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Genus Dorymyrmex - Pyramid Ants

Bi-colored Pyramid Ant - Dorymyrmex bicolor

Preparing for a nuptial flight? Unknown ant - Dorymyrmex bicolor - male - female

Pyramid Ant Nest with Ant Mimic Jumping Spider - Dorymyrmex smithi

ant on beach - Prenolepis? - Dorymyrmex bureni

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)

Works Cited

1.	Wild A. (-2014) Myrmecos

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 7 September, 2006 - 5:34pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 20 February, 2012 - 2:46am

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