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Dolichoderus rutilus
| Dolichoderus rutilus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | Dolichoderini |
| Genus: | Dolichoderus |
| Species group: | australis |
| Species: | D. rutilus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dolichoderus rutilus Shattuck & Marsden, 2013
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This rare species is known from only three specimens collected from two locations, one near Port Lincoln and the other at the tip of Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. Nothing is known of its biology.
Identification
Head yellowish-red; sculpturing on head minimal, either essentially absent or consisting of very fine reticulations; pronotum and propodeum lacking spines; posterior face of propodeum weakly concave, separated from the dorsal face by at most a weakly defined angle; dorsum of pronotum smooth, the surfaces shiny. Dorsum of propodeum evenly convex, the angle at approximately the same level as the metanotal groove.
This species differs from Dolichoderus kathae in that the surfaces of the head and dorsum of the pronotum of D. rutilus are smooth and shiny; whereas the surfaces of the head and dorsum of the pronotum of D. kathae are finely reticulate and matte.
Identification Keys including this Taxon
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -34.78333333° to -35.21666667°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia (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
Known only from the worker caste.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- rutilus. Dolichoderus rutilus Shattuck & Marsden, 2013: 133, fig. 22 (w.) AUSTRALIA.
Type Material
- Holotype, worker, Innes National Park, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia, 35°13′0″S 136°52′0″E / 35.216667°S 136.866667°E, 26 January 1976, P.J.M. Greenslade, ANIC32-061185, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 1 worker, Innes National Park, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia, 35°13′0″S 136°52′0″E / 35.216667°S 136.866667°E, 28 January 1976, P.J.M. Greenslade, ANIC32-061184, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 1 worker, Spalding Cove, Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia, 34°47′0″S 135°58′0″E / 34.783333°S 135.966667°E, 2 February 1973, P.J.M. Greenslade, ANIC32-061186, Australian National Insect Collection.
Description
Measurements (n=3). CI 86–88; EI 33–34; EL 0.25–0.28; HL 0.87–0.97; HW 0.75–0.85; ML 1.18–1.29; MTL 0.64–0.70; PronI 61.50–62.76; PronW 0.46–0.53; SI 108–113; SL 0.85–0.93.