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Dolichoderus clusor

Dolichoderus clusor is a species of ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Auguste-Henri Forel in 1907, the species mostly live in dry sclerophyll and forages on tree trunks. Populations are known from Western Australia and South Australia. Ants of this species have been observed nesting under masses of dead grass, which were located under a stone.

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Dolichoderus clusor
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species:
D. clusor
Binomial name
Dolichoderus clusor
Forel, 1907
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Dolichoderus clusor is a species of ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Auguste-Henri Forel in 1907, the species mostly live in dry sclerophyll and forages on tree trunks. Populations are known from Western Australia and South Australia.1 Ants of this species have been observed nesting under masses of dead grass, which were located under a stone.2

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  1. 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.
  2. Wheeler, W. M. (1934d). "Contributions to the fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. No. IX". The ants. J. R. Soc. West. Aust. 20: 137–163.