Dorylus nigricans sjostedtiwilverthi

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Dorylus nigricans sjostedtiwilverthi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Dorylus
Species: D. nigricans
Subspecies: D. nigricans sjostedtiwilverthi
Trinomial name
Dorylus nigricans sjostedtiwilverthi
(Wasmann, 1917)

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • sjostedtiwilverthi. Anomma sjostedti var. sjostedtiwilverthi Wasmann, 1917: 305 (w.) CAMEROON.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Cameroon: Grand Batanga, 11.vii.1912 (G. Schwab).
    • [Note: type-locality data from Wasmann, 1916: 136.]
    • Type-depository: NHMM.
    • [A. sjostedti var. sjostedtiwilverthi Wasmann, 1916: 136. Nomen nudum.]
    • Raignier & van Boven, 1955: 102 (q.).
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 741; Raignier & van Boven, 1955: 102.
    • Subspecies of sjostedti: Raignier & van Boven, 1955: 31.
    • Subspecies of nigricans: Bolton, 1995b: 180.
    • Distribution: Cameroon.

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 180, Subspecies of nigricans)
  • Wasmann, E. 1917. Neue Anpassungstypen bei Dorylinengästen Afrikas (Col. Staphylinidae). Z. Wiss. Zool. 117: 257-360 (page 305, worker described)