| Dorymyrmex elegans | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Dorymyrmex |
| Species: | D. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Dorymyrmex elegans (Trager, 1988) | |
| Synonyms | |
Conomyrma elegans Trager, 1988 [1] | |
Dorymyrmex elegans is a species of ant in the genus Dorymyrmex described by Trager in 1988, [1] It is endemic to Florida scrubs on the Lake Wales Ridge in Florida. [2]
Dorymyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae.
Florida scrub is a forest ecoregion found throughout Florida in the United States. It is found on coastal and inland sand ridges and is characterized by an evergreen xeromorphic plant community dominated by shrubs and dwarf oaks. Because the low-nutrient sandy soils do not retain moisture, the ecosystem is effectively an arid one. Wildfires infrequently occur in the Florida scrub. Most of the annual rainfall falls in summer.
D. elegans may refer to:
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