DolopomyrmexDolopomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae containing the single species Dolopomyrmex pilatus.Distribution and habitatThe genus is known from the western and the southwestern United States, where the ants live in arid desert habitats, likely with an almost exclusively subterranean life style.EtymologyThe genus name is derived from ancient Greek dolops, dolopos + Greek myrmex, myrmekos ; the specific name of the type species is derived from the pilum, making Dolopomyrmex pilatus the "spear-bearing ambush ant".