''Dolichoderus affinis'' is a species of

ant Ants are Eusociality, eusocial insects of the Family (biology), family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the Taxonomy (biology), order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from Vespoidea, vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cre ...

in the genus ''

Dolichoderus ''Dolichoderus'' is a genus of ants found worldwide. Taxonomy The ants of the Neotropical genus ''Monacis'' were revised in 1959 by Kempf. However, Brown in 1973 and G. C. Wheeler and J. Wheeler in 1973 and 1976 considered both ''Monacis'' and ' ...

''. Described by Emery in 1889, the species is endemic to various countries of

Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...

.Xu, Z. 1995a. A taxonomic study of the ant genus ''Dolichoderus'' Lund in China (Hymenoptera Formicidae Dolichoderinae). J. ''Southwest For. Coll.'' 15: 33-39 (page 36, Senior synonym of nigricans)

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affinis Hymenoptera of Asia Insects described in 1889 {{Dolichoderus-stub