Dolichoderus Mucronifer
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''Dolichoderus mucronifer'' 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 Roger in 1862, the species is endemic to
French Guiana French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic ...
and
Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...
.MacKay, W. P. 1993b. A review of the New World ants of the genus ''Dolichoderus'' (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). ''Sociobiology'' 22: 1-148 p. 79)


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mucronifer Hymenoptera of South America Insects described in 1862 {{Dolichoderus-stub