Liometopum

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Liometopum
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Liometopum occidentale worker
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Tapinomini
Genus: Liometopum
Mayr, 1861
Type species
Formica microcephala
Panzer, 1798
Species

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Diversity [1]
28 species
Synonyms

PoneropsisHeer, 1867

Liometopum is a genus of ants that belongs to the subfamily Dolichoderinae, [2] found in North America, Europe and Asia. [3]

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Caterpillars of certain butterfly species have a symbiotic relationship with Liometopum ants. They produce secretions that the ants will feed on, similar to the behavior of the ant genus Iridomyrmex .[ citation needed ]

Species

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References

  1. Bolton, B. (2016). "Liometopum". AntCat. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  2. "Genus: Liometopum". antweb.org. AntWeb . Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  3. Hoey-Chamberlain, R; Rust, MK; Klotz, JH (2013), "A Review of the Biology, Ecology and Behavior of Velvety Tree Ants of North America" , Sociobiology, 60 (1): 1–10, doi: 10.13102/sociobiology.v60i1.1-10
  4. Dlussky, G.M.; Rasnitsyn, A.P.; Perfilieva, K.S. (2015). "The Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Bol'shaya Svetlovodnaya (Late Eocene of Sikhote-Alin, Russian Far East)" (PDF). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 11 (1): 131–152. doi: 10.23885/1814-3326-2015-11-1-131-152 .