Dolichoderus clarki is a species of ant in the genus Dolichoderus.[1] Described by William Morton Wheeler in 1935, the species is found in wet sclerophyll areas of the central coast of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Workers of this species are known to forage on ground and on low vegetation.[2][3]

Dolichoderus clarki
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species:
D. clarki
Binomial name
Dolichoderus clarki
Wheeler, W.M., 1935
Synonyms
  • Dolichoderus tristis Clark, 1930

References

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  1. ^ "Atlas of Living Australia - Dolichoderus clarki (Wheeler, 1935)". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  2. ^ Clark, J. 1930b. The Australian ants of the genus Dolichoderus (Formicidae). Sugenus Hypoclinea Mayr. Aust. Zool. 6: 252-268 (page 254, [Junior primary homonym of tristis Mann, 1916: 463.])
  3. ^ 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.