Dolichoderus extensispinus

Dolichoderus extensispinus is a species of ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Auguste-Henri Forel in 1915, the species is endemic to Australia, and can be found in dry sclerophyll areas to forestry regions in Queensland, where they nest under stones and forage on low vegetation and trees.[1]

Dolichoderus extensispinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species:
D. extensispinus
Binomial name
Dolichoderus extensispinus
Forel, 1915

References

  1. Shattuck, Steven O.; Marsden, Sharon (23 September 2013). "Australian species of the ant genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3716 (2): 101. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3716.2.1. PMID 26106769. Retrieved 18 January 2015.


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