Dorymyrmex flavus
Dorymyrmex flavus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Genus: | Dorymyrmex |
Species: | D. flavus |
Binomial name | |
Dorymyrmex flavus McCook, 1879 | |
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Dorymyrmex flavus is a species of ant in the genus Dorymyrmex. Described by McCook in 1879, the species is endemic to the United States and Mexico.[1]
Etymology
[edit]Flavus is the Latin word for yellow, and describes the golden-yellow color of the ant.
References
[edit]- ^ McCook, H. C. 1880 [1879]. Formicariae. Pp. 182-189 in: Comstock, J. H. Report upon cotton insects. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 511 pp. (page 188, figs. a-c worker described)