Dorylus nigricans terrificus
Dorylus nigricans terrificus | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
Genus: | Dorylus |
Species: | D. nigricans |
Subspecies: | D. nigricans terrificus |
Trinomial name | |
Dorylus nigricans terrificus Santschi, 1923 |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 6.216667° to 5.343472°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (type locality), Guinea, Ivory Coast, Uganda.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
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. |
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. |
Biology
Castes
Phylogeny
Relationships among selected Dorylus species based on Kronauer et al. (2007).
Dorylus |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- terrificus. Dorylus (Anomma) nigricans var. terrificus Santschi, 1923e: 275 (s.w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Kasai, Kondué (E. Luja).
- Type-depositories: MRAC, NHMB.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1930a: 56; Raignier & van Boven, 1955: 32.
- Subspecies of nigricans: Bolton, 1995b: 180.
- Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.
=Taxonomic Notes
Kronauer et al. (2007) treat this taxon as a full species rather than a subspecies.
Description
References
- Kronauer, D. J. C.; Schöning, C.; Vilhelmsen, L. B.; Boomsma, J. J. 2007. A molecular phylogeny of Dorylus army ants provides evidence for multiple evolutionary transitions in foraging niche. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: Article 56 (doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-56).
- Santschi, F. 1923e. Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens et notes diverses. I. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 11: 259-295 (page 275, soldier, worker described)