Ochetellus democles

Ochetellus democles
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Ochetellus
Species:	O. democles
Binomial name
	Ochetellus democles; (Walker, 1839)

Ochetellus democles is a species of ant in the genus Ochetellus. Described by Francis Walker in 1839, the ant was originally thought to be a chalcid wasp based on a male collected by Charles Darwin.^[1] It was first recognised as an ant in 1988.^[2]

References

^ Walker, F. 1839. Monographia Chalciditum. Volume 2. London: Ballière, 100 pp.
^ Bouček Z (1988) Australasian Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). A Biosystematic Revision of Genera of Fourteen Families, with a Reclassification of Species: CAB International.

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[1] Walker, F. 1839. Monographia Chalciditum. Volume 2. London: Ballière, 100 pp.

[2] Bouček Z (1988) Australasian Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). A Biosystematic Revision of Genera of Fourteen Families, with a Reclassification of Species: CAB International.

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