Genus Dolichoderus Lund, 1831

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• Dolichoderus Lund, M. 1831. Lettre sur les habitudes de quelques fourmis de Tay Bresil, adressée à M. Audouin. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris 23: 113-138 [130].

  Type species:

   Formica attelaboides Fabricius, 1775 by monotypy.
• Acanthoclinea Wheeler, W.M. 1935. Myrmecological notes. Psyche (Cambridge) 42: 68-72 [69] [described with subgeneric rank in Dolichoderus Lund, 1831].

  Type species:

   Dolichoderus doriae Emery, 1887 by original designation.
• Diceratoclinea Wheeler, W.M. 1935. Myrmecological notes. Psyche (Cambridge) 42: 68-72 [69] [described with subgeneric rank in Dolichoderus Lund, 1831].

  Type species:

   Dolichoderus scabridus Roger, 1862 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Brown, W.L. jr 1973. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. pp. 161–185 in Meggers, B.J., Ayensu, E.S. & Duckworth, W.D. (eds) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press. [177]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Neotropical, Nearctic, Palaearctic and Oriental Regions; New Guinea and east Melanesia in Australian Region.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, Qld, SA, WA: Gibson Desert (GD), Pilbara (PIL) ; NSW, SA, Vic: Flinders (FLI) ; NT, SA: Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD) ; NT, SA, WA: MacDonnell Ranges (MAC)

Distribution References

General References

Shattuck, S.O. & Marsden, S. 2013. Australian species of the ant genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3716(2): 101–143

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Oct-2013	Dolichoderus Lund, 1831	09-Oct-2013	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		25-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		15-Sep-2011	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		07-Oct-2010	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		22-Jun-2010	MODIFIED
		25-May-2010	MODIFIED