Dolichoderus lutosus

De Oliveira et al. (2015), studying ant occupancy of Cecropia trees in southwest Bahia, Brazil, found a colony of  nesting in a Cecropia pachystachya tree. Gillette et al. (2015) in a Chaipas, Mexico field study of twig-nesting ants in coffee plants found D. lutosus nesting on plants between 600-1000 m in elevation.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Biology
Koch et al. (2018) sampled this species in Caryocar barsiliense trees, in southeastern Brazil cerrado, as part of a study examining species interactions in ant-plants.

Philpot et al. (2018) reported this species was one of the most common ants in an experimental study examining colonization of twigs in shade coffee forests in Chiapas, Mexico (12.8% of the 202 nests found in 796 recovered twigs).

Nomenclature

 *  lutosus. Formica lutosa Smith, F. 1858b: 42 (w.) BRAZIL. Mann, 1916: 468 (q.m.). Combination in Dolichoderus: Mayr, 1886c: 356; in D. (Hypoclinea): Emery, 1894c: 228; in Hypoclinea: Kempf, 1972a: 120; in Dolichoderus: Shattuck, 1992c: 77. Senior synonym of cingulata: Mayr, 1886c: 356. Senior synonym of nigriventris and material of the nomen nudum ruficauda referred here: Mackay, 1993b: 74.
 * cingulata. Hypoclinea cingulata Mayr, 1862: 705 (w.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of lutosus: Mayr, 1886c: 356.
 * nigriventris. Dolichoderus lutosus var. nigriventris Forel, 1893g: 351 (w.) ANTILLES. Combination in Hypoclinea: Kempf, 1972a: 120; in Dolichoderus: Shattuck, 1992c: 77. Junior synonym of lutosus: Mackay, 1993b: 74.