Dorylus emeryi pulsi
Dorylus emeryi pulsi | |
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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
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. |
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)