Dorylus diadema arnoldi

Dorylus diadema arnoldi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Dorylus
Species:	D. diadema
Subspecies:	D. diadema arnoldi
Trinomial name
Dorylus diadema arnoldi Forel, 1914

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -12.125° to -30.73333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Zimbabwe (type locality), Zimbabwe (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.

• arnoldi. Dorylus (Alaopone) diadema r. arnoldi Forel, 1914d: 216 (m.) ZIMBABWE.
  • Type-material: holotype male.
  • Type-locality: Zimbabwe (“Rhodesia”): Bulawayo (G. Arnold).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Arnold, 1948: 217 (w.).
  • Subspecies of diadema: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 750; Arnold, 1926: 220; Santschi, 1939a: 147, 153 (in key); Arnold, 1948: 217; Bolton, 1995b: 177.
  • Distribution: Zimbabwe.

References

• Arnol'di, K. V. 1948a. Ants of Talysh and the Diabar depression. Their importance for the characterization of communities of terrestrial invertebrates and for historical analysis of the fauna. Tr. Zool. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR 7(2 2: 206-262 (page 217, worker described)
• Forel, A. 1914d. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 50: 211-288 (page 216, male described)