''Dolichoderus tricolor'' 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
Emery in 1914, the species is endemic to
New Caledonia.
[Emery, C. 1914f. Les fourmis de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des îles ''Loyalty. Nova Caled. A Zool.'' 1: 393-437 (page 417, pl. 13, fig. 11 worker, queen, male described) ']
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References
tricolor
Insects of New Caledonia
Insects described in 1914
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