''Dolichoderus epetreius'' is a species of
ant 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 Lattke in 1987, the species is only known to be endemic to
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
.
[Lattke, J. E. 1987b 986 Notes on the ant genus ''Hypoclinea'' Mayr, with descriptions of three new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). ''Rev. Biol. Trop.'' 34: 259-265 (page 262, fig. 4 worker described)]
References
epetreius
Hymenoptera of South America
Insects described in 1987
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