So. Shattuck, GENERIC-LEVEL RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE ANT SUBFAMILY DOLICHODERINAE (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE), Systematic entomology, 20(3), 1995, pp. 217-228
A cladistic analysis was undertaken to determine relationships among e
xtant genera of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae. Twenty-one of the tw
enty-two currently recognized genera within the subfamily were examine
d using 104 morphological characters. A single fully resolved, most-pa
rsimonious tree was found when a combination of ordered and unordered
characters was used. When all characters were coded as unordered, seve
nty most-parsimonious trees were found. The following results were fou
nd with both character coding methods. Leptomyrmex was placed basal to
the remainder of the subfamily and the monophyletic sets Dolichoderus
+ Liometopum + Axinidris + Tapinoma + Technomyrmex, Froggattella + Ir
idomyrmex + Ochetellus + Papyrius + Philidris + Turneria, and Bothriom
yrmex + Dorymyrmex + Forelius + Loweriella were suggested. The genera
Linepithema and Doleromyrma showed a small amount of instability in mo
ving between neighbouring sister groups when the character coding meth
od changed. The genera Anillidris and Anonychomyrma were difficult to
place as they showed major differences in their positions between the
two character coding methods.