Dorylus diadema fusciceps

Dorylus diadema fusciceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Dorylus
Species:	D. diadema
Subspecies:	D. diadema fusciceps
Trinomial name
Dorylus diadema fusciceps Emery, 1899

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Malawi (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.

• fusciceps. Dorylus (Shuckardia) diadema var. fusciceps Emery, 1899e: 463 (m.) MALAWI.
  • Type-material: 2 syntype males.
  • Type-locality: Malawi: Nyassa (Staudinger & Bang-Haas).
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • [Misspelled as fusiceps by Santschi, 1939a: 153 (in key).]
  • Combination in D. (Alaopone): Emery, 1910b: 15.
  • Subspecies of diadema: Emery, 1910b: 15; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 749; Santschi, 1939a: 147; Bolton, 1995b: 178.
  • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi.

References

• Emery, C. 1899d. Fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 43: 459-504 (page 463, male described)
• Emery, C. 1910b. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102: 1-34 (page 15, Combination in D. (Alaopone))