''Dolichoderus burmanicus'' is a species of
ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22,0 ...
in the genus ''
Dolichoderus
''Dolichoderus'' is a genus of ants found worldwide.
Taxonomy
The ants of the Neotropical genus ''Monacis'' were revised in 1959 by Kempf. However, Brown in 1973 and G. C. Wheeler and J. Wheeler in 1973 and 1976 considered both ''Monacis'' and ' ...
''. Described by
Charles Thomas Bingham
Charles Thomas Bingham (16 April 1848, India – 18 October 1908 West Kensington, London) was an Irish military officer and entomologist.
Bingham was born in India of an old Irish family, and he was educated in Ireland.Kirby, W.F , 1909 Obituar ...
in 1903, the species is endemic to
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
.
[Bingham, C. T. 1903. ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Hymenoptera, Vol. II''. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. (page 293, fig. 88 worker described)]
References
Dolichoderus
Hymenoptera of Asia
Insects of Myanmar
Insects described in 1903
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