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Dolichoderus bakhtiari
| Dolichoderus bakhtiari | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | Dolichoderini |
| Genus: | Dolichoderus |
| Species: | D. bakhtiari |
| Binomial name | |
| Dolichoderus bakhtiari Barabag & Jaitrong, 2022 | |
The only known collection of this species (the type series) were foraging on leaves of shrub trees in a primary upland evergreen forest at about 800 m a.s.l. in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Northeastern Thailand.
Identification
Dolichoderus bakhtiari is most similar to Dolichoderus taprobanae in general appearance as they share some common characters like reddish to yellowish body color; head microreticulate with smooth and shiny interspaces; relatively small body size; dorsally flat pronotum; nearly right-angled propodeal junction.
However, D. bakhtiari can be easily separated from D. taprobanae by the following combination of characters:
- body larger in size (TL 3.14–3.63 mm, HL 0.73–0.79 mm, HW 0.6–0.76 mm) vs. body smaller in size (TL 2.51–2.93 mm, HL 0.66–0.69 mm, HW 0.49–0.52 mm) in D. taprobanae
- head slightly longer than broad vs. head slightly shorter than broad
- body entirely yellowish brown vs. vertex of head and gaster dark brown
- dorsal outline of propodeum weakly convex vs. dorsal outline of propodeum straight
- lateral face of pronotum relatively smooth with more developed of frontal carinae vs. lateral face of pronotum punctate with less developed of frontal carinae
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 14.6° to 14.6°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: Barabag & Jaitrong, 2022
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Thailand (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.
- bakhtiari. Dolichoderus bakhtiari Barabag & Jaitrong, 2022: 3, figs. 1, 3 (w.) THAILAND.
Type Material
- Holotype worker (THNHM-I-22732, THNHM), NE Thailand, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Pak Chong District, Moo Sri Subdistrict, 9. II. 2020, W. Khaikaew leg., from a colony (WK090220-01).
- Paratypes: 32 workers (THNHM-I-22733 to THNHM-I-22764), same data as holotype (SKY Collection, Natural History Museum of the National Science Museum).