''Technomyrmex'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
ant
Ants are Eusociality, eusocial insects of the Family (biology), family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the Taxonomy (biology), order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from Vespoidea, vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cre ...
s in the
subfamily
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Dolichoderinae
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. The subfamily presents a great diversity of species throughout the wor ...
. With 98 species, it is one of the largest and most diverse ant genera in the Dolichoderinae.
The genus distributed throughout the
tropical
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and
subtropical
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zones with most species occurring in the
Oriental
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In English, it is largely a meto ...
-
Malesian
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and
Afrotropical
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regions.
One species, ''
Technomyrmex albipes
''Technomyrmex albipes'', commonly known as the white-footed ant, is a species of ant first described in 1861 from Sulawesi, Indonesia by the British entomologist Frederick Smith (entomologist), Frederick Smith. Invasive pest ants in Florida, pre ...
'' is a tramp ant now widespread throughout the
tropics
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due to human activities.
Species
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Technomyrmex albicoxis
''Technomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. With 98 species, it is one of the largest and most diverse ant genera in the Dolichoderinae. The genus distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical zones with most specie ...
''
Donisthorpe, 1945
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Technomyrmex albipes
''Technomyrmex albipes'', commonly known as the white-footed ant, is a species of ant first described in 1861 from Sulawesi, Indonesia by the British entomologist Frederick Smith (entomologist), Frederick Smith. Invasive pest ants in Florida, pre ...
''
(Smith, 1861)
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Technomyrmex andrei
''Technomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. With 98 species, it is one of the largest and most diverse ant genera in the Dolichoderinae. The genus distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical zones with most specie ...
''
Emery, 1899
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Technomyrmex antennus
''Technomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. With 98 species, it is one of the largest and most diverse ant genera in the Dolichoderinae. The genus distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical zones with most specie ...
''
Zhou, 2001
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Technomyrmex anterops
''Technomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. With 98 species, it is one of the largest and most diverse ant genera in the Dolichoderinae. The genus distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical zones with most specie ...
''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex antonii
''Technomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. With 98 species, it is one of the largest and most diverse ant genera in the Dolichoderinae. The genus distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical zones with most specie ...
''
Forel, 1902
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Technomyrmex arnoldinus
''Technomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. With 98 species, it is one of the largest and most diverse ant genera in the Dolichoderinae. The genus distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical zones with most specie ...
''
Forel, 1913
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Technomyrmex australops
''Technomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. With 98 species, it is one of the largest and most diverse ant genera in the Dolichoderinae. The genus distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical zones with most specie ...
''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex bicolor''
Emery, 1893
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Technomyrmex briani
''Technomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. With 98 species, it is one of the largest and most diverse ant genera in the Dolichoderinae. The genus distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical zones with most specie ...
''
Sharaf, 2009
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Technomyrmex brunneus
''Technomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. With 98 species, it is one of the largest and most diverse ant genera in the Dolichoderinae. The genus distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical zones with most specie ...
''
Forel, 1895
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Technomyrmex butteli
''Technomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. With 98 species, it is one of the largest and most diverse ant genera in the Dolichoderinae. The genus distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical zones with most specie ...
''
Forel, 1913
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Technomyrmex camerunensis
''Technomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. With 98 species, it is one of the largest and most diverse ant genera in the Dolichoderinae. The genus distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical zones with most specie ...
''
Emery, 1899
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Technomyrmex caritatis
''Technomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. With 98 species, it is one of the largest and most diverse ant genera in the Dolichoderinae. The genus distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical zones with most specie ...
''
Brandão, Baroni Urbani, Wagensberg & Yamamoto, 1999
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Technomyrmex cedarensis
''Technomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. With 98 species, it is one of the largest and most diverse ant genera in the Dolichoderinae. The genus distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical zones with most specie ...
''
Forel, 1915
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Technomyrmex certus
''Technomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. With 98 species, it is one of the largest and most diverse ant genera in the Dolichoderinae. The genus distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical zones with most specie ...
''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex cheesmanae
''Technomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. With 98 species, it is one of the largest and most diverse ant genera in the Dolichoderinae. The genus distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical zones with most specie ...
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Donisthorpe, 1945
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Technomyrmex convexifrons
''Technomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. With 98 species, it is one of the largest and most diverse ant genera in the Dolichoderinae. The genus distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical zones with most specie ...
''
Karavaiev, 1926
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Technomyrmex curiosus
''Technomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. With 98 species, it is one of the largest and most diverse ant genera in the Dolichoderinae. The genus distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical zones with most specie ...
''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex deletus
''Technomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. With 98 species, it is one of the largest and most diverse ant genera in the Dolichoderinae. The genus distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical zones with most specie ...
''
Emery, 1891
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Technomyrmex detorquens''
(Walker, 1859)
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Technomyrmex difficilis''
Forel, 1892
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Technomyrmex docens''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex dubius''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex elatior''
Forel, 1902
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Technomyrmex fisheri''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex fornax''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex fulvus''
(Wheeler, 1934)
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Technomyrmex furens''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex gaudens''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex gibbosus''
Wheeler, 1906
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Technomyrmex gilvus''
Donisthorpe, 1941
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Technomyrmex gorgona''
Fernández & Guerrero, 2008
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Technomyrmex grandis''
Emery, 1887
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Technomyrmex hades''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex hispaniolae''
(Wilson, 1985)
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Technomyrmex horni''
Forel, 1912
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Technomyrmex horrens''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex hostilis''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex ilgi''
(Forel, 1910)
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Technomyrmex impressus''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex indicus''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex innocens''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex jocosus''
Forel, 1910
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Technomyrmex kraepelini''
Forel, 1905
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Technomyrmex lasiops''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex laurenti''
(Emery, 1899)
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Technomyrmex lisae''
Forel, 1913
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Technomyrmex lujae''
(Forel, 1905)
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Technomyrmex madecassus''
Forel, 1897
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Technomyrmex mandibularis''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex mayri''
Forel, 1891
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Technomyrmex menozzii''
(Donisthorpe, 1936)
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Technomyrmex metandrei''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex mixtus''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex modiglianii''
Emery, 1900
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Technomyrmex moerens''
Santschi, 1913
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Technomyrmex montaseri''
Sharaf, Collingwood & Aldawood, 2011
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Technomyrmex myops''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex nigriventris''
Forel, 1910
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Technomyrmex nitens''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex obscurior''
Wheeler, 1928
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Technomyrmex pallipes''
(Smith, 1876)
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Technomyrmex parandrei''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex parviflavus''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex pilipes''
Emery, 1899
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Technomyrmex pluto''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex pratensis''
(Smith, 1860)
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Technomyrmex prevaricus''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex quadricolor''
(Wheeler, 1930)
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Technomyrmex rector''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex reductus''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex rotundiceps''
Karavaiev, 1926
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Technomyrmex rusticus''
Santschi, 1930
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Technomyrmex schimmeri''
Viehmeyer, 1916
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Technomyrmex schoedli''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex schoutedeni''
Forel, 1910
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Technomyrmex semiruber''
Emery, 1899
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Technomyrmex senex''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex septentrionalis''
Zhang, 1989
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Technomyrmex setosus''
Collingwood, 1985
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Technomyrmex shattucki''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex sophiae''
Forel, 1902
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Technomyrmex strenuus''
Mayr, 1872
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Technomyrmex subgracilis''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex sundaicus''
(Emery, 1900)
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Technomyrmex sycorax''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex tatius''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex taylori''
(Santschi, 1930)
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Technomyrmex textor''
Forel, 1909
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Technomyrmex tonsuratus''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex vapidus
''Technomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. With 98 species, it is one of the largest and most diverse ant genera in the Dolichoderinae. The genus distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical zones with most specie ...
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Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex vexatus''
(Santschi, 1919)
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Technomyrmex vitiensis''
Mann, 1921
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Technomyrmex voeltzkowi''
(Forel, 1907)
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Technomyrmex wheeleri''
(Emery, 1913)
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Technomyrmex yamanei''
Bolton, 2007
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Technomyrmex zimmeri''
(Forel, 1911)
References
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External links
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Dolichoderinae
Ant genera
Taxa named by Gustav Mayr
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