Dolichoderus

''Dolichoderus'' is a genus of ants found worldwide.

Taxonomy

The ants of the Neotropical genus ''Monacis'' 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 ''Dolichoderus''.Notes on the ant genus ''Hypoclinea'', Mayr, with descriptions of three new species
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Description

The type species is ''Dolichoderus attelaboides''. Worker ants in this genus have a body length that is typically about four millimetres and can be recognised by their thick, inflexible and strongly sculptured integument. There is a flange on the underside of the head near the base of the mandibles which is saw-like in some species. The longitudinal suture in the central plate of the metathorax is deeply impressed. The propodeum or first abdominal segment has the posterior face distinctly concave when viewed from the side.Online Catalog of the North American Ants
The gaster and alitrunk are separated by a single segment, the petiole. The orifice of the cloaca is a horizontal slit rather than a circular opening. It is surrounded by a few rather stiff erect bristles.Identification and nesting sites of North American species of ''Dolichoderus''
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Distribution

Members of this genus are found worldwide, in all the continents except Antarctica.

Biology

Colonies are of varying sizes and are constructed in the soil, in curled leaves, in the hollow stems of plants and in cartons which are formed by the ants chewing wood and mixing the product with secretions in a similar way to that used by wasps to build their nests. Some species are very versatile with '' Dolichoderus pustulatus'' nesting underground in northern parts of the United States while living wholly in trees in the south. The workers seek out and tend sap-sucking insects such as aphids and scale insects that excrete honeydew and they also feed on small arthropods. Some species emit a pungent smelling fluid. Two species, '' Dolichoderus plagiatus'' and '' Dolichoderus taschenbergi'', are believed to be polygynous with several queens in one nest. It is also possible that ''D. taschenbergi'' may be a temporary social parasite with ''D. plagiatus'' as host.

Species

*'' Dolichoderus abruptus'' (Smith, 1858)
*†'' Dolichoderus affectus'' Théobald, 1937
*'' Dolichoderus affinis'' Emery, 1889
*'' Dolichoderus albamaculus'' Shattuck & Marsden, 2013
*'' Dolichoderus andinus'' (Kempf, 1962)
*'' Dolichoderus angusticornis'' Clark, 1930
*†'' Dolichoderus antiquus'' Carpenter, 1930
*''Dolichoderus attelaboides'' (Fabricius, 1775)
*'' Dolichoderus australis'' André, 1896
*'' Dolichoderus baenae'' MacKay, 1993
*†''Dolichoderus balticus'' (Mayr, 1868)
*'' Dolichoderus beccarii'' Emery, 1887
*'' Dolichoderus bidens'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
*'' Dolichoderus bispinosus'' (Olivier, 1792)
*†'' Dolichoderus brevicornis'' Dlussky, 2002
*†'' Dolichoderus brevipalpis'' Dlussky, 2008
*†'' Dolichoderus brevipennis'' Dlussky, 2008
*'' Dolichoderus brevis'' Santschi, 1920
*'' Dolichoderus brevithorax'' Menozzi, 1928
*†''Dolichoderus bruneti'' Théobald, 1937
*'' Dolichoderus burmanicus'' Bingham, 1903
*'' Dolichoderus butteli'' Forel, 1913
*''Dolichoderus canopus'' Shattuck & Marsden, 2013
*''Dolichoderus carbonarius'' Emery, 1895
*†''Dolichoderus caribbaeus'' (Wilson, 1985)
*'' Dolichoderus clarki'' Wheeler, 1935
*'' Dolichoderus clusor'' Forel, 1907
*'' Dolichoderus cogitans'' Forel, 1912
*''Dolichoderus coniger'' (Mayr, 1870)
*†'' Dolichoderus coquandi'' Théobald, 1937
*†''Dolichoderus cornutus'' (Mayr, 1868)
*'' Dolichoderus crawleyi'' Donisthorpe, 1917
*'' Dolichoderus curvilobus'' (Lattke, 1987)
*''Dolichoderus cuspidatus'' (Smith, 1857)
*''Dolichoderus dajiensis'' Wang & Zheng, 2005
*'' Dolichoderus debilis'' Emery, 1890
*'' Dolichoderus decollatus'' Smith, 1858
*'' Dolichoderus dentatus'' Forel, 1902
*†'' Dolichoderus dibolius'' Wilson, 1985
*'' Dolichoderus diversus'' Emery, 1894
*†'' Dolichoderus dlusskyi'' LaPolla & Greenwalt, 2015
*'' Dolichoderus doloniger'' (Roger, 1862)
*''Dolichoderus doriae'' Emery, 1887
*†'' Dolichoderus elegans'' Wheeler, 1915
*''Dolichoderus epetreius'' (Lattke, 1987)
*'' Dolichoderus erectilobus'' Santschi, 1920
*''Dolichoderus etus'' Shattuck & Marsden, 2013
*†'' Dolichoderus evolans'' Zhang, 1989
*†'' Dolichoderus explicans'' (Förster, 1891)
*''Dolichoderus extensispinus'' Forel, 1915
*'' Dolichoderus feae'' Emery, 1889
*'' Dolichoderus fernandezi'' MacKay, 1993
*'' Dolichoderus ferrugineus'' Forel, 1903
*'' Dolichoderus flatidorsus'' Zhou & Zheng, 1997
*''Dolichoderus formosus'' Clark, 1930
*'' Dolichoderus furcifer'' Emery, 1887
*'' Dolichoderus gagates'' Emery, 1890
*'' Dolichoderus germaini'' Emery, 1894
*'' Dolichoderus ghilianii'' Emery, 1894
*'' Dolichoderus gibbifer'' Emery, 1887
*''Dolichoderus gibbus'' (Smith, 1861)
*''Dolichoderus gordoni'' Shattuck & Marsden, 2013
*'' Dolichoderus goudiei'' Clark, 1930
*†'' Dolichoderus granulinotus'' Dlussky, 2008
*''Dolichoderus haradae'' MacKay, 1993
*†'' Dolichoderus heeri'' Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014
*'' Dolichoderus imitator'' Emery, 1894
*'' Dolichoderus incisus'' Xu, 1995
*'' Dolichoderus indrapurensis'' Forel, 1912
*'' Dolichoderus inermis'' MacKay, 1993
*'' Dolichoderus inferus'' Shattuck & Marsden, 2013
*'' Dolichoderus inpai'' (Harada, 1987)
*†''Dolichoderus intermedius'' MacKay, 1993
*'' Dolichoderus jacobsoni'' Forel, 1909
*†''Dolichoderus jiaoyanshanensis'' (Hong, 1985)
*'' Dolichoderus kathae'' Shattuck & Marsden, 2013
*''Dolichoderus kinabaluensis'' Dill, 2002
*†'' Dolichoderus kohlsi'' Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2003
*†'' Dolichoderus kutscheri'' Dlussky, 2008
*†''Dolichoderus kutschlinicus'' (Deichmüller, 1881)
*†'' Dolichoderus lacinius'' Zhang, 1989
*''Dolichoderus lactarius'' (Smith, 1860)
*'' Dolichoderus lamellosus'' (Mayr, 1870)
*'' Dolichoderus laminatus'' (Mayr, 1870)
*'' Dolichoderus laotius'' Santschi, 1920
*'' Dolichoderus laurae'' MacKay, 1993
*''Dolichoderus lobicornis'' (Kempf, 1959)
*''Dolichoderus longicollis'' MacKay, 1993
*†'' Dolichoderus longipennis'' (Mayr, 1868)
*†''Dolichoderus longipilosus'' Dlussky, 2002
*†'' Dolichoderus lucidus'' Dlussky, 2008
*'' Dolichoderus luederwaldti'' Santschi, 1921
*'' Dolichoderus lugens'' Emery, 1894
*'' Dolichoderus lujae'' Santschi, 1923
*†'' Dolichoderus luridivenosus'' Zhang, Sun & Zhang, 1994
*''Dolichoderus lutosus'' (Smith, 1858)
*'' Dolichoderus magnipastor'' Dill, 2002
*'' Dolichoderus mariae'' Forel, 1885
*'' Dolichoderus maschwitzi'' Dill, 2002
*''Dolichoderus mesonotalis'' Forel, 1907
*†'' Dolichoderus mesosternalis'' Wheeler, 1915
*'' Dolichoderus modiglianii'' Emery, 1900
*'' Dolichoderus moggridgei'' Forel, 1886
*'' Dolichoderus monoceros'' Emery, 1897
*''Dolichoderus mucronifer'' (Roger, 1862)
*†'' Dolichoderus nanus'' Dlussky, 2002
*'' Dolichoderus niger'' Crawley, 1922
*''Dolichoderus nigricornis'' Clark, 1930
*†'' Dolichoderus obliteratus'' (Scudder, 1877)
*'' Dolichoderus omacanthus'' (Kempf, 1972)
*'' Dolichoderus omicron'' Shattuck & Marsden, 2013
*†'' Dolichoderus oviformis'' Théobald, 1937
*'' Dolichoderus parvus'' Clark, 1930
*†'' Dolichoderus passalomma'' Wheeler, 1915
*'' Dolichoderus pastorulus'' Dill, 2002
*'' Dolichoderus patens'' (Mayr, 1870)
*†''Dolichoderus perkovskyi'' Dlussky, 2008
*'' Dolichoderus piceus'' MacKay, 1993
*''Dolichoderus pilinomas'' Dill, 2002
*†'' Dolichoderus pilipes'' Dlussky, 2008
*'' Dolichoderus pilosus'' Zhou & Zheng, 1997
*†'' Dolichoderus pinguis'' Dlussky, Rasnitsyn, & Perfilieva, 2015
*'' Dolichoderus plagiatus'' (Mayr, 1870)
*†'' Dolichoderus polessus'' Dlussky, 2002
*†'' Dolichoderus polonicus'' Dlussky, 2002
*†'' Dolichoderus primitivus'' (Wilson, 1985)
*†'' Dolichoderus prolaminatus'' (Wilson, 1985)
*†''Dolichoderus punctatus'' Dlussky, 2008
*'' Dolichoderus pustulatus'' Mayr, 1886
*'' Dolichoderus quadridenticulatus'' (Roger, 1862)
*'' Dolichoderus quadripunctatus'' (Linnaeus, 1771)
*'' Dolichoderus reflexus'' Clark, 1930
*†'' Dolichoderus robustus'' Dlussky, 2002
*†'' Dolichoderus rohweri'' Carpenter, 1930
*'' Dolichoderus rosenbergi'' Forel, 1911
*'' Dolichoderus rufescens'' Mann, 1912
*''Dolichoderus rufotibialis'' Clark, 1930
*'' Dolichoderus rugocapitus'' Zhou, 2001
*'' Dolichoderus rugosus'' (Smith, 1858)
*'' Dolichoderus rutilus'' Shattuck & Marsden, 2013
*'' Dolichoderus sagmanotus'' Xu, 2001
*'' Dolichoderus satanus'' Bolton, 1995
*'' Dolichoderus scabridus'' Roger, 1862
*'' Dolichoderus schulzi'' Emery, 1894
*'' Dolichoderus scrobiculatus'' (Mayr, 1876)
*†'' Dolichoderus sculpturatus'' (Mayr, 1868)
*''Dolichoderus semiorbis'' Shattuck & Marsden, 2013
*'' Dolichoderus semirugosus'' (Mayr, 1870)
*'' Dolichoderus septemspinosus'' Emery, 1894
*''Dolichoderus setosus'' (Kempf, 1959)
*'' Dolichoderus shattucki'' MacKay, 1993
*'' Dolichoderus sibiricus'' Emery, 1889
*'' Dolichoderus siggii'' Forel, 1895
*'' Dolichoderus smithi'' MacKay, 1993
*'' Dolichoderus spinicollis'' (Latreille, 1817)
*'' Dolichoderus spurius'' Forel, 1903
*''Dolichoderus squamanodus'' Xu, 2001
*'' Dolichoderus sulcaticeps'' (Mayr, 1870)
*'' Dolichoderus sundari'' Mathew & Tiwari, 2000
*'' Dolichoderus superaculus'' (Lattke, 1987)
*'' Dolichoderus taprobanae'' (Smith, 1858)
*'' Dolichoderus taschenbergi'' (Mayr, 1866)
*†'' Dolichoderus tauricus'' Dlussky, 1981
*†''Dolichoderus tertiarius'' (Mayr, 1868)
*'' Dolichoderus thoracicus'' (Smith, 1860)
*†'' Dolichoderus transversipetiolaris'' Zhang, Sun & Zhang, 1994
*'' Dolichoderus tricolor'' Emery, 1914
*'' Dolichoderus tricornis'' Emery, 1897
*'' Dolichoderus tridentanodus'' Ortega-De Santiago & Vásquez-Bolaños, 2012
*'' Dolichoderus tristis'' Mann, 1916
*'' Dolichoderus tuberifer'' Emery, 1887
*'' Dolichoderus turneri'' Forel, 1902
*'' Dolichoderus validus'' (Kempf, 1959)
*'' Dolichoderus varians'' Mann, 1916
*†'' Dolichoderus vectensis'' Donisthorpe, 1920
*†'' Dolichoderus vexillarius'' Wheeler, 1915
*†'' Dolichoderus vlaskini'' Dlussky, 2008
*'' Dolichoderus voraginosus'' MacKay, 1993
*''Dolichoderus ypsilon'' Forel, 1902
*†'' Dolichoderus zherichini'' Dlussky & Perkovsky, 2002

References

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Dolichoderinae
Ant genera
Taxa described in 1831