Dorylus braunsi
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Dorylus braunsi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
Genus: | Dorylus |
Species: | D. braunsi |
Binomial name | |
Dorylus braunsi Emery, 1895 | |
Subspecies | |
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Based on Kronauer et al., 2007. Note only selected Dorylus species are included, and undescribed species are excluded. |
Contents
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Liberia (type locality), Zimbabwe.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Biology
Castes
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- braunsi. Dorylus (Dorylus) braunsi Emery, 1895j: 718, fig. G (w.) LIBERIA.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-localities: Liberia: (no further data) (H. Brauns), and Congo: Boma Sunda (no collector’s name).
- Type-depositories: MRHN, MSNG, NHMB.
- Status as species: Emery, 1901c: 196 (in key); Emery, 1910b: 10; Santschi, 1910c: 352; Arnold, 1915: 120 (redescription); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 730; Santschi, 1924b: 198; Arnold, 1926: 220; van Boven & Lévieux, 1970: 353; Bolton, 1995b: 178; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 203.
- Senior synonym of impressus: Santschi, 1924b: 198; Bolton, 1995b: 178.
- Distribution: Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Zimbabwe.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus anceps.
- impressus. Dorylus (Dorylus) helvolus var. impressus Stitz, 1910: 127 (s.w.) EQUATORIAL GUINEA.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Equatorial Guinea (“Spanish Guinea”): Alen (Tessmann).
- Type-depository: MNHU.
- Subspecies of helvolus: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 733.
- Junior synonym of braunsi: Santschi, 1924b: 198; Bolton, 1995b: 179.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 685-778 (page 718, fig. G worker described)
- 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. 1924b. Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides africains et notes diverses. II. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 12: 195-224 (page 198, Senior synonym of impressus)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Baroni Urbani C. 1977. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitt. Entomol. Ges. Basel (n.s.) 27: 61-102.
- Boven J. K. A. 1967. Formicides du Musée de Dundo (Angola) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 76: 63-75.
- Boven J. K. A. van, and J. Levieux. 1970. Les Dorylinae de la savane de Lamto (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ann. Univ. Abidjan Sér. E (Écol.) 1(2): 351-358.
- Braet Y., and B. Taylor. 2008. Mission entomologique au Parc National de Pongara (Gabon). Bilan des Formicidae (Hymenoptera) recoltes. Bulletin S. R. B. E./K.B.V.E. 144: 157-169.
- Emery C. 1895. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 8: 685-778.
- Emery C. 1910. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102: 1-34.
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
- Santschi F. 1910. Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78: 349-400.
- Stitz H. 1910. Westafrikanische Ameisen. I. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 5: 125-151.
- Wheeler W. M. 1922. 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. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004