Dolichoderinae: key to genera couplet 3
Key: modified from Wheeler & Wheeler (1963), Bolton (1994)
| Taxa remaining Forelius Tapinoma |
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Dolichoderinae: key to genera couplet 3
Key: modified from Wheeler & Wheeler (1963), Bolton (1994)
| Taxa remaining Forelius Tapinoma |
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| 3.Petiole in profile a simple, transversely flattened strip (Fig. 23: 3a 2b 1b) (one species, T. sessile, collected in all Midwestern states, additionally an introduced tropical species, T. melanocephalum collected in greenhouses or heated buildings in Iowa and Minnesota) |
...Tapinoma |
| Petiole in profile with a small, but distinct erect scale (Fig. 24: 3b 2b 1b) (collected in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin). |
...Forelius. |
| Subfamily: | Genus: | T. melanocephalum (Fabricus) | MN, TC (exotic in greenhouse) |
| Dolichoderus | Tapinoma | T. sessile (Say) | MN, TC, wide, Cedar creek, McKnight (native prairie ant) |
Notes: fast moving, not stingor bite, wide-ranged habitat, nest impermanently and shadowly, ave=2~5k workers & 200 queens, close proximitly to other ants' nests, prefer honeydew
Genus Tapinoma Foerster ªØVD
indicum Forel, 1895: Chou & Terayama, 1991: 80; - Shattuck, 1994: 145; - Bolton,
1995: 400. ¶L´·SWVD
melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793: Chou & Terayama, 1991: 80; - Shattuck, 1994:
147; - Bolton, . d¬¿YSWVD
| Subfamily: | Genus: | F. pruinosum | MN, TC |
| Dolichoderus | Forelius <> Iridomyrmex | F. maccooki (Forel) |
Notes: robber ant ~ Formicae > Pheidole sp.?
Genus Iridomyrmex Mayr #iØVD (Forelius
<> Iridomyrmex)
anceps (Roger, 1863): Chou & Terayama, 1991: 80; - Shattuck, 1994: 99; - Bolton,
1995: 217. ¬ PW#iVD
bicknelli formosae Forel, 1912: Chou & Terayama, 1991: 80; - Shattuck, 1994:
101; - Bolton, 1995: 217. O¥µ#iVD
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