Dolichoderus doriae

Dolichoderus doriae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species group: doriae
Species: D. doriae
Binomial name
Dolichoderus doriae
Emery, 1887

Dolichoderus doriae is a species of ant in the genus Dolichoderus. It was described by Emery in 1887.

Distribution and habitat

Colonies occur in areas with heavy forests and will inhabit both wet and dry sclerophyll in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria.[1]

Nests are commonly under soil or around the edges of stones and branches that appear on ground level, or in some cases will nest in rotten wood at bases of trees, and during warm weather workers and their brood will form balls on ground surfaces, and will forage in trails on the ground or on trees.[2][1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Shattuck, Steven O.; Marsden, Sharon (23 September 2013). "Australian species of the ant genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa 3716 (2): 101. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3716.2.1. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  2. Shattuck, S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol. 112:i-xix, 1-241. (page 50, see also)
  3. Forel, A. 1902j. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 405-548 (page 462, male described)
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