Dorylus emeryi pulsi

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Dorylus emeryi pulsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Dorylus
Species: D. emeryi
Subspecies: D. emeryi pulsi
Trinomial name
Dorylus emeryi pulsi
(Forel, 1904)

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on type material

"West Africa" (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

Nomenclature

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

  • pulsi. Anomma emeryi var. pulsi Forel, 1904d: 170 (w.) (no state data).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: “West Africa: Olf Gorilla” (Ballion).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Santschi, 1923e: 273 (s.).
    • Combination in Dorylus (Anomma): Emery, 1910b: 11.
    • Subspecies of emeryi: Emery, 1910b: 11; Santschi, 1912b: 154 (in key); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 735; Santschi, 1923e: 273; Bolton, 1995b: 180.
    • Distribution: Ghana.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1910b. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102: 1-34 (page 11, Combination in Dorylus (Anomma))
  • Forel, A. 1904e. Fourmis du Musée de Bruxelles. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 48: 168-177 (page 170, worker described)
  • Santschi, F. 1923e. Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens et notes diverses. I. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 11: 259-295 (page 273, soldier described)