''Dorymyrmex smithi'' 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 Cole in 1936, the species is endemic to the

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and

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.Cole, A. C., Jr. 1936b. Descriptions of seven new western ants. (Hymenop.: Formicidae). ''Entomol. News 47'': 118-121 (page 120, worker described)

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* Dorymyrmex Hymenoptera of North America Insects described in 1936 {{Dorymyrmex-stub