''Dorymyrmex bituber'' is a species of
ant in the genus ''
Dorymyrmex
''Dorymyrmex'' (also known as cone ants) is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae.
Distribution and habitat
This genus has a strictly American distribution, inhabiting in the Nearctic and Neotropical regions and containing 60 species ...
''. Described by Santschi in 1916, the species is endemic to
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
and
Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
.
[Shattuck, S. O. 1992c. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). ''Sociobiology'' 21: 1-181 (page 85, Combination in ''Dorymyrmex'')]
References
Dorymyrmex
Hymenoptera of South America
Insects described in 1916
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