Dorylus braunsi

Dorylus braunsi
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 Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Dorylus braunsi anceps Forel, 1914
Synonyms
Dorylus helvolus impressus Stitz, 1910

Evolutionary Relationships

Dorylus Dorylus laevigatus Dorylus conradti Dorylus orientalis Dorylus fimbriatus laevipodex Dorylus fulvus Dorylus spininodis Dorylus mayri Dorylus nigricans rubellus Dorylus nigricans molestus Dorylus nigricans terrificus Dorylus wilverthi Dorylus nigricans burmeisteri Dorylus nigricans sjostedti Dorylus nigricans arcens Dorylus nigricans Dorylus emeryi Dorylus gerstaeckeri Dorylus gribodoi Dorylus kohli Dorylus emeryi opacus Dorylus braunsi Dorylus affinis Dorylus helvolus

Based on Kronauer et al., 2007. Note only selected Dorylus species are included, and undescribed species are excluded.

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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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.

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