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Dolichoderus decollatus

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Dolichoderus decollatus
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D. decollatus
Binomial name
Dolichoderus decollatus
Smith, F., 1858
Synonyms
  • Dolichoderus capitatus Santschi, 1921
  • Dolichoderus decollatus neglectus Menozzi, 1935

Dolichoderus decollatus is a species of ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Smith in 1858, the species is endemic in many countries of South America, including Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ MacKay, W. P. 1993b. A review of the New World ants of the genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 22: 1-148 (page 48, Senior synonym of capitatus and neglectus)
  2. ^ Smith, F. 1858a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. (page 75, worker, queen described)
  3. ^ Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1951. The ant larvae of the subfamily Dolichoderinae. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 53: 169-210 (page 178, larva described)