Dolichoderus affinis mus
Dolichoderus affinis mus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Tribe: | Dolichoderini |
Genus: | Dolichoderus |
Species: | D. affinis |
Subspecies: | D. affinis mus |
Trinomial name | |
Dolichoderus affinis mus Santschi, 1920 |
Nothing is known about the biology of Dolichoderus affinis mus.
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Vietnam (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. |
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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- mus. Dolichoderus (Hypoclinea) affinis var. mus Santschi, 1920h: 169 (w.) VIETNAM. [Also described as new by Santschi, 1924c: 108.]
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Type Material
Dill (2002) - Workers; Vietnam: Dalah (Bouvard) (Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel). Also described as “new” in Santschi 1924: 108 (= identical reprint of Santschi 1920). Syntypes.
References
- Dill, M. 2002. Taxonomy of the migrating herdsman species of the genus Dolichoderus Lund, 1831, with remarks on the systematics of other Southeast-Asian Dolichoderus. Pp. 17-113 in: Dill, M., Williams, D. J. and U. Maschwitz. 2002. Herdsmen ants and their mealybug partners. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main. 557:1-373.
- Barabag, Z., Jaitrong, W. 2022. A new species of the ant genus Dolichoderus Lund, 1831 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Thailand. Sociobiology, 69(1), e6247 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v69i1.6247).
- Santschi, F. 1920h. Fourmis d'Indo-Chine. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 60: 158-176 (page 169, worker described)