Dolichoderus diversus is a species of ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Emery in 1894, the species has a widespread distribution in multiple countries, including Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.[1][2][3]

Dolichoderus diversus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species:
D. diversus
Binomial name
Dolichoderus diversus
Emery, 1894
Synonyms
  • Dolichoderus championi Forel, 1899
  • Dolichoderus championi ornatus Mann, 1916
  • Dolichoderus championi taeniatus Wheeler, W.M., 1916
  • Dolichoderus championi trinidadensis Forel, 1899
  • Dolichoderus germaini garbei Forel, 1911
  • Dolichoderus germaini leviusculus Emery, 1906
  • Iridomyrmex mazaruni Donisthorpe, 1939

References edit

  1. ^ MacKay, W. P. 1993b. A review of the New World ants of the genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Sociobiology 22: 1-148 (page 50, Senior synonym of championi, garbei, leviusculus, mazaruni, ornatus, taeniatus and trinidadensis)
  2. ^ Shattuck, S. O. 1992c. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 21: 1-181 (page 77, Combination in Dolichoderus)
  3. ^ Shattuck, S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol. 112:i-xix, 1-241. (page 48, see also)