Dolichoderus taprobanae friedrichsi

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Dolichoderus taprobanae friedrichsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Dolichoderini
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species: D. taprobanae
Subspecies: D. taprobanae friedrichsi
Trinomial name
Dolichoderus taprobanae friedrichsi
Forel, 1914

Forel (1914) - Nest in leaf, closed with silk and carton-like material.

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Vietnam (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.

  • friedrichsi. Dolichoderus taprobanae var. friedrichsi Forel, 1914c: 618 (w.m.) VIETNAM. Currently subspecies of taprobanae: Shattuck, 1994: 68.

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) - Vietnam (Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève, Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel). Syntype.

References