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Dorylus attenuatus
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Dorylus |
| Species: | D. attenuatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dorylus attenuatus Shuckard, 1840
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Identification
A member of the Dorylus orientalis-group.
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -9.58333° to -17.76667°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Botswana, Gambia (type locality), Namibia.
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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| Type of Dorylus attenuatus. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0901952. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by OUM, Oxford, UK. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- attenuatus. Dorylus attenuatus Shuckard, 1840c: 322 (m.) GAMBIA?
- Type-material: holotype male.
- Type-locality: Gambia? (no further data).
- [Note: Shuckard says, “I am not sure of the locality of this species, but I believe it is from the Gambia”.]
- Type-depository: BMNH.
- [Misspelled as attenatus by Arnold, 1915: 133.]
- Combination in D. (Alaopone): Emery, 1895j: 733.
- Status as species: Westwood, 1842: 80; Smith, F. 1859b: 3; Mayr, 1863: 408; Roger, 1863b: 41; Radoszkowsky, 1876: 140; Dalla Torre, 1893: 10; Emery, 1895j: 733; Mayr, 1907b: 8; Emery, 1910b: 15; Forel, 1910f: 4; Forel, 1913b: 312; Arnold, 1915: 133; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 748; Santschi, 1939a: 152 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 177.
- Senior synonym of umbratipennis: Santschi, 1939a: 148; Bolton, 1995b: 177.
- Distribution: Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia?, Namibia, South Africa.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus acuminatus, australis, bondroiti, latinodis.
- umbratipennis. Dorylus (Alaopone) attenuatus var. umbratipennis Forel, 1909b: 52 (m.) (no state data).
- Type-material: holotype male.
- Type-locality: “Nini?”.
- [Note: type-locality probably Democratic Republic of Congo: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 749.]
- Type-depository: unknown (“Tosquinet collection”; possibly in MHNG).
- Subspecies of attenuatus: Emery, 1910b: 15; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 749.
- Junior synonym of attenuatus: Santschi, 1939a: 148; Bolton, 1995b: 180.
Description
References
- 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).
- Boudinot, B. E., Moosdorf, O. T. D., Beutel, R. G., Richter, A. 2021. Anatomy and evolution of the head of Dorylus helvolus (Formicidae: Dorylinae): Patterns of sex‐ and caste‐limited traits in the sausagefly and the driver ant. Journal of Morphology 282(11), 1616–1658 (doi:10.1002/jmor.21410).
- Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 685-778 (page 733, Combination in D. (Alaopone))
- Santschi, F. 1939a. Contribution au sous-genre Alaopone Emery. Rev. Suisse Zool. 46: 143-154 (page 148, Senior synonym of umbratipennsi)
- 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 332, male described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Arnold G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14: 1-159.
- 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. 1910. Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika ausgeführt in den Jahren 1903-1905 von Dr. Leonhard Schultze. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. D) Formicidae. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 16: 1-30.
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
- Radoszkowsky O. 1876. Comte-rendu des hyménoptères recueillis en Égypte et Abyssinie en 1873. Trudy Russkago Entomologicheskago Obshchestva 12: 111-150.
- Santschi F. 1939. Contribution au sous-genre Alaopone Emery. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 46: 143-154.
- 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