Dolichoderus dentatus

Dolichoderus dentatus is found in dry sclerophyll woodlands and savannah of eastern Queensland from the Atherton Tablelands south to Cooloola Recreation Area, Great Sandy National Park. Its glandular compounds were examined by Cavill and Hinterberger (1960a, 1960b) while notes on its venom and venom apparatus were provided by Blum and Hermann (1978).

Identification
Pronotum and propodeum with elongate spines; the long pronotal spines are directed anteriorly and approximately parallel to the longitudinal axis of the body; in dorsal view a line drawn between their tips lies anterior of the pronotal collar.

The long, anteriorly directed pronotal spines will distinguish this species from all other Australian Dolichoderus species.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  dentatus. Dolichoderus doriae var. dentata Forel, 1902h: 461 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in D. (Hypoclinea): Emery, 1913a: 12; in D. (Acanthoclinea): Wheeler, W.M. 1935c: 69 (misspelled as edentata). Raised to species: Clark, 1930b: 255. See also: Shattuck, 1994: 48.

Description
Workers show slight variation in body colour, some being more reddish and less red-black, and with the legs sometimes slightly lighter yellow-red.

Measurements (n=5). CI 95–104; EI 16–19; EL 0.26–0.32; HL 1.59–1.71; HW 1.60–1.70; ML 2.49–2.63; MTL 1.66–1.76; PronI 67.27–67.27; PronW 1.08–1.21; SI 104–114; SL 1.77–1.82.

Additional References

 * Shattuck, S.O. & Marsden, S. 2013. Australian species of the ant genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3716, 101–143 (doi 10.11646/zootaxa.3716.2.1).