Dorylus montanus
Dorylus montanus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
Genus: | Dorylus |
Species: | D. montanus |
Binomial name | |
Dorylus montanus Santschi, 1910 |
Identification
A member of the Dorylus orientalis-group.
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: 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. |
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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
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Syntype of Dorylus montanus. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0911282. 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.
- montanus. Dorylus (Alaopone) montanus Santschi, 1910g: 750, fig. 8 (m.) TANZANIA.
- Type-material: 4 syntype males.
- Type-locality: Tanzania (“Afrique orientale allemande”): Kilimanjaro, Kiboscho, 1400 m., ii.1904 (Ch. Alluaud).
- Type-depository: MNHN (perhaps also in NHMB).
- Santschi, 1914b: 66 (w.).
- Status as species: Santschi, 1914b: 66; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 750; Santschi, 1939a: 147; Bolton, 1995b: 179.
- Distribution: Tanzania.
Description
References
- Santschi, F. 1910g. Nouveaux dorylines africains. Rev. Suisse Zool. 18: 737-759 (page 750, fig. 8 male described)
- 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 66, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Borowiec M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280.