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Dorymyrmex bicolor (Bi-colored Pyramid Ant)

Wikipedia Abstract

Dorymyrmex bicolor is a species of ant in the Dolichoderinae subfamily. Dorymyrmex bicolor was recently known as Conomyrma bicolor but has been renamed to Dorymyrmex bicolor. Dorymyrmex bicolor has a single petiole and a slit-like orifice which releases chemical compounds. This ant does not have the capability to sting. Dorymyrmex bicolor is found in arid regions spanning from West Texas to Southern California.
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Prey / Diet

Turnera scabra (ramgoat dashalong)[1]
Uma notata (Colorado Desert Fringe-toed Lizard)[2]

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♦ 1Effects of ant behaviour and presence of extrafloral nectaries on seed dispersal of the Neotropical myrmecochore Turnera ulmifolia L. (Turneraceae), MARIANA CUAUTLE, VICTOR RICO-GRAY and CECILIA DIAZ-CASTELAZO, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2005, 86, 67–77.
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0