Dolichoderus quadripunctatus

Dolichoderus quadripunctatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species:
D. quadripunctatus
Binomial name
Dolichoderus quadripunctatus
(Linnaeus, 1771)
Subspecies
  • Dolichoderus quadripunctatus kratochvili V. Novak, 1941
Synonyms
  • Dolichoderus quadripunctatus unicolor Ruzsky, 1905

Dolichoderus quadripunctatus is a species of ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771, the species is present all over Europe and Asia.

Biology

This is an arboreal ant species. The coloration of this species is aposematic. Batesian mimics of this species include the ant species Colobopsis truncata and Colobopsis imitans.

Colony Demography

This species is monogynous.

References

  1. ↑ Shattuck, S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol. 112, 1-241. (page 63, see also). Online at the Internet Archive.
  2. ↑ https://antwiki.org/wiki/Dolichoderus_quadripunctatus
  3. ↑ https://antwiki.org/wiki/Dolichoderus_quadripunctatus#Life_History_and_Ecology_Traits