Dorylus distinctus

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

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Specimen Labels

Identification

A member of the Dorylus orientalis-group

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Guinea (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.
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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.
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Biology

Castes

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Dorylus distinctusMale (alate). Specimen code casent0915342. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MNHN, Paris, France.

Nomenclature

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

  • distinctus. Dorylus (Alaopone) distinctus Santschi, 1910g: 747, fig. 6 (m.) GUINEA.
    • Type-material: holotype male.
    • Type-locality: Guinea (“Guinée française”): (no further data) (Marchand).
    • Type-depository: MNHN.
    • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 750; Santschi, 1939a: 147; Bolton, 1995b: 178.
    • Distribution: Guinea.

Description

References

  • Santschi, F. 1910g. Nouveaux dorylines africains. Rev. Suisse Zool. 18: 737-759 (page 747, fig. 6 male described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Wheeler W. M. 1922. 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. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004