Dolichoderus carbonarius

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Dolichoderus carbonarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Dolichoderini
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species: D. carbonarius
Binomial name
Dolichoderus carbonarius
Emery, 1895

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies

Nothing is known about the biology of Dolichoderus carbonarius.

Identification

Dill (2002) - Regarding the shape of the saddle-like propodeum, carbonarius resembles buttelli, but distinctly differs from the latter in the surface sculpturing (head only weakly shining, alitrunk less coarsely sculptured) and the shape of the pronotum (more rounded, lateral edges of dorsal face indistinct).

Distribution

Malay Peninsula.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Malaysia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • carbonarius. Dolichoderus carbonarius Emery, 1895k: 474 (footnote) (w.) WEST MALAYSIA. Combination in D. (Hypoclinea): Emery, 1913a: 13. Current subspecies: nominal plus latisquamis.

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, Malay Peninsula: Perak (Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa). [description in footnote]. Syntypes.

References