Liometopum
Liometopum | |
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Liometopum occidentale worker | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Genus: | Liometopum Mayr, 1861 |
Type species | |
Formica microcephala Panzer, 1798 | |
Species | |
see text | |
Diversity[1] | |
28 species | |
Synonyms | |
†Poneropsis Heer, 1867 |
Liometopum is a genus of ants that belongs to the subfamily Dolichoderinae,[2] found in North America, Europe and Asia.[3]
Caterpillars of certain butterfly species have a symbiotic relationship with Liometopum ants. They produce secretions that the ants will feed on, similar to the Iridomyrmex genus of ants.
Species
- Liometopum apiculatum Mayr, 1870
- †Liometopum bogdassarovi (Nazaraw, Bagdasaraw & Uriew, 1994)
- †Liometopum brunascens (Heer, 1867)
- †Liometopum crassinervis Heer, 1849
- †Liometopum croaticum (Heer, 1849)
- †Liometopum eremicum Zhang, 1989
- †Liometopum escheri (Heer, 1867)
- †Liometopum globosum (Heer, 1849)
- †Liometopum imhoffii (Heer, 1849)
- †Liometopum incognitum Dlussky, Rasnitsyn, & Perfilieva, 2015[4]
- Liometopum lindgreeni Forel, 1902
- †Liometopum longaevum (Heer, 1849)
- †Liometopum lubricum Zhang, Sun & Zhang, 1994
- Liometopum luctuosum Wheeler, 1905 – the pine tree ant
- Liometopum masonium (Buckley, 1866)
- Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)
- †Liometopum miocenicum Carpenter, 1930
- Liometopum occidentale Emery, 1895 – the velvety tree ant
- †Liometopum oligocenicum Wheeler, 1915
- Liometopum orientale Karavaiev, 1927
- †Liometopum pallidum (Heer, 1867)
- †Liometopum potamophilum Zhang, 1989
- †Liometopum rhenana (Meunier, 1917)
- †Liometopum scudderi Carpenter, 1930
- Liometopum sinense Wheeler, 1921
- †Liometopum stygium (Heer, 1867)
- †Liometopum venerarium (Heer, 1864)
- †Liometopum ventrosum (Heer, 1849)
See also
- Escamoles, a Mexican dish made from Liometopum larvae and pupae
References
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2016). "Liometopum". AntCat. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ↑ "Genus: Liometopum". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ↑ Hoey-Chamberlain, R; Rust, MK; Klotz, JH (2013), "A Review of the Biology, Ecology and Behavior of Velvety Tree Ants of North America", Sociobiology, 60 (1): 1–10, doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v60i1.1-10
- ↑ Dlussky, G.M.; Rasnitsyn, A.P.; Perfilieva, K.S. (2015). "The Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Bol'shaya Svetlovodnaya (Late Eocene of Sikhote-Alin, Russian Far East)" (PDF). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 11 (1): 131–152.
External links
- Media related to Liometopum at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Liometopum at Wikispecies
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