Dolichoderus butteli

Forel (1913) - 3,500 feet; keeping scale insects inside galleries made of soil material on stem and twigs of small tree. Dill (2002) - Peninsular Malaysia: Genting Highlands, Maxwell Hill: pavilion nests made of carton on twigs and vines containing brood and coccids.

Identification
Dill (2002) - This species is well defined and easily distinguishable by the typical shape of its almost saddle-like propodeum, its sculpturing (head finely reticulate-punctate and shining, alitrunk coarsely areolate-rugose), and the broad pronotum with its laterally edged dorsal face.

Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia. Sumatra.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia.

Nomenclature

 *  butteli. Dolichoderus (Hypoclinea) butteli Forel, 1913k: 89 (w.) INDONESIA (Sumatra).

Type Material
Dill (2002) - Workers, Sumatra: Bandar Baroe (v. Buttel-Reepen). Syntypes.