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Cocoa Black Ant

Dolichoderus thoracicus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in China.January 61, February 76, March 108, April 189, May 113, June 59, July 95, August 55, September 56, October 87, November 59, December 63.
China1,021
Taiwan994
Taiwan Province989
Singapore489
Philippines348
Nantou County317
Malaysia281
Indonesia226
Calabarzon171
NORTH REGION168

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • EusocialLives in colonies with division of labor and cooperative brood careFrom its classification

Ecological

  • ColonialFrom its classification

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyAnts · Formicidae
GenusDolichoderus

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