''Dorymyrmex grandulus'', known as the great cone ant, is a species of

ant Ants are Eusociality, eusocial insects of the Family (biology), family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the Taxonomy (biology), order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from Vespoidea, vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cre ...

in the genus ''

Dorymyrmex ''Dorymyrmex'' (also known as cone ants or pyramid 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 conta ...

''. Described by Forel in 1922, the species is endemic to the

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

.Forel, A. 1922b. Glanures myrmécologiques en 1922. ''Rev. Suisse Zool.'' 30: 87-102 (page 98, worker described)

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