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Dorylus attenuatus acuminatus
| Dorylus attenuatus acuminatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Dorylus |
| Species: | D. attenuatus |
| Subspecies: | D. attenuatus acuminatus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Dorylus attenuatus acuminatus Emery, 1899 | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa (type locality).
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.
- acuminatus. Dorylus (Alaopone) attenuatus var. acuminata Emery, 1899e: 462 (m.) SOUTH AFRICA.
- Type-material: 2 syntype males.
- Type-locality: South Africa: Etat d’Orange (= Orange Free State) (Staudinger & Bang-Haas).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Subspecies of attenuatus: Mayr, 1907b: 8; Emery, 1910b: 15; Arnold, 1915: 133; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 749; Stitz, 1923: 145; Santschi, 1939a: 152 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 177.
- Distribution: Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania.