Dorylus brevipennis

Dorylus brevipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Dorylus
Species:	D. brevipennis
Binomial name
Dorylus brevipennis Emery, 1895 Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Dorylus brevipennis marshalli Emery, 1901 Dorylus brevipennis zimmermanni Santschi, 1910

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -20.16667° to -28.73333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, United Republic of Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe.

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.

Biology

Association with Other Organisms

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• This species is a associate (details unknown) for the phorid fly Aenigmatopoeus kohli (a associate (details unknown)) (Quevillon, 2018).
• This species is a associate (details unknown) for the phorid fly Aenigmatopoeus sodalis (a associate (details unknown)) (Quevillon, 2018).
• This species is a associate (details unknown) for the phorid fly Puliciphora rufipes (a associate (details unknown)) (Quevillon, 2018).
• This species is a host for the phorid fly Conicera sp. A (a parasitoid) (Quevillon, 2018) (encounter mode primary; direct transmission; transmission outside nest).
• This species is a host for the phorid fly Megaselia furvicolor (a parasitoid) (Quevillon, 2018) (encounter mode primary; direct transmission; transmission outside nest).

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Dorylus brevipennis. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0903704. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.

Nomenclature

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

• brevipennis. Dorylus (Dorylus) brevipennis Emery, 1895j: 721, figs. K, L (m.) TANZANIA.
  • Type-material: syntype males (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Tanzania: Tabora, Ornyaniembe (R. Oberthür).
  • [Note: Emery incorrectly places Tabora in “Westafrika”.]
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • [Misspelled as brenipennis by Forel, 1916: 402; misspelled as brevispinus by Santschi, 1933b: 97.]
  • Emery, 1901c: 192 (w.); van Boven, 1975: 193 (q.).
  • Status as species: Emery, 1901c: 192; Mayr, 1907a: 387; Emery, 1910b: 10; Santschi, 1910g: 741; Santschi, 1914b: 61; Santschi, 1914e: 14; Arnold, 1915: 122; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 43, 730; Santschi, 1935b: 263; Bernard, 1953b: 217; van Boven & Lévieux, 1970: 353; van Boven, 1975: 193; Bolton, 1995b: 178; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 203.
  • Distribution: Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia.
  • Current subspecies: nominal plus marshalli, zimmermanni.

References

• Boven, J. K. A. van. 1975. Deux nouvelles reines du genre Dorylus Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Ann. Zool. (Warsaw) 33: 189-199. (page 193, queen described)
• Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 685-778 (page 721, figs. K, L male described)
• Emery, C. 1901l. Studi sul polimorfismo e la metamorfosi nel genere Dorylus. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)9:183-201 (page 192, worker described)

• Radchenko, A.G., Fisher, B.L., Esteves, F.A., Martynova, E.V., Bazhenova, T.N., Lasarenko, S.N. 2023. Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 1. Dorylinae, Poneromorpha and Pseudomyrmecinae. Zootaxa, 5244(1), 1–32 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5244.1.1).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Bernard F. 1953. La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19: 165-270.
• Borowiec M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280.
• 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.
• Boven J. K. A. van. 1975. Deux nouvelles reines du genre Dorylus Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Ann. Zool. (Warsaw) 33: 189-199.
• Hita Garcia F., E. Wiesel, G. Fischer. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101: 127-222.
• IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
• Santschi F. 1935. Hymenoptera. I. Formicidae. Mission Scientifique de l'Omo 2: 255-277.
• Weber N. A. 1943. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389.