Ochetellus flavipes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Ochetellus |
| Species: | O. flavipes
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| Ochetellus flavipes (Kirby, 1896)
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Ochetellus flavipes, the spinifex ant,[1] is a species of ant in the genus Ochetellus. Described by William Forsell Kirby in 1896, the species is endemic to Australia.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Morton, S. R.; Christian, K. A. (1994). "Ecological Observations on the Spinifex Ant, Ochetellus flavipes (Kirby) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), of Australia's Northern Arid Zone". Australian Journal of Entomology. 33 (4): 309–316. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1994.tb01235.x. ISSN 1326-6756.
- ^ Kirby, W. F. 1896. Supplement to the Zoological Report. Hymenoptera. Pp. 203-209 in: Spencer, B. (ed.) Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to central Australia. Part 1. London: Dulau and Co., xviii + 220 pp. (page 206, worker described)