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Dolichoderus clusor

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Dolichoderus clusor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3716 (2): 101. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3716.2.1. PMID 26106769. 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.