【举尾家蚁属】
C. degeeri 的雄蚁。
C. corticicola 的工蚁。
举尾家蚁属 (Crematogaster ) 习性多样，世界广布，最易辨别的特征便是其水滴型的腹部。举尾家蚁属英文俗名为 Saint Valentine ant ，意思为圣瓦伦丁蚂蚁，因其心形的腹部得名，圣瓦伦丁为情人的象征，2月14日的情人节便是纪念其殉道的节日。另一俗名为鸡尾酒蚂蚁 (cocktail ants)，因其受侵扰时会将腹部举起的行为得名。大部分的种类是树栖性，因此得到杂技蚂蚁 (acrobat ants) 的俗名。
举尾家蚁属主食为其他昆虫，如蜂类。举尾家蚁会用毒液麻痺猎物，并沿途留下费洛蒙，引导同伴来到猎物所在的地点。
== 捕食行为 ==
举尾家蚁大型和小型的猎物都会捕食，捕食的时候觅食的工蚁会留下费洛蒙引领四周的工蚁前来协助。当个体接触到猎物时，它们会立即发动攻击，有时候也会用螫针攻击，攻击时它们会释放紧戒费洛蒙，吸引其他工蚁攻击猎物，其他工蚁会拉扯猎物的附肢，让猎物呈现全身舒展的状态并将其扛回蚁巢。举尾家蚁有爪间体，爪间体可以增加抓附能力，让蚂蚁能够在树上垂直移动并搬运猎物。如果猎物很小附近又没有其他工蚁，工蚁会独自将其搬回蚁巢，而如果附近有其他工蚁，其他工蚁会协助将猎物搬回蚁巢，就算猎物非常小也一样。举尾家蚁会取食蝗虫、白蚁、蜂类和其他小型昆虫。
=== 捕食蜂类 ===
举尾家蚁会捕食许多种蜂类，大多数为与树互利（如授粉）的种类。蜂类通常会持续移动，造成捕食困难，而举尾家蚁对蜂类所释放的化学讯号极为敏感，让他们能在第一时间抵达蜂类的位置。
== 栖地 ==
C. castanea 的树巢。
C. castanea 工蚁正在照顾角蝉。
不论在野外或室内都能发现举尾家蚁的踪迹。在野外，举尾家蚁通常居住在树上，但它们也会居住在其他地方，通常为潮湿阴暗的地方，如木材堆里、石头底下。在室内，蚁巢通常会筑在电线附近，靠近食物来源。
== 繁殖 ==
举尾家蚁蚁后会在婚飞时和雄蚁交配，雄蚁交配后不久便会死去，而蚁后会将翅膀移除并建立新群体。
举尾家蚁还有另一种生殖策略。蚁巢中会有体型略小于蚁后，但大于一般工蚁的大型工蚁，这些工蚁在生理上也和一般工蚁不同，它们的卵巢会发育并具有产卵的能力，如果群体中有蚁后，产下的卵会被蚁后和幼虫吃掉，如果群体中没有蚁后，产下的卵会孵化成雄蚁。在没有蚁后的群体中，大型工蚁会产下较多的卵。其他工蚁会像对待蚁后一样对待大型工蚁。
大型工蚁能产下会孵化成工蚁的卵，因此它们能对群体产生影响。大型工蚁甚至能透过分巢的方式建立新群体。
== 防御行为 ==
举尾家蚁能将腹部越过头顶往前伸，可以将腹部朝向几乎所有方向。打斗时举尾家蚁会从腹部末端释放毒液，毒液对其他蚂蚁的影响因种类而异，有些物种无法抵抗毒液，一两滴即可致命，有些物种则具有抗性，可以承受大量的毒液，但无论如何毒液通常都可以逼退对方。毒液成分为酚类和羧酸，这些成分中有些具有抗生素的效果。
== 分工 ==
举尾家蚁会分工，在巢内工作的个体体型和头宽较小，在巢外工作的个体体型和头宽则较大。有些 Orthocrema 亚属的物种，如 Crematogaster schimmeri, C. biroi, C. pygmaea ，有专门产卵的阶级，产下的未受精卵会被幼虫吃掉。
== 共生 ==
举尾家蚁会和某些植物共生，植物会分泌蜜露并提供住所，蚂蚁则会保护植物不受其他昆虫侵害。有些举尾家蚁的主要食物由血桐属提供。
当植物被攻击时，举尾家蚁会倾巢而出保护植物，当周遭的植物受到攻击时举尾家蚁也会保护其不受侵扰。
== 费洛蒙轨迹 ==
举尾家蚁会留下费洛蒙轨迹，其功能多样，如沟通、引导其他工蚁前来协助等。有些举尾家蚁会用后足留下费洛蒙轨迹。
举尾家蚁会在往食物的路上留下费洛蒙，吸引其他工蚁前来。吸引其他工蚁前来有许多好处，可以加快运送食物的速度，也可以协助御敌。
== 物种列表 ==
举尾家蚁属下共有430种以上的物种。colwidth=20em
*C. abdominalis Motschoulsky, 1863
*C. aberrans Forel, 1892
*C. abrupta Mann, 1919
*C. abstinens Forel, 1899
*C. acaciae Forel, 1892
*C. aculeata Donisthorpe, 1941
*C. acuta Fabricius, 1804
*C. adrepens Forel, 1897
*C. aegyptiaca Mayr, 1862
*C. affabilis Forel, 1907
*C. afghanica Forel, 1967
*C. africana Mayr, 1895
*C. agnetis Forel, 1892
*C. agniae Karavaiev, 1935
*C. agnita Wheeler, 1934
*C. aitkenii Forel, 1902
*C. algirica Lucas, 1849
*C. alluaudi Emery, 1893
*C. aloysiisabaudiae Menozzi, 1930
*C. alulai Emery, 1901
*C. amabilis Santschi, 1911
*C. amapaensis Kempf, 1960
*C. ambigua Santschi, 1926
*C. amita Forel, 1913
*C. ampla Powell, 2014
*C. ampullaris Smith, 1861
*C. ancipitula Forel, 1917
*C. angulosa Andre, 1896
*C. angusticeps Santschi, 1911
*C. antaris Forel, 1894
*C. anthracina Smith, 1857
*C. apicalis Motschoulsky, 1878
*C. arata Emery, 1906
*C. arcuata Forel, 1899
*C. arizonensis Wheeler, 1908
*C. armandi Forel, 1921
*C. arnoldi Forel, 1914
*C. aroensis Menozzi, 1935
*C. arthurimuelleri Forel, 1894
*C. ashmeadi Mayr, 1886
*C. atitlanica Wheeler, 1936
*C. atkinsoni Wheeler, 1919
*C. atra Mayr, 1870
*C. auberti Emery, 1869
*C. augusti Emery, 1895
*C. aurita Karavaiev, 1935
*C. australis Mayr, 1876
*C. baduvi Forel, 1912
*C. bakeri Menozzi, 1925
*C. barbouri Weber, 1934
*C. batesi Forel, 1911
*C. bequaerti Forel, 1913
*C. betapicalis Smith, 1995
*C. bicolor Smith, 1860
*C. biformis Andre, 1892
*C. binghamii Forel, 1904
*C. bingo Forel, 1908
*C. biroi Mayr, 1897
*C. bison Forel, 1913
*C. boera Ruzsky, 1926
*C. bogojawlenskii Ruzsky, 1905
*C. boliviana Wheeler, 1922
*C. borneensis Andre, 1896
*C. brasiliensis Mayr, 1878
*C. brevimandibularis Donisthorpe, 1943
*C. brevis Emery, 1887
*C. brevispinosa Mayr, 1870
*C. breviventris Santschi, 1920
*C. browni Buren, 1968
*C. bruchi Forel, 1912
*C. brunnea Smith, 1857
*C. brunneipennis Andre, 1890
*C. brunnescens Motschoulsky, 1863
*C. buchneri Forel, 1894
*C. buddhae Forel, 1902
*C. butteli Forel, 1913
*C. californica Wheeler, 1919
*C. capensis Mayr, 1862
*C. captiosa Forel, 1911
*C. carinata Mayr, 1862
*C. castanea Smith, 1858
*C. censor Forel, 1910
*C. cephalotes Smith, 1857
*C. cerasi Fitch, 1855
*C. chiarinii Emery, 1881
*C. chlorotica Emery, 1899
*C. chopardi Bernard, 1950
*C. chungi Brown, 1949
*C. cicatriculosa Roger, 1863
*C. clariventris Mayr, 1895
*C. clydia Forel, 1912
*C. coarctata Mayr, 1870
*C. coelestis Santschi, 1911
*C. colei Buren, 1968
*C. concava Emery, 1899
*C. constructor Emery, 1895
*C. coriaria Mayr, 1872
*C. cornigera Forel, 1902
*C. cornuta Crawley, 1924
*C. corporaali Santschi, 1928
*C. corticicola Mayr, 1887
*C. corvina Mayr, 1870
*C. crassicornis Emery, 1893
*C. crinosa Mayr, 1862
*C. cristata Santschi, 1929
*C. curvispinosa Mayr, 1862
*C. cuvierae Donisthorpe, 1945
*C. cylindriceps Wheeler, 1927
*C. dahlii Forel, 1901
*C. daisyi Forel, 1901
*C. dalyi Forel, 1902
*C. decamera Forel, 1910
*C. degeeri Forel, 1886
*C. delagoensis Forel, 1894
*C. delitescens Wheeler, 1921
*C. dentinodis Forel, 1901
*C. depilis Wheeler, 1919
*C. depressa (Latreille, 1802)
*C. descarpentriesi Santschi, 1928
*C. descolei Kusnezov, 1949
*C. desecta Forel, 1911
*C. desperans Forel, 1914
*C. difformis Smith, 1857
*C. diffusa (Jerdon, 1851)
*C. dispar Forel, 1902
*C. distans Mayr, 1870
*C. dohrni Mayr, 1879
*C. dolens Forel, 1910
*C. donisthorpei Santschi, 1934
*C. dorsidens Santschi, 1925
*C. dubia Karavaiev, 1935
*C. ebenina Forel, 1902
*C. edentula Santschi, 1914
*C. egidyi Forel, 1903
*C. egregior Forel, 1912
*C. elegans Smith, 1859
*C. elysii Mann, 1919
*C. emeryana Creighton, 1950
*C. emeryi Forel, 1907
*C. emmae Forel, 1891
*C. enneamera Emery, 1900
*C. ensifera Forel, 1910
*C. erecta Mayr, 1866
*C. esterelana (Bernard, 1978)
*C. eurydice Forel, 1915
*C. euterpe Santschi, 1922
*C. evallans Forel, 1907
*C. excisa Mayr, 1895
*C. ferrarii Emery, 1888
*C. flavicornis Emery, 1897
*C. flavitarsis Emery, 1900
*C. foraminiceps Santschi, 1913
*C. formosa Mayr, 1870
*C. foxi Mann, 1919
*C. fraxatrix Forel, 1911
*C. fritzi Emery, 1901
*C. frivola Forel, 1902
*C. fruhstorferi Emery, 1901
*C. fuentei Menozzi, 1922
*C. fulmeki Forel, 1922
*C. fusca Mayr, 1876
*C. gabonensis Emery, 1899
*C. gallicola Forel, 1894
*C. gambiensis Andre, 1889
*C. gavapiga Menozzi, 1935
*C. gerstaeckeri Dalla Torre, 1892
*C. gibba Emery, 1894
*C. gordani Karaman, M., 2008
*C. gratiosa Santschi, 1926
*C. grevei Forel, 1891
*C. gutenbergi Santschi, 1914
*C. heathi Mann, 1916
*C. hemiceros Santschi, 1926
*C. hespera Buren, 1968
*C. hezaradjatica Pisarski, 1967
*C. himalayana Forel, 1902
*C. hogsoni Forel, 1902
*C. homeri Forel, 1913
*C. hottentota Emery, 1899
*C. hova Forel, 1887
*C. huberi Forel, 1907
*C. iheringi Forel, 1908
*C. ilgii Forel, 1910
*C. impressa Emery, 1899
*C. impressiceps Mayr, 1902
*C. inca Wheeler, 1925
*C. inconspicua Mayr, 1896
*C. incorrecta Santschi, 1917
*C. indefensa Kempf, 1968
*C. inermis Mayr, 1862
*C. inflata Smith, 1857
*C. innocens Forel, 1911
*C. inops Forel, 1892
*C. insularis Smith, 1859
*C. ionia Forel, 1911
*C. iridipennis Smith, 1865
*C. irritabilis Smith, 1860
*C. isolata Buren, 1968
*C. jacobsoni Forel, 1911
*C. javanica Menozzi, 1935
*C. jeanneli Santschi, 1914
*C. jehovae Forel, 1907
*C. jullieni Santschi, 1910
*C. juventa Santschi, 1926
*C. kachelibae Arnold, 1954
*C. karawaiewi Menozzi, 1935
*C. kasaiensis Forel, 1913
*C. kelleri Forel, 1891
*C. kirbii (Sykes, 1835)
*C. kneri Mayr, 1862
*C. kohli Forel, 1909
*C. kutteri Viehmeyer, 1924
*C. laboriosa Smith, 1874
*C. laestrygon Emery, 1869
*C. laeviceps Smith, 1858
*C. laevis Mayr, 1878
*C. laevissima Smith, 1860
*C. laeviuscula Mayr, 1870
*C. lamottei Bernard, 1953
*C. lango Weber, 1943
*C. larreae Buren, 1968
*C. latuka Weber, 1943
*C. laurenti Forel, 1909
*C. ledouxi Soulie, 1961
*C. libengensis Stitz, 1916
*C. liengmei Forel, 1894
*C. limata Smith, 1858
*C. lineolata (Say, 1836)
*C. litoralis Arnold, 1955
*C. lobata Emery, 1895
*C. longiceps Forel, 1910
*C. longiclava Emery, 1893
*C. longipilosa Forel, 1907
*C. longispina Emery, 1890
*C. lorteti Forel, 1910
*C. lotti Weber, 1943
*C. lucayana Wheeler, 1905
*C. luctans Forel, 1907
*C. lutzi Forel, 1905
*C. macracantha Creighton, 1945
*C. madagascariensis Andre, 1887
*C. madecassa Emery, 1895
*C. magitae Forel, 1910
*C. magnifica Santschi, 1925
*C. major Donisthorpe, 1941
*C. manni Buren, 1968
*C. margaritae Emery, 1895
*C. marioni Buren, 1968
*C. marthae Forel, 1892
*C. matsumurai Forel, 1901
*C. meijerei Emery, 1911
*C. melanogaster Emery, 1895
*C. menilekii Forel, 1894
*C. mesonotalis Emery, 1911
*C. microspina Menozzi, 1942
*C. millardi Forel, 1902
*C. mimicans Donisthorpe, 1932
*C. mimosae Santschi, 1914
*C. minutissima Mayr, 1870
*C. misella Arnold, 1920
*C. mjobergi Forel, 1915
*C. modiglianii Emery, 1900
*C. montenigrinus Karaman, M., 2008
*C. montezumia Smith, 1858
*C. monticola Arnold, 1920
*C. moorei Donisthorpe, 1941
*C. moqorensis Pisarski, 1967
*C. mormonum Wheeler, 1919
*C. mottazi Santschi, 1928
*C. mucronata Emery, 1900
*C. muralti Forel, 1910
*C. mutans Buren, 1968
*C. myops Forel, 1911
*C. natalensis Forel, 1910
*C. navajoa Buren, 1968
*C. nesiotis Mann, 1919
*C. neuvillei Forel, 1907
*C. nigeriensis Santschi, 1914
*C. nigrans Forel, 1915
*C. nigriceps Emery, 1897
*C. nigronitens Santschi, 1917
*C. nigropilosa Mayr, 1870
*C. nocturna Buren, 1968
*C. oasium Santschi, 1911
*C. obnigra Mann, 1919
*C. obscura Smith, 1857
*C. obscurior Dalla Torre, 1892
*C. ochracea Mayr, 1862
*C. ochraceiventris Stitz, 1916
*C. onusta Stitz, 1925
*C. opaca Mayr, 1870
*C. opaciceps Mayr, 1901
*C. opuntiae Buren, 1968
*C. ornatipilis Wheeler, 1918
*C. orobia Santschi, 1919
*C. osakensis Forel, 1900
*C. oscaris Forel, 1910
*C. overbecki Viehmeyer, 1916
*C. oxygynoides Santschi, 1934
*C. painei Donisthorpe, 1945
*C. pallida Lowne, 1865
*C. pallipes Mayr, 1862
*C. paolii Menozzi, 1930
*C. paradoxa Emery, 1894
*C. parallela Santschi, 1925
*C. patei Buren, 1968
*C. pauciseta Emery, 1899
*C. pauli Emery, 1901
*C. pellens Walker, 1859
*C. perelegans Forel, 1902
*C. peringueyi Emery, 1895
*C. peristerica Menozzi, 1925
*C. perthensis Crawley, 1922
*C. peruviana (Wheeler, 1922)
*C. petiolidens Forel, 1916
*C. phoenica Santschi, 1915
*C. phoenix Santschi, 1921
*C. pia Forel, 1911
*C. pilosa Emery, 1895
*C. polita Smith, 1865
*C. politula Forel, 1902
*C. polymnia Santschi, 1922
*C. popohana Forel, 1912
*C. praecursor Emery, 1891
*C. pseudinermis Viehmeyer, 1923
*C. pulchella Bernard, 1953
*C. punctulata Emery, 1895
*C. pusilla (Heer, 1850)
*C. pygmaea Forel, 1904
*C. pythia Forel, 1915
*C. quadriformis Roger, 1863
*C. quadrispinosa Roger, 1863
*C. queenslandica Forel, 1902
*C. ralumensis Forel, 1901
*C. ranavalonae Forel, 1887
*C. ransonneti Mayr, 1868
*C. rasoherinae Forel, 1891
*C. rectinota Forel, 1913
*C. recurva Emery, 1897
*C. resulcata Bolton, 1995
*C. retifera Santschi, 1926
*C. rifelna Buren, 1968
*C. rivai Emery, 1897
*C. rogenhoferi Mayr, 1879
*C. rogeri Emery, 1922
*C. rossi Buren, 1968
*C. rothneyi Mayr, 1879
*C. rudis Emery, 1894
*C. rufa (Jerdon, 1851)
*C. rufigena Arnold, 1958
*C. rufotestacea Mayr, 1876
*C. rugosa Andre, 1895
*C. rugosior Santschi, 1910
*C. ruspolii Forel, 1892
*C. russoi Menozzi, 1930
*C. rustica Santschi, 1935
*C. sagei Forel, 1902
*C. sanguinea Roger, 1863
*C. santschii Forel, 1913
*C. saussurei Forel, 1899
*C. scapamaris Santschi, 1922
*C. scelerata Santschi, 1917
*C. schencki Forel, 1891
*C. schimmeri Forel, 1912
*C. schmidti (Mayr, 1853)
*C. schultzei Forel, 1910
*C. scita Forel, 1902
*C. sculpturata Pergande, 1896
*C. scutellaris (Olivier, 1792)
*C. semperi Emery, 1893
*C. senegalensis Roger, 1863
*C. sewellii Forel, 1891
*C. similis Stitz, 1911
*C. simoni Emery, 1893
*C. sjostedti (Mayr, 1907)
*C. skounensis Soulie, 1961
*C. solenopsides Emery, 1899
*C. solers Forel, 1910
*C. sordidula (Nylander, 1849)
*C. sorokini Ruzsky, 1905
*C. soror Forel, 1902
*C. spengeli Forel, 1912
*C. stadelmanni Mayr, 1895
*C. steinheili Forel, 1881
*C. stenocephala Emery, 1922
*C. stethogompha Wheeler, 1919
*C. stigmata Santschi, 1914
*C. stollii Forel, 1885
*C. striatula Emery, 1892
*C. subcircularis Mayr, 1879
*C. subdentata Mayr, 1877
*C. subnuda Mayr, 1879
*C. sumichrasti Mayr, 1870
*C. tanakai Hosoishi, S. & Ogata, K., 2009
*C. tarsata Smith, 1865
*C. terminalis (Shuckard, 1838)
*C. tetracantha Emery, 1887
*C. theta Forel, 1911
*C. togoensis Donisthorpe, 1945
*C. torosa Mayr, 1870
*C. transiens Forel, 1913
*C. transvaalensis Forel, 1894
*C. trautweini Viehmeyer, 1914
*C. travancorensis Forel, 1902
*C. treubi Emery, 1896
*C. tumidula Emery, 1900
*C. udo Forel, 1905
*C. unciata Santschi, 1925
*C. ustiventris Menozzi, 1935
*C. vandeli Soulie, 1961
*C. vandermeermohri Menozzi, 1930
*C. vermiculata Emery, 1895
*C. victima Smith, 1858
*C. vidua Santschi, 1928
*C. vitalisi Menozzi, 1925
*C. voeltzkowi Forel, 1907
*C. vulcania Santschi, 1913
*C. walshi Forel, 1902
*C. warburgi Menozzi, 1933
*C. wasmanni Santschi, 1910
*C. weberi Emery, 1911
*C. wellmani Forel, 1909
*C. werneri Mayr, 1907
*C. wheeleri Mann, 1919
*C. whitei Wheeler, 1915
*C. wilwerthi Santschi, 1910
*C. wroughtonii Forel, 1902
*C. xerophila Wheeler, 1915
*C. yappi Forel, 1901
*C. yamanei Hosoishi, S. & Ogata, K., 2009
*C. zavattarii Menozzi, 1926
*C. zonacaciae Weber, 1943