Biology:Ochetellus democles

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Short description: Species of ant

Ochetellus democles
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Ochetellus
Species:
O. democles
Binomial name
Ochetellus democles
(Walker, 1839)

Ochetellus democles is a species of ant in the genus Ochetellus. Described by Francis Walker in 1839, the ant was originally thought to be a small wasp based on a male collected by Charles Darwin.[1] It was first recognised as an ant in 1988.[2]

References

  1. Walker, F. 1839. Monographia Chalciditum. Volume 2. London: Ballière, 100 pp.
  2. Bouček Z (1988) Australasian Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). A Biosystematic Revision of Genera of Fourteen Families, with a Reclassification of Species: CAB International.

Wikidata ☰ Q13907122 entry