Dolichoderus goudiei

Dolichoderus goudiei occurs in dry sclerophyll and savannah woodlands across south-eastern Australia from the ACT to south-eastern South Australia. It has been found foraging on low vegetation and tree trunks. It was intercepted in New Zealand on orchid blooms shipped from Sydney, but has not become established there (Don, 2007).

Identification
Sculpturing on head minimal, either essentially absent or consisting of very fine reticulations; colour of head reddish-brown to black; pronotum and propodeum lacking spines; posterior face of propodeum weakly concave, separated from the dorsal face by at most a weakly defined angle; first tergite of gaster with elongate, erect hairs, and fine, silvery appressed pubescence.

This species most closely resembles Dolichoderus australis, however D. goudiei has appressed pubescence on the first tergite of the gaster, which D. australis lacks (both species have elongate, erect hairs on the first gastral tergite).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  goudiei. Dolichoderus (Hypoclinea) goudiei Clark, 1930b: 264, fig. 17 (w.) AUSTRALIA.

Description
Measurements (n=5). CI 86–89; EI 33–36; EL 0.28–0.30; HL 0.93–0.99; HW 0.80–0.88; ML 1.22–1.34; MTL 0.68–0.76; PronI 62.27–63.34; PronW 0.50–0.56; SI 108–110; SL 0.88–0.96.

Additional References

 * Shattuck, S.O. & Marsden, S. 2013. Australian species of the ant genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3716, 101–143 (doi 10.11646/zootaxa.3716.2.1).