Date of this version: 1 August 2003.
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This genus is currently known only from the Old World, in southern Europe, northern Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Australia (Shattuck 1992). I recently discovered a thriving Bothriomyrmex colony in Costa Rica, but at this point it is unknown whether it is a native New World species (which would be of considerable biogeographic interest) or a recently introduced species (of interest to those studying exotic pests). I have not yet determined whether it is conspecific with any of the currently described species.
Literature Cited
Shattuck, S. O. 1992. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 21:1-181.
Page author: John T. Longino longinoj@evergreen.edu
Date of this version: 1 August 2003.
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