Dorymyrmex brunneus

Dorymyrmex brunneus
workers tending scale insects for honeydew
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dorymyrmex
Species: D. brunneus
Binomial name
Dorymyrmex brunneus
Forel, 1908
Close up of D. brunneus

Dorymyrmex brunneus is a species of ant in the genus Dorymyrmex. Described by Forel in 1908, the species is endemic to several nations in South America.[1]

References

  1. Shattuck, S. O. 1992c. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 21: 1-181 (page 85, Combination in Dorymyrmex)
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