Dorymyrmex (also known as cone ants or pyramid ants) is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae.
Distribution and habitat
This genus has a strictly American distribution, inhabiting in the Nearctic and Neotropical regions and containing 60 species, several undescribed. Despite being considered by many ant collectors as "road side weeds", several species of Dorymyrmex shown a high degree of endemicity, specialized habitat preferences, and varied population structure. Some species may serve as potential agents of biological control of annual crop pests. Species of Dorymyrmex nest preferentially in dry or disturbed habitats, generally in soil without vegetation cover. Several species are known to attend aphids and other hemipterous insects. Such behavior is common in other Dolichoderinae genera and related subfamilies.
Species
- Dorymyrmex agallardoi <small>Snelling, 1975</small>
- Dorymyrmex alboniger <small>Forel, 1914</small>
- Dorymyrmex amazonicus <small>Cuezzo & Guerrero, 2011</small>
- Dorymyrmex antarcticus <small>Forel, 1904</small>
- Dorymyrmex antillana <small>Snelling, 2005</small>
- Dorymyrmex baeri <small>André, 1903</small>
- Dorymyrmex bicolor <small>Wheeler, 1906</small>
- Dorymyrmex biconis <small>Forel, 1912</small>
- Dorymyrmex bituber <small>Santschi, 1916</small>
- Dorymyrmex bossutus <small>(Trager, 1988)</small>
- Dorymyrmex breviscapis <small>Forel, 1912</small>
- Dorymyrmex bruchi <small>Forel, 1912</small>
- Dorymyrmex brunneus <small>Forel, 1908</small>
- Dorymyrmex bureni <small>(Trager, 1988)</small>
- Dorymyrmex carettei <small>Forel, 1913</small>
- Dorymyrmex caretteoides <small>Forel, 1914</small>
- Dorymyrmex chilensis <small>Forel, 1911</small>
- Dorymyrmex confusus <small>(Kusnezov, 1952)</small>
- Dorymyrmex coniculus <small>Santschi, 1922</small>
- Dorymyrmex ebeninus <small>Forel, 1914</small>
- Dorymyrmex elegans <small>(Trager, 1988)</small>
- Dorymyrmex emmaericaellus <small>Kusnezov, 1951</small>
- Dorymyrmex ensifer <small>Forel, 1912</small>
- Dorymyrmex exsanguis <small>Forel, 1912</small>
- Dorymyrmex flavescens <small>Mayr, 1866</small>
- Dorymyrmex flavopectus <small>Smith, 1944</small>
- Dorymyrmex flavus <small>[no authors], 1879</small>
- Dorymyrmex fusculus <small>Santschi, 1922</small>
- Dorymyrmex goeldii <small>Forel, 1904</small>
- Dorymyrmex goetschi <small>Goetsch, 1933</small>
- Dorymyrmex grandulus <small>(Forel, 1922)</small>
- Dorymyrmex hunti <small>(Snelling, 1975)</small>
- Dorymyrmex hypocritus <small>(Snelling, 1975)</small>
- Dorymyrmex incomptus <small>(Snelling, 1975)</small>
- Dorymyrmex insanus <small>(Buckley, 1866)</small>
- Dorymyrmex jheringi <small>Forel, 1912</small>
- Dorymyrmex joergenseni <small>Bruch, 1917</small>
- Dorymyrmex lipan <small>Snelling, 1995</small>
- Dorymyrmex minutus <small>Emery, 1895</small>
- Dorymyrmex morenoi <small>Bruch, 1921</small>
- Dorymyrmex paiute <small>Snelling, 1995</small>
- Dorymyrmex pappodes <small>(Snelling, 1975)</small>
- Dorymyrmex paranensis <small>Santschi, 1922</small>
- Dorymyrmex planidens <small>Mayr, 1868</small>
- Dorymyrmex pogonius <small>(Snelling, 1975)</small>
- Dorymyrmex pulchellus <small>Santschi, 1922</small>
- Dorymyrmex pyramicus <small>(Roger, 1863)</small>
- Dorymyrmex reginicula <small>(Trager, 1988)</small>
- Dorymyrmex richteri <small>Forel, 1911</small>
- Dorymyrmex santschii <small>Gallardo, 1917</small>
- Dorymyrmex silvestrii <small>Gallardo, 1916</small>
- Dorymyrmex smithi <small>Cole, 1936</small>
- Dorymyrmex spurius <small>Santschi, 1929</small>
- Dorymyrmex steigeri <small>Santschi, 1912</small>
- Dorymyrmex tener <small>Mayr, 1868</small>
- Dorymyrmex thoracicus <small>Gallardo, 1916</small>
- Dorymyrmex tuberosus <small>Cuezzo & Guerrero, 2011</small>
- Dorymyrmex wheeleri <small>(Kusnezov, 1952)</small>
- Dorymyrmex wolffhuegeli <small>Forel, 1911</small>
- Dorymyrmex xerophylus <small>Cuezzo & Guerrero, 2011</small>
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