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 turneri Forel ( Fig. 26 ) Dolichoderus turneri Forel, 1902: 462 . Types . 20 worker syntypes from Mackay [approx. 21°09'S 149°11'E ], Queensland ( 1 in NHMB, 1 in MCZC, 3 in ANIC, 15 in MHNG). Diagnosis . Sculpturing on head consisting of large, shallow to moderately deep fovea; pronotum and propodeum lacking spines; dorsum of pronotum heavily sculptured, the surface dull; posterior face of propodeum strongly concave, separated from the dorsal face by a distinct carina; first gastral tergite with abundant pubescence, the individual hairs overlapping; gaster much lighter in colour (dull yellow) compared to body (dark brown to black). This species is easily confused with D. scrobiculatus but differs in having a distinctively lighter coloured gaster (dull yellow) than the rest of the body (dark brown) whereas the entire body of D. scrobiculatus is uniformly coloured dark brown to black. Worker description . See Fig. 26 . The known specimens are morphologically uniform and show minimal variation. Measurements (n=5). CI 95–107; EI 22–26; EL 0.25–0.27; HL 1.05–1.08; HW 1.01–1.15; ML 1.37–1.45; MTL 0.77–0.84; PronI 78.89–89.97; PronW 0.81–1.03; SI 78–97; SL 0.89–0.98. Material examined . Queensland : 15km WNW Bald Hill, McIlwraith Ra. (Naumann,I.D.) (ANIC); Eungella Nat. Pk., Mackay (Lowery,B.B.) (ANIC); Mackay (collector unknown; Turner,G.) (ANIC). Comments . Dolichoderus turneri occurs in dry sclerophyll woodlands along coastal Queensland. It is an uncommon species and has been collected only a handful of times.