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Genus Dorymyrmex - Pyramid Ants

Cone Ant - Dorymyrmex bureni - female Orange ants - Dorymyrmex bureni Ant - Dorymyrmex smithi Dorymyrmex smithi - female Which Ant? - Dorymyrmex Dorymyrmex sp.? - Dorymyrmex - female Unidentified Ants with small concave mounds. - Dorymyrmex 3025212 ant - Dorymyrmex smithi - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Formicoidea (Ants)
Family Formicidae (Ants)
Subfamily Dolichoderinae (Odorous Ants)
Tribe Leptomyrmecini
Genus Dorymyrmex (Pyramid Ants)
Other Common Names
Cone Ants(1)
Range
warmer climates of the New World(1)
Habitat
soil-nesting, particularly in open and arid habitats(1)
Remarks
Nests often marked by a characteristic volcano-shaped entrance(1)