''Dolichoderus tricornis'' 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 1897, the species is endemic to

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...

.Emery, C. 1897d. Viaggio di Lamberto Loria nella Papuasia orientale. XVIII. Formiche raccolte nella Nuova Guinea dal Dott. Lamberto Loria.

art Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of wha ...

''Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat.'' 38(18): 546-576 (page 571, worker described)

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tricornis ''Tricornis'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Strombidae, the true conchs. Species Species within the genus ''Tricornis'' include: *''Tricornis oldi'' (William Keith Emerson, Em ...

Insects of New Guinea Insects described in 1897 Endemic fauna of New Guinea {{Dolichoderus-stub