- Dolichoderinae
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Dolichoderinae 
Iridomyrmex purpureus feeding on honey Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Family: Formicidae Subfamily: Dolichoderinae Diversity 24 genera, hundreds of species. Dolichoderinae is a subfamily of ants, which includes species such as the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile), the erratic ant, the odorous house ant, and the cone ant. This subfamily is distinguished by having a single petiole (no post-petiole) and a slit-like orifice, rather than the round acidopore encircled by hairs that typifies the subfamily Formicinae. Dolichoderine ants do not possess a sting, unlike ants in some other subfamilies, such as Ponerinae and Myrmicinae.
This subfamily is not currently divided into tribes, but there are 24 genera.
Genera
- Amyrmex (monotypic)
- Anillidris (monotypic)
- Anonychomyrma (27 species)
- Axinidris
- Azteca
- Bothriomyrmex
- Doleromyrma (monotypic)
- Dolichoderus (~140 species)
- Dorymyrmex
- Ecphorella (monotypic)
- Forelius
- Froggattella
- Gracilidris
- Iridomyrmex
- Leptomyrmex
- Linepithema
- Liometopum
- Loweriella
- Ochetellus
- Papyrius
- Philidris
- Tapinoma
- Technomyrmex
- Turneria
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