''Dolichoderus decollatus'' 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 subfamily Dolichoderinae. Described by Smith in 1858, the species is found in many countries of South America, including Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.
[Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1951. The ant larvae of the subfamily Dolichoderinae. ''Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash.'' 53: 169-210 (page 178, larva described)]
References
decollatus
Hymenoptera of South America
Insects described in 1858
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