Dolichoderus imbecillus

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Dolichoderus imbecillus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Dolichoderus attelaboides)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Dolichoderini
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species: Dolichoderus imbecillus
Mann, 1916

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Dolichoderus attelaboides.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • imbecillus. Dolichoderus (Dolichoderus) imbecillus Mann, 1916: 459, pl. 2, fig. 18 (w.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of attelaboides: Mackay, 1993b: 35.

References

  • Mackay, W. P. 1993b. A review of the New World ants of the genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 22: 1-148 (page 35, Junior synonym of attelaboides)
  • Mann, W. M. 1916. The Stanford Expedition to Brazil, 1911, John C. Branner, Director. The ants of Brazil. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 60: 399-490 (page 459, pl. 2, fig. 18 worker described)