Dorylus brevipennis zimmermanni

Dorylus brevipennis zimmermanni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Dorylus
Species:	D. brevipennis
Subspecies:	D. brevipennis zimmermanni
Trinomial name
Dorylus brevipennis zimmermanni Santschi, 1910

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -4.15361° to -4.15361°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Congo (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.

• zimmermanni. Dorylus (Dorylus) brevipennis st. zimmermanni Santschi, 1910g: 738, figs. 1c, 2 (s.w.m.) CONGO.
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype males (number not stated, “numerous”).
  • Type-locality: Congo (“Congo français”): Madingou (P. Zimmermann).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Subspecies of affinis: Forel, 1914d: 215.
  • Subspecies of brevipennis: Arnold, 1915: 123; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 731; Bolton, 1995b: 181.
  • Distribution: Congo.

References

• Arnold, G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 1-159 (page 123, Race/subspecies of brevipennis)
• Forel, A. 1914d. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 50: 211-288 (page 215, Race/subspecies of affinis)
• 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).
• Santschi, F. 1910g. Nouveaux dorylines africains. Rev. Suisse Zool. 18: 737-759 (page 738, figs. 1, 2 soldier, worker, male described)
• 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 731, Race/subspecies of brevipennis)