Dolichoderus rutilus

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Dolichoderus rutilus
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

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (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

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

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.

References