''Dolichoderus affinis'' is a species of

ant Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22 ...

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 one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...

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