Dolichoderus taprobanae

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia. Oriental Region: India, Laos, Sri Lanka, Vietnam. Palaearctic Region: China.

Nomenclature

 *  taprobanae. Formica taprobane Smith, F. 1858b: 13 (q.) SRI LANKA. Bingham, 1903: 296 (w.). Combination in Dolichoderus: Mayr, 1886c: 353; in D. (Hypoclinea): Emery, 1913a: 14. Senior synonym of gracilis: Emery, 1913a: 14; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 99; of ingruens: Donisthorpe, 1932b: 575; of semirufus: Forel, 1895e: 466; Bingham, 1903: 296; of obscuripes, tonkina: Xu, 1995a: 35. Current subspecies: nominal plus borneensis, ceramensis, friedrichsi, gracilipes, siamensis.
 * ingruens. Formica ingruens Walker, 1859: 372 (q.) SRI LANKA. Junior synonym of taprobanae: Donisthorpe, 1932b: 575.
 * gracilis. Hypoclinea gracilis Motschoulsky, 1863: 14 (w.) SRI LANKA. Junior synonym of taprobanae: Emery, 1913a: 14.
 * semirufus. Dolichoderus semirufus André, 1887: 288 (w.) VIETNAM. Junior synonym of gracilipes: Emery, 1889b: 509 (footnote); of taprobanae: Forel, 1895e: 466; Bingham, 1903: 296.
 * obscuripes. Dolichoderus (Hypoclinea) taprobanae var. obscuripes Santschi, 1920h: 169 (w.q.) LAOS. [Also described as new by Santschi, 1924c: 109.] Junior synonym of taprobanae: Xu, 1995a: 35.
 * tonkina. Dolichoderus (Hypoclinea) taprobanae var. tonkina Santschi, 1920h: 170 (w.) VIETNAM. [Also described as new by Santschi, 1924c: 109.] Junior synonym of taprobanae: Xu, 1995a: 35.

Description
Worker'''

Bingham (1903): Head, thorax and pedicel brownish red, legs paler, abdomen black ; bead, thorax and abdomen with a few scattered erect, short, soft pale hairs and a thin sericeous pale pubescence. Head with the mandibles subtriangular, broader posteriorly than in front, smooth and shining; cheeks convex ; mandibles, clypeus, antennal carinae and antennae as in all the Indian species of the genus; eyes placed more anteriorly than in D. feae or D. sulcaticeps. Thorax laterally compressed, the pronotum slightly convex, anteriorly margined ; mesonotum longitudinally sulcate and bigibbous, the meso-metanotal emargination deep and well-marked; the metanotum with the basal and apical portions subequal, the former horizontal, the latter truncate and slightly concave; legs robust. Node of the pedicel low, slightly convex in front, transverse above; abdomen rather massive, broadly oval.

Length: 2.5 - 3.3 mm

Queen

Smith (1858): Head, antennae, thorax and legs red; abdomen black. Head subovate, the front convex, finely roughened and semi-opake, very slightly emarginate behind. The thorax rugose, the scutellum and metathorax coarsely so; the wings hyaline, the stigma large and brown, the nervures pale testaceous; the anterior pair with one discoidal cell; the tarsi pale testaceous, the claw-joint black. Abdomen black, shining, and globose.

Type Material
Dill (2002) - Queen, Sri Lanka. Holotype.

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