Biology:Dolichoderus niger

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Short description: Species of ant

Dolichoderus niger
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species:
D. niger
Binomial name
Dolichoderus niger
Crawley, 1922

Dolichoderus niger is a species of ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Crawley in 1922, the species is endemic to Australia , and can be seen in scrub like habitats in Western Australia, and has been observed in native woodland around the city of Perth.[1][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. Crawley, W. C. 1922e. New ants from Australia (concluded from vol. ix. p. 449). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9(10): 16-36 (page 25, worker described)

Wikidata ☰ Q19596960 entry