 1919
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Loweriella
''Loweriella boltoni'' is a species of ant and is the only known species of genus ''Loweriella''. The species is only known from workers collected in the rainforest in Sarawak, Malaysia
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'', Shattuck, 1992
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Ravavy
''Ravavy'' is a Malagasy genus of ant in the subfamily Dolichoderinae containing the single species ''Ravavy miafina''.
Description
The genus is only known from males from Madagascar. The males are distinguished from all other described males ...