Dorylus buyssoni conjugens

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

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Kenya (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.

• conjugens. Dorylus (Alaopone) buyssoni var. conjugens Santschi, 1910g: 750, fig. 7 (m.) KENYA.
  • Type-material: holotype male.
  • Type-locality: Kenya (“Afrique orientale anglaise”): Mombasa, Athi-Plain, 1900 (Terrique).
  • Type-depository: MNHN.
  • Subspecies of buyssoni: Santschi, 1914b: 65; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 749; Santschi, 1939a: 147; Bolton, 1995b: 178; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 203.
  • Distribution: Kenya.

References

• Santschi, F. 1910g. Nouveaux dorylines africains. Rev. Suisse Zool. 18: 737-759 (page 750, fig. 7 male described)