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Dorylus atriceps
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Dorylus |
| Species: | D. atriceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Dorylus atriceps Shuckard, 1840
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Identification
A member of the Dorylus orientalis-group.
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 36.8° to -5.833333333°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Gambia (type locality), Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya.
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. |
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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. |
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Biology
Castes
Images from AntWeb
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| Holotype of Dorylus atriceps. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0902697. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- atriceps. Dorylus atriceps Shuckard, 1840c: 323 (m.) GAMBIA.
- Type-material: holotype male.
- Type-locality: Gambia (no further data).
- Type-depository: presumably BMNH or OXUM.
- Combination in D. (Shuckardia): Emery, 1895j: 740;
- combination in D. (Alaopone): Emery, 1910b: 15.
- Status as species: Westwood, 1842: 80; Smith, F. 1859b: 4; Mayr, 1863: 408; Roger, 1863b: 41; Emery, 1877b: 381; Radoszkowsky, 1881: 198; Emery, 1884a: 386; André, 1885: 840; Emery, 1891b: 2; Dalla Torre, 1893: 10; André, 1895a: 5; Emery, 1895j: 740; Forel, 1909b: 53; Emery, 1910b: 15; Santschi, 1920d: 362; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 51, 748; Santschi, 1923e: 276; Santschi, 1935b: 265; Santschi, 1939a: 153 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 177; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 203.
- Senior synonym of ritsemae: Emery, 1895j: 740; Emery, 1910b: 15; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 748; Bolton, 1995b: 177.
- Distribution: Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Senegal.
- ritsemae. Dorylus ritsemae Dalla Torre, 1892: 89.
- Replacement name for Dorylus shuckardi Ritsema, 1874: 182. [Junior secondary homonym of Typhlopone shuckardi Westwood, 1840b: 88.]
- Junior synonym of atriceps: Emery, 1895j: 740; Emery, 1910b: 15; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 748; Bolton, 1995b: 180.
- shuckardi. Dorylus shuckardi Ritsema, 1874: 182 (m.) (no state data).
- Type-material: 2 syntype males.
- Type-locality: “Lower Guinea” (= Ghana to Nigeria): (no further data) (E. Piaget).
- Type-depository: unknown (perhaps NNML).
- [Junior secondary homonym of Typhlopone shuckardi Westwood, 1840b: 88.]
- Subspecies of atriceps: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 10.
- Replacement name: Dorylus ritsemae Dalla Torre, 1892: 89.
Description
References
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Borowiec, L., Salata, S. 2018. Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Gambia (Western Africa). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology 26 (online 010), 1-13 (doi:10.5281/ZENODO.1243767).
- Cantone S. 2017. Winged Ants, The Male, Dichotomous key to genera of winged male ants in the World, Behavioral ecology of mating flight (self-published).
- Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 685-778 (page 740, Combination in D. (Shuckardia), Senior synonym of ritsemae)
- Emery, C. 1910b. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102: 1-34 (page 15, Combination in D. (Alaopone))
- Shuckard, W. E. 1840c. Monograph of the Dorylidae, a family of the Hymenoptera Heterogyna. (Concluded from p. 271.). Ann. Nat. Hist. 5: 315-328 (page 323, male described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- André E. 1895. Formicides de l'Ogooué (Congo français). Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 14: 1-5.
- Borowiec L., and S. Salata. 2018. Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Gambia (Western Africa). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom Entomology 26: 1-13.
- Forel A. 1909. Fourmis du Musée de Bruxelles. Fourmis de Benguela récoltées par M. Creighton Wellman, et fourmis du Congo récoltées par MM. Luja, Kohl et Laurent. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 53: 51-73.
- Radoszkowsky O. 1881. Hymenoptères d'Angola. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes 8(31): 197-221.
- Santschi F. 1923. Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens et notes diverses. I. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 11: 259-295.
- Santschi F. 1935. Hymenoptera. I. Formicidae. Mission Scientifique de l'Omo 2: 255-277.
- Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 39-269.
- Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004