Species: Dolichoderus pustulatus

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2021)

Dolichoderus pustulatus Mayr, 1886d PDF: 436 (w.q.) U.S.A. (New Jersey). Nearctic. Type notes: Type-locality designated as New Jersey by Creighton, 1950a PDF: 335. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Wheeler & Wheeler, 1966 PDF: 727 (l.); MacKay, 1993b PDF: 85 (m.).

Combination in Dolichoderus (Hypoclinea): Emery, 1894d PDF: 229.

Subspecies of Dolichoderus plagiatus: Wheeler, 1905g PDF: 313 (redescription); Wheeler, 1905j PDF: 388; Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 568; Emery, 1913a PDF: 11; Wheeler, 1917k PDF: 462; Smith, 1930a PDF: 5; Smith, 1931a PDF: 22; Wheeler, 1932a PDF: 12; Wing, 1939 PDF: 163; Wesson & Wesson, 1940 PDF: 99; Smith, 1951c PDF: 834.

Status as species: Cresson, 1887 PDF: 258; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 160; Emery, 1895d PDF: 330; Wheeler, 1908i PDF: 621; Creighton, 1950a PDF: 335; Smith, 1958c PDF: 139; Carter, 1962a PDF: 7 (in list); Smith, 1967a PDF: 364; Francoeur, 1977b PDF: 207; Smith, 1979: 1416; DuBois & LaBerge, 1988: 144; Johnson, 1989a PDF: 3 (redescription); MacKay, 1993b PDF: 84 (redescription); Shattuck, 1994 PDF: 61; Wheeler et al., 1994 PDF: 304; Bolton, 1995b: 175; Deyrup, 2003 PDF: 45; Coovert, 2005 PDF: 104; MacGown & Forster, 2005 PDF: 64; Ellison et al., 2012: 101; Deyrup, 2017: 163.

Senior synonym of Dolichoderus plagiatus beutenmuelleri: Creighton, 1950a PDF: 335; Smith, 1958c PDF: 139; Smith, 1979: 1416; MacKay, 1993b PDF: 84; Shattuck, 1994 PDF: 62; Bolton, 1995b: 175; Coovert, 2005 PDF: 104.

// Distribution

Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Americas: Canada, United States
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Nearctic

Distribution Notes:

NEARCTIC: USA (MA)

Biology:

Fens, prairies, glades and wooded glade edges. Nests cryptic in soil among plant roots.

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 77 times found in Black Belt Prairie, 12 times found in soil litter from Black Belt Prairie, 8 times found in Tamarack bog, 8 times found in pitcher plant bog, 2 times found in sphagnum bog, 2 times found in wetland, 1 times found in rainforest wetland, 1 times found in pitcher-plant bog, 1 times found in Sedge meadow, 1 times found in barren zone of cedar glade, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 2 times nest in dead stem, 1 times ground nest, 2 times Typha stem, 1 times on sedge inflorescence, 1 times Dolichoderus workers in base of Spartina clump, pond edge in "saplings, 1 times in typha stem, 1 times in dead stick, 1 times in bog mat, 1 times ex dead stem of Sarracenia, 1 times ex dead pitcher-plant leaf, 1 times crawling over leaves on ground, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods: 41 times pitfall trap, 36 times sweeping, 12 times Berlese funnel, 3 times search, 2 times direct collection, 1 times hand collected.

Elevations: collected from 5 - 100 meters, 40 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1919-05-25 and 2017-07-31

Type specimens: syntype of Dolichoderus pustulatus: casent0902960, casent0915564; W.MacKay: mem202928, mem202929

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Species: Dolichoderus pustulatus Mayr, 1886

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