Dorymyrmex

Dorymyrmex
D. brunneus tending scale insects for honeydew
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Leptomyrmecini
Genus: Dorymyrmex
Mayr, 1866
Type species
Dorymyrmex flavescens
Mayr, 1866
Diversity
60 species
Synonyms

Ammomyrma Santschi, 1922
Araucomyrmex Gallardo, 1919
Biconomyrma Kusnezov, 1952
Conomyrma Forel, 1913
Psammomyrma Forel, 1912
Spinomyrma Kusnezov, 1952

Dorymyrmex (also known as cone ants or pyramid ants) is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae.

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