Dolichoderus jacobsoni

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Dolichoderus jacobsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Dolichoderini
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species: D. jacobsoni
Binomial name
Dolichoderus jacobsoni
Forel, 1909

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Specimen Labels

Nothing is known about the biology of Dolichoderus jacobsoni.

Identification

Dill (2002) - A member of the Dolichoderus sulcaticeps species group. The workers of D. jacobsoni differ from those of the other species of the D. sulcaticeps group in the small body size (Type: HW 0.84 mm. AL 3.54 mm) and the strongly convex eyes, which, in full face view, project out beyond the lateral margins of the head (fig. III-37a). Otherwise, the workers as well as the queens exactly match the morphological definition of the species group. Despite the distinctly shorter body size of the workers of the type series, the size of the queens differs only negligibly from those of the other species of the group. Regarding its very finely reticulate, strongly shining surface, jacobsoni resembles sulcaticeps and Dolichoderus siggii, yet differs in its yellow-brown coloration.

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (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.

  • jacobsoni. Dolichoderus jacobsoni Forel, 1909d: 226 (q.) INDONESIA (Java). Combination in D. (Hypoclinea): Emery, 1913a: 14.

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 and queen, Java: Semarang (E. Jacobson) (Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève).

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
  • Dill M. 2002. Taxonomy of the migrating herdsmen 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.; Maschwitz, U. 2002. Herdsmen ants and their mealybug partners. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 557: 1-373.
  • Dill M., D.J. Williams, and U. Maschwitz. 2002. Herdsmen ants and their mealybug partners. Abh. senckenberg. naturforsch. Ges. 557: 1-373.
  • Emery C. 1913. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137: 1-50.
  • Forel A. 1909. Ameisen aus Java und Krakatau beobachtet und gesammelt von Herrn Edward Jacobson. Notes Leyden Mus. 31: 221-232.
  • Shattuck S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 112: i-xix, 1-241.