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Dorylus fulvus mordax
| Dorylus fulvus mordax | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Dorylus |
| Species: | D. fulvus |
| Subspecies: | D. fulvus mordax |
| Trinomial name | |
| Dorylus fulvus mordax Santschi, 1931 | |
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Ivory Coast (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. |
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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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- impressus. Dorylus (Typhlopone) fulvus var. impressus Santschi, 1928d: 56 (w.) IVORY COAST.
- Type-material: 22 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: Ivory Coast: Longa (Rabaud).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- [Junior primary homonym of Dorylus (Dorylus) helvolus var. impressus Stitz, 1910: 127.]
- Replacement name: Dorylus fulvus var. mordax Santschi, 1931d: 407.
- mordax. Dorylus fulvus var. mordax Santschi, 1931d: 407.
- Replacement name for Dorylus (Typhlopone) fulvus var. impressus Santschi, 1928d: 56. [Junior primary homonym of Dorylus (Dorylus) helvolus var. impressus Stitz, 1910: 127.]
- Subspecies of fulvus: Bolton, 1995b: 179.
- Distribution: Ivory Coast.
Description
References
- Santschi, F. 1928d. Descriptions de nouvelles fourmis éthiopiennes (quatrième note). Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 16: 54-69 (page 56, [Junior primary homonym of impressus Stitz, 1910: 127.])
- Santschi, F. 1931e. La reine du Dorylus fulvus Westw. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 22: 401-408 (page 407, Replacement name for impressus)