Dorylus affinis loewyi

Dorylus affinis loewyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Dorylus
Species:	D. affinis
Subspecies:	D. affinis loewyi
Trinomial name
Dorylus affinis loewyi Forel, 1907

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -18.6° to -20.58333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Eritrea, 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.

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.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• loewyi. Dorylus affinis subsp. loewyi Forel, 1907b: 202 (m.) TANZANIA (Zanzibar I.).
  • Type-material: holotype male.
  • Type-locality: Tanzania: Zanzibar (Löwy).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • [Misspelled as lowyi by Santschi, 1914b: 60; misspelled as lowgi by Santschi, 1917c: 19 (in key), 20, Menozzi, 1931a: 154, and others.]
  • Subspecies of affinis: Emery, 1910b: 10; Santschi, 1910g: 744; Forel, 1911e: 254; Santschi, 1914b: 60; Santschi, 1917c: 19 (in key), 20; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 729; Menozzi, 1931a: 154; Santschi, 1935b: 264; Menozzi & Consani, 1952: 58; Bolton, 1995b: 179; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 203; Madl, 2019: 13.
  • Distribution: Eritrea, Kenya, Tanzania (Zanzibar), Zimbabwe.

References

• Forel, A. 1907e. Fourmis nouvelles de Kairouan et d'Orient. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 51: 201-208 (page 202, male described)