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Dolichoderus taschenbergi

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SeasonalityMay to September. IdentificationEasily recognized from other ants by a shelf that points posteriorly on the propedeum (Fisher and Cover, 2007). Workers are ~3.5-4.3 mm long, with strongly shiny, reddish-black head, thorax and gaster (Wheeler and Wheeler, 1963). The main characters that separate Dolichoderus tashenbergi from other Dolichoderus species is that the antennal scape lacks erect hairs, the propedeum is dorsally subquadrate in shape and the first tergite on the gaster has 10 or more erect or suberect hairs (Mackay, 1993).
Scientific Name Dolichoderus taschenbergi Habitat Prefer sandy soils that are associated with grasses or Jack Pine (Mackay, 1993). In Alberta the only record of this ant is from the Jack Pine forests near Opal. Seasonality May to September. Identification
Easily recognized from other ants by a shelf that points posteriorly on the propedeum (Fisher and Cover, 2007). Workers are ~3.5-4.3 mm long, with strongly shiny, reddish-black head, thorax and gaster (Wheeler and…
Easily recognized from other ants by a shelf that points posteriorly on the propedeum (Fisher and Cover, 2007). Workers are ~3.5-4.3 mm long, with strongly shiny, reddish-black head, thorax and gaster (Wheeler and Wheeler, 1963). The main characters that separate Dolichoderus tashenbergi from other Dolichoderus species is that the antennal scape lacks erect hairs, the propedeum is dorsally subquadrate in shape and the first tergite on the gaster has 10 or more erect or suberect hairs (Mackay, 1993).
Life History
Have been reported to enslave other Dolichoderus species when founding a colony but also found colonies solitarily (Ortius, 1995). Colonies are polygynous and can have several thousand workers. Larvae pupate…
Have been reported to enslave other Dolichoderus species when founding a colony but also found colonies solitarily (Ortius, 1995). Colonies are polygynous and can have several thousand workers. Larvae pupate (Wheeler and Wheeler, 1963).
Conservation Not of concern. Diet Info Subsist mostly on milking aphids and coccids, but will drink plant sap and supplement their diet with insects. Range Found mostly in eastern North America, from Nova Scotia to Montana (Mackay, 1993). This Alberta record is the furthest north and west this species has been reported.

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"Species Details - Dolichoderus taschenbergi, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-38592. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.

Authorship

Name Glasier, J.
Role species page author
Date 2008

Specimen Information

There are 3 specimens of this Species.

3 results plotted on map in 2 markers.
Note: Only records with latitude and longitude coordinates are plotted on map.

UASM335051 - Dolichoderus taschenbergi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Redwater Natural Area Collected ByGlasier, J. R. N. Date Collected2010-06-04

UASM335055 - Dolichoderus taschenbergi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Redwater Natural Area Collected ByGlasier, J. R. N. Date Collected2010-06-04

UASM335161 - Dolichoderus taschenbergi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Opal Natural Area Collected ByGlasier, J. R. N. Date Collected2010-06-04

Adult Seasonal Distribution