琉璃蚁亚科(Dolichoderinae) 隶属于蚁科,其物种包含阿根廷蚁 (Argentine ant "Linepithema humile" )、erratic ant 、odorous house ant 及 cone ant 等,该亚科物种多样性高,广布全世界,分布于各个不同的生物地理区,如古北区、新北区、埃塞俄比亚区、马来西亚、中东、澳洲及新热带区等[ 2] 。
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该亚科特征有:腹柄节单节、腹部末端裂缝状的孔,可分泌化学物质,不同于山蚁亚科圆形且生有环状毛列的酸孔。琉璃蚁亚科不像针蚁亚科或家蚁亚科一样具有螫针,他们依靠腹部末端的腺体分泌化学物质御敌[ 3] 。
琉璃蚁亚科分泌的化学物质中包含多种萜类化合物,如iridomyrmecin 、isoiridomyrmecin 及 iridodial[ 4] 。琉璃蚁亚科的物种被压碎或是被骚扰时发出的气味就是来自于上述的化学物质。
点琉璃蚁族 Bothriomyrmecini Dubovikov, 2005
Arnoldius Dubovikov, 2005
点琉璃蚁属 Bothriomyrmex Emery , 1869
Chronoxenus Santschi , 1919
Loweriella Shattuck, 1992
Ravavy Fisher, 2009
琉璃蚁族 Dolichoderini Forel , 1878
琉璃蚁属 Dolichoderus Lund, 1831
Leptomyrmecini Emery , 1913
Anillidris Santschi , 1936
Anonychomyrma Donisthorpe , 1947
Azteca Forel , 1878
†Chronomyrmex McKellar, Glasier & Engel, 2013
Doleromyrma Forel , 1907
Dorymyrmex Mayr , 1866
Forelius Emery , 1888
Froggattella Forel , 1902
Gracilidris Wild & Cuezzo, 2006
虹琉璃蚁属 Iridomyrmex Mayr , 1862
Leptomyrmex Mayr , 1862
Linepithema Mayr , 1866
Nebothriomyrmex Dubovikov, 2004
管琉璃蚁属 Ochetellus Shattuck, 1992
Papyrius Shattuck, 1992
Philidris Shattuck, 1992
Turneria Forel , 1895
†Usomyrma Dlussky, Radchenko & Dubovikoff, 2014
慌琉璃蚁族 Tapinomini Emery , 1913
Aptinoma Fisher, 2009
Axinidris Weber, 1941
†Ctenobethylus Brues , 1939
Ecphorella Forel , 1909
Liometopum Mayr , 1861
慌琉璃蚁属 Tapinoma Förster , 1850
扁琉璃蚁属 Technomyrmex Mayr , 1872
地位未定 incertae sedis
†Alloiomma Zhang, 1989
†Asymphylomyrmex Wheeler, 1915
†Elaeomyrmex Carpenter , 1930
†Elaphrodites Zhang, 1989
†Eldermyrmex Heterick & Shattuck, 2011
†Emplastus Donisthorpe , 1920
†Eotapinoma Dlussky, 1988
†Eurymyrmex Zhang, Sun & Zhang, 1994
†Kotshkorkia Dlussky, 1981
†Ktunaxia Lapolla & Greenwalt, 2015
†Leptomyrmula Emery , 1913
†Miomyrmex Carpenter , 1930
†Petraeomyrmex Carpenter , 1930
†Proiridomyrmex Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2003
†Protazteca Carpenter , 1930
†Yantaromyrmex Dlussky & Dubovikoff, 2013
†Zherichinius Dlussky, 1988
Usomyrma mirabilis
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Fisher, Brian L. and Stefan P. Cover (2007) Ants of North America: a guide to the genera
Wilson, E. O.; Pavan, M. Glandular Sources and Specificity of Some Chemical Releasers of Social Behavior in Dolichoderine Ants. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 1959, 66 (4): 70. doi:10.1155/1959/45675 .