Dorylus ductor
Dorylus ductor | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
Genus: | Dorylus |
Species: | D. ductor |
Binomial name | |
Dorylus ductor Santschi, 1939 |
Identification
A member of the Dorylus orientalis-group
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Congo (type locality).
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. |
Biology
Castes
Images from AntWeb
Syntype of Dorylus ductor. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0911281. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- ductor. Dorylus (Alaopone) ductor Santschi, 1939a: 149, figs. 8, 9, 17 (m.) CONGO.
- Type-material: holotype male.
- Type-locality: Congo: (no further data) (Du Buysson).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 178.
- Distribution: Congo.
Description
References
- Santschi, F. 1939a. Contribution au sous-genre Alaopone Emery. Rev. Suisse Zool. 46: 143-154 (page 149, figs. 8, 9, 17 male described)