{{Short description|Genus of ants}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Liometopum occidentale casent0005328 profile 1.jpg | image_caption = ''Liometopum occidentale'' worker | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Liometopum | authority = Mayr, 1861 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text | type_species = ''Formica microcephala'' | type_species_authority = Panzer, 1798 | diversity_link = #Species | diversity = 28 species | diversity_ref = <ref name="AntCat">{{AntCat|429121|''Liometopum''|2016|accessdate=1 May 2016}}</ref> | synonyms = †''Poneropsis'' <small>Heer, 1867</small> }}

'''''Liometopum''''' is a genus of ants that belongs to the subfamily Dolichoderinae,<ref name="AWLiometopum"/> found in North America, Europe and Asia.<ref name="Hoey-Chamberlain_et_al_2013"/>

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''.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}

==Species== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} *''Liometopum apiculatum'' <small>Mayr, 1870</small> *†''Liometopum bogdassarovi'' <small>(Nazaraw, Bagdasaraw & Uriew, 1994)</small> *†''Liometopum brunascens'' <small>(Heer, 1867)</small> *†''Liometopum crassinervis'' <small>Heer, 1849</small> *†''Liometopum croaticum'' <small>(Heer, 1849)</small> *†''Liometopum eremicum'' <small>Zhang, 1989</small> *†''Liometopum escheri'' <small>(Heer, 1867)</small> *†''Liometopum globosum'' <small>(Heer, 1849)</small> *†''Liometopum imhoffii'' <small>(Heer, 1849)</small> *†''Liometopum incognitum'' <small>Dlussky, Rasnitsyn, & Perfilieva, 2015</small><ref name="Dlussky2015">{{Cite journal|last1=Dlussky |first1=G.M. |last2= Rasnitsyn |first2=A.P. |last3=Perfilieva |first3=K.S. |year=2015 |title=The Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Bol'shaya Svetlovodnaya (Late Eocene of Sikhote-Alin, Russian Far East) |journal=Caucasian Entomological Bulletin |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=131–152 |doi=10.23885/1814-3326-2015-11-1-131-152 |url=http://ssc-ras.ru/files/files/24_Dlussky%20Rasnitsyn%20Perfilieva.pdf |doi-access=free }}</ref> *''Liometopum lindgreeni'' <small>Forel, 1902</small> *†''Liometopum longaevum'' <small>(Heer, 1849)</small> *†''Liometopum lubricum'' <small>Zhang, Sun & Zhang, 1994</small> *''Liometopum luctuosum'' <small>Wheeler, 1905</small>&nbsp;– the pine tree ant *''Liometopum masonium'' <small>(Buckley, 1866)</small> *''Liometopum microcephalum'' <small>(Panzer, 1798)</small> *†''Liometopum miocenicum'' <small>Carpenter, 1930</small> *''Liometopum occidentale'' <small>Emery, 1895</small>&nbsp;– the velvety tree ant *†''Liometopum oligocenicum'' <small>Wheeler, 1915</small> *''Liometopum orientale'' <small>Karavaiev, 1927</small> *†''Liometopum pallidum'' <small>(Heer, 1867)</small> *†''Liometopum potamophilum'' <small>Zhang, 1989</small> *†''Liometopum rhenana'' <small>(Meunier, 1917)</small> *†''Liometopum scudderi'' <small>Carpenter, 1930</small> *''Liometopum sinense'' <small>Wheeler, 1921</small> *†''Liometopum stygium'' <small>(Heer, 1867)</small> *†''Liometopum venerarium'' <small>(Heer, 1864)</small> *†''Liometopum ventrosum'' <small>(Heer, 1849)</small> {{div col end}}

==See also== *Escamoles, a Mexican dish made from ''Liometopum'' larvae and pupae

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="AWLiometopum">{{cite web |url=http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Liometopum&rank=genus&project=allantwebants |title= Genus: ''Liometopum''|date= |website=antweb.org |publisher=AntWeb |accessdate=2 October 2013}}</ref>

<ref name="Hoey-Chamberlain_et_al_2013">{{citation | last1 = Hoey-Chamberlain | first1 = R | last2 = Rust | first2 = MK |last3=Klotz| first3=JH | title = A Review of the Biology, Ecology and Behavior of Velvety Tree Ants of North America | journal = Sociobiology | volume = 60|issue=1 | pages = 1–10 | year = 2013 |doi=10.13102/sociobiology.v60i1.1-10|url=http://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/27| doi-access = free | url-access = subscription }}</ref> }}

==External links== *{{commonscat-inline|Liometopum|''Liometopum''}} *{{Wikispecies-inline|Liometopum|''Liometopum''}}

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Category:Tapinomini Category:Ant genera Category:Taxa named by Gustav Mayr

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