Dorylus attenuatus australis

Dorylus attenuatus australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Dorylus
Species:	D. attenuatus
Subspecies:	D. attenuatus australis
Trinomial name
Dorylus attenuatus australis Santschi, 1919

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -30.56667° to -30.56667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

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.

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.

• australis. Dorylus (Alaopone) montanum st. australis Santschi, 1919b: 231 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: South Africa: Cape Prov., Herschell Distr., Majuba (G. Arnold).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • [Also described as new, but at species rank, by Santschi, 1920d: 362; based on same specimens.]
  • Subspecies of montanus: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 750; Arnold, 1926: 221; Donisthorpe, 1941k: 237; Bolton, 1995b: 177.
  • Subspecies of attenuatus: Santschi, 1939a: 147.
  • Distribution: South Africa.

References

• Santschi, F. 1919b. Fourmis nouvelles éthiopiennes. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 6: 229-240 (page 231, worker described)
• Santschi, F. 1939a. Contribution au sous-genre Alaopone Emery. Rev. Suisse Zool. 46: 143-154 (page 147, Subspecies of attenuatus)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 750, Subspecies of montanus)