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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Odorous Ants (Dolichoderinae) » Tapinomini » Velvety Tree Ants (Liometopum)

Genus Liometopum - Velvety Tree Ants

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited
Ant Alate? - Liometopum occidentale hopper 3 - Liometopum apiculatum Fancy ants: another colony - Liometopum occidentale Formica 4 - Liometopum apiculatum Ant-mimic bug - Pamillia? - Liometopum occidentale Ant with patterned abdomen - Liometopum ? Braconid Wasp - Liometopum occidentale 9058422 ant - Liometopum luctuosum - 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 Tapinomini
Genus Liometopum (Velvety Tree Ants)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in (1)
Explanation of Names
Liometopum Mayr 1861
Numbers
3 spp. in our area(2), 7 total
Range
w. NA & Asia(2)
Remarks
L. apiculatum (Spanish escamole) is considered a delicacy in Mexico, where it is disappearing due to overcollecting; the same may be beginning to happen in the US (Ramos-Elorduy 2006)
See Also
Often have inquilines in nest fragments, especially Sceptobius
Works Cited
1.Revision of the ant genus Liometopum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Toro D.I., Pacheco J.A., Mackay W.P. 2009. Sociobiology 53: 299-369.
2.Wild A. (-2014) Myrmecos
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 18 May, 2007 - 10:21pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Steven Wang
Last updated 3 October, 2019 - 7:44am

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