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Dolichoderus niger

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Species of ant

Dolichoderus niger
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species: D. niger
Binomial name
Dolichoderus niger
Crawley, 1922

Dolichoderus niger is a species of ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Crawley in 1922, the species is endemic to Australia, and can be seen in scrub like habitats in Western Australia, and has been observed in native woodland around the city of Perth.

References

  1. Shattuck, Steven O.; Marsden, Sharon (23 September 2013). "Australian species of the ant genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3716 (2): 101. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3716.2.1. PMID 26106769. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  2. Crawley, W. C. 1922e. New ants from Australia (concluded from vol. ix. p. 449). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9(10): 16-36 (page 25, worker described)
Taxon identifiers
Dolichoderus niger


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