Dolichoderus burmanicus

Polydomous; polygynous; nest pavilions built of carton material underneath leaves of Musa or Zingiberaceae, containing brood and coccids; coccids carried into nest pavilions, and carried away after destruction of pavilions; no trophobiotic partners outside pavilions. (Rohe 1991)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Myanmar.

Nomenclature

 *  burmanicus. Dolichoderus burmanicus Bingham, 1903: 293, fig. 88 (w.) MYANMAR. Combination in D. (Hypoclinea): Emery, 1913a: 13.

Type Material
Dill (2002) - Workers, Upper Burma, above 4,000 ft.: Southern Shan States, Tuanggyi, (Bingham) (BMNH); Ruby Mines District (Bingham). Syntypes.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
 * Dill M. 2002. Taxonomy of the migrating herdsmen species of the genus Dolichoderus Lund, 1831, with remarks on the systematics of other southeast-Asian Dolichoderus. Pp. 17-113 in: Dill, M.; Williams, D. J.; Maschwitz, U. 2002. Herdsmen ants and their mealybug partners. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 557: 1-373.
 * Emery C. 1913. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137: 1-50.