Dorylus affinis exilis

Dorylus affinis exilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Dorylus
Species:	D. affinis
Subspecies:	D. affinis exilis
Trinomial name
Dorylus affinis exilis Santschi, 1914

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -19.08333° to -20.16667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Kenya, United Republic of Tanzania.

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• exilis. Dorylus affinis var. exilis Santschi, 1914b: 59.
  • Type-material: 2 syntype males.
  • Type-localities: Tanzania (“Afrique orientale allemande”): Kilimanjaro, Kibocho (Ch. Alluaud), and Kenya (“Afrique orientale anglaise”): Nairobi (Ch. Alluaud).
  • Type-depositories: MNHN, NHMB.
  • [First available use of Dorylus (Dorylus) affinis st. loewyi var. exilis Santschi, 1910g: 744 (m.) TANZANIA, KENYA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1935a: 254; Santschi, 1935b: 264.
  • Subspecies of affinis: Santschi, 1917c: 18 (in key); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 729; Bolton, 1995b: 178; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 203.
  • Distribution: Kenya, Tanzania.

References

• Santschi, F. 1914b. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale, 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques. Insectes Hyménoptères. II. Formicidae. Paris: Libr. A. Schulz, pp. 41-148. (page 59, male described)