Dorymyrmex brunneus
Dorymyrmex brunneus is a species of ant in the genus Dorymyrmex. Described by Auguste-Henri Forel in 1908, the species is endemic to several nations in South America.[1]
| Dorymyrmex brunneus | |
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| workers tending scale insects for honeydew | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Dorymyrmex |
| Species: | D. brunneus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dorymyrmex brunneus Forel, 1908 | |
Close up of D. brunneus
References
- Shattuck, S. O. 1992c. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 21: 1-181 (page 85, Combination in Dorymyrmex)
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