Dolichoderus moggridgei

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India. Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan, China.

Nomenclature

 *  moggridgei. Dolichoderus moggridgei Forel, 1886d: 243 (w.) INDIA. Combination in D. (Hypoclinea): Emery, 1894c: 229. Current subspecies: nominal plus bicolor, lugubris.

Description
Worker

Bingham (1903): Brownish red, uniform, the mandibles, antennae and legs a shade lighter. Head and abdomen shining, hut very minutely and closely reticulate-punctate, sparsely pilose and pubescent; thorax more coarsely punctate and pilose, somewhat opaque. Head oval, as broad posteriorly as in front ; the cheeks and front very convex; mandibles triangular, the outer and masticatory margins longer proportionately than in any other Indian species of the genus; clypeus and antennae as in D. feae, only the scape is proportionately longer and extends further beyond the top of the head. Thorax short and broad ; the pronotum flat, margined anteriorly; the mesonotum much raised and not very distinctly longitudinally sulcate ; the meso-metanotal emargination very deeply marked, the truncate apical portion of the metanotum long and flat, almost vertical ; legs moderately long, robust, and sparsely pilose. Node of the pedicel inclined to the front, slightly convex anteriorly, flat posteriorly, its upper margin rounded ; abdomen broadly oval, not very convex above.

Length: 2.3 - 2.5 mm

Note: Bingham has a doubt about whether he has rightly identified this species

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Fontanilla A. M., A. Nakamura, Z. Xu, M. Cao, R. L. Kitching, Y. Tang, and C. J. Burwell. 2019. Taxonomic and functional ant diversity along tropical, subtropical, and subalpine elevational transects in southwest China. Insects 10, 128; doi:10.3390/insects10050128