Liometopum

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

Liometopum
Liometopum occidentale worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Liometopum Mayr, 1861
Type species
Formica microcephala Panzer, 1798
Species
see text
Diversity[1]
28 species
Synonyms
†Poneropsis Heer, 1867

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.

Species

• Liometopum apiculatum Mayr, 1870
• †Liometopum bogdassarovi (Nazaraw, Bagdasaraw & Uriew, 1994)
• †Liometopum brunascens (Heer, 1867)
• †Liometopum crassinervis Heer, 1849
• †Liometopum croaticum (Heer, 1849)
• †Liometopum eremicum Zhang, 1989
• †Liometopum escheri (Heer, 1867)
• †Liometopum globosum (Heer, 1849)
• †Liometopum imhoffii (Heer, 1849)
• †Liometopum incognitum Dlussky, Rasnitsyn, & Perfilieva, 2015[4]
• Liometopum lindgreeni Forel, 1902
• †Liometopum longaevum (Heer, 1849)
• †Liometopum lubricum Zhang, Sun & Zhang, 1994
• Liometopum luctuosum Wheeler, 1905 – the pine tree ant
• Liometopum masonium (Buckley, 1866)
• Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)
• †Liometopum miocenicum Carpenter, 1930
• Liometopum occidentale Emery, 1895 – the velvety tree ant
• †Liometopum oligocenicum Wheeler, 1915
• Liometopum orientale Karavaiev, 1927
• †Liometopum pallidum (Heer, 1867)
• †Liometopum potamophilum Zhang, 1989
• †Liometopum rhenana (Meunier, 1917)
• †Liometopum scudderi Carpenter, 1930
• Liometopum sinense Wheeler, 1921
• †Liometopum stygium (Heer, 1867)
• †Liometopum venerarium (Heer, 1864)
• †Liometopum ventrosum (Heer, 1849)

See also

• Escamoles, a Mexican dish made from Liometopum larvae and pupae

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.

External links

• Media related to Liometopum at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Liometopum at Wikispecies