Dorymyrmex bicolor is a species of ant in the Dolichoderinae subfamily, known as the bicolored pyramid ant due to the two-toned body color and the shape of their mounds. Dorymyrmex bicolor was recently known as Conomyrma bicolor but has been renamed to Dorymyrmex bicolor. It has a single petiole and a slit-like orifice which releases chemical compounds. This ant does not have the capability to sting. It is primarily found in arid desert regions in Central and South America and the southwestern United States.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Bicolored Pyramid Ant being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Formica perpilosa
- Cataglyphis viaticoides
- Cataglyphis rosenhaueri
- Solenopsis xyloni — considered venomous
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Dorymyrmex
- Species
- Dorymyrmex bicolor
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