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Dorylus affinis aegyptiacus
| Dorylus affinis aegyptiacus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Dorylus |
| Species: | D. affinis |
| Subspecies: | D. affinis aegyptiacus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Dorylus affinis aegyptiacus Mayr, 1865 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 4.25° to -20.16667°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Eritrea.
Palaearctic Region: Egypt (type locality), Ethiopia.
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.
- aegyptiacus. Dorylus aegyptiacus Mayr, 1865: 76 (footnote) (m.) EGYPT.
- Type-material: 2 syntype males.
- Type-locality: Egypt: (no further data).
- Type-depository: NHMW.
- Emery, 1915g: 3 (w.).
- Combination in D. (Dorylus): Emery, 1895j: 720.
- Status as species; André, 1882c: 255 (in key); André, 1884b: 538.
- Junior synonym of affinis: Emery, 1892a: 110.
- Subspecies of affinis: Emery, 1892c: liv; Dalla Torre, 1893: 10; Emery, 1895j: 720; Emery, 1896i: 153; Emery, 1897e: 596; Mayr, 1904b: 1; Forel, 1910c: 248; Emery, 1910b: 10; Santschi, 1910g: 744; Karavaiev, 1911: 3; Emery, 1915g: 5; Santschi, 1917c: 19 (in key); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 728; Viehmeyer, 1923: 85; Santschi, 1933b: 97; Finzi, 1939a: 155; Menozzi & Consani, 1952: 57; Bolton, 1995b: 177; Madl, 2019: 13.
- Senior synonym of abyssinicus: Forel, 1910c: 248; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 728; Bolton, 1995b: 177.
- Distribution: Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan.
- abyssinicus. Dorylus (Dorylus) brevinodosus var. abyssinicus Emery, 1895j: 717 (w.) ETHIOPIA.
- Type-material: holotype(?) worker.
- [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
- Type-locality: Ethiopia: Bogos, Karen (O. Beccari).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Subspecies of affinis: Emery, 1910b: 10.
- Junior synonym of aegyptiacus: Forel, 1910c: 248; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 728; Bolton, 1995b: 177.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1892a. Sopra alcune formiche raccolte dall'Ingegnere L. Bricchetti Robecchi nel paese dei Somali. [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 32[=(2(12): 110-112 (page 110, Junior synonym of affinis)
- Emery, C. 1892h. [Untitled. From table of contents: "Sur une fourmi nouvelle d'Assinie et remarques sur les Dorylides d'Afrique."]. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (Bull.) 61:liii-lv. (page lv, Revived from synonymy as variety/subspecies of affinis)
- Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 685-778 (page 720, Revived from synonymy as variety/subspecies of affinis)
- Emery, C. 1915f. Escursioni zoologiche del Dr. Enrico Festa nell'Isola di Rodi. XII. Formiche. Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. Comp. R. Univ. Torino 30(7 701: 1-7 (page 3, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1910c. Ameisen aus der Kolonie Erythräa. Gesammelt von Prof. Dr. K. Escherich (nebst einigen in West-Abessinien von Herrn A. Ilg gesammelten Ameisen). Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 29: 243-274 (page 248, Senior synonym of abyssinicus)
- Mayr, G. 1865. Formicidae. In: Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte "Novara" um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. Zoologischer Theil. Bd. II. Abt. 1. Wien: K. Gerold's Sohn, 119 pp. (page 76, (footnote) male described)
- Santschi, F. 1917c. Note sur Dorylus affinis Shuckard mâle et ses variétés. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 8: 18-21 (page 19, Revived from synonymy as variety/subspecies of affinis)