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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 · Numbers · Range · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited
Are these velvety tree ants (Liometopum occidentale)? - Liometopum occidentale ant - Liometopum occidentale Alarm Posture - Liometopum occidentale - female Large ant? - Liometopium apiculatum - Liometopum - male Liometopum luctuosum - female Ant with patterned abdomen - Liometopum Ant - Liometopum occidentale Liometopum (velvety tree ants)? - Liometopum occidentale
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)
Numbers
3 spp. in our area(1), TBA spp. total
Range
w. NA & Asia(1)
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.Wild A. (-2014) Myrmecos
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 18 May, 2007 - 10:21pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Steven Wang
Last updated 6 March, 2019 - 1:15am

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