Dorymyrmex santschii

Dorymyrmex santschii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Dorymyrmex
Species:	D. santschii
Binomial name
	Dorymyrmex santschii; Gallardo, 1917

Last updated October 20, 2019

Dorymyrmex santschii is a species of ant in the genus Dorymyrmex . Described by Gallardo in 1917, the species is endemic to Argentina.^[1]

Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the Cretaceous period, about 140 million years ago, and diversified after the rise of flowering plants. More than 12,500 of an estimated total of 22,000 species have been classified. They are easily identified by their elbowed antennae and the distinctive node-like structure that forms their slender waists.

Dorymyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae.

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country located mostly in the southern half of South America. Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, the country is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. With a mainland area of 2,780,400 km² (1,073,500 sq mi), Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world, the fourth largest in the Americas, the second largest in South America after Brazil, and the largest Spanish-speaking nation. The sovereign state is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city, Buenos Aires, which is the federal capital of the nation as decided by Congress. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over part of Antarctica, the Falkland Islands, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

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References

↑ Gallardo, A. 1917. Notes critiques sur les "Formicides sud-américains nouveaux ou peu connus du Docteur Santschi.". Physis (B. Aires)3: 48-51 (page 50, figs. worker described)

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[1] Gallardo, A. 1917. Notes critiques sur les "Formicides sud-américains nouveaux ou peu connus du Docteur Santschi.". Physis (B. Aires)3: 48-51 (page 50, figs. worker described)