Table 1. Brief description of several ant species

Subfamily	Example genus	Example species	Common name (___ ant)	Economic importance?	Maintain well in lab?^a	Diet^b	Individual size^c	Colony size	Genetic/genomic resources^d	Geographic distribution^e
Dolichoderinae	Linepithema	humile	Argentine	Yes	5	G, I	S	10⁴	E, M	AF, AU, EU, NA, SA
	Tapinoma	sessile	Odorous	Yes	5	G, I	S	10⁴		NA
Formicinae	Camponotus	floridanus	Carpenter	Yes	4	G, I	L	10³	M	NA
	Lasius	niger	Garden	No	3	G, I	S	10³	E, M	EU
	Myrmecocystus	mexicanus	Honeypot	No	3	G, I	M	10³	M	NA
Myrmicinae	Acromyrmex	versicolor	Leafcutter	Yes	4	L	M	10³	L, M	NA
	Monomorium	pharaonis	Pharaoh	Yes	5	G, I	S	10⁴	M	AF, NA, SA
	Pheidole	morrisi	Big headed	No	3	G, I	M	10²		NA
	Pogonomyrmex	badius	Harvester	No	3	G, I, S	M	10³	E, L, M	NA
	Solenopsis	invicta	Fire	Yes	5	G, I	S-M	10⁴	E, M	AF, AS, AU, NA, SA
	Temnothorax	albipennis	Acorn	No	5	G, I	XS	10²	M	NA
Ponerinae	Dinoponera	australis	Dinosaur	No	2	G, I	XL	10¹		SA
	Harpegnathos	saltator	Jumping	No	4	G, I	L	10²		AS
	Odontomachus	brunneus	Trap-Jaw	No	3	G, I, S	L	10²		NA

^a(1) Low; (5) high.
^b(G) Sugar; (I) insect; (L) leaf; (S) seed.
^c(XS) Extra-small: (S) small; (M) medium; (L) large; (XL) extra-large.
^d(E) Expressed genes; (L) linkage map; (M) DNA markers.
^e(AF) Africa; (AS) Asia; (AU) Australia/Oceania; (EU) Europe; (NA) North America; (SA) South America.