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Dolichoderus kathae
| Dolichoderus kathae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | Dolichoderini |
| Genus: | Dolichoderus |
| Species group: | australis |
| Species: | D. kathae |
| Binomial name | |
| Dolichoderus kathae Shattuck & Marsden, 2013
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Dolichoderus kathae has been collected from Callitris woodlands. It is known from a limited number of collections across semi-arid South Australia.
Identification
Sculpturing on head minimal, either essentially absent or consisting of very fine reticulations; head yellowish-red in colour; pronotum and propodeum lacking spines; dorsum of pronotum finely reticulate, the surfaces matte; dorsum of propodeum evenly convex, the angle at approximately the same level as the metanotal groove; posterior face of propodeum weakly concave, separated from the dorsal face by at most a weakly defined angle.
Dolichoderus kathae is similar to Dolichoderus rutilus but differs in having the head and dorsum of the pronotum finely reticulate and matte while these areas are smooth and shiny in D. rutilus. It is also similar to Dolichoderus parvus, differing primarily in the shape of the propodeum. In D. kathae (and D. rutilus), the angle of the propodeum is relatively high, the dorsal surface being uniformly convex. In D. parvus the angle is relatively low as the dorsal surface drops posteriorly relative to the metanotal groove, giving the surface an asymmetrical appearance.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -32.83° to -32.83°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
| Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
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Estimated Abundance
| Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- kathae. Dolichoderus kathae Shattuck & Marsden, 2013: 124, fig. 15 (w.) AUSTRALIA.
Type Material
- Holotype, worker, Mambray Creek Camp Ground, Mt. Remarkable National Park, (ANIC, holotype , paratype ANIC32-066583), Australia, 32°49′48″S 138°1′48″E / 32.83°S 138.03°E, 30 March 1992, S.O. Shattuck, ANIC32-063770, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 1 worker, Mambray Creek Camp Ground, Mt. Remarkable National Park, Australia, 32°49′48″S 138°1′48″E / 32.83°S 138.03°E, 30 March 1992, S.O. Shattuck, ANIC32-066583, Australian National Insect Collection.
Description
Sculpturing on the katepisternum (pleuron of the mesothorax) varies from smooth to longitudinally striate, but otherwise all specimens are similar.
Measurements (n=5). CI 84–89; EI 34–36; EL 0.30–0.32; HL 1.01–1.07; HW 0.86–0.92; ML 1.39–1.51; MTL 0.74–0.79; PronI 61.72–64.91; PronW 0.53–0.59; SI 111–116; SL 1.00–1.03.