Australian species of the ant genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Author Shattuck, Steven O. Author Marsden, Sharon text Zootaxa 2013 3716 2 101 143 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3716.2.1 f685afba-b823-44c6-8ec9-f931fee7647a 1175-5326 248496 E76C890A-DC27-4B8A-90CD-41D10682E8FA Dolichoderus goudiei Clark ( Fig. 13 ) Dolichoderus goudiei Clark, 1930: 264 . Types . Holotype worker and 6 paratype workers from Maldon [approx. 37°00'S 144°04'E ], Victoria ( holotype and 3 paratypes in MVMA, 1 paratype in BMNH, 2 paratypes in WAMP); 2 worker paratypes without locality data (MCZC). Diagnosis . Sculpturing on head minimal, either essentially absent or consisting of very fine reticulations; colour of head reddish-brown to black; pronotum and propodeum lacking spines; posterior face of propodeum weakly concave, separated from the dorsal face by at most a weakly defined angle; first tergite of gaster with elongate, erect hairs, and fine, silvery appressed pubescence. This species most closely resembles D. australis , however D. goudiei has appressed pubescence on the first tergite of the gaster, which D. australis lacks (both species have elongate, erect hairs on the first gastral tergite). Worker description . See Fig. 13 . All specimens similar to the figured individual. Measurements (n=5). CI 86–89; EI 33–36; EL 0.28–0.30; HL 0.93–0.99; HW 0.80–0.88; ML 1.22–1.34; MTL 0.68–0.76; PronI 62.27–63.34; PronW 0.50–0.56; SI 108–110; SL 0.88–0.96. Material examined . Australian Capital Territory : Capital Hill (Lowery,B.B.) (ANIC); Kowen (Greaves,T.; L.W.) (ANIC); South Australia : Sevenhill (collector unknown; Lowery,B.B.) (ANIC); Victoria : 7mi . W Newmerella (Gross,G.F.) (SAMA); Maldon (Goudie,J.C.) (ANIC). New Zealand : Auckland Airport (Quarantine Inspection Service) (ANIC). Comments . Dolichoderus goudiei occurs in dry sclerophyll and savannah woodlands across south-eastern Australia from the ACT to south-eastern South Australia . It has been found foraging on low vegetation and tree trunks. It was intercepted in New Zealand on orchid blooms shipped from Sydney, but has not become established there (Don, 2007).