Biology:Dolichoderus clusor

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Short description: Species of ant

Dolichoderus clusor
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species:
D. clusor
Binomial name
Dolichoderus clusor
Forel, 1907

Dolichoderus clusor is a species of ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Auguste-Henri Forel in 1907, the species mostly live in dry sclerophyll and forages on tree trunks. Populations are known from Western Australia and South Australia.[1] Ants of this species have been observed nesting under masses of dead grass, which were located under a stone.[2]

References

  1. Shattuck, Steven O.; Marsden, Sharon (23 September 2013). "Australian species of the ant genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Zootaxa 3716 (2): 101. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3716.2.1. PMID 26106769. http://www.antwiki.org/wiki/images/1/1b/Shattuck%2C_S.O._%26_Mardsen%2C_S._2013._Australian_species_of_the_ant_genus_Dolichoderus_%28Hymenoptera_Formicidae%29.pdf. Retrieved 18 January 2015. 
  2. Wheeler, W. M. (1934d). "Contributions to the fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. No. IX.". The ants. J. R. Soc. West. Aust. 20: 137–163. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3912368 entry